AP World History Review

What happened to the wood from the forests formerly surrounding the Indus River Valley civilization?

Emperor Yongle restored commercial links with the Middle East by:

British colonies in North America along Atlantic coast from New England to Georgia

Authoritarian ruler of Cuba (1934 - 1944)

Roman architecture departed from the Greek style because of the:

Emerged in 15th century; involved a later marriage age & primary emphasis on the nuclear family.

Ruled by Indian princes allied with the Raj,agents of the East Indian Company were stationed at courts to ensure loyalty

What is a Caliph?

Islamic mystics; spread Islam to many Afro-Asian region.

An oligarchy is a society where

Food industrial crops with a high demand in industrialized economies; their prices tend to fluctuate widely

The sharing of artistic trends and political ideas between Iran and China

Enlightenment English feminist thinker argued that political rights should be extended to women.

First Ming emperor (1368 - 1403); drove out the Mongols and restored the position of the scholar-gentry.

Which of the following did the Byzantine Empire achieve?

The Qin emperor was committed to standardization of coinage, weights & measures, the law code & writing. This shows:

Mexican president (1934 - 1940); responsible for large land redistribution to create communal farms & education

Spanish colonial possessions in Mesoamerica in territories once part of Aztec imperial system.

What prevented the Mongols from invading Japan?

Large, heavily armed ships used to carry silver from New World Colonies to Spain; used to transport bullion.

Compared with earlier times, civilizations between 600BCE - 600 tended to be:

17th century period of boyar efforts to regain power & foreign invasion following the death without an heir of Ivan IV

Avant-garde art movement of the early 20th century in anti-war protests of nationalist and colonial attitudes in Europe

What motivated Mesopotamian conquests of far-reaching territories?

Social and political movements whose aim is to promote all categories of rights for women.