AP World History Chapter 13 Flashcard

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Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires? Options: They were accompanied by religious conversion of conquered peoples, They were initiated by maritime expansion, They spread diseases to conquered peoples, They were created by merchants

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They were initiated by maritime expansion

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The colonial economy of the Spanish Empire in former Aztec and Inca lands was_____________

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based on commercial agriculture and mining

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Some scientists have linked the Little Ice Age that spanned much of the early modern period to the ______________

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Great Dying

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What contributed to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in North America than in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America? Options: The British government invested massive funds into building libraries throughout North America, Spanish and Portuguese colonizers thought Native Americans could not be taught to read, The Spanish and Portuguese governments discouraged literacy among the colonial population, Protestantism, which was practiced by most British colonists, encouraged reading the Bible for oneself.

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Protestantism, which was practiced by most British colonists, encouraged reading the Bible for oneself.

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Which of the following describes a feature of Qing China's policy toward its possessions in central Asia?
a massive migration of Chinese settlers into the area, respect for the different cultures of the region, the imposition of a special tax on Muslims, assimilation of the local populations into Chinese society

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respect for the different cultures of the region

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How did Chinese and Russian expansion into Central Asia affect the nomadic peoples inhabiting the steppe lands?

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They no longer enjoyed political independence and economic prosperity.

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Which of the following was an outcome of the establishment of European empires in the Americas? Options: a sharp decline in population in Europe and Asia, the spread of smallpox from the Americas to Eurasia, the emergence of an Atlantic world connecting four continents, a shift in the global balance of power in favor of Russia

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the emergence of an Atlantic world connecting four continents

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How did silver from the mines of Mexico and Peru affect international commerce?

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it enabled Europeans to buy Chinese tea,silk, and porcelain

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Which of the following policies reflects mercantilist thinking? using slave labor, encouraging free trade, discouraging exports, accumulating precious metals

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accumulating precious metals

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Which of the following was a reason Russia expanded beginning in the sixteenth century?
to gain access to gunpowder weapons,
to secure its borders from attack,
to monopolize the spice trade,
to control the Silk Roads

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to secure its borders from attack