AP World History Modern, Period 1A Review

What did the advancement of Islam into the former Persian Empire and Sub-Saharan Africa and the diffusion of Buddhism into China have in common?

• Both religions could not overcome traditional views of women in these areas

• Both led to the formation of new political states

• Both religions found converts particularly among the upper class

• Both religions were rejected by the states into which they spread

Which of the following developments in belief systems limited the role of women on society the most between 600 and 1450 C.E.?

• the split between Orthodox and Catholic Christianity in Europe

• the spread of the Umayyad Caliphate

• the merging of different Asian belief systems into Neo-Confucianism

• the rise of Zen Buddhism in Japan

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.?

• Peasants were generally free of obligations to the state

• Wealthy merchants dominated political institutions

• Landholding aristocracies tended to be the dominant class

• Urban craft workers played a substantial role in government

Which of the following was an important long-term demographic impact of the spread of new rice varieties in East Asia during the period 600 C.E. to 1200 C.E.?

• A decrease in the size of East Asian cities outside the rice-growing areas

• The large-scale settlement of nomadic central Asians into farming communities

• A rapid increase of East Asian populations

• The movement of large numbers of East Asians from cities to farms

In the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E. merchant diasporic communities, such as those of Muslims in India, Chinese in Southeast Asia, and Jews in the Mediterranean, had which of the following in common?

• They generally imposed their own languages on the local communities.

• They generally became military outposts that facilitated the expansion of empires

• They generally lost touch with their homelands and merged with the local population

• They generally introduced their own cultural practices into the local cultures.

Which of the following was a significant effect of the Polynesian migrations in the period from 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.?

• The creation of an extensive trade network connecting Pacific islands to the Asian mainland

• The transfer of domesticated plant and animal species to new islands in the Pacific

• The development of distinctive Polynesian maritime technologies quickly adopted by Chinese and European explorers

• The establishment of an ethnically unified Polynesian state spanning several island groups.

What did the camel saddle, the dhow ship, the stirrup and the lateen sail have in common?

• They all positively increased trade on the Indian Ocean

• All of them were devised to overcome environmental barriers to trade

• They were diffused by the Mongols

• They originated in China and were diffused by Muslims and Mongols

Which of the following are the result of climate and environmental factors in or around the period 600-1450 C.E.?

• the multi-cultural nature of Kilwa, Calcutta and Melacca

• the movement of the Vikings into northern Europe

• the rapid spread of Islam across North Africa

• the economic revival of Europe around 1000 C.E.

Most urban growth in western Europe after 1200 stemmed from

• An influx of gold from Africa

• The continuing growth of trade and craft production

• An ambitious economic development plan designed by the pope

• Improvements in breeding techniques of farm animals

Which area(s) benefited most from the practice of terracing crop production in the period 1200-1450?

• Aztec Civilization

• Song China

• Carolingian France

• Inca Civilization