WorksheetsAP World History Fall 2021 Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
Which of the following explains why women's lives were more restricted in the Song Dynasty than in the previous dynasty?
a. The introduction of Daoism
b. The decline of Buddhism
c. The revival of Confucianism
d. The spread and influence of nomadic cultures
Which of the following contributed to China's economic prosperity during the Song Dynasty?
a. The suppression of internal trade in order to increase long-distance trade.
b. The import of large numbers of slaves to work in agriculture and industry.
c. The large-scale immigration of indentured servants from Pacific Oceania.
d. A complex network of internal waterways that provided cheap transportation.
In Song dynasty China, masculine identity came to be defined in terms of:
a. archery, horesback riding, and athleticism.
b. military valor and business acumen.
c. calligraphy, scholarship, painting, and poetry.
d. weakness, reticence, sacrifice, and delicacy.
In what respect was Japan's borrowing of Chinese culture different from the experiences of Korea and Vietnam?
a. Japanese people viewed their own country less as a separate nation than as an extension of a universal civilization centered in China.
b. In Japan, only the lower classes and women embraced Chinese culture, while elite men resisted Chinese influence in all areas.
c. Japan adopted many elements of Chinese culture but completely rejected the fundamental principles of Confucianism.
d. Japan's borrowing was wholly voluntary rather than occurring under conditions of direct military threat or outright occupation.
Which of the following describes the transformation of the Turkic people from the 10th to the 14th centuries?
a. They changed from military leaders of confederations to slave soldiers in the Mongol Empire.
b. They changed from rulers of agrarian civilizations to creators of pastoral empires in Africa.
c. They changed from polytheistic worshippers to followers and carriers of a monotheistic Islam.
d. They changed from farmers who occasionally hunted to pastoral peoples who occasionally farmed.
During the 16th century the Ottoman Empire extended its control to which of the following?
a. North Africa
b. India
c. Portugal
d. Persia
Which of the following was a feature of Islam that ran counter to Hinduism in India?
a. The religious inclusivity of Islam
b. The notion of the equality of all believers
c. The eroticism of Islamic art
d. The secular values of the Quran
In Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, what system emerged that emphasized the reciprocal ties between a king and his vassals and between a lord and his serfs?
a. Paganism
b. Caesaropapism
c. Investiture
d. Feudalism
Which of the following was a value emphasized in the Renaissance?
a. Frugality
b. Equality
c. Liberty
d. Individualism
Which statement describes the relationship between the civilizations in Mesoamerica and those in the Andes?
a. They gradually merged to create a hybrid culture.
b. They frequently fought with each other.
c. They had little if any direct contact with each other.
d. They enjoyed equal diplomatic relations.
What could women do in both the Aztec and Inca empires?
a. Lead military forces into war
b. Exercise political authority
c. Have more than one husband
d. Preside over human sacrifices
The Inca and Aztec empires practiced similar gender-based systems in which women and men operated in two separate but equivalent spheres, a system that scholars call what?
a. Gender Parallelism
b. Gender Equality
c. Matriarchy
d. Patriarchy
Trade along the Silk Roads was facilitated by:
a. the collapse of the Indian Ocean trade network, which benefited land routes.
b. large and powerful states that provided security for merchants and travelers.
c. the migration of Bantu-speaking people into South Asia and the Middle East.
d. the emergence of powerful states in Southeast Asia that controlled the trade.
Which of the following highlights an effect of the international trade in silk?
a. The declining price of silk by the 10th century as demand diminished.
b. The association of silk with the sacred in Buddhism and Christianity.
c. The widespread use of silk materials among commoners.
d. The economic decline of China as competitors produced better-quality silk.
Which of the following describes Korea's relationship with China?
a. Korea was incorporated into the Chinese empire for over a thousand years.
b. Korean male elites developed their own alphabet as a way to resist Chinese cultural influence.
c. Korea's capital city of Kumsong was modeled directly on the Chinese capital of Chang'an.
d. Korea was able to avoid participating in China's tribute system.
Which of the following is an example of the Indianization of Southeast Asia?
a. The architectural expression of Hinduism at Angkor Wat
b. The use of Arabic script to write the Swahili language
c. A bronze African lion with Indian designs
d. The adoption of Islam as the state religion in Champa
The political structure of Swahili civilization was similar to the:
a. large empires of ancient Rome and China.
b. stateless cities of the Niger River valley.
c. complex societies of the eastern woodlands in North America.
d. competitive and independent city-states of ancient Greece.
The Sahara held rich deposits of which highly valued commodity?
a. Salt
b. Gold
c. Oil
d. Nickel
Why did the maritime expeditions of the Indian Ocean basin sponsored by the Ming emperor suddenly stop in 1433?
a. The court eunuchs who rose to power prioritized farming over commerce.
b. Most of the cultures they encountered reacted with hostility and violence.
c. The emperor's successors viewed expansion as a waste of resources.
d. Naval forces were redirected to deal with the military threat of the Portuguese.
The extensive sea routes of the Ming were product of which of the following?
a. The desire to open ports hitherto uncontacted by outsiders to the Eurasian trading system
b. The desire to gain access to the Mediterranean Sea
c. The desire to build empire through the expansion of the tribute system
d. The desire to map the major inland waterways of southern India and Arabia.
In which region was conversion to Islam motivated by a desire to expand trading networks rather than from the result of conquest and Islamic rule?
a. India
b. Anatolia
c. West Africa
d. Spain
Which of the following was a result of the cross-regional ties created in the expanding Islamic world?
a. The disappearance of the Silk Roads as trade shifted to the Mediterranean.
b. The exchange of agricultural products and practices from one region to another.
c. The emergence of new systems of slave labor based on plantation crops.
d. The emphasis on secularism, democracy, and reason in politics and education.
The absence of which of the following made long-distance trade in the Americas difficult?
a. Wheeled vehicles
b. Llamas
c. Rivers
d. Organized governments
In what civilization did the state largely control trade, preventing a professional merchant class from emerging?
a. China
b. Inca
c. Aztec
d. Mali
In comparison to the Mongol conquests of Persia and China, Mongol rule in Russia
a. did not depend on local elites to govern.
b. was not accompanied by Mongol occupation.
c. penetrated all the way to the village level.
d. resulted in the creation of a mixed-race population.
Which of the following was a long-term effect of the Black Death on European society?
a. Shrinking employment opportunities for women
b. Labor shortages that weakened serfdom
c. Better relations between landowners and workers
d. A lack of interest in technological innovation
Which of the following contributed to Temujin's rise to power and recognition as Genghis Khan of the Great Mongol Nation?
a. The effect of the Black Death on agricultural and pastoral societies
b. The support of the clan of his father, who was a powerful chief
c. The incorporation of warriors from defeated tribes into his own forces
d. The construction of the largest navy in the world at the time
What happened to the Mongols in Persia in the 14th century?
a. Persian generals drove the Mongols back to the steppes.
b. The Ottoman Empire defeated and enslaved the Mongols.
c. The Mongols assimilated into Persian society.
d. The Mongols were made serfs of Persian lords.
Which of the following is an example of the ideas and techniques within the Eurasian network facilitated by Mongol rule?
a. The incorporation of the Mongol supreme sky god Tengri into the Hindu pantheon of gods and goddesses.
b. The transmission on the Middle East of the Chinese practice of diagnosing illness by taking the pulse of patients.
c. The use by Turkic rulers of European court rituals and ceremonies.
d. The conversion of the Sanhaja Berber pastoralists to Christianity.
Which of the following is an example of the types of exchanges facilitated by Mongol rule over much of Eurasia?
a. The establishment of a formal alliance between the Mongol Empire and the Holy Roman Empire
b. The diplomatic dialogues between Christian and Muslim rulers that brought an end to the Crusades
c. The merging of the Silk Roads with the trans-Saharan slave trade
d. The sharing of intelligence information between Persia and China
In its effort to recover from the disruption of Mongol rule, where did the Ming dynasty look for inspiration?
a. The culture of past Chinese dynasties
b. The civilization in Western Europe
c. The empire established by Timur
d. The religious world of Islam
Which of the following was the most centralized, unified, and prosperous of the world's major civilizations in the 15th century?
a. China
b. Western Europe
c. The Songhay Empire
d. The Aztec Empire
In which empire was a Shia version of Islam made the official religion in the 16th century?
a.Ottoman Empire
b. Mughal Empire
c. Songhay Empire
d. Safavid Empire
Which of the following is true of the Mughal Empire?
a. It created a new religion that synthesized Islam and Christianity.
b. It formed as a result of Chinese exploration in the Indian Ocean.
c. It established unified control over most of the Indian peninsula.
d. It showed no tolerance for Hindu subjects and expelled them.
Mongol rule in Russia facilitated the rise to power of which city?
a. Moscow
b. Kiev
c. Riazan
d. Sarai
Which of the following is a reason Western Europe was not conquered by the Mongols?
a. Western Europe lacked adequate pasture for Mongol herds.
b. Western Europe successfully resisted the Mongol invasions.
c. The Black Death had devastated the Mongol army.
d. European rulers formed an alliance with the Mongols.
Which of the following regions experienced the least racial mixing and was the least willing to recognize the offspring of interracial unions?
a. Colonial Brazil
b. British North America
c. The Caribbean
d. Spanish America
Which of the following was a reason that Portugal, Spain, France, and Britain were the first to expand into the New World?
a. They had a long tradition of exploring distant lands by boat.
b. They were on the Atlantic coast and were closer to the Americas.
c. They believed in ancient legends of a lost world across the ocean.
d. Their lands lacked iron, which drove them to search for deposits.
Why did some Native Americans aid the Spanish in their initial invasion of the New World?
a. To acquire gold and jewels from the Spanish
b. To learn about European culture and history
c. To appease the gods and avert natural disasters
d. To gain an advantage against their own enemies
In contrast to the Portuguese and Spanish colonists in Latin America, British colonists in North America:
a. married indigenous women more frequently and were less racist.
b. sought to escape rather than re-create European traditions in the Americas.
c. were almost exclusively male and Catholic.
d. faced many class and racial restrictions.
What contributed to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in North America than in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America?
a. Protestantism, which was practiced by most British colonists, encouraged reading the Bible for oneself.
b. The British government invested massive funds into building libraries throughout North America.
c. Spanish and Portuguese colonizers thought Native Americans could not be taught to read.
d. The Spanish and Portuguese governments discouraged literacy among the colonial population.
Which of the following was a result of the Ottoman Empire's policy toward the Christian population in southeastern Europe?
a. The majority of the population had converted to Islam by the 16th century.
b. Christians remained a permanent underclass in Ottoman society.
c. Christian communities enjoyed considerable autonomy over their own affairs.
d. Christians who refused to convert migrated to the Americas.
Which of the following was an outcome of the establishment of European empires in the Americas?
a. A shift in the global balance of power in favor of Russia
b. The emergence of an Atlantic world connecting four continents
c. The spread of smallpox from the Americas to Eurasia
d. A sharp decline in population in Europe and Asia
Which of the following contributed to the Great Dying in the Americas?
a. A volcanic eruption and an earthquake that caused flooding
b. A prolonged drought that made farming impossible
c. The frequent warfare between the Aztec and Inca Empires
d. Native Americans' lack of immunity to Eurasian diseases
What did the introduction of domesticated animals into the Americas make possible?
a. Ranching economies
b. Plantation crops
c. Industrialization
d. The slave trade
Which of the following is an example of the Columbian Exchange?
a. The emergence of Western Europeans on the world stage
b. The introduction of corn and potatoes into the Afro-Eurasian diet
c. The rivalry between Catholic Spain and Protestant England
d. The interaction between the Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations
Which of the following policies reflects mercantilist thinking?
a. Discouraging exports
b. Encouraging free trade
c. Using slave labor
d. Accumulating precious metals
Which of the following dominated the agricultural economy of the New England and middle Atlantic colonies in British North America?
a. Large estates that directly employed native workers
b. Government-owned land that was leased to settlers
c. Small-scale independent farmers working their own land
d. Sugar plantations worked by slave labor
Which of the following experienced a long-held monopoly of the European trade in Eastern goods?
a. Venice
b. Lisbon
c. Rome
d. Constantinople
Which of the following describes a difference between how the British East India Company operated in Mughal India and how the Dutch East India Company operated in Indonesia in the 17th Century?
a. The British ruled directly over all of India, while the Dutch operated under the authority of local powerful elites.
b. The British negotiated treaties with local Indian rulers, while the Dutch established control through conquests and colonization.
c. The British had to send half of their profits back to the government in London, while the Dutch kept all their profits.
d. The British assimilated into Indian society, while the Dutch encouraged the local population to become more Dutch.
How did the Tokugawa treat Europeans in Japan in the 17th Century?
a. They welcomed Europeans for their technological expertise and scientific knowledge.
b. They protected Christian missionaries and sponsored Christian churches.
c. They expelled all Europeans except the Dutch, who were allowed to trade at a single site.
d. They established regular diplomatic relations with European states.
Which of the following statements is true of the West African slave trade?
a. European merchants secured all their slaves by seizing them in raids deep within the interior of Africa.
b. European merchants waited on board their ships or in fortified port cities to purchase slaves from African merchants and elites.
c. Europeans possessed immunities to the diseases of the region, giving them advantage in controlling the trade.
d. African rulers universally opposed the slave trade on humanitarian grounds and worked together to suppress it.
Which of the following was an incentive for the Portuguese to find a direct sea route to Asia?
a. To circumvent the Muslim and Venetian monopolies on the trade in Eastern goods
b. To establish colonies for their growing population and create markets for their goods
c. To continue the Crusades in Asia and Pacific Oceania
d. To establish a base on the eastern end of the Silk Road
Which of the following was established as a Spanish colony in the 16th century?
a. Goa
b. Macao
c. Mombasa
d. The Philippines
Which of the following characterizes how European countries sought to control trade in Asia from 1450 to 1750?
a. Through economic competition
b. By ending China's tribute system
c. By force of arms and conquest
d. By establishing diplomatic relations
Which of the following describes an effect of the silver trade on Spain?
a. It enabled Spanish rulers to pursue military and political ambitions in Europe and the Americas.
b. It created a market-based economy with state-supported agricultural and industrial enterprises.
c. It made the Spanish economy more regionally specialized and highly commercialized.
d. It prompted Spanish authorities to launch a conservation program to preserve the environment.
Which of the following developments in the early modern period provided incentives for Europeans to go into the fur trade?
a. The market in textiles
b. The spread of Islam
c. The Middle Passage
d. The Little Ice Age
The origins of the Atlantic slave trade were associated with the:
a. expansion of Russia.
b. production of sugar.
c. Little Ice Age.
d. trade in silver.
Which of the following is an example of the effect of the Atlantic slave trade on African societies?
a. Frequent slave revolts created an environment of fear and insecurity.
b. Some European slave catchers assimilated into African society.
c. Judicial proceedings were manipulated to generate victims for the slave trade.
d. The use of male slaves in urban elite households became commonplace.
Which of the following describes the experiences of some women in Africa in the early modern age?
a. A few women had access to political power.
b. Most women married multiple husbands.
c. Women controlled the trade in rice and syrup.
d. Some women gained prestige as ritual specialists.
What facilitated the spread of the Protestant Reformation in Europe?
a. Illuminated Manuscripts
b. The Printing Press
c. The Council of Trent
d. The Society of Jesus
Which group had the greatest success in converting people outside Europe to Christianity?
a. Jesuit missionaries in China
b. Spanish missionaries in the Philippines
c. Puritan missionaries in New England
d. Portuguese missionaries in West Africa
Which of the following were the most intent on converting native people to their religion?
a. Puritans
b. Catholics
c. Buddhists
d. Hindus
How was the Enlightenment related to the Scientific Revolution?
a. The Enlightenment applied the idea of natural laws to human affairs rather than the physical universe.
b. The Enlightenment refers to people's growing awareness of the Scientific Revolution.
c. The Enlightenment introduced a new way of thinking that led to the Scientific Revolution.
d. The Enlightenment was a Protestant movement, while the Scientific Revolution was a Catholic movement.
What made Martin Luther's 95 Theses revolutionary?
a. The validation of the Roman Catholic Church's selling of indulgences
b. The idea that an individual could find salvation by faith alone
c. The proposal that knowledge should be based on observations
d. The theory that the sun was the center of the universe
Which of the following marked a major turning point in the relationship between China and Christian missionaries?
a. The Catholic Church's crushing of the Taki Onqoy movement
b. The Pope's claim of authority over Chinese Christians
c. The issuance of the Edict of Nantes
d. The emergence of Wahhabi Islam
Europeans who participated in the Scientific Revolution placed value on knowledge that was acquired through:
a. the writings of classical philosophers.
b. rational inquiry based on evidence.
c. cultural tradition and social practice.
d. the Roman Catholic Church's interpretation of the Bible.
The early scientists in the Scientific Revolution:
a. were all women.
b. rejected Christianity.
c. confirmed Aristotle's and Ptolemy's speculations.
d. viewed science and religion as compatible.
Which of the following did all Enlightenment thinkers share?
a. The notion of the divine right of kings
b. The principle of gender equality
c. The belief in progress and reason
d. The repudiation of Christianity
Which of the following reflects the Enlightenment view of the innate qualities of the individual?
a. Intolerant, close-minded- and hypocritical
b. Conservative, complacent, and obedient
c. Aggressive, neurotic, and irrational
d. Thoughtful, rational, and independent
