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AP World Final ReviewPeriod 3 – 600 CE to 1450 CE

S - 100By which route would medieval European women have been most likely to find an alternative path in life outside of marriage?

a. Sailing trading ships

b. Taking part in a crusade

c. Becoming a nun

d. Entering banking

e. Joining the priesthood

S - 100 AnswerBy which route would medieval European women have been most likely to find an alternative path in life outside of marriage?

c. Becoming a nun

S - 200

Which class played a central role in the Aztec world and was more highly respected there than in contemporary China?

a. Bureaucrat

b. Peasant

c. Aristocrat

d. Merchant

e. Artisan

S - 200 Answer

Which class played a central role in the Aztec world and was more highly respected there than in contemporary China?

d. Merchant

S - 300Foot binding

a. Became widespread during the Tang dynasty

b. Was a religious custom that was spread from India

c. Was required for women who wanted to take the Confucian exam

d. Improved a woman’s ability to move around her household

e. Demonstrated the wealth of a family

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e. Demonstrated the wealth of a family

S - 400Which of the following societies did not include a large class of bureaucrats?

a. Abbasid Caliphate

b. Byzantine Empire

c. Western Europe

d. Song Dynasty

e. Tang Dynasty

S - 400 Answer

Which of the following societies did not include a large class of bureaucrats?

c. Western Europe

S - 500How did non-Hindu immigrants to postclassical India fit into the caste system?

a. They could only live outside the caste system as an underclass

b. They were forced to marry a Hindu and accept their caste or leave India

c. They joined the caste that matched their profession

d. They could only join the caste system at the level of a peasant

e. Muslims were placed above all other castes once India had been conquered by Muslims

S - 500 AnswerHow did non-Hindu immigrants to postclassical India fit into the caste system?

c. They joined the caste that matched their profession

P - 100Which two postclassical societies could best be described as having feudal patterns of decentralized rule, an economy based on peasant labor, and a strong class of warrior elites?

a. Western Europe and Mali

b. Mali and India

c. Japan and India

d. Western Europe and Japan

e. Mali and Japan

P - 100 AnswerWhich two postclassical societies could best be described as having feudal patterns of decentralized rule, an economy based on peasant labor, and a strong class of warrior elites?

d. Western Europe and Japan

P - 200Which list places the large West African states in chronological order?

a. Mali, Ghana, Songhay

b. Songhay, Ghana, Mali

c. Mali, Songhay, Ghana

d. Ghana, Songhay, Mali

e. Ghana, Mali, Songhay

P - 200 Answer

Which list places the large West African states in chronological order?

e. Ghana, Mali, Songhay

P - 300Which of these postclassical societies had the least centralized government?

a. Byzantine Empire

b. Song Dynasty China

c. Sultanate of Delhi

d. Inca Empire

e. Tang Dynasty China

P - 300 Answer

Which of these postclassical societies had the least centralized government?

c. Sultanate of Delhi

P - 400

The regard with which the Inca held their monarch is most analogous to which political concept of afroeurasia?

a. The Mandate of Heaven

b. Caliphate

c. Caesaropapism

d. Democracy

e. Feudalism

P - 400 Answer

The regard with which the Inca held their monarch is most analogous to which political concept of afroeurasia?

a. The Mandate of Heaven

P - 500Which of the following does not belong in a list of similarities between Tang Dynasty China and the Byzantine Empire?

a. An imperial bureaucracy driven by meritocracy but generally staffed by aristocrats

b. Policies of aggressive territorial expansion

c. Widespread use of land distribution programs

d. An emperor whose rule was approved by god

e. Regional governors appointed by the imperial capital

P - 500 Answer

Which of the following does not belong in a list of similarities between Tang Dynasty China and the Byzantine Empire?

b. Policies of aggressive territorial expansion

I - 100Which of these would have been outside the sphere of control of the Mongol Empire at its height?

a. China

b. Anatolia

c. Persia

d. Mesopotamia

e. Germany

I - 100 Answer

Which of these would have been outside the sphere on Mongol control at its height?

e. Germany

I - 200

Of those listed below, which civilization existed in the most complete state of isolation in the period 600-1450?

a. Ming China

b. Sultanate of Delhi

c. Aztec Empire

d. Charlemagne’s Empire

e. Kievan Rus

I - 200 Answer

Of those listed below, which civilization existed in the most complete state of isolation in the period 600-1450?

c. Aztec Empire

I - 300

Which body of water was the scene of trade involving merchant ships from the most diverse collection of civilizations in the postclassical era?

a. Atlantic Ocean

b. Pacific Ocean

c. Baltic Sea

d. Indian Ocean

e. Mediterranean Sea

I - 300 Answer

Which body of water was the scene of trade involving merchant ships from the most diverse collection of civilizations in the postclassical era?

d. Indian Ocean

I - 400Which of the following best describes the region where the Inca civilization flourished?

a. Andean highland and Pacific coast

b. Amazon basin and Valley of Mexico

c. Mississippi river basin and Andean highlands

d. Valley of Mexico and Andean highlands

e. Pacific coast and Valley of Mexico

I - 400 Answer

Which of the following best describes the region where the Inca civilization flourished?

a. Andean highland and Pacific coast

I - 500North Africa served as a bridge for Muslim influence to reach which region of the globe?

a. Persia

b. Central Asia

c. Anatolia

d. Spain

e. South Asia

I - 500 Answer

North Africa served as a bridge for Muslim influence to reach which region of the globe?

d. Spain

C - 100Which of the following statements is true regarding the influence of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa?

a. African women tended to have fewer privileges than Islamic women

b. The lower classes were more eager to convert to Islam than were the elite

c. Contacts with Islam were generated by transatlantic trade

d. African rulers feared that conversion to Islam would undermine their authority

e. Converts to Islam often blended Islam and their tribal beliefs

C - 100 AnswerWhich of the following statements is true regarding the influence of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa?

e. Converts to Islam often blended Islam and their tribal beliefs

C - 200Which of the following is not the result of two or more cultures blending in the postclassical era?

a. Sikhism

b. Chan Buddhism

c. Shinto

d. Sufism

e. Swahili

C - 200 Answer

Which of the following is not the result of two or more cultures blending in the postclassical era?

c. Shinto

C - 300

All pre-Columbian people of Central and South America

a. Had a system of writing

b. Were polytheistic

c. Shared the same language group

d. Established extensive educational institutions

e. Relied on llama wool for their clothing

C - 300 Answer

All pre-Columbian people of Central and South America

b. Were polytheistic

C - 400

Which group was most likely to be literate in the period of Western European history called the Dark Ages?

a. Lords

b. Peasants

c. Monks

d. Knights

e. Merchants

C - 400 Answer

Which group was most likely to be literate in the period of Western European history called the Dark Ages?

c. Monks

C - 500Which of the following states was least tolerant of foreign religions?

a. Tang Dynasty China

b. Mali Empire

c. Abbasid Caliphate

d. Mughal Empire

e. Mongol Empire

C - 500 Answer

Which of the following states was least tolerant of foreign religions?

a. Tang Dynasty China

E - 100

One would be most likely to find the trade of bulk goods for a mass market in the

a. Indian Ocean

b. Sahara Desert

c. Incan Empire

d. Silk Roads

e. Mississippi River Basin

E - 100 Answer

One would be most likely to find the trade of bulk goods for a mass market in the

a. Indian Ocean

E - 200Which choice best describes the points of origin of goods one might find in a Swahili Coast market?

a. Russian, Indian, European

b. Islamic, Indian, Chinese

c. Islamic, Russian, Chinese

d. Russian, Indian, Chinese

e. European, Russian, Islamic

E - 200 AnswerWhich choice best describes the points of origin of goods one might find in a Swahili Coast market?

b. Islamic, Indian, Chinese

E - 300The advances in technology and wealth of the Abbasid Caliphate was most closely matched by

a. Mississipian North America

b. Song China

c. Swahili Africa

d. Western Europe

e. Kievan Russia

E - 300 AnswerThe advances in technology and wealth of the Abbasid Caliphate was most closely matched by

b. Song China

E - 400

In the time of the Ghana Empire, trans-Saharan trade was escpecially active in which two commodities?

a. Amber and silver

b. Gold and salt

c. Ivory and animal skins

d. Ebony and cowry shells

e. Jade and timber

E - 400 Answer

In the time of the Ghana Empire, trans-Sahran trade was escpecially active in which two commodities?

b. Gold and salt

E - 500

Which group of states most relied on controlling a major trade route?

a. Srivijaya, Song China, Abbasid Caliphate

b. Byzantine, Swahili City States, Malacca

c. Song China, Malacca, Byzantine

d. Malacca, Byzantine, Srivijaya

e. Malacca, Song China, Abbasid Caliphate

E - 500 Answer

Which group of states most relied on controlling a major trade route?

d. Malacca, Byzantine, Srivijaya