AMSCO AP WORLD HISTORY: MODERN, Topic 4.8 with answers

AMSCO AP WORLD HISTORY: MODERN, Topic 4.8What technology made ocean travel easier? - correct answers Astronomical charts, the astrolabe, compass, magnetic compass, lateen sail, carrack, caravel, fluyt Columbian Exchange - correct answers A biological exchange of plants, animals, people, & diseases between the East & West Hemispheres What did the Columbian Exchange cause? - correct answers The development of the Atlantic System (a transoceanic trading network that forever changed where food was grown, unleashed deadly diseases on non-immune people, led to massive migrations (many forced)) & new social structures Atlantic System - correct answers Made up the regions of West Europe, West Africa, + the Americas & involved the movement of goods & people among those regions What did European transoceanic voyages cause? - correct answers The integration of the Western Hemisphere within the global trading network, emergence of maritime trading empires, & establishment of European trading ports & cities, all at the expense of Arab, Indian, & Chinese merchants Silver Discovery - correct answers This helped further integrate Europeans into the global economy; silver shipments to Asia from America became regular & helped finance increased trade Mercantilism - correct answers Devised by European monarchs to ensure accumulation of wealth; led to capitalism as the predominant economic system in the new global economy How did silver & gold affect the globe? - correct answers The wealth in Europe helped expand the middle class & provided capital leading to the Industrial Revolution, but produced negative effects in Spain & China, particularly inflation