AP Modern World History Chapter 5 Part One Test

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

• they spread diseases to conquered peoples

• they were initiated by maritime expansion

• they were created by merchants

• they were accompanied by religious conversion of conquered peoples

Which of the following regions experienced the least racial mixing and was the least willing to recognize the offspring of interracial unions?

• Colonial Brazil

• British North America

• The Caribbean

• Spanish America

Which of the following was a reason that Portugal, Spain, France and Britain were the first to expand into the New World?

• they had a long tradition of exploring distant lands by boat

• they were on the Atlantic coast and were closer to the Americas

• they believed in ancient legends of a lost world across the ocean

• their lands lacked iron, which drove them to search for deposits

Why did some Native Americans aid the Spanish in their initial invasion of the New World?

• to acquire gold and jewels from the Spanish

• to learn about European culture and history

• to appease the gods and avert natural disasters

• to gain an advantage against their own enemies

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

• dependent on the import of African slaves for labor

• based on commercial agriculture and mining

• supported by piracy and smuggling

• administered by Spanish missionaries

How did many Native Americans in Mesoamerica and Peru respond to Spanish missionaries' efforts to convert them to Catholicism?

• they rejected Catholicism completely and maintained their local cultures

• they blended their old customs into Catholic practices

• they only pretended to be Catholic when Europeans were around

• they abandoned their old religions and embraced Catholicism entirely

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

• devshirme

• Great Dying

• discovery of Siberia

• plantation complex

Which of the following describes slavery in Latin America?

• large-scaled importation of new slaves continued into the nineteenth century

• living and working conditions for slaves were similar to those of poor white men

• slaves became self-reproducing after 1750, with all slaves born in the New World

• Slaves could not be set free by their owners, nor could they buy their freedom

In contrast to the Portuguese and Spanish colonists in Latin America, British colonists in North America ______

• married indigenous women more frequently and were less racist

• sought to escape rather than re-create European traditions in the Americas

• were almost exclusively male and Catholic

• faced many class and racial restrictions

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

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

• 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