Question 1

How did the Danish explorer Vitus Bering (1681-1741) help Russia's efforts to establish a foothold in the Pacific?

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Question 2

The Enlightenment brought about new ways of understanding race and the supposedly natural order of humanity. What were the different ways of understanding race during the Enlightenment?

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Question 3

What role did science play in eighteenth-century European voyages of exploration?

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Question 4

The system of slavery was not unique to the early modern period, but the scope of the slave trade increased significantly as Europeans became more involved. Why did the number of slaves increase significantly with European involvement?

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Question 5

How did Europe benefit economically from slavery?

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Question 6

What were the consequences of the almost exclusive use of black Africans as slaves in the early modern Atlantic?

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The system of slavery was a significant part of early modern empires, but by the end of the eighteenth century anti-slavery sentiment was increasing and the nineteenth century saw the end of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. How was slavery abolished in Britain and France?

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Question 8

What is the Great Divergence?

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Question 9

Immanuel Wallerstein, Kenneth Pomeranz, and Prasannan Parthasarthi have all attempted to explain Europe's rise to global power in the nineteenth century. How have each attempted to explain this phenomenon?

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Question 10

The system of slavery was transformed during the early modern period with wide ranging effects and consequences. What were the consequences of the changes to the system of slavery?

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Question 11

Slavery was a fundamental part of the early modern Atlantic economy. What role did slavery play in the early modern Atlantic economy?

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Question 12

Historians and anthropologists continue to debate why Captain Cook was killed in Hawaii. How should we interpret Captain Cook's death?

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Question 13

During the eighteenth century, encounters with an increasing number of people coincided with Enlightenment attempts to understand humanity and its place in the natural world. How did enlightened values inform European reactions to such encounters during the eighteenth century?

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Historians and sociologists agree that Europe experienced a great divergence from the rest of the world in the nineteenth century, but they do not agree on the causes of the great divergence. Why did the great divergence occur?

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Over the course of the early modern period, Europe increasingly became part of a wider world and a key player on the global stage. What was Europe's position in the early modern world?

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Question 16

During the eighteenth century, an increasing number of European countries established colonial empires in the New World. How did European countries establish colonial empires in the New World?

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For Europeans, the eighteenth century was a new age of exploration where they came to know parts of the world that they had previously not known about, largely in the Pacific Ocean. How did Europeans come to know the Pacific?

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Question 18

How did Europeans use trade to establish a presence in Asia?

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Question 19

What role did empire play in the Enlightenment?

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Quiz 11: Europe in the World, 1650-1800