3. (12 points) Describe the change that took place in the African slave trade in the 1500s. Describe the Middle Passage and its toll.…
4. How did increased industrialization and mechanization during the period of the market revolution shift the social structure of society and what were the reactions to the changes occurring?…
Analyze the changes in the European economy from about 1450 to 1700 brought about by the voyages of exploration and colonization.…
Between 1000-1700 world trade patterns changed due to the discovery of the Western Hemisphere, and the decline of the importance of land routes. However, one world trade aspect that stayed the same was the importance of the Indian Ocean Basin and the spices that were found there.…
Socially, the Atlantic was renovated in many ways too. The population was expanding due to the agricultural advancement. The social triangle in Africa and the Americas were drastically changing with the adoption of agriculture. In Africa, of course, people were imprisoned everywhere. Africa was…
4. Trace the changes and continuities in world trade from 1450 to 1914 CE in any one of the following regions: Latin America; North America; Western Europe; Eastern Europe; Southwest Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; East and Southeast Asia.…
The Global Population Explodes – the Columbian Exchange sparked the migration of millions of people. Europeans settled in Americas, as well as on the fringes of Africa and Asia. The Atlantic slave trade forcibly brought millions of Africans to the Americas. Native American population was devastated by the transfer of European diseases, such as smallpox and measles.…
This essay question deals specifically with analysis of continuities and changes over time and covers at least one of the periods in the concept outline. It can address, for example, any of the course themes, such as technology, trade, culture, migrations, or environment. There may also be some internal choice within the question, so that students are able to choose to draw their evidence from a case that they know better. The continuity and change-over-time essay questions require students to demonstrate their mastery of this historical thinking skill. Moreover, students are expected to construct an argument that responds directly to the question; doing so should cause them to use several of the other historical thinking skills (argumentation, causation, contextualization, and synthesis).…
Bryan (2007) stated that, “A large percentage of the decreased in population can be attributed to the European introduction of diseases such as diphtheria, smallpox, measles, chickenpox, influenza, scarlet…
The role of religion has changed over time in West Africa from the migration of Islam bringing its new faith, rituals, and establishment of a greater connection with the outside world through trade and cultural diffusion. However the unique African religion that existed beforehand was still retained; the African culture still believing in animism and polytheism even after the spread of Islam. From 1000-1500 CE the role of religion has seen changes and continuities influenced by the spread of foreign territories, economics, and political/social systems in West Africa.…
West Africa, a striving center of trade and commerce was born in the Post Classical world. The society was morphed by the way people traded. Between 600 and 1450, West Africa went from a society dominated by the beliefs of Animism and trading with east to one in which Islam influenced their culture and traded with the dar-al-Islam. The dominance of their own culture and its influence on their religion, and the production of bananas, however, remained constant.…
Between the years of 1492 and 1750 in North America through the Atlantic world the Americas caused slave trade to increase faster than ever before, the crops yielded also increased; correspondingly domesticated animals were introduced to farm work, as the introduction of gunpowder weapons aided the Native Americans in defending themselves.…
Between 1492 and 1750, Africa and America experienced similarities in the introduction of new crops, movement on natives, and disease, while having differences in shift gender population, the amount of deaths, ethnicity change, and environment.…
3. Critically evaluate the impact of globalization on a particular business or industry in a country of your choice.…
Global commerce is a vital development necessary for all civilizations to grow economically. Between 1000 and 1500 in many continents around the globe, trade has influenced the development of a stable civilization. Although the many civilizations were not interconnected, by trading with neighboring civilizations they all contributed to each others individual growth. Contact with outside societies introduced a need for further development of technology. Trade presented opportunities for civilizations to grow innovatively. Examples of these intertwined societies include South America, Central America, West Africa, East Africa, the South Pacific, the Indian Ocean, Ming China, and Mongol-dominated Asia.…