Ap Unit 1 Test
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1. After the expansion of Islam into Africa, an organized Christian presence remained in
Checkbox option: (A) Egypt and Ethiopia
Checkbox option: (B) Morocco
Checkbox option: (C) Mauritania and Tunisia
Checkbox option: (D) the areas along the Silk Road
Checkbox option: (E) Algeria
2. By 120 C.E. improved agricultural technology had spread throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa primarily through the
Checkbox option: (A) development of oxen immune to diseases carried by the tsetse fly
Checkbox option: (B) discovery of gold that provided a means of exchange among groups
Checkbox option: (C) expansion of the Sahara Desert, which forced Berber peoples to move south
Checkbox option: (D) migration of Bantu-speaking peoples with their knowledge of ironworking
3. The spread of Bantu-speaking peoples over southern Africa can be best explained by their
Checkbox option: (A) conversion to Islam
Checkbox option: (B) superior naval technology
Checkbox option: (C) use of cavalry
Checkbox option: (D) centralized political systems
Checkbox option: (E) knowledge of agriculture
4. "If we were asked, why do we accept the theory of contagion, when already the divine law has refuted the notion of contagion, we will answer: The existence of contagion has been proved by experience, deduction, the senses, observation, and by unanimous reports. And it is not a secret to whoever has looked into this matter or has come to be aware of it that those who come into contact with plague patients mostly die, while those who do not come into contact survive. And morbid the horrible afflictions that the plague has imposed upon the people, God Has afflicted the people with some learned religious scholars who issue fatwas* against fleeing the plague, so that the quills with which the scholars wrote these fatwas were like swords upon which the Muslims die. In conclusion, to ignore the proofs of plague contagion is an indecency and an affront to God and holds cheap the lives of Muslims." *rulings on Islamic law Al-Din al-Bin al-Khatib, A Very Useful Inquiry into the Horrible Sickness, Granada, Spain, 1349ı352 The passage by al-Khatib best illustrates which of the following?
Checkbox option: (A) The literary tradition of long-distance travelers in the Islamic world
Checkbox option: (B) The growth of scientific thought and innovation in Muslim Spain
Checkbox option: (C) The impact of Christian attempts to reconquer Spain from the Muslims
Checkbox option: (D) The efforts of Islamic missionaries to spread their faith along trade routes
5. "The evil-disposed in these districts of England began to rise, saying, they were too severely oppressed; that at the beginning of the world there were no slaves, and that no one ought to be treated as such. . This they would not longer bear, but had determined to be free, and if they labored for their lords, they wanted to be paid for it. A crazy priest in the county of Kent, called John Ball, who for his absurd preaching, had been thrice confined in prison, inflamed those ideas. He would say: 'Are we not all descended from the same parents, Adam and Eve? and what can the lords show, or what reasons give, why they should be more the masters than ourselves?'" Jean Froissart, account of a peasant revolt in England, 1381 The point of the view of the author can be best described as
Checkbox option: (A) sympathetic to the peasants
Checkbox option: (B) hostile to the peasants
Checkbox option: (C) indifferent to the peasants' grievances
Checkbox option: (D) sympathetic to the leaders of the revolt
6. The founder of Buddhism developed a religion centered on
Checkbox option: (A) belief in heaven
Checkbox option: (B) regulation of social interactions
Checkbox option: (C) support of the caste system
Checkbox option: (D) elimination of desire and suffering
Checkbox option: (E) monotheism
7. The increased food production accompanying the introduction of Champa rice into China from Vietnam during the eleventh century best illustrates which of the following?
Checkbox option: (A) The reliance of China on food imports
Checkbox option: (B) The importance of Vietnam to the world economy
Checkbox option: (C) The stimulation of agriculture by technological innovation
Checkbox option: (D) The influence of China on neighboring societies
8. "Emperor Zhengzong, being deeply concerned with agriculture, came to know that the Champa rice was drought resistant and that the green lentils of India were famous for their heavy yield and large seeds. Special envoys, bringing precious things, were dispatched with a view to securing these varieties... When the first harvests were reaped in the autumn, the emperor called his closest ministers to taste them and compose poems for Champa rice and Indian green lentils." Shu Wenyng, Buddhist monk, China, eleventh century C.E. Which of the following made possible the Chinese cultivation of the staple crops described in the passage?
Checkbox option: (A) The creation of new forms of governance in China during the Song dynasty
Checkbox option: (B) The intensification of regional trade networks in East and South Asia
Checkbox option: (C) The diffusion of Buddhism into China
Checkbox option: (D) The creation of diasporic trade communities along the Silk Road
9. Which of the following was an important continuity in the social structure of states and empires in the period 600 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E.?
Checkbox option: (A) Peasants were generally free of obligations to the state.
Checkbox option: (B) Wealthy merchants dominated political institutions.
Checkbox option: (C) Landholding aristocracies tended to be the dominant class.
Checkbox option: (D) Urban craft workers played a substantial role in government.
10. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the political systems in western Europe and China during the time period 1000 to 1300?
Checkbox option: (A) Western Europe developed multiple monarchies, while China maintained a single empire.
Checkbox option: (B) Developments in the legal systems of China emphasized individual political rights, while western Europe concentrated on maritime law.
Checkbox option: (C) Both societies began an aggressive policy of imperialism and territorial expansion.
Checkbox option: (D) Both societies gradually adopted a representative democratic system.
Checkbox option: (E) Both regions experienced Mongol imperial rule.
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1. Abbasid reliance on Persian bureaucrats and the introduction of Confucianism to Japanese political institutions both illustrate which of the following processes?
Checkbox option: (A) The integration of conquered peoples into existing social and political structures
Checkbox option: (B) The synthesis of foreign political traditions in the formation of new states
Checkbox option: (C) The influence of complex semireligious philosophies
Checkbox option: (D) The diffusion of cultural ideas as trading networks grew in complexity
12. Which of the following was a common feature of most Asian and European philosophies during the period of 10 to 1450?
Checkbox option: (A) A close association with religion
Checkbox option: (B) Emphasis on experimental science
Checkbox option: (C) Reliance on ideas of individual freedom
Checkbox option: (D) Substantial scholarly exchange of ideas among all world cultures
Checkbox option: (E) Wide availability through printed books
13. "The commercial area of the capital extends from the old Qing River market to the Southern Commons and to the city border on the north... Some famous fabric stores sell exquisite brocade fabric and fine silk cloth, which are unsurpassed elsewhere in the country... Most other cities can only boast of one special product; what makes the capital unique is that it gathers goods from all places. Furthermore, because of the large population and the busy commercial traffic, there is a demand for everything."
Description of Hangzhou, capital of the southern Song dynasty, circa 1235 C.E.
Which of the following assertions in the description of Hangzhou above would be most difficult to verify?
Checkbox option: (A) That Hangzhou had a large population
Checkbox option: (B) That the merchandise sold in Hangzhou was of higher quality than that sold in other Chinese cities
Checkbox option: (C) That the merchants of Hangzhou imported goods from many other places
Checkbox option: (D) That Hangzhou had a large market district
14. "Scholars have been mesmerized by the huge extent of the present distribution of Bantu languages and could think of only a single process, an equally huge human migration, "the Bantu expansion," to explain it... This scenario is fatally flawed, however, for two reasons. First it fell prey to the illusion that only a migration could fit the evidence... But a language can spread without involving the migration of any communities. The second fatal error was to collapse a history which encompassed the developments of one to several millennia into a single migration event. The evidence shows that many different dispersals of single languages succeeded each other at different times, not continuously."
Jan Vansina, historian, "New Linguistic Evidence and the Bantu Expansion," scholarly article, 195
In addition to languages, the peoples discussed in the passage are credited with the diffusion of which of the following in sub-Saharan Africa?
Checkbox option: (A) Monumental architecture
Checkbox option: (B) New agricultural techniques
Checkbox option: (C) Nomadism
Checkbox option: (D) Writing systems
15. TWO Scenes from Sowing and Reaping, Ayuan-dynasty (Circa 1350) Copy of A Song-dynasty (Circa 150) Illustrated Scroll About the Practice of Rice Cultivation in China.
Field: Image 1:
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Workers irrigating a rice field by powering a mechanical water wheel with their feet
Image 2:
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Men, women, and children harvesting rice
Which of the following best describes how European labor systems before 1450 differed from the Chinese labor system depicted in the two images?
Checkbox option: (A) European labor systems did not rely as much on women and children.
Checkbox option: (B) European labor systems placed a greater emphasis on plantation cash crops.
Checkbox option: (C) European labor systems were dominated by urban artisans.
Checkbox option: (D) European labor systems were more likely to utilize serfdom.
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16. All of the following were part of the Confucian social order Except
Checkbox option: (A) loyalty to the ruler
Checkbox option: (B) filial obedience to one's father
Checkbox option: (C) respect for the old
Checkbox option: (D) chastity by wives
Checkbox option: (E) chastity by husbands
17. Reprinted with the permission of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington, D.C. The type of wall decoration illustrated above would most commonly be found in a
Checkbox option: (A) stupa
Checkbox option: (B) mosque
Checkbox option: (C) cathedral
Checkbox option: (D) temple
Checkbox option: (E) marketplace
18. Typical SAILING Routes and Schedules of Omani Merchants Traveling to East Africa and China from Muscat, Circa 140 C.E.
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Based on the maps and your knowledge of world history, which of the following best describes the effect of the spread of Islam on Indian Ocean trade?
Checkbox option: (A) It led to the expansion and intensification of commerce along already existing trade routes.
Checkbox option: (B) It led to the disappearance of previously established trade networks.
Checkbox option: (C) It led to an expansion of land-based caravan trade but also to a decline of maritime trade.
Checkbox option: (D) It led to the first creation of trade links between previously isolated regional worlds.
"At that time, there happened great disturbances among the lower ranks of people, by which England was nearly ruined. Never was a country in such jeopardy, and all because some commoners sought to claim liberties to which they were not entitled. It is customary in England, as in other countries, for the nobility to have great privileges over the commoners, who are bound by law and custom to plows the lands of the nobles, to harvest the grain, to carry the home it to the barn, and to perform various other services for their lords.
The evil-disposed in these districts began to rise, saying they were too severely oppressed; that at the beginning of the world there were no free people, and that no one ought to be treated as such, unless he had committed treason against his lord, as Lucifer had done against God: but they had done no such thing, for they were men formed after the same likeness as their lords, who treated
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them like beasts. They could no longer bear this, but had determined to be free. And if they were to do any work for their lords, they demanded to be paid for it.
Jean Froissart, French chronicler, late 1300s
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English nobles resisted peasant demands such as those described in the passage because agricultural labor in many parts of fourteenth-century Afro-Eurasia had become scarce as a result of which of the following developments?
Checkbox option: (A) The migration of peasants to cities in search of industrial employment
Checkbox option: (B) Significant increase in mortality due to the spread of epidemic diseases
Checkbox option: (C) The development of wage-based economies with the emergence of capitalism
Checkbox option: (D) Widespread famine resulting from rising global temperatures
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The events described in the passage represent a reaction against which of the following forms of coerced labor?
Checkbox option: (A) Slavery
Checkbox option: (B) Military conscription
Checkbox option: (C) Indentured servitude
Checkbox option: (D) Serfdom
Field: 21.
In the period 1000 to 1450, which of the following developments partially resulted from knowledge of Greek science and technology?
Checkbox option: (A) Japanese temple design in Kyoto
Checkbox option: (B) Christian theology in the Roman Empire
Checkbox option: (C) Islamic medical books in Baghdad
Checkbox option: (D) Mongol military tactics in Central Asia
Checkbox option: (E) Inca bridge design in the Andes
Field: 22.
Which of the following statement regarding the tenets of Islam is accurate?
Checkbox option: (A) Islam is a monotheistic religion.
Checkbox option: (B) Muslims worship Muhammad.
Checkbox option: (C) Pilgrimage to Mecca commemorates the birth of Muhammad.
Checkbox option: (D) The Quran is meant to supplement Jewish and Christian scriptures.
Checkbox option: (E) Friday is an obligatory day of rest for Muslims.
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As Islam spread between 1200 and 1600, it affected gender relations in which of the following ways?
Checkbox option: (A) Women were no longer allowed to be small-scale traders.
Checkbox option: (B) Polygamy became widespread.
Checkbox option: (C) Women became fully equal to men in terms of the right to divorce.
Checkbox option: (D) Existing local customs regarding marriage and the role of women blended with Islamic models.
Field: 24.
Which of the following staple crops is most associated with the rise of Mesoamerican civilizations?
Checkbox option: (A) Manioc
Checkbox option: (B) Potatoes
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Checkbox option: (C) Beans
Checkbox option: (D) Maize
Checkbox option: (E) Rice
25. Which of the great religious systems below were characterized by monotheism combined with a sacred text and a strong missionary thrust?
Checkbox option: (A) Buddhism and Confucianism
Checkbox option: (B) Buddhism and Hinduism
Checkbox option: (C) Christianity and Judaism
Checkbox option: (D) Christianity and Islam
Checkbox option: (E) Islam and Judaism
26. In the period 90 to 150 C.E., the Ottomans and the Aztecs were similar in that both peoples were
Checkbox option: (A) isolated from the major Eurasian trade routes
Checkbox option: (B) nomadic groups that migrated to already settled regions and conquered them
Checkbox option: (C) politically unified by the adoption of a monotheistic religion
Checkbox option: (D) able to dominate other societies with large horse-mounted armies
27. Inca and Aztec societies were similar in that both
Checkbox option: (A) developed from Maya civilization
Checkbox option: (B) acquired empires by means of military conquest
Checkbox option: (C) independently developed iron technology
Checkbox option: (D) depended entirely on oral record keeping
28. "What they the Franks learned from the Arabs was indispensable in their subsequent expansion. The heritage of Greek civilization was transmitted through Arab intermediaries. In medicine, astronomy, chemistry, geography, mathematics, and architecture, the Franks drew their knowledge from Arabic books, which they assimilated, imitated, and then surpassed. . In the realm of industry, the Europeans first learned and then improved upon the processes used by the Arabs in papermaking, leather-working, textiles, and the distillation of alcohol and sugar."
The passage above best illustrates which of the following?
Checkbox option: (A) Muslims' examination of their own cultural and economic decline after the Crusades
Checkbox option: (B) The debt the Arab world owed Europe for preserving Arab scientific knowledge and cultural history
Checkbox option: (C) The reason European industrial expertise far surpassed that of the Arab world
Checkbox option: (D) The effects of interregional contact on the development of European culture and technology