10 Questions
What did Anthropologist Anna Tsing describe plantations as?
The engine of European expansion
How did American resources impact the global population in the eighteenth century?
Increased by a third
What effect did large herds of European cattle have on local ecosystems?
Destroyed forests and food sources
Where were most enslaved Africans taken to labor on sugar plantations?
Caribbean islands and Brazil
What product brought by Europeans reshaped local ecosystems through intensive agriculture?
Sugar
How did American plants and animals impact life in the Americas?
Transformed life in the Americas
What role did potatoes and corn from the Americas play in feeding people in Afro-Eurasia?
Fed people in Afro-Eurasia
How did Indigenous Americans integrate the horse into their culture on the American West plains?
Adopted the horse into their culture
'Between 1500 and 1900, how many African people were enslaved and transported to the Americas by Europeans?'
~12 million
'What was the impact of European colonialism on non-white colonial subjects?'
'Suffered much more' than white colonial subjects due to economic limits set by European governments
Explore how European colonialism and the plantation system reshaped social orders around the world, fueling European expansion and later conquests in Asia and Africa. Learn about the wealth generated by plantations and their role in transforming life globally.
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