Analyze the SECOND-WAVE EXPLORATION + EAST INDIA COMPANIES — Dutch (VOC 1602), English (EIC 1600), French Atlantic (Cartier + Champlain) — and OTTOMAN imperial reach (Suleiman 1520-1566, 1529 + 1683 Sieges of Vienna, 1571 Lepanto)
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~6 min
hist.g7.s.ex_46
Matching
Prompt
Match: (1) Mercantilism ___ (2) VOC 1602 ___ (3) EIC 1600 ___ (4) Manila Galleon 1565-1815 ___ (5) Wallerstein world-system ___
How it's presented
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Answer criteria
type
matching
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- Economic theory + practice maximizing state wealth via positive balance of trade + colonial extraction
- Dutch East India Company — first true joint-stock corporation
- English East India Company — chartered 1600 + Surat 1612 + Madras 1639
- Spanish trade route Acapulco-Manila carrying Mexican silver to Asia
- 1974 framework: European core + American periphery + Eastern European semi-periphery
Hints
- VOC + EIC were CORPORATE STATES with armies + treaties + coins.
- Wallerstein builds on Abu-Lughod 1989 (G7-Fall).
Misconceptions to watch
- Confusing VOC and EIC
- Treating Wallerstein as Eurocentric
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