WorksheetsAP World History: Unit 4 (Transoceanic Interactions)
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 30mins
The Dutch were able to monopolize European overseas trade for most of the seventeenth century because they
had the largest maritime empire
had superior sailing technology
avoided using joint-stock companies
refused to lend money to foreign creditors
What was the main difference between the way Spain and Portugal financed foreign investment and the methods used by other European countries?
Spain and Portugal followed the principles of mercantilism
Spain and Portugal were slow to adopt joint-stock companies
Spain and Portugal had the earliest international banking system
Spain and Portugal had more middle-class investors
Ferdinand Magellan and Francis Drake's exploratory voyages differed from the Portuguese voyages of exploration in the late 1400s because they sailed
Along the coast of Africa
West, across the Atlantic to reach Asia
Across the Indian Ocean
Among the Islands of southeast Asia
Which statement best describes European trading-post empires in this period?
They were a profitable way for Europeans to maintain a presence in Asia and Africa
They required large numbers of European settlers to maintain control of foreign territories
They were more expensive to maintain than trade using overland trade routes such as the Silk Road
They had little lasting impact on the economies of Europe, Asia, or Africa
What is the most likely cause for the majority of population losses among indigenous Americans after European contact?
Climate
Disease
Enslavement
Warfare
What do the encomienda and mit'a systems used in Spanish colonies and the labor system used on Brazilian sugarcane plantations have in common?
Both were coerced labor systems designed to enrich European colonizers
Both made use of enslaved Africans as agricultural workers
Both were successful in teaching indigenous peoples European farming techniques
Both were labor systems that provided economic opportunities for immigrants
Which generalization best describes the cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Vodun, and Santeria?
A mixture of Catholic and Protestant religious elements
A mixture of indigenous and Christian religious elements
A mixture of African and European religious elements
A mixture of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religious elements
Which economic process was largely responsible for the economic development of Brazil, Spanish America, and parts of western Africa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
Columbian Exchange
Feudalism
Socialism
Mercantilism
What factor played the greatest role in determining a person's social status in Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Americas by the seventeenth century?
Commercial wealth
Land ownership
Racial ancestry
Religious affiliation
Which statement best describes the way Spain ruled its American colonies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
The monarch effectively maintained long-distance control of the colonies from Spain
Appointed officials represented the crown, overseen by royal courts in the colonies
Spanish colonial subjects elected their own rulers with the approval of the monarch
Spain adapted the political systems of the Aztec and Inca in ruling the colonies
What conclusion about the results of the Columbian Exchange in the sixteenth century is most accurate?
Africa benefited more than Europe and the Americas
The Americas benefited more than Europe and Africa
Europe benefited more than Africa and the Americas
Africa, the Americas, and Europe all benefited equally
The Middle Passage involved which of the following new connections in the era from 1450 to 1750?
It was the route of enslaved Africans from the interior of Africa to the African coast
It was the voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
It was the triangular voyage of slave merchants between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
It was the route of enslaved Africans leaving slave ships in the Americas and going to plantations
Which statement is true about the slave trade in Africa?
The Atlantic slave trade was the beginning of slavery in Africa
Portuguese traders were the first to capture slaves in Africa
Slavery existed in Africa long before the arrival of Europeans
Arab merchants of the post-classical era were the first to trade for slaves in Africa
What was a major effect in Africa of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
Most slave-raiding African groups became poorer because of the competition with other groups
Warfare among African groups decreased in frequency and severity
The influx of money caused economic growth
The ratio of males to females became unbalanced
What was the main cause of Haiti becoming the first land in the Americas to abolish slavery?
political and social changes in Europe
slave revolts there in the late eighteenth century
slave revolts on ships during the Middle Passage
the abolition movement in the United States
One similarity between the Swahili Coast and the West Coast of Africa is that local rulers on both coasts
gained power by trading slaves for firearms
used gunpowder and cannons to battle invading Europeans
abandoned trade with other African kingdoms to trade with Europeans
refused to participate in the slave trade that Europeans encouraged
Which statement explains why Portugal became the first European nation to engage in widespread slave trading along the West Coast of Africa?
The Portuguese were pioneers in gunpowder and cannon technology
The Portuguese were more skilled in setting up trading posts
Only the Portuguese were willing to trade cannons for slaves
The Portuguese were pioneers in naval technology
Russia's expansion eastward to Siberia and beyond created what new trade connection?
Export of fur to Europe, China, and North America
Export of cloth to England, India, and Persia
Import of caviar from markets on the Silk Road
Export of naval technicians to Western Europe
Which of the following was most responsible for making conditions worse for Russia's serfs in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?
The growing power of nobility
The spread of Enlightenment ideas
The growing power of Cossack warriors
The rise in demand of fur
Which of the following ways to determine historical periods would give historians the fullest picture of China from 1450 to 1750?
By foreign invaders who took control
By ruling dynasties
By European powers that arrived
By peasant revolts
Which of the following is most likely to have caused many Chinese people to emigrate to foreign lands in the first half of the fifteenth century?
the reestablishment of Confucianism
the fear of peasant rebellions
the influence of Zheng He's explorations
the influence of Portuguese traders
Which statement best explains why the Portuguese were the first European traders to come to China?
Portuguese ships and weapons were superior to those of other European powers
Portugal had a large enough population to maintain a long-term trading empire in Asia
Portugal succeeded in eliminating corruption among its government officials
Other European powers had no interest in building trade networks in Asia
The Columbian Exchange involved which of the following?
sugarcane from Europe; olive trees from the Caribbean
peanuts from South America; rice from Africa
Pigs from South America; coffee from Europe
Sheep from Europe; slaves from North America
One key difference between the Ottoman Empire and the Tokugawa Shogunate was that
while the Ottoman Empire established Christianity as its state religion, the Tokugawa banned Catholicism
the Tokugawa Shogunate governed over a decentralized, feudalistic system while the Ottomans were able to centralize and govern using a neo-Confucianism model
the Ottoman Empire was less interested in expansionism than the Tokugawa Shogunate
the Tokugawa Shogunate was less influenced by other cultures than the Ottoman Empire was
Which of the following is an example of cultural synthesis?
Translation of the Bible into French
The tea ceremony in Japan
Construction of galleons by the Spaniards
Papermaking in China
Which of the following statements illustrates the difference between English and Portuguese colonization efforts?
England generally governed its territories in a less invasive fashion than Portugal did
While Portugal introduced a concept of monoculture in its African colonies, England was less concerned with exploiting natural resources
Portuguese territories were limited to Africa and Asia, while England held more colonies around the world
While English colonies depended on slaves for agricultural labor, Portugal relied on native populations to work on plantations
The Renaissance did not have a great impact on Spain because
language differences prevented the spread of Renaissance thinking
Spain was geographically isolated from other parts of Europe
the Spanish government strictly censored humanistic ideas and writers
Islamic influence in Spain prevented the adoption of many of the art forms of the Renaissance
Which of the following statements about the slave trade between 1450 and 1750 is NOT true
New ethnic and racial categories grew as a result of contact among Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans
In some African nations, slavery strengthened existing monarchies
New crops and agricultural technology improved the diet and health of Africans
By the late 1700s, the slave trade had been abolished in Asian and Islamic nations
Which of the following statement about the rule of Peter the Great is accurate?
Under Peter the Great, Russia became a strong military nation but failed to modernize or industrialize
Peter the Great was able to build a strong, centralized government based on militaristic principles
The lives of ordinary Russian citizens were greatly improved as a result of the Western influences imported by Peter the Great
Peter the Great was considered the third enlightened despot in the history of Russia
The encomienda system in Spanish colonies was most similar to
mercantilism
feudalism
a corporate colony
chattel slavery
Lateen sail, compass, astronomical charts were all influences from
interaction between Native Americans and Europeans
interaction along the Trans-Saharan trade route
interaction with East Asia and South Asia and the Middle East
One of the most important pieces of knowledge that helped revolutionize long distance travel by boat was
knowledge of the circumference of the earth
knowledge of the Americas
knowledge of Silk Roads
Knowledge of the wind patterns and regional currents
What are the colonies supposed to provide the mother country under a mercantile system?
coerced labor and manufactured goods
a market, precious metals and raw materials
coerced labor and gold
raw materials only
Desire for the colonies cash crops led to an increase in
treaties between Europeans
the slave trade
urbanization
desertification
What was the benefit of creating joint-stock companies?
They provided limited liability
They provided anonymity
They provided unlimited liability and high rewards
The majority of slaves went to __________ to work on _______.
The Caribbean; sugar plantations
Mexico; gold mines
The US; cotton plantations
Chile; silver mines
What was one social effect of Spanish colonization of the Americas?
Encomiendas
Casta System
Deforestation
Increased global trade
What is a form of slavery in which slaves have no rights and are considered property?
Chattel slavery
Indentured servitude
Mita system
Complete slavery
When a person agreed to work for a period of time in exchange for passage to the New World
Chattel slavery
Indentured servitude
Mita system
Complete slavery
System where a conquistador was given land (and the natives in it) in exchange of Christianizing and "protecting" the natives
Mita
Encomiendas
Feudalism
Plantation
What was the name of the communities created by runaway slaves during this time period?
Maroon societies
Secret societies
Underground Railroad
Haiti
What was the stance of the Japanese for trade after they allowed Christian missionaries and European Explorers to their country?
Japan became a majority christian Country.
Japan became isolated from the rest of the world due to Christian Missionaries destroying Buddhist temples.
Japan welcomed European trade for the next 2 Centuries
Japan began to travel to the Americas to trade silk.
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
Split the Americas between England and France
Split the Americas between Spain and Portugal
Split the Americas between Belgium and China
Split the Americas between the Dutch and Spain
What was the encomienda system?
System of labor that enslaved Natives in exchange of food and shelter
System of labor that used serfs to tend the field
System of labor in which natives where granted land and money in exchange of gold.
System of labor that gave jobs to thousands of Africans coming to the Americas.
The accumulation of capital allowed for...
the economy of Western Europe to grow as entrepreneurs entered long-distance markets
the lower class citizens in Western Europe become more wealthy
the Americas to profit as more gold was extracted from mines
ships and other technology to grow
All of the following led to the Commercial Revolution except...
the development of European overseas colonies
the opening of new ocean trade routes
population growth
inflation
the discovery of large silver mines in modern-day Ukraine
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
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
I honestly can't think of any better answer choices...
How did Ana Nzinga, ruler of Ndongo, effectively resist Portuguese domination?
after allying with Port. and that alliance breaking, she & her people fled & over took Matamba, allied with the Dutch & gave runaway slaves freedom to build up her power
they bought so many weapons from the Spanish they were able to defeat the Portuguese in combat
Nzinga effectively allied with the Portuguese and aided them in their slave raids of neighboring societies
she created a new colony in a safer area in eastern Africa, where the Portuguese did not have ports
Which of the following best describes the maroon wars in the Americas?
Slaves fought for their independence by escaping slaveholders & establishing independent settlements
British and Spanish colonists fought for territory in the Americas
Slave rebellions primarily along the east coast of North America
The Pueblo Revolt (1680) could be considered successful because...
the Pueblo and Apache fought off Spanish colonizers trying to force religious conversions, and kept their influence away until 1692.
the Spanish and Pueblo worked together to kick the French out of their native lands
the Pueblo and Apache fought off the British forever and established a maroon society
the revolt was the biggest native American-colonizer conflict of the 17th century
Metacom's War fits which of the following statements? There are two answers.
it was the final major effort of the indigenous people to drive the British out of New England
it resulted in British dominance of New England, even though several Native American tribes continued to live there
it was the first significant battle between Europeans and Native Americans in the colonies
it resulted in the Wamapanoag people living in New England for the rest of the colonial era
Which Maritime Empire was the first to establish large-scale slave-trading operations on the African continent for the purposes of export to plantations in the Americas?
Spain
England
France
Portugal
How was racial hierarchy on the North American continent different from the racial hierarchy in Spanish Latin America?
Intermarriages among Native American, African, and European populations was much less common.
Enslaved Africans could as a rule look forward to freedom upon the death of his or her owner.
Native Americans were preferred over Africans to perform slave labor.
European settlers formed a smaller minority of the overall population.
Which economic system was in place when the exchange of goods in 1450-1750 arose?
European mercantilist laws
Laissez-faire principles
Renaissance guild bylaws
Medieval manorialism
The caravel was an example of
continuity from the rise of civilizations
Innovations in ship design
commercial innovations from Asia
Agricultural innovations
The following all sponsored maritime exploration except
China
Japan
Spain
Portugal
The Columbian 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 hemispheres
The process of establishing settlements called colonies
Which of the following countries was the first to dominate the seas with advanced naval technology?
Portugal
France
Britain
China
