AP®︎ World History: Topic 6.6 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 6.6 of AP World History – Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World.
Questions List
Topic 6.6
Question 1 Easy
Which group commonly migrated as merchants to the Americas while maintaining ties to their home communities?
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Topic 6.6: Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World
Thematic Focus: Humans and the EnvironmentsENV
The environment shapes human societies, and as populations grow and change, these populations in turn shape their environments.
Learning Objective: Unit 6: Learning Objective F
Explain how various environmental factors contributed to the development of varied patterns of migration from 1750 to 1900.
Historical Developments: KC-5.4.I
Migration in many cases was influenced by changes in demographics in both industrialized and unindustrialized societies that presented challenges to existing patterns of living.
Historical Developments: KC-5.4.I.B
Because of the nature of new modes of transportation, both internal and external migrants increasingly relocated to cities. This pattern contributed to the significant global urbanization of the 19th century. The new methods of transportation also allowed for many migrants to return, periodically or permanently, to their home societies.
Thematic Focus: Economic SystemsECN
As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways that they produce, exchange, and consume goods and services.
Learning Objective: Unit 6: Learning Objective G
Explain how various economic factors contributed to the development of varied patterns of migration from 1750 to 1900.
Historical Developments: KC-5.4.II.A
Many individuals chose freely to relocate, often in search of work.
Historical Developments: KC-5.4.II.B
The new global capitalist economy continued to rely on coerced and semicoerced labor migration, including enslavement, Chinese and Indian indentured servitude, and convict labor.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Japanese agricultural workers in the Pacific
- Lebanese merchants in the Americas
- Italian industrial workers in Argentina
- Irish to the United States
- British engineers and geologists to South Asia and Africa
