Columbian Exchange AP World History

The author uses all of the following as evidence to support his argument about the impact of smallpox on Native American populations EXCEPT

• A

  many Native Americans who contracted smallpox died from it

• B

  the English settlers tried to help the Native Americans who were afflicted with smallpox

• C

  the Native Americans feared smallpox more than any other disease

• D

  smallpox was widespread among Native Americans

The author invokes which of the following to support his claim that smallpox’s impact on European settlers was different from its impact on Native Americans?

• A

  Pseudoscientific theories of European racial superiority

• B

  Evidence from population genetics

• C

  Ideas about the role of divine providence in human affairs

• D

  Protestant ideas about hard work and economic success as markers of personal virtue

The contents of the letter are best understood in the context of which of the following aspects of the historical situation in sub-Saharan Africa in the early 1600s?

• A

  Political, religious, and economic rivalries shaped European colonial policies in Africa.

• B

  State centralization in Europe led to a change from joint-stock company control to direct imperial control in many colonial territories

• C

  The arrival of Europeans led to the conquest and destruction of many native African states.

• D

  Religious conflicts stemming from the spread of Islam from North Africa made sub-Saharan African states vulnerable to European conquest.

Which of the following developments can be most directly attributed to Portuguese and Spanish state sponsorship of maritime exploration in the late fifteenth century?

• A

  Improvements in European geographic knowledge of Africa and the Indian Ocean

• B

  Improvements in Europeans’ ability to prevent the spread of infectious diseases

• C

  Religious divisions in Europe related to the Protestant Reformation

• D

  The development of theories of natural rights and representative government

Which is not a part of the New World?

• North America
• Caribbean
• South America
• Asia

Colonial trade routes among Europe & its colonies, the west Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves

• Middle Passage
• Columbian Exchange
• Triangular Trade
• Human Exchange

How was the introduction of new animals, like the pig and horse, revolutionary for the Americas?

• They led to the adoption of agricultural lifestyles for many indigenous communities.

• They brought new diseases that easily spread to humans living in the Americas.

• They provided new food sources and modes of transportation.

• They killed off many problematic plant and animal species.

SELECT ALL: The Columbian Exchange was negative for

• Europeans

• Natives of the Americas

• Aztecs

• Africans

The introduction of new crops from the Americas caused populations to _____________ in the Europe, Africa, and Asia.

• increase

• decrease

• the stay the same

• none of the above

what was the trans-atlantic slave trade used for?

• for the exchange of goods and resources between africa and the americas

• for the voluntary migration of african workers to the americas

• for the establishment of diplomatic relations between africa and the americas

• for the forced transportation and sale of african slaves to the americas for manual labor