AP World History Unit 1-2

What was the primary economic organization in Europe in the Middle Ages?

• Feudalism

• Mercantilism

• Capitalism

• Imperialism

Which of the following was an effect of the Mongol conquests?

• The spread of Hellenism

• The rise of the Song Dynasty

• Umayyad to Abbasid dynasty

• The spread of the Black Plague

Marco Polo

• A Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295

• born in or around 1054 into a wealthy and cosmopolitan Venetian merchant family

• A Venetian merchant who traveled throughout Africa on the "Gold Road"

• An Islamic traveler who sailed the Indian Ocean basin

What allowed for the expansion of trade between Asia and Europe?

• The Black Death

• The Pax Mongolica

• Champa rice

• The Grand Canal

How was Islam spread to West Africa?

• Military conquest

• Missionaries

• Diasporic communities

• Trade

How could you describe the government of western Europe during Periods 1/2?

• Centralized

• A strong empire

• Decentralized kingdoms

• Democracies

Center of learning in the Abbasid Empire

This crop led to population growth and urbanization in China

What city in Mali was a hub for the gold and salt trade?

• Timbuktu

• Great Zimbabwe

• Malacca

• Calicut

Which of the following was seen as a continuation of the Roman Empire?

• Byzantine Empire

• Western Rome

• Ottoman Empire

• Mongol Empire