AP World History Unit 1 Practice Exam MCQ

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The disintegration of the Abbasid Caliphate most directly led to which political development in the Islamic world in the thirteenth century?

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The rise of Turkic states

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Despite the disintegration of the Abbasid Caliphate, Islam continued to spread across Afro-Eurasia in the period 1200–1450 primarily because of which of the following? Options: The conquest of the Christian Crusader States in the Levant, The activities of Sufi missionaries, The voyages of the Muslim eunuch Zheng He, The translation activities of Muslim scholars

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The activities of Sufi missionaries

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Combination of religious and political aspects in the Abbasid state’s governance is best reflected in?

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The Abbasid state was headed by a caliph who was both the state’s supreme religious and political leader.

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Which of the following best describes a claim made in the first paragraph of the inscription? “I, the reverend Buddhist teacher Dharmasekhara, dedicated this statue of the bodhisattva Amoghapasa* on the orders of His Majesty King Adityawarman, for the benefit and salvation and happiness of all creatures. Hail to the King—experienced in the arts of war, well versed in the sciences, he is an ocean of all virtues practiced by the followers of the Buddha! He is free from all physical desire. Hail to the King—he who supports the entire world. He has collected jewels by the millions, taken them from the hands of his enemies among the other rulers of this world. He who is like God among kings, crowned, protected by heavenly beings, King of kings! He orders what should be known to all!” Sanskrit inscription on a statue of a bodhisattva produced in the Malayapura kingdom, Sumatra, Indonesia, circa 1350 c.e. *a major figure worshipped in Mahayana Buddhism

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Statues of Buddhist divine figures could spiritually benefit everyone.

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The claim in the second paragraph that the king has become “free from all physical desire” can best be understood to mean that

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in Vedic religions, rejecting worldly concerns in order to attain spiritual perfection was considered a virtue.

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Argument in the second paragraph of the inscription regarding King Adityawarman.

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His spiritual attributes and worldly achievements made him a powerful and legitimate ruler.

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Which piece of evidence supports the importance of exotic goods to the Maya economy?

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Exotic goods were exchanged over long distances within the Maya lowlands.

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What evidence does the author use to support the relationship between exotic goods and the power of Maya rulers?

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Maya rulers prohibited nobles and priests from wearing certain types of exotic goods reserved for rulers.

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What does the author cite to support the importance of exotic goods in the Maya region?

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The existence of unified patterns of behavior in warfare, science, and religion

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Which of the following was a continuity in the development of African states in the period circa 1200–1450? “In that year [1450 c.e.] there came to Naples a three-man embassy from the King of Ethiopia to His Highness, our King Alfonso. Among the ambassadors was a certain Pietro Rombulo, an Italian, native of the city of Messina. This Pietro claimed that he had lived among the Ethiopians for over 40 years. And he described to me how in Ethiopia there are innumerable Christians—since both the people and the king there worship Christ—among whom he had been able to live a good Christian life safely and honorably. The ruler of Ethiopia, King David, whom they call Zara Yacob, was said by the ambassadors to be the most civilized, the most just, and the most pious of princes.” Pietro Ranzano, Catholic Church official in Naples and Sicily, universal history written circa 1480 Options: African states such as Ethiopia maintained close contacts with South and East Asian states across the Indian Ocean but rarely had contacts with Europe., Despite geographical barriers, some African states were able to maintain diplomatic and cultural contacts with the broader Afro-Eurasian world., Most African states rejected traditional forms of international diplomacy, such as dynastic marriages and tribute payments., African states needed to maintain friendly diplomatic relations with Europe in order to expand their empires.

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Despite geographical barriers, some African states were able to maintain diplomatic and cultural contacts with the broader Afro-Eurasian world.