AP®︎ European History: Topic 1.8 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 1.8 of AP European History – Colonial Expansion and Columbian Exchange.
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Topic 1.8
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-1.3.IV.i
What was the global exchange of plants, animals, and diseases initiated by European colonial expansion known as?
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Topic 1.8: Colonial Expansion and Columbian Exchange
Thematic Focus: Economic and Commercial DevelopmentsECD
Economic development, especially the development of capitalism, played an important role in Europe's history, often having significant social, political, and cultural effects.
Learning Objective: Unit 1: Learning Objective J
Explain the economic impact of European colonial expansion and development of trade networks.
Historical Developments: KC-1.3.III.A
The Portuguese established a commercial network along the African coast, in South and East Asia, and in South America in the late 15th and throughout the 16th centuries.
Historical Developments: KC-1.3.IV.i
Europe's colonial expansion led to a global exchange of goods, flora, and fauna; a shift toward European dominance; and the expansion of the trade in enslaved persons.
Historical Developments: KC-1.3.IV.A
The exchange of goods shifted the center of economic power in Europe from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic states and brought the latter into an expanding world economy.
Historical Developments: KC-1.3.IV.B.i
The exchange of new plants, animals, and diseases—the Columbian Exchange—created economic opportunities for Europeans.
Thematic Focus: Interaction of Europe and the WorldINT
Motivated by a variety of factors, Europe's interaction with the world led to political, economic, social, and cultural exchanges that influenced both European and non-European societies.
Learning Objective: Unit 1: Learning Objective K
Explain the social and cultural impact of European colonial expansion and development of trade networks.
Historical Developments: KC-1.3.IV.ii
Europe's colonial expansion led to a global exchange of goods, flora, fauna, cultural practices, and diseases, resulting in the destruction of some indigenous civilizations, a shift toward European dominance, and the expansion of the trade in enslaved persons.
Historical Developments: KC-1.3.IV.B.ii
The exchange of new plants, animals, and diseases—the Columbian Exchange—in some cases facilitated European subjugation and destruction of indigenous peoples, particularly in the Americas.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
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- Amsterdam
- Antwerp
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