Mr. Loya - PPT 4.5 - Maritime Empires Maintained

Poll

Which factor was most essential to maintaining European maritime empires after initial exploration?

• Mercantilist economic policies

• Control of global trade routes

• Forced labor systems

• Chartered monopoly companies

Multiple Choice

Which policy best reflects mercantilist thinking in the period 1450–1750?

• Free trade between colonies and rival empires

• Accumulating wealth through a favorable balance of trade and colonial markets

• Eliminating monopolies to encourage competition

• Limiting overseas expansion to reduce conflict

Match

Match the Company to Its Role

• British East India Company

• Dutch VOC

• Joint-stock companies

Financed imperial trade & colonization

Dominated Southeast Asian spice trade

Pooled investor capital & reduced risk

• Financed imperial trade & colonization

• Dominated Southeast Asian spice trade

• Pooled investor capital & reduced risk

Multiple Choice

Why did economic rivalries intensify between European and Muslim powers in the Indian Ocean?

• Decline of Asian manufacturing

• European attempts to dominate existing Muslim-controlled trade routes

• Religious conversion campaigns

• Agricultural competition

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a key factor in the expansion and control of overseas territories by European rulers during the era of maritime empires?

• Joint-stock companies influenced by mercantilist principles

• The abolition of all trading monopolies

• Isolationist policies

• Complete reliance on barter systems

Multiple Choice

Which statement best explains why peasant and artisan labor intensified during this period?

• Decline in agricultural demand

• Increased global demand for food and consumer goods

• Collapse of local economies

• Elimination of trade networks

Match

Match the Cultural Outcome to Its Description

• Creole languages

• Afro-Caribbean identity

• Music & cuisine

Blending of African & European languages

Cultural synthesis of Africa & Europe

Evidence of cultural blending

• Blending of African & European languages

• Cultural synthesis of Africa & Europe

• Evidence of cultural blending