AP World History Final Review

The Increased food production accompanying the introduction of Champa rice into China from Vietnam during the 11th century best illustrates which of the following?

• The stimulation of agriculture by technological innovation

• The reliance of China on food imports

• The importance of Vietnam to the world economy

• The influence of China on neighboring societies

Which of the following was a common feature of most Asian and European philosophies between 1000 to 1450?

• Emphasis on experimental science

• Reliance on ideas of individual freedom

• A close association with religion

• wide availability through printed books

Which of the following was the most important factor in enabling the Spanish to defeat the Aztec Empire?

• The Spanish were able to use their understanding of Aztec culture to create effective propaganda that weakened Aztec resistance.

• The Spanish were able to devise effective countermeasures to the horse cavalry that formed the bulk of the Aztec army.

• The Spanish were able to form military alliances with other indigenous peoples who were enemies of the Aztecs.

• The Spanish were able to exploit discontent within the Aztec state to trigger revolt of the lower classes against the Aztec ruling class.

Which of the following is true of commerce in the Indian Ocean during the time period 1000-1450?

• Chinese merchants dominated the trade routes of the Indian Ocean.

• Following the rise of the Mongols during the thirteenth century, the volume of Indian Ocean commerce fell sharply.

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• There was very little commercial activity in the Indian Ocean.

• Indian Ocean commerce flourished and was conducted by a mixture of Asian, Middle Eastern, and East African merchants.

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

• Catholic bishops

• serfs

• knights

• lords of the manor

• merchants

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

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

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

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

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

In the period 1000 to 1450, which of the following developments partially resulted from knowledge of Greek science and technology?

• Mongol military tactics in Central Asia

• Inca bridge design in the Andes

• Islamic medical books in Baghdad

• Christian theology in the Roman Empire

• Japanese temple design in Kyoto

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.?

• Wealthy merchants dominated political institutions.

• Urban craft workers played a substantial role in government.

• Landholding aristocracies tended to be the dominant class

• Peasants were generally free of obligations to the state.

The economies of the southern colonies of colonial British America developed most like colonial economies in

• the Dutch East Indies

• the Caribbean and Brazil

• Massachusetts and New York

• Ireland and Scotland

• Canada

From 1400 to 1750, Eurasian rulers sponsored the arts primarily for which of the following reasons?

• To encourage tourism and pilgrimages

• To display power and legitimize their rule

• To increase employment opportunities for struggling artists

• To spend excess money collected in taxes