AP WORLD HISTORY TEST REVIEW
QUESTIONS 2026 FULLY SOLVED GRADED A+
⫸ Columbian Exchange. Answer: An exchange of goods, ideas and
skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World
(North and South America) and vice versa.
⫸ Mercantilism. Answer: An economic policy under which nations
sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts
of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought
⫸ Triangular Trade. Answer: Trading System between Europe,
Africa, and the colonies; European purchased slaves in Africa and
sold them to colonies, new materials from colonies went to Europe
while European finished products were sold in the colonies.
⫸ Middle Passage. Answer: A voyage that brought enslaved Africans
across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
⫸ Caravel. Answer: A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship
used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.
⫸ Cartography. Answer: the science or the art of making maps
,⫸ Joint-stock companies. Answer: businesses formed by groups of
people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and
losses
⫸ East India Companies. Answer: British, French, and Dutch trading
companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and
Asia; acted independently in their regions.
⫸ Royal African Company. Answer: a mercantile company set up by
the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast
of Africa
⫸ Amerindians. Answer: American Indians
⫸ Italian Renaissance. Answer: rebirth of Classical (Greece/Rome)
art/architecture - humanistic focus - patrons - families like Medici and
the Catholic Church - blended natural world w/ religion - transition
away from religion
⫸ Northern Renaissance. Answer: An extension of the Italian
Renaissance to the nations of northern Europe; the Northern
Renaissance took on a more religious nature than the Italian
Renaissance
⫸ The Medici. Answer: The Medici family was a family of bankers
that started out as middle class & then loaned money to a guy that
became the pope & then they became the wealthiest family in
, Florence. They sponsored many artists/architects like Brunesllshci &
made lots of money off them.
⫸ Humanism. Answer: A Renaissance intellectual movement in
which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential
and achievements
⫸ Protestant Reformation. Answer: A religious movement of the
16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic
Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
⫸ Martin Luther. Answer: A German monk who became one of the
most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote
95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices. He
led the Protestant Reformation.
⫸ 95 Theses. Answer: Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the
church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic
Church. This act began the Reformation
⫸ Anglicanism. Answer: A Protestant denomination of the Christian
faith founded by Henry VIII in England
⫸ Catholic Reformation. Answer: Religious reform movement
within the Latin Christian Church, begun in response to the Protestant
Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical
training and discipline.
QUESTIONS 2026 FULLY SOLVED GRADED A+
⫸ Columbian Exchange. Answer: An exchange of goods, ideas and
skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World
(North and South America) and vice versa.
⫸ Mercantilism. Answer: An economic policy under which nations
sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts
of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought
⫸ Triangular Trade. Answer: Trading System between Europe,
Africa, and the colonies; European purchased slaves in Africa and
sold them to colonies, new materials from colonies went to Europe
while European finished products were sold in the colonies.
⫸ Middle Passage. Answer: A voyage that brought enslaved Africans
across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
⫸ Caravel. Answer: A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship
used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.
⫸ Cartography. Answer: the science or the art of making maps
,⫸ Joint-stock companies. Answer: businesses formed by groups of
people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and
losses
⫸ East India Companies. Answer: British, French, and Dutch trading
companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and
Asia; acted independently in their regions.
⫸ Royal African Company. Answer: a mercantile company set up by
the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast
of Africa
⫸ Amerindians. Answer: American Indians
⫸ Italian Renaissance. Answer: rebirth of Classical (Greece/Rome)
art/architecture - humanistic focus - patrons - families like Medici and
the Catholic Church - blended natural world w/ religion - transition
away from religion
⫸ Northern Renaissance. Answer: An extension of the Italian
Renaissance to the nations of northern Europe; the Northern
Renaissance took on a more religious nature than the Italian
Renaissance
⫸ The Medici. Answer: The Medici family was a family of bankers
that started out as middle class & then loaned money to a guy that
became the pope & then they became the wealthiest family in
, Florence. They sponsored many artists/architects like Brunesllshci &
made lots of money off them.
⫸ Humanism. Answer: A Renaissance intellectual movement in
which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential
and achievements
⫸ Protestant Reformation. Answer: A religious movement of the
16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic
Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
⫸ Martin Luther. Answer: A German monk who became one of the
most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote
95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices. He
led the Protestant Reformation.
⫸ 95 Theses. Answer: Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the
church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic
Church. This act began the Reformation
⫸ Anglicanism. Answer: A Protestant denomination of the Christian
faith founded by Henry VIII in England
⫸ Catholic Reformation. Answer: Religious reform movement
within the Latin Christian Church, begun in response to the Protestant
Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical
training and discipline.
