chapter 13

Trade helped Europe recover from the economic damage caused in the 1300s by what?

Black death

how did religion play a role in European exploration

Europeans wanted to bring Christianity to non christian

why did England focus on its trade with India

The dutch kept the English out of the East Indies

What was a major advantage of the joint-stock company form of business organization

They had access to the large amounts of capital needed to fund costly long-distance trading voyages

how did Italian city-states such as Venice and Genoa trade?

They traded with the Muslims from the Middle east.

how did the Columbian exchange bring change in Europe

brought new plants and animals

Why did Portugal and Spain decide to invest in exploration

by pass the Muslims and Italian traders who controlled the luxury good arriving in the Mediterranean from Asia

What could a European government do to promote trade?

seek partnership with businesses

what was the principal cause of death among american Indians after the arrival of explorers and settles from Europe

small pox, measles, other diseases, great dying

what role did some African states okay in the slave trade?

the Europeans watched over them, they provided labor on sugar plantations

when Europeans brought goods from Asia in the 1500s, what did asians want in return

the asians were payed with money, mainly silver

what did hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro have in common

they both conquered

how did the dutch gain monopoly over the spice trade in the east indies

they took a military approach , took threats

in the late 1500s why did the dutch attack spanish ships in the caribbean

they wanted profitable ventures

What political change took place in Spain, Portugal, England, and France in the 1400s and 1500s

unified nation-states slowly emerged