AP World History: Modern Unit 4 Study Guide Format of Test: 35 Multiple Choice Questions 1 SAQ 1 DBQ: One body paragraph only, using 2 documents. 1. What were the technological advancements that allowed for the Age of Discovery, and where did they originate from? 2. Where did the Portuguese explore, including their merchants? (Be specific and think about as far as they went.) 3. What benefit did the Portuguese have as a result of establishing trading posts where they did? 4. What happened to land based trading routes after direct water routes were established from Europe to Asia? 5. What was the Columbian Exchange and impacts did it have? 6. What led the Portuguese (and later other Europeans) to the use of enslaved labor? 7. What impact did the Atlantic Slave trade have on demographics? 8. Why were the Spanish able to defeat the Aztecs? 9. What was the impact of silver? 10. What is the difference between syncretism and cultural diffusion? 11. What are joint stock companies? 12. What was the casta system?
