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What specific motives prompted European overseas voyages? Of all these motives, which do you think took precedence? |
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What new knowledge and technologies enabled fifteenth-century mariners to make long overseas voyages? Where did much of this new technology originate? |
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What was Columbus's goal in setting forth across the Atlantic in 1492? Was his voyage successful? |
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What was the significance of Magellan's voyage of 1519–1522? What were the some of the challenges for explorers of the Pacific Ocean? |
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What factors contributed to the dramatic economic growth and the ensuing population growth of Russia in the eighteenth century? |
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What were some of the striking aspects of the battle for Hormuz, as recounted by Afonso d'Alboquerque (page 614)? What was the strategic importance of Hormuz? |
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How were the English and Dutch trading companies organized and administered? How were these companies able to establish themselves in Asia? |
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Compare the Spanish conquest of the Philippines with the Dutch conquest of Indonesia. What kind of colony emerged in each case? |
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What factors led to the Seven Years' War in the eighteenth century? What was the outcome, globally, of that conflict? |
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What were some of the positive aspects of the Columbian Exchange? What were some of the destructive aspects of this exchange? Give some specific examples. |
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Overall, what was the demographic impact (demography concerns the health and size of populations) of European contact with the New World? |
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