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WorksheetsAP world history Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which of the following schools of thought came to prominence during the Renaissance?
Humanism
Mysticism
Existentialism
Pragmatism
Stoicism
What is the Political theory that states that the right of ruling comes from God and not the consent of the governed?
Social Contract
Feudalism
Magna Carta
Divine Right of Kings
Mandate of Heaven
Which of the following subjects was not included in the standard Renaissance educational program known as the “studia humanitatis?”
Grammar
Science
History and Politics
Poetry
Rhetoric
Select the philosopher/scientist who engaged in the Scientific Revolution’s most influential and thorough exploration of the intersections between religion and scientific thought.
Galileo Galilei
Francis Bacon
Blaise Pascal
Rene Descartes
John Locke
The philosophy of Deism first emerged during _______________.
the Catholic Counter Reformation
the English Civil War
the Thirty Years’ War
the Protestant Reformation
the Scientific Revolution
The concept of Divine Right of Kings is most closely associated with which of these European monarchs?
King Henry VIII
King Charles II
Queen Catherine I
King Charles V
King Louis XIV
Which of these enlightenment thinkers is most associated with the concept of “separation of powers” in government?
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Rousseau
Hobbes
Locke
Which of these enlightenment thinkers is often directly contrasted with John Locke?
Voltaire
Hobbes
Adam Smith
Rousseau
Diderot
Who were enslaved in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
People from Western Africa
Prisoners of war
Criminals
All of the above
Who first controlled silver mines?
Spanish
Japanese
Chinese
Native Americans
Put theses events in order.
Atlantic Slave Trade, Black Death, Renaissance, Fall of Roman Empire
Fall of Roman Empire, Black Death, Renaissance, Atlantic Slave Trade
Fall of Roman Empire, Renaissance, Black Death, Atlantic Slave Trade
Renaissance, Atlantic Slave Trade, Black Death, Fall of Roman Empire
Atlantic Slave Trade, Black Death, Renaissance, Fall of Roman Empire
Which of the following was the major effect of the Neolithic Revolution?
The establishment of sedentary village communities
A decline in total population
The spread of a migratory way of life
An increase in the use of Bronze tools
Which of the following was n important reason for the fall of the Roman, Han, and Gupta empires?
A long period of drought thaty destroyed crops and livestock
the use of slaves in their armies
intensified invasions and security issues along their frontiers
A refusal to tolerate Christianity
Before 500 C.E., Judaism and Hinduism were similar in that both
advocated a monastic life and a rejection of the world
promoted teachings about reincarnation
spread widely around the Mediterranean
had written scriptures and an ethical code to live by
The spread of Bantu speaking peoples over southern Africa before 1400 C.E. can best be explained by their
Conversion to Islam
knowledge of agriculture
centralized political systems
use of calvary
Aztec and Inca Empires were similar in that both
developed from Maya civilization
independently developed iron technology
acquired empires by military conquest
depended entirely on oral record keeping
The Columbian Exchange involved which of the following new connections in the era 1450-1750?
European food to the Western Hemisphere
Diseases from Europe to Africa
African Population to Europe
European technology to Africa
Name this Portuguese explorer whose expeditions reached India via Africa
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco Da Gama
Sir Francis Drake
Which of these did not represent a cash crop for European settlers in the Americas?
Corn
Tobacco Leaf
Sugar Cane
Cotton
Name (in chronological order) the two Chinese dynasties which followed Mongol rule.
Manchu, Ming
Manchu, Yuan
Zhou, Han
Ming, Manchu
Identify the recipients of African slaves in 'The Triangle Trade
Mainland Europe
China
Colonies in America
Coastal Africa
Who was the first wife of infamous King Henry VIII
Catherine of Aragon
Jane Seymour
Anne Boleyn
Catherine Parr
Birth-Death-Rebirth is referred to as _________
Dharma
Reincarnation
Karma
Deincarnation
The holy book for Hinduism is called______
Vedas
Torah
Koran
Bible
Which River is said to wash away sins if you are a Hindu?
Gaanges River
Manges River
Ganges River
Ganges lake
Which country did Hinduism originate in?
Indiana
Japan
India
Inndia
People enter their caste level at birth.
False
True
Which of the following lists gives the correct causes of World War I?
Militarism, Alliances, Industrialization, Nationalism
Monopolization, Alliances, Industrialization, Nationalism
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Monopolization, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
The Triple Alliance & the Triple Entente contributed to the start of World War I by:
Failing to include Germany & France
Allowing Japanese aggression in Korea
Threatening countries in the Western Hemisphere
Increasing tensions between European countries
Which of the following countries was not part of the Triple Alliance?
Germany
Italy
Great Britian
Austria Hungary
Which event sparked the outbreak of World War I?
Attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan
Assassination of the Austrian Archduke
Germany's invasion of Poland
Bolshevik coup in Russia
How did nations act to reduce the
possibility of future wars after the First
World War and the Second World War?
By introducing atomic weapons
By reducing the size of armed forces
By fixing prices on food and clothing
By establishing international
organizations
How did the alliance system contribute
to the outbreak of conflict in Europe?
Germany refused to join any
European alliances.
Asian nations viewed the
agreements as intentionally
exclusive.
Nations pledged to intervene if an
ally was attacked.
The alliance between France and
Austria-Hungary upset the balance
of power among European nations.
How did the U.S. government respond
to the global depression in the 1930s?
Congress acted to reduce government regulations of financial institutions.
President Roosevelt implemented a massive government spending program
The U.S. Armed Forces expanded rapidly to provide jobs to the unemployed.
The U.S. Treasury Department required all currency to be backed by equal amounts of silver in American banks.
Which national leaders headed Allied
governments during World War II?
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Mussolini
Churchill, Mussolini, and Tojo
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin
Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo
Which characteristic is always true of a
totalitarian government?
Workers control the government.
The government is controlled by
military officers.
Religious laws direct the behavior
of all citizens.
The government controls most
aspects of citizens' lives.
Which weapon of the First World War
resulted in trench warfare and high
numbers of casualties?
Tanks
Machine Guns
Airplanes
Chemical Weapons
Who wrote the book: The Social Contract
John Locke
Martin Luther
Thomas Hobbes
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Conquered the Inca Empire
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco da Gama
Hernando Cortes
Galileo Galilei
The founder of the Mughal Empire
Akbar
Babur
Aurangzeb
Osman Bey
Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.
Buddhism
Humanism
Confucianism
Legalism
The _______ Dynasty (1644-1912) that took over after the Ming Dynasty. Believed in the mandate of heaven. Two big rulers during this time was Kangxi and Qianlong. The last dynasty in this region was ended by war, rebellions, and natural disasters.
Qing
Shang
Yuan
Ming
Conflict between Athens and Sparta
Crusades
Peloponnesian War
Communist War
Westernization of Russia
A Hindu concept that by doing good to others, good will happen to you (and vise versa)
Junk
Karma
Dharma
Guilds
The only woman to rule China in her own name, expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.
Empress Wu
Shi Huangdi
Khadija
Catherine the Great
The year that Constantinople was sacked by the Ottoman Turks and meant that Byzantium had collapsed. Hint: __53
1953 BCE
1453 CE
1353 CE
1453 BCE
A type of labor commonly used in feudal systems in which the laborers work the land in return for protection but they are bound to the land and are not allowed to leave or to peruse their a new occupation. This was common in early Medeival Europe as well as in Russia until the mid 19th century.
Slavery
Medieval System
Serfdom
Humanists
Known for their culture (such as art, architecture and philosophy). Made up of polis (city-states) in the Mediterranean Sea. Didn't have a large empire or military.
Jacobins
Romans
Muslims
Greeks
The wealthy, hereditary aristocrats during the Roman era.
Plebians
Patricians
Senators
Slaves
Two failed attempts by the Persian Empire in the 400s BCE to conquer the Greeks in the 400s BCE
Proxy Wars
Battle of Medina
Persian Wars
Conservatism
