AP World History Chapter 12 Test

Which of the following was a feature of the communities in Australia in the fifteenth century?

• The practice of indentured servitude

• The practice of firestick farming

• Permanent village settlements

• Economic specialization

In the fifteenth century, what did the Igbo people in West Africa have in common with the Iroquois League in North America?

• centralized kingdoms and stratified societies

• plantation economies dependent on slave labor

• institutions for resolving conflict in the absence of a state

• written constitutions based on popular sovereignty

Which of the following was the largest pastoral society in West Africa in the fifteenth century?

• the Benin

• the Fulbe

• the Yoruba

• the Igbo

Why did the maritime expeditions of the Indian Ocean basin sponsored by the Ming emperor suddenly stop in 1433?

• the court eunuchs who rose to power prioritized farming over commerce

• most of the cultures they encountered reacted with hostility and violence

• the emperor's successors viewed expansion as a waste of resources

• naval forces were redirected to deal with the military threat of the Portuguese

In its effort to recover from the disruption of Mongol rule, where did the Ming dynasty look for inspiration?

• the culture of past Chinese dynasties

• the civilization in Western Europe

• the empire established by Timur

• the religious world of Islam

Which of the following reflected the fragmented and competitive political environment in Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?

• the Sunni/Shia divide

• City of Ladies

• the Renaissance

• the Hundred Years' War

In which empire was a Shia version of Islam made the official religion in the sixteenth century?

• Ottoman Empire

• Mughal Empire

• Songhay Empire

• Safavid Empire

Which of the following was a motivation for European expansion but not for Chinese expansion in the fifteenth century?

• to enroll distant peoples and states in the tribute system

• to gain direct access to the wealth of Africa and Asia

• to eliminate piracy and banditry in the Indian Ocean

• to recover from the devastation of the Black Death

Which of the following is true of the Mughal Empire?

• it created a new religion that synthesized Islam and Christianity

• it formed as a result of Chinese exploration in the Indian Ocean

• it established unified control over most of the Indian peninsula

• it showed no tolerance for Hindu subjects and expelled them

What feature did the Mughal Empire and Songhay Empire share?

• the rulers were Muslim, but the majority of the population was not

• the rulers were Sunni Muslim, while their subjects were Shia Muslim

• both were in the heartland of the Islamic world

• the rulers were in both empires were Sufi holy men