WorksheetsUnit 1 AP World History: Modern
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
During the Abbasid Empire, The House of Wisdom was a center of learning for all cultures and religions to interact in
Istanbul
Timbuktu
Baghdad
Mecca
Which religions would have appealed most to a woman living in a strict patriarchal (male dominated) society?
Buddhism & Islam
Christianity & Buddhism
Confucianism & Buddhism
Christianity & Islam
How did Chinese dynasties such as the Song ensure strong control over their political bureaucracies?
strong protective defense measures like The Great Wall
intense examinations based on principles of Confucianism
toleration of other religions and cultures
lack of trade with other societies
The strong centralized & hierarchical Roman government collapsed and was replaced in W. Europe by smaller kingdoms and
feudalism
filial piety
Confucian bureaucracy
chivalry
Which of the following was a significant long-term effect of The Crusades on Europe?
increased agricultural production
increased interest in foreign luxury goods and technology
increased political rights for women
a decline in technological progress and intellectual thought
Islam spread rapidly to West Africa in many ways but it spread primarily through
war and conquest
forced conversions
voluntary conversions to avoid taxes
trade and merchant activities
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the remains of the Roman Empire. It was centered in
Constantinople
Baghdad
Moscow
Cairo
Buddhism originated in Northern India and spread to East Asia mainly via
the Indian Ocean trade network
extensive network of Roman roads
war and conquest
The Silk Roads
This image indicates the subjugation of women and cultural notion of beauty and status in
The Abbasid Caliphate
The Song Dynasty
The Byzantine Empire
The Aztec Empire
Where is the hearth (origin point) of Islam?
North Africa
The Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)
The Arabian Peninsula
Anatolian Peninsula- mod
In medieval Europe, manorialism was
the political agreement between kings, nobles, knights and peasants
the code of conduct followed by feudal knights
the free agricultural labor economic system under feudalism
requirement that all peasants paid taxes to the church
For medieval Europeans, contact with Muslim Spain, the Crusades, and the rise of Italian trading city-states led to
decreased interest in long-distance trade
the rapid spread of Islam
significant borrowing of technology and education
decreased taste for luxury goo
When Christianity split in 1054, the Pope was in charge of western Christians while the eastern church was led by
A caliph who was a blood relative of Jesus Christ
an elected group of members from the religious community
a bureaucracy made up of highly educated males from the noble class
the Byzantine Emperor and a group of patriarchs
Islam was primarily introduced to all of the following regions through military conquest EXCEPT
India
Anatolia (Turkey)
West Africa
Spain
In China foreigners were expected to show respect by offering tribute and bow to show respect in a custom called
kowtow
chivalry
hari kari
hari kari
A mysticism Islamic practice, it was a way to have a closer connection to Allah. Helped Islam spread to India & SE Asia
Sunni
Sufi
Shia
Sikh
The following map illustrates the likely spread of________ in the 1300s
Buddhism
the Black Plague
Islam
Christianity
The Byzantine Empire incorporated the road system, tax collecting methods, and religion of the
Ottoman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Persian Empire
Roman Empire
Which is a belief that reflects the influence of Christianity, Judaism and Islam on one another?
Jesus as a divine being
Arabs as a chosen people
Moses, Jesus and Muhammad are prophets
the Kaaba as God's house
Theravada and Mahayana are branches of
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
Confucianism
Which is better
Raising Cane's
Chick fil a
Feudalism developed in Europe and Japan during the post-classical time period due to...
glorification of war and military service
the rise of strong, centralized governments
weakened central power and the threat of frequent wars and invasions
increased power of Church officials
Which replaced slavery as the dominant form of labor in Western Europe after fall of the Roman Empire?
indentured servitude
apprenticeship
serfdom
chivalry
Which group, the largest # of adherents to Islam, believed that the caliph should be chosen by the Islamic community?
Sunni
Shia
Sufi
Sikh
The Byzantine Empire was conquered in 1453 by
Christian Crusaders from the west
the Umayyad caliphate
the Mongols
the Ottomans
The re-implementation of Confucianism during the Song dynasty indicates
an decreased need for government bureaucracy
the rejection of patriarchal ideals
the growing popularity and influence of Buddhism on Chinese society
the growing threat of Christianity
Where would you find this structure?
Northern India
West Africa
Spain
Istanbul
Mound building societies such as the Cahokia and Hopewell would most likely be found in modern day
Mexico and Central America
Arizona and New Mexico
Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennesseeo
Peru and Chile
Which is better?
DC Comics
Marvel
What is a similarity between European and Japanese feudalism?
both relied heavily on multiple levels of bureaucracy & a central authority
neither valued military talent
both were characterized by decentralized political power & code of conduct
both made heavy use of slaves from conquered people
The European system of feudalism relied on mutual assistance between all levels, based primarily on
agriculture
craftsmanship
trade
warfare
Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca; one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Ka'baa
Sunni
Jizya
Hajj
Refers to the land of Islam; territories in which Islam and its religious laws may be practiced
hajj
sufi
dar al-Islam
koran
In the 1300s, feudalism broke down and peasants began revolting against the nobility due to
the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
the social and political effects of the Black Plague
The Protestant Reformation and calls for Church reform
The First and Second Crusade
Confucian principle that teaches that children should obey and honor their parents and respect elders.
Mandate of Heaven
caste system
filial piety
tribute system
The map shows which of the following processes?
the migration of Bantu-speaking peoples
the spread of Champa rice
the spread of Islam to SE Asia via trade
Mongol attacks from the Middle East
Christianity was able to take root and survive in what part of Africa?
East Africa (Ethiopia)
South Africa (Great Zimbabwe)
West Africa (Mali)
North Africa
The Inca perfected what type of advanced innovation?
"floating gardens" known as chinampas
gunpowder
navigational tools such as the astrolabe and ccompass
high altitude road building
The code of the samurai in the Japanese feudalism system can best be compared to
China's bureaucracy examination system
Aztec religious practice of human sacrifice
A European knight's code of chivalry under feudalism
Forced conversion in Islam
Which Muslim group overthrew the Umayyad dynasty, set up a new caliphate, and moved the capital to Baghdad?
Sassanids
Abbasids
Seljuks
Ottomans
We know a lot about Islam's impact on West African empires based on Mansa Musa's involvement in
personally handwritten records and documents
the Hajj- the required pilgrimage to Mecca
the Crusades
repeated invasions of Europe that ultimately failed
The code of the samurai in the Japanese feudalism system can best be compared to
China's bureaucracy examination system
Aztec religious practice of human sacrifice
A European knight's code of chivalry under feudalism
Forced conversion in Islam
Historians believe the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican societies practiced human sacrifice primarily for
forcing conversion to their monotheistic faith
Forcing surrender of conquered peoples
thinning out their growing population
maintaining religious and political control over people
A similarity between Europe and the Song Dynasty in the 1200s is that
both extended significant rights to women
both engaged in holy wars with Muslim caliphates in the Holy Land
both were predominantly Christian societies
both relied on free peasant agricultural labor
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Monasticism (religious lifestyle of solitude and prayer) was an important aspect of which two of the following religions
Christianity and Buddhism
Buddhism and Confucianism
Christianity and Judaism
Islam and Christianity
While the division between eastern and western Christianity was a factor, the main issue in the Crusades was
control over the Holy Land between Christendom and Islamic Caliphates
control over the Silk Roads trade network
access to the Indian Ocean trade network
control over the city of Constantinople
Which of the following best describes the region where the Incan civilization flourished?
the Yucatan peninsula
Lake Titicaca
the Amazon basin
Andean highlands and Pacific coast
Buddhism appealed to the poor and to women in India because it offered an alternative to
Confucianism
feudalism
slavery
the caste system
Wheat tortillas or corn?
Wheat
Corn
I'm a gringo
The Inca blended outsiders and conquered people into their empire through
slavery
language
religion
human sacrifice
I tried really hard...
Yes
No
I fell asleep
Watched tik tok
