Strayer AP World History Chapter 13 Flashcards

5553639058	What was a possible reason why Australian hunter-gatherers did not develop farming societies?	They did not need to farm to master their environment.	0
5553639059	The agricultural civilizations of West Africa were characterized by what kind(s) of government(s)?	A mixture of stateless societies and more highly centralized kingdoms.	1
5553639060	Which of the following was NOT a value of the Iroquois League of Five Nations that European colonists found attractive?	Empire Building	2
5553639061	The conquest of Timur was the last military success of what kinds of people, before the coming of the Russian and Chinese empires?	Nomadic Peoples	3
5553639062	What was the main reason that Emperor Yongle sent Zheng He on his voyages?	To draw distant lands into the Chinese tribute system of trade	4
5553639063	Why did the Ming government suddenly stop the exploration of the Indian Ocean basin?	Yongle's successors viewed expansion as a waste of time and resources.	5
5553639064	The Hundred Years' War between England and France (1337-1453) was comparable to which conflict in Ming China during the fifteenth century?	Nothing; Ming China was internally unified, unlike Europe.	6
5553639065	The Renaissance was an era in which educated Europeans sought to "return to the sources." What sources?	Latin and Greek literature, art, etc.	7
5553639066	Just after the Ming withdrew from the Indian Ocean and Eastern Africa, which European power began to expand into the void left behind by the Chinese?	Portugal	8
5553639067	All of the following are reasons why Europeans put so much effort into expanding their power, while Chinese withdrew into their borders during the fifteenth century, EXCEPT:	The Europeans had more ships, armies, and wealth to fund their exploration than the Ming state, which was large but poor.	9
5553639068	How did the Songhay Empire fit into the Islamic world of the fifteenth century?	It was a substantial Islamic state on the West African frontier of the Islamic world.	10
5553639069	A Muslim traveler described Timbuktu, the capital of the Songhay Empire, as	a vibrant center of cultural, intellectual, and commercial activity.	11
5553639070	Muslim travelers described the Islamic port of Malacca as	a dangerous and lawless nest of thieves and cheaters.	12
5553639071	Which of the following was NOT a feature of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan?	Lack of pyramids and temples	13
5553639072	Why did the Aztecs perform ritual human sacrifice?	They believed the victims' blood replenished the energy of the sun.	14
5553639073	In what ways did the Incan and Aztec empires differ substantially from each other?	The Incan Empire built an elaborate bureaucracy to integrate its subjects; the Aztecs did not.	15
5553639074	How did the Aztec and Incan empires treat women?	Women had a separate role from men, which was seen as just as important.	16
5553639075	All of the following pairs of societies shared a common religion EXCEPT:	Mexican and Andean.	17
5553639076	Which of the following was NOT a feature of the modern era in the centuries following 1500?	Growing equality among entire regions and civilizations	18
5553639077	Which of the following "what ifs" might have most drastically altered world history by not leading to European dominance?	What if the Ming had not called their fleet back from its explorations in 1433?	19