Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections
World History · Unit 4 · Paper 3

Transoceanic Interconnections unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 36 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 4, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted
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Vasco da Gama

2

Virgin of Guadalupe

3

Firearms on the African leg

4

Silver trade

5

Prince Henry of Portugal

6

Dahomey and Oyo

7

Trading-post empire

8

Causes of European exploration

9

Plantation economy

10

Serfdom intensifying after 1500

11

Why sugar drove coerced labor

12

Exit as the comparison

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Caravel and navigational tools

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Sequence of Atlantic labor

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Casta system

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Coerced syncretism

3 pts

Free response

6 pts

Long Essay Question. Evaluate the extent to which maritime empires transformed patterns of labor in the Atlantic world in the period from 1450 to 1750. In your response you should do the following: respond to the question with an evaluative thesis that establishes a line of reasoning; describe a broader historical context relevant to the question; support your argument with specific and relevant evidence; and use historical reasoning to explain relationships among pieces of evidence, demonstrating a complex understanding.