AP World Semester One Review

Which Asian group selected leaders with a merit system based on battlefield bravery? (600-1450)

The Ancient Greeks were NOT located next to which body of water? 

From which areas did many good come to the Swahili coast? 

What is the correct term for "Stone" Age

Belarus, Ukraine, The Balkans & Russia all felt the influence of which civilization (600-1450)

What change did Mongol rule bring to Russia? 

What do Egyptian, Shang, and Sumerian civilizations have in common? 

Which culture epitomizes Cultural Diffusion AND Democracy

Which is NOT an advancement of Islamic civilization (600-1450)

Which area of the world was (probably) the LAST to be reached by humans and settled? 

Which are Sudanic (the grassland south of the Sahara desert) States of Africa? (pick 3)

What title did a Chinese student of the civil exam earn if they passed the most difficult test?

Which practice set Muslims of West Africa apart from the greater Islamic world? (600-1450)

Which (pick 3) are spiritual texts and guides to salvation? 

South Asia was under ____ control during the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates

What did the Gupta (India 200-500 CE) Empire invent?

What is the BEST example of cultural diffusion in the ancient world (8000 BCE-600 CE) 

Which wealthy West African leader is known for his 1300s pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina?

Which empires achieved both long periods of centralized government and expanding economies

Which terms for a political unit have the title of the ruler as their root word (pick 3) ?

What ideas contuned from the Roman Republic into the Roman empire? 

Which Byzantine emperor had the longest lasting impact on the Mediterranean (and beyond) ? 

The tech. advances & wealth of the Abbasid (750-1300) Middle East was most like that of: 

The Indus Civilization most likely declined because of... 

Only this religion has no central founding figure

Which civilization arose near the Indus Valley? 

Which African language came from a  mix of Bantu and Arabic

From where did the literary form of the novel emerge? 

What is NOT true of most founders of Chinese dynasties (8000 BCE-600 CE)

Hellenistic culture brought together the traditions of which regions? 

Where would you MOST associate the gold and salt trade? 

What was the MOST important infrastructure development in the Chinese Tang-Song Era? 

Kublai Khan and the Yuan dynasty rulers insured Mongol dominance in China by... 

Which two religions believe in Reincarnation? 

What is the Mandate of Heaven

After the fall of the Roman Empire, what was the official language of Constantinople? 

Which three were primarily philosophers? (pick three) 

If Plato, Aristotle and Socrates were philosophers, what was Solon? (job)  

What was the main GLOBAL impact of the Crusades? 

Which of these (pick three) did the Chinese invent? (600-1450)

What was a long lasting & effective force unifying Indian culture in the era 8000 BCE-600 CE?

Which is NOT a reason for why Confucianism had such staying power in China? 

Women in Classical Athens had _____ rights compared to women in Classical Rome. 

The rise and fall of these African Sudanic States happened in this order: 

Decentralized rule by local princes is a main characteristic of the ___ and __ empires. 

Which belief system did NOT originate in China?

You should associate Ivory and the Ivory trade with which area of the world? (600-1450)

Who felt the most devastating blow to the Abbasid caliphate & Islamic civilization in General? 

The rigid formation of social and economic groups is known as ___ in Hindu society

Which peninsula would be the homeland of the Byzantine and later Ottoman Empires?