APWH Chapter 22 Skeleton notes
Name____________________
Asian Transitions in an Age of Global Change: Part 1
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European involvement in Asia, 1500s
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B. Asia not much affected at first
C. European motives
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2. Adventure
3. Financial motives, including…
Spices!
A. Demand
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2. Preservation of meat, alcohol
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4. Exotic origins
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B. Profit
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3. Pirate problem
C. Malabar coast of India: epicenter of spice trade
D. Spice trade peaked as the Early Modern Era came to a close
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Vasco de Gama
A.
B. Europe had little to trade
C.
D. Asians overall not interested in _____________________
Obstacles for European control of Asian sea trading network
A. ____________ traders had already cornered many Asian markets
B. Only option for any control…
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2. Facilitated by characteristics of trading network:
a.
b. little military force
c. lightly ______________ trading vessels
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C. Limits to European success
1. Sea power allowed…
a.
b. regulation of some areas in Asian trade network
c.
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VI.
d. ____________ regimes
European trading empires
South & Southeast Asia responses
A.
B. But most Asian societies kept control
C. Ultimately, Europeans were more successfully with limited, ________________
involvement in trade here
D. European control of some regions
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2.
E. Tokugawa Japan and Ming China: _________________ powers in this region