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AP World History Quiz #2
AP World History Quiz #2
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A quiz designed for AP World History students, representing the second section, 500 BCE-500 CE.
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1
The Optimates represents what part of Roman society?
Liberals
Nobles
Conservatives
Non-Romans
2
The writing of the Iliad and Odyssey represents:
A focus on national identity
The incorporation of Ionian beliefs into Greek mythology
A transition from oral traditions to written works
A mixture of fact and fiction presented as truth
3
What Indo-European group settled in France, Britain, and Ireland?
Celts
Teutones
Frisians
Picts
4
Daoism believes that:
There is a natural order to society
One should go with the flow
Everything is made of parts
The gods cared for mortal men
5
Which of the following is one of the two ruling bodies in Sparta?
Spartiates
Hellots
Gerousia
Bimarchy
6
Which of these does not conform to a strict Confucian hierarchy?
Husband above Wife
Emperor above Peasant
Daoist above Legalists
Father above Son
7
What was the war between Athens and their allies and Sparta and their allies?
The Peloponnesian War
The Thracian War
The Delian War
The Hellenic War
8
What does this Map represent?
The Expansion of Hellenistic Ideas
The Silk Road's Land and Sea Routes
The Spread of Christianity and Buddhism
The Borders of Empires circa 200 CE
9
The period after the fall of the Han Dynasty but before the Sui is the Warring States, or:
The Jin Rebellion
The Fall
The Anarchy
The Three Kingdoms Period
10
Why do we call the Mayan city-states a "civilization" instead of an empire?
A Collective Set of Language and Political Systems
Unified Religious Belief about Queztecoatl
Conquest of Other City-States by Tikal
A unified system of city structure and architecture
11
What factors contributed to the decline of Buddhism in India?
Its Focus on Non-Violence
Preference for Hinduism by the Gupta Dynasty
Its Dislike of the Caste System
Influence by the White Huns
12
Which earlier civilization can Carthage trace its trade background to?
Hebrews
Libyans
Assyrians
Phoenicians
13
What made the Persians' Empire so stable?
Its Tolerance
Its Religion
Its Strong Military
Its Infrastructure
14
Christianity appealed to all but which of the following groups?
Germanic Tribesmen
Women
Nobles
Soldiers
15
Which of the following is not a primary good on the Silk Road?
Spice
Disease
Religion
Lumber
16
A primary cause of the Qin Dynasty's shortness is:
The instability of China after the Warring States Period
The cruelty of Qin Shi Huangdi
The failure of the Great Wall
The failure of Legalism as a philosophy
17
Buddhism spread in part because:
Missionary Efforts by Indian dynasties
Its Universal Appeal
Its Mixture with Other Beliefs
Its Disregard of Order
18
Why was the Great Wall of China erected by the Qin and Han Dynasties?
To keep peasants in
To create borders between nations
To keep the Xiongnu out
To put people to work
19
Legalism believes in
The abolition of tradition
The abolition of kings
The abolition of class and money
The abolition of gender roles
20
What major Chinese philosophy did Qin Shi Huangdi ascribe to?
Daoism
Confucianism
Shintoism
Legalism
21
The rise of the Kushan Dynasty in India represents:
The influence of Hellenism and the Silk Road on India
The extension of Chinese Han power
The Spread of Buddhism into Afghanistan
The extension of Persian imperial power
22
To what area did Buddhism not spread outside of India?
Nepal
China
Iran
Vietnam
23
The primary difference between polytheism and henotheism is:
The choice to worship one god of many
Religious texts
A belief in God
What objects are involved in worship services
24
What War does this map represent?
The Italian Conquest
The Punic Wars
The Syracusan War
The African Campaign
25
The creation of Western and Eastern Roman Empire was done by
Constantine
Commodus
Diocletian
Hadrian
26
What inspired Chandragupta Maurya to found the Mauryan Empire?
The Spread of Buddhism
Alexander the Great's Empire
Invasions from Central Asia
Advances in Indian Technology
27
The Roman Senate was elected from members of:
the Patricians
Roman nobles
Nobles from other non-Roman cities
the Plebeians
28
The Phoenician script is known as the
The Byblos
The Phoenicid
The Tyriaglyph
The Alphabet
29
The Roman Empire replaced the Republic due to
The spread of new religions like Mitraism
The overlargeness of the Senate
The power of the Caesars and previous dictators
Roman xenophobia against non-Romans
30
Carthage was NOT noted for which of the following?
Its dislike of foreign beliefs
Its vast trade networks
Its religious tolerance
Its vast alliances with non-Carthagineans
31
Which of the following was not a primary cause of the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
Invasion by Hunnic and Germanic Groups
Social Upheaval Against Christianity
Inflation and a Lack of Resources
Betrayal by the Eastern Empire
32
Islam appealed to
Banished Christians
Arabian Jews
Merchants
Zoroastrians
33
Why does Islam show no images of Allah or Muhammad?
They are too pure
Ancient Arabic Beliefs
Only the elite can have such things
To avoid the worship of idols
34
Why is the Babylonian Captivity important to Judaism?
It tests the Hebrew people
Daniel got to hang out with some pretty sweet felines
It creates the central historic context of the Old Testament
It is during this period that the Old Testament is written
35
The primary side effect of Alexander the Great's conquests of the Achaemeneid Empire is:
Hellenism
Destruction of Persian civilization entirely
A pan-Greek Empire
Spread of Plague
36
Who had the right to vote in Athenian democracy?
Land-owning Males
Men and Women
Nobles above 15
Free Men
37
What religions does Islam incorporate ideas from?
Christianity
Pre-Islamic Arabian Beliefs
Judaism
Zoroastrianism
38
Egypt under Hellenism becomes ruled by which group:
The Hellenes
The Greeks
The Carthaginians
The Romans
39
What are the two main Roman classes?
Proletariat
Equestrian
Patrician
Plebeian
40
Greek art focused on:
Natural Forms
History
Their Religion and Mythos
Animals
