AP-World History Timeline

Question 1

What is the time period covered by Period One?

Answer 1

700 to 1450

Question 2

What was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate?

Answer 2

Baghdad (modern day Iraq)

Question 3

What economic system did the Abbasid Caliphate use?

Answer 3

Receipt and bill system

Question 4

What empire rose after the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate?

Answer 4

Turkic Muslim empires like the Seljuk Empire

Question 5

What philosophy emphasizes hierarchy and filial piety in the Song Dynasty?

Answer 5

Neo-Confucianism

Question 6

What social practice restricted women’s rights in the Song Dynasty?

Answer 6

Foot binding

Question 7

Define Filial Piety.

Answer 7

Practice of honoring one’s ancestors and parents, placed lowest importance to daughter in law

Question 8

What agricultural development contributed to economic growth in the Song Dynasty?

Answer 8

Champa rice

Question 9

What major construction project expanded trade in the Song Dynasty?

Answer 9

Grand Canal expansion

Question 10

What were the Crusades?

Answer 10

Military campaigns by European Christians to convert Muslims and non-Christians

Question 11

What was the impact of the Delhi Sultanate?

Answer 11

Spread of Islam in Southeast Asia

Question 12

Who established the Mongol Empire?

Answer 12

Genghis Khan

Question 13

What was a significant impact of the Mongols?

Answer 13

Great diffusers of culture

Question 14

What major trade route was influential during the Mongol Empire?

Answer 14

Silk Roads

Question 15

What document was signed in 1215 that granted rights to citizens?

Answer 15

Magna Carta

Question 16

What event marked the end of the Abbasid Caliphate?

Answer 16

Mongols overtook and destroyed Baghdad in 1258

Question 17

What dynasty was the first foreign-ruled dynasty to control all of China?

Answer 17

Yuan Dynasty

Question 18

What empire was founded by Osman Bey?

Answer 18

Ottoman Empire

Question 19

What military practice involved enslaved Christians in the Ottoman Empire?

Answer 19

Devshirme

Question 20

What was the significance of Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca?

Answer 20

Introduced the wealth of Mali to the rest of the Mediterranean

Question 21

What city was the capital of the Aztec Empire?

Answer 21

Tenochtitlan

Question 22

What system did the Inca Empire establish for labor?

Answer 22

Mit’a System

Question 23

What year saw the invention of the printing press?

Answer 23

1440

Question 24

What was the Atlantic slave trade?

Answer 24

Transporting between 10 and 12 million enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean

Question 25

What year did the Ottoman Empire conquer Constantinople?

Answer 25

1453

Question 26

What significant event occurred in 1492?

Answer 26

Columbus voyages to the 'New World'

Question 27

What empire thrived from 1464 to 1591?

Answer 27

Songhai Empire

Question 28

What was the Protestant Reformation?

Answer 28

Movement initiated by Martin Luther's 95 Theses

Question 29

What was a major consequence of the Haitian Revolution?

Answer 29

First successful slave revolt leading to independence

Question 30

What was the significance of the Berlin Conference of 1885?

Answer 30

Beginning of the 'scramble for Africa'

Question 31

What was the main cause of the Great Depression?

Answer 31

Economic collapse following the stock market crash

Question 32

Who led the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution of 1917?

Answer 32

Lenin

Question 33

What was the main purpose of the United Nations established in 1945?

Answer 33

Promote international cooperation and maintain peace

Question 34

What major event took place during 1941-1945?

Answer 34

The Holocaust

Question 35

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962?

Answer 35

Standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba

Question 36

What significant change occurred in Iran in 1979?

Answer 36

Iranian Revolution

Question 37

What was the outcome of the 1991 dissolution of the USSR?

Answer 37

End of the Cold War

Question 38

What is NAFTA?

Answer 38

North American Free Trade Agreement

Question 39

Fill in the blank: The _______ was a military alliance formed in 1949.

Answer 39

NATO

Question 40

True or False: The Great Leap Forward aimed to boost the Chinese economy.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

What year did NAFTA come into effect?

Answer 41

1994 ## Footnote NAFTA eliminated most tariffs on products traded between Canada, Mexico, and the US.

Question 42

What major event occurred in 2001?

Answer 42

9/11 terrorist attacks ## Footnote Al Qaeda attacked the US by hijacking 4 planes.

Question 43

In the 9/11 attacks, how many planes were hijacked?

Answer 43

4 ## Footnote Two planes were flown into the World Trade Centre, one into the Pentagon, and one crashed in Pennsylvania.

Question 44

What was the US response following the 9/11 attacks?

Answer 44

Declared a war on terrorism and invaded Afghanistan ## Footnote This led to the removal of the Taliban from power and the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Question 45

Which countries formed a coalition to invade Iraq in 2003?

Answer 45

Mostly US and Britain ## Footnote The invasion aimed to oust Hussein.

Question 46

When was Hussein captured?

Answer 46

December 2003 ## Footnote Following his capture, a democratic government was formed in Iraq in 2005.

Question 47

What year was a democratic government formed in Iraq?

Answer 47

2005 ## Footnote This followed the capture of Hussein.

Question 48

True or False: Al Qaeda was completely dismantled after the US invasion of Afghanistan.

Answer 48

False ## Footnote Al Qaeda persisted despite the US actions.

Question 49

Fill in the blank: NAFTA eliminated most _______ on products traded between Canada, Mexico, and the US.

Answer 49

tariffs

Question 50

What significant action did the US take in Afghanistan?

Answer 50

Removed the Taliban from power ## Footnote This was part of the war on terrorism initiated after the 9/11 attacks.