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Rapid Review #1 Medieval (Units 1-2) - Graham
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1
Which state grew powerful from control and development of the
Trans-Saharan
network?
Mali Empire
Swahili City-States
Mamluk Sultanate
Kingdom of Ethiopia
2
How did the Indian Ocean network impact EAST AFRICA from c. 1200-1450?
Arab diasporic communities brought Islam and the Arabic language
Indian merchants introduced Buddhism and Hinduism
An empire was established from the wealth from trade
Epidemic diseases were introduced that weakened the region
3
The massive Buddhist temple of Borobudur on the island of Java in SE Asia is an example of...
Technological Diffusion
Cultural Diffusion
Cultural Assimilation
Social Conversion
4
Which way of life BEST describes the Mongols as an ethnicity?
Travelling merchants along the Silk Roads
Tribes of shamanistic nomadic pastoralists
Nomadic hunters and foragers
Agricultural city-states
5
As religious devotion grew, so did states using religious warfare to accomplish goals. Which is NOT a religious war?
The Crusades
The Great Schism
Jihad of Middle East and N. Africa
Reconquista of Spain
6
Footbinding
in Song China,
Veiling
in the Dar-al-Islam, and
Sati
in Indian states are all examples of...
Social Stratification
Social hierarchy
Intensifying patriarchy
Emerging feminism
7
What goods were exported from WEST AFRICA along the Trans-Saharan network?
Glassware, incense, dyes, rugs
Gold, salt, slaves
Ivory, animal skins, exotic woods
Wine, olives, wool textiles
8
Which of the following is an example of how states/empires facilitated commerce in the Post-Classical Era?
Expanding tax farming privileges to local nobles
Merchant construction of caravanserai
Song expansion of the Grand Canal
Hiring of privateers to raid rival shipping routes
9
The travels of
Marco Polo
,
Ibn Battuta
, and
Margery Kempe
illustrate WHAT process from c.1200-1450?
Long-distance travel was becoming more common
Travelers feared the influence of foreign cultures
Xenophobia led to more restrictions on trade
Isolation by states prevailed
10
How did the Mongol Empire (and other states) promote interregional trade and travel?
All of the above
Protected merchants and travelers
Issued currencies and taxed/regulated trade
Maintained infrastructure (roads, walls, bridges, canals)
11
What kinds of goods were primarily traded along the interregional exchange networks?
Staple Goods
Manufactured Goods
Inferior Goods
Luxury Goods
12
The image below is an example of what practice, used to
legitimize
the rule of a monarch?
Tributary Systems
Feudal Obligations
Divine kingship
Mandate of Heaven
13
How was the economy of Post-Classical/Medieval Europe organized?
A craft and manufacturing based economy based on exports
Large cash-crop plantations using slave labor
Mostly free peasant farmers
Serfdom labor on agricultural manors
14
How did the
Song
dynasty use the
tribute system
to consolidate their power in East Asia?
To provide citizenship benefits to its people.
To demonstrate their status and superiority to surrounding states
To spread Confucian ideals of filial piety
To assimilate surrounding cultures
15
Geography Review:
What AP World Region is identified on this map in PURPLE?
Middle East
Noth Africa
West Africa
East Africa
16
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
A massive population boom caused by new agricultural methods
The Black Death pandemic ended
Empires fell and taxes were not charged as often
17
What does
interregional
mean?
Across the globe.
From one side of a region to another.
Within a single region.
From one region into another
18
Which expanding trade network is colored in RED on the map below?
The Silk Roads
The Mediterranean
The Indian Ocean Basin
The Trans-Saharan
19
Which of the following was NOT an example of a technological or cultural transfer from the Dar-al-Islam?
Preservation of Greek and Roman texts
Navigational and astronomical tools - telescope and astrolabe
Champa rice and silk production techniques
Algebra and Arabic Numerals
20
How did the
Dar-al-Islam
facilitate the diffusion of technologies and ideas?
By establishing a secular society for scholars.
The Hajj and sponsorship of science and the arts - cosmopolitan blending
By continual jihads and raids against neighboring regions
Through the development of long-distance infrastructure
21
Geography Review:
What AP World Region is identified on this map in ORANGE?
Latin America
South America
North America
Mesoamerica
22
CONTEXT: Which of the following major developments did NOT occur during the Post-Classical Era?
The first interregional empires were established.
Intensification of Interregional Exchanges
The emergence and diffusion of Islam
New forms of states were created - feudal, khanates, Islamic, etc.
23
What are the dates covered in this year's AP World: Modern Exam?
Beginnings to c.2000 CE
1200 CE to 2000 CE
600 CE to 2000 CE
600 BCE to 600 CE
24
Why do world historians say the Crusades was MOST significant?
It re-integrated Europe into larger networks of exchange
It depopulated Europe's elites
It unified Christians and Muslims
It fragmented the power of the Byzantine Empire
25
Why are the Mongols MOST significant to world history?
Genghis khan had millions of descendents
Uniting Eurasia and diffusing technologies like paper-making and gunpowder
Cavalry and siege tactics and technologies used
Building an empires from tribes of herders
26
All of the following commercial practices increased the use of long-distance trade from 600-1450 CE EXCEPT:
Bills of exchange and credit
Banking Houses
Paper money and "flying cash" (checks)
Joint-stock companies
27
What technologies diffuse in the Post-Classical Era that have the MOST significant impact on suceeding eras?
Steel metallurgy and the stirrup
Gunpowder and Paper-making/printing
Stone castle-building and the wind mill
Champa rice and silk production
28
All of the following technologies facilitated the growth of land-based networks from 600-1450 EXCEPT:
The Astrolabe
Caravanserai
The stirrup
The compass
29
What kinds of luxury goods were exported from the Middle East in the Post-Classical Era?
Horses, leather, wool textiles
Spices, cotton textiles, ivory
Rugs/carpets, glassware, incense, steel weapons
Silk, porcelain, jade, laquerware
30
All of the following powerful trading cities emerged along interregional trade networks from 600-1450 EXCEPT:
Calicut on the Indian Ocean
Baghdad on the Silk Roads
New York and Havana on the Atlantic
Timbuktu on the Trans-Saharan
31
Which
diasporic community
could be found in the Mediterranean and along the Indian Ocean?
The Arabs
The Indians and Malays
The Jews
The Chinese
32
Why did states and empires of the Post-Classical era increasingly sponsor specific religions?
To unify diverse peoples and legitimize rule
To provide spiritual enrichment
To provide protection to minorities
To reduce religious conflicts
33
Which of the following is NOT an example of a growing mystical religious movement from 1200-1450 CE?
Sufism
Bhakti Movement
Monastic Orders (Franciscans)
Zen Buddhism
Confucianism
34
The rapid diffusion of the
Black Death
in the 1300s reveals WHAT characteristic of the Post-Classical Era?
Pathogens diffused along well-integrated networks
Regions were isolated and influenced very little by trade
States were too small and decentralized to respond to the pandemic
Secular thinking became more popular
35
Which of the following regions experienced a
decentralization
of political authority after c.600 CE?
East Asia
Europe
West Africa
Middle East
36
All of the following new technologies improved maritime trade and travel from 600-1450 EXCEPT:
The Astrolabe
The Dhow and Junk
The Caravel, Fluyt, and Carrack
The Magnetic Compass
37
What environmental knowledge and adaptations allowed for increased volumes of trade in the Indian Ocean?
Ocean currents in the Pacific
The Monsoon Wind Patterns
Knowledge of Typhoons
The Trade Winds of the Atlantic
38
What event/s began the Postclassical Era of world history around c. 600 CE?
The discovery of the Americas by Europeans
The decline of Classical Empires (Roman, Han, Gupta)
The beginning of interregional trade.
The rise of Christianity.
39
Which
diasporic community
introduced Mahayana Buddhism to Southeast Asia in the Post-Classical Era?
The Chinese
The Jews
The Indians and Malays
The Arabs
40
What is a
caliphate
?
The religious authority of all Muslims
An Islamic empire that claims to defend the Dar-al-Islam
The principle of Islamic holy war
The collection of Islamic law codes
41
What was the purpose of state construction of
monumental architecture
, like the Aztec Templo Mayor below?
To improve the standard of living
To display the power and permanence of the state
To house growing populations
To encourage cultural toleration
42
Which of the following states incorporated a more elaborate
centralization
through the use of a scholar-bureaucracy?
Delhi Sultanate
Kingdom of France
Maya City-States
Song Empire
43
Geography Review:
What AP World Region is identified on this map in YELLOW?
South Asia
Middle East
East Asia
Southeast Asia
44
What of the following is NOT an example of a
NEW
state form in the Post-Classical Era?
Islamic States (Caliphates and Sultanates)
Khanates
Empire
Feudal States
45
How did the
Aztec (Mexica) Empire
use the tribute system to consolidate power in Mesoamerica?
To encourage migration into the Aztec Empire
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
