AP US History: Work, Exchange & Technology 2

Question 1

The Columbian Exchange most directly transformed European diets through the introduction of which New World crops?

Accepted Answer

Potatoes and maize

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Wheat and barley

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Rice and sugar

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Coffee and olives

Question 2

The headright system in colonial Virginia primarily encouraged which economic development?

Accepted Answer

Importation of indentured servants and laborers

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Growth of manufacturing towns

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Expansion of fishing fleets

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Abolition of slavery

Question 3

Mercantilism, the dominant economic theory of the colonial era, held that colonies existed mainly to:

Accepted Answer

Enrich the mother country with raw materials and markets

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Develop independent industries

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Promote free trade globally

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Spread democratic government

Question 4

The Navigation Acts passed by England were designed to:

Accepted Answer

Restrict colonial trade to English ships and ports

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Encourage colonial manufacturing

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Open colonial trade to all European nations

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Ban tobacco cultivation

Question 5

The shift from indentured servitude to African slavery in the late 1600s Chesapeake was driven largely by:

Accepted Answer

Declining servant supply and Bacon's Rebellion fears

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A ban on tobacco exports

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Increased factory wages in England

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A surplus of free European laborers

Question 6

Triangular trade routes linked the colonies, Africa, and the Caribbean primarily through the exchange of:

Accepted Answer

Rum, enslaved people, and sugar/molasses

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Cotton, iron, and coal

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Wheat, furs, and timber only

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Tea, silk, and spices

Question 7

The 'Middle Passage' refers to which segment of the Atlantic trade system?

Accepted Answer

The forced ocean voyage of enslaved Africans to the Americas

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The overland route across the Appalachians

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The shipping of furs to Europe

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The migration of Puritans to New England