AP World Midterm CFU Study Set

During the seventeenth century, one of the reasons Africans participated in the Atlantic slave trade was (A) the demand for weapons among African elites (B) bribery of African leaders by Caribbean plantation owners (C) the desire of African leaders to dominate the Atlantic trade network (D) the ambition of African leaders to gain a foothold in the Americas

A

The trend shown on the graph above is best explained by (A) increased production of cash crops like sugar (B) growth of silver mining in New Spain (C) industrialized textile mills' demand for raw cotton (D) African slave-trading kingdoms' demand for European trade goods

A

World Economy Theory, 1500-1800 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 turn. Dependent regions had weak governments, which made European conquest and slave systems possible. Which of the following statements would challenge the arguments made in the passage? (A) Strong governments in the slave-exporting regions of West Africa (B) The role of Dutch trading companies in Southeast Asia (C) The use of slaves and the plantation systems in the Americas (D) European imports of sugar and tobacco

A

"In the course of the fifth year [1519] the terrible pestilence began. First there was a cough, then blood. The number of deaths at this time was truly terrible. In 1520 the pestilence spread. Truly, the number of deaths among the people was terrible and the people could not escape from the pestilence. In 1521 my father, King Hunyg, died. The elders and the priests died alike from the pestilence. Half the people threw themselves into the ravines to escape it. The oldest son of the king died at the same time as well as his young brother. Thus, our people became poor. In 1524 the Spanish arrived in our country and destroyed our people. The Spanish conquered all the towns. In 1542 Dominican friars arrived from Mexico, and they taught us the Doctrine of Christ in our language. Until that time we had been ignorant of the word and the commandments of God. In 1560 the pestilence that had formerly raged among the people returned again. It was truly terrible when this death was sent among us by the great God. Many families disappeared. All here were soon attacked, and I was also attacked with the disease." Which of the following pieces of evidence does the author use to support his implicit argument that Maya society underwent a dramatic cultural change in the sixteenth century? (A) Dominican friars knew the Maya language. (B) The Maya were converted to Christianity. (C) The Maya nobility lost its social status. (D) Maya people before the conquest were illiterate.

B

"In the course of the fifth year [1519] the terrible pestilence began. First there was a cough, then blood. The number of deaths at this time was truly terrible. In 1520 the pestilence spread. Truly, the number of deaths among the people was terrible and the people could not escape from the pestilence. In 1521 my father, King Hunyg, died. The elders and the priests died alike from the pestilence. Half the people threw themselves into the ravines to escape it. The oldest son of the king died at the same time as well as his young brother. Thus, our people became poor. In 1524 the Spanish arrived in our country and destroyed our people. The Spanish conquered all the towns. In 1542 Dominican friars arrived from Mexico, and they taught us the Doctrine of Christ in our language. Until that time we had been ignorant of the word and the commandments of God. In 1560 the pestilence that had formerly raged among the people returned again. It was truly terrible when this death was sent among us by the great God. Many families disappeared. All here were soon attacked, and I was also attacked with the disease." Historical chronicle of the Maya Kaqchikel people, composed and edited by different members of the Maya political elite in the Kaqchikel language, circa 1571-1604 Which of the following pieces of evidence does the author use to support his claim that the arrival of the Spanish "destroyed our people"? (A) The Spanish spread infectious disease among the Maya. (B) The Spanish conquered all Maya towns. (C) Maya people became poor. (D) The Spanish assassinated the king's eldest son.

B

The trend shown on the graph above is best explained by the expansion in the production of (A) cotton (B) sugar (C) tobacco (D) rice (E) coffee Test Booklet

B

Which of the following describes the most important cause of the demographic changes associated with the Columbian Exchange? (A) The spread of New World diseases to Afro-Eurasia and environmental damage in the Americas (B) The introduction of New World food crops to Afro-Eurasia and the spread of epidemic diseases to the Americas (C) Environmental degradation in Afro-Eurasia and the spread of Afro-Eurasian food crops to the Americas (D) European settlement in the Americas and the forced migration of Native Americans to Afro-Eurasia

B

Which of the following was an important continuity in the global economy from 1500 C.E. to 1700 C.E.? (A) Muslim merchants controlled most major trade routes. (B) Asian societies produced most of the world's manufactured goods. (C) Most goods were exchanged using overland trade routes. (D) Reliance on coerced labor systems declined.

B

Which of the following represents a significant change in Africa between 1450 C.E. and 1750 C.E.? (A) Bantu-speaking people spread iron metallurgy to East and Central Africa. (B) Europeans established settler colonies in East and Central Africa. (C) Most enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic instead of the Sahara. (D) Islam was introduced and widely adopted in North Africa.

C

"In the course of the fifth year [1519] the terrible pestilence began. First there was a cough, then blood. The number of deaths at this time was truly terrible. In 1520 the pestilence spread. Truly, the number of deaths among the people was terrible and the people could not escape from the pestilence. In 1521 my father, King Hunyg, died. The elders and the priests died alike from the pestilence. Half the people threw themselves into the ravines to escape it. The oldest son of the king died at the same time as well as his young brother. Thus, our people became poor. In 1524 the Spanish arrived in our country and destroyed our people. The Spanish conquered all the towns. In 1542 Dominican friars arrived from Mexico, and they taught us the Doctrine of Christ in our language. Until that time we had been ignorant of the word and the commandments of God. In 1560 the pestilence that had formerly raged among the people returned again. It was truly terrible when this death was sent among us by the great God. Many families disappeared. All here were soon attacked, and I was also attacked with the disease." All of the following pieces of evidence in the passage directly support the author's claim that the "pestilence" was "terrible" EXCEPT: (A) The Maya king died in the epidemic. (B) Fear of the disease drove Maya people to commit suicide. (C) The disease killed members of the Maya elite, including elders and priests. (D) The disease led to the arrival of Dominican friars.

D

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? (A) Terraces and cacao (B) Encomiendas and corn (C) Horses and potatoes (D) Slave labor and sugar

D

In recent decades, many world historians have challenged the commonly held view that Europeans controlled the largest share of world trade in the seventeenth through the eighteenth centuries. Which of the following evidence from the period would best support this historical reinterpretation? (A) Prices for Chinese goods were much higher in Europe than in China. (B) European trading companies often backed their long-distance trading ventures with the threat of military force. (C) Asian trading companies dominated trade in the Indian Ocean region. (D) European merchants transported only a fraction of the goods shipped globally.

D