AP WORLD HISTORY PERIOD 2 (1450 CE- 1750 CE) TEST REVIEW

The quote above describes the environment and circumstances for which of the following? (Northern French peasant, Normandy, France, 1651)

(A) Death and despair due to years of European religious conflicts

(B) The success of peasant agriculture in Western Europe during the 16th and 17 th centuries

(C) The impact of the Mongol invasions on the populations and minds of 19 th -century Europeans

(D) Famine due to the Little Ice Age from 1300-1850 CE

(D) Famine due to the Little Ice Age from 1300-1850 CE

What theme is present in the excerpt above? (Northern French peasant, Normandy, France, 1651)

(A) Despite new economic theories, peasant agriculture still persisted

(B) New low-calorie foods benefited the populations of the New World

(C) The Columbian Exchange enriched the states of Eastern Europe during this era

(D) Europeans developed new farming techniques such as terracing

(A) Despite new economic theories, peasant agriculture still persisted

How did Western agriculture impact the environment in the New World?

(A) Europeans caused a reduction in New World agriculture due to increased taxation

(B) European techniques caused soil erosion & deforestation

(C) An increase in native workers greatly improved environmental factors

(D) The Colombian Exchange enriched the states of Eastern Europe during this era

(B) European techniques caused soil erosion & deforestation

Food shortages and increased taxes resulted in which of the following during this time period?

(A) The exploitation of land empires at the hands of Western maritime empires

(B) An increase in social unrest in the form of food rights and peasant rebellions

(C) Increased racial and ethnic oppression to maintain control of imperial empires

(D) The continuation of legalism to maintain social harmony in Han China

(B) An increase in social unrest in the form of food rights and peasant rebellions

This painting is best seen as evidence for which of the following? (Image from Las Castas, New Spain, 17th century)

(A) The Spanish Crown sanctioned the existence of social and racial hierarchies within its empire

(B) The formation of haciendas within Spanish and Portuguese colonies

(C) The tension between the ruling and subordinate classes of the Spanish racial caste system

(D) The depending of Spanish mines on Native American labor

(A) The Spanish Crown sanctioned the existence of social and racial hierarchies within its empire

The painting shown above best indicates which of the following themes? (Image from Las Castas, New Spain, 17th century)

(A) European states were enriched by their discovery of the Americas and their control of world trade

(B) The ruling and elite classes were able to afford the hiring of artists to glorify their wealth and power

(C) That Native American mit'a system workers were soon replaced by other forms of labor

(D) Governments established oppressive racial policies to control various ethnic groups

(D) Governments established oppressive racial policies to control various ethnic groups

Which of the following is a direct result of the themes of the image above in the Early Modern Era? (Image from Las Castas, New Spain, 17th century)

(A) Spain's settlement of the Americas greatly enriched itself and prompted other Europeans to follow

(B) Racial and social hierarchy tension would lead to the Latin American Revolutions of the 19 th century

(C) The Qing Dynasty was able to maintain its power and influence through elimination its silver tax policy

(D) The Dutch were able to steal Spanish crops such as tobacco and sugar, establishing their own colonies

in the Caribbean, and surpassing the economic power of Spain

(B) Racial and social hierarchy tension would lead to the Latin American Revolutions of the 19th century

Which of the following statements best explains the impact of the European discovery of the Americas?

(A) The silver-only tax policy implemented by the late Ming Dynasty

(B) The establishment of trade-post empires in Africa and Asia

(C) Widespread population changes in the New and Old World due to the Columbian Exchange

(D) The failure of Spain to maintain its and empire due to poor taxing practices and overspending

(C) Widespread population changes in the New and Old World due to the Colombian Exchange

Which of the following is most thematically similar to the image above: (portrait of Florentine Banke Lorenzo de Medici, late 15th century)

(A) Renaissance art of the 15 th and 16 th centuries emphasized humanistic themes

(B) The Catholic Church funded many extravagant paintings and architectural designs in order to

reinvigorate its faithful in the face of the Protestant Reformation

(C) Monarchs patronize distributed miniature portraits demonstrate our

(D) Playwrights were patronized to encapsulate local culture and glorify their monarchs

(A) Renaissance art of the 15th and 16th centuries emphasized humanistic themes

Which of the following themes best explains the increase in literary works and art in the Early Modern Era?

(A) Land empires grew and extracted greater tax revenues

(B) Spanish silver inflation forced wealthy patrons to purchase art in order to protect currency value

(C) New financial institutions such as bank houses and bills of exchange allowed Old World trade and

population to flourish

(D) Commercial activities in trade and agriculture increased individual prosperity and spending amongst

new urban elites and monarchs

(D) Commercial activities in trade and agriculture increased individual prosperity and spending amongst

new urban elites and monarchs

The following are all examples of developing literary figures and art styles during the Early Modern Era except:

(A) Kabuki

(B) Cervantes

(C) Vesalius

(D) Wu Cheng'en

(C) Vesalius

In the quote above, what are the potential biases the author is alluding to? (The Devshirme System, Ahmet Belada, 1984)

(A) How Ottomanists may tend to support the devshirme position as a necessary process

(B) How historians can get caught up in minutia (minor details) and miss the bigger picture

(C) The fact that Shia Muslims would be more likely to criticize Sunni Ottoman practices

(D) How Balkanists may have a strong bias against the violent and oppressive nature of certain aspects of

the devshirme

(D) How Balkanists may have a strong bias against the violent and oppressive nature of certain aspects of

the devshirme

Which of the following Early-Modern themes are alluded to above?

(The Devshirme System, Ahmet Belada, 1984)

(A) That central governments utilized new, brutal tactics to control elites and oppress racial groups

(B) Contentious tax collection practices and social inequalities resulted in unrest the Ottoman and other

land and maritime empires of the Early Modern Era

(C) That central governments utilized new tactics to control certain religious groups

(D) New taxation and collection methods were used by central governments

(A) That central governments utilized new, brutal tactics to control elites and oppress racial groups

Which of the following situations is most similar to the policies described in the quote above? (The Devshirme System, Ahmet Belada, 1984)

(A) The banning of marriage between Manchu and Han ethnicities

(B) The involvement and ability and essential bureaucracy and military in 17 th century France

(C) The recruitment of zamindars to collect taxes and participate in the military in the Mughal Empire

(D) The construction of large architectural works to demonstrate central authority

(A) The banning of marriage between Manchu and Han ethnicities

Regarding image above, which the following themes is NOT indicative of sub-Saharan Africa in the period from 1450 CE to 1750 CE? (Ana Nzinga negotiating with Portuguese officials, West Africa, 16 th century)

(A) Local kingdoms attempted to resist colonial intrusion

(B) Many West African kingdoms engaged with and benefited from slave trade

(C) Portuguese explorers established port cities and trade centers on the coast of Africa in the 15 th and 16 th

centuries

(D) The Songhai Empire remained the dominant force in West Africa throughout the period

(D) The Songhai Empire remained the dominant force in West Africa throughout the period

Which of the following West African kingdoms had largely dissipated and power and influence during the period from 1450 CE to 1750 CE?

(A) The Kingdom of Mali

(B) Hausa Kingdoms

(C) Kingdom of the Kongo

(D) The Asante Empire

(A) The Kingdom of Mali

Which the following examples is most similar to the figure and events detailed in the image above?

(A) Asafa I's letters and cooperation with Portuguese slave traders in the Kingdom of the Kongo

(B) The demographic and social shift of sub-Saharan Africans due to increasingly aggressive slave-

collecting regimes

(C) The enforcement of Islamic law on the population of the Songhai Empire

(D) Metacom's War against English colonists

(D) Metacom's War against English colonists

What was the purpose the document detailed above? (Carolina Charter of 1663 by King Charles II)

(A) The formation of new boundaries for English colonies in North America with Native Americans

(B) The partitioning of timar land grants among the ability

(C) The establishing a legal racial caste system in New Spain

(D) The creation of a new colony through the forming of a private contracts

(D) The creation of a new colony through the forming of a private contracts

Which the following Early-Modern themes is present in the quote above? (Carolina Charter of 1663 by King Charles II)

(A) Muslim gunpowder states established large maritime empires

(B) European explorers were often funded by private companies and investors

(C) Monarchs consolidated power by defeating noble resistance

(D) Europeans and African kingdoms benefited economically from triangular trade

(B) European explorers were often funded by private companies and investors

Which of was a result of increased trade and commercialization in the Early Modern Era?

(A) The enhancement of monarchal power in England and the Netherlands

(B) The formation of new urban gentry elites

(C) The formation of the devshirme in the Ottoman Empire

(D) The establishment of discriminatory ethnic policies in order to control elites

B) The formation of new urban gentry elites