1. In the documentary, "Guns, Germs, and Steel" we explored the reasons why Europeans dominated global affairs between 1500-1918 in terms of its economic, political, and technological power. What reasons were given in the documentary for said dominance? Also, what was the Colombian Exchange and how did this impact the world? Provide examples for full credit.
2. What were the causes of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th Century? Explain each cause for full credit. Secondly, what did the Protestant Reformation lead to socially and politically in both the short term and long term?
3. What was the Black Death and how did the Black Death impact European populations, business, agriculture, and eventually the European Maritime explorations and Atlantic slave trade?
4. What events, people, and philosophical/scientific undercurrents brought about the great revolutions in Europe and the Americas? How did this usher in the modern world?
5. Why was Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) the first country to Industrialize? Secondly, what were the social and physical conditions like during the early Industrial Revolution? How did Socialism and Communism attempt to alleviate some of these conditions?