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AP World History 1st Semester Review

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An ocean, a desert and the world highest mountain range all kept this ancinet land isolated which allowed them to develop a very destinctive culture that lasts until today.

a)

Mexico

b)

Iran

c)

India

d)

China

2.

China was known for its effecient government which used highly skilled workers in multiple departments. This is called

a)

democracy

b)

bureaucracy

c)

agencies

d)

autocracy

3.

What was the Mandate of Heaven?

a)

One ring to rule them all

b)

What give religous leaders their authority

c)

How rulers are believed to have gained their authority

d)

A set of laws

4.

In China, when a father who is also a king dies his throne goes to his son. When the son dies the throne goes to his son and so on through time. This is an example of?

a)

Dynastic Cycle

b)

Heredity

c)

Family Tradition

d)

Sucession

5.

I have a repect for my parents and elders. I believe there is a ceremony for everything. I want to be highly educated.

a)

Buddhism

b)

Legalism

c)

Daoism

d)

Confucianism

6.

I believe in harmony with nature and a natural order. I believe a universal force guides me. I believe that humans we should live very simple lives

a)

Buddhism

b)

Legalism

c)

Daoism

d)

Confucianism

7.

I believe everyone was born evil. I believe that there should be a highly efficient government. I believe that punishments are useful to maintain law and order.

a)

Confucianism

b)

Daoism

c)

Legalism

d)

Buddhism

8.

What is Filial Piety

a)

Loyalty, duty and respect to the empire

b)

Loyalty, duty and respect to ones whole family

c)

Loyalty and respect to one parents, especially their father

d)

A delicious dessert

9.

What crop that probably came from Vietnam allowed a population boom in China?

a)

Bananas

b)

Champa Rice

c)

Corn

d)

Potatoes

10.

Ancient China was known for all of the following technologies: Ox drawn plow, Paper, Grand Canal, gunpowder, compass

a)

True

b)

False

11.

All of the following were significant political effects of the rise of the Mongol Empire EXCEPT:

a)

The fall of the Byzantine Empire

b)

The fall of the Abbasid Dynasty

c)

The fall of the Song Dynasty

d)

The fall of the Song Dynasty

12.

The important over land trade route that led to European desire for luxury goods was what?

a)

Spice Route

b)

Transatantic trade

c)

Perfume Route

d)

SIlk Road

13.

Conducting trade would not have been possible without what?

a)

A desire to spread religion

b)

Technological Innovations

c)

Curiosity

d)

God, Glory, Gold

14.

When being conquered by this empire you were required to pay taxes and acknowledge the Khan as the supreme ruler

a)

Song

b)

Muhgals

c)

Mongols

d)

Manchu

15.

Cross Cultural Diffusion can best be seen in what?

a)

India's Caste System

b)

Trading of spices

c)

Aztecs demanding tribute from their conqured trides

d)

Gunpowder from China being used to develop cannons in Europe

16.

The Golden Horder were once the rulers of the Kiev Rus. What modern day country did this create?

a)

Russia

b)

Mongolia

c)

China

d)

Ukraine

17.

All were major effects of the Bubonic Plague EXCEPT?

a)

First massive andemic

b)

Massive population decrease

c)

Increase in social order

d)

Increase in religious beliefs

18.

Who's visit to Mecca was described as 1,000’s of camels in long caravans with untold amounts of wealth spread to every town he travelled?

a)

Ibn Battuta

b)

Mansa Musa

c)

Suleyman

d)

Marco Polo

19.

As trade networks expanded so did its effects on the environment. What was NOT an effect on the environment?

a)

Mirgaration of crops

b)

Over grazing of land

c)

Spread of new diseases

d)

Increased standard of living

20.

This was key to the victory of the Mongols. What am I refering to?

a)

Modern tactics

b)

Horses and Bravery

c)

Horses and Firearms

d)

Horses and Bows

21.

The Mongols brought a great peace to the areas they conqured. This caused large parts of Asia to go through a period called what?

a)

The Great Peace

b)

Pax Era

c)

Pax Romana

d)

Pax Mongolia

22.

What is a Monsoon?

a)

Trade route in the Indian Ocean

b)

Seasonal Storms in the Indian Ocean

c)

Ancient Empire

d)

I don't know

23.

Emperor, Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, Ronin, Peasants, Artisans, Merchants belong to who?

a)

Mongol

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Japan

24.

What was a reforming the European beliefs and practices of the catholic church where reform movements were unsuccessful and a new ruler began confiscating wealthy catholic monasteries and established their own church?

a)

Pretestant Reformation

b)

Counter Reformation

c)

Treaty of Trent

d)

Age of Exploration

25.

What was a system of forced labor, probably begun in the late 14th century, in which Christian boys, mostly from the Balkans, were taken from their homes to serve the Ottoman government?

a)

Chinampa System

b)

Devshirme System

c)

Tribute System

d)

System of a Down

26.

I conqueror you and you have to pay me in items, produce and people in order to generate revenue and to expand my power.

a)

Sicilian Protection Money

b)

Ottoman Devshirme System

c)

Aztec Tribute System

d)

Aztec Chinampa Farming

27.

In order to support a large population you must be able to feed that population. How did the Aztecs accomplish this?

a)

Tax Farming

b)

Terrace Farming

c)

Crop Rotation

d)

Chinampa Farming

28.

Europeans brought many things with them to the new world but the most devastating was?

a)

Gunpwder

b)

Germs

c)

Horses

d)

Religion

29.

His and Her Majesties Fernando and Isabel have given me authority to hunt heretical and contrary opinions of the church and to harshly persecute all Protestants, Jews and Muslims

a)

Conquistador

b)

Treaty of Tordesillas

c)

Inquisition

d)

Counsel of Trent

30.

A great split between two factions would be considered a schism.

a)

False

b)

True

31.

Ottomans, Safavid and Mughal are all what?

a)

Trading partners

b)

Christian Kingdoms

c)

Ocean Traders

d)

Gunpowder Empires

32.

Martin Luther caused a great schism in Christianity.

a)

Protestant Reformation

b)

Great Schism

c)

Counsel of Trent

d)

Counter Reformation

33.

The Catholic Church tride to conduct an internal reform that they hoped would stop the spread of Protestantism by addressing issues and by the clarification of doctrine.

a)

Protestant Refrmation

b)

Counter Reformation

c)

Great Schism

d)

Spanish Inquisition

34.

What was the Counsel of Trent?

a)

A meeting of Protestant leader called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant Reformers.

b)

A meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant Reformers.

c)

A meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Martine Luther to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant Reformers.

d)

A meeting of Protestant leaders, called by Martin Luther to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant Reformers.

35.

God has given me the right to rule you peasants!!

a)

Authority

b)

Filial Piety

c)

Divine RIght

d)

Dynastic Cycle

36.

You were taken from your wealthy Christian European family and forced to serve in a special military unit for the Ottomans

a)

Samurai

b)

Templar

c)

Janissaries

d)

Mercenary

37.

Before the period of 1450 to 1750 what continent was left out of world trade?

a)

Africa

b)

Americas

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

38.

a)

New World Social Classes

b)

Mexica Social Classes

c)

Portuguese Social Classes

d)

Spanish Social Classes

39.

Trade generates wealth. If you can export more goods than you import you will gain wealth and thus power.

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Economic Advantage

d)

Socialism

40.

The main purpose for colonies was to

a)

To provide religious freedom

b)

Bring wealth to those living there

c)

To provide greater opportunity

d)

Bring wealth to the mother nation through Mercantilism

41.

Who was the driving force behind sea trade in order to gain access to the spice routes?

a)

Portugal and Spain

b)

France and Britian

c)

United States and Britian

d)

Netherlands and France

42.

A key difference between the Atlantic Slave Trade and the East African slave trade (Indian Ocean Slave Trade) revolve around what?

a)

Ethnicity of laborers

b)

Age of laborers

c)

Gender of laborers

d)

Religious beliefs of laborers

43.
a)

Transatlantic trade

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

Middle Passage

d)

Columbian Exchange

44.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Triangular Exchange

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Triangular Trade

45.

This labor system was used extensively in Europe but not in the Americas.

a)

Serfdom

b)

Mita System

c)

Slavery

d)

Indentured Servitude

46.

A DEMOGRAPHIC impact of the Columbian Exchange was

a)

Population decrease in Africa, population decrease in Europe

b)

Population increase in Europe, Native American population decrease in the Americas

c)

Population increase in the Americas, population decrease in Europe

d)

Population decrease in Europe, Africa, and the Americas