{"id":31322,"date":"2022-01-13T15:30:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=31322"},"modified":"2024-04-19T23:20:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T23:20:31","slug":"ap-world-history-modern-period-2-notes-1450-1750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/ap-world-history\/ap-world-history-modern-period-2-notes-1450-1750\/","title":{"rendered":"AP World History: Modern \u2014 Period 2 Notes (1450-1750)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key Takeaways \u2014<\/i> AP World History Period 2 (1450-1750)<\/h3>\n
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  1. The Americas became part of the global trade network, spurred by the Columbian Exchange. New diseases, crops, people, and cultures were distributed throughout the world. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Technological improvements in shipbuilding and gunpowder weapons allowed European empires to form and exercise a more prominent role in world affairs, eventually leading to colonialism. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Indigenous populations in the Americas died by the millions due to their exposure to previously unknown European diseases. This led to the forced migration of African people to work the sugar plantations in the New World, changing social structures and creating the Triangular Trade route. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. New social structures emerged in the Americas based on racial hierarchies, such as those of the peninsulares, Creoles, mestizos, and mulattos of the Spanish colonies. <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Land-based empires in Asia grew to their greatest extent in the Qing Empire of China, the Mughal Empire, and the Ottoman Empire. Meanwhile, maritime powers like the Portuguese and the Dutch spread throughout the world following the voyages of Magellan, de Gama, and Columbus. <\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Social changes occurred in Europe as the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution challenged the power of the Catholic Church and weakened traditional bases of authority, while also creating the conditions for rapid growth in European economies and populations in later centuries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    AP World History Practice Question<\/h2>\n