APWHM Fall Semester Exam

What is “Jainism”?

Suleiman was secretly funding what religious movement in an attempt to destabilize the Catholic Church?

Identify the problem and the solution for “Sikhism”.

Who is the most culturally and economically successful group within the Bantu peoples?

Why did the tribe attempt to abandon Hoelun and her children?

What are the 3 types of money?

Identify the problem and the solution for “Christianity”.

Who was Genghis Khan’s oldest son, whose claim to the Khanate was always murky?

Who brought temporary order to central Europe in the 8th century?

What did the emperor Yongle establish that became the standard and curriculum for civil service examinations in China?

What was the “Great Schism”?

What city, once thought to be mythical, was discovered in 1911 and revolutionized our understanding of Inca history?

What do the Sioux call their children?

Most religions can be summed up into what three categories?

Who did your teacher claim is the most famous leader of the Mongol Empire, aside from Genghis himself?

Who mostly provided cultural goods like weapons and books?

Who is widely considered to be the first Ottoman sultan?

What technology did Mehmed introduce to the battlefield?

How did Mehmed attract skilled workers to Istanbul?

Why was the Three Kingdoms Period the deadliest of China’s dynastic periods?

When Ali was assassinated by Mu’awiya I, what caliphate did Mu’awiya establish?

The ninjas belonged to what social class?

What did your teacher claim is the rule of thumb in regards to disease?

Which leader won the civil war, cementing the rule of the Umayyads and the dominance of Sunni Islam?

When Temujin was 9 years old, what happened to his father?

What trade were the Nubians known for?

What two questions did your teacher want you to keep in mind when studying the “shifting of power” in world history?

What happened to the Maya Empire?

Why did Tamerlane struggle to assert his legitimacy?

What did the Aztecs practice that, while practiced by many cultures, they became wildly infamous for?

What does “eurocentric” mean?

What did Suleiman fund at the beginning of his reign that led to Ottoman prosperity?

In what city was Muhammad born, later becoming the center of Islamic culture?

Who, at age 17, helped save France in the Hundred Years' War?

What infamous event in American history did the Cherokee endure?

What was the downside to teaching the Ottoman soldiers every weapon available in their military?

What is “theocracy”?

When the average American pictures an Indian, what tribe did your teacher say usually comes to mind?

Why was fishing the most common form of hunting in the prehistoric world?

Despite disagreement, virtually all say that by what date is the Roman Empire no longer in existence?

What unique feature does Inca architecture have, making cities more defensible?

What is “specialization”?

The Eastern Roman Empire evolved into which empire?

What is “paganism”?

What is “phenomenology”?

Why did your teacher claim that Christianity was a double-edged sword for Rome?

All religions are trying to answer what two questions?

What empire overthrew the Timurids, starting what historians consider to be the beginning of modern Iranian history?

Ghana was mostly what religion?

The Swahili practiced a particularly cruel version of what?

What is “animism”?

What is “dictatorship”?

What does “Hohokam” mean?

What does “philosophy” mean?

What was the undoing of the Ming Dynasty?

What series of wars established Rome’s dominance of the Mediterranean Sea?

Identify the problem and the solution for “Islam”.

The Blackfoot are most known for hunting what animal?

Greece was built on what political unit?

Who was the most important leader of the Mali and a contender for the richest man to ever live?

What did Mehmed rename Constantinople?

While the Umayyad Empire struggled to rule, what did your teacher claim was the central issue?

Shortly after the wedding, what happened to Borte?

The Muslim empires to emerge out of the collapse of the Mongol Empire became known collectively as what?

Which Mongolian ruler sacked Baghdad?

What surprising fact about the way the Japanese during the Heian period recorded history did your teacher point out?

What happened to the Abbasid Empire?

Who sabotaged a peace treaty with the Ayyubid caliphate and later became the King of Jerusalem?

What was unique about the style of Islam brought to India under the Mughal Empire, at least initially?

Which African kingdom was the first to establish official trade relations with the Portuguese?

Toward the end of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, who was king, also known as the “leper king”?

Who ended religious tolerance in the Mughal Empire, facilitating centuries of resentment between Muslims and Hindus?

Who was the first European monarch to accept the title of “King”?

What was the name of Suleiman’s wife?

Identify the problem and the solution for “Judaism”.

Who was the caliph of the Ayyubid caliphate who challenged the Kingdom of Jerusalem?

What did the Swahili bring to the table for trade on the Indian Ocean?

What was the upside to teaching the Ottoman soldiers every weapon available in their military?

Which Roman emperor converted to Christianity and made it the official religion of the empire?

What brutal practice eventually became the common method of ascension to the sultan’s throne?

What was Abu Bakr’s most significant contribution to Islam?

What was the Sui Dynasty’s contribution to Chinese history?

What friend did Temujin make that might have saved the tribe from rival raids?

In this order, which type of Islam did the Gunpowder Empires practice? Ottomans - Safavids - Mughals?

What was Hoelun’s main reason for wanting Borte back?

After Guy of Lusignan’s humiliating loss to Saladin, to whom did the defense of Jerusalem fall?

The Middle Ages in Europe began with which catastrophic event?

While rising out of the ashes of the Muslim Empires, the Ottomans were not Arabs, but what ethnicity?

In the eyes of the Ottomans, what was probably the strangest thing that Suleiman did?

The Ghana Empire greatly benefitted from the collapse of what other empire?

What is a “caliph”?

How did Genghis Khan die?

When soldiers completed training, what tradition did the Ottomans have to improve the conditioning of their soldiers?

What is a “paper tiger”?

What do historians call the Taj Mahal, illustrating its diverse cultural influences?

What ethnic group among the peasant class rose up to overthrow the Ming Dynasty?

What are the three pillars of Sikhism?

What metric did your teacher claim most people unknowingly use when they say the word “civilization” or “civilized”?

Identify the problem and the solution for “Hinduism”.

Identify the problem and the solution for “Buddhism”.

What are the three branches of Buddhism?

What made travel and navigation of the Indian Ocean predictable and reliable?

The Inuit really do live in what?

Most countries in the wake of the Mongols reasserted themselves naturally, because of what Mongol characteristic?

What is “diffusion”?

What did Osman I tell Edebali in order to gain his political and military support?

What name does Temujin receive from his followers after successfully uniting all the major tribes of the Mongol plains?

What explanation do historians give for the lack of Japanese presence in the historical record?

What is NOT one of the arguments for calling the Medieval period the “Dark Ages”?

Despite the Turks, Persians, and other Muslims asserting their independence, they forever wore the influences of who?

What is a “dynasty”?

Who succeeds Genghis Khan as the Khan?

All human beings originate from where?

Why did virtually every civilization come to a sudden halt in the 13th century?

What two contradictory ideas did your teacher claim creates a tension that all religions are born in?

After the raid to rescue Borte was successful, what additional revelation does Temujin have?

What two things did Temujin do when he turned 16?

After the death of Kublai Khan, what did his relatives do with the empire?

Despite its desirability, what was the major flaw of the fertile crescent area?

What does “BC” and “BCE” stand for?

What does “Apache” mean?

What is “shinto”?

What are the two occasions a historian might use a Circa?

What reasons do we have to believe that the “land bridge” theory is false?

Who stopped the Muslim invasion of Europe at the Battle of Tours?

From which dynasty does China get its name?

What is “syncretism”?

What is “iconography”?

Fearing assassination, what did Mehmed seek out to do early in his reign that his predecessors had failed to do?

When Balin discussed terms with Saladin about Jerusalem’s surrender, what did Saladin say?

What sort of government was the Kingdoms of Kongo?

What is “monarchy”?

The period of stability and peace created in the aftermath of the Mongol conquests is known by historians as what?

Selim I was so hated, died so young, and died so suddenly, that historians think what about his death?

According to your teacher, Greek life was all about maintaining what?

Despite being diligent record keepers, why are the writings of the Early Indus people no help to historians?

What is “historiography”?

What did the Ottoman people begin calling Suleiman as a sign of affection?

What is a secondary source?

What estimated percentage of the world’s population lived near the Indian Ocean during this time period?

The Samurai belonged to what social class?

Which ruler came the closest to reclaiming the glory of the Roman Empire?

What important trade network was established under the Han Dynasty?

Who mostly provided raw materials like animal skins, timber, and ivory?

What is “zoroastrianism”?

Which Caliphate replaced the Umayyads?

What two points of view completely ignore both the diversity and humanity of Native Americans?

What does a small c. in front of a date stand for and does it mean?

What is the most important reason that it’s important to understand Alexander the Great?

What is the “problem with paintings”?

What were the two most powerful city-states in Greece?

From the onset of the Ming Dynasty, what new challenge was facing China that had never really been dealt with before?

Who was the first caliph?

Your teacher made the claim that Buddhism is essentially Hinduism, without what key characteristic?

What is “reverence”?

What was the name of the first caliphate?

What trade did Abu Talib teach Muhammad while raising him after he was orphaned?

Why is it difficult to fully understand Viking beliefs about their gods?

What event made the Romans realize that Jews and Christians were no longer practicing the same religion?

What is a “historical controversy”?

Where did Mansa Musa travel which reinforced stereotypes about Africans present since the Nubians?

What does “AD” and “CE” stand for?

What is the “neolithic revolution”?

Your teacher made the claim that Mali and Ghana are essentially the same empire, with what critical difference?

What two traditional societal pillars does Hongwu re-establish after overthrowing the Yuan Dynasty?

What extraordinary fact about the Mali Empire is likely, but has not been conclusively proven?

What is the fundamental disagreement between Sunnis and Shias?

The introduction of what animal made trade across the Sahara easier, safer, and cheaper?

How was Japanese warfare different from European warfare?

Buddhism in Japan took (in part) what form?

What is considered the first codified law, or at least the oldest to currently survive?

The Kingdoms of Kongo eventually converted to what religion?

What nation made up the “third pillar” of the Silk Road in the Ancient world?

What did Yongle build after moving the capital to Beijing, that weakened the Ming Dynasty in the long run?

Which Crusade is considered to have achieved the most success?

What is “democracy”?

What is “oligarchy”?

What does the term “Muslim” mean?

It is widely agreed that all humans are from where?

Despite divergent cultures, what do all Bantu people have in common?

Who succeeded Mehmed to the throne, but was assassinated for his perceived weakness?

What are the 3 problems of economics?

What dynasty replaced the Mongol occupation?

What does “pax romana” mean?

What are the five pillars of Islam?

What rule were the Jews exempt from following that everyone else in the empire had to follow?

What two events temporarily paused the Hundred Years’ War?

The Song Dynasty was one of the first civilizations in world history to begin using what?

The discovery of what text dramatically expanded our knowledge of the Mongols?

Which Roman emperor was especially cruel to the Christians?

Who was the founder of the influential, but short-lived, Timurid Empire?

The Indian Ocean Trade Network was diverse, even in comparison to what other critical trade network?

What is a “caliphate”?

What did your teacher claim was the undoing of the Gupta Empire?

The Anasazi are from what region of the modern United States?

What is a primary source?

What reason do we have to think that the Xia dynasty might be fictional?

According to your teacher, the Roman Empire didn’t really collapse; it just:

The Mongol occupation of China is known as what dynasty?

The Tang Dynasty was also known as what?