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Unit 4: AP World History Exam

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Map 14.4 in the textbook shows that the most common destination(s) in the Americas for West African slaves was(were)

a)

British North America and the United States.

b)

the Caribbean and Brazil.

c)

Mexico

d)

Peru

2.

According to the map, which of the following was the primary goal of Europeans in their relations with Asia?

a)

trade

b)

Empire building

c)

controlling inland waterways

d)

overland exploration

3.
The Colombian Exchange can be described as -?
a)
An economic policy that promotes strengthening a nation by expanding its trade
b)
The exchange of people, other living things, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemisphere
c)
The process of establishing settlements called colonies
d)
DON'T PICK THIS ANSWER
4.

Desire for the colonies cash crops led to an increase in

a)

treaties between Europeans

b)

the slave trade

c)

urbanization

d)

desertification

5.

Form of slavery where slaves have no rights and are considered property

a)

Chattel slavery

b)

Indentured servitude

c)

Mita system

d)

complete slavery

6.

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

a)

Portugal

b)

France

c)

Britain

d)

China

7.

The Caravel was an example of

a)

continuity from the rise of civilizations

b)

Innovations in ship design

c)

commercial innovations from Asia

d)

Agricultural innovations

8.

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?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Portugal

9.

What was the Encomienda System?

a)

System of labor that enslaved Natives in exchange of food and shelter

b)

System of labor that used serfs to tend the field

c)

System of labor in which natives where granted land and money in exchange of gold.

d)

System of labor that gave jobs to thousands of Africans coming to the Americas.

10.

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?

a)

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

b)

they helped governments fund public journeys

c)

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

d)

all of the above

11.

Lateen sail, compass, astronomical charts were all influences from

a)

Interaction between Native Americans and Europeans

b)

Interaction along the Trans-Saharan trade route

c)

interaction with East Asia and South Asia and the Middle East

d)

all of the above

12.

What are the colonies supposed to provide the mother country under a mercantile system?

a)

coerced labor and manufactured goods

b)

A market, precious metals and raw materials

c)

coerced labor and gold

d)

raw materials only

13.

The majority of slaves went to __________ to work on _______.

a)

The Caribbean; sugar plantations

b)

Mexico; gold mines

c)

The US; cotton plantations

d)

Chile; silver mines

14.

What was the name of the communities created by runaway slaves during this time period?

a)

Maroon societies

b)

Secret societies

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

Haiti

15.

What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

a)

Split the Americas between England and France

b)

Split the Americas between Spain and Portugal

c)

Split the Americas between Belgium and China

d)

Split the Americas between the Dutch and Spain

16.

The sixteenth- and seventeenth-century maritime exploration efforts by England, France, and the Netherlands were most directly connected to which of the following historical processes?

a)

A

The Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Reformation

b)

B

Economic competition against Spain and Portugal and a desire to find new sailing routes to Asia

c)

C

The transfer of engineering and navigational knowledge from the classical and Islamic worlds to Europe

d)

D

The need to ease population pressures in Europe by establishing settlement colonies

17.

Which of the following processes most immediately led to the global expansion of European political power in the period circa 1500 ?

a)

A

The Columbian Exchange

b)

B

The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople

c)

C

Advances in shipbuilding and navigational methods

d)

D

Advances in medicine that improved Europeans’ ability to survive in tropical climates

18.

Which of the following best describes the author’s claim in the second paragraph?

a)

A

The extensive mining of precious metals on Caribbean islands has destroyed the islands’ natural environment.

b)

B

Despite the small size of Barbadian plantations, the landowners on Barbados are very wealthy.

c)

C

Enslaved people’s political grievances are threatening the political order in American colonial societies.

d)

D

Barbadian plantation owners are the wealthiest social group in the Caribbean.

19.

Which of the following best describes the author’s argument in the first paragraph?

a)

A

The demographic makeup of Barbadian society and the structure of its economy make existing punishments for enslaved people justified.

b)

B

Barbadian enslaved people are punished more leniently than those working on the larger plantations of French Caribbean islands.

c)

C

Plantation owners who punish enslaved people too harshly are not fulfilling their duties as Christians to treat the less fortunate kindly.

d)

D

The punishments of enslaved people in Barbados are the result of a long experience of deadly uprisings and anti-planter violence on the island.

20.
This explorer was looking for a way to go west from Europe to find Asia.  Instead he discovered a famous river and explored the area around NYC.  Who is it?
a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Henry Hudson
21.

What are the factors for the beginning of European maritime expansion? (select all that apply)

a)

Glory

b)

Gold

c)

Gambling

d)

God

22.

What was a major effect in Africa of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?

a)

Most slave-raiding African groups became poorer because of the competition with other groups

b)

Warfare among African groups decreased in frequency and severity

c)

The influx of money caused economic growth

d)

The ratio of males to females became unbalanced

23.

A caravel, carrack and fluyt are all

a)

currencies

b)

navigational tools

c)

ships

d)

tribal leaders

24.
First European to sail around Africa and reach India
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Francisco Pizarro
c)
Hernando Cortes
d)
Vasco da Gama
25.

Owning of human beings as property able to be bought, sold, given, and inherited, is known as.....

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Free trade

c)

Chattel slavery

26.

Companies formed when investors pooled their money together in exchange for a percentage of ownership on the company through stock. Such arraingements were used to fund England's early colonial efforts.

a)

Virginia Company

b)

Joint-Stock Companies

c)

Mission System

d)

Mestizos

27.

Why did the Europeans cross the ocean?

a)

They wanted to get a cool new species of fish that was only available in the Pacific Ocean.

b)

They wanted a direct route to Asia because the land routes were dangerous and expensive.

c)

Europe wanted to continue trading through the silk road.

d)

They were bored of living in Europe.

28.

Which factor most contributed to the European discovery of lands in the Western Hemisphere in the 1400s and 1500s?

a)

The conflict between Muslims and Christians during the Crusades

b)

The decline of the feudal system after the bubonic plague

c)

European demand for gold, spices, and natural resources

d)

The schism between the Catholic and Orthodox churches

29.

Which disease introduced by Europeans had a devastating impact on the indigenous populations of the Americas?

a)

Smallpox

b)

Cholera

c)

Influenza

d)

Malaria

30.

What was the main effect of the Colombian Exchange in the Americas?

a)

Introduction of new diseases that devastated indigenous populations

b)

Increase in population due to the introduction of European crops

c)

Strengthening of indigenous economies through trade with Europeans

d)

Decrease in conflicts between indigenous tribes