AMSCO AP World History Modern- UNITS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
1-4 REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
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ANSWERS
Primogeniture Laws - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔English laws that |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
only led eldest sons inherit land, leading younger sons to search
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for money via things like joint-stock companies.
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Omani-European Rivalry - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔porteguese vs |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the omani over the muslim controlled indian ocean trade
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Cartography - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The science of making |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
maps
Astronomical Chart - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a guide to the stars |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
to help navigation
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Maritime Empires - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔empires based on sea
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travel
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Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An economic policy under |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by
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obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more
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goods than they bought |\ |\ |\
,trading post empire - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Form of imperial
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dominance based on control of trade rather than on control of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
subject peoples. |\
Manila - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Capital of the Spanish Philippines
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and a major multicultural trade city that already had a
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population of more than 40,000 by 1600. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Prince Henry the Navigator - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1394-1460)
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Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of
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navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
growth of Portugal's colonial empire.
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Galleons - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Large, heavily armed ships
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
used to carry silver from New World colonies to Spain; basis for
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
convoy system utilized by Spain for transportation of bullion.
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Christopher Columbus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔He mistakenly |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster
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route to India.|\ |\
Bartholomew Diaz - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1487-1488) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Portuguese, first European to reach the southern tip of Africa in |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
1488.
Vasco da Gama - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Portuguese explorer. In
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1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
India, opening an important commercial sea route.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,Ferdinand Magellan - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Portuguese
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navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was
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the first to sail around the world.
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Northwest Passage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A water route from
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the Atlantic to the Pacific through northern Canada and along the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
northern coast of Alaska. Sought by navigators since the 16th
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
century.
Jacques Cartier - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔French explorer who
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explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for
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France (1491-1557) |\
Samuel de Champlain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔French explorer in
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Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Quebec (1567-1635) |\
John Cabot - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔English explorer who
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claimed Newfoundland for England while looking for Northwest
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Passage
Henry Hudson - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An English explorer who
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explored for the Dutch. He claimed the Hudson River around
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
present day New York and called it New Netherland. He also had
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the Hudson Bay named for him
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Quebec - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔First permanent French
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settlement in North America, founded by Samuel de Champlain
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, New France - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔French colony in North
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
America, with a capital in Quebec, founded 1608. New France fell
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to the British in 1763.
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Jamestown - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The first permanent English |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
settlement in North America, found in East Virginia |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
New Amsterdam - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Dutch colonial
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
settlement that served as the capital of New Netherland. This|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
later became "New York City"
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Smallpox - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The overall deadliest known
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
disease in the history of the world. In the 20th century alone
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
there were approximately 500,000,000 people who died of this
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
disease.
horse - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Animal introduced by Europeans
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that changed Indian way of life on the Great Plains
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conquistadores - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Spanish 'conqueror' or |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold,
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God, and glory.
|\ |\ |\
Maize - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An early form of corn grown by
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Native Americans |\
cacao - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tropical tree whose seeds are
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
used to make chocolate and cocoa
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1-4 REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
|\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS
Primogeniture Laws - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔English laws that |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
only led eldest sons inherit land, leading younger sons to search
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
for money via things like joint-stock companies.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Omani-European Rivalry - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔porteguese vs |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the omani over the muslim controlled indian ocean trade
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Cartography - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The science of making |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
maps
Astronomical Chart - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a guide to the stars |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
to help navigation
|\ |\
Maritime Empires - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔empires based on sea
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
travel
|\
Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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 |\ |\ |\
,trading post empire - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Form of imperial
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
dominance based on control of trade rather than on control of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
subject peoples. |\
Manila - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Capital of the Spanish Philippines
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
and a major multicultural trade city that already had a
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
population of more than 40,000 by 1600. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Prince Henry the Navigator - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1394-1460)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
growth of Portugal's colonial empire.
|\ |\ |\ |\
Galleons - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Large, heavily armed ships
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
used to carry silver from New World colonies to Spain; basis for
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
convoy system utilized by Spain for transportation of bullion.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Christopher Columbus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔He mistakenly |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
route to India.|\ |\
Bartholomew Diaz - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1487-1488) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Portuguese, first European to reach the southern tip of Africa in |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
1488.
Vasco da Gama - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Portuguese explorer. In
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
India, opening an important commercial sea route.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,Ferdinand Magellan - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Portuguese
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the first to sail around the world.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Northwest Passage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A water route from
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the Atlantic to the Pacific through northern Canada and along the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
northern coast of Alaska. Sought by navigators since the 16th
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
century.
Jacques Cartier - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔French explorer who
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
France (1491-1557) |\
Samuel de Champlain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔French explorer in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Quebec (1567-1635) |\
John Cabot - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔English explorer who
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
claimed Newfoundland for England while looking for Northwest
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Passage
Henry Hudson - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An English explorer who
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
explored for the Dutch. He claimed the Hudson River around
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
present day New York and called it New Netherland. He also had
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the Hudson Bay named for him
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Quebec - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔First permanent French
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
settlement in North America, founded by Samuel de Champlain
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, New France - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔French colony in North
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
America, with a capital in Quebec, founded 1608. New France fell
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
to the British in 1763.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Jamestown - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The first permanent English |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
settlement in North America, found in East Virginia |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
New Amsterdam - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Dutch colonial
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
settlement that served as the capital of New Netherland. This|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
later became "New York City"
|\ |\ |\ |\
Smallpox - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The overall deadliest known
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
disease in the history of the world. In the 20th century alone
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
there were approximately 500,000,000 people who died of this
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
disease.
horse - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Animal introduced by Europeans
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that changed Indian way of life on the Great Plains
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
conquistadores - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Spanish 'conqueror' or |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
God, and glory.
|\ |\ |\
Maize - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An early form of corn grown by
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Native Americans |\
cacao - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tropical tree whose seeds are
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
used to make chocolate and cocoa
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
