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APMWH Unit 1 Vocab

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A system in which officials obtain their positions by demonstrating their knowledge through standardized examinations, allowing for some upward mobility in Chinese society, is known as a:

a)

Primogeniture

b)

Meritocracy

c)

Tributary system

d)

Manorial system

2.

A syncretic faith combining rational thought with the metaphysics of Daoism and Buddhism, which became the core of the civil service exams in the Song Dynasty, is known as:

a)

Zen Buddhism

b)

Theravada Buddhism

c)

Neo-Confucianism

d)

Shintoism

3.

These were enslaved people, often ethnic Turks, purchased by Arab states to serve as soldiers and bureaucrats, who eventually established a Sultanate in Egypt:

a)

Serfs

b)

Janissaries

c)

Mamluks

d)

Scholar-Gentry

4.

This was an Islamic kingdom established in North India in the 13th century, ruling for 300 years and contributing to the interaction of Hindu and Muslim traditions:

a)

Chola Dynasty

b)

Vijayanagar Empire

c)

Delhi Sultanate

d)

Mughal Empire

5.

A branch of Islam that emphasizes mystical experience and an emotional connection to God, whose followers played a key role in spreading Islam to India and Africa:

a)

Shi'a

b)

Sunni

c)

Sufis

d)

Kharijites

6.

The capital city of the Aztec Empire, built on a lake and featuring monumental architecture and extensive trade:

a)

Cuzco

b)

Tenochtitlan

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Teotihuacan

7.

The political structure in the Mississippian culture where social standing was determined by the woman's side of the family:

a)

Patriarchy

b)

Matrilineal society

c)

Theocracy

d)

Oligarchy

8.

The tax imposed on non-Muslim subjects of Islamic states, such as the Delhi Sultanate and parts of Africa:

a)

Quipu

b)

Mit'a

c)

Jizya

d)

Tithe

9.

The term for the trade network that connected West and North Africa across the Sahara Desert, primarily trading gold and salt:

a)

Silk Road

b)

Indian Ocean Trade Network

c)

Trans-Saharan Trade

d)

Mediterranean Trade

10.

The body of Islamic religious law, based on the Quran and the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, that governed various aspects of life in Islamic societies:

a)

Canon Law

b)

Shariah

c)

The Five Pillars

d)

Justinian's Code

11.

The language and culture that developed on the East African coast due to the blending of Bantu-speaking people with Arabic-speaking merchants:

a)

Berber

b)

Hausa

c)

Swahili

d)

Zulu

12.

A document signed by King John of England in 1215 that limited the power of the monarch and established the principle that the monarch was not above the law is the:

a)

Estates-General

b)

Edict of Worms

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Code of Chivalry

13.

Which system involved the exchange of land for loyalty and military service in medieval Europe?

a)

Absolute Monarchy

b)

Feudalism

c)

Estates-General

d)

Manorial System

14.

What was the main economic system of self-sufficiency in the Middle Ages?

a)

Mercantile system

b)

Manorial system

c)

Three-field system

d)

Feudalism

15.

Who were the peasants bound to the land in medieval Europe?

a)

Knights

b)

Serfs

c)

Vassals

d)

Burghers

16.

Which legislative body in England was influenced by the Magna Carta?

a)

Duma

b)

Diet

c)

English Parliament

d)

Estates-General

17.

What were the military campaigns to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim rule called?

a)

Reconquista

b)

Crusades

c)

Great Schism

d)

Little Ice Age

18.

Who wrote about his travels to the court of Kublai Khan and inspired European interest in Asia?

a)

Ibn Battuta

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Zheng He

d)

John Mandeville

19.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of feudalism?

a)

Exchange of land for loyalty

b)

Centralized government

c)

Military service

d)

Decentralized power

20.

Which group was responsible for working the land in the manorial system?

a)

Knights

b)

Serfs

c)

Lords

d)

Monarchs

21.

The Crusades were primarily fought between which two groups?

a)

Christians and Muslims

b)

Christians and Jews

c)

Muslims and Mongols

d)

Christians and Vikings

22.

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Crusades?

a)

Increased trade between Europe and Asia

b)

Permanent Christian control of the Holy Land

c)

Cultural exchanges between East and West

d)

Weakening of feudalism

23.

What was the main goal of the Crusades?

a)

To spread Christianity in Europe

b)

To reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim rule

c)

To establish trade routes

d)

To end feudalism

24.
What forms the basis of Islamic faith?
a)
Four Noble Truths
b)
Five Pillars
c)
Eightfold path
d)
Three Wise Sayings
25.

What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?

a)

Chinampas

b)

Irrigation

c)

Aqueducts

d)

Terrace Farming

26.

What were chinampas?

a)

the name for Aztec city-states

b)

people who lived in Tenochtitlan

c)

farmlands built in the swamps where the Aztec settled

d)

walls of skulls at temples

27.

Silk is to China as Gold is to...

a)

Mali

b)

Egypt

c)

India

d)

Arabia

28.

Bureaucracy

a)

large system of government officials with different levels of authority

b)

the customary code of polite behavior in society, especially between children and parent

c)

the official document or set of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions

d)

a formal or official record of trade and business interactions between states

29.

The Mongols’ rule over Russia can best be characterized as:

a)

Direct occupation with complete integration of Mongol administration.

b)

Indirect rule requiring tribute payments but limited Mongol presence.

c)

A partnership between Mongol leaders and Russian princes.

d)

A complete cultural assimilation into Russian Orthodox practices.

30.
Cultural diffusion is best described as...
a)
sharing music from one culture to another
b)
Cultural margarine
c)
the spreading of religion
d)
the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another