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WHAM Fall 24 Semester Review

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Africa is a country.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What was the Silk Road?

a)

A network of trade routes connecting the East and South.

b)

A trade route connecting the North and South.

c)

A network of trade routes connecting the East and West.

d)

A famous road made of silk.

3.

Which regions were connected by the Silk Road?

a)

East Asia and South America

b)

East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and Europe

c)

North America, South America, and Africa

d)

Australia and Antarctica

4.

What were the main goods traded on the Silk Road?

a)

textiles, pottery, and ceramics

b)

silk, spices, precious metals, gems, and other luxury goods

c)

food and agricultural products

d)

silk, spices, precious metals, gems, and other luxury goods

5.

What impact did the Silk Road have on cultural exchange?

a)

Facilitating the exchange of goods, ideas, and technologies between different civilizations.

b)

Promoting cultural isolation and stagnation

c)

Encouraging conflict and hostility between civilizations

d)

Limiting the spread of ideas and technologies

6.

What were the dangers faced by traders on the Silk Road?

a)

high taxes, language barriers, and cultural differences

b)

long distances, trade restrictions, and lack of infrastructure

c)

natural disasters, lack of water, and political instability

d)

bandit attacks, extreme weather conditions, and the risk of disease

7.

What led to the decline of the Silk Road?

a)

Natural disasters and economic collapse.

b)

Rise of sea trade routes and political instability.

c)

Trade embargoes and social unrest.

d)

Technological advancements and cultural assimilation.

8.

Which empire grew wealthy due to participation in the trans-Saharan Trade Network?

a)

Mali

b)

Roman Empire

c)

British Empire

d)

Ottoman Empire

9.

What was a major consequence of increased connectivity in the period 1200 to 1450?

a)

Cultural diffusion

b)

Decline in trade

c)

Reduction in technological innovations

d)

Decrease in city populations

10.

Which city-state became powerful due to the Indian Ocean trade?

a)

Swahili city-states

b)

Venice

c)

Athens

d)

Tokyo

11.

What was the primary reason for the expansion of the Indian Ocean Network?

a)

Decrease in piracy

b)

Decrease in monsoon intensity

c)

Technological innovations

d)

Global warming

12.

Which of the following was NOT a technological innovation that facilitated Indian Ocean trade?

a)

Submarines

b)

Magnetic compass

c)

Improved astrolabe

d)

Chinese junk ships

13.

What facilitated the spread of the Bubonic plague?

a)

Wildlife migration

b)

Personal hygiene practices

c)

Air travel

d)

Trade routes

14.

Which empire was known for facilitating significant increases in trade and safety along the Silk Roads?

a)

Persian Empire

b)

Mongol Empire

c)

Byzantine Empire

d)

Maurya Empire

15.

What was a significant cultural impact of the Indian Ocean trade on Southeast Asia?

a)

Introduction of European languages

b)

Spread of Islam

c)

Decrease in local religions

d)

Uniformity in architectural styles

16.

Malian Emperor Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 can best be understood in the context of which of the following?

a)

The expansion of Islam throughout Afro-Eurasia

b)

The development of new transportation technologies

c)

The diffusion of African culture to the Middle East

d)

The territorial expansion of West African empires

17.

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

a)

unifying influence of Islam

b)

excellent condition of roads in Africa and Asia

c)

political unity of Africa and Asia

d)

widespread use of paper money

18.

Which AP World Region best represents #1

a)

East Asia

b)

Southeast Asia

c)

South Asia

d)

South Africa

19.

Which AP World Region best represents #2

a)

South Asia

b)

Southeast Asia

c)

East Asia

d)

West Africa

20.

Which AP World Region best represents #3

a)

South Asia

b)

East Asia

c)

Southeast Asia

d)

Middle East

21.

Which AP World Region best represents #4

a)

East Asia

b)

Middle East

c)

South Asia

d)

Central Asia

22.

Which AP World Region best represents #5

a)

Middle East

b)

Europe

c)

South Asia

d)

North Africa

23.

Which AP World Region best represents #6

a)

Middle East

b)

Central Asia

c)

Europe

d)

North America

24.

Which AP World Region best represents #1

a)

East Asia

b)

Southeast Asia

c)

South Asia

d)

South Africa

25.

Which AP World Region best represents #2

a)

South Asia

b)

Southeast Asia

c)

East Asia

d)

West Africa

26.

Which AP World Region best represents #3

a)

South Asia

b)

East Asia

c)

Southeast Asia

d)

Middle East

27.

Which AP World Region best represents #4

a)

East Asia

b)

Middle East

c)

South Asia

d)

Central Asia

28.

Which AP World Region best represents #5

a)

Middle East

b)

Europe

c)

South Asia

d)

North Africa

29.

Which AP World Region best represents #6

a)

Middle East

b)

Central Asia

c)

Europe

d)

North America

30.

Which AP World Region best represents #7

a)

West Africa

b)

North Africa

c)

North America

d)

Europe

31.

Which AP World Region best represents #8

a)

West Africa

b)

East Africa

c)

Latin America

d)

East Asia

32.

Which AP World Region best represents #9

a)

West Africa

b)

Central Africa

c)

South Africa

d)

Central Asia

33.

Which AP World Region best represents #10

a)

South Africa

b)

East Asia

c)

Southeast Asia

d)

East Africa

34.

Which AP World Region best represents #11

a)

South Asia

b)

Europe

c)

South Africa

d)

Central Africa

35.

Which AP World Region best represents #12

a)

Latin America

b)

North America

c)

Europe

d)

North Africa

36.

Which AP World Region best represents #13

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Latin America

d)

South Africa

37.

All of these are true about Martin Luther EXCEPT

a)

he translated the Bible into German

b)

he refused to recant his criticisms of the Church

c)

he was burned at the stake for his actions

d)

he nailed his 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenburg

38.

The Counter-Reformation

a)

attempted to correct some of the abuses Luther spoke of

b)

increased the use of the Inquisition

c)

introduced the Jesuits as global missionaries

d)

all of these

39.

Why would the family portrayed in this painting have been rarer to find in a French colony than in other European colonies?

a)

(A) The French developed worse relationships with Native Americans

b)

(B) French settlers were less likely to settle permanently in one place

c)

(C) The French had a strict ban on marriage with Native Americans

d)

(D) French settlers were usually females rather than males

40.

Of the movements shown on the map the largest from a high demand to grow

a)

(A) sugar

b)

(B) cotton

c)

(C) rubber

d)

(D) tea

41.

The movements shown on the map were part of a global trend between 1500 and 1800 of

a)

(A) greater contact among people with different ethnic backgrounds

b)

(B) greater separation among people living in different continents

c)

(C) states becoming smaller and more homogenous

d)

(D) states becoming larger but more homogenous

42.

One similarity between Cossacks and American cowboys was that both

a)

(A) lived on the frontier of an expanding country

b)

(B) were criminals forced into exile by their government

c)

(C) often formed alliances with the native inhabitants of their region

d)

(D) represented the spread of urban society

43.

Based on the passage and what you have read in this unit what were Akbar's policies towards religion?

a)

(A) Akbar favored strict Islamic practice and sometimes persecuted Catholics.

b)

(B) Akbar focused almost exclusively on the relatively new religious teachings of the Sikhs.

c)

(C) Akbar showed tolerance of and interest in a variety of religions.

d)

(D) Akbar was not interested in religion, pursuing philosophy instead.

44.

The author uses all of the following as evidence to support his argument about the impact of smallpox on Native American populations EXCEPT

a)

A

many Native Americans who contracted smallpox died from it

b)

B

the English settlers tried to help the Native Americans who were afflicted with smallpox

c)

C

the Native Americans feared smallpox more than any other disease

d)

D

smallpox was widespread among Native Americans

45.

Which of the following is an implicit argument made by the author in the passage?

a)

A

The current political and economic makeup of European colonies in the Caribbean is not sustainable over the long term.

b)

B

Christianity will provide a solution to the social ills of colonial societies in the Caribbean.

c)

C

Coerced labor systems have allowed a minority of the population of Caribbean colonial societies to reap enormous economic benefits.

d)

D

It is incumbent upon France to try to wrest control of Barbados from Great Britain.

46.

Which of the following is not a gunpowder empire?

a)

Safavid

b)

Ottoman

c)

Europe

d)

Mughal

47.

What is a trend of large empires during the 1450s-1750s?

a)

More government centralization

b)

Less government centralization

48.

The map below displays which gunpowder empire?

a)

Ottoman

b)

Safavid

c)

Mughal

d)

Russia

49.

Which of the following religions resulted from the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Lutheranism

b)

Anglicanism

c)

Calvinism

d)

Islam

50.

Why was Martin Luther upset with the Catholic Church?

a)

It was too tolerant of other religions

b)

It was becoming too popular in Asia

c)

It had too much conflict with Buddhism

d)

Internal corruption and greed including indulgences

51.

Which of the following was not a strategy used by Catholics in the Counter Reformation?

a)

Jesuit missionaries

b)

Council of Trent

c)

More religious tolerance

d)

Inquisition

52.

How did many religious wars in Europe end?

a)

With all countries becoming Catholic

b)

With countries being allowed to select their own religion

c)

Most never truly ended

d)

With the widespread conversion to Islam

53.
A French protestant was called a:
a)
Huguenot
b)
Lutherite
c)
Orthodox
d)
Angelican
54.

In the midst or religious wars was the era of exploration. Which of the following is not true?

a)

The Columbian Exchange includes Old World transfers like horses and oranges, while the New World provided potatoes and gold

b)

Mercantilism allowed for the division of the world so that Spain went west and all others went east

c)

Triangular trade involved finished goods from Europe to Africa who provided slave labor to the Americas that is turn produced raw materials

d)

Columbus sailed for Spain, Vasco de Gama for Portugal, Francis Drake for England, and Samuel de Champlain for France

55.

Who invented the Printing Press?

a)

Gutenberg

b)

Erasmus

c)

More

56.
Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church because of 
a)
his serious doubts about Catholic theology
b)
his concerns about succession
c)
his desire to protect Protestants in England
d)
his political conflicts with Spain
57.

Which nation did Philip II fail to invade and return to Catholicism?

a)

Scotland

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

France

58.
Which of the following countries remained Catholic after the Protestant Reformation?
a)
Norway
b)
Spain
c)
Scotland
d)
Sweden
59.

What is an example of an Islamic or Asian technology that facilitated European trade and travel?

a)

Astrolabe

b)

Porcelain

c)

Caravel

d)

Galleon

60.

Which of the following was used by the Portuguese to develop the caravel so that they could sail directly into winds on the Indian Ocean?

a)

Compass

b)

Lateen Sail

c)

Portolani Map

d)

Stern Rudder

61.

What did the Spanish sponsorship of Columbus and subsequent increase in European Transoceanic travel and trade lead to?

a)

The sponsorship of explorers

b)

The creation of new forms of maritime technology

c)

The movement of people to European states

d)

The creation of the plantation complex

62.

All of the following were effects of the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT

a)

The Great Dying

b)

Cash crops grown by coerced labor

c)

Transfer of domesticated animals

d)

Water route to Asian spices

63.

Plantations utilized existing labor systems such as

a)

Chattel Slavery

b)

Mit'a System

c)

Indentured Servants

d)

Hacienda System

64.

What is one impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on West Africa?

a)

Demographic changes with female taking traditionally male roles

b)

Displacement of the Omani Arabs as middlemen of trade

c)

It was easier for enslaved people to become free

d)

European monopoly on cotton and tea

65.

European rulers used this economic strategy to maintain their power by gaining raw material and exporting more than it imported.

a)

Atlantic trading system

b)

Economic Rivalry

c)

Capitalism

d)

Mercantalism

66.

A change in the networks of exchange from 1450 to 1750 was the development of this innovation which allowed investors to make a profit as long as a monarch signed a charter allowing them to purchase goods.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Joint Stock Company

c)

Indian Ocean trade

d)

Plantation Complex

67.

How did the Atlantic System and Spanish colonization effect existing social structures in the Americas?

a)

The development of the new maritime technologies

b)

The desire for Asian goods such as silk

c)

The weakening of certain African kingdom due to constant warfare

d)

The creation of the Casta System based on race and ethnicity

68.

British expansion in Jamaica led this person to lead raids to free enslaved people from plantations during the Maroon Wars.

a)

Nzinga

b)

Nanny

c)

Pugachev

d)

Shivaji

69.

All of the following gunpowder empires accomodated religious diversity by practicing religious tolerance or funding religious institutions from other faiths EXCEPT

a)

Mughal

b)

Ottoman

c)

Safavid

70.

What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

a)

Split the Americas between England and France

b)

Split the Americas between Spain and Portugal

c)

Split the Americas between Belgium and China

d)

Split the Americas between the Dutch and Spain

71.

Which Asian states sought to LIMIT the disruptive effects of European-dominated trade by adopting restrictive or isolationists trade policies? Pick TWO

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Tokugawa Japan

c)

Russian Empire

d)

Ming China

72.

According to the map, which of the following was the primary goal of Europeans in their relations with Asia?

a)

trade

b)

Empire building

c)

controlling inland waterways

d)

overland exploration

73.

One of the most important pieces of knowledge that helped revolutionize long distance travel by boat was

a)

knowledge of the circumference of the earth

b)

knowledge of the Americas

c)

knowledge of Silk Roads

d)

Knowledge of the wind patterns and regional currents

74.

Lateen sail, compass, astronomical charts were all influences from

a)

Interaction between Native Americans and Europeans

b)

Interaction along the Trans-Saharan trade route

c)

interaction with East Asia and South Asia and the Middle East

d)

all of the above

75.

What does the term 'Creoles' refer to?

a)

Mixed African and European descent

b)

Descendants of Spanish-born but born in Latin America

c)

Spanish-born individuals in Latin America

d)

Mixed Native American and European descent