Unit 4 - AP World Quiz
Which of the following best supports the contentions of the world economic theory in the passage
Latin America exported sugar and silver and imported manufactured items
Which of the following is best concluded about slavery in British North America from the graph above and knowledge of the period?
The increase in the number of slaves reflected a probable increase in the demand for plantation laborers.
The domestic labor of the enslaved woman in the sketch is most similar to the predominant form of slavery in which if the following regions
Africa
Which if the following best illustrates the argument described in the passage above? (William McNeil, world historian, 1976)
Amerindians were killed in large numbers by diseases such as smallpox and measles.
The creation of this particular image of the Aztec capital was part of which of the following processes occurring at the time
The absorption of the Aztec Empire into the Spanish colonial system
A historian could best use the passage as evidence for which of the following? ( Alonso de la mota y Escobar, Bishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, geographical treatise, 1605)
The creation of a new political and economic elite in the immediate aftermath of the European conquest
Which of the following statements would challenge the arguments made in the passage
Strong governments in the slave-exporting regions of West Africa
The primary rationale for Japan's territorial acquisitions in Southeast Asia during the period 1933-1942, as reflected in Map 2, was most similiar to the primary rationale for which of the following
The British East India Company's takeover of other European states' colonial possessions in India
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 trade illustrated by the map contributed most directly to which of the following
The Haitian Revolution
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
The two passages differ most strongly with respect to which of the following
The authors' attitudes toward European expansion
Over the next century, the Portuguese activities referenced in the two passages resulted in which of the following changes in the region
The creation of a Portuguese trading-post empire
The ethnic makeup of Zacatecas, as described in the passage, can best be used as evidence of which of the following?
The dependence of colonial economies on coerced labor
Which of the following best explains a similar motivations 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 allow the Portuguese to control access to heavily trafficked maritime routes
Which of the following best explains an effort 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
Which of the following best explains a similarity between the earliest English and French voyages across the North Atlantic in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
They were often launched in the hopes of finding alternative sailing route to Asia
The existence of a sugar mill in the Mexican town in the passage indicates that the region of Mexico in which the lawsuit took place was part of which of the following
the Atlantic Trade system
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.
Based on the description of the discovery of silver in Zacatecas in the second paragraph, which of the following conclusions about Mota y Escobar is best supported?
He was critical of the motivations of the Spanish conquistadors
Commander Cotton's reaction to the events in Jamaica, in the notice above, might best be understood in the context of which of the following
Mounting resistance to slavery in the Americas, reflected in challenges to imperial authority
The historical trend represented by the table is most similar to which of the following
The impact of the Columbian Exchange on American populations in the sixteenth century
The map above illustrates which of the following?
Predominant areas of origin and destinations of African slaves in the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries
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 economic activities described in the passage contributed most directly to which of the following?
The emergence of the first truly global exchange networks
The dispute described in the court case is most directly an effect of which of the following processes in colonial American societies
The formation of new identities as part of the restructuring of social hierarchies
The process described by McNeill in the passage is most closely related to which of the following in the same period
The growth of the transatlantic slave trade
The decree most clearly illustrates which of the following changes in the period 1450-1750
The increase in the power of centralized governments at the expense of traditional elites
Which of the following best explains the relative volume of trade to different destinations as shown on the map
The increasing demand for labor on cash crop plantations
Navarro's economic observations expressed in the passage above are best understood in the context of which of the following?
The influx of silver from the Americas into the Spanish economy
Based on the passage, it could be inferred that the high prices of firewood in the seventh-century Zacatecas were a result of which of the following processes?
The introduction of European practices of resource extraction
The author's claim that the Spanish inhabitants of Manila act as agents for the inhabitants of Mexico can be described as a reference to which of the following
The mercantilist trade regulations enforced by Spanish colonial authorities
The sermon delivered by Vieira is best seen as evidence for which of the following
The mixing of African and European cultures in the Americas
Vieira's assertion that Solomon and the Queen of Sheba had a son diverges from the traditional Hebrew account. Which of the following best explains Vieira's choice to tell this version of the story?
Vieira wished to tailor his sermon to appeal to Brazil's ethnically and racially diverse population
The Portuguese activities referenced in the two passages were most enabled by a combination of improved maritime technology and
acquisition of the knowledge of monsoon wind patterns
All of the following were significant environmental effects of the trade illustrated on the map EXCEPT
air pollution resulting from the increased exploitation of fossil fuels
The trend shown on the graph above is best explained by
increased production of cash crops like sugar
