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AP World First Semester Final
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1
These are "colossal heads", probably made to honor kings. They'd be MOST useful to study
Politics
Culture
Interaction with Environment
Economics
2
What was the long term consequence of the crusades?
Christianity established a permanent base in Jerusalem
Ideas and trade from the Mideast to Europe intensified
The Christian urge to spread beyond Europe ended
The Catholics and Eastern Orthodox churches reunified
3
This artifact shows a god. It would be MOST useful for studying the theme of
Politics
Interaction with Environment
Society
Culture
4
This map shows regions described by Herodotus of Greece (circle). A historian could use the map
to argue that Greece's isolation made travel impossible
to prove that Greeks thought other people were barbaric
to show geographic connections between classic civilizations
to document increased trade between civilizations
5
In which APWH region would you find this style of architecture?
Mesoamerica
East Asia
South Asia
North Africa
6
All of the following are true of these "1st wave civilizations"
EXCEPT
:
Each developed some form of writing or numbering system
Each engaged in long-distance inter-regional trade
Each built public works projects
Each had a high amount of equality in their society
7
What is true of the Umayadd "Caliphate" shown here?
It modelled itself on Christian 'Feudal' kingdoms of Europe.
It had a democratic structure much like classical Greece.
It was a loose confederation of largely warring tribes.
Its politics were dominated by Islamic "sharia" law.
8
Which of these
MOST
accurately describes the effect of the Mongol Empire on period 3 trade?
The Eastern and Western hemispheres were linked
The Indian Ocean trade flourished like never before
Silk Route trade flourished and became safer
Mongol barbarity encouraged Europe to seek ocean routes
9
The religious figures depicted here were SIMILAR in all of the following ways
EXCEPT
They both claimed to be the son of God.
They both inspired missionaries to follow their teachings.
Their faith traditions were both spread by merchant traders.
They were born into earlier faiths: Hinduism & Judaism.
10
Which of the following is the best description of the trade route shown on this map?
Caravanserai "relay trade" transported luxury goods.
Merchants used ships to travel the entire way.
Collapse of classical empires helped increase trade here.
It was a road linking the Americas and Eurasia.
11
Which of the following was an important development of the Paleolithic period?
Humans abandoned hunting/gathering in favor of agriculture
Humans migrated from Africa and began to populate the planet
Humans began to develop bronze and iron-working metal tech.
Humans settled down and began the 1st civilizations
12
Which of the following is true of the Byzantine Empire?
It encouraged great social and gender equality.
It was heavily influenced by East Asian Buddhism.
It was an unstructured collection of city-states.
It blended Roman and Eastern Orthodox cultural traditions.
13
Why did the Black Death spread so widely and kill so many during APWH period 3?
African sand routes spread it from Bantu lands to Europe
The Islamic Caliphate collapsed and medicine disappeared.
The Mongol road system made trade and travel easier.
Europeans began exploring and spread it to the Americas.
14
In 1250 C.E., what culture dominated the trade routes shown on this map?
Bantu-speaking merchants
Roman Christian merchants
Berber Muslim merchants
East Asian Buddhist merchants
15
The Swahili trading cities of East Africa were most heavily influenced by the culture of
Egyptians
Indonesians
Polynesians
The Bantu
16
What was a key
'turning point'
that marks the transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic?
The invention of agriculture/domestication
The building of the first cities
The first use of fire and stone tools
The development of hunting/gathering
17
The "classical" civilizations of APWH period 2 are noted for their
social class and gender equality.
building infrastructure and bureaucracy to control empires.
rejection of agriculture in favor of pastoral nomadism.
peaceful coexistence with neighboring empires.
18
Which of the following was a DIRECT effect of Aztec "chinampas"?
Aztecs began human sacrifices for the first time
Aztec social and gender structures became equal
Aztecs extended imperial control in South America
Aztec population and trade grew
19
The central argument that developed in Islam between Shia and Sunni related to
Who should be the rightful leader of Islam
Whether to allow Christians and Jews to live in Muslim lands
Arguments about what race could convert to Islam
A dispute relating to using 'jihad' to spread Islam
20
Zoroastrianism's belief in a single deity and heaven/hell MOST influenced later cultures like
Judaism and Christianity
Greco-Roman rationalism
Buddhism and Hinduism
Confucianism and Daoism
21
Scandinavians known as "The Vikings" were able to migrate during APWH period 3 because of their
Long-ships and seamanship
Camel saddles and African trade
Creation of settlements in North America
Alliance with Mongols on the silk routes
22
This map could BEST be used to demonstrate which of the following historical processes?
Existing trade routes assisted in cultural difussion.
Syncretism arose as religions blended together.
Regional art & architecture reflected religious teaching.
Some religions had "schisms" which divided the faithful.
23
In the "code of Manu", PURUSHA was described as a central belief of
BUDDHISM
HINDUISM
DAOISM
ISLAM
24
BOTH the Romans and Han Dynasty eventually fell because of
the disappearance of gold and silver.
stagnating math and science.
invasions by nomadic peoples on their borders.
the destruction of the silk route.
25
This image of the rigorous Song Dynasty examination system would most help a historian to
calculate the value of Chinese ECONOMIC luxury products.
study how the Song created a strong POLITICAL state.
examine how CULTURAL Neo-Confucianism started.
learn how the Mongols were able to invade China.
26
Which of the following is
NOT TRUE
of the Paleolithic era?
Humans began to use fire.
Humans developed stone tools.
Human societies were mostly small kinship groups.
Humans rarely migrated beyond a few miles.
27
POLITICALLY
, what explains the success of Rome, Persia, and the Han in building stable empires?
Building roads and defensive walls
Standardized currencies and trade
Structured class and gender heirarchies
Elaborate bureaucracies and legal codes
28
This image of the "8-fold path" shows the symbol and central ideas of
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
29
The map could BEST be used to demonstrate how period 3 trade helped civilizations to
control empires
spread religion
conquer neighbors
grow powerful urban centers
30
How did the Byzantine Empire most influence the Kievan Rus?
They convinced the Rus to adopt Islam as a state religion
The Byzantines conquered the Rus as part of their empire
The Byzantines helped the Rus to defeat Mongols
They spread their alphabet and Orthodox Christianity to Kiev
31
Which of these events happened by the 5th century C.E.
AT THE END OF PERIOD 2?
The Chinese 'golden age' of Tang/Song Dynasties
Expansion & consolidation of classical empires.
The 'fall' of the classical Rome & Han dynasties.
The start and spread of Islam
32
All of these symbols represent cultural faiths that
originated in the ROMAN EMPIRE
were POLYTHEISTIC
believe in MONOTHEISM
revere both JERUSALEM AND MECCA
33
This is a re-creation of irrigation systems. It would be MOST useful for studying the theme of
Economics
Politics
Interaction with Environment
Culture
34
This is the Altar of Pergamon, Turkey. This GREEK style was culturally diffused by
Rome's conquest of Britannia
Islam's spread into Turkey
Persia's invasion of the Greek city-states
Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia
35
What is true of the people at the BOTTOM of this period 3 European social hierarchy?
Skilled at horsemanship, they provided military service.
Tied to the land, they provided agricultural labor.
Their work was mostly producing luxury products for trade.
They were captured slaves from Islamic lands.
36
What was the 1st EFFECT of the historical processes shown on this map?
Farming and Domestication of Animals
First wave empires were created around the world
Pastoralists began to create agricultural villages
Agriculture slowly displaced hunt-gather food production
37
When historians describe the Tang and Song Dynasty "golden age" they mean that China had
A peaceful transfer of power between dynasties
A period of excellence in art and literature
A transition to democratic institutions
A universal adoption of Buddhism
38
Which of the following best describes the POLITICAL structure of the classical Mayans?
A tributary state of the Aztec empire
Numerous independent warring city-states
Democratic decision-making by the people
A unified empire under a single all powerful ruler
39
Assume you found these artifacts at an archaeological dig. What would be a VALID conclusion?
The site was home to pastoralists
The site was home to hunter-gatherers
The site was home to agriculturalists
40
East Asian CONFUCIANISM emphasized
banning all other religions
rituals for gods
social harmony in relationships
rational study of astronomy
41
The Bhagavad Gita
, a central text of Hinduism, applies to the theme of
SOCIETY
because
it reinforced caste & jati divisions in South Asia.
it said the soul could be destroyed.
it argued that meditation leads to enlightenment.
it encouraged social mobility between classes.
42
Both of these cities which flourished during period 3 were SIMILAR because they both were
centers where merchants occupied the highest SOCIAL caste
city-states in POLITICALLY unstable and weak empires
the most important cities for their civilization's CULTURE
dominant regional ECONOMIC trading civilizations
43
What explains the success of the armies from ALL of these classical civilizations?
Foreign soldiers were enslaved and forced to fight.
They were motivated by a desire to spread democracy.
Logistic supply lines & infrastructure helped them travel.
Gunpowder and cannons gave them an advantage.
44
What caused the emergence of agriculture 1st in the "Fertile Crescent" and later globally?
The ability of humans to domesticate animals
Humans began to settle near sources of H20
The invention of teosinte (aka corn).
A warming climate that favored cereal grains
45
Which is the civ. that arose in the "Fertile Crescent" between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers?
C) Indus
D) Shang
B) Mesopotamia
A) Egypt
46
Perhaps the 1st legal document which reflected social inequality and government power was
The Bhagavad Gita
The Judaic 10 Commandments
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Code of Hammurabi
47
This artifact shows rich/middle class/poor. It would be MOST useful for studying the theme of
Culture
Politics
Society
Economics
48
Marco Polo's writings are important for historians because they show what life was like in
Islamic North Africa
Mughal South Asia
Yuan China
Aztec America
49
All of these religions would have spread and interacted with each other MOST along the
The Eurasian Silk Routes
Trans-Saharan "Sand" Routes
Indian Ocean Trade Routes
Mediterranean Sea Routes
50
What is
TRUE
of the trade routes that developed between the peoples shown on this map?
The routes were only local within cultures
The routes relied on pack animals such as camels
The routes relied on indirect north-south relay trades
The routes relied on ocean-going ships
51
This culture emphasized logic, experimentation, and observation to understand the world:
South Asian Buddhism
Middle Eastern Christianity
East Asian Daoism
Greek rationalism
52
"Quipu"
was developed by Andean civilizations to
predict future religious events.
symbolize family marital ties.
keep records of economic trade.
communicate with the dead.
53
The most important reason this empire was able to dominate older agriculturalist empires was
their ENVIRONMENT made them skilled pastoral horsemen.
they had strict SOCIAL patriarchy which kept women at home.
they had a fervent religious spirit to spread their CULTURE.
they were master merhant traders ECONOMICALLY.
54
This image shows the "Khoikhoi", perhaps the 1st
PASTORALISTS
. What would be TRUE of them?
They spread animal domestication tech. through migrations.
They were an American civilization who domesticated animals.
They had large agricultural surpluses and settled cities.
They were located in places without access to large mammals.
55
Both the Bantu and Polynesian migrations were similar because both of them
spread language and agricultural skills over a wide area
relied on ocean-going sailing vessels
were migrations of hunting-gathering cultures
were responsible for spreading Islam to new lands
56
This map is of Asian inter-regional trade. It would be MOST useful for studying the theme of
Religion
Economics
Culture
Politics
57
The "Pax Mongolica" (pd 3) was most similar to the earlier "Pax Romana" (pd 2) because
Both periods saw the disruption of trade between Eurasia.
Both periods were dominated by empires built by naval power.
Both periods increased trade and invention exchanges.
Both periods saw massive conversions to the Islamic culture.
58
Which of the following IS NOT one of the 5 pillars of Islam?
Faith in Allah and Muhammad
A 'Hajj' to Mecca if able
Charity to the poor
Seeking enlightenment to break the cycle of reincarnation
