AP Modern World History Exam Review

Which Muslim group overthrew the Umayyad dynasty and set up a new caliphate?

Wars of national unification in Germany, Italy, and the Ottoman Empire were a...

Which fact is FALSE about Vietnam after the War?

What started World War 2

The chief intellectual cause of the French and American revolutions was the

The 1882 "Chinese Exclusion Act" restricted Chinese immigration to the USA. A similar policy was adopted in

Which rationale (reason) for imperialism is MOST evident in this illustration?

Which of the following does NOT belong in a list of tactics or equipment used by the Mongols?

Which was NOT a major event in the Interwar Period?

Which French Estate declared itself to be the National Assembly?

The following map illustrates the likely spread of________ in the 1300s

How did Mao Zedong control the economy?

This map of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade could BEST be used to demonstrate that

Workers, especially factory workers, were called this by Marxists

In their critique of industrial capitalism, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels claimed that

Before 1750, Asian land-empires dominated Afro-Eurasia. What historical development MOST reversed that trend?

In the 9th c, Arab scholars developed algebra based on the numerical notation invented by the

Where did the industrial revolution begin?

Where was Facism originally?

A similarity between Europe and the Song Dynasty in the 1200s is that

What group of people led the decolonization revolutions in Latin America?

What new device replaced water power during the Industrial Revolution?

How did the Korean War start ?

The presence of famine after the failure of the potato harvest in Ireland was a...

The tributary system was a practice in which

_________ usually traveled in winter and could include as many as 100 camels in a typical voyage.

What imperial European country held control of India in the interwar period?

What conference resulted in the Soviet Union gained control of Eastern Europe?

What argument does this advisor to the Meiji Emperor make to modernize Japan?

How did Chinese dynasties such as the Song ensure strong control over their political bureaucracies?

True or False: China was communist during the Cold War.

The Delhi Sultanate brought a cultural conflict to the Indian subcontinent in which?

Which proud African country was able to successfully RESIST the Italian Empire & preserve its independence?

What was the purpose of the African National Congress?

Another name for American economic system that competed with communism in Cold War.

What leader took control of Spain after the Spanish Civil War?

The "casta system" was

Document aimed at preventing another world war

Mound building societies such as the Cahokia and Hopewell would most likely be found in modern day

Which of the following is a TRUE change that happened for women as a result of "Meiji Reforms?"

Which of the following resources most-benefited England's emergence in the Industrial Age?

Historians believe the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican societies practiced human sacrifice primarily for

U.S. expansion of gov't during Great Depression

The dominant form of industrial organization by the end of the nineteenth century was

What did the Young Turks advocate?

When did the time period of Interwar Paris begin and end?

The empire from Unit 3 that MOST threatened European culture & economy, spurring Portugal et al to explore, was

The "White Man's Burden" was an argument that imperial nations should...

Which countries met at the Paris Peace Conference?

Who put policies in place in the Soviet Union that helped end the Cold War?

What BEST explains the cause for Europe's rapid imperial expansion in this time period?

The British insisted on their right to trade opium with China because

Which of the following is NOT typically a reason why people protest free trade agreements like NAFTA and the WTO?

British based Unilever, which makes products like Dove & Dawn & is available in over 190 countries, reflects what trend?

The rise to economic prominence of many East Asian nations in the 1980s and 1990s was mostly due to

What was the most terrifying aspect of the Cold War?

The Meiji reformers actively copied the western Europeans and Americans because

A main luxury good traded along the Silk Roads was silk from __________.

Type of government that seeks to have all people own the means of production; USSR.

This source is best understood in the context of which time period in Japanese history?

South African governments used which policy of racial segregation?

What was the ECONOMIC EFFECT of Europe's presence in Asia during this era?

What does NATO mean?

The main reason for the renewal of the Silk Roads in the period of 1200 to 1450 was the ___________ Empire.

Arabs and Persians created merchants communities along the strait of Malacca.

Which of the following was most likely to be literate in the European "Dark Ages"?

What was the outcome of the 1868-1869 "Boshin" civil war between the Shogun vs. Emperor?

Which is an accurate definition of the Columbian Exchange?

Which city became the capital of the Abbasid Empire and a center of the Islamic Golden Age?

Mechanization offered which two major advantages?

Confucian principle that teaches that children should obey and honor their parents and respect elders.

In medieval Europe, manorialism was

In 1787, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General, because

Which Asian peoples (at center of the map) successfully RESISTED all European attempts to colonize them?

One example of a powerful trading city on the Silk Roads during the period between 1200 and 1450 was ___________.

Which of the following civilizations continued the pattern of Roman Christian civilization?

Which of the following environmental innovations was UNIQUE to the challenges of sailing in the Indian Ocean?

The _______ were the nomadic people that made Trans-Saharan trade possible while also bringing Islam to the region.

Which of the following was the most immediate cause of global economic integration in the late 20th to 21st century?

Other than the Korean War, what war was also a result of the Cold War?

Who was the leader of France that was beheaded as a result of the French Revolution?

In lieu marriage, medieval women would most likely seek an alternative path in life by?

Which government was forced to "open up" with the arrival of the USA's Matthew Perry in 1854?

Which of the following is true of BOTH the French and Mexican revolutions?

What were reasons for the start of decolonization after World War Two?

America followed what policy for most of the interwar period?

What were the M.A.I.N. causes of World War I?

Which of the following was NOT an economic advantage enjoyed by Britain in the 18th century?

The Declaration of Independence; authority from "the consent of the governed" was influenced by

_________________ was the first Great Khan and united the Mongols in 1206.

What is a similarity with European and Japanese feudalism?

How did both the Qing Dynasty & Tokugawa Shogunate respond to European influence?

Which European power lost their Caribbean and Pacific colonies to the USA in 1898?

The Partition of India was when...

What type of protester was Mohandas Gandhi?

The following map illustrates which of the following processes?

Which of the following sped up communication and transportation across the Sahara?

The most important economic development of the late 19th century in the US was?

Which of the following motivated both the Abbasid and the Mongols to expand their empires?

This network of exchange began as early as 100 BCE and began with nomads called the Parthians (modern day Iran).

New forms of energy were important for industrialization, such as

Apartheid was the political system dismantled in South Africa at the end of the 20th century.

Which of the following was a long-term effect of the crusades?

The map shows which of the following processes? 

This map could be used as evidence for which of the following claims about Japan?

Which country controlled India after 1857?

Russian civilization emerged nearest to what modern-day city?

The Ottomans, Russians, Qing dynasty, and Tokugawa Japan were “societies at crossroads” because

During the Abbasid Empire, The House of Wisdom was a center of learning for all cultures and religions to interact in

Who led the decolonization in Egypt?

Which Mexican Leader helped his people during the Mexican Revolution?

All of the reasons imperial nations had to move into China are shown in this cartoon EXCEPT:

Which of the following contributed the most to increased Urbanization?

A mysticism Islamic practice, it was a way to have a closer connection to Allah. Helped Islam spread to India & SE Asia

The Great Schism in Europe was similar to the

This is the Spanish silver mine Potosi (modern Bolivia) in 1590; the workers are Native American. Which is true? 

A main reason trade thrived in the Indian Ocean Exchange was that it was not controlled by a single political authority.

This source is best understood in the context of which historical development?

What industry was the first to move from a cottage-industry to a factory system?

The only successful slave revolt in history took place in

The following map illustrates the spread of

Which of the following was a result of the fall of the Roman empire to Germanic tribes?

Industrialized genocide of Jews

Which two items are most alike?

Embedded in the American Constitution is the principle of

What is decolonization?

Both foot-binding in China, the harem and the veil in Islam?

The image below, known as the Stone Enclosure, was built by which medieval society?

What was not a major event in the Interwar Period?

__________ was a Chinese Muslim, general and diplomat who traveled the Indian Ocean 7 times with 62 treasure ships.

Which of the following was a significant long-term effect of The Crusades on Europe?

This map was a DIRECT RESULT of which of the following European actions?

Which of the following WAS NOT part of the Columbian Exchange?

The Inca blended outsiders and conquered people into their empire through

An underlying cause of World War I was?

When Christianity split in 1054, the Pope was in charge of western Christians while the eastern church was led by

All of the following are true of Christopher Columbus' 4 voyages EXCEPT:

Buddhism originated in Northern India and spread to East Asia mainly via

Which Muslim group overthrew the Umayyad dynasty, set up a new caliphate, and moved the capital to Baghdad?

Marx and Engels proposed that capitalism divided people into two classes. The classes were

Communism spread in Eastern Europe after WW2, and Winston Churchill said this divided Europe.

The first European power to abolish the slave trade was

Historians associate the gold-salt trade most closely with which of the following trade routes?

What was the goal of the USSR during the Cold War?

Which historical development in Europe was most responsible for influencing this proclamation by the Young Turks?

Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

The key reason why Russia and Japan were not colonized was..

Which individual was the leader of the Haitian Revolution?

Early industrial development in the US depended on investment capital from which nation?

The following map illustrates which of the following?

We know a lot about Islam's impact on West African empires based on Mansa Musa's involvement in

What was Lenin's plan for Russia?

The women’s rights movement helped women worldwide gain the right to vote, but what other factor was most important?

Our Lady of Guadalupe (1746) MOSTLY reflects a syncretic blending of

A good example of the influence of both Islam and the growth of wealth in Sub-Saharan Africa was ____________.

The religion that was diffused across the Silk Roads was ______.

Why did the vast majority of Latin America become Catholic after 1492?

The 19th century movement that argued against private property and supported workers' demands

The main difference between Facism and Stalinism is

One of the innovations in existing technologies that helped the Trans-Saharan trade thrive was the ________.

What caused the final collapse of the Muslim Abbasid Empire in 1258?

The Spanish discovered that they could get Asian luxury products in exchange for the SILVER they were mining in

Why did the Cold War end?

Which of the following individuals is most-associated with capitalism?

What has decolonization shown about democracy

Which best describes societies that facilitated trade along the Silk Roads?

Why is more manufacturing done in Asia?

One example of the Mongol's skill at cultural adaptation is

Which markets were finally opened up to Western powers by the end of the 19th century?

Why did the Germans like hitler?

The policies pursued by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan in the 1980s are examples of one of the following trends?

The “capitulations” were humiliating concessions to the west that

The efforts to industrialize Japan is known as this

when was the Russian revolution?

All of the following are true of the effects of the slave trade IN Africa. Which was a SOCIAL consequence?

Thematically, which rationale (reason) for imperialism best describes the main idea of this author?

Which conflict led to Western powers gaining the most-influence in China?

Peace agreement between Israel and Egypt that was first Israeli-Arab peace agreement.

Confucian principle that teaches that children should obey and honor their parents.

What were the causes of the Egyptian Revolution?

Which best explains why some people criticized the Green Revolution?

Why did the British want to keep control of Egypt?

What caused the "Opium Wars" between 1839 to 1860?

Which was NOT one of the principles built into the government of newly formed American state?

Which route would have seen the movement of Italians & Germans following wars of national unification?

Which group benefited from new found higher status in the period of Mongol rule in China?

So, labor was needed on plantations, much of it forced. Which type of coerced labor had been used by the Inca Empire?

Large guest houses along the Silk Roads where merchants could have a meal, rest and make more trades was called a ______

Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power as

Which of the following was not a revolutionary-movement document?

Eastern European countries loyal to the U.S.S.R in Eastern Europe were given this nickname.

Famous leader of the Mexican Revolution that began in 1910.

The Qing dynasty's "self-strengthening" policies MOST sought to

How were both Asian and African decolonization movements MOST similar to each other?

What country invaded Ethiopia during the Interwar Period?

From the perspective of the worker, the factory system meant

If you wanted to add arrows on the map to show "Triangular Trade", they'd show

Who did America ally with during the Vietnam War?

Which region struggled the most due to decolonization?

Which historical development in Europe would have been most responsible for getting the Sultan to issue this decree?

Who won the "Boxer Rebellion"?

Who were the two opposing forces in the Spanish Civil War?

Monasticism was an important aspect of which two of the following religions?

Based on the pictures,how did women change during this period? 

Which was not a result of the Opium Wars and the Treaty of Nanjing

“Division of labor” in manufacturing means

All of the following were parts of Martin Luther's arguments against the Catholic Church EXCEPT

How did Japanese industrialization differ from European industrialization?

Under Mongol rule, _________ were seen as diplomats and good sources of information.

The best example of the emergence of nineteenth-century nationalism based on language was

Which Economic reason for imperialism is best illustrated by this advertisement?

Who was the Cold War between??

Dad joke of the unit: Guano wasn't the most important imperial resource, but it was a SOLID #2. 💩

In a little over 100 years, South Asia went from the Mughal Empire to the British Empire. What is a TRUE reason why?

Which region WAS NOT producing many consumer goods for the world market?

Why was NATO formed?

Context: The example of Zheng He before 1450 demonstrates that land empires like the Ming were increasingly

Who was Mao Zedong?

What was the first Japanese puppet state established in East Asia?

Which religions would have appealed most to a woman living in a strict patriarchal (male dominated) society?

The Ottoman Empire responded to the Industrial Revolution with the "Tanzimat Reforms" which tried to

What finally brought the US into World War II?

North Africa served as a bridge for Muslim influence to reach which region of the globe?

___________ was the Great Khan in 1260 and began the Yuan dynasty in China, defeating the Song.

What were some long-term causes of the Mexican Revolution?

Which do historians point to as the key infrastructural development of the Song Dynasty?

Which rationale (reason) for imperialism is MOST evident in this advertisement?

Economically, what drove rivalries between the major states of Eurasia between 1450-1750?

Islam spread rapidly to West Africa in many ways but it spread primarily through

Why was Spain's sponsorship of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage in 1519 historically SIGNIFICANT?

Which of the following is true of the Bubonic Plague?

What is a similarity between European and Japanese feudalism?

The growing popularity of neo-Confucianism during the Song dynasty indicates

There are over 6,000 KFCs in China. This trend best reflects

The ideas of the Enlightenment challenged traditional sovereignty and instead proposed that

Which is a belief that reflects the influence of Christianity, Judaism and Islam on one another?

This image of the Japanese Emperor Meiji and his family from 1900 shows a point of view that

The main ship used along the Western route of the Indian Ocean Exchange was the _________. It had triangular sails.

Islam was primarily introduced to all of the following regions through military conquest EXCEPT

Mao Zedong's followers were known as the 

The Byzantine Empire incorporated the road system, tax collecting methods of the

Which of the following events represented internal conflict within China?

Which country experienced high inflation during the Interwar period?

Which of the following was NOT an innovation that spurred the Industrial Revolution?

Which new social class emerged as a part of the Industrial Age?

Which Economic reason for imperialism is best illustrated by this advertisement?

What was a unique innovation of The Netherlands (Dutch) and England to unit 4 economics?

Which is true of decolonization?

The lateen sail was an important technology for traveling across the Indian Ocean because?

What is the name for an urban neighborhood created by immigrants that preserves their culture in a new land?

Which of the following serves as the best example of governments encouraging free-market economic policies?

What caused apartheid in South Africa?

All of the following people would have RESISTED European empires in Africa EXCEPT:

Refers to the land of Islam; territories in which Islam and its religious laws may be practiced

Which group had the most-influence on the French Revolution-movement?

In China, a “sphere of influence” was

What was the German plan to invade the United Kingdom called?

Theravada and Mahayana are branches of

Which of the following was NOT a development of the Tang and Song dynasties?

What was the largest confrontation of World War II?

Where is the hearth (origin point) of Islam?

WWII military technology created by Manhattan Project

Which group believed that the caliph could be any pious Muslim?

Which country won the Opium Wars, both times?

How did the Unit 4 European Empires MOST differ from earlier land-based empires of Units 1, 2, & 3?

Which territories did the Ottoman Empire lose MOSTLY because of NATIONALIST revolutions?

Which of the following could be considered an expression of enlightened ideas about government?

Which of the Tanzimat reforms effected the future of turkey the most

The Silk Roads were the primary reason for the spread of _______________.

Military alliance in Eastern Europe

Why was the African borders referred to as "artificial borders?"

One technological innovation that was passed along the Silk Roads was __________ from China.

Ukrainian land owners were known as....

Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca; one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

______ was the primary religion that was diffused by both trade in the Indian Ocean and Trans-Saharan Africa.

The British maintained their head start in industrialization by

In the 1300s, feudalism broke down and peasants began revolting against the nobility due to

What is the name of the peninsula that served as the home for both the Byzantines and Ottomans?

Christianity was able to take root and survive in what part of Africa?

What was the name of Lenin's party?

Industrial technolgies like the railroad, steamship, and the telegraph accelerated migration because they helped with...

While the division between eastern and western Christianity was a factor, the main issue in the Crusades was

Mongol-protected trade routes were primarily responsible for

________ are people who follow migration patterns and climate conditions and require trading with sedentary peoples.

The Mongols were known for conquering new lands so they could acquire more __________.

What is a TRUE social cause of Latin American 'Castas'?

Below is a scene from the 30 year's war after the Reformation. This war involved fights between

By signing the Nazi-Soviet pact Hitler hoped:

Led to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Who first led the Russian Revolution?

Revolutions in Latin America were frequently a power struggle between what two groups?

In which Region did the Tanzimat Reforms take place?

Which of the following was the most direct consequence of the availability of birth control during the 20 century?

What caused the Mexican Revolution in 1910?

One cultural consequence of Indian Ocean Exchange was the creation of the ________ language.

Which nation controlled Ghana before independence?

Which of the following happened with demographics thanks to the Industrial Revolution

During the Ukrainian Genocide Stalin forced workers to follow his Five Year plan through?

Which is the correct order of classes in the casta system? (from top to bottom)

She was the first female prime minister in India

All of the following are true, but what was a POLITICAL effect of the Reformation?

Which region(s) supplied the most COTTON, SPICES, & SILK to the world market circa 1450-1750 C.E.?

The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is an example of syncretism, or

What was most responsible for the shrinking of the ottoman empire in this period

Historians argue that the 20th century marks a significant break in world history for all of the following EXCEPT

During 600-1450, which of the following were occupations open to African and European women?

Which of the following figures was not an important Enlightenment figure?

Which of the following would increase Urbanization? (Growth of Cities)

The event that best displayed Japan's rise to the level of a world power was their victory in

How did Mao Zedong control the economy?

What was the number one reason Europeans practiced imperialism

In the years following WW2, the "Global South" engaged in a process of decolonization which

The ________ came to Arabia from China on the Silk Roads and helped make Indian Ocean Trade possible.

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the remains of the Roman Empire. It was centered in

The _________ were located in Western India and had rich agriculture and a long coastline, good for trade by dhow.

Which statement would a Marxist oppose?

The strong centralized & hierarchical Roman government collapsed and was replaced in W. Europe by smaller kingdoms and

Who was the sole superpower after the Cold War?

What's the best definition of "Mercantilism"?

Which individual brought about the end/ final stage of the French Revolution?

What is missing from this social pyramid from Western Europe during the middle ages?

What historical development was MOST important for Europeans, the USA, & Japan to create empires so quickly?

In China foreigners were expected to show respect by offering tribute and bow to show respect in a custom called

Availability of work in the newly independent nations of the Americas was a...

Which of the following was the largest Eurasian land empire?

This 1878 song, written by a Scottish immigrant, MOST advocates which reason for people to move to Australia?

Buddhism appealed to the poor and to women in India because it offered an alternative to

Main goal of the Paris Peace Conference:

The invention of the flying shuttle

Who were the Kuomintang or Guomindang

The main centers of manufacturing used to be in Britain and the Atlantic. Where is most manufacturing centered today?

The decision to divide Africa into European dominated regions was decided at what event?

How did the Korean War escalate Cold War tensions?

Which of the following would have been outside the sphere of Mongol control at its height?

The Holocaust:

The Byzantine Empire was conquered in 1453 by

The temperature trend after 1800 was most directly influenced by which of the following?

This image indicates the subjugation of women and cultural notion of beauty and status in

1 in 3 people in Europe were lost in the Black Death because ______ was diffused along the Silk Roads.

Ibn Battuta’s detailed 14th-cen. written account is an important source of information about?

More demand for silk created more opportunities for more people to be involved in the production of silk in _______.

Portugal was the 1st to create a "transoceanic interconnection" of trading posts between the

In Britain, one outcome of the laws against child labor in the late nineteenth century was that

What did the USSR do in the beginning of the Cold War?

Which Economic reason for imperialism is best illustrated by this advertisement?

Which person is known for traveling the entire Muslim world during post classical era?

Which of the following was NOT a tool used by the Church to influence society?

Monarchy that DIDN'T collapse after WWI.

Which rationale (reason) for imperialism is MOST evident in this cartoon?

Who becomes the new leader of Russia after Lenin's death?

What was the MAIN cause of the Ukrainian Famine?

________ was the main religion that was passed along the Silk Roads by missionaries and merchants alike.

The success of the Meiji restoration depended on destroying the power of

Between 1898 to 1899 a movement called "The Boxers" emerged as a response to imperialism that showed China's

What was the Armenian Genocide

Which of the following revolutions did not take place during this time period (1750 - 1900)

Feudalism developed in Europe and Japan during the post-classical time period due to...

Which group, the largest # of adherents to Islam, believed that the caliph should be chosen by the Islamic community?

All of the following are powerful trading cities involved in the Indian Ocean Exchange EXCEPT...

Which Economic reason for imperialism is best illustrated by this advertisement?

What is a TRUE description of the region known as "The Congo" after the Berlin Conference in 1884?

The Chinese population doubled during the Song Dynasty mainly because of

This image shows 6 years in the nearly 400 year Atlantic slave trade. What was NOT an effect of this trade?

The use of which of the following increased dramatically in the nineteenth century?

Which West African leader is best known for his lavish 14th century pilgrimage to Mecca?

Trade spurred the introduction of both Islam and Hinduism to what is now called?

Which region DID NOT contribute navigation technologies that 15th century Europeans relied on?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Green Revolution?

The code of the samurai in the Japanese feudalism system can best be compared to

What did apartheid do?

The end of Tsarist Russia

What is Facism

Benito Mussolini

The traditional Chinese system for managing foreign relations. 

Which of the following migrations DID NOT happen during the time period of the map?

The industrial revolution began in

What could you BEST infer from this illustration of Britain in the Sudan c. 1886?

Treaty of Versailles

This was an important decolonization war that led to Algeria’s independence from France.

Who was Mao Zedong?

What divided German city became a place of tension in the Cold War?

Why did Britian, France and Israel attack Egypt in 1956?

Who was at the top of the Latin American social hierarchy prior to the Revolutions?

All of the following are Khanates of the Mongol Empire EXCEPT...

Which rationale (reason) for imperialism is MOST evident in this illustration?

All of the following were effects of China's loss to Great Britain, but how was China affected POLITICALLY? 

The Inca perfected what type of advanced innovation?

Which European country saw a decline in its power and influence during this period?

The Soviet campaign to control Eastern Europe included all BUT...

What was the cold war?

Which reform would the Tsar of Russia from 1700-1850 support?

Communications in the Mongol Empire were passed along the ______ system, an early "pony express" type system.

Which of the following areas was a settler colony established during this time period?

Who was the leader of Ghana's independence movement?

The re-implementation of Confucianism during the Song dynasty indicates

India is majority...

The success and timing of trade though the Indian Ocean basin largely depended upon?

South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand were all similar because...

The ancien régime was the

Which of the following was a major effect of the most recent globalization of the world economy?

The Meiji Restoration in Japan and the collapse of the Qing Dynasty both...

Which would be the most useful source of evidence for research about the Mongol Empire?

What was NOT a reason for Unit 4 European maritime exploration and empire building?