WorksheetsAP World History - Unit 1 Quizs
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How did the Song Dynasty maintain and justify its rule?
Through Confucianism/Neo-Confucianism and the imperial bureaucracy with civil service exams.
By establishing a military dictatorship and suppressing dissent.
Through the promotion of Buddhism and the decline of the civil service exams.
By implementing a feudal system and relying on noble families for governance.
What was Great Zimbabwe and why was it significant in the period 1200–1450 CE?
A powerful city-state in southeastern Africa known for its massive stone architecture and its role in trade, especially gold.
A small village in northern Africa that was primarily agricultural and had little trade.
A coastal city in West Africa famous for its shipbuilding and maritime trade.
A nomadic tribe in East Africa known for their herding practices.
What made Swahili city-states powerful?
Indian Ocean trade and cultural exchange with Dar al-Islam.
Agricultural advancements and local governance.
Military conquests and territorial expansion.
Isolation from other cultures and trade routes.
What were the main ideas of Confucianism?
Hierarchical relationships, filial piety, and harmony through proper social roles.
Individualism and personal freedom.
The importance of wealth and power.
Rejection of social order and authority.
What were the major states in South & Southeast Asia?
Delhi Sultanate
Mughal Empire
Chola Dynasty
Sassanid Empire
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
A more accessible form that spread to East Asia and emphasized bodhisattvas.
A strict form of Buddhism that focuses on monastic life.
A philosophy that denies the existence of any deities.
A form of Buddhism that originated in India and emphasizes meditation.
What is filial piety?
A Confucian concept emphasizing respect and obedience to one's parents and ancestors.
A Western philosophy advocating for individualism and self-reliance.
A religious practice involving rituals for honoring the dead.
A psychological theory about the development of familial relationships.
How did Neo-Confucianism demonstrate both continuity and innovation?
It was based on Confucian traditions (continuity) but developed new ideas (innovation).
It rejected all Confucian traditions and started anew.
It focused solely on innovation without any reference to the past.
It combined Confucianism with Western philosophies only.
How did monarchs begin to centralize power in this period?
By building bureaucracies, forming standing armies, and weakening the power of feudal lords.
By increasing the power of feudal lords and decentralizing authority.
By establishing alliances with neighboring kingdoms and promoting trade.
By limiting the influence of the church and reducing taxes on the nobility.
How did Islam spread between 1200–1450?
Through military conquests, merchant trade, and Sufi missionaries.
Only through military conquests.
Exclusively through trade routes in Asia.
By the influence of Christian missionaries.
What factors led to Song China’s strong economy?
Agricultural innovations, commercial goods (silk, porcelain), expanded Grand Canal, and trade.
Decline in agricultural productivity and reduced trade routes.
Increased military spending and isolationist policies.
Focus on luxury goods and neglect of basic commodities.
What was life like for women in Song China?
Women had few rights, couldn't own property, and footbinding was practiced in elite classes.
Women enjoyed equal rights and could own property freely.
Women were highly respected and held leadership positions in society.
Women had the freedom to travel and participate in public life.
What were the major religions in South Asia?
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam.
Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism.
Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto.
Sikhism, Jainism, and Bahá'í Faith.
What is Bhakti Hinduism?
A philosophical school of thought in Hinduism.
A devotional movement focused on worship of one deity and challenged social/gender hierarchies.
A ritualistic practice involving elaborate ceremonies.
A historical period in Hinduism marked by the rise of temples.
What states replaced the Abbasids?
Seljuk Empire, Mamluk Sultanate (Egypt), and Delhi Sultanate (India)
Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire, and Mughal Empire
Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, and Kingdom of France
Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Portugal
What were some intellectual contributions from Dar al-Islam?
Preservation of Greek texts, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi’s work in trigonometry, House of Wisdom.
Development of the printing press in Europe.
Invention of the telescope in the Middle Ages.
Establishment of the first universities in the Americas.
What is Sharia law?
A legal system based on civil law principles.
Islamic legal code derived from the Quran.
A set of guidelines for personal conduct in Christianity.
A secular law system used in Western countries.
How did the Inca maintain and improve their empire?
Centralized bureaucracy, mit’a labor system, and infrastructure.
Decentralized governance and trade agreements.
Military conquest and alliances with neighboring tribes.
Cultural assimilation and religious conversion.
What happened to the Abbasid Caliphate around 1200?
It remained a powerful empire until 1500.
It fragmented and ended in 1258 when the Mongols sacked Baghdad.
It expanded its territory into Europe.
It was overthrown by the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
How did Islam enter South Asia?
Through the Delhi Sultanate, making it the religion of the elite.
Through trade routes established by Arab merchants.
By the influence of Buddhist missionaries.
Via the conquests of Alexander the Great.
