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Period 4: 1450 C.E. – 1750 C.E.
Chapters 24-25 Study Guide
2016 – 2017
10th AP World History
Chapter24:NewWorlds:TheAmericasandOceania
Chapter 25: Africa and the Atlantic World
1. Bernardino de Sahagún reported that the Aztecs were amazed by the Spanish guns. The Spanish gun
"resounded as if it thundered when it went off. It indeed bereft one of strength." What role did a difference in
technology play in the fall of the Aztecs and Incas? Think of earlier instances in the class when a difference
in technology had a profound effect.
2. Captain James Cook, when talking about the Hawaiians, proposed that "No people could trade with more
honesty than these people." Why would honesty be important to Cook? Were Cook's relations with the
Hawaiians always this positive? Discuss the nature of the relationship between Europeans and indigenous
peoples in the Americas and Oceania.
3. Examine the social structure of colonial life in North America. How was it different from the social structure
of life in Central and South America? What explains the differences? In what ways did the different societies
intermingle?
4. What factors help to explain the rapid Spanish conquest of Central and South America? What advantages did
the Spanish enjoy? What events were important?
5. The Spanish colonial history has always had a very dark reputation. Do the Spanish actually deserve this
tradition? Were their colonial policies any different from those of the Dutch, French, and English?
6. Examine the picture of the mining operations at Potosí on page 547. What does this picture tell us about the
Spanish interest in the Americas? Was it different from that of the other Europeans? What was life like for
the native miners? What result would a high death rate have on the search for a labor force?
7. What was the impact of the encomienda system of land distribution on the future of Spanish America?
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Name: ________________________________
Period 4: 1450 C.E. – 1750 C.E.
Chapters 24-25 Study Guide
2016 – 2017
10th AP World History
8. Relate the American concept of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" to slavery. How did these two
concepts coexist?
9. Consider the events leading to the end of the slave trade. What economic factors led to the rise and eventual
abolition of the slave trade? Would it have been possible for the slave trade to end earlier than it did? What
did the end of the slave trade mean to the slave traders and the slaves?
10. Examine the increasing role of Islam and Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa. In what ways did these
religions transform sub-Saharan Africa? What happened to the indigenous religions?
11. How was Africa influenced by European contact during this period? What were the social implications of
this interaction?
12. Examine the nature and conditions of slavery in the western hemisphere. In what ways did it vary? What
were the social and gender implications of slavery?
13. Examine the social and political influence of the slave trade on African societies. Were there African
societies that benefited from the slave trade?
14. Look at the letter from King Afonso I (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: King Afonso I Protests Slave
Trading in the Kingdom of Kongo). Why is it ironic that Afonso would have to appeal to the Europeans to
stop raiding his kingdom for slaves?
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Chapters 24-25 Study Guide
2016 – 2017
10th AP World History
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2016 – 2017
10th AP World History
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2016 – 2017
10th AP World History
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2016 – 2017
10th AP World History
1. The term mestizo refers to
a. the coins that were used in the Aztec empire.
b. an individual of indigenous and European parentage.
c. the Spanish plantations on which millions of Central and South Americans were enslaved.
d. the Aztec term for the mysterious disease that devastated their population.
2. The most important factor in explaining the Spanish victory over the Aztecs and Incas was the
a. overwhelming Spanish superiority in guns and cannons.
b. devastating loss of life caused by European-borne diseases.
c. Spanish strength in numbers.
d. military precision of the well-trained Spanish troops.
3. The population of the Caribbean went from about 4 million in 1492 to ________ in the 1540s.
a. 8 million
b. 5 million
c. 4 million
d. a few thousand
4. The conquistadores
a. established empires in Central and South America that lasted until the eighteenth century.
b. lost control because of a bloody battle between the forces of Cortés and Pizarro.
c. eventually lost control and were replaced with formal rule by the Spanish crown.
d. in turn were defeated by French forces.
5. The Treaty of Tordesillas
a. granted England control over Australia.
b. split Central and South America between Spain and Portugal.
c. limited Spanish northern expansion to modern-day Florida.
d. ended the English practice of raiding Spanish treasure galleons.
6. Which of the following was NOT a difference between the Spanish approach to colonization and that of
the English and French?
a. Private investors played a much greater role in the English and French approach.
b. The English and French viewed the indigenous populations as their equals.
c. The English and French did not encounter large, centralized states.
d. The Spanish saw the Americas as a land to exploit rather than one to settle or colonize.
7. The native population in what is now the United States stood at five million to ten million in 1492, and at
________ in 1800.
a. fifteen million
b. ten million
c. eight million
d. six hundred thousand
8. The British initially made use of Australia
a. because of its extraordinary agricultural abundance.
b. as a busy port on the route from Acapulco to Manila.
c. as a penal colony.
d. as a tourist retreat.
9. The Portuguese began to show much more interest in Brazil after
a. the establishment of profitable sugar plantations.
b. the English victory over the Spanish Armada.
c. Brazil wood became a major cash crop.
d. a Spanish military loss to France removed Spain as a serious rival for control of Brazil.
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Chapters 24-25 Study Guide
2016 – 2017
10th AP World History
10. The Black Pioneers were
a. escaped slaves who fought to maintain British rule in the North American colonies.
b. former slaves who fought on the colonial side in the American revolution.
c. the most notorious of the slave raiding organizations.
d. the name for members of the First Continental Congress who fought for the abolition of
slavery.
11. The rise in maritime trade in the early modern era in Africa
a. ironically led to a decrease in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
b. led to the consolidation in the largest imperial states in African history.
c. led to political chaos and the destruction of the traditional African balance of power.
d. resulted in regional kingdoms replacing the imperial states of west Africa.
12. The ruler of the kingdom of Kongo, Afonso I, converted to what religion and encouraged his subjects to
convert as well?
a. Islam
b. Antonianism
c. Christianity
d. Buddhism
13. An alliance with Portugal brought wealth and foreign recognition to Kongo, as well as
a. the right to limit the slave trade.
b. an inroad into European politics.
c. a later alliance with the English.
d. the eventual destruction of the kingdom.
14. The center of Islamic learning in west Africa was
a. Kilwa.
b. Gao.
c. Timbuktu.
d. Mbanza.
15. Islam was most popular in sub-Saharan Africa in
a. the commercial centers of west Africa and the Swahili city-states.
b. areas that had previously had contact with Christian missionaries.
c. poor areas, where payment for conversion had the greatest appeal.
d. areas that had forsaken the traditional religions because of famine or plague.
16. Throughout most of history, the majority of slaves came from
a. religious obligations to traditional, usually animistic, gods.
b. traditional outcast portions of society.
c. the poor who were forced to sell themselves into servitude to repay huge debts.
d. war captives.
17. One of the factors that made African slavery different from the varieties practiced elsewhere was that
a. African slavery was much more brutal than any other form of slavery.
b. African slavery began much later than slavery in the rest of the world.
c. African slavery was practiced almost entirely for religious rather than financial reasons.
d. African law did not recognize private property, and thus slaves served as a measure of
personal wealth.
18. How many Africans were forcefully brought to the Americas as part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
a. one million
b. two million
c. four million
d. twelve million
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