AP World Unit 4 Review

The Colombian Exchange can be described as -?

• An economic policy that promotes strengthening a nation by expanding its trade
• The exchange of people, other living things, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemisphere
• The process of establishing settlements called colonies
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The first direct and sustained link between the Americas and Asia was the trade in

• fur

• spices

• silk

• silver

What is the exam weighting for the multiple-choice questions in Section 1?

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

What was the benefit of creating Joint Stock Companies?

• They provided limited liability

• They provided anonymity

• The unlimited liability and high rewards

• all of the above

According to the map, which of the following is true?

• Overland routes were a critical part of the trade.

• China was a major source of silver.

• The silver trade flowed in a predominantly eastern pattern.

• Silver was traded on a truly global scale.

The Caravel was an example of

• continuity from the rise of civilizations

• Innovations in ship design

• commercial innovations from Asia

• Agricultural innovations

Which describes the role that Europeans played in the economy of the early modern era?

• They worked the markets of the East to their advantage.

• They were essentially middlemen funneling American silver to Asia.

• They established and enforced a new international system of trade.

• They dominated the global trade in textiles, tea, and porcelain.

Monopolies enriched European companies or nations by...

• giving that nation or company exclusive trading rights over an area or over a crop, so they received all of the profits for trading it

• growing regional markets into international ones

• limiting the amount of a product that countries could extract and sell

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Why were joint-stock companies such as the East India Company or the Dutch East Indian Company the driving force behind the development of maritime empires?

• they allowed continued exploration/ventures to colonize with limited risk to investors

• they helped governments fund public journeys

• they gave explorers the navigational tools they needed to succeed on their journeys

• all of the above

Which of the following countries was the first to dominate the seas with advanced naval technology?

• Portugal

• France

• Britain

• China