AP Euro Chapter 18 Plus
Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, armies affected population growth in all of the following ways except?
A large number of individuals were killed on the battlefield
Which of the following best characterizes the regions to which slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas?
About ninety percent of slaves were transported to Brazil or the carribean with only three percent brought to North america
The war of the Austrian succession could best be described as?
An inconclusive standoff that set the stage for further warfare
Which of the following best describes the role of women in guilds in the 18th century?
Both legal and illegal work in the guilds became more accessible to women
Who provided the labor force for britians initial colonization of Australia
Convicted prisoners
1700 who was the leader of slave trade?
GB
In africa, the slave trade primarily resulted in?
More wars and likely fewer people
The Englishman Jethro Tull?
Sought to critically analyze farming methods and develop better methods about farming through empirical research
The leadership of the dutch people in farming methodology can be attributed primarily to?
The necessity to provide for a densely populated country
From 1701-17-63, what was at stake in the warfare between great Britain and France?
The position as european leading maritime power with the ability to claim profits from Europe's overseas expansion
At the center of Adam smith's arguments in the "wealth of nations" was the belief that?
The pursuit of self-interest in competitive markets would improve living conditions of citizens
Why did european salve traders in africa adopt the "shore method" of trading in the 18th century?
The shore method permitted europeans to move easily along the coast, obtaining slaves at various slave markets and then departing quickly for the Americas
The rural putting-out system had all of the following competitive advantages except?
The workers had to purchase the raw material themselves, saving the merchant capital expenses
Merchant capitalists complained bitterly about?
Their inability to directly supervise and direct the work of rural laborers
Within the family, the operation of the loom?
Was considered a man's job reserved for the male head of the household
Among the laboring classes, guild masters...
Were a small minority of the population who jealously regarded their membership
What country experimented with their crops?
Holland/ Dutch
Between 1650 and 1760, what crucial component of the global economy was established when nations developed?
The atlantic economy
With the development of Spanish colonial society, by the 18th century...
The colonial elite came to believe that their circumstances gave them different interests and characteristics from those in spain
Effect of the Navigation Acts
3 conflicts 1 Dutch-Anglo/ 7 Years War 2 Fr Indian/ Spanish succession 3 War of Austrian Succession
Colinization of Australia
GB settlement, by Captain Cook, struggled at first then peace then hostility
The british won the American component of the seven years war because ?
The diverted men and money from Europe to the american theater
pop rise because/ not because of
because of no BD, improved sanitation, and increased food supply not because of improved medicine
Putting out system included
capitalist and a rural worker
new economic industrialism
care more about $ than work and quality of goods produced
textile industry=
cottage industry=family
Adam Smith
economic liberalism, unregulated capitalism, The Wealth of Nations
Navigation Acts
economic warfare b/w GB and the Dutch bc it virtually gave GB a monopoly on shipping
Jethro Tull
expirimental agriculture, animal husbandry, animal breeding
enclosure
fence in fields in order to farm more effectively, hurt peasants
Crop rotation
forced enclosure movement, land reviving crops, nitrogen storing crops
cottage-industry
included putting-out system more family based and operated
Slave trade economy
integrated economic system
Jew status in 18th century
jews< christians but not enslaved. Participated in economy with trade outlets along routes
Open farming
land cut out into strips for peasants
debt peonage
like serfdom for creoles-- way to dominate peasant pop.
cottage industry competitive advantages
low wages
war/ army did what to the population?
lowered it
Creole were
spanish decent americans
Loomer of the family was
the Man, took away Woman's importance
Guilds
trade org C received monopoly over trade and right to hire workers
slave prices went
up
who supported the action of abolishing slavery?
women in 1775
In the 18th century, the biggest increase in british foreign trade was with?
The british colonial empire
Why did the Dutch fail to maintain their dominance in Asia?
The dutch east india company failed to diversify its trade to meet changing consumption patterns in Europe
Shore Method
Euro ships pulled up to shore and traders w/ Africans would show up and load them right there onto the boat. Efficient
Fr. v. GB mercantilism
Fr- all money straight to the state GB- some to the state and some for personal
The english navigation acts mandated that all english imports and exports be transported on english ships, and that also?
Gave british merchants a virtual monopoly on trade with british colonists
Which of the following correctly characterize 18th century colonial trade in europe?
In england, the mercantilist system achieved remarkable success as british trade with its colonies grew substantially
What was the status of jews in european colonies in the 18th century?
Jews faces numerous political and economic forms of discrimination but were considered to be white europeans and thus couldnt be enslaved
In the 18th century, the advocates for agricultural innovation argued that?
Landholdings and common lands needed to be consolidated and enclosed in order to farm more efficiently
Population growth in Europe in the 18th century?
Occurred in all regions
Which of the following best characterizes the condition of the peasant in western Europe in the 18th century
Peasants were generally free from serfdom and owned land that they could pass on to their children
The idea of the industrious revolution is best understood as a result of?
Poor families choosing to reduce leisure time and the production of goods for household consumption in order to earn wages to be used to buy consumer goods
The spinning of thread for the loom?
Required the work of several spinners for each loom,which led merchants to employ the wives and daughters of agricultural workers at low terrible wages
How did the problem of food shortages change in the 18th century?
The considerable road and canal building of the 18th century permitted food to be more easily transported to regions with local family crop failure
Which of the following best describes the open-field system of the middle ages?
The land was divided into long, narrow strips that were not enclosed by fences or hedges