Many. It's abundant in silver, and copper especially, and gold
trade surplus
Controlling trade is a key to increasing power.
opportunity cost are incurred when trade-offs are made
Each country focuses on what it can do best.
Unstable and dependent on selling raw materials
Access to Natural Resources
northward across the Sahara
Forbidden
China's economy thrived, as it increased it's trade and interaction with societies in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
The geography of Africa had hindered economic development.
Caravan
trade surplus
Involved in the fur trade
materials native to the site must be used to your advantage
Controlling trade is a key to increasing power.
Navigation Acts.
A competition between European imperial powers to control Africa