The Impact of Exploration on European Economies

1. How does a market economy grow?

1.1. Once people started to have more, they could now buy and sell more things .

1.1.1. If a product was in high demand and there wasn't much of the supplies of that product, it could be very expensive.

1.1.1.1. A market economy happens when prices are determined by supply and demand.

2. What is mercantilism?

2.1. Countries thought the best way to build power was to save money.

2.2. To do this, they increased export

2.3. They also established colonies in other places to get even more money.

3. How did exploration help Capitalism?

3.1. Capitalism is an economic system based on investment of money to invest in companies.

3.2. More exploration led to more trade, which gave people money to invest in companies.

4. What is Cottage industry?

4.1. merchants needed to hire people to turn raw materials into products.Many people were hired to work in the Cottages to or homes.

4.2. Lots and lots of products were created this way.This was called the Cottage industry.