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AP FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Flashcards

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4770368078Allegory:a type of symbolism. An allegory is a description or a narrative (poetry or prose) with a secondary, or underlying, meaning. An excellent example of allegory is George Orwell's Animal Farm. In that book, the situation, the characters, and the plot all have allegorical connections. (Briefly, they overthrow a cruel farmer - the farm's animals are meant to parallel the Russian Revolution where the proletariat revolted against their dictator.)0
4770368883Character allegory:In Dante's Inferno, characters often represent various ideal qualities. Virgil, for example, stands for human reason. This meaning extends throughout the epic. Human virtues and vices were common character allegories in medieval literature, though they were generalized and not necessarily a specific character.1
4770369475Apostrophe (related to personification):aaddressing something for someone (or someone) non-living or incapable of response as if it could hear and respond, such as "O, howling wind..."2
4770370078Irony:Irony exists when there is a discrepancy between what is perceived and what is real. There are three types of irony.3
4770370713Verbal irony:When what is said is different from what is meant.4
4770371266Dramatic irony:When the reader knows something a character does not know.5
4770371876Situational irony:When some aspect of the situation seems incongruous to either what seems appropriate or to what is expected.6
4770372576Metaphor:a comparison of two dissimilar things in order to see one in a new way.7
4770374342Metonymy:The use of a closely related detail for the thing actually meant, such as using The White House to refer to the president.8
4770375263Overstatement (hyperbole):Saying more than the situation warrants. The contrast illuminates the truth.9
4770375689Paradox:A statement that consists of two contradictory or incompatible elements; paradoxical statements are startling and get us to think. They are a kind of metaphor that reveals the truth.10
4770377220Personification:Attributing human qualities or characteristics to non-living or non-human things in order to create empathy.11
4770377885Simile:Essentially a metaphor that uses "like" or "as."12
4770378597Synecdoche:The use of a part for the whole, such as "all hands on deck" or "the meeting can begin now that all the suits are here." Note that synecdoche is sometimes represented as metonymy.13
4770379249Symbol:A thing person, or idea that stands for something else. Some symbols become iconic; that is, so well-known that they're as accepted part of culture. Example: water is a symbol of purity and or rebirth.14
4770379907Understatement:Saying less than the situation warrants. The contrast illuminates that truth.15

AP Literature Flashcards

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5842384558allegorya short moral story (hidden meaning)0
5842444924allusionan indirect reference to something. ex: Hamlet alluded to Greek myths1
5842500933conceitan extended metaphor2
5842503854catastrophea change of fortune3
5842517117caesurabreak/pause in middle of verse line4
5842523457blank verseunrhymed verse (usually in pentameter)5
5842534877ballada narrative poem of popular orgin6
5842546360asidea short speech delivered to audience or another character that others on stage can't hear7
5842611152apostropheaddressing something non-human as if it were human8
5842661552consonancerepetition of words with vowel sounds9
5842664338assonancerepetition of words with constant sounds10
5842693755anaphorarepetition of words at the beginning of consecutive sentences11
5842738142connotationthe direct meaning of a word/expression12
5842742720denotationan idea that is applied or suggested13
5842753083coupleta stanza consisting of 2 successive lines of verse14
5842783225chorusdictates what the audience thinks15
5843261415dictiona writers/speakers choice of words16
5843286427elegya mournful poem17
5843334908end stopverse with rhetoric pause at the end of each line18
5843338554enjambmentcontinuation from one line of verse into another19
5843343559expositionintroduces background events to audience20
5843347116foila character whose attitude sharply contrasts with another21
5843506190free versepoem without rhyme or regular meter22
5843511098heroic coupletcouplet w/ 2 rhymed lines in iambic pentameter written in elevated style23
5843520344hyperboleextravagant exaggeration24
5843535409lyricpoem that expresses emotion25
5843716691masculine rhymea rhyme of final stressed syllables26
5843718918meterpattern of stressed and unstressed27
5843805456metonymyreferring to something by using the name of something associated with it28
5843811119monologuespeech given by one person29
5843812678mooda characteristic state of feeling30
5843814474odea long lyrical poem typically serious31
5843819578parablesimple story with a moral lesson32
5844054874petrachan sonnetItalian 14 line poem w/ an octave33
5844061798proseordinary writing w/o rhyme or meter34
5844083334quatraina stanza of 4 lines35
5844088061refrainregularly repeated line/group of lines in a poem/song36
5844097511rhythmlong and short patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables37
5844125617shakespearean sonnet3 quatrains and couplet in iambic pentameter38
5844146900soliloquyspeech given by a character alone in space39
5844150003symbolsomething visible that represents something invisible40
5844158080synecdocheusing the name of a part for that whole or the whole for the part41
5844160487syntaxsentence structure42
5844162824tragedywork where protagonist is faced w/ significant struggle that ends in destruction43
5844167416catastrophea change of fortune44
5844190636resolutioncaused by preceding events but does not lead to other incidents45
5844204508incentive momentstarts cause and effect chain46
5844205788tragic herocharacter of high repute who suffers a fall from glory due to tragic flaw47
5844215338arêtevirtue/pursuit of excellence48
5844216843korosexcessive pride and self reliance49
5844220288hubrisexcessive self pride50
5844223487atedisaster resulting from recklessness;madness51
5844226343catharsispurification or purging of emotions52
5844231578moriafate53
5844233224hamartiatragic flaw54
5844238769versea piece of poetry55
5844242217voltashift/change of dramatic change in a poem56

AP literature Flashcards

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3615193616IdyllicVery peaceful, happy, and enjoyable0
3615193617InconstancyThe quality or state of being inconstant1
3615193618EnigmaSomeone or something that is difficult to understand2
3615193619EphemeralLasting a short time3
3615193620MercurialChanging moods quickly and often4
3615193621BeguilingTo lead by deception5
3615193622ReproveTo criticize or correct someone in a gentle way6
3615193623ApostropheThe addressing of a usually absent person7
3615193624AcquiescenceThe act of allowing other people to get what they want8
3615193625DiscursiveMoving from topic to topic without order9
3615193626ArdorA shelter of vines or branches10
3615193627TerseBrief and direct in a way that may seem rude or unfriendly11
3615193628TrammelsA net for catching birds or fish12
3615193629PragmaticDealing with the problems that exist in a specific situation in a reasonable or logical way13
3615193630BemusedTo cause someone to be confused and often14
3615193631IncredulousNot able or willing to believe something15
3615193632FacetiousJoking or jesting often inappropriately16
3615193633Self-effacingNot claiming attention for oneself17
3615193634SestinaA lyrical fixed form consisting of six 6-line usually I rhymed stanzas on which the end words of the first stanza reoccur as end words18
3615193635SonnetA poem made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern19
3615193636Pastoral elegyPoem about both death and idyllic life20
3615193637English odeA lyrical stanza in praise of dedicated to someone21
3615193638sardonicShowing that you disapprove of or do not like someone or something22

ap literature: faherenheit 451 Flashcards

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5108671828montagthe main character, has a change of heart once he meets clarisse, finds ideas in books, meets faber, kills beatty, escapes hound, will reach the city0
5108675757faberthe old man that assists montag in his plan to frame the firemen of keeping books1
5108682828clarisse mccellanmontag's teenage neighbor who opens his eyes to the ideas of individuality2
5108688725mildredmontag's wife who is addicted to television and attempts suicide and ends up pulling the alarm on their own house, dies in the bombing3
5108700375beattycaptain of the firemen, is against books, forces montag to burn his home and to kill him4
5108706287grangerring leader of the gang of hobos at the end, uses the symbol of the phoenix, will help montag rebuild the city, memorizes then burns the books5
5108711856clara phelpsmildred's friend, cries during montag's poetry reading, almost sees the beauty6
5108715619mrs. bowlesmildred's friend, husband is in the military, has had multiple divorces7
5108723363fireman blackthe victim of montag and faber's plan to sabotage firemen, the only successful attempt at framing the firemen8
5108728774clementthe other main hobo, will help rebuild the city, memorizes then burns the books9
5108737373harristhe book printer who is an old friend of faber, faber attempts to find him in the end10
5108743373old womankeeps a secret library of books, commits suicide by dying with her burning books, quotes a speech, burns her own books with a match instead of the kerosene11
5108755770old woman says while dying..."play the man master ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in england, as i trust shall never be put out."12
5108771287montag's realization"...for the first time i realized that a man was behind each one of the books. a man had to think them up. a man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. and i'd never even thought that thought before."13
5109671479beatty attempting to convince montag"once, books to a few people, here, there everywhere. they could afford to be different. the world was roomy."14
5109671480clarisse talking to montag about true socializing"no front porches. my uncle says there used to be front porches. and people sat there sometimes at night, talking when they wanted to talk, rocking, and not talking when they didn't want to talk. sometimes they just sat there and thought about things..."15
5109671481mildred trying to keep montag calm"the keys to the beetle are on the night table. i always like to drive fast when I feel that way... it's fun out in the country. you hit rabbits, sometimes you hit dogs. go take the beetle."16
5109671482beatty teaching montag about firemen"we must all be alike. not everyone born free and equal, as the constitution says, but everyone made equal. each man the image of every other; then all are happy..."17
5109671483faber about good literature"the good writers touch life often. the mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. the bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies."18
5109671484faber about his fear and designing the ear bullet"my cowardice is of such passion, contemplating the revolutionary spirit that lives in its shadow, i was forced to design this."19
5109790401mrs. bowles on her children" i plunk the children in school nine days out of ten... they'd just as soon kick me as kiss me. thank God, i can kick back!"20
5109790402granger about legacy"everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. a child or a book or a painting or a house... something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die..."21
5109790403granger on learning from our past"there was a silly damn bird called a phoenix back before Christ, every few hundred years he built a pyre and burnt himself up. he must have been first cousin to man. but every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes... it looks like we're doing the same..."22
5109790404clement on burning books after memorization"it's fine work. monday burn millay, wednesday whitman, friday faulkner, burn 'me to ashes, then burn the ashes."23
5109790405on the way home from workmontag first meets clarisse24
5109790406at work after sliding down the polemontag's first interaction with the hound25
5109868818sleeping pills and new bloodmildred's suicide attempt and fixing her26
5109868819only fulfilled suicide, teaches montagold lady burning with books27
5109868820all in the walls, the air conditioning, under his pillow, and later in the backyard bushesmontag's book stealing addiction28
5109868821needs a friend who understandsmontag meets faber29
5109868822montag fakes illness because he realizes that he is the bad guybeatty visits montag's home30
5109868823utilizing faber's invention for the planusing the little green ear bullets to communicate31
5109868824montag unplugs the wall tv, mrs. phelps crysdramatic reading of dover beach32
5109868825beatty forces montag to burn his home and booksmontag uses a flamethrower and burns his house and murders beatty33
5109868826montag gets injected, runs away, goes into the rivermontag is chased by mechanical hound34
5109868827drinks chemical serum, meets hobosmontag escapes35
5109868828montag learns about the hobo lifestylemontag sees that they are intellectual and memorize novels36
5109868829mildred dies, everything is ashes, they will have to rebuild, the war endsthe bombing of the city37
5109868830they will reach the city and use their memories of bookspeople are like books38
5109868831salamander and the hearthassociation with fire, worn by firemen, surviving39
5109868832sieve and the sandhuman mind analogy, filling up with ideas, truth cannot be grasped40
5109884052burning brightthe end of montag's old life41
5109884053phoenixcycle of mankind42
5109884054mirrorshonest self-reflection, society avoids this43

AP LITERATURE: Plot Terms Flashcards

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4374533311AntagonistAny force in a story or play that is in conflict with the protagonist . Could be another person, an aspect of physical or social environment, or a destructive nature in the protagonist's own nature)0
4976314119Artistic/ Organic UnityCondition f a successful literary work whereby all its elements work together for the achievement of its central purpose. Nothing is irrelevant to the central purpose and nothing is omitted that is essential to it . Parts arranged effectively .1
4976340396ClimaxThe turning point or high point in a plot2
4976358914ConflictA clash of actions, desires, ideas, or goals in a plot or drama. Between main character and some other person/ group/ force/ own destructive qualities3
4976372548ConnotationWhat a word suggests beyond its basic dictionary definition4
4976377692DenotationThe basic dictionary definition of a word5
4976381306DictionWord choice6
4976383900DilemmaA situation in which a character must choose between two courses of action, both are undesirable7
4976389133ExpositionThe part of a play or work of fiction in which the background to the main conflict is introduced8
4976396493External ConflictThe conflict between a character and an outside force9
4976404623Falling ActionThat segment of the plot that comes between the climax and the conclusion10
4976420123ImageryThe representation through language of sense experience11
4976424038Internal ConflictThe struggle occurring in character's mind12
4976436911IronyA situation or language involving some kind of incongruity or discrepancy. Can be classified as verbal, dramatic, or situational.13
4976450874JuxtapositionThe fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect14
4976459908MoralA rule of conduct or maxim for living expressed or implied as the "point" of a literary work15
4976466658ParadoxA statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements16
4976483619PlotThe sequence of incidents or events of which a story or play is composed17
4976496561ProtagonistThe central character in a story or play18
4976507406Rising ActionThat development of plot in a story or play that precedes and leads up to the climax19
4976512609SuspenseThat quality in a story or play that makes the reader eager to discover what happens next and how it will end20
4976520576SymbolSomething that means more than what it is; an object, person, situation, or action that in addition to its literal meaning suggests other meanings as well21
4976531811SyntaxSentence structure and variation22
4976535292ThemeThe central idea or unifying generalization implied or stated by a literary work23
4976541356ToneThe writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the audience, or herself or himself, the emotional coloring, or emotional meaning, of a work24

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3646473609AlliterationRepetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginnings of words.0
3646479053AllusionReference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work.1
3646488058AntithesisFigure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas, as in "Man proposes; God disposes."2
3646489297ApostropheFigure of speech in which someone (usually , but always absent), some abstract quality, or a nonexistent personage is directly addressed as though present.3
3646496255AssonanceRepetition of identical or similar vowel sounds.4
3646500004Ballad meterFour-line stanza rhymed abcd with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four.5
3646505534Blank verseUnrhymed iambic pentameter. It is the meter of most Shakespeare's plays, as well as that of Milton's Paradise Lost.6
3646514493CacophonyHarsh, unpleasant combination of sounds or tones.7
3646517050CaesuraPause, usually near the middle of a line of verse, usually indicated by the sense of the line, and often greater than the normal pause.8
3646523087ConceitIngenious and fanciful notion or conception, usually expressed through an elaborate analogy, and pointing to a striking parallel between two seemingly dissimilar things.9
3704759977ConsonanceThe repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words. The term usually refers to words in which the ending consonants are the same but the vowels that precede then are different.10
3704773793Coupleta two line stanza, usually with end-rhymes the same.11
3704787714Devices of soundthe techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry. Rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia.12
3704795333Dictionthe use of words in a literary work.13
3704798230Didactic Poema poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson.14
3704804702Dramatic Poema poem which employs a dramatic form or some element or elements of dramatic techniques as a means of achieving poetic ends.15
3704807782Elegya sustained and formal poem setting forth the poet's meditations upon death or another solemn theme.16
3704812619end-stoppeda line with a pause at the end. Lines that end with a period, a comma, a colon, a semicolon, and exclamation point, or a question mark17
3704816564enjambmentthe continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next.18
3704821698Extended metaphorAn implied analogy, or comparison, which is carried throughout a stanza or an entire poem.19
3741965296Euphonya style in which combinations of words pleasant to the ear predominate.20
3741965297Eye rhymerhyme that appears correct from spelling, but is half-rhyme from the pronunciation. Watch and match and love and move21
3741966819Feminine rhymea rhyme of two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed, as awaken and forsaken and audition and rendition. sometimes called double rhyme.22
3741980483Figurative Languagewriting that uses figures of speech (as apposed to literal language or that which is actual or specifically denoted) such as metaphor, irony, and simile. Uses words to mean something other than the literal meaning.23
3741990278Free Versepoetry which is not written in traditional meter but is still rhythmical.24
3742014871Heroic Couplettwo end stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc with the thought usually completed in the two line25
3742014872Hyperbolea deliberate, extravagant and often outrages exageration26
3742016905Imagerythe images of a literary work; the sensory details of a work27
3742020753Ironythe contrast between actual meaning and the suggestion of another meaning.28
3742023600Internal rhymerhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end.29
3788593818Lyric poemany short poem that presents a single speaker who expresses thoughts and feelings.30
3788597106Masculine Rhymerhyme that falls on the stressed and concluding syllables of the rhyme words. Keep and sleep, glow and no.31
3788603325Metaphora figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like as like or than. (The black bat night)32
3788614765Meterthe repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry.33
3788618590Metonymya figure in speech which is characterized by the substitution of a term naming an object closely associated with the word in mind for the word itself. In this way we commonly speak of the king as the crown and object closely associated with kingship.34
3788635502Mixed metaphorthe mingling of one metaphor which another immediately following with which the first is incongruous. Lloyd George is reported to have said, " I smell rat. I see it floating in the air. i shall nip it in bud."35
3788650390Narrative Poema non-dramatic poem which tells a story or presents a narrative, whether simple or complex, long or short. Epics and ballads are examples.36
3788661371Octavean eight-line stanza. Most commonly, refers to the first division of an Italian sonnet.37
3788673637Anomatopoeiathe use of words whose sound suggests their meaning. Examples: buzz, hiss, honk.38
3788681447Oxymorona form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression. This combination usually serves the purpose of shocking the reader into awareness.39
3835120331Paradoxa situation or action or feeling that appears to be contradictory but on inspection turns out to be true or at least to make sense.40
3835134427Parallelisma similar grammatical structure within a line or lines of poetry41
3835138703Paraphrasea restatement of an ideas in such a way as to retain the meaning while changing the diction and form.42
3835145727Personificationa kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics43
3835155962Poetic foota group of syllables in verse usually consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables associated with it.44
3835161596Puna play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings.45
3835166276Quatraina four-line stanza with any combination of rhymes.46
3835175008Refraina group of words forming a phrase or sentence and consisting of one or more lines repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza47
3835183819Rhymeclose similarity or identity of sound between accented syllables occupying corresponding positions in two or more lines of verse.48
3835198091Rhyme Royala seven line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc, used by Chaucer and other medieval poets.49
3878529457Rhythmthe recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables.50
3878547951Sarcasma type of irony in which a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it. Its purpose is to injure or to hurt.51
3878554849Satirewriting that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule. Usually comedy that exposes errors with an eye to correct vice and folly.52
3878566570Scansiona system for describing the meter of a poem by identifying the number and the type(s) of feet per line.53
3878572840Sesteta six-line stanza54
3878574945Similea directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with "like", "as", or "than"55
3878587303Sonnetnormally a fourteen-line iambic pentameter poem. The conventional Italian, or Petrarchan is rhymed abba, abba, cde, cde; the English, or Shakespearean, rhymed abab, cdcd, efef, gg56
3878606314StanzaUsually a repeated grouping of three or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme57
3878613632Strategythe management of language for a specific effect. Planned placing of elements to achieve an effect58
3878634270Structurethe arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work.59
3928294221Stylethe mode of expression in language; the characteristics manner of expression of an author60
3928301087SymbolSomething that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else61
3928319014Synecdochea form of metaphor which in mentioning a part signifies the whole. For example , we refer to "foot soldiers" for infantry and "field hands" for manual laborers who work in agriculture.62
3928342531Syntaxthe ordering of words into patterns or sentences63
3928349364Terceta stanza of three lines in which each line ends with the same rhyme.64
3928878576Terza rimea three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc, etc.65
3928882996Themethe main thought expressed by a work. In poetry, it is the abstract concept which is made concrete through its representation person, action, and image in the work.66
3928889937Tonethe manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude;67
3928895002Understatementthe opposite of hyperbole. It is kind of irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is68
3928906486Villanellea nineteen-line poem divided into five tercets and a final quatrain69

AP Language Flashcards

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5928496959RebukeTo scold;to blame0
5928498297NonentityA person or thing of little importance1
5928501202Sang-FriodCalmness;composure or cool self-possesion2
5928505235DesultoryWandering from subject to subject3
5928507663HectorTo bully or pester4
5928509647PandemicGeneral;widespread5
5928513849CoalesceTo blend; to merge6
5928517338BeguileTo decieve;charm;enchant7
5928519043EnnuiBoredom;lack of interest8
5928522098HiatusPause or gap9
5928534203LambentSoftly bright or radiant;moving lightly over an object10
5928526838SibilantHissing sound11
5928532528ErgoTherefore12
5928530326HubrisExcessive pride13
5928526837PecuniaryPertaining to money;financial14

Lash World History Advanced Study Guide Flashcards

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4766696121The trade conducted along the Silk Roads was largely trade becausea) goods were passed down the line rather than carried by one merchant along the entire route0
4766696122Which of the following luxury goods came to symbolize the Eurasian exchange systema) silk1
4766696123Swahili civilization was most heavily influenced by which of the following culturesa) Bantu2
4766696124The states that emerged in West Africa between 500-1600 shared which of the following characteristicsa) A reputation in the wider world for great riches3
4766696125How did the sudden rise of Islam in the seventh century affect Indian Ocean Commercea) Muslim merchants and sailors established communities of traders from East Africa to the south China coast4
4766696126Which of the following is an example of the Indianization of Southeast Asiaa) The architectural expression of Hinduism at Angkor Wat5
4766696127How did the Silk Road Trade affect peasants in Chinaa) Peasants focused more on producing luxury goods6
4766696128The Sand Roads linked North Africa and the Mediterranean world to the land and people ofa) interior West Africa7
4766696129Those who participated in the Chinese tribute system gaineda) the opportunity to trade with China8
4766696130Which of the following statements about the Chinese tribute system to truea) The Chinese government often gave other states gifts that were in fact worth more than the tribute that those states paid to China9
4766696131How was the tribute system an expression of the Chinese view of themselves and their relationship to the worlda) The tribute system required non-Chinese to acknowledge Chinese superiority and their own subordinate place in a Chinese-centered world order10
4766696132Which of the following explains why women's lives were more restricted in the Song dynasty than in the Tang dynastya) the revival of confucianism11
4766696133Which of the following contributed to China's economic revolution during the Tang and Song dynastiesa) A complex network of internal waterways that provided cheap transportation12
4766696134In Song dynasty China, masculine identity came to be defined in terms ofa) calligraphy, scholarship, painting, and poetry13
4766696135Which of the following was a technological innovation that spread from China to the rest of Eurasiaa) Printing14
4766696136The emergence of the samurai reflected Japan'sa) decentralized political structure15
4766696137Membership in the Islamic community known as the umma was based on a commona) faith16
4766696138What initiated the division within Islam between the Sunnis and Shiasa) Disagreement over who should assume leadership in the Islamic world17
4766696139Which of the following was a force that helped bind the Islamic world togethera) The system of Islamic education created by the ulama18
4766696140In which region was conversion to Islam motivated by a desire to expand trading networks rather than from the result of conquest and Islamic rulea) West Africa19
4766696141Which of the following describes the effect of Islam on West Africaa) Islam had the greatest influence on rulers and urban elites20
4766696142Which of the following was a force that helped bind the Islamic world togethera) The system of Islamic education created by the ulama21
4766696143Which of the following was a goal of the education offered at the madrassasa) To preserve an established body of Islamic learning22
4766696144Which of the following was an Arab innovationa) Algebra23
4766696145Which of the following was a long-term impact of the Crusades in Europea) Spain, Sicily, and the Baltic region permanently joined the world of Western Christendom24
4766696146In Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, what system emerged that emphasized the reciprocal ties between a king and his vassals, and between a lord and serfsa) Feudalism25
4766696147Caesaropapismthe idea of combining the power of secular government with the religious power, or making it superior to the spiritual authority of the Church; especially concerning the connection of the Church with government.26
4766696148Which of the following was evidence of the expansion and growth of European civilization during the High Middle Agesa) there was a considerable increase in long-distance trade27
4766696149Which of the following characterizes the spread of Christianity throughout Western Europe from 500 to 1000a) Earlier cultural practices were absorbed into the Christian tradition28
4766696150Technological changes in which field limited women's opportunities in Western Europe by the fifteenth centurya) weaving29
4766696151Which of the following is an example of a European innovation made possible by borrowing technologies from other civilizationsa) The use of gunpowder in cannons30
4766696152Which of the following features of the Byzantine Empire did the new civilization of Kievan Rus adopta) The political ideals of imperial control of the Church31
4766696153Which of the following was a long-term effect of the Black Death on European societya) The weakening of serfdom32
4766696154Which of the following was a way in which the Mongols contributed to the globalization of the Eurasian world.a) In providing a secure environment for traders, they facilitated long-distance international commerce33
4766696155Which of the following contributed to Temujin's rise to power and recognition as Chinggis Khan of the Great Mongol Nationa) The incorporation of warriors from defeated tribes into his own forces34
4766696156Which of the following is an example of the Mongol rulers' policy toward people in the conquered territoriesa) Chinese and Muslim officials were allowed to hold advisory positions in government35
4766696157What role did Mongol women play in the administration of the Mongol empirea) they advised on government policies and court decisions36
4766696158What happened to the Mongols in Persia in the fourteenth centurya) The mongols assimilated into Persian society37
4766696159Which of the following regions experienced the least racial mixing and was the least willing to recognize the offspring of interaction unionsa) British North America38
4766696160Why did some Native Americans aid the Spanish in their initial invasion of the New Worlda) To gain an advantage against their own enemies39
4766696161The colonial economy of the Spanish Empire in former Aztec and Inca lands wasa) based on commercial agriculture and mining40
4766696162How did many Native Americans in Mesoamerica and Peru respond to Spanish missionaries' efforts to convert them to Catholicisma) They blended their old customs into Catholic practices41
4766696163The colonial economy of the Spanish Empire in former Aztec and Inca lands wasa) based on commercial agriculture and mining42
4766696164How did many Native Americans in Mesoamerica and Peru respond to Spanish missionaries' efforts to convert them to Catholicisma) They blended their old customs into Catholic practices43
4766696165Which of the following motivated European to venture across the Atlantic oceana) rivalries between competing European states44
4766696166Which of the following describes slavery in Latin Americaa) large-scale importation of new slaves continued into the nineteenth century45
4766696167In contrast to the Portuguese and Spanish colonists in Latin America, British colonists in North Americaa) sought to escape rather than recreate European traditions in the Americas46
4766696168How did the Tokugawa shoguns treat Europeans in Japan in the early seventeenth century?a) They expelled all Europeans except the Dutch47
4766696169How did silver from the mines of Mexico and Peru affect international commerce?a) it enabled Europeans to buy Chinese tea, silk, and porcelain48
4766696170Which of the following describes an effect of the silver trade on Spain?a) It enabled Spanish rulers to pursue military and political ambitions in Europe and the Americas49
4766696171How did silver from the mines of Mexico and Peru affect international commerce?a) it enabled Europeans to buy Chinese tea, silk, and porcelain50
4766696172Which of the following is true of slavery in the premodern Islamic world?a) some slaves acquired prominent military or political status51
4766696173Which of the following distinguished the Atlantic slave trade in the Americas from past instances of slavery in world history?a) Slave status was associated with race52

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