HISTORY
NEW GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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Question
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Britain controlled the western part of Africa.
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For a short time, the Aztec Empire ruled the world.
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Islamic culture spread throughout Asia and North America.
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European economic, political, and social influence spread throughout the Americas
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Europeans brought technologies, ideas, plants, and animals that were new to America and would transform peoples’ lives: guns, iron tools, and weapons; Christianity and Roman law; sugarcane and wheat; horses and cattle. They also carried diseases against which the Indian peoples had no defenses.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explorers and conquistadors brought many new plants to the Americas . They brought European crops such as barley and rye. They brought wheat, which was originally from the Middle East . They brought plants that had originally come from Asia, including sugar, bananas, yams, citrus fruit, coffee, rice, and sugarcane.
Detailed explanation-3: -European exploration was initially motivated by trade. European countries, especially those in the west side of the continent, desired easier access to Asia, so that trade with countries like China and India was easier to achieve. However, as time passed, exploration became motivated by colonialism as much as by trade.
Detailed explanation-4: -There were many environmental effects of European expansion, including deforestation, land degradation, the introduction of foreign animal and plant species, and the spread of European diseases. Europeans saw the New World as lands rich in resources and were quick to exploit them.
Detailed explanation-5: -A final result of exploration was a new economic policy called mercantilism. European rulers believed that piling up wealth was the best way to build their countries’ power.