UNIT 3.2 AP World History

Which of the following were positive changes that occurred in Europe during the 1400s-1600s?

• the diseases ended

• the Hundred Years War ended

• the Gutenberg Printing Press was invented

• All of them

What happened in European kingdoms when feudalism collapsed?

• the kings grew in power

• the lords grew in power

• the knights grew in power

• the peasants became kings

Many kingdoms/monarchies in Europe tried to use _____ as a device to manipulate their control over the people.

• the business merchants in the Middle East

• the Chinese emperor

• the Jewish rabbis

• the Christian religion

What is the importance of Ivan the IV or Terrible in Russian history?

• he worked with the Mongols

• he unified Russia as the first tsar

• he worked with the kings of China and India

• he unified all of Asia

Why did Ivan the Terrible (IV) want to control the Volga River?

• he could trade with Turks and Persians to the south

• he could send ships to China

• he could have food shipped from Australia

• he needed access to the Atlantic Ocean

What did Ivan the Terrible create as a tool to silence the people who opposed him?

• The KGB

• The Tsar's Secret Police

• The Russian Cavalry

What was Peter the Great's main goal as tsar of Russia?

• to conquer Siberia

• to increase agriculture

• to modernize Russia

• to conquer Israel

Peter the great built a Russian city that became the key port to Russia. What was so important about the port?

• It was a frozen port during 8 months out of the year

• It was a port that traded with the Chinese and Japanese

• It was a warm water port that didn't freeze up in the winter

What was the name of the warm-water port built by Peter the Great that replaced Moscow as the new capital of Russia?

• St. Petersburg

• St. Catherinesburg

• Volgograd

• Odessa

The people of the Qing Dynasty invaded and conquered China and maintained China's isolationism program. Where did the Qing Dynasty invaders come from?

• Turkestan

• Kazakhstan

• Mongolia

• Manchuria