About This Drill
AP World History Unit 4 Drill 9 is a Multiple Choice practice drill covering Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.
This drill uses a diagram of the Columbian Exchange to explore the causes and consequences of biological and agricultural exchange between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres after 1492. Study the diagram carefully, then answer all five questions.
Passage
Figure 1. The Columbian Exchange, c. 1492–1600
The diagram shows the major biological and agricultural transfers between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres following European contact with the Americas after 1492.
Questions in This Drill
- Based on Figure 1, which of the following best describes the overall pattern of the Columbian Exchange?
- A historian using Figure 1 should recognize that this type of diagram is most limited because it
- The introduction of American food crops such as maize and potatoes to Africa and Eurasia, shown in Figure 1, contributed most directly to which broader development?
- The devastating impact of Old World diseases on indigenous American populations, shown in Figure 1, was primarily caused by which of the following?
- Which of the following best describes a long-term consequence of the demographic collapse of indigenous American populations caused by the disease transfers shown in Figure 1?