HIS 120 Midterm Exam
I. Identification.
Choose 5 of the items below. Identify them by explaining who/what/when/where and, most importantly, why it matters in the context of this course.
Vasco da Gama British East Indies Company
James Cook Jean Jacques Rousseau
Toussaint Louverture Laissez-faire
Social Darwinism
II. Short Essay.
Write a response to the question below in a clear, intelligible, and persuasive manner. Your response should be in a narrative form, not an outline or bullet points. As with the identification, please be as specific as possible and be sure to respond in terms that we have developed in this course. Include historical examples/evidence from the course materials.
What do we mean in this course by the “Columbian Exchange”? In what ways did it enable European global domination by the 19th century? Choose one area of the non-Western world and describe the economic, cultural, and political impact of European presence in the 18th and 19th centuries.



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