Bea Diaz Period 2 WHAP C. Focus Questions Chapter 17- The West and the world 1.

What advantages allowed Spain and Portugal to expand overseas first? When Spain began, with Columbus first voyage in 1492, Portugal had already discovered the Sea Route around Africa to Asia and discovered most islands of the Atlantic, explored the entire western african coast and part of the east coast. So Portugal pioneered in 1415, Spain followed its footsteps almost 80 years after..Because Portugal was a stable and solid country since the early 1200's and Spain didn't even exist until 1492 when several kingdoms were united under the name "Spain" (Galicia, Catalunya, Leon, Asturias, Navarre, etc). After the 16th century, to whom did the lead in European colonial expansion pass and with what results? Portugal and Spain pioneered European exploration of the globe. Envious of the great wealth these empires bestowed, England, France and the Netherlands began to establish colonies and trade networks of their own in the Americas and Asia. 2. 3. What were the Colombian Exchanges and how did they affect the world? The Columbian Exchange,the exchange of European products to the Americas. The Columbian Exchange is one of the most significant results of the Age of Exploration and the First Global Age. Food products, livestock and diseases are but three elements of the Columbian Exchange. New foods and animals introduced to different parts of the world. The negative part.spread of diseases around the world. 4. What global labor and commercial structures, patterns, and relationships arose? Global labor and commercial structures arose through international trade creating multinational corporations spanning the globe with cheap labor happening in poor countries and service based jobs in a wealthier one.

Why would it be incorrect to call the system of world contacts, which arose during this period, a global system? There was no systematic rule that all nations followed, no universal organization or common laws, and the various contacts between two nations were as different depending on which two nations were in contact as the people in those places itself. For example, there could ne nothing in common between the way the French and the natives of America traded and how the English and the Chinese did. There was no universally applied laws or common interwoven markets like we see now.

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6. How did European nations acquire and govern their American colonies? Explorers from various European countries, backed by the various monarchs of those countries would sail to a certain area, embark from their ships and plant their various flags on various areas of North, Central, South America.

How did European colonial possessions and practices in Asia and Africa differ from practices in the Americas? The European possession differed from practices in Asia and Africa because of trade differences and even ages of territories.

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D. Visualizing the Past: West Indian Slaveholding. (p.392) These figures suggest that Antigua at that time had a dependent economy and had a tendency to use slaves for the labor. The main changes were the significant rise of slave holders and slaves. The amount of acreage nearly doubled. When you compare the amount of slaveholders to the amount of slaves its about 1 percent. The estate economy became more labor intensive. E. In Depth Essay: Causation & the Wests Expansion. (pp.388-389) I would choose technological as basic to social change because it makes sense wince with all of these new technological advances Europeans were able to gain so much more and expand. No they wouldnt have necessarily been aware of the discrepancy.