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WorksheetsAP World History Review
Total questions: 109
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
All of the following are developments for the period 8000 BCE to 600 CE EXCEPT
agriculture.
iron technology.
writing.
gunpowder technology.
The change to an agriculturally based economy as a result of the Neolithic Revolution
was gradual, as it took hundreds or thousands of years.
developed in one part of the world and spread from there.
was universally accepted throughout the world.
had little impact on the environment.
Which classical society was located in South Asia?
Roman
Han
Mauryan
Qin
The development of agriculture led to an increase in population because
farming was much less labor intensive than hunting and gathering.
the stable food source allowed for more permanent homes and larger families.
farming provided a healthier diet than hunting and gathering.
hunting and gathering was an extremely dangerous lifestyle.
Pastoral nomads are similar to settled farmers in that they both
grow crops.
domesticate animals.
settle into larger communities.
have job specialization.
The Neolithic Revolution influenced gender roles in that
men and women's economic roles were deemed equal.
work outside of the home was more highly valued.
women no longer worked.
men played the only significant economic role.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of early civilizations?
Diverse people
Job specialization
Social stratification
Representative government
The phrases below describe what culture?
- - Used cuneiform as a writing system
- - Was organized into city-states
- - Used Hammurabi's Code as the system of law
Egypt
Indus
Mesopotamia
Shang
The Egyptians were to the Nile as the Chinese were to the
Tigris.
Euphrates.
Huang He.
Indus.
All of the early river valley civilizations were
city-states.
polytheistic.
law givers.
pastoralists.
The Chinese concept of Mandate of Heavens refers to
the power granted to the ruler from divine sources.
the belief that China was superior to the rest of the world.
the emperor's obligation to give laws to his people.
the never-ending power of the emperor.
The Indus civilization is still somewhat of a mystery to archeologists because
the Aryans destroyed all the remains of the civilization.
its writing system has not been deciphered.
the small size of the civilization makes it difficult to excavate.
its isolation from the rest of the world limited trade and diffusion.
The period known as the "Era of Warring States" refers to
the nomadic invasions that brought an end to the Roman Empire.
the period of disorder in China before the establishment of the Qin dynasty.
the transition from republic to empire in Rome.
the revolt that ended the reign of the first emperor of China.
What ideas do Hinduism and Buddhism have in common?
Universal salvation
Reincarnation
The caste system
Monotheism
Which of the following religions both used missionaries to spread their message?
Judaism and Christianity
Confucianism and Daoism
Buddhism and Daoism
Christianity and Buddhism
Which of the following pairs did NOT influence the same geographic region?
Confucius and Laozi
Ashoka and Siddhartha Gautama
Socrates and Alexander
We Di and Chandra Gupta
The social hierarchies of both Hinduism and Confucianism demonstrate the value of
peasants.
landowners.
government officials.
scholars.
The Mauryan and Gupta Empires both demonstrated India's
long and consistent history of imperial rule.
political centralization overtaking regional kingdoms.
large influence of Islamic rule and culture.
history of rule by nomadic invaders.
Which statement most accurately compares the fall of the Han and Roman Empires?
Nomadic invasions were more of a problem in Han than in Rome.
Imperial authorities held more political power than regional authorities.
Leaders were assassinated in both empires.
Large landowners successfully avoided paying taxes.
Long-distance trade flourished in the classical societies because
many merchants could travel the entire length of the Silk Road.
the imperial powers kept trade routes safe and secure.
Chinese emissaries negotiated with Roman officials.
India remained centrally ruled throughout the period.
Which two religions gave women access to spiritual salvation?
Confucianism and Buddhism
Daoism and Confucianism
Buddhism and Christianity
Confucianism and Judaism
Both Greek and Chinese classical societies had a(n)
decentralized political structure.
fluid social structure.
unbroken dynastic cycle.
patriarchal family structure.
Which of the following is true of both the Qin and Han dynasties?
Confucianism was the philosophical basis of the government.
The merchant class was highly regarded.
The central government was strong.
Trade was discouraged.
Which of the following civilizations was characterized by government participation by its citizens?
China
India
Egypt
Rome
All of the following were factors in the Bantu migrations EXCEPT
population pressures.
use of iron tools.
spread of agriculture.
floods.
The fall of the Tang dynasty in the middle of the eighth century was aided by
foreign interference.
Japanese invasions.
deflationary pressures on the economy.
peasant revolts.
Most Mesoamerican rulers tended to be both
benign and powerless.
liberal and generous.
scholarly and artistic.
despotic and severe.
In what order did these three monotheistic religions come into being?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Christianity, Islam, Judaism
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
Christianity, Judaism, Islam
Which of the following statements best describes the similarity between the impact of the Roman and Mongol empire?
They both brought all of Africa under one rule.
They both created an enduring peace.
They both led to the establishment of large navies.
They both established a common language.
Written evidence of life of Muhammad largely found in the
Old Testament.
Bible.
Quran.
Gospels.
The goal of the Christian Crusades was to
evangelize the Africans.
conquer Asia Minor.
increase papal territories.
retake the Holy Land from the Muslims.
The main unifying institution in medieval Europe was the
monarchy.
Roman Catholic Church.
artists' guilds.
University of Paris.
Islam was brought into India over time by the
Umayyads.
Ottomans.
Delhi Sultanate.
Sunni Caliphate.
The Mongolian Empire declined because of
religious differences with the native peoples.
administrative problems owing to the large territory involved.
feeble rulers after Genghis Khan.
Russian counterattacks.
Two religions that encouraged the monastic life were
Islam and Confucianism.
Taoism and Judaism.
Buddhism and Christianity.
Judaism and Islam.
Which of the following was NOT a part of Chinese culture adopted by the Japanese?
Confucian values
A system of writing
The bushido code
Buddhist theology
The Black Death was
spread along Euro-Asian trade routes.
confined to China and South Asia.
primarily deadly in Northern Europe.
purposely spread by the Mongols.
During the feudal period in Western Europe,
independent domains fought regularly with one another.
women were allowed to rule fiefs.
priests were allowed to marry.
the birthrate declined.
Organizations of merchants and craftspeople in European cities were called
granges.
guilds.
ecclesia.
fiefdoms.
Japanese feudalism resulted in part because of
the emperor's ability to rule effectively
the failure of the Heian to govern efficiently.
the overthrow of the shogun after 1200 CE.
the decline of the samurai class.
The basis of the Mayan economy was
crafts and manufacturing.
agriculture, which produced maize, beans, and cocoa.
trade with the Pueblos to the north.
fishing and hunting.
Alliances between European feudal lords were often the result of
trade relations between the domains.
papal decree.
the need for a defense against the marauding Vikings.
the Black Death.
All of the following statements is true of the Tang dynasty EXCEPT
the capital city was the largest in the world.
the empire expanded its territory to Tibet and Korea.
the government discouraged trade and foreign influence.
Buddhists were persecuted towards the end of the empire.
Which of the following statements is true of the Turks and the Mongols?
Both conquered and ruled Japan.
Both were skilled administrators and bureaucrats.
Both had written languages based on Arabic.
Both were pastoral nomads originally from the Central Asian steppes.
Which of the following happened after the fall of the Mongol Empire?
The Byzantine Empire reunited the former Roman Empire.
Muhammad led his followers to Medina.
The delhi Sultanate invaded and conquered India.
The Ming dynasty united China under Chinese rule.
Which of the following statements is true of the time period 600 to 1450 CE?
The Tang dynasty stabilized China after Mongol rule.
Long-distance trade flourished.
Western Europe dominated global political affairs.
The Turks expanded as afar as sub-Saharan Africa.
The term chivalry in medieval Europe is most like
salvation.
samsara.
bushido.
samurai.
Which of the following statements accurately compares West and East Africa during the time period 600 to 1450 CE?
Trans-Saharan trade was for West Africa what Indian Ocean trade was for East Africa.
Christianity converted large parts of the population in both regions.
Both areas were ruled by centralizing governments controlled by an emperor.
The areas were isolated throughout this time period.
Melakka and Venice were important
Silk Road oasis towns.
pilgrimage sites.
political capitals.
trading ports.
Which of the following regions had the greatest navigational technology during the time period 600 to 1450 CE?
West Africa
Japan
Western Europe
China
The Manchu Qing dynasty adopted many Chinese customs from the Ming dynasty such as
granting higher status to the merchant class.
the examination system for choosing government officials.
wearing elaborate hairpieces at festivals.
refusing to eat pork.
An ideal Renaissance man is one who
is knowledgeable in many fields and proficient in the arts.
paints like Leonardo.
knows the arts of war.
is a patron of the guilds.
Central to the thinking of the 17th-century scientists in Europe was
a focus on the Christian belief in original sin.
a mechanistic view of the human body and the world at large.
a defense of Ptolemy's geocentric theory.
a belief in the expanding universe.
The late Mughals created discontent among their people by
easing the tax burdens of the wealthy.
forfeiting territory to the Marathas.
discriminating against Hindus and promoting Islamic law.
allowing too much autonomy in the provinces.
Merchants were at the bottom of the Confucian social hierarchy because
they had too much power in the imperial court.
they did not produce anything.
artisans were jealous of their wealth.
the emperors were often indebted to them for loans
The Aztec and Incan civilizations were unable to defend themselves against the aggression and weaponry of the
Portuguese military.
Spanish conquistadors.
Dutch mariners.
English diplomats.
After 1603, the Tokugawa Shogunate disallowed
merchant families from trading outside their home domain.
any Japanese from traveling outside the home islands.
the daimyo from collecting taxes.
the making of sake in the rural domains.
Renaissance interest in the Greek and Roman texts was due in large part to
the reintroduction of these texts from the Muslim world.
the discovery of these texts during the voyages to the New World.
the rejection of outside influence and focus on values of the Middle Ages.
encouragement by the Roman Catholic authorities to reexamine the past.
The African slave trade delivered the majority of slaves to
New France.
the Caribbean islands and Brazil.
British America.
Mexico.
Renaissance paintings were characterized by all the following EXCEPT
use of perspective.
large frescoes on walls.
realism.
epic romantic scenes from nature.
In the late Middle Ages, one of the causes of the decline of papal authority was
a long famine in Central Europe.
the decline of the monastic orders.
Islamic conquering of Europe.
the massive mortality rate during the Black Death.
Enlightenment philosophy was a threat to European monarchies because it
supported the authority of the Pope.
supported state-run education.
suggested the idea of individual liberty and rights.
pushed for the overthrow of the capitalist system.
The Qing rulers of China segregated themselves from their subjects by doings all of the following EXCEPT
forcing Chinese men to wear their hair in a long braid.
forbidding Chinese to travel to Manchuria.
disallowing marriage between Manchu and Chinese.
abandoning the traditional examination system to chooses government officials.
Magellan's voyage around the world in 1519 resulted in
the further spreading of Protestantism.
Spanish claims in the Pacific.
a visit to the Forbidden City.
a knighthood for Magellan upon his return.
All of the following were effects of the global trade of silver EXCEPT
the strengthening of the world economy.
the increase in outside interest in the Americas.
the increase of the power of the Spanish.
the bypassing of China in global trade.
All of the following were important features of Peter the Great's efforts to westernize Russia EXCEPT
modernizing the army and navy.
instituting a parliamentary-style government.
encouraging Western-style dress.
traveling abroad to study technology.
Which of the following rulers was the most religiously tolerant?
Louis XIV of France
Henry VIII of England
Akbar the Great of the Mughals
Shah Abbas of the Safavids
A significant effect of the Columbian Exchange was that
European power slowly declines.
American diseases spread to Europe.
world population declined.
American foods were introduced to European diets.
Which of the following statements accurately reflects a major difference between slavery in the Americas and Russian serfdom?
Russian serfs were the local peasant population, while slaves in the Americas were brought by force from Africa.
Slaves in the Americas performed primarily agricultural work, while serfs in Russia did not.
Serfdom was a permanent institution, while slavery in the Americas was temporary.
Serfs were bound to their owner, while slaves were bound to the land.
Sugar and tobacco are important examples of
African crops.
cash crops.
cooler climate crops.
Asian crops.
Which of the following is true of both Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Americas from 1450 to 1750?
They both outlawed slave labor by 1750.
Little to no intermarriage occurred with the indigenous populations.
As the plantation system grew, so did the use of slave labor.
The Catholic Church was not successful in converting natives in the regions.
After Columbus's encounter with the Americas,
the Ming dynasty stopped its voyages.
the Byzantine Empire was conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
slavery was introduced to Africa.
the Native American population drastically declined.
The statements below refer to which empire?
- - Originally were seminomadic Turks
- - Had an elite fighting force of slave troops made of Christian boys
- - Islamic religious scholars served administrative functions
Mughal Empire
Ottoman Empire
Songhai Empire
Qing Empire
What distinguishes the time period 1450 to 1750 from earlier time periods?
Inclusion of the Americas in global trade
The introduction of the institution of slavery
The first use of ships in Indian Ocean trade
The removal of China from any involvement in world trade
The Manchus and the Mongols were both
defeated by the Ottomans.
involved in the Atlantic Ocean trade.
rulers of Japan.
outsiders who conquered China.
A major factor in the expansion of industrialization was the development of
socialism.
feudalism.
land grants.
railroads.
In the 18th century, France and England fought over territory in
Asia and Central America.
Africa and the Balkans.
Asia and the Caribbean.
North America and Asia.
THe Berlin conference of 1885 was able to
partition China so that Germany benefited.
deal with economic problems in Asia.
resolve issues of European rivalry in Africa.
bring all of Africa under European control.
All of the following are factors stimulating industrialization EXCEPT
an organized union movement.
an ample population to serve as a workforce
investment capital.
access to natural resources.
The American and French Revolutions were both caused in part by
food shortages owing to poor harvests.
problems of royal succession.
high taxation that bred discontent.
lack of social mobility in the peasant class.
Which of the following statement is true regarding the growth of nationalism in the 19th century?
War and conflict were often used as vehicles to unite the people.
THe transition to nationhood was usually smooth with little internal conflict.
Only European nations experienced a growth in nationalism.
European imperialism prevented the rise of nationalism in Asia.
The American desire for a trade relationship with Japan in 1853 led to
the overthrow of the shogun and the modernization of the country.
increased tensions between China and Korea.
greater Russian influence in Manchuria.
the colonization of Taiwan.
All of the following are catalysts for political revolution EXCEPT
excessive taxation.
a large gap between rich and poor.
a powerful feminist movement.
a corrupt and uncaring regime.
In the 118th century, MOST revolutionary leaders tended to be members of the
slave class.
working class.
Catholic clergy.
educated middle class.
The 17th- and 18th-century slave trade had the greatest impact on which part of Africa?
East Africa
West Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa
Which of the following statements best describes the significance of Social Darwinism?
It was a significant breakthrough in revolutionary theory.
It led to an increase in urbanization throughout much of Europe.
It influenced the development of the factory model of production.
It was used as a justification for the inferior treatment of colonial people.
The first republic to grant equality to all its citizens in the Western Hemisphere was
the United States.
Bolivia.
Haiti.
Jamaica.
The early leaders in Indian nationalism came primarily from which class?
Western educated elites
Labor leaders
Landed peasants
The aristocracy
All of the following are effects of the Haitian Revolution EXCEPT
the plantation economy continued to flourish.
slaves were freed.
the United States refused to recognize Haiti's independence.
other independence movements followed.
Japan's industrialization was greatly helped by
large mineral deposits in Hokkaido.
a growing support for democracy.
a centralized pro-business government.
the partnership with China.
The transportation revolution that accompanied the first Industrial Revolution was stimulated by
war in Turkey.
the crash of 1892.
political revolutions in the Americas.
canals.
Which of the following African regions was able to defeat European powers in the 19th century?
Liberia
Ethiopia
Egypt
Morocco
In which rebellion in India in the mid-1800s did natives challenge British power?
Zulu
Taiping
Boxer
Sepoy
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of capitalism?
Private ownership of property
Upward social mobility
The dynamics of supply and demand
Government ownership of industry
Independence movements in South America in the early 19th century took advantage of
the inflationary policies instituted by Spain.
Spain's involvement in the Napoleonic Wars.
the American victory over Spain in Cuba.
the silver trade in Asia.
The following statements refer to which of the following entities?
- - Abolish serfdom in 1861
- - Government-sponsored industrialization
- - Humiliating loss in Crimean War
China
England
Russia
Ottoman Empire
Revolutionary activists seeking to overthrow the Qing dynasty in the 19th century tended to be
disaffected Mandarins.
court eunuchs.
disgruntled peasants.
young, educated men who had traveled abroad.
Liberalism should be viewed as political ideology that
supported the transition to an industrial, capitalist economy.
is the ideological predecessor to socialism.
developed in response to European colonialism.
grew out of the labor movement.
China was able to avoid imperial control in the early 20th century because
Britain and the United States were opposed to outright colonization.
Europe was more concerned with the rise of Japan.
China was too far away from Europe.
Russia agreed to stay out of Asia.
The following statements refer to which of the following entities?
- - Unequal trading agreements with Western Europeans
- - Anti-Western uprising in 1900
- - Self-strengthening movement was met with imperial opposition
Japan
India
China
Ottoman Empire
All of the following are long-term causes of World War I (1914-1918) EXCEPT
the rise of nationalism.
competition for colonies.
naval weapons buildup.
economic recession.
All of the following are characteristic of fascism EXCEPT
ultranationalistic propaganda.
expansion and glorification of the military.
emphasis on sacrifice for the nation-state.
collectivization of farms.
American President Woodrow Wilson's postwar aims in World War I were summed up in the
Potsdam Declaration.
Treaty of Versailles.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
Fourteen Points.
The failure of the League of Nations to keep the peace was largely due to
the aggressive leadership of the United States.
the fear of communism after 1917.
the hedonism of the 1920s.
vacillating leadership and lack of multilateral military resolve.
Free-trade associations created after World War II included
OPEC and NATO.
the EU and NAFTA.
APEC and the Warsaw Pact.
G-7 and UNESCO.
One of the major causes of the Global Depression in 1930 was
trade tensions that resulted in high protective tariffs.
the continued strength of the stock market.
underproduction of agricultural goods.
the rise of totalitarian regimes in Europe.
The purpose of the UNited Nations is to ensure world peace based on
the European alliance.
collective security.
political ideology.
military alliances.
Nations most affected by the Great Depression were those that
lowered their taxes.
were dependent on global trade.
had centralized banking systems.
had the smallest territory.
India was partitioned as it gained independence in 1947 because
the British could not agree on the political boundaries
Muslims had their own desire for a state on the subcontinent.
Gandhi supported the idea.
Jinnah was assassinated shortly afterward.
