Ap World Unit 4
Which of the following was the most important long-term effect of the European acquisition of the wealth and resources of the Americas, as alluded to in the passage?
A lasting shift in the balance of trade between Europe and Asia
Which of the following best explains Europe's ability to gain a greater share of global trade in the early modern period?
Adoption and improvement of maritime technologies by Europeans
The Mughal Empire and the Ottoman Empire before 1700 C.E. shared which of the following characteristics?
Both empires were religiously and culturally diverse.
Which of the following best explains why the painting was seen as a challenge to social conventions when it was painted?
Caribbean society was built on racial hierarchies that generally reserved elite status for people of European ancestry.
Which of the following consequences of the Columbian Exchange most affected Amerindians in the sixteenth century?
Diseases caused pandemics.
The use of objects such as the one shown in the image best illustrates which of the following historical processes from 1450 to 1750 ?
Some Asian states sought to limit foreign encroachment in their internal affairs.
Which of the following most directly facilitated the conquest alluded to in the passage?
Spanish advantages over native American populations in terms of technology and disease immunity
In the context of the period 1450-1750, which of the following most likely explains why the Qing government employed the scholars shown in the image?
States sought to centralize their rule by including foreigners whose positions were dependent on the state to serve in the bureaucracy.
The transfer of which of the following as part of the Columbian Exchange had the greatest effect on human migration patterns before 1800?
Sugarcane
In which of the following regions between 1450 and 1750 was Christian missionary activity met with the LEAST amount of resistance by non-European states?
The Americas
Which of the following claims made in the second paragraph would a historian likely cite to demonstrate how European expansion created a truly global economy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
The Chinese emperor could build a palace from all the silver that arrives from Peru.
The portrait of Emperor Jahangir in Image 2 is best seen as evidence of which of the following?
The Mughals' toleration of different religious traditions within their state
Muslim maritime activities in the Indian Ocean would be most disrupted by which of the following sixteenth-century developments?
The arrival of Portuguese and other Europeans
Some world historians have argued that the growth of European influence in the period 1450—1750 was due in large part to non-European inventions. The history of which of the following technological developments best supports this contention?
The compass
The photograph above of the Süleymaniye mosque in Istanbul exemplifies which of the following historical processes?
The synthesis of established cultural traditions and new traditions
Which of the following best explains a similar motivation behind the establishment of Portuguese trading posts in Africa and the establishment of Portuguese trading posts in Asia?
The trading posts in both regions were intended to facilitate the transfer of slaves to the Americas.
The images above best provide evidence of which of the following consequences of colonial expansion in the period 1450 to 1750 ?
The transfer of wealth to new elites and the development of new gender roles
Which of the following would best support the assertion that hierarchies based on racial classification emerged after 1500 C.E. to maintain the authority of new elite groups in the Americas?
The use of terms such as mestizo, mulatto and creole
Which of the following best explains an effect of Spanish voyages across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in Europe in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
They greatly increased interest in transoceanic travel and trade in other European countries.
The material used to create the plaque best reflects which of the following historical situations in the Indian Ocean region in the period 1450-1750 ?
Trade networks continued to flourish and gave Europeans direct access to precious luxury goods.
All of the following resulted from the growth of the Atlantic slave trade in Africa EXCEPT
the exclusion of Africa from the emerging global market
Which of the following accurately describes the effect of the spread of Christianity among most Amerindian societies after 1500 C.E.?
Amerindians maintained local customs by combining indigenous beliefs with elements of Christianity.
Which of the following best illustrates the argument described in the passage above?
Amerindians were killed in large numbers by diseases such as smallpox and measles.
Which of the following was a major change in transregional trade patterns from 1500 to 1700 ?
Europeans created joint stock companies to engage in overseas trade.
The expansion of trade routes along the coast of Africa as shown on Map 2 was most directly facilitated by which of the following?
Improved ship designs and navigational technologies
The implicit claim made by the image about a connection between religious devotion and maritime exploration best demonstrates which of the following in the period circa 1450-1750 ?
Increasing global connections expanded the reach of existing religions.
Which of the following was a major long-term effect of Vasco da Gama's voyage to India in the late 1490s?
It led to the integration of European merchants into the Indian Ocean economy.
The establishment of Dutch economic and political influence in Southeast Asia as shown in Map 1 was most directly a result of which of the following?
Joint-stock trading companies
Which of the following conclusions regarding the Ottoman Empire is best supported by the passage?
Ottoman policies sought to limit the activities of some religious groups.
Which of the following would best support the conclusion that the Columbian Exchange involved more profound consequences than did earlier biological exchanges in world history?
Previous exchanges did not involve the world's two hemispheres.
Historians consider the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to be a time of great change in cultivation methods and in the physical landscape of Latin America. Which of the following pairings was most responsible for these changes?
Slave labor and sugar
The object in Image 2 best illustrates which of the following cultural processes in the period circa 1450-1750?
The development of religious syncretism as cultural traditions spread
The production of the plaque in Goa is best understood in the immediate context of which of the following?
The development of trading-post empires
Which of the following most directly led to the arrival of substantial numbers of Africans in the Americas at the time of the painting?
The expansion of the plantation system for growing sugarcane and other crops
Which of the following aspects of Map 2 can best be used to support the claim that a truly global trading system developed during the period from 1450 to 1750 ?
Trade routes extending east and west from Eurasia toward the Americas
The author's position on the religious controversy in the passage can best be described as that of
an impartial observer describing the controversy without taking sides
Based on the location of the painting, it can be inferred that its primary purpose was to
bolster the legitimacy of the Golkonda dynasty by celebrating its past
The trend shown on the graph above is best explained by
increased production of cash crops like sugar
Titu Cusi, ruler of a regional Inca state established after the Spanish had conquered the Inca Empire,letter to the Spanish king detailing the abuses of the Spanish during the conquest, 1570 The sentiments expressed in the passage most directly indicate
resistance to European colonial expansion and control
The main arguments of the two sources are most similar in their emphasis on the
significance of European access to precious metals from the Americas
