AP World ACP Review #3 - Do Now

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• The Columbian Exchange was a military alliance between European countries in the 15th century.
• The Columbian Exchange was a trade agreement between North and South America in the 17th century.
• The Columbian Exchange was a religious movement that spread across Europe in the 16th century.
• The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

The growth of the Transatlantic Slave Trade was the result of

• the lack of demand for labor in the Americas
• the scarcity of African slaves
• the decline of the European economy
• demand for labor to produce cash crops in the Americas

What is a "joint-stock company?"

• A type of company that only sells products in bulk
• A business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders.
• A company that is owned and operated by the government
• A business that is run by a single individual

The Casta System was based on

• racial classification
• geographical location
• social status
• religious hierarchy

The Declaration of Independence was inspired by what intellectual movement?

• Industrial Revolution
• Romanticism
• Baroque
• Enlightenment