Summarize Wallersteins description of the world economy. What are the key catagories and why are they important?
Summarize what William Cronon wrote about the fur trade in colonial New England. How did it function?
How did the African slave trade impact African societies?
Explain how the division of labor as described by Adam Smith In the Wealth of Nations increases productivity.
Describe the first cotton mill: where was it, when did it start, who worked in it, and what sort of machinery was used? Where did the startup capital for this mill come from? Where did the raw materials come from? Once the cotton textile industry in Britain started to grow rapidly, where did the capital for the expansion of the mills come from? (One page.)
How did clock time come to dominate modern life and how is it connected to the industrial revolution?
Why and how did the US South fall behind the North during the first half of the 19th century?
