Unit 4 Quiz APWH

One of the reasons Africans participated in the Atlantic Slave Trade was:

• the demand for weapons among African elites

• bribery of African leaders by Caribbean plantation owners

• the desire of African leaders to dominate the Atlantic trade network

• the ambition of African leaders to gain a foothold in the Americas

Which of the following historical processes directly relates to the increase of the numbers of enslaved persons to the Americas?

• The dramatic decline in the Amerindian workforce due to conquest and diseases led European colonizers to import African slaves as a reliable source of labor for plantations and mines.

• The depopulation of indigenous labor forced Spanish colonists to shift their economic focus from agriculture to mining, increasing the need of labor only to Brazil.

• The Spanish Crown implemented policies to protect surviving Amerindian populations, which inadvertently increased demand for African labor.

• The rapid depopulation of the Americas led European powers to abandon agricultural production, focusing instead on increased trade with African coastal kingdoms.

Which of the following best describes the impact of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on African society?

• Gender and family roles were restructured as the male population in West Africa diminished

• Bantu peoples increasingly migrated southwards and eastwards

• African societies became increasingly monotheistic as they adopted Islam

• African states underwent significant urbanization as rural agricultural populations diminished

The difference of the object in Image 1 to Image 2 is best understood in which of the following cultural processes in the period 1450-1750?

• The development of religious syncretism as cultural traditions spread

• The intensification of pre-existing religious conflicts and rivalries

• The influence of the European Exchange on artistic traditions

• The spread of African cultural traditions in West Africa

The Columbian Exchange involved which of the following new connections in the era 1450-1750?

• A) African population to the Western Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere food to Europe and Africa; African and European diseases to the Western Hemisphere

• B) European technology to Africa; Western Hemisphere population to Africa; African food to the Western Hemisphere

• C) Western Hemisphere technology to Africa; African food to Europe; European population to the Western Hemisphere

• D) European food to the Western Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere diseases to Europe; African population to Europe

Which of the following consequences of the Columbian Exchange most affected Amerindians in the 16th century?

• Diseases caused pandemics

• Newly introduced crops replaced indigenous American crops

• The influx of African slaves displaced Amerindians

• European livestock disrupted Amerindian agriculture

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the data in the document?

• The indigenous population of Australia was decimated due to this process of exchange.

• The European population greatly benefitted from crops such as potatoes that were brought to the old world as a result of the Columbian Exchange.

• The indigenous population of the Americas greatly benefitted from the diseases brought to the New World.

• The Asian population was not impacted at all from this global exchange.

In the context of Columbus' letter, which of the following best illustrates the Spanish Crown’s motivations for funding overseas exploration during the period 1450 to 1750?

• The desire to establish alliances with non-European kingdoms to counter Ottoman expansion

• The intention to monopolize access to Asian spices by forging direct trade routes to the Indian Ocean

• The pursuit of wealth through the acquisition (possession) of valuable commodities (goods) and the exploitation of indigenous labor

• The goal of spreading Renaissance humanist ideals to the newly discovered lands

Which of the following best explains an effect of Columbus's voyages across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in Europe in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

• Prioritizing the immediate establishment of missionary outposts to facilitate the conversion of indigenous populations

• They greatly increased interest in transoceanic travel and trade by other European countries

• They led to the rapid spread of epidemic diseases such as smallpox

• They encouraged many governments to expand the use of coerced labor in Europe

In the 18th century, which of the following contributed most directly to the change in the volume of silver trade on the Southern African route?

• The development of new types of ships, such as the caravel and the carrack

• The expanded activities of chartered and joint-stock companies

• The conversion of the rulers of the West African Kingdom of Kongo to Christianity

• The increased mining of silver in Africa