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REVIEW AP World History Unit 1 - 4
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WHAP Units 1 - 4
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1
Which city became the capital of the Abbasid Empire and a center of the Islamic Golden Age?
Timbuktu
Baghdad
Constantinople
Istanbul
2
Which empire had religious minority rulers?
Safavid
Ottoman
Ming
Mughal
3
In the 1300s, feudalism broke down and peasants began revolting against the nobility due to
the fall of Constantinople
The Protestant Reformation
the effects of the Black Plague
First and Second Crusade
4
Which group, the largest # of adherents to Islam, believed that the caliph should be chosen by the Islamic community?
Sufis
Sunni
Shia
Shamans
5
Christianity was able to take root and survive in what part of Africa?
East Africa (Ethiopia)
South Africa (Great Zimbabwe)
West Africa (Mali)
North Africa
6
Feudalism developed in Europe and Japan during the post-classical time period due to...
glorification of war and military service
weakened central power and the threat of frequent invasions
the rise of strong, centralized governments
increased power of Church officials
7
Which of the following is a syncretic blend of Hinduism and Islam from India?
Sikhism
Shintoism
Vodun
Buddhism
8
Historians associate the gold-salt trade most closely with which of the following trade routes?
Silk Roads
Hanseatic League
Indian Ocean
Trans-Saharan
9
Foot-binding in China, and the Islamic harem and veil...
Ended with the spread of Buddhism
symbolized the increasing subordination of women to men
were rejected by their societies’ religious establishments
originated in India and spread to Chinese and Muslim lands
10
Which trade network was stabilized in the period historians term Pax Mongolica (Mongol Peace)?
East Asian sea routes
Trans-Sahara routes
Silk Roads
Indian Ocean routes
11
Encouraging exports to accumulate gold and silver was a system called
Industrialism
Capitalism
Mercantilism
Free-Marketism
12
Reasons to explore
Glory, Germs, God
Guns, God, Gold
Gold, God, Glory
God, Germs, Steel
13
Tax system in Inca Empire. Spanish used it to their advantage
Encomienda System
Joint Tax System
Mit'a System
Federal System
14
Buddhism appealed to the poor and to women in India because it offered an alternative to
slavery
feudalism
the caste system
Confucianism
15
Ibn Battuta’s detailed 14th-cen. written account is an important source of information about?
China during the rule of Kublai Khan
Technological innovations that spread along the Silk Road
Demographic changes resulting from the spread of disease
Life in Islamic lands
16
Which word is
most
related to the rule of Peter the Great of Russia?
Serfdom
Industrialization
Isolationism
Westernization
17
During the Abbasid Empire, this center of learning was a place for all cultures and religions to interact
House of Wisdom
Taj Mahal
Library of Alexandria
Hagia Sophia
18
Which Gunpowder Empire followed Shi'a Islam?
Mughal
Ottoman
Ming
Safavid
19
Akbar the Great, of the Mughal Empire,
isolated India from all foreign trade to prevent new ideas.
tried to force Islam onto the entire population of India.
was a harsh dictator who followed Legalist doctrines.
allowed for religious tolerance & improved the lives of women
20
Early Ming Admiral Zheng He is best known for
increasing the status of Muslims within China.
traveling to many ports increasing China's projected power.
being a eunuch, Confucian scholar and bureaucrat.
burning his entire fleet of junk ships in a fit of rage.
21
In medieval Europe, manorialism was
the political agreement between kings, nobles, knights and peasants
requirement that all peasants paid taxes to the church
the free labor economic system under feudalism
the code of conduct followed by feudal knights
22
Encomienda System
Coerced labor on plantations
Conversion of Native population
Incentives for Spanish to move
Creation of independent states
23
What was a major difference in the view of Western Europe that the Ming & Tsarist Russia held?
Ming China westernized. Russia viewed W. Europe as barbaric.
Ming China wanted luxury goods from them. Russia did not.
Ming viewed W. Europe as barbaric. Russia westernized.
Russia viewed W. Europe with contempt; China with respect.
24
The Spanish "Reconquista" targeted which religions?
Jews and Buddhists
Catholics and Jews
Catholics and Muslims
Muslims and Jews
25
How did Chinese dynasties such as the Song ensure strong control over their political bureaucracies?
strong protective defense measures like The Great Wall
lack of trade with other societies
toleration of other religions and cultures
intense examinations based on Confucianism
26
Islam was introduced to all of the following regions through military conquest EXCEPT
India
Anatolia
Spain
West Africa
27
Private investors played a large role in this/these country's wealth and dominance in trade
Spain
Netherlands
England & Netherlands
England
28
New World product that led to the rise and fall of Spanish power
Gold
Potatoes
Corn
Silver
29
Theravada and Mahayana are branches of
Islam
Confucianism
Hinduism
Buddhism
30
Which religions would have appealed most to a woman living in a strict patriarchal society?
Confucianism & Buddhism
Buddhism & Islam
Christianity & Buddhism
Christianity & Islam
31
In what major way did the Qing Dynasty differ from the Ming Dynasty in China?
The Qing Dynasty was significantly smaller in land-size.
The leaders of the Qing Dynasty opened China to trade.
The Qing Dynasty outlawed footbinding.
The leaders of the Qing Dynasty were not Chinese.
32
A mysticism Islamic practice, it was a way to have a closer connection to Allah. Helped Islam spread to India & SE Asia
Sufi
Sikh
Sunni
Shia
33
Which group benefited from new found higher status in the period of Mongol rule in China?
Peasantry
Buddhist monks
Merchants
Scholar-gentry
34
Which of the following was a long-term effect of the Crusades?
a decline in technological progress and intellectual thought
increased interest in Eastern luxury goods and technology
increased rights for women
increased agricultural production
35
The Chinese population doubled during the Song Dynasty mainly because of
government required pro-natalist policies
conquest over Japan and Korea
the introduction of a drought resistant strain of champa rice
vaccinations and medical experiments to combat the plague
36
Which of the following was most likely to be literate in the European "Dark Ages"?
Knights
Kings
Peasants
Monks
37
What fatal flaw did the Gunpowder Empires have?
They refused to use bureaucracies to help rule.
They isolated themselves from trade & suffered economically.
They looked down upon European ideas & refused to modernize.
They refused to allow non-Muslims to live in their lands.
38
Most devastating effect of Europeans in Americas
Christianity
Pollution
Deforestation
Disease
39
System where young Christian boys became slaves to Sultan
Korma
Devshirme
Dharma
Kuran
40
Confucian principle that teaches that children should obey and honor their parents and respect elders.
caste system
tribute system
filial piety
Mandate of Heaven
41
Invention used to spread ideas to the masses
Astrolabe
Telephone
Printing Press
Lateen sail
42
The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is an example of syncretism, or
complete destruction of one culture by another
the domination of one religion over the other
the blending of two or more cultures
the replacing of one empire with another
43
Which do historians point to as the key infrastructural development of the Song Dynasty?
The Great Wall
The Grand Canal
The Forbidden City
The port at Canton
44
Historians believe the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican societies practiced human sacrifice primarily for
Forcing surrender of conquered peoples
maintaining religious and political control over people
forcing conversion to their monotheistic faith
thinning out their growing population
45
Monasticism was an important aspect of which two of the following religions?
Christianity and Hinduism
Buddhism and Christianity
Islam and Buddhism
Daoism and Shintoism
46
Which of the following about the Mongols is accurate for the 13th century?
They were not as powerful as the Turks
They founded the Yuan Dynasty in China
They defeated many Christian kingdoms in western Europe
Their government was centrally controlled from Baghdad
47
Mound building societies such as the Cahokia would most likely be found in modern day
Mexico
Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee
Arizona and New Mexico
Peru and Chile
48
The Byzantine Empire was defeated in 1453 by
the Seljuk Turks
the Sassanids
the Umayyad caliphate
the Ottomans
49
How did Japanese and Chinese methods of governing differ?
China: the Shogun held power; Japan: the Emperor held power.
Only Japan accepted meritocracy for all levels of society.
China: the Emperor held power; Japan: the Shogun held power.
China was westernized while Japan was not.
50
After the fall of the Yuan, what did the policies of the Ming Dynasty reflect?
An embracing of Mongolian governing methods.
An urge to reinstate traditional Chinese ideas.
An attempt to end the control of Confucians in government.
A push to increase the rights of women.