ap world module four assessment

Which of the following was a major change in global patterns of religious beliefs and practices in the period 1450-1750 C.E.?

Adherents of monotheistic religions such as Christianity and Islam increased both in number and in geographic scope as a result of conquest, trade, and missionary activities.

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 describes reasons for early exploration?

Countries were in search of new wealth. It was a chance to spread Christianity to other territories. People were in search of fame that came with the discovery and conquering of new territory.

Which of the following was a major similarity among European colonial empires in the Americas in the period 1450-1750 ?

Enslavement of African peoples and subjugation of Amerindians

In the eighteenth century, which of the following contributed most directly to the change in the volume of silver trade on the Southern African route?

NOT The development of new types of ships, such as the caravel and the carrack ?? the expanded activity of chartered and joint stock companies

Which of the following is NOT a reason slaves were sought in Africa?

NOT indentured slaves was too costly and temporary

Which of the following regions was LEAST affected by the expansion of European trade networks in the period 1450 C.E. to 1750 C.E.?

NOT oceania

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.

["It is most evident that kings, queens, and other princes . . . are ordained of God, are to be obeyed and honored by their subjects; that such subjects as are disobedient or rebellious against their princes, disobey God." An Homily Against Disobedience and Willful Rebellion, Church of England, 1570]

Rulers often used religious ideas and institutions to justify their rule.

Which of the following changes best justifies the claim that the late 1400s mark the beginning of a new period in world history?

The incorporation of the Americas into a broader global network of exchange

Which of the following consequences of the Columbian Exchange most affected Amerindians in the sixteenth century?

diseases caused by pandemics

["In countries where there is a great scarcity of money, all other saleable goods, and even the labor of men, are given for less money than [in countries] where money is abundant. Thus we see by experience that in France (where money is scarcer than in Spain) bread, wine, cloth, and labor, are worth much less. And even in Spain, in [recent] times when money was scarcer than it is now, saleable goods and labor were given for much less." -- Martín de Azpilcueta Navarro,Spanish scholar, treatise, 1556] 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

Which of the following was the most dire effect of European migration on indigenous populations in the Americas?

The introduction of new diseases such as smallpox and typhus.

Which of the following best describes the encomienda system?

The rewarding of coerced labor and tributes, to conquerors of lands, using the local populations in the Americas.

The Little Ice Age, which lasted from 1300 to 1850 C.E., likely had the strongest effect on which of the following?

The severity of the Black Death

What was the name of the economic system established by European countries to exploit their newly colonized territories for economic gain (through exports and imports)?

mercantilism

During the period 1450 to 1750, which of the following commodities was most responsible for transforming the global economy?

silver

The existence of a sugar mill in a Mexican town indicates the region where the town is located took part in which of the following?

the atlantic trade system

The image below is a castas painting which depicts which of the following? (ignacio maria barreda)

the mixing of races (european, african, native american)

Which of the following European explorers was the first to sail around Africa (The Cape of Good Hope) to India?

vasco da gama