Which of the following revolutions was the first to overthrow the authority of an empire and establish a democracy?

The (North) American Revolution

How did the Qing Empire use the Forbidden City below?

To demonstrate and legitimize their absolute power to the public.

What was the purpose of state construction of monumental architecture, like the Aztec Templo Mayor below?

To display the power and permanence of the state

Which of the following was NOT an example of a technological or cultural transfer from the Dar-al-Islam?

Champa rice and silk production techniques

CONTEXT: Which of the following major developments did NOT occur during the Modern Era?

Global Conflicts that Weakened Empires

How did the Aztec (Mexica) Empire use the tribute system to consolidate power in Mesoamerica?

To seize captives as slaves and offer them as sacrifices

Spanish state sponsorship of Columbus' voyages by Ferdinand and Isabella led to...

European conquest and colonization of the Americas

CONTEXT: Which of the following major developments did NOT occur during the Post-Classical Era?

The first interregional empires were established.

How was the economy of Post-Classical Europe organized?

Serfdom labor on agricultural manors

What is industrialization?

The process of using machines to produce goods in factories.

How did networks of exchange become GLOBAL after 1450?

The Americas were integrated into European empires

How did empires increase tax revenues to fund growing militaries and construction projects?

Tax farming, increasing tribute, and tariffs from trade

How did Ming China and the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan respond to increasing European involvement the the E. Hemisphere?

Restricted contacts and isolated from Europeans

An Islamic empire that claims to defend the Dar-al-Islam

Why do so many trade networks expand and increase their volumes during from 600-1450 CE?

New technologies of trade and protection of states/empires

The rapid diffusion of the Black Death in the 1300s reveals WHAT characteristic of the Post-Classical Era?

Diseases diffused along well-integrated networks

CONTEXT: Which of the following major developments did NOT occur during the Early Modern Era?

The decline of land-based empires and monarchs

What was the goal of the Tanzimat reforms initiated by Ottoman Leaders in the 19th century?

to compete with European imperialism and industrialism

What were the demographic consequences of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas' indigenous peoples (W. Hemisphere)?

Catastrophic population decline due to diseases, like smallpox

What were the demographic consequences of the Columbian Exchange on the populations of Afro-Eurasia (E. Hemisphere)?

New, nutritious staple crops led to boom in populations

European Imperialism was driven by all of the following EXCEPT

To recover territories lost in WW1

How were Sub-Saharan African kingdoms (like Kongo and Asante) impacted by European trading posts there?

Warfare between them grew as demand for slaves increased

What was the main idea of the Enlightenment, that helped spark the Atlantic Revolutions of the Modern Era?

Human reason can solve problems

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1
Which of the following revolutions was the first to overthrow the authority of an empire and establish a democracy?
The (North) American Revolution
The Latin American Revolution
The Haitian Revolution
The French Revolution
2
These organizations were created by European merchants and nobles and were often given state monopolies to export goods
Joint-Stock Companies
Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs)
Stock Markets
Banking Houses
3
Which land-based empire in RED on the map coerced Christian minorities to become elite soldiers known as janissaries?
The Ottoman Empire
The Mughal Empire
The Qing/Manchu Empuire
The Russian Empire
4
How did the Qing Empire use the Forbidden City below?
To demonstrate and legitimize their absolute power to the public.
To assimilate the bureaucracy into Confucian principles.
To train for and administer the civil service exams
To defend China from nomadic invaders.
5
What AP World Region is identified on this map in ORANGE?
Latin America
North America
South America
Mesoamerica
6
Which region saw a golden age of rising economic and political influence in the Early Modern Era?
East Asia
Western Europe
The Middle East
The Americas
7
Which group benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution?
Middle Class
Aristocracy
Working Class
Women
8
What was the purpose of state construction of monumental architecture, like the Aztec Templo Mayor below?
To improve the standard of living
To house growing populations
To encourage cultural toleration
To display the power and permanence of the state
9
The image below is an example of what practice, used to legitimize the rule of a monarch?
Tributary Systems
Divine Right of Kings
Mandate of Heaven
Feudal Obligations
10
Which of the following was NOT an example of a technological or cultural transfer from the Dar-al-Islam?
Champa rice and silk production techniques
Algebra and Arabic Numerals
Navigational and astronomical tools - telescope and astrolabe
Preservation of Greek and Roman texts
11
CONTEXT: Which of the following major developments did NOT occur during the Modern Era?
Global Conflicts that Weakened Empires
Industrialization of the Economy
The Rise of Nationalism through Revolutions
Global Migrations Intensify
12
How did the Aztec (Mexica) Empire use the tribute system to consolidate power in Mesoamerica?
To provide gifts to local leaders to ensure loyalty
To seize captives as slaves and offer them as sacrifices
To distribute food to outlying villages
To encourage migration into the Aztec Empire
13
Spanish state sponsorship of Columbus' voyages by Ferdinand and Isabella led to...
European conquest and colonization of the Americas
Industrialization of Spain's economy
European control of the Indian Ocean Basin
The decline of the Ottoman and Mughal Empires
14
What are the dates covered on the AP World: Modern Exam?
1200 CE to 2000 CE
Beginnings to c.2000 CE
600 BCE to 600 CE
600 CE to 2000 CE
15
CONTEXT: Which of the following major developments did NOT occur during the Post-Classical Era?
The emergence and diffusion of Islam
The first interregional empires were established.
Intensification of Interregional Exchanges
New forms of states were created - feudal, khanates, Islamic, etc.
16
Which of the following nation-states unified in the Modern Era from fragmented kingdoms and city-states?
Canada and Australia
Mexico and Argentina
Greece and Serbia
Germany and Italy
17
Which of the following faiths represented a syncretic blend of Islam and Hinduism?
Sikhism
Sufism
Daoism
Shintoism
18
All of the following social reform movements were inspired by Enlightenment ideals EXCEPT:
Early Feminist Movement
Universal Manhood Suffrage Movement
Cult of Domesticity Movement
Abolition Movement
19
How was the economy of Post-Classical Europe organized?
Large cash-crop plantations using slave labor
A craft and manufacturing based economy based on exports
Mostly free peasant farmers
Serfdom labor on agricultural manors
20
What is industrialization?
The process of using machines to produce goods in factories.
The process of migrating into cities
The process of using coerced labor to improve public works
The process of using manual labor to cultivate cash-crops
21
How did networks of exchange become GLOBAL after 1450?
Migrations of peoples from the Americas to Afro-Eurasia
Travelers moved from one side of Eurasia to another
Eurasia became linked to Sub-Saharan Africa
The Americas were integrated into European empires
22
The market share of which of the following regions increases the greatest due to industrialization after 1750?
W Europe and the US
China/ East Asia
Middle East
India/ South Asia
23
All of these were Land-Based Early Modern Empires that used gunpowder and absolutism to expand EXCEPT:
The Qing/Manchu Empire
The Russian Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Portuguese Empire
24
All of the following were Enlightenment ideas EXCEPT:
Social Contract Theory
Protection of Natural Rights
Popular Sovereignty
Divine Right of Kings
25
How did empires increase tax revenues to fund growing militaries and construction projects?
Reducing taxes to encourage more trade volumes
Sponsoring joint-stock companies
Tax farming, increasing tribute, and tariffs from trade
Deregulating trade to make markets free
26
How did Ming China and the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan respond to increasing European involvement the the E. Hemisphere?
Restricted contacts and isolated from Europeans
Waged direct wars against European empires
Invested in developing more advanced gunpowder techs.
Sent their over transoceanic voyages to the Americas
27
What is a caliphate?
The principle of Islamic holy war
The collection of Islamic law codes
An Islamic empire that claims to defend the Dar-al-Islam
The religious authority of all Muslims
28
As religious devotion grew, so did states using religious warfare to accomplish goals. Which is NOT a religious war?
The Great Schism
Reconquista of Spain
Jihad of Middle East and N. Africa
The Crusades
29
What years represent the MODERN ERA in world history?
c.600-1450 CE
c.1200-1450 CE
c.1750-1900 CE
c.1450-1750 CE
30
Which of the following states incorporated a more elaborate centralization through the use of a scholar-bureaucracy?
Maya City-States
Delhi Sultanate
Kingdom of France
Song Empire
31
Why do so many trade networks expand and increase their volumes during from 600-1450 CE?
Empires fell and taxes were not charged as often
New technologies of trade and protection of states/empires
A massive population boom caused by new agricultural methods
The Black Death pandemic ended
32
All of the following technologies facilitated the growth of land-based networks from 600-1450 EXCEPT:
The compass
The Astrolabe
The saddle
Caravanserai
33
The biological transfer of plants, animals, and diseases is known as the...
The Triangular Trade Network
The Atlantic Circuit
The Great Dying
The Columbian Exchange
34
What economic theory accepted by European powers from 1450-1750, led to increased restrictions on trade and rivalries?
Mercantilism
Socialism
Capitalism
Communism
35
The rapid diffusion of the Black Death in the 1300s reveals WHAT characteristic of the Post-Classical Era?
Diseases diffused along well-integrated networks
States were too small and decentralized to respond to the pandemic
Secular thinking became more popular
Regions were isolated and influenced very little by trade
36
CONTEXT: Which of the following major developments did NOT occur during the Early Modern Era?
The decline of land-based empires and monarchs
The Globalization of Networks of Exhange
The rise of gunpowder-based land and maritime empires
Increasing use of coerced systems of labor
37
How did the Mongol Empire (and other states) promote interregional trade and travel?
All of the above
Protected merchants and travelers
Maintained infrastructure (roads, walls, bridges, canals)
Issued currencies and taxed/regulated trade
38
What was the goal of the Tanzimat reforms initiated by Ottoman Leaders in the 19th century?
To confirm the fundamentals of Islam
to compete with European imperialism and industrialism
to strengthen the Janissaries and more freedom to the Ulama
To clarify religious principles of a renewed Muslim state
39
What were the demographic consequences of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas' indigenous peoples (W. Hemisphere)?
Migration of Native Americans to Europe and Africa
Increasing sizes of families
Catastrophic population decline due to diseases, like smallpox
Population explosion due to new crops
40
Which of the following is an example of resistance to imperialism in the 19th century?
Sepoy Mutiny
Social Darwinism
the Taiping Rebellion
Apartheid
41
Which forms of government were established in the United States, France, Haiti, and in Latin American nation-states?
Khanates
Communist Regimes
Democratic Republics
Caliphates
42
What were the demographic consequences of the Columbian Exchange on the populations of Afro-Eurasia (E. Hemisphere)?
Disease epidemics reduced populations
Africa isolated itself from exchanges
New, nutritious staple crops led to boom in populations
Migrations slowed across the Atlantic
43
What kinds of goods were primarily traded along the interregional exchange networks?
Inferior Goods
Luxury Goods
Manufactured Goods
Staple Goods
44
All of the following commercial practices increased the use of long-distance trade from 600-1450 CE EXCEPT:
Banking Houses
Paper money and "flying cash" (checks)
Bills of exchange and credit
Joint-stock companies
45
What does interregional mean?
Across the globe.
From one side of a region to another.
From one region into another
Within a single region.
46
European Imperialism was driven by all of the following EXCEPT
New markets to sell manufactured goods
To recover territories lost in WW1
civilizing mission and the White Man's Burden
More natural resources to support growing industry
47
How were Sub-Saharan African kingdoms (like Kongo and Asante) impacted by European trading posts there?
Europeans quickly colonized these regions
African states united to repel Europeans
Warfare between them grew as demand for slaves increased
Europeans refused to deal with African states
48
What was the main idea of the Enlightenment, that helped spark the Atlantic Revolutions of the Modern Era?
Traditions should be protected
Human reason can solve problems
Monarchs have divine authority to rule
The Upper Classes should be abolished
49
Which social groups witnessed a significant DECLINE in their power in the Early Modern Era?
The Nobility (Aristocrats)
Absolute Monarchs
The Merchants
Scholars and Clergy
50
All of the following factors contributed to industrialization in the late 1700s EXCEPT:
Availability of a labor force
Access to raw material such as coal, timber, iron
Accumulation of capital investment
A large population
51
Which state grew powerful from control and development of the Trans-Saharan network?
Mali Empire
Mamluk Sultanate
Kingdom of Ethiopia
Swahili City-States
52
What goods were exported from WEST AFRICA along the Trans-Saharan network?
Gold, salt, slaves
Glassware, incense, dyes, rugs
Ivory, animal skins, exotic woods
Wine, olives, wool textiles
53
What did the Young Turks advocate?
A renewed interest conquest of Christian countries
A renewed war against the west
A strengthening of the Ottoman empire based on sharia law
a secular more democratic Turkish nation
54
How did the Indian Ocean network impact EAST AFRICA from c. 1200-1450?
Indian merchants introduced Buddhism and Hinduism
An empire was established from the wealth from trade
Epidemic diseases were introduced that weakened the region
Arab diasporic communities brought Islam and the Arabic language
55
All of the following motivated initial Western European transoceanic exploration EXCEPT:
Desire to spread Christianity to new lands
To build prestige for an explorer and their sponsoring kingdom
To locate a direct sea route to South and Eastern Asia for luxury markets
To set up settler colonies to control vast territories
56
How did the Song dynasty use the tribute system to consolidate their power in East Asia?
To spread Confucian ideals of filial piety
To assimilate surrounding cultures
To provide citizenship benefits to its people.
To demonstrate their status and superiority to surrounding states
57
What played a more important role in distinguishing rulers from their colonial subjects?
Gender
Race
Slavery
Political Beliefs
58
Why did states and empires of the Post-Classical era increasingly sponsor specific religions?
To unify diverse peoples and legitimize rule
To reduce religious conflicts
To provide spiritual enrichment
To provide protection to minorities
59
Extreme devotion to one's ethnic, cultural group to create new states/patriotism is called...
Imperialism
Nationalism
Patriotism
Colonization
60
How did families and gender roles change in response to the Atlantic Slave Trade from c. 1450-1750?
Patriarchy was challenged in Africa
Polygamy increased in Africa
Slave families grew larger in the Americas
More females were exported to the Americas
61
Why are the Mongols MOST significant to world history?
Building an empires from tribes of herders
Uniting Eurasia and diffusing technologies like paper-making and gunpowder
Cavalry and siege tactics and technologies used
Genghis khan had millions of descendents
62
Which of the following is an example of a maritime empire being challenged by local populations in the Early Modern Era?
Cossack Revolts/ Pugachev Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion
The Pueblo Revolt
The Sepoy Revolt
63
Footbinding in Song China, Veiling in the Dar-al-Islam, and Sati in Indian states are all examples of...
Social hierarchy
Social Stratification
Emerging feminism
Intensifying patriarchy
64
What environmental knowledge and adaptations allowed for increased volumes of trade in the Indian Ocean?
The Monsoon Wind Patterns
Ocean currents in the Pacific
Knowledge of Typhoons
The Trade Winds of the Atlantic
65
Which of the following revolutions led to the radical overthrow of an absolute monarch and a Reign of Terror?
The Latin American Revolutions
The French Revolution
The Haitian Revolution
The (North) American Revolution
66
Colonial economies depended on coerced labor systems to operate mines and cash-crop plantations including all EXCEPT:
Indentured Servitude
The mita system
The Encomienda/Hacienda
Convict Labor
67
Where were the bulk of European colonies located in the Early Modern Era?
Australia, SE Asia, and Oceania
The Americas
East and South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
68
The centralization of production of goods organized by a highly specialized division of unskilled labor is called...
Craft Production
Guild Organizations
Trade Unions
The Factory System
69
Which of the following is an example of how states/empires facilitated commerce in the Post-Classical Era?
Hiring of privateers to raid rival shipping routes
Merchant construction of caravanserai
Song expansion of the Grand Canal
Expanding tax farming privileges to local nobles
70
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin and spread c.1750 to 1900 CE?
Germany to Russia and then to the US
Western Europe to Japan, then Russia
Britain to the US and Western Europe, then Japan
Japan to the US and Western Europe
71
What AP World Region is identified on this map in PURPLE?
Middle East
Noth Africa
West Africa
East Africa
72
Which of the following is a correct example of Imperialism outside of the U.S. and Europe?
Mexico's conquest of parts of Canada
Japan's takeover of Taiwan and Korea
Australia's expansion into New Zealand
Germeny's conquest of regions of Africa
73
What was the reform program launched by the Japanese leadership in the 19th century?
A restructuring of the social structure eliminating social classes
The rejection of western influence in favor of Chinese beliefs
The fall of the Tokugawa and restoration of the emperor
Further isolation of Japan after American contact
74
What AP World Region is identified on this map in YELLOW?
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Middle East
South Asia
75
Political ideals from the Enlightenment were reflected in all of these documents EXCEPT:
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Jamaica Letter
The Declaration of Independence
The Communist Manifesto
76
Which diasporic community could be found in the Mediterranean and along the Indian Ocean?
The Arabs
The Jews
The Indians and Malays
The Chinese
77
Portuguese state investment by Prince Henry and others in navigation led to...
Portuguese discovery of Australia
Colonization of the African interior
The discovery of a Northwest Passage to China
A global trading-post empire
78
Which revolution became the only successful slave revolt in world history to est. a new nation-state?
The (North) American Revolution
The Haitian Revolution
The Latin American Revolution
The French Revolution
79
The casta system created a new group of elites known as _________ that used racial ideologies to cement their power.
Peninsulares
Mulattoes
Creoles
Mestizos
80
Which of the following is an example of economic imperialism?
the Boxer Rebellion
the Russo-Japanese War
the Opium Wars
the Scramble for Africa
81
Which expanding trade network is colored in RED on the map below?
The Silk Roads
The Trans-Saharan
The Mediterranean
The Indian Ocean Basin

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