🌍ap world history: modern review

Atlantic economy

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An interconnected economic system linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas through trade in goods, enslaved people, and resources, particularly through plantations and cash crops.

AP course connection

Topic 4.4: 4.4 Maritime Empires Established

Unit 4

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