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WorksheetsAP World - Fall Final Review (Ch.7 -12)
Total questions: 146
Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins
Which areas of the world still hosted hunter-gatherer societies in the 15th century?
All of Australia, much of Siberia, the arctic coastlands, and parts of Africa and the Americas
East Asia, Southeast Asia, much of Siberia, and parts of the Americas
All of Siberia, much of Australia, Eastern Europe, and the Andes
All of MesoAmerica, most of the Andes, Western Europe, and South Asia
Which Empire is represented in the map?
Safavid Empire
Ottoman Empire
Songhay
Mughal
True or False: All 3 empires were Islamic & ruled by Muslim leaders with well-organized governments made up of loyal bureaucrats.
True
False, all 3 empires were Christian
False, all 3 empires were Hindu
The Ottoman army included 30,000 elite soldiers called ________ who were slaves that were trained to be loyal to the government.
Janissaries
Jizyas
Slavs
None of the Above
In 1453, the Ottomans attacked Constantinople & conquered the ________ Empire
Persian
Roman
Mughal
Byzantine
The greatest Ottoman sultan was ___________ who came to power in 1520
Romulus the Great
Alexander the Great
Suleyman the Magnificent
James III
King Suleyman granted freedom of worship to ________ & Jews living in the empire
Hindus
Buddhists
Christians
Sikhs
Unlike the Ottomans, the Safavids were ___________ Muslims, meaning they believed there is a clear successor of Muhammed (his brother-in-law).
Shi'a
Sunni
Abraham's
Moses'
The greatest ruler of the Safavid Empire was ___________ who came to power in 1587
Bubar
Shah Abbas
Alexander the Great
Muhammed
In 1494, ___________ became king of the Mughals, expanded the army, & began invasions into India to create his empire
Babur
Sulaman
Suleyman
Shah
In 1556, Babur’s grandson Akbar became king of the Mughal Empire & expanded the empire into almost all of ___________.
Spain
Israel
China
India
The best example of Akbar’s tolerance was his creation of a new religion called the ___________, which blended ideas from a number of big religions (Islam, Hindu, Christianity).
Absolute Religion
New Religion
Divine Faith
Old Religion
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the fall/collapse of all 3 of the "gunpowder" empires?
Decline of Silk Road
Increase in food production leading to inflation
Weak rulers leading to political instability
External factors including invaders and European Rivals
The Ottoman and Safavids were the first to use this military invention throughout their empire:
Ships
Telescopes
Gunpowder
Bows and arrows
The Ottomans controlled trade because:
They owned major port and land trade routes
They were technologically advanced
They conquered anyone who opposed them
Suleiman The Magnificent was loved by many people
Ottoman society was divided into classes. The "men of the pen" were the class of people who were:
soldiers and guards of the sultan
farmers and animal herders
merchants and tax collectors
scientists and teachers
Istanbul became the new Ottoman capital. It was known before as:
Rome
Athens
Constantinople
Jerusalem
Akbar’s rule brought together ____________________ to practice religious tolerance.
Mongols and Muslims
Hindus and Muslims
zamindars and suttees
women and peasants
Caravanserais were found upon several trade routes, but were best known on the Silk Road. What are Caravanserais?
An Open Air Markets
An Oasis
A place of rest
A Mosque
A Chinese ship made for hauling cargo.
Dhow
Junk
Lanteen
Caravel
______________________________ was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe.
The Great Schism
Hanseatic League
Guilder League
Christian Commercial Organization
___________________________ is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought.
Acculturation
Syncretism
Socialization
Cultural Diffusion
European _____________ ______________ were institutions that loaned money for merchants.
Banking Houses
Coffee Houses
Insurance Houses
Business Loans
Trade city in Western China that was a popular trading post on the Silk Road from 1200-1450.
Kashghar
Samarkand
Bactria
Beijing
A time period of extended peace on the Silk Road..
Pax Mongolia
Pax Romana
Indian Ocean Pax
Convassarai
Chinese term for paper money.
Flying Monkees
Flying Cash
Bills of Exchange
Bill of sale
Which was not a contribution of the Chinese?
Compass
Silk
Gunpowder
Lanteen Sale
When there was instability and violence on the Silk Road trade shifted
North to the Steppes
East to Japan
South to Indian Ocean Trade
All trade ceased
Which of the following was an important Chinese invention during the Tang Dynasty?
Woodblock printing
Bronze
Iron casting
Silk
True or False: The arts were not important during the Tang Dynasty and few people were interested in arts such as poetry and painting.
True
False
What products did the Chinese begin to print on paper in large quantities during this time?
Books
Money
Playing Cards
All of the above
What was an example of male dominance in China?
High heel shoes
foot binding
body shaper
Neck rings
What is the primary value of Confucianism?
Filial piety
Respecting Women
Paying taxes
Bureaucratic Organization
What did both Japan and Korea take from Chinese culture during this period?
The Chinese written language
Chinese styles of Dance
Chinese food delicacies
Chinese sailing technology
To actively seek converts because they view themselves as offering belief systems, universal appropriateness, and appeal. Few in number and of recent origin. EX) Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam
Reincarnation
monotheistic religion
religion
polytheistic religion
universalizing religions
Adherents are born into the faith and converts are not actively sought. Spatially concentrated, except for Judaism. EX) traditional religions in Africa and SA. Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Shintoism
animistic religion
ethnic religion
Feng-Shui/geomancy
Zoroastrianism
Confucianism
World's first monotheistic religion
Jainism
Hinduism
Judaism
Shintoism
What are the sacred writings of the Hindu Religion called?
the Mahabarata
the Upanishads
the Vedas
the Dialects
Which of these describes the Mandate of Heaven best?
laws that allowed religious tolerance
strict enforcement of Confuianism
a fair ruling of a dynasty with the blessing of the gods in heaven
the balance between good and evil in the universe
What was the Chinese secret?
How to make cotton.
How to make fabric.
How to grow silk worms.
How to make silk.
1.Malian Emperor Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 can best be understood in the context of which of the following?
The expansion of Islam throughout Afro-Eurasia
The development of new transportation technologies
The diffusion of African culture to the Middle East
The territorial expansion of West African empires
Ibn Battuta traveled widely across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa in the
fourteenth century. His travels serve as evidence for the
unifying influence of Islam
excellent condition of roads in Africa and Asia
political unity of Africa and Asia
widespread use of paper money
Based on the maps and your knowledge of world history, which of the following best describes the effect of the spread of Islam on Indian Ocean trade?
It led to the expansion and intensification of commerce along already existing trade routes.
It led to the disappearance of previously established trade networks.
It led to an expansion of land-based caravan trade but also to a decline of maritime trade.
It led to the first creation of trade links between previously isolated world regions.
The photograph below shows a fourteenth century C.E. mosque in the city of Xi’an, central China. This image most clearly supports which of the following conclusions about the spread of Islam?
Early Muslim communities in China adopted local architectural styles for their religious buildings.
Political instability in fourteenth-century China encouraged the spread of Islam.
Islam spread to China before Buddhism did.
Early Muslim communities in China disguised their mosques as Confucian academies.
A significant example of the interaction among Indian, Arab, and European societies by 1200 C.E. was the transfer of knowledge of
iron and copper mining techniques
the flying shuttle and spinning jenny
the science of optics and lens design
numerals and the decimal system
The development of Indian Ocean trade routes in the period 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E. and the development of transatlantic trade routes in the period 1450 C.E. to 1600 C.E. were similar in that both depended on
the impetus of missionizing religions
understanding of currents and wind patterns
the political consolidation of newly conquered regions into empires
innovations in ship design that originated in Europe
The map below shows what significant economic developments?
Trade connections that linked the Hellenistic and Mauryan empires to African cities from 300 through 150 B.C.E.
Trading networks that promoted the growth of new cities from 600 C.E. through 1450 C.E
Chinese dominance of Indian Ocean trading networks because of the voyages of Zheng He in the 1400s C.E.
Changes in Indian Ocean trading networks that resulted from technological innovations from 1450 C.E. through 1750 C.E.
The lines on the map below illustrate which of the following?
Spread of Hinduism
Spread of Christianity
Extent of trade routes
Seasonal migrations of nomads
The map indicates that
Mali was a major source and hub of the gold trade
slavery existed in the western Sudan
Europeans had begun to make inroads in West Africa
Mali remained isolated from Europe and the Middle East
The map demonstrates which of the following about the Indian Ocean trade?
Monsoons prevented trade from taking place along the East African coast.
Europeans were active in bringing goods from West Africa to the Indian Ocean.
Trade involved most of the regions bordering the Indian Ocean as well as China.
The most important item traded across the Indian Ocean was silk.
Between 200 B.C.E. and 1450 C.E., the Silk Roads linked which of the following?
The Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean
North Africa and western Europe
East Asia and the Mediterranean Sea
The Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
Membership in the Islamic community known as the umma was based on a common
territory.
belief.
language
tribe
Shari'a can best be defined as
the rule of the Mamluk sultans.
the flight to Medina in 622.
the body of Islamic law and custom.
fasting during Ramadan.
Early Russia grew out of a principality centered in the city of
Minsk
Kiev
St. Petersburg
Novgorod
The term vassal means
a landless peasant.
the center of a fiefdom.
a container for fluids.
a status of mutual obligation between lord and underling.
The term vassal means
a landless peasant.
the center of a fiefdom.
a container for fluids.
a status of mutual obligation between lord and underling.
The population of western Europe nearly doubled from 1000 to 1200 because of the
influx of Aryan peoples.
use of the potato as a foodstuff.
relative peace that existed.
new farming technology, such as the improved plow and horse collar.
The decentralization of Islam took place after 1000 when
Mohammed passed his authority on to his sons.
the Turks took over Byzantium.
rival caliphates took power in North Africa and Spain.
Christianity took back portions of Syria during the Crusades.
What commonalities can be seen between European and Japanese feudalism?
Centralized kingdoms dominated the political scene.
Literature flourished during long periods of peace.
Land formed the basis for power, with lords controlling fiefdoms.
Weak emperors were controlled by religious leaders.
Which of the following was an outcome for peasants in Europe after the Black Death c. 1340?
More land was available and wages increased.
Wages plummeted as demand decreased.
Social unrest decreased.
About 10% of the peasant population died.
Islam made its way into the Asian subcontinent over time after 1000 because of the outreach of the
Persians who established the Delhi Sultanate.
Afghani Wazir.
Umayyad dynasty.
Ottoman Turks.
Justinian is given credit for all of the following EXCEPT
reestablishing Greek as the language of the Byzantine empire.
the rebuilding of Constantinople.
the codification of Roman law.
the construction of the Hagia Sofia.
What was different about Islam in West Africa (versus somewhere like Delhi)?
it was not trade based
it was more radical
it was not forced on the subjects
it was egalitarian
Mansa Musa was:
an Islamic conqueror
an Islamic prophet
a wealthy king from West Africa
a travelling merchant
Why was it beneficial for Africans to convert to Islam?
business and trade benefits
no taxation
life or death
mandate of heaven
Dar-al-Islam refers to what?
original Arabian states
conquered territory in Anatolia
spread of Islam to Africa
all Muslim controlled territory
What was the House of Wisdom?
largest collection of Arabic poems by a woman
massive library in Baghdad
the time period of prosperity and technology in the Islamic World
center of culture in Damascus
What was the primary economic organization in Europe during the Middle Ages?
Feudalism
Capitalism
Mercantialism
Imperialism
The fall of Rome resulted in
the decline of Christianity
the lack of a central government
an end to attacks by barbarians
the growth of a strong economy
What is Charlemagne most remembered for?
making war against England
becoming the first Christian ruler
uniting much of Europe
teaching people to read and write
A __________ gave protection in return for loyalty from his __________.
lord / vassal
peasant / serf
merchant / squire
villager / priest
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne "Holy Roman Emperor" in exchange for
a gift of land
a noble title
a large supply of food
military protection
The monarch provided __________ for the lords in return for __________.
fiefs / knights
knights / fiefs
protection / grain
land / labor
The lords provided __________ for their peasants in return for __________.
protection / labor
fiefs / labor
labor / protection
land / fiefs
A political-religious system in which the secular ruler is also head of the religious establishment, as in the Byzantine Empire
Caesaropapism
Jesus Sutras
Athanasianism
Arianism
A large and wealthy city that was the imperial capital of the Byzantine empire and later the Ottoman empire, now known as Istanbul
Constantinople
Istanbul
Charlemagne
Ankara
a series of military expeditions in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by Western European Christians to reclaim control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims
Wars
Crusades
The Holy Wars
The War on Islam
Christian followers in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire); split from Roman Catholic Church and shaped life in eastern Europe and western Asia
Ethiopian Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Church
Jesus Sutras
Western Christendom
Roman Catholic Church
Emerging in the fourth century with the conversion of the rulers of Axum, this Christian church proved more resilient than other early churches in Africa. Located in the mountainous highlands of modern Eritrea and Ethiopia, it was largely cut off from other parts of Christendom and developed traditions that made it distinctive from other Christian Churches.
Western Christendom
Nubian Christianity
Roman Catholic Church
Ethiopian Christianity
A medieval and early modern central European Germanic empire, which often consisted of hundreds of separate Germanic and Northern Italian states. In reality it was so decentralized that it played a role in perpetuating the fragmentation of central Europe.
Holy Roman Empire
Byzantine Empire
Constantinople
Western Christendom
religious images used by eastern christians to aid their devotions
Jesus Sutras
Crusades
Icons
Kievan Rus
The product of Nestorian Christians living in China, these sutras articulate the Christian message using Buddhist and Daoist concepts.
Kievan Rus
Godly Sutras
Icons
Jesus Sutras
Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruler by Rome, initiated an ambitious building program , including Hagia Sofia, as well as a new legal code
Charlemagne
Justinian
Kievan Rus
Emperor Vladimir of Kiev
State that emerged around the city of Kiev in the ninth century C.E.; a culturally diverse region that included Vikings as well as Finnic and Baltic peoples. The conversion of Vladimir, the grand prince of Kiev, to Orthodox Christianity in 988 had long-term implications for Russia.
Kievan Rus
Holy Roman Empire
Eastern Orthodox Church
Prince Vladimir of Kiev
State that emerged around the city of Kiev in the ninth century C.E.; a culturally diverse region that included Vikings as well as Finnic and Baltic peoples. The conversion of Vladimir, the grand prince of Kiev, to Orthodox Christianity in 988 had long-term implications for Russia.
Kievan Rus
Holy Roman Empire
Eastern Orthodox Church
Prince Vladimir of Kiev
Emerging in the fifth and sixth centuries in several kingdoms to the south of Egypt, this Christian church thrived for six hundred years but had largely disappeared by 1500 C.E. by which time most of the region's population practiced Islam.
Nubian Christianity
Western Christendom
Ethiopian Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Church
He was the Russian prince who selected Greek Orthodoxy as the national religion. This added cultural bonds to the Byzantine Empire to the already existing commercial ties
Prince Kievan Rus
Prince Vladimir of Kiev
Prince Charlemagne
Prince Justinian
Church established in western Europe during the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages with its head being the bishop of Rome or pope
Ethiopian Christianity
Roman Catholic Church
Western Christendom
Eastern Orthodox Church
Who is the founder of Islam
Abraham
Jesus
Moses
Muhammad
What are the basic beliefs of Islam called?
Four Noble Truths
Five Pillars
Eightfold path
Three Wise Sayings
The sacred text is called the
Mosque
Quran
Torah
Sheikh
The Arabic word for "God" is..
God
Buddah
Allah
Muhammad
The _____________ is in the center of Mecca and it holds the black stone. It is where millions of Muslims make a religious journey to each year.
Medina
Mosque
Quran
Kaaba
Which of the following best defines the Abbasid Caliphate?
an Islamic based empire
an Islamic empire that encouraged a Golden Age
an Islamic empire that expanded throughout Asia and Australia
Which if the following best defines the Byzantine Empire?
a Christian religion that was known as the Eastern Roman Empire
a Christian empire that existed 1000 years after the Roman Empire
a Christian empire, lasting 1000 years, that expanded into Europe, Asia and Africa.
Who can be described as the first Christian Emperor of the Roman Empire?
Justinian
Theodora
Constantine
Julius Caesar
He was a great explorer of Asia and North Africa who documented Islamic culture.
Justinian
Constantine
Ibn Battuta
Muhammad
The term “caliph” refers to:
a dried up riverbed often used by Arab armies to ambush enemies.
a kind of swift camel used by Arabs.
The book of revelations received by Muhammad.
the successor to the prophet (the person that would lead the Muslims in Muhammad’s absence).
The caliphs above were known as the “Rightly-Guided Caliphs” because:
they talked to God.
they taught Muhammad about Islam.
they were great generals.
they sought to lead the ummah according to the teachings of Muhammad.
Ali was considered a true caliph by some Muslims because:
he was actually related to the prophet (son-in-law).
he always told the truth.
the prophet picked him to be caliph.
he was a good man.
Under the early caliphs, the Muslim Empire extended to:
Spain to the West and India in the East.
England to the West and Japan in the East.
Finland in the north to South Africa.
Constantinople to Xi’an (capital of China).
Shia Muslims believed that the caliph should be
another prophet
awarded to the most qualified candidate.
continued on by blood relatives of Muhammad.
chosen by a lottery.
Sunni Muslims believed that the caliph should be...
given to the most qualified candidate.
a blood relative of Muhammad.
chosen by lottery.
traced to the tribe of Isaac.
What's depicted on this map?
The Umayyad Caliphate
The Byzantine Empire
The Muslim World Today
The Shi'a Caliphate
