ECO 343 - Chapter 2 Questions

1. Describe Feudalism and capitalism; provide characteristic of both? How did they differ?

2. How did capitalism unleash new ideologies and ways of looking at the world? How is the
national state related to the growth of capitalism?

3. How has capitalism as an economic system shaped both the human and physical landscapes where
it took hold? What is it about the nature of capitalism that has produced these geographic
outcomes?

4. How did colonization affect culture and politics in colonized regions?

5. Explain how colonialism impacted each of the different countries (shaped the geographies)
listed in the book.