Question

1. What is the only material good China wanted from Europe before Opium?

a. Cotton
b. Silver
c. Silk
d. None of the above

Answer 1

Americans began shipping opium from Smyrna by 1805. Turkish opium only made up a small part of the total opium imported into China. Opium did not become an important commodity in American trade with China until the 1830s when it made up approximately 1/4 of the total that Americans sold in China.