Unit 6 | Expansion of European Colonial Empires | Test Review | AP European

"The world economic system that developed after 1500 featured unequal relationships between western Europe and dependent economies in other regions. Strong governments and large armies fed European dominance of world trade. Dependent economies used slave or serf labor to produce cheap foods and minerals for Europe and they imported more expensive European items in return. Dependent regions had weak governments which made European penetration and slave systems possible." Which of the following would complicate generalizations made from this world economic theory?

Strong governments in the slave-exporting regions of West-Africa.

*The trend in the graph is best explained by the expansion in the production of (a graph is shown)

Sugar

In the period between 1600 and 1700, the principal product in the Atlantic trade was

Sugar

France lost most of its holdings in India, while England gained territories in North America. These events were the result of the

Seven Years War (1756-1763)

What was the significant shift in policy in the mid-seventeenth century that enabled the English to eventually take the lead in commerce from the Dutch?

After its revolution, Parliament adopted pro-business legislation.

Which of the following are the states that dominated the Mediterranean trade during the sixteenth century?

Italian city states and the Ottoman Empire

Which of the following contributed most to the emergence of Russia as an expanding European power in the period between 1450 and 1750?

Its absorption of traditions and technology from the Byzantine Empire and western Europe

The largest decline in percentage of global population in history occurred as a result of the

Epidemics in 16th century Mesoamerica and South America.

*Which two countries were in the forefront of European commercial expansion in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

France and Spain

Between 1500 and 1800, Europeans were primarily interested in tropical colonies in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean and in the Caribbean because

Large profits could be made from products like sugar, coffee, and pepper.

"The world economic system that developed after 1500 featured unequal relationships between western Europe and dependent economies in other regions. Strong governments and large armies fed European dominance of world trade. Dependent economies used slave or serf labor to produce cheap foods and minerals for Europe and they imported more expensive European items in return. Dependent regions had weak governments which made European penetration and slave systems possible." Which of the following is an illustration of this world economic theory?

Latin America exported sugar and silver and imported manufactured items.

Which of the following best explains the data on slavery in the above table? (Slave destination table is shown) a. Most slaves were brought to British North America to work in silver and gold mines. b. Indentured servants replaced slaves in Caribbean economies by 1800. c. Danish colonists relied more on indentured servants than on slaves to meet their labor needs. d. Most slaves were brought to work on tropical plantations.

Most slaves were brought to work on tropical plantations.

The success of European powers in penetrating the Asian trading system by 1600 can best be explained by the:

Opening of rich silver mines in Peru and Mexico.

Which of the following about the Afro-Eurasian trade is supported by the map above? (A map would be shown) a. Japan had substantial direct trade with Africa. b. The Indian-Ocean trading system bypassed the Middle East. c. The Ottoman Empire was central to major trading routes d. The empires in West Africa maintained close commercial ties with eastern Europe.

The Ottoman Empire was central to major trading routes

Which of the following was the most important factor in enabling the Spanish to defeat the Aztec Empire?

The Spanish were able to form military alliances with other indigenous peoples who were enemies of the Aztecs.

The term "Columbian Exchange" refers primarily to

The biological exchanges between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

"The world economic system that developed after 1500 featured unequal relationships between western Europe and dependent economies in other regions. Strong governments and large armies fed European dominance of world trade. Dependent economies used slave or serf labor to produce cheap foods and minerals for Europe and they imported more expensive European items in return. Dependent regions had weak governments which made European penetration and slave systems possible." Which of the following would illustrate an objection to this world economic theory?

The development of manufacturing in colonial Latin America.

Which of the following resulted from the arrival of western Europeans in India and China during the time period 1450 to 1750?

The establishment of small European enclaves in India and China.

Which of the following CANNOT be associated with the price revolution? a. wide-ranging changes in agriculture b. the influx of silver from the New World c. a general optimism and effective action by governments to control inflation d. exceptionally rapid inflation of cereal prices e. expanding trade and industry

a general optimism and effective action by governments to control inflation

*The two outstanding successes of Dutch commerce in the seventeenth century were

domination of the Baltic grain trade and the spice trade with the East Indies.

The Spanish empire in the sixteenth century was funded largely by

gold and silver from the New World colonies.

As Spain declined in the seventeenth century

the traditional aristocracy and the church retained power and perpetuated authoritarianism in Spain.

*The text states that early modern Europe was comparable to an underdeveloped country today in that

there was a wide gap between a small, wealthy elite, and the general population, which was quite poor.

The Portuguese created a commercial empire in the fifteenth century that included all of the following products EXCEPT a. slaves b. cloth c. sugar d. gold e. tobacco

tobacco