AP World History Unit 2 Study Guide Flashcards

16490169637	Which of the following is true of the Abbasid caliphate?	It presided over the "Golden Age" of Islamic culture	0
16490169638	Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share which of the following?	Each recognizes the existence of Abraham as the founder of monotheism	1
16490169639	According to the religion of Islam, how did Muhammad receive the word of Allah?	Through a vision inside of a cave	2
16490169640	Why does Islamic art usually feature geometric patterns and shapes rather than depictions of living things?	The Qur'an forbids the worship of graven images	3
16490169641	A chief characteristic of Islamic states from 1000 to 1400 was	Political Chaos	4
16490169642	Which of the following is a fundamental belief, or pillar, for all Muslims?	All Muslims should make a holy pilgrimage to the city of Mecca	5
16490169643	After Muhammad's death, the Muslim community (Umma) began to be ruled by a caliph who	Both a political and religious leader	6
16490169644	Which of the following is a major difference between the classical periods in Rome and the Islamic civilizations?	While Roman society had strict social classes, Islam was more egalitarian with fewer barriers to social mobility	7
16490169645	Which of the following cities was the capital of the Abbasid empire?	Baghdad	8
16490169646	The split between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims occurred as a result of	Disagreements over leadership succession issues	9
16490169647	The passage above demonstrates all of the following about the travels of Ibn Battuta EXCEPT	Nationalism and industrialization	10
16490169648	Islamic and Chinese empires in the post classical period (700 C.E. - 1200 C.E.) shared which of the following characteristics?	Extensive urbanization and some maritime trade	11
16490169649	What do the authors of these two documents have in common?	They both wrote about other cultures from an outsider's perspective	12
16490169650	Which of the following was a result of the Crusades?	The Crusades helped to open the West to new cultural and economic influences from the Middle East	13
16490169651	All of the following were characteristics borrowed by Kievan Russia from the Byzantine Empire EXCEPT	The concept of divine monarchy	14
16490169652	A major area of contention between the papacy and secular rulers in the Middle Ages was the	Ruler's determination to appoint Church officials in their own kingdoms	15
16490169653	A major factor in the spread of Eastern Orthodoxy was	The development of the Cyrillic alphabet	16
16490169654	The Byzantine Empire achieved which of the following?	The conversion of many Slavic peoples	17
16490169655	Which of the following statements about the Code of Hammurabi and the Justinian Code are accurate?	Each attempted to organize laws in ways that people could understand	18
16490169656	How were feudalism and manorialism accurate?	Feudalism was a political system while manorialism was an economic system	19
16490169657	Which is the most important effect of the Crusades and Islamic expansion on the civilization of Medieval Europe?	The transmittal of Greek and Arab learning	20
16490169658	Which of the following was an important factor that helped the eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) survive while the western Roman Empire collapsed?	It had a loyal army, a skilled an complex bureaucracy, and great wealth based on agriculture	21
16490169659	Women in Medieval Europe	Had some legal protections, but their rights often depended on where they lived and their social class	22
16490169660	The passage above expresses	The cosmopolitan society that developed in Muslim-controlled areas	23
16490169661	Monasticism is a characteristic of which of the following religions	Catholicism	24
16490169662	Which of the following did NOT play a role in the Crusades?	The re-establishment of a Jewish state	25
16490169663	How does the second account of the Emperor Justinian above contradict Procopius' account in the first document?	Justinian is portrayed as compassionate and forgiving	26
16490169664	What is Champa production?	"Wet Rice" Agriculture	27
16490169665	Which of the following is NOT considered to be a Chinese invention?	The Stirrup	28
16490169666	Which of the following is true about Chinese women during Tang and Song rule?	Women of the lower classes tended to be freer from restrictions than those of the upper class, Neo-Confucianism reinforced secondary status of women in Chinese society, The binding of women's feet was practiced more widely.	29
16490169667	In which of these societies were merchants and traders placed in a lower social class than farmers and artisans?	Japan	30
16490169668	The most dramatic change in the status of women during the Song dynasty was manifested by	Foot binding	31
16490169669	For many years the Chinese enjoyed a virtual monopoly on the production of	Silk	32
16490169670	Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Heian period in Japan in the 9th Century?	During the Heian period, the Chinese heavily influenced Japan	33
16490169671	One major difference between European and Japanese feudalism during the Middle Ages was that	There were fewer overall agricultural workers in the Japanese feudal system than in the European system	34
16490169672	Which of the following statements about neo-Confucianism is NOT correct?	Loyalty to government became more important than loyalty to family	35
16490169673	When the Shoguns ruled Japan	Real power belonged to the "Great General"	36
16490169674	The concept of the Mandate of Heaven was not important in Japan because	Japanese rulers were a dynastic line from the same family	37
16490169675	The ideas expressed in the passage above are most similar to	The ideas of Confucianism	38
16490169676	The population shift from 800 - 1200 C.E. on the table above reflects	The effects of the introduction of Champa rice into China	39
16490169677	The shape of the border of the Tang Empire in the map to the left best demonstrated imperial expansion was pursued by	By sending ambassadors and merchants west along the Silk Road	40
16490169678	Which of the following was the Aztecs principle god that a heart was sacrificed to?	The sun god	41
16490169679	How did the Maya MOST differ from other pre-Columbian societies in the Americas?	They developed the concept of zero	42
16490169680	One major difference between the Inca and the Aztec civilizations was	The Aztec developed a system of writing while the Inca did not	43
16490169681	In South America, where did the first complex societies develop?	In the Andes mountains	44
16490169682	All of the following are true of the major Amerindian civilizations in Central and South America prior to the arrival of Europeans EXCEPT	Relatively equal social stratification	45
16490169683	What major features did the Incan civilizations have in common?	The Inca were organized into clans, and the Inca practiced animal husbandry	46
16490169684	How were the Southwest Native Americans different from those in the eastern woodlands?	They were agriculturalists, not hunters and gatherers	47
16490169685	Which of the following most accurately describes the political structure of the Maya from 600 C.E. to 900 C.E.?	Numerous independent, warring city states	48
16490169686	Which of the following helps explain the location and architecture of buildings in major Mayan cities such as Tikal?	Astronomical considerations and observations	49
16490169687	Which of the following Amerindian civilizations is known for its "floating" gardens?	The Aztecs	50
16490169688	Which of the following is a similarity between the Incan and the Aztec empires?	Both used innovative techniques to dramatically increase agricultural production	51
16490169689	The Aztec civilization's militaristic society and use of human sacrifice was based on the earlier culture of the	Toltec	52
16490169690	All of the following statements are accurate about both the Mayan and the Aztec civilizations EXCEPT	Neither civilization had very advanced technologies or scientific understanding	53
16490169691	Which of the following is the MOST accurate description about the Andean region from 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.?	The ability of humans to overcome difficult geographic circumstances to create a regional cultural and economic network	54
16490169692	Which city became Russia's dominant political center under the Mongols?	Novgorod	55
16490169693	One advantage of Mongol rule was that	It promoted the spread of ideas and movement of peoples in Eurasia	56
16490169694	The Mongols were skilled in _______, but not _______________.	Warfare, Nation Building	57
16490169695	The Emperor Yongle restored commercial links with the Middle East by	Exploring Maritime connections and encouraging the voyages of Zheng He	58
16490169696	The rise of the Mongol Empire contributed to all of the following EXCEPT	The spread of Christianity	59
16490169697	Genghis Khan's chief role in the Mongol's history was	To unite the Mongol tribes	60
16490169698	Which of the following is an accurate statement about Mongols' cultural adaptation?	They tended to adopt the religions of the people they defeated	61
16490169699	The Mongols' economic policy included	Maintaining the trade along the Silk Road	62
16490169700	Which Mongol, attitude or policy does the quote above best reflect?	The religious tolerance of Mongols, towards other peoples	63
16490169701	The passage above reinforces the idea that	The Mongols used a strategy in conquering other areas	64
16490169702	The adoption of Neo-Confucianism by the Ming dynasty during the fourteenth century was primarily motivated by the	Need for competent government administrators	65
16490169703	Which of the following territories did the Mongols NOT conquer?	Japan	66
16490169704	Indian Ocean trade tied together all of the following areas directly EXCEPT	Russia	67
16490169705	Which of the following is an accurate statement about East African cities in the Indian Ocean trading system?	The most widely used language was Swahili	68
16490169706	Which of the following accurately describes India's religious composition in the 1300's?	Islam was forcibly introduced in northern India	69
16490169707	Which of the following sites in Africa experienced the greatest fusion of Arab, African, and Indian cultures in the Indian Ocean trading system?	The Swahili Coast	70
16490169708	What made Mali such a powerful state in the 1300's?	Mali possessed large deposits of gold	71
16490169709	Over the period between the 1000's and 1400's, which group seized control of northern India?	Mongolians	72
16490169710	Which of the following is an accurate statement about slavery in sub-Saharan Africa pre-1600?	Slavery was wide spread across Africa and some slave traders owned thousands of slaves	73
16490169711	Arab Merchants	Did much to spread Islam in places like Africa, maintained caravan trade routes in the Sahara, played a vital role in Indian Ocean trade, dominated the East African trade	74
16490169712	The Coptics were and still are a minority of which religion in predominantly Islamic Egypt?	Christian	75
16490169713	In the mid 1300's Mansa Musa created a strong centralized Islamic government in	Mali	76
16490169714	How were Zimbabwe and Timbuktu MOST alike?	They were both key points in trade networks that extended beyond Africa's borders	77
16490169715	Which of the following accurately describes patterns of trade in the Indian Ocean during the 1200's through the early 1400's?	Ivory and gold from Africa, cotton and indigo from India, porcelain and silk from China	78
16490169716	The photograph above in the modern-day West African country of Mali best exemplifies which of the following historical processes?	Spread of religion along trade routes	79
16490169717	Which of the following lists three places Ibn Battuta, the fourteenth-century Muslim traveler, visited?	India, Mali, and Persia	80
16490169718	Which of the following is true of commerce in the Indian Ocean during the time period 1000 - 1450?	Indian Ocean commerce flourished and was conducted by a mixture of Asian, Middle Eastern, and East African merchants	81
16490169719	Why is Ibn Battuta surprised at the social behavior of the sub-Saharan African women in the passage above?	The women are devoted Muslims	82