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WorksheetsAP World Unit
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which economic factor caused the Portuguese develop of maritimine technology to assist with navigation?
To obtain raw materials and wealth
To diffuse technology with Asian states
To establish colonies in new territories
To spread Catholicism to non Christian people
What did the Spanish sponsorship of Columbus and subsequent increase in European Transoceanic travel and trade lead to?
The sponsorship of explorers
The creation of new forms of maritime technology
The movement of people to European states
The creation of the plantation complex
All of the following were causes of the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT
Jesuit missionary work
State sponsorship of exploration
The creation of the Middle Passage
Desire for territorial gain and wealth
All of the following were effects of the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT
The Great Dying
Cash crops grown by coerced labor
Transfer of domesticated animals
Water route to Asian spices
How did states like the Portuguese and Dutch initially establish their states along the Swahili Coast and Indonesia?
Creation of Trading Posts
Signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas
Fur trade monopoly
Destruction of the Ottoman Empire
How did the Asante benefit from participation in trade networks?
They gained enslaved people
They obtained firearms
This led to a increase in gold coins
Purchase of ivory and metal goods
Silver mines utilized existing labor systems such as
Chattel Slavery
Mit'a System
Indentured Servants
Hacienda System
What is one impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on West Africa?
Demographic changes with female taking traditionally male roles
Displacement of the Omani Arabs as middlemen of trade
It was easier for enslaved people to become free
European monopoly on cotton and tea
European rulers used this economic strategy to maintain their power by gaining raw material and exporting more than it imported.
Atlantic trading system
Economic Rivalry
Capitalism
Mercantalism
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.
Middle Passage
Joint Stock Company
Indian Ocean trade
Plantation Complex
New global circulation of goods was facilitated by global flow of Spanish silver from the Americas. What was this silver used for?
To use as currency to purchase Asian goods like spice
To convert into gold coins
To create ceremonial goods like shields
To displace the traditional players in the Indian Ocean like the Gujarati Indians.
How did the Atlantic System and Spanish colonization effect existing social structures in the Americas?
The development of the new maritime technologies
The desire for Asian goods such as silk
The weakening of certain African kingdom due to constant warfare
The creation of the Casta System based on race and ethnicity
What was a significant impact of the Columbian Exchange on the global population?
A) Introduction of new diseases to the Americas
B) Establishment of the Silk Road
C) Spread of Buddhism to Europe
D) Discovery of the Pacific Ocean
Which of the following was a primary motivation for European exploration during the Age of Discovery?
A) Desire to spread democracy
B) Search for new trade routes to Asia
C) Interest in learning new languages
D) Need to escape religious persecution
What was one of the main reasons for the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century?
A) Loss of control over the Silk Road
B) Defeat in the Battle of Lepanto
C) Economic competition from European powers
D) Spread of the Black Death
