1/23/12 Silver Trade DBQ The global trade of silver had a devastating affect on the Chinese economy because China did not have the supply of silver that was needed to support their economy so they became dependent on the trade that the Europeans brought (1‚3‚7‚8). In Europeans states like Spain and Portugal we see their economies benefiting from the increase of the global silver trade because they controlled silver mines in the Americas and India (2‚4‚6). In china the increase of silver trade brought
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commodities such as gold and silver. Silver Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are traded in the stock market providing a non traditional investor of silver an easy way to gain exposure without having to purchase bullions of the commodity. The first silver ETF arrived on the scene in 2006—in the form of the iShares Silver Trust‚ managed by Barclays Global Investors. Today‚ the ETF has over $13 billion in assets and has returned 25.17% in average annualized returns since inception. Not only iShare Silver Trust‚ the
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Introduction Silver is a chemical element with atomic number 47 and symbol Ag. It is white‚ soft‚ mallable and ductile metal slightly harder than gold. Silver is extremely flexible‚ this means that it can be converted into both flat sheets and electrical wire. This makes silver is an ideal metal for all kinds of industrial use. Silver occurs in lead‚ Zinc and copper ore deposits. Lead ore is the main source of Silver. In fact‚ 75% of the resources in the world are found in association with other
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summary Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a dense‚ soft‚ malleable‚ and ductile metal with an attractive‚ bright yellow colour and luster that is maintained without tarnishing in air or water. Chemically‚ gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements‚ solid under standard conditions. Its pros are that it gives satisfaction to one‚ security and stability to peoples. Its cons are that the price of gold fluctuate
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SILVER By: Wahida Gh-Sakhi What is Silver? Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft‚ white‚ lustrous transition metal‚ it possesses the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal. Element Symbol • Ag • Silver‚ Symbol Element Name • Silver Atomic Mass • The atomic mass is 107.8682 Atomic Number • The atomic number is 47 Bohr-Rutherford Diagram The Story of its Discovery Unknown since prehistoric
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Gold Gold is a very commonly used substance in today’s world‚ although it has been used by man since ancient times. Gold comes from the ground or from the ocean and must be mined but has caused major commotion since the early 1900s with people trying to get rich quick. You can find gold in some major regions of the world‚ but the most common places for gold mining are South Africa and a lot of US productions come from South Dakota and Nevada. The symbol for gold is Au for its Latin name Aurum
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In the early modern period‚ silver became the currency of the world. Never before had any good been so zealously sought after or acquired. Not even the grand spice trade routes over Asia could compare with the enormous scale and complexity the discovery of deposits of silver in Spanish America and Japan brought to global commerce. The silver trade initially brought extravagant‚ even opulent‚ wealth to Europe‚ China‚ Japan‚ and the traders in these nations‚ but in the end resulted in one of the most
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the phrase “worth your weight in gold.” Well how about‚ worth your weight in silver instead? Their once was a time when the world trade depended heavily on silver. Chinese ports would accept nothing but silver‚ and they had the luxury trade goods and commodities that European countries enjoyed and needed. In one fell swoop China had dramatically changed global economies as well as social standards. First we see how the silver coin had an effect on China. Silver became Chinas number one import during
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walks in‚ jingling the coins in his pocket. He grins at you and tells you that you can have all the coins if you can figure out how many of each kind of coin he is carrying. You’re not too interested until he tells you that he’s been collecting those gold-tone one-dollar coins. The twenty-six coins in his pocket are all dollars and quarters‚ and they add up to seventeen dollars in value. How
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Silver Ships Facilities Silver Ships is located on 16 acres in Theodore‚ Alabama just South of Mobile on Bellingrath Road. After moving into a 15‚000 square foot building in 1996‚ they soon after expanded a second time. Since then‚ they have added over 12‚000 square feet of additional production space and they have built additional office spaces. All aspects of the vessel construction‚ from the custom design to the final assembly‚ are conducted in an enclosed production facilities and the
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