AP World History: 600-1450

The term “samurai” describes men in feudal Japan who were most like the men in feudal Europe known as:

• Lords of the manor
  
• Catholic bishops
• Serfs
• Knights

In the period between 600 and 1450, which of the following were two occupations pursued by large numbers of African and European women?

• Midwife and healer
  
• Military leader and farmer
  
• Scribe and tax collector
• Long-distance trader and merchant

Marco Polo described which of the following at Kublai Khan’s court that he had not encountered in Europe?

• The use of spies in foreign nations
• The attachment of the Khan to the use of horses for military purposes.
• The use of paper money and coal and the practice of frequent bathing.
• The interest of the Khan in the international sea trade and European shipbuilding techniques

The introduction of papermaking into Europe is an example of cultural diffusion

• From China by way of the Eurasian trade route
• From Japan by way of the Arab-Indian trade route
• Through the Columbian Exchange
• Through the Triangular Trade route.

In what ways were the civilizations in Mesoamerica before 1000 C.E. more sophisticated than those in North America?

• In the former, social structure was more complex, astronomical knowledge was greater, and architectural skills were more advanced.
• In no ways, because the North Americans had more advanced social structures.
• In the former, Christianity was already practiced.
• Mexican and Central American civilizations never practiced human sacrifice, while societies in North America did.

After the expansion of Islam into Africa, an organized Christian presence remained in:

• Egypt and Ethiopia
  
• Morocco
• Mauritania and Tunisia
  
• The areas along the Silk Road
  

Which of the following best describes the spread of Islam in East Africa and Christianity in China?

• Neither religion made inroads in the cities of interiors
  of either area.
• Christianity was confined to the cities in China, while
  Islam made converts in the interior through the Swahili
  trading network.
• Islam had a decided impact on the trading centers of East Africa but little impact on the interior, whereas Christianity had little impact on either urban or rural areas in China.

Who conquered the Byzantine provinces of Syria, Egypt, and Tunisia (634 CE-650 CE)?

• Emperor Justinian
• The Muslims
  
• The Mongols
• Varangians

Renaissance Italy and the Islamic Middle East after the decline of the Abbasid Empire in the mid-10th century are important examples of which of the following?

• Political fragmentation and cultural creativity
• Political unity and cultural creativity
  
• Political unity and the decline of religion
• Political unity and the rise of secularism

Trade spurred the introduction of both Islam and Hinduism to what is now called:

• Japan
• Brazil
• Saudi Arabia
• Indonesia