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APoW Overall Review

Total questions: 82

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In comparing the Han Dynasty with the Roman Empire, which of the following statements is NOT correct?
a)
Both the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire’s economies suffered as a result of military spending
b)
While Rome was successful at spreading its culture across a wide area, the Han were unable to diffuse their culture to neighboring lands
c)
While both societies were run by centralized governments, Rome gave significant autonomy to local officials
2.
The Four Noble Truths are associated with what religion or philosophy?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Legalism
d)
Islam
3.
Which of these scientific and cultural achievements are incorrectly matched with its civilization?
a)
Gunpowder and papermaking: China
b)
Astronomy and calendar: Maya
c)
Pyramids and papyrus: Sumer
d)
Geometry and drama: Greece
4.
The foundation of ancient Indian civilization is best described by all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
Reincarnation
b)
Hinduism
c)
Karma
d)
The Dao
5.

Which of the following religions started with a set of ancient writings already created?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Islam

d)

Christianity

6.
The Gupta empire in India was known for:
a)
The development of a numbering system
b)
Making the first calendar and calculating the circumference of the Earth
c)
Developments in bone setting and plastic surgery
d)
All of the above
7.
Which of these Greece, Rome, or both had a democracy?
a)
Greece
b)
Rome
c)
Both
d)
None
8.
Which of the following actions was NOT taken by the Umayyad caliphs?
a)
They showed great favor to the Arab military aristocracy.
b)
They maintained their simple lifestyle even in the capital of Damascus.
c)
They levied a special head tax called jizya on non-Muslims.
d)
They temporarily solved the problem of succession to the caliphate.
9.
Which of the following is NOT correct in describing cultural influences on Islam?
a)
Persian literature deeply influenced Islamic literary works.
b)
ndian numerals had a profound influence on the development of mathematical thinking among Muslims.
c)
The caliphs adopted Persian ideas of kingship
d)
All of the above answers correctly describe the cultural influences on Islam
10.
Which of these is an effect of the Crusades?
a)
Serfs were able to escape the oppression of feudal lords
b)
A cultural borrowing between the Europeans and the Eastern World (Islamic)
c)
Florence and other cities the crusaders crossed in Italy became very rich
d)
All of the above are effects of the Crusades
11.
To which of these areas did Islam NOT spread?
a)
North Africa
b)
India
c)
Indonesia
d)
The Americas
12.
_____________ was the center of learning and schools in the Songhai Empire.
a)
Sundiatarian
b)
Hausa
c)
Timbuktu
d)
Juula
13.
Justinian is known for:
a)
Building the largest church in the Holy Roman Empire
b)
Creating a law code
c)
Uniting with his wife to boost cultural pride in Constantinople
d)
All of the above are true.
14.
Who were the Carolingians?
a)
A group of singers that go door to door at Christmastime
b)
A line of English kings and conquerors
c)
The royal house of the Franks from the 8th to 10th centuries
d)
Literally means “Carol’s house”
15.
What happened to the Aztec civilization?
a)
They mysteriously disappeared
b)
They were conquered by the Spanish through trickery and deceit
c)
They were conquered by the Portuguese who captured and murdered their leader
d)
They all committed ritual suicide to honor their gods
16.
What is the name of the event where Christians were trying to drive out all Muslims out of Spain (1110s-1492)?
a)
The Crusades
b)
The Renaissance
c)
The Reformation
d)
The Reconquista
17.
What made the Incan civilization so advanced?
a)
Their writing system
b)
Their system of roads and bridges
c)
Their use of a democracy with capitalism
d)
Their use of chinampas to farm
18.
Who was the leader who led the revolutions in South America for Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador?
a)
Toussaint L’Overture
b)
Father Miguel de Hidalgo
c)
Simon Bolivar
d)
Dom Pedro I
19.
Which factor MOST led to the spread of Christianity during the post-classical era? 
a)
Christianity emphasized missionary activity and widespread conversion, even converting great emperors like Constantine
b)
The monastic movement which led to transcribing the Bible into people’s common language
c)
The fact that Christians said they had exclusive truth and were willing to die for the sake of Jesus
d)
All of the above were factors that led to the spread of Christianity
20.
In the 18th-19th centuries, two of the largest and most enduring empires the _____________ spiraled into decline.
a)
Rome and Byzantine
b)
Ottoman and Qing
c)
Ottoman and Han
d)
Rome and Greece
21.
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?
a)
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, known as Lenin
b)
Sergei Witte
c)
Fukuzawa Yukichi
d)
None of these
22.
During the ______ era in Japan, Japanese leaders decided to open the wave of globalization and industrialization.
a)
Taika
b)
Meiji
c)
Tokugawa
d)
Sino
23.
The Great Schism was: 
a)
The split of the Christian church into East and West in 1054
b)
The split of the Islamic religion into Shia and Sunni
c)
The split of the Buddhist religion into mahayana and theraveda
d)
Led to reformations in the Catholic church and more unity of the Christian church
24.
Which of these is NOT one of the five pillars of Islam?
a)
There is no god but god.
b)
The pilgrimage to Mecca must be made.
c)
Fasting must be done every day.
d)
Donations to charity must be made annually.
25.

Islamic Law

a)

Dar al-Islam

b)

Hijra

c)

Sharia

d)

Shia

26.

Constantinople was where the greatest accomplishment of ___________ and _________ was preserved and spread

a)

India and China

b)

Greek and Roman

c)

Mesopotamia and Egypt

d)

Egypt and Mesopotamia

27.
What is an icon?
a)
A new alphabet
b)
A holy image
c)
The leader of the Catholic church
d)
An orthodox leader
28.
This image demonstrates
a)
How much larger European ships were compared to Indian ships
b)
How much larger European ships were compared to Chinese ships
c)
How much larger Chinese ships were compared to European ships
d)
How much larger Chinese ships were compared to Indian ships
29.
Which did the Mongo ls NOT do?
a)
Destroyed whole villages that fought back
b)
Spread across and united almost all of Asia
c)
Forced nomadic way of life on conquered people
d)
Established a peaceful period of trade known as Pax Mongolica
30.
The kingdoms of southern India were mainly
a)
Islamic
b)
Buddhist
c)
Hindu
d)
Sikh
31.

Who spread Buddhism to China?

a)

Indian holy men.

b)

the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.

c)

foreign merchants.

d)

the Koreans.

32.
Which of the following was NOT a hallmark of the Ming? 
a)
 extensive use of the Mandarins 
b)
greater use of eunuchs
c)
the reestablishment of Confucian education d. the move to a more decentralized governmental form
d)
the move to a more decentralized governmental form 
33.

Which term means non violence

a)

ahisma

b)

moksha

c)

artha

d)

dharma

34.
What form of writing was developed by Byzantine monks and adopted in Russia and eastern Europe?
a)
hieroglyphs
b)
cuneiform
c)
sanskrit
d)
cyrillic
35.

The most powerful Han emperor, known for his administrative centralization and imperial expansion, and building the Imperial university was

a)

Han Wudi.

b)

Liu Bang.

c)

Wang Mang.

d)

Qin Shihuangdi.

36.
Western Europe and Sub-Saharan African civilizations resembled each other during the post classical period in that both
a)
remained polytheistic and largely untouched by the expanding monotheistic faiths
b)
were isolated from Arab merchant activity
c)
 were politically ruled by strong centralized monarchies
d)
were loosely organized and politically divided
37.
Samurai are to feudal Japan as _________ are to feudal Europe.
a)
knights
b)
serfs
c)
lords
d)
bishops
38.

Which of these was a major impact of Alexander the Great's conquests?

a)

the spread of Greek culture

b)

the end of regional trade

c)

he rid the Greek culture of foreign influences

39.

Which of these developments did not occur during the Post-Classical Era?

a)

expanding influence of the Arabs and Islam.

b)

domination of the Atlantic and Mediterranean by Christian Europeans

c)

spread of civilization to new regions such as West Africa and Southeast Asia.

40.

Where did urbanization began latest?

a)

along the Nile River

b)

in Mesopotamia

c)

along the Niger River

d)

along the Indus River

41.

Which of the following empires began as city-states?

a)

Egypt and Persia

b)

Macedonia and Greek

c)

Mesopotamia and Egypt

d)

Mesopotamia and Greek

42.

The Gupta empire asserted the most control over

a)

local government

b)

the heartland of the empire

c)

conquered territories

d)

regional government

43.

Of the following regions, which had the least extensive network of trade routes in 1450?

a)

North America

b)

the Middle East

c)

Europe

d)

Southern Asia

44.

During which dynasty did China overthrow the Mongols?

a)

Tang

b)

Song

c)

Ming

d)

Qing

45.

Mexica

a)

was the region that originally gave rise to the first Americas.

b)

was the name of the lake where the Aztecs established their capital.

c)

were the people who were later called Aztecs.

d)

was the principal god of early Aztecs.

46.

In the years just prior to World War I the spirit of nationalism that inspired many people in eastern Europe to fight for their independence expressed itself as

a)

entangling alliances

b)

self-determination

c)

containment

d)

appeasement

47.

In response to the Great Depression, economist John Maynard Keynes

a)

felt that the government should tighten the money supply

b)

urged the government to expand the money supply and undertake public works to provide jobs.

c)

wrote that capitalism had failed and that it was time for the United States to experiment with communism

d)

proposed that the government should do nothing and wait out the economic hard times.

48.

Which of the following was NOT included in the final set of treaties that ended World War I?

a)

Germany was forced to accept blame for the war and to pay huge reparations to the victorious Allies.

b)

A League of Nations was formed, but the United States refused to join.

c)

Austria-Hungary was divided up into a Germanic Austria as well independent states of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.

d)

Russia was rewarded for its service to the Allies by the grant of substantial territories in Poland and the Baltic republics.

49.

Why have ethnic rivalries and communal violence been endemic in decolonized African states?

a)

The introduction of slavery by whites in the nineteenth century brutalized African culture.

b)

Tribal life in Africa was traditionally more violent than other cultures.

c)

Europeans hastily colonized Africa and established boundaries without reference to ethnic groups or cultural homogeneity.

d)

The level of civilization in Africa was more primitive at the time of colonization.

50.

On what have Third World countries traditionally depended to finance industrialization?

a)

profits of previous industrialization

b)

development of banking systems

c)

sale of resources left behind by colonizers

d)

sale of cash crops and minerals

51.

Which of the following did the Young Turks in the Ottoman Empire and the Boxers in the Qing Empire have in common?

a)

Both believed that conflicts among regional lords were the biggest threats that their empire faced

b)

Both supported their emperors in the struggle to maintain power in the face of western aggression

c)

Both were nationalists groups that sought to keep their nation's identity in the waning days of empire

d)

Both organized against natinoalist groups who wanted to replace the emperors with republican governments

52.

In China, a "sphere of influence" was a

a)

city designated for trade between Chinese and European merchants

b)

Christian mission where Chinese converts could live free of state persecution.

c)

tributary state beyond the borders of the empire that paid taxes to the Qing dynasty in exchange for protection.

d)

district in which a foreign power had exclusive trade, transportation, and mineral rights.

53.

What was the main purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?

a)

to give African leaders a chance to be heard by colonial interests

b)

to settle the first World Cup of Soccer

c)

to keep peace between Africans and European leaders

d)

to prevent fighting of European nations over the division of Africa

54.

The "white man's burden" proposed by Rudyard Kipling referred to the

a)

need for Christian missionaries to undermine Islam in Africa and Asia.

b)

moral duty of the west to work to "civilize" the rest of the world.

c)

cost of creating and supporting an empire.

d)

cost of abolishing slavery in Africa.

55.

Which of the following statements about the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century is FALSE?

a)

It reduced differences between the social classes.

b)

It stimulated the growth of population and cities.

c)

It triggered the most dramatic economic expansion in history.

d)

It triggered the most dramatic economic expansion in history.

56.

Which of the following is true of both North and Latin America?

a)

Coerced labor was necessary for production

b)

Governments employed elaborate bureaucracies

c)

Natives were used as slave labor

d)

families settled in extensively in both areas creating more stability

57.

In what way did the importation of American bullion( precious metals in raw form) negatively affect the Spanish economy?

a)

The supply of bullion to Spain was highly irregular, so that the government could not accurately gauge its income or anticipate its expenditures.

b)

American bullion made up nearly 90 percent of Spain's state revenue, so that any disruption in the arrival of silver from America plunged the government into crisis.

c)

The arrival of American treasure contributed to a sharp rise in prices and a general inflation.

d)

The supply of bullion kept the Spanish from purchasing manufactured goods from England.

58.

What word means a mass exodus of people leaving their homeland?

a)

diaspora

b)

miscengenation

c)

abolition

d)

manumission

59.

What was the devshirme system designed to do?

a)

turn Christian boys into Muslim soldiers

b)

make the tax system fairer and more efficient

c)

divide political power equally between Christians and Muslims

d)

create opportunities for Ottoman women

60.

The main purpose that Shah Jahan had the Taj Mahal constructed between 1632 and 1649 was...

a)

an administrative building for the government

b)

a palace for the ruler

c)

a mausoleum for the ruler's wife

d)

center of long-distance trade

61.

Ieyasu Tokugawa used the "alternate attendance policy" to control the

a)

merchants

b)

daimyo

c)

foreign traders.

d)

peasants

62.

Which of the following sequences lists the major developments of Western civilization in proper sequence?

a)

Protestant Reformation, Renaissance, absolute monarchy, Enlightenment

b)

Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, Enlightenment, absolute monarchy

c)

absolute monarchy, Renaissance, Enlightenment, Protestant Reformation

d)

Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, absolute monarchy, Enlightenment

63.

What was the main reason for Henry VIII's split with the Roman Catholic Church?

a)

his desire for a male heir

b)

his unwillingness to pay Church taxes

c)

his treatment of Catherine of Aragon

d)

His love for Mary Boleyn

64.

A person who produces work "in the vernacular" is one who

a)

relies on realism

b)

writes in a local, rather than a classical, language

c)

uses a verse form of writing.

d)

uses only natural light.

65.

A significant social reform that took place in Russia during the 19th century was the

a)

recognition of women's suffrage rights

b)

recognition of political rights of the bourgeoisie

c)

emancipation of the serfs

d)

large-scale redistribution of land to peasants

66.
Put theses events in order.
Atlantic Slave Trade, Black Death, Renaissance, Fall of Roman Empire
a)
Fall of Roman Empire, Black Death, Renaissance, Atlantic Slave Trade
b)
Fall of Roman Empire, Renaissance, Black Death, Atlantic Slave Trade
c)
Renaissance, Atlantic Slave Trade, Black Death, Fall of Roman Empire
d)
Atlantic Slave Trade, Black Death, Renaissance, Fall of Roman Empire
67.
Governments role in early industry could be described as 
a)
highly regulatory
b)
little regulation
c)
high investment
d)
controlling of hiring practices 
68.
How did the Industrial Revolution impact the life of women? 
a)
Their domestic responsibilities increased
b)
they were given more opportunities outside the home
c)
they replaced the mens role in the fields 
d)
they accepted the new role of industrial merchants 
69.
Who was the “Prussian Chancellor who used wars to unify Germany between 1864-71, "Blood and Iron’”?
a)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
b)
Otto von Bismarck
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Simon Bolivar
70.
What issue confronted Muslims after Muhammad's death and eventually split the Muslims into Shi'ia and Sunni sects?
a)
morality of jihad against enemies of Islam
b)
validity of  accounts from the Quran
c)
who was Muhammad's legitimate successor
d)
persecution of Christians and Jews
71.
Which of the following factors represents the most significant cause of the growth of cities in Afro-Eurasia in the period 1000-1450?
a)
climate change
b)
increased interrgional trade
c)
decreased agricultural productivity
d)
increased invasions
72.
A satrap in the Persia empire was what?
a)
Governor
b)
Tax collector
c)
Judge
d)
Preist
73.
Which of the following represents a defining characteristic of an empire?
a)
A state that forms as a democratic republic but is eventually seized and ruled over by a single ruler
b)
A state formed through conquest and maintained through the extraction of resources from conquered states and peoples
c)
A single ethnic group with a single language, religion, and identity
d)
A conglomeration of independent states that form temporary alliances
74.
Inter regional travelers such a Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo
a)
600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
b)
600-1450
c)
1450-1750
d)
1750-1900
75.
A program of loans that was designed to aid Western European nations rebuild from WWII's devastation was the
a)
The MacArthur Plan
b)
The Marshall Plan
c)
The Churchill Plan
d)
The Dreyfus Affair
76.
The factors destabilizing the balance of power in Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s included all the following EXCEPT
a)
the rise of socialist and communist movements in European nations
b)
the strong sense of nationalism led by many European nations
c)
conflict over ethnic and religious differences in some nations
d)
German aggression on the continent under von Bismark
77.
Stalin's system of economic planning occurred under the
a)
Peace, Land and Bread reforms
b)
NEP
c)
kulaks
d)
Five Year Plans
78.
In order to avoid a two-front war, Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with this country in 1939
a)
Austria
b)
Poland
c)
the Soviet Union
d)
Spain
79.
In the encomienda system, the Spanish "protected" Natives who were in return expected to:
a)
Convert to Christianity
b)
Sell their land
c)
Work or pay taxes
d)
Fight for the Spanish
80.
What decides where you end up in the caste system in India?
a)
Karma
b)
Good Luck
c)
Bad Luck
d)
Faith
81.

a Muslim from southern China who rose through the ranks to become an advisor to the Ming Emperor

a)

Satyagraha

b)

Zheng He

c)

Matteo Ricci

d)

Ibn Battuta

82.

Reverence from the son to mother and father and often used to show loyalty to the emperor as the ruler or “father” of the nation

a)

Ghazis

b)

Hijra (Hijrah)

c)

Filial Piety

d)

Karma