AP World History. Chapter 16: The World Economy Quiz Flashcards

2839082650	Which of the following was one of the first new areas brought into the global commercial network after 1450?	The Americas	0
2839084349	What region of the world became the dominant culture in the period after 1450?	The West	1
3071578658	Which of the following was not a technological advancement introduced in the 15th century in the West?	Lateen sails	2
3071584546	The initiative for Western Exploration and conquest came from the kingdom of	Portugal	3
3092901844	What noble was responsible for initiating a series of expeditions along the African coast and outward to the Azores in the 15th century?	Prince Henry the Navigator	4
3092910922	The first Portuguese fleet rounded the Cape of Good Hope in	1488	5
3092915448	The captain of the first Portuguese fleet to reach India was	Vasco de Gama	6
3092919737	What region in the Americas was claimed by Portugal?	Brazil	7
3092927346	What land was claimed for Spain as the result of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe beginning in 1519?	Philippines	8
3092933120	What Italian captain sailing for the monarchs of Spain reached the Americas in 1492?	Christopher Columbus	9
3092940162	Why did the initiative in early conquest and exploration pass to northern European nations in the later 16th century?	The Dutch and the British improved the design of oceanic vessels, producing faster ships than their Catholic rivals.	10
3092949384	What was the purpose of the early English voyages to North America?	To discover a northwest passage to India.	11
3092972795	How was the global trade network of the 15th century different from the previous eras?	In previous eras, most attention was given to the development of larger regional economies and cultural zones, rather than a truly global network.	12
3092985620	In what region of the world did the Dutch challenge the Portuguese for commercial dominance?	Indonesia	13
3092991822	In what way were the early Dutch and British exploration and trade projects different from those of the Iberian nations?	Dutch and British exploratory owed much to private initiative of merchant groups and the formation of chartered trading companies.	14
3093008221	What British commercial institution ruled India for much of the 18th century?	The British East India Company	15
3093014747	As part of the "Columbian Exchange", which of the following was a European contribution to the Americas?	Horses	16
3093036638	What is the most accepted figure for the percentage of the population of the American Indians who died following the European colonization?	Over 50 percent	17
3093042326	Which of the following was NOT a crop imported into Europe as a result of the "Columbian Exchange"?	Millet	18
3093048345	What was the impact of the introduction of American crops into Europe?	The introduction of corn and the potato led to major population growth in Europe.	19
3093058914	Which of the following areas of trade was NOT dominated by the West after the establishment of a global trading network in the 17th century?	The Indian ocean	20
3093064070	A Spanish-led fleet defeated the Ottoman Empire in 1571 at the battle of	Lepanto	21
3093070014	Despite Japan's official policy of isolation, the Dutch were able to gain special access to the port of	Nagasaki	22
3093074794	Which of the following statements best accounts for the Spanish failure to hold a position of dominance in world trade?	Spain's internal economy and banking system were not sufficient to accommodate the bullion from the new world and lacked significant manufacturing capability.	23
3093089839	What economic policy encouraged the development of colonies, particularly by northern Europe countries?	Mercantilism	24
3093095475	The dominant commercial nations of northern Europe compromised the ___ zone of the world economy.	Core	25
3093099031	Which of the following regions were dependents to the core zone of the global trade network?	Sub-Saharan Africa	26
3093107606	Dependence in the world economy and the consequent need to produce unprocessed foods cheaply led to the development of ____ labor systems.	Coercive	27
3093114444	Which of the following statements most accurately describes the impact of the development of core-dependent economic zone on state formations?	Forced labor and European influence trended to generate weak governments in dependent regions, while increased trade revenues tended to generate increasing government strength in core states.	28
3093126809	Which of the following statements concerning the relationship between Asian civilizations and the world commercial network of the 16th and 17th centuries in NOT accurate?	China was able, thanks to the extensive of its coastal navy, to prevent the establishment of European ports.	29
3093141855	Which of the following Western goods was of most interest to the Japanese?	Gunnery	30
3093147204	Which of the following civilizations was fully part of the global trading network in the 16th century?	China	31
3093151240	What was the nature of the trade between eastern and western Europe in the 17th century?	Western Europe imported grain in increasing amounts from eastern Europe in return for art objects and manufactured goods.	32
3093168185	In what year did Spanish settlement of the American mainland begin?	1509	33
3093172160	Where was the first Spanish colony on the American mainland?	Panama	34
3093175474	Which of the following regions was NOT part of the Spanish colonial empires?	Brazil	35
3093179218	The British were able to oust the French from India following the	Seven Years War	36
3093184224	The most important Dutch colony in Africa was located on	The Cape of Good Hope	37
3093189981	The British East India Company through negotiation with local Mughal princes gained a station at	Calcutta	38
3093193692	In Asia, significant conversion to Christianity	Occurred only in the northern Philippines.	39
3093199318	In which of the following regions was European settlement a significant factor in the establishment of colonies?	Dutch South Africa	40
3093203632	Which of the following represents an impact on western Europe from the development of colonies?	The use of colonially produced sugar widely in Europe, particularly in countries with relatively cold climates.	41
3093212879	In which of the following colonies did a deeper appreciation of Western institutions and values take place?	French and British colonies of North America.	42
3093248773	As a result of what treaty did the French lose their colony in North America to the British?	Treaty of Paris 1763	43
3093261885	Why did the southern colonies of the Atlantic seaboard win importance before those farther north?	Cultivation of cash crops produced by coercive labor emerged there.	44
3093271530	Which of the following statements concerning the interaction of North American colonists with the Indians is most accurate?	Colonists interacted with Indians, learned from them, and misused them, but did not forge a new cultural grouping as occurred in much of Latin America.	45