AP World History 4.1 -4.4 Test

Which of the following was an important continuity in the global economy from 1500 C.E. to 1700 C.E.?

Asian societies produced most of the world's manufactured goods.

Which of the following evidence from the period would best support this historical reinterpretation?

European merchants transported only a fraction of the goods shipped globally.

Which of the following most clearly differentiates the sixteenth century from the previous period in world history?

Extension of sugar production to the Americas

Which of the following best describes the impact on African society of the trade depicted on the map?

Gender and family roles were restructured as the male population in West Africa diminished.

The table best supports which of the following conclusions about Japanese trade in the seventeenth century?

Japanese imports of foreign goods were funded primarily by the export of precious metals.

Which of the following pieces of evidence does the author use to support his claim that the arrival of the Spanish "destroyed our people"?

The Spanish conquered all Maya towns.

Which of the following was a major motivation for European maritime expansion starting in the fifteenth century?

The desire to trade directly with Africans and Asians

Which of the following was the most immediate effect of the Portuguese establishment of a school for navigation in the 1400s?

The development of overseas trade between West Africa and Europe

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

Sun Yuting's analysis of the factors that contributed to the relative economic strength of China and Great Britain best illustrates which of the following continuities from the period 1450-1750 ?

The global circulation of goods was fueled by European merchants' access to Asian markets.

For the period circa 1580-1650, which of the following most directly caused the price fluctuations shown in the chart?

The intensification of competition among European states over the control of profitable maritime trade routes

Before 1700, Spain governed its American colonies through a system of

appointed administrators

The Spanish actions described in the passage differed from European attempts to promote Christianity in South and East Asia in the period 1450-1750 in that

in South and East Asia, Europeans were unable to subjugate politically the powerful existing states

All of the following factors contributed to significant growth in worldwide population from 1750 through 1900 EXCEPT

new grain crops developed in the Green Revolution

During the seventeenth century, one of the reasons Africans participated in the Atlantic slave trade was

the demand for weapons among African elites

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

The two interpretations of economic history of the early modern period differ most strongly concerning

the relative importance of Europe in the global economy

The domestic labor of the enslaved woman in the sketch is most similar to the predominant form of slavery in which of the following regions?

Africa

Which of the following most directly contributed to the geographic expansion of Safavid trade during the period from 1450 to 1750, as indicated in the passage?

Safavid exchanges with European trading-post empires in Asia

Which of the following would complicate generalizations made from this world economy theory?

Strong governments in the slave-exporting regions of West Africa

Under the Japanese system of feudalism after 1600, the emperor served as the symbol of authority while real power was held by

the shogun