AP Modern World History Chapter 2 Quiz

Like the Arabs and the Persians, the Turks between the tenth and fourteenth centuries ________

• consistently maintained the pastoral lifestyle and resisted assimilation

• accepted Confucianism and forced the Chinese empire to pay them tribute

• created short-lived empires that disintegrated when the ruler died

• converted to Islam and introduced the religion to the areas they conquered

Which of the following resulted from Muslim rule in Spain?

• The secular aspects of Islamic learning influenced the shaping of a new European civilization

• The harmony and tolerance of Muslim Spain was used as a model for Christian Europe

• Islam became Christianized even as all of Europe came under the rule of Muslim rulers

• A new hybrid religion developed that blended elements of Christianity and Islam

In Song dynasty China, masculine identity came to be defined in terms of ____________

• archery, horseback riding, and athleticism

• military valor and business acumen

• weakness, reticence, sacrifice, and delicacy

• calligraphy, scholarship, painting, and poetry

Which of the following describes the process of conversion to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Kievan Rus?

• The Byzantine Empire required conversion during its occupation of Kievan Rus; those who did not convert were subject to the penalty of death

• People converted to avoid the special tax imposed on those who refused to accept Eastern Orthodox Christianity

• Byzantine missionaries succeeded in converting most of the people of Eastern Orthodox Christianity despite state opposition

• It was a freely made decision on the part of Prince Vladimir of Kiev, who chose Eastern Orthodox Christianity to unify his people

Which of the following brought the Byzantine Empire to an end?

• The extensive loss of territory to an expanding Persian Empire

• Emperor Justinian's attempt to reconquer the Mediterranean basin

• The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire

• The Catholic Church's excommunication of Eastern Orthodox Christian

Which of the following was evidence of the expansion and growth of European civilization during the High Middle Ages?

• Most of North Africa converted to Christianity

• There was a considerable increase in long-distance trade

• The pope emerged as the political ruler of Eastern Europe

• The Holy Roma Empire controlled all of Europe

The emergence of which practice during the Song dynasty suggests that Chinese women's lives were more restricted than they had been in the Tang dynasty?

• remarriage of widows

• tribute system

• Bushido

• foot binding

How did economic growth and urbanization during the High Middle Ages affect women in Western Europe?

• women assumed responsibility for farm work as men moved to the cities

• women received political and legal rights that made them men's equals

• women entered universities for training to become lawyers and doctors

• women practiced trades and sometimes trained female apprentices

Which statement describes the relationship between the civilizations in Mesoamerica and those in the Andes?

• They gradually merged to create a hybrid culture

• They frequently fought with each other

• They had little if any direct contact with each other

• They enjoyed equal diplomatic relations

In what way were the Aztec and Inca empires similar?

• Both were marginal peoples who conquered and absorbed older cultures

• Both had a class of professional merchants known as pochteca

• Both were loosely structured and unstable conquest states

• Both encouraged the assimilation of conquered peoples into their societies