As global trade expanded in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which of the following economies exported

Question

As global trade expanded in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which of the following economies exported more than it imported, thus absorbing a large amount of the world's silver?

is it A) China B) Japan C) Ethiopia D) Spain E) Portugal

i was thinking either China or Spain

Answer 1

is this an ap world question because if so its china.

in these centuries trade became globalized so western europe now had a finer taste  for foreign goods like porcelain and silk from china during the age of exploration

Answer 2

Ethiopia

Answer 3

Portugal