AP World History Midterm Flashcards

3699846734	Which of the following statements concerning slavery on the continent of Africa before the arrival of the Europeans is most accurate?	in many African societies, the control of slaves was one of the few ways in which individuals or lineages could increase their wealth and status	0
3699861598	In characterizing the period from 1450 to 1750 in the West, which of the following statements is not accurate?	what was once an agricultural society had become a predominately manufacturing economy	1
3699871258	The development of agriculture caused important changes in all of the following except...	male-female relations	2
3699875420	The significance of the Byzantine Empire included all of the following except	the empire's conquest of the Ottoman Empire and its inclusion of all of the Middle East	3
3699880016	What was the impact of the Crusades on Islam?	in the long run, there was little impact on Islamic society and culture	4
3699892187	What was the Western response to the problems of international trade that they experienced in 1400?	western nations began explorations of alternative routes to Asia that would bypass the Middle East and Muslim realms	5
3699899244	India's trading network involved direct contact with all of the following except...	Russia	6
3699908325	All of the following constituted a function of government in Han China except...	schools for peasant boys	7
3699908326	What was Catherine the Great's attitude towards the program of Westernization?	Catherine flirted vigorously with the ideas of the French Enlightenment, but failed to take steps to abolish serfdom	8
3699915258	What was one of the primary limitations on the expansion of the agricultural economy?	lack of technological improvement	9
3699918102	How did the Song Empire compare to the Tang?	the Song empire was smaller in territorial extent than the Tang Empire	10
3699924573	Compared to modern American ideas of democracy, Athenian democracy was distinctive in...	urging that all citizens participate directly in lawmaking and policymaking	11
3699930037	Which of the following statements concerning the interaction of North American colonists with the Indians is most accurate?	Colonists interacted with Indians, learned from them, and misused them, but did not forge a new cultural grouping as occurred in much of Latin America	12
3699938261	All of the following were outcomes of Justinian's wars of reconquest except...	the permanent addition of Rome to the Byzantine Empire	13
3699943523	The British were able to oust the French from Canada following the...	7 years war	14
3699946436	Which of the following statements concerning leadership in Mongol society is most accurate?	leaders were chosen by free males and held office for as long as they could keep it	15
3699952334	How did the Polish government differ from the Russian model after 1600?	the central government was powerless	16
3699956493	Hellenistic society was known for its advances in...	medicine and geometry	17
3699959388	Which of the following statements concerning the ulama is most accurate?	it stressed an increasingly restrictive conservatism within Islam, particularly with respect to scientific inquiry	18
3699964671	What accounted for the downfall of the Songhay?	invasion by a Moroccan Muslim army equipped with firearms, followed by internal revolts	19
3699971248	Which of the following statements concerning the inter-clan relationships in Bedouin society is most accurate?	inter-clan violence over control of water and pasturage was common	20
3699975400	In general, how did Islam spread in SE Asia?	port cities were points of dissemination to other links in the trading networks	21
3699904855	All of the following constituted a function of government in Han China except...	schools for peasant boys	22