AP World History: Crunch Time Quiz 1

Question 1

Hernán Cortés is best known for conquering the ______.

Accepted Answer

Aztecs

Question 2

Which of the following is most closely associated with the so-called Second Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

the telephone

Question 3

After Rome’s fall in the west, what state on Europe’s eastern edge carried on Rome’s legacy for centuries?

Accepted Answer

Byzantium

Question 4

The illegal use of what kind of combatant has become increasingly common in post-WWII African conflicts?

Accepted Answer

child soldiers

Question 5

What form of Buddhism proved most influential among Turkic and Mongol peoples in Central Asia?

Accepted Answer

Tibetan

Question 6

The extreme overvaluation of a commodity, often leading to a sudden crash, is called a _____.

Accepted Answer

bubble

Question 7

In the modern era, the term bourgeoisie has come to refer to what social category?

Accepted Answer

banking and mercantile elites

Question 8

In the 1900s and 2000s, dictatorships seeking to control all facets of their subjects’ lives are typically called _____.

Accepted Answer

totalitarian

Question 9

Qing China’s limited attempt to modernize its social and economic systems in the late 1800s was called the _____.

Accepted Answer

self-strengthening movement

Question 10

Hokusai’s Great Wave is a renowned example of what art form?

Accepted Answer

ukiyo-e woodblock printing

Question 11

Qing China exerted military and economic influence over many of its neighbors by means of its _______.

Accepted Answer

tributary system

Question 12

The monument of Borobudur on the island of Java is a place of worship for which faith?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 13

The soldiers who attempted an 1857 revolt against British rule in India were known as _____.

Accepted Answer

sepoys

Question 14

This military alliance, still in existence today, formed in the 1940s to counter possible Soviet expansion into Europe.

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 15

What Chinese mariner led several large voyages to East Africa and the Middle East in the early 1400s?

Accepted Answer

Zheng He

Question 16

This West African ruler, depicted in stories as an epic hero, founded the state of Mali in the 1200s.

Accepted Answer

Sundiata

Question 17

What best reflects the views of “war poets,” such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, about WWI?

Accepted Answer

cynical despair

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT true of Albert Einstein?

Accepted Answer

He was the world’s leading quantum physicist.

Question 19

The rise of the printing press after 1450 most affected which of the following spheres?

Accepted Answer

communications

Question 20

The OPEC cartel has long controlled much of the world’s supply of what substance?

Accepted Answer

petroleum

Question 21

The unwritten barriers and prejudices that often keep women from fully advancing in their workplaces are known as _____.

Accepted Answer

the glass ceiling

Question 22

Socioeconomic stress caused the Celali rebellion to break out in ____ during the 1500s and 1600s.

Accepted Answer

the Ottoman Empire

Question 23

Between 1450 and 1750, world population levels _____.

Accepted Answer

grew significantly because of the Columbian Exchange

Question 24

Patriarchy tended to privilege male authority in _____ societies throughout history.

Accepted Answer

most

Question 25

During the 1800s, animals such as the bison and passenger pigeon became associated with which trend?

Accepted Answer

overhunting

Question 26

This group arose in Egypt during the 1920s to promote Arab nationalism and Islamic traditionalism.

Accepted Answer

the Muslim Brotherhood

Question 27

This city on India’s western coast played a key role in Indian Ocean trade between 1200 and 1450.

Accepted Answer

Calicut

Question 28

The post-WWII modernization of agriculture in many parts of the less developed world is called _____.

Accepted Answer

the Green Revolution

Question 29

This French political figure is generally held responsible for the 1793–1794 Reign of Terror.

Accepted Answer

Maximilien Robespierre

Question 30

Which of the following was LEAST likely to cause large-scale migration between 1200 and 1450?

Accepted Answer

job opportunities

AP World History: Crunch Time Quiz 1

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AP World History: Crunch Time Quiz 1

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