AP World History: Chapter 6

Which of the following describes the Japanese government's treatment of Japanese merchants operating in Southeast Asia in the seventeenth century?

The government disavowed any responsibility for the Japanese merchants.

Which of the following experienced a long-held monopoly of the European trade Eastern goods?

Venice

Which of the following describes a difference between how the British East India Company operated in Mughal India and how the Dutch East India Company operated in Indonesia in the seventeenth century?

The British negotiated treaties with local Indian rulers, while the Dutch established control through conquest and colonization.

How did the Tokugawa shoguns treat Europeans in Japan in the seventeenth century?

They expelled all Europeans except the Dutch, who were allowed to trade at a single site.

The fact that Europeans often had to pay for Asian spices and textiles in cash led to which of the following?

An intense desire for precious metals

The first direct and sustained link between the Americas and Asia was the trade in

silver

Which of the following was a result of the fur trade in North America in the early modern period?

The dependence of Native Americans on European trade goods

Which of the following describes a feature of the North American, but not the Russian, fur trade in the early modern period?

Competition between European traders meant that furs were obtained largely through commercial negotiations with the local population.

How did the decision by the Chinese state to require payment of taxes in silver in the 1570s affect the global economy?

The value of silver around the world skyrocketed.

Which of the following statements is true of the West African slave trade?

European merchants waited on board their ships or in fortified port cities to purchase slaves from African merchants and elites.

The number of slaves shipped from Africa to the Americas peaked in the

1700s

Which of the following distinguished the Atlantic slave trade in the Americas from past instances of slavery in world history?

Slave status was associated with race.

The emergence of Japan as a major source of silver production in the sixteenth century contributed to

the end of civil war and the unification of Japan.

Which of the following was an incentive for the Portuguese to find a direct sea route to Asia?

To circumvent the Muslim and Venetian monopolies on the trade in Eastern goods

Which of the following describes a feature of commerce in the Indian Ocean basin when Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498?

Small-scale merchants traded openly.

Which of the following was established as a Spanish colony in the sixteenth century?

The Philippines

Which of the following characterizes how European countries sought to control trade in Asia from 1450 to 1750?

By force of arms and conquest

Which describes the role that Europeans played in the economy of the early modern era?

They were essentially middlemen funneling American silver to Asia.

Which of the following describes an effect of the silver trade on Spain?

It enabled Spanish rulers to pursue military and political ambitions in Europe and the Americas.

Which of the following developments in the early modern period provided incentives for Europeans to go into the fur trade?

The Little Ice Age

Which of the following describes how the fur trade affected indigenous peoples in North America?

It generated warfare among different groups of Native Americans.

What commodity was called soft gold in early modern commerce?

FUrs

Which of the following was a consequence of the Atlantic slave trade?

The African diaspora

The origins of the Atlantic slave trade were associated with the

production of sugar

Which of the following is an example of the effect of the Atlantic slave trade on African societies?

Judicial proceedings were manipulated to generate victims for the slave trade.

Which of the following describes the experiences of some women in Africa in the early modern era?

A few women had access to political power.

How did the slave trade affect African states?

Some African states depended on revenues from the slave trade.