APWH Midterm Practice

What pre-Columbian state system was located in present-day SW Colorado?

This Mughal leader was religously very tolerant and cancelled the jizya.

These were the officials under the Mughal Empire who collected taxes.

A small, maneuverable sailing ship first used by the Portuguese:

What pre-Columbian state system was located near present-day Mexico City and the surrounding area?

Mansa Musa, who traveled the Trans-Saharan Trade Network displaying his empire's wealth, was the ruler of this kingdom:

Problems of hyperinflation & counterfeiting led to Ming Dynasty requiring tax payments in this form:

Religion indigenous to Japan that focuses on purity and respect for nature and ancestry with no founder.

These were created to protect workers' rights in response to factories' dangerous conditions, long hours, and low wages:

27-year rivalry over claim to disputed South Asian lands & religious differences:

Which was the first minority-ruled dynasty of China and was begun by Kublai Khan in 1271?

A mystical form of Islam that focused on experiencing a personal relationship with God:

What was a medieval Christian moral system of the Knight's Code?

A branch of Islam that believes the head of Islam should be agreed upon by the community.

Which of the following is NOT a significant event that occurred circa 1450?

These French civil wars against restrictions placed on the nobility were fought while Louis XIV was a child.

Innovative designs for camels and horses to transport more goods

Ottoman system in which government sold tax collection rights to highest bidder.

Which states adopted isolationist trade policies c. 1450-c. 1750

Which was NOT an innovation during the Second Industrial Revolution?

A branch of Islam that believes the religious authority must be a blood descendent of the Prophet Muhammad.

This waterway project began under the Han Dynasty and linked the north & south of China.

Which was NOT an innovation during the First Industrial Revolution?

Mostly in the Caribbean & Brazil, these were hidden communities that formed from escaped slaves:

The Ottoman system in which people lived in communities with others of their same religion, ethnicity, & social stature.

A creole who led what are now Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, & Bolivia to indpendence from Spain.

Which of these pre-Columbian foods originated from the Old World/ Afro-Eurasia/ Eastern Hemisphere?

What are HSBC & Unilever examples of?

The sole Christian kingdom of eastern Africa among a region that had converted to Islam.

5th largest today, this monotheistic, syncretic religion prioritizes good acts over rituals & believes in rebirth.

For over 30 years, this ruler of Ndongo & Matamba resisted the Portuguese in West Africa.

He used Shia Islam to unite the Safavid people and gunpowder technology to protect it from its neighboring enemies:

Which pre-Columbian animal was from the New World/Americas/Western Hemisphere?

Who opposed mercantalism and advocated for a free-market economy?

He incorporated Taiwan, Mongolia, & Central Asia into China's Empire and imposed a protectorate over Tibet.

What pre-Columbian state system was located near present-day St. Louis, Missouri?

Which Englishman founded the De Beers diamond firm in southern Africa in the late 19th Century?

This Manchu-led dynasty was China's last imperial dynasty & reigned 1636-1911.

Ottoman blood tax of forced recruitment of Balkan Christian boys who served in military or government.

paper currency first developed in China under the Song Dynasty

Early IOUs first accepted in new banking houses of China:

What predominant religion was practiced in Majapahit (Indonesia), c. 1200-c. 1450?

Which Chinese Dynasty followed Tang, reigned 960-1279, invented the compass & gunpowder, & expanded the Grand Canal?

Elite corps of Ottoman military whose soldiers came from the devshirme.

Which state had rivalries with both the Mughal and Ottoman Empires?

What is the social system of Medieval Europe involving decentralized monarchies, vassals, and serfs?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a c.1750-c.1900 financial instrument developed & relied upon?

What predominant religion was practiced in the Vijayanagara Empire (South Asia)?

Wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women

Jewish activist from Austria who founded the World Zionist Organization & called for Jewish homeland.

Giant vessels that transported more goods and developed during the Song Dynasty.

Tax on non-Muslims

She/they organized 1the first U.S. conference of feminism in Seneca Falls, New York:

Who was the Ottoman ruler who led the siege on Constantinople which secured the fall of the Byzantine Empire?

At only 14 or 15, this young military hero conquered most of Persia and became shah of the Safavid Empire.

The largest city-state of the Swahili Coastal region of southeastern Africa and known for its protective wall.

A triangular sail that allowed boats to sail against the wind

When Native Americans in present-day New Mexico killed 400 Spaniards & remained free of Spanish control for 12 years.

What predominant religion was practiced in the Khmer Empire (SE Asia)?

Who expanded Russia eastward by conquering descendants of the Golden Horde with the help of Cossacks?

A syncretic family of languages spoken along a coastal region of Africa with the same name.

Who ruled the Ottoman Empire during its peak, further expanded the empire, and almost conquered Austria?

All of the following region(s) prospered from trade along the Indian Ocean EXCEPT...

Which of the following is NOT a pre-Columbian characteristic of the Inca?

This economic management system of an estate was self-sufficient and produced all goods for the lord, family, and serfs.

Which of the following is NOT a Chinese cultural tradition?

A social effort that challenged the caste system to reform Hinduism.

After the Yuan, this dynasty reigned 1368-1644. It restarted the civil service exam & had isolationist policies.

What pre-Columbian state system was located in the Andes region of South America?

Which of the following is a form of Buddhism but is NOT a separate branch?

He wrote that to most effectively promote liberty, 3 government powers had to be separate & act independently.

These 2 regions developed into powerful trading cities along the Silk Road network:

In 1750, this country still remained the world's biggest manufacturer.

A belief that began under the Zhou Dynasty to legitimize an emperor's authority to rule.

Wrote government's responsibility is to protect its people's unalienable rights of life, liberty, & pursuit of property

Ottoman ruler who led the siege on Constantinople which secured the fall of the Byzantine Empire.

Early French feminist who wrote Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen:

Which is NOT true about Dar al-Islam?

Though once used by Ivan IV to annex Siberia, these people's later uprisings were against Poland & Russia over lands.

What pre-Columbian state system is located in Mesoamerica?

A quick-ripening, drought-resistent rice brought to China from Vietnam.

Large roadside inns for travelers & their animals found along the Silk Road.

Name for the elite of Russia c.1450-c.1750.

Which of following is NOT a technological/cultural transfer of knowledge that came from the Silk Roads trade?

Chinese system of testing begun under the Sui Dynasty to appoint members of the imperial bureaucracy.

Which was NOT a political entity that arose from the break up of the Abbasid Empire?