Answer the focus questions from each section of the chapter.
What was the Afroeurasian trading world prior to the era of European exploration?
How and why did Europeans undertake ambitious voyages of expansion?
How did European powers acquire colonies in the Americas, and how were they governed?
How was the era of global contact shaped by new forms of exploitation, commercial exchange, and forced migration?
How did new encounters shape cultural attitudes and beliefs in Europe and the rest of the world?