AP World History Chapter 13 Quiz

Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires?

• 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

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

• based on commercial agriculture and mining

• supported by piracy and smuggling

• dependent on the import of African slaves for labor

• administered by Spanish missionaries

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

• discovery of Siberia

• plantation complex

• devshirme

• Great Dying

What contributed to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in North America than in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America?

• 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.

Which of the following describes a feature of Qing China's policy toward its possessions if 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

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

• they formed a military confederation and won their independence

• they abandoned their nomadic lifestyle and enjoyed success as merchants

• they were absorbed into Chinese and Russian society and lost their identity

• they no longer enjoyed political independence and economic prosperity

Which of the following was an outcome of the establishment of European empires in the Americas?

• 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

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

• it shifted the center of long-distance trade to the Americas

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

• it weakened the effectiveness of merchantilist fiscal policies

• it encouraged piracy and smuggling among colonists in North America

Which of the following policies reflects mercantilist thinking?

• using slave labor

• encouraging free trade

• discouraging exports

• accumulating precious metals

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