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WorksheetsUnit 4: AP World History Exam
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Map 14.4 in the textbook shows that the most common destination(s) in the Americas for West African slaves was(were)
British North America and the United States.
the Caribbean and Brazil.
Mexico
Peru
According to the map, which of the following was the primary goal of Europeans in their relations with Asia?
trade
Empire building
controlling inland waterways
overland exploration
Desire for the colonies cash crops led to an increase in
treaties between Europeans
the slave trade
urbanization
desertification
Form of slavery where slaves have no rights and are considered property
Chattel slavery
Indentured servitude
Mita system
complete slavery
Which of the following countries was the first to dominate the seas with advanced naval technology?
Portugal
France
Britain
China
The Caravel was an example of
continuity from the rise of civilizations
Innovations in ship design
commercial innovations from Asia
Agricultural innovations
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
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.
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
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
all of the above
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
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 the name of the communities created by runaway slaves during this time period?
Maroon societies
Secret societies
Underground Railroad
Haiti
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
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
The Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Reformation
B
Economic competition against Spain and Portugal and a desire to find new sailing routes to Asia
C
The transfer of engineering and navigational knowledge from the classical and Islamic worlds to Europe
D
The need to ease population pressures in Europe by establishing settlement colonies
Which of the following processes most immediately led to the global expansion of European political power in the period circa 1500 ?
A
The Columbian Exchange
B
The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
C
Advances in shipbuilding and navigational methods
D
Advances in medicine that improved Europeans’ ability to survive in tropical climates
Which of the following best describes the author’s claim in the second paragraph?
A
The extensive mining of precious metals on Caribbean islands has destroyed the islands’ natural environment.
B
Despite the small size of Barbadian plantations, the landowners on Barbados are very wealthy.
C
Enslaved people’s political grievances are threatening the political order in American colonial societies.
D
Barbadian plantation owners are the wealthiest social group in the Caribbean.
Which of the following best describes the author’s argument in the first paragraph?
A
The demographic makeup of Barbadian society and the structure of its economy make existing punishments for enslaved people justified.
B
Barbadian enslaved people are punished more leniently than those working on the larger plantations of French Caribbean islands.
C
Plantation owners who punish enslaved people too harshly are not fulfilling their duties as Christians to treat the less fortunate kindly.
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.
What are the factors for the beginning of European maritime expansion? (select all that apply)
Glory
Gold
Gambling
God
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
A caravel, carrack and fluyt are all
currencies
navigational tools
ships
tribal leaders
Owning of human beings as property able to be bought, sold, given, and inherited, is known as.....
Mercantilism
Free trade
Chattel slavery
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.
Virginia Company
Joint-Stock Companies
Mission System
Mestizos
Why did the Europeans cross the ocean?
They wanted to get a cool new species of fish that was only available in the Pacific Ocean.
They wanted a direct route to Asia because the land routes were dangerous and expensive.
Europe wanted to continue trading through the silk road.
They were bored of living in Europe.
Which factor most contributed to the European discovery of lands in the Western Hemisphere in the 1400s and 1500s?
The conflict between Muslims and Christians during the Crusades
The decline of the feudal system after the bubonic plague
European demand for gold, spices, and natural resources
The schism between the Catholic and Orthodox churches
Which disease introduced by Europeans had a devastating impact on the indigenous populations of the Americas?
Smallpox
Cholera
Influenza
Malaria
What was the main effect of the Colombian Exchange in the Americas?
Introduction of new diseases that devastated indigenous populations
Increase in population due to the introduction of European crops
Strengthening of indigenous economies through trade with Europeans
Decrease in conflicts between indigenous tribes
