The expansionist impulse of European monarchs in the latter fifteenth century was: A) Motivated by a desire to bypass Muslim merchants in trade with Asia and Africa. B) Temporarily subdued by the growth of Renaissance culture. C) Nourished by population decline and civil disorder. D) Disrupted by internal wars between bickering nobles. 1. Invented in the 1450s‚ the quadrant allowed a more precise measurement of: A) Distance. B) Direction.
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of colonialism took shape after the early explorations during the early modern period between the years 1450 and 1750. During this time‚ major European settlements developed direct empires overseas. These settlements include the colonial empires in both North and South America and in colonial possessions in Africa and Asia. Like most colonies‚ these three had a few similarities in addition to many contrasting differences. A main similarity between the early American‚ African‚ and Asian colonies
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Question: how successfully did the liberal reforms of 1906-1914deal with the problem of poverty in the early 1900s 1906 and 1914 was a time of big political and social change. Members of parliament were moving away from the old “Lasses-faire” attitude and try and help those living in poverty. Some historians may argue that the liberal reforms tackled the problem of poverty in the early 1900s quite successfully however other historians may argue that the liberal reform didn’t quite tackle the problem
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THE CHAPTER IN PERSPECTIVE Early modern Europe emerged from its isolation during the Middle Ages by conquering the world’s oceans—opening direct contact and commerce with Africa and Asia and rediscovering America. Before the end of the fourteenth century‚ western Europeans had relied on the mariners and merchants of the Muslim world for their access to the trade and technology of the rest of the known world‚ Africa and Asia. But during the fifteenth century‚ western Europeans mastered the world’s
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In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ the Spanish and Portuguese would begin a wave of European overseas expansion that would shape the modern world. This expansion was aimed toward the Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean instead of towards the East as most European expansion had been in the past. There were numerous reasons for this expansion and for when it took place. The initial reason was that the economy in Western Europe at the end of the fifteenth century was doing well. When
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the eyes of the native-born was different from how immigrants understood Americanization. There were formal institutions for learning English and the American government system but the new immigrants learned just as much about the American way of life on the factory floor from their co-workers‚ on the streets from gangs‚ and at radical political party rallies from the Socialist recruiters. The three major factors in the Americanization process were the influence of Irish American culture‚ the working
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versa. Society should be structured how the people who live in those said societies wish to live in them. For example‚ we can see this being true all over the world with the feminist movement. Throughout history‚ we can see evidence of people demanding women’s rights and equality‚ but the major turning point of course‚ is when western governments acknowledged the want the people‚ giving women the right to vote during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Since then‚ Feminism has turned into
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In the fifteenth century‚ most European countries tried to find a way to make their kingdoms and countries larger and richer. In those days‚ they saw that the ocean and the sea were a way to reach the outside world and expand their territories . They tried to find the closest routes to the East. In the fifteenth century‚ there was an epidemic called Black Death that “killed about a third of the European population” (page 34). This epidemic caused uncertainty and encouraged a few people to undertake
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What Were the Primary Reasons for the “Fall” of Rome? By 200 BC‚ Rome was quickly becoming one of the world’s greatest empires with their excellent military conquering territory from modern day Scotland to Spain. After the Punic Wars and the defeat of Carthage‚ Rome had full control of the Mediterranean region‚ establishing colonies in North Africa‚ Egypt‚ the Middle East‚ and Asia Minor. Julius Caesar became Rome’s first emperor using his military influence. Under his reign‚ Rome shifted from
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What were the factors that led to the contact of West Africa and Europe during the 15th century? The coming of Europe to Africa during the 15th century was not just a mere coincident as it marked the beginning of dominance and power for Europe. The coming of the Europeans to Africa marked the beginning of what could only be described as the exploitation of one country for the development of another. The Age of Exploration or Age of Discovery as it is sometimes called‚ officially began in the
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