History B Schools History Project GCSE
Economic expansion
What Economic expansion means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Economic expansion
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Reference: OCR
The growth of global trade networks, such as the founding of the East India Company in 1600, which secured lucrative spice trade routes.
Topics that use Economic expansion
Related terms
- Anglo-Spanish conflict
- East India Company
- Economic ambition
- Economic change
- Economic hardship and demographic change
- Exploration and colonisation
- Factional rivalry
- Global trade and economics
Using Economic expansion in the exam
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