The Impact of Columbus and Colonial Expansion on America
Item 6: Overseas Expansion and Colonial Empire Building
1. Discovery and Conquest: “Fair Titles”
Columbus was a Genoese sailor, probably (though there are other studies indicating that it was elsewhere). Little is known of his life before arriving in Portugal. He is said to have had a controversial and mysterious personality, was self-taught, and a great observer. He traveled extensively as a merchant, during which he learned how far the Indies were, hence the idea for the trip. He then performed
Read MoreUnderstanding Demographics: Key Concepts and Trends
Demographics: The science that studies the population from a quantitative point of view. The task of demographers is to analyze statistics to draw conclusions.
History: Demography was born in the late eighteenth century. The first demographic analysis was made by Thomas Robert Malthus.
Sources for the Study of Population:
- The census counts are regular assessments of people to ascertain their number, age, sex, marital status, occupation, educational level, and purchasing power every ten years.
- The municipal
Understanding the Secondary Sector: Construction and Industry
Understanding the Secondary Sector
The secondary sector is composed of two specific areas: construction and industry. Construction is dedicated to the economic activity of creating buildings and infrastructure. Industry is the main component of the secondary sector, covering activities related to the processing of raw materials into manufactured products, which can be consumed or used in other industries.
Features of the Industrial Process
- Driven machines are used by a source of energy.
- Workers perform
The Impact of Rail Transportation on Spain’s Economic Development
5. The Transportation: Rail In Spain, the problem of transportation was one of the obstacles to economic modernization during the 19th century. Despite the building program of roads, these were insufficient; river transport was almost non-existent, and significant improvements in ports and steam transport were only realized towards the end of the century. The revolution in railway transport was the only alternative for the transport and the formation of a market. The delay in the construction of
Read MoreUnderstanding Urbanization Trends in Spain
Urbanization in Spain: The process of urbanization is the increasing concentration of the city’s population, economic activities, and the most outstanding innovations, along with the dissemination of these processes to the environment. The age of the urbanization process differentiates it into several steps:
The Pre-Industrial Development
It extends from the origin of cities at the beginning of industrialization. The characteristics of this stage are as follows:
- The development is modest.
- The urban
Rural Habitats, Industry, and Geographic Concepts in Spain
Rural Habitat
Concentrated: Rural population where houses are arranged alongside one another, regardless of the location of their tenements. This can be linear, with houses arranged along a crowded road, or around a principal core.
Dispersed: Rural population where houses are separated from each other, surrounded by their own land. This type does not include any dense population.
Concentrated Loose: Small clusters of houses forming villages, separated from their tenements but not united.
Scattered Interlayer:
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