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AP World Unit

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which economic factor caused the Portuguese develop of maritimine technology to assist with navigation?

a)

To obtain raw materials and wealth

b)

To diffuse technology with Asian states

c)

To establish colonies in new territories

d)

To spread Catholicism to non Christian people

2.

What did the Spanish sponsorship of Columbus and subsequent increase in European Transoceanic travel and trade lead to?

a)

The sponsorship of explorers

b)

The creation of new forms of maritime technology

c)

The movement of people to European states

d)

The creation of the plantation complex

3.

All of the following were causes of the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT

a)

Jesuit missionary work

b)

State sponsorship of exploration

c)

The creation of the Middle Passage

d)

Desire for territorial gain and wealth

4.

All of the following were effects of the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT

a)

The Great Dying

b)

Cash crops grown by coerced labor

c)

Transfer of domesticated animals

d)

Water route to Asian spices

5.

How did states like the Portuguese and Dutch initially establish their states along the Swahili Coast and Indonesia?

a)

Creation of Trading Posts

b)

Signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas

c)

Fur trade monopoly

d)

Destruction of the Ottoman Empire

6.

How did the Asante benefit from participation in trade networks?

a)

They gained enslaved people

b)

They obtained firearms

c)

This led to a increase in gold coins

d)

Purchase of ivory and metal goods

7.

Silver mines utilized existing labor systems such as

a)

Chattel Slavery

b)

Mit'a System

c)

Indentured Servants

d)

Hacienda System

8.

What is one impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on West Africa?

a)

Demographic changes with female taking traditionally male roles

b)

Displacement of the Omani Arabs as middlemen of trade

c)

It was easier for enslaved people to become free

d)

European monopoly on cotton and tea

9.

European rulers used this economic strategy to maintain their power by gaining raw material and exporting more than it imported.

a)

Atlantic trading system

b)

Economic Rivalry

c)

Capitalism

d)

Mercantalism

10.

A change in the networks of exchange from 1450 to 1750 was the development of this innovation which allowed investors to make a profit as long as a monarch signed a charter allowing them to purchase goods.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Joint Stock Company

c)

Indian Ocean trade

d)

Plantation Complex

11.

New global circulation of goods was facilitated by global flow of Spanish silver from the Americas. What was this silver used for?

a)

To use as currency to purchase Asian goods like spice

b)

To convert into gold coins

c)

To create ceremonial goods like shields

d)

To displace the traditional players in the Indian Ocean like the Gujarati Indians.

12.

How did the Atlantic System and Spanish colonization effect existing social structures in the Americas?

a)

The development of the new maritime technologies

b)

The desire for Asian goods such as silk

c)

The weakening of certain African kingdom due to constant warfare

d)

The creation of the Casta System based on race and ethnicity

13.

What was a significant impact of the Columbian Exchange on the global population?

a)

A) Introduction of new diseases to the Americas

b)

B) Establishment of the Silk Road

c)

C) Spread of Buddhism to Europe

d)

D) Discovery of the Pacific Ocean

14.

Which of the following was a primary motivation for European exploration during the Age of Discovery?

a)

A) Desire to spread democracy

b)

B) Search for new trade routes to Asia

c)

C) Interest in learning new languages

d)

D) Need to escape religious persecution

15.

What was one of the main reasons for the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century?

a)

A) Loss of control over the Silk Road

b)

B) Defeat in the Battle of Lepanto

c)

C) Economic competition from European powers

d)

D) Spread of the Black Death