AP World Unit 2

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Which of the following developments in the period circa 1250–1450 represents a situation that did not lead to conquerors assimilating into the cultures of the conquered societies? Options: Invading armies establishing and maintaining a separate community, as illustrated by the European crusader kingdoms in the Middle East, Merchants establishing diasporic communities and introducing their own traditions into the indigenous cultures, as illustrated by South Asian Muslim merchants spreading Islam to the islands of Southeast Asia, Settled societies successfully resisting nomadic encroachments, as illustrated by the Mamluks of Egypt defeating the Mongols or Muscovy expelling the Golden Horde from Russia, Conquering states fragmenting into several units because of political and social friction, as illustrated by the breakup of the Mongol Empire into individual khanates.

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Invading armies establishing and maintaining a separate community, as illustrated by the European crusader kingdoms in the Middle East.

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The spread of Islam into sub-Saharan West Africa in the period circa 1200–1450 was mostly a result of the conversion of the rulers of which of the following states? Mamluk Egypt, The Mongol khanates, The Ming dynasty, The Mali Empire

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The Mali Empire

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In the period circa 1200–1450, which of the following most directly enabled merchants to bring salt and other bulk products to markets in sub-Saharan Africa? Options: The diffusion of new maritime technologies such as the lateen sail, The adoption of innovative practices in overland trading, such as the use of camel caravans and saddles, The transfer of East Asian technologies to western Afro-Eurasia during the period of Pax Mongolica, The shared use of the Arabic language and common practice of Islam by both North African and sub-Saharan merchant communities

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The adoption of innovative practices in overland trading, such as the use of camel caravans and saddles

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Based on the information in the table, the Black Death outbreak of the bubonic plague struck Essex County in which of the following periods? Before 1320, Between 1320 and 1350, Between 1350 and 1400, After 1400

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Between 1320 and 1350

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Which societies engaged in extensive maritime trade well beyond their borders in the fifteenth century? Options: Mesoamericans in the Pacific Ocean, Bantu peoples in the Indian Ocean, Chinese in the Indian Ocean, Russians in the Pacific Ocean

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Chinese in the Indian Ocean

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Angkor Wat in Southeast Asia built circa 1100 C.E., reflects which of the following world historical processes?
- Increased domination of East Asia and Southeast Asia by Arab powers
- The increase in the number of Chinese merchant communities in the Indian Ocean region
- The introduction of Islam across most of Asia
- Increased cross-cultural interactions in the Indian Ocean region

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Increased cross-cultural interactions in the Indian Ocean region

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The Mongol conquests of much of Eurasia in the thirteenth century tended to encourage trade along the Silk Roads primarily by

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decreasing the risk of bandit attacks and reducing the number of local rulers collecting tribute from trade caravans

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The changes in the distribution of cities in the period 1200 to 1400 C.E. best support which of the following conclusions?

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The Mongol conquests had a more disruptive impact on the Middle East and Central Asia than they had on East Asia.

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Commerce was a key mode of exchange between which of the following pairs of political entities? The Mayan Empire and the Song dynasty, Ghana and the Mongol Empire, The Crusader states and the Fatimid caliphate, Venice and the Aztec Empire

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The Crusader states and the Fatimid caliphate

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Béla IV’s statement that the Hungarian people “cannot cease to be amazed” by the actions of the papacy most directly refers to the papacy’s failure to aid the Hungarians while

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initiating European military campaigns in the Middle East