Unit 1 - The Global tapestry

Question 1

Which dynasty unified China during the period 960-1279

Answer 1

Song

Question 2

Under Song rule, the state structure was divided into how many departments?

Answer 2

6

Question 3

Under Song rule, which of the following was the most significant and influential

Answer 3

Confucianism

Question 4

Officials in the Chinese imperial bureaucracy were chosen in which of the following ways

Answer 4

bureacrats had to pass the Civil Service Exam

Question 4

In AP World History, the entire region of “Afroeurasia”is treated as interconnected

Answer 4

True

Question 5

During the Song Dynasty, which of the following economic development did Not occur

Answer 5

The Chinese became the first in world history to use coins as currency

Question 6

Which of the following societies had the greatest influence on Japanese developments during the Mediveal time period

Answer 6

China

Question 7

Which religion was spread to China along trade routes from India? This religion grew in popularity in China over time.

Answer 7

Buddhism

Question 8

Which group of people in Europe could be compared to the samurai?

Answer 8

knights

Question 8

What was similar about Japan and Europe during the Middle Ages?

Answer 8

They both had a feudal system

Question 9

What helped the samurai warriors defeat the army of Mongols when they tried to invade Japan?

Answer 9

A storm depleted their army before they reached Japan.

Question 9

Knights in Europe lived by a code of conduct called CHIVALRY. What was the code of conduct called for the samurai?

Answer 9

bushido

Question 10

What helped reunite Japan at the end of the middle ages?

Answer 10

Traders from Europe introduced guns to Japan.

Question 10

What is Dar Al-Islam?

Answer 10

The greater Islamic Empire

Question 11

What was the social hierarchical system that was reinforced by the religious belief in Hinduism called?

Answer 11

the caste system

Question 12

The Abbasid Caliphate

Answer 12

Was considered the most powerful and influential of its time period

Question 12

How did political Islam encounter India?

Answer 12

Through the Ottoman Turks

Question 12

Sufism….

Answer 12

Was extremely attractive to the lower classes of the Caste System in India

Question 13

These were all ECONOMIC and TECHNOLOGICAL innovations brought to parts of Afro Eurasia EXCEPT

Answer 13

Book Keeping

Question 13

How did political Islam encounter West Africa?

Answer 13

Trade

Question 14

Why did two brothers, who started the Vijayanagar Empire, convert to Islam?

Answer 14

for social mobility and power

Question 14

What kingdom was established in Southern India during the late post-Classical period?

Answer 14

Vijayanagara Empire

Question 15

What is Samsara according to Hindu beliefs?

Answer 15

the cycle of life which includes reincarnation

Question 16

This is the term used that is the sum total of one’s actions in life meaning if one was good or bad in life

Answer 16

karma

Question 16

What type of knowledge spread from India to the Islamic Empires during the Post-Classical period?

Answer 16

algebra
geometry
astronomy
All of these

Question 17

What movement attempted to bridge Islamic and Hindu beliefs by fixating on certain Hindu deities

Answer 17

the Bhakti Movement

Question 18

How did the Majapahit Empire maintain its power?

Answer 18

controlling major sea routes

Question 18

What are the Cahokia of North America most known for?

Answer 18

Building large mounds of earth

Question 19

Aztecs also left some areas purposefully unconquered in order to conduct “flower wars”. Why did they do this?

Answer 19

They used them for captives to sacrifice

Question 19

Because the Aztec capital was built on water they had to get creative with agriculture

Answer 19

Chinampas

Question 20

What kind of government did many African tribes have?

Answer 20

Loose confederations with councils of chiefs that met to solve problems

Question 20

The first large-scale civilization in North America was the…

Answer 20

Mississippian Culture

Question 21

What were the mounds of the Mississippian culture built for?

Answer 21

Religious purposes, ceremonies, residences for elites

Question 22

Where did the people of Chaco and Mesa Verde build their homes?

Answer 22

Into the sides of cliffs

Question 22

What did the Hausa Kingdom of Africa benefit from?

Answer 22

The Trans-Sahara trade network

Question 23

What happened to lead Europe to be politically fractured (broken up)?

Answer 23

Fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE

Question 23

The Magna Carta, signed in early 1200’s led to what in England?

Answer 23

Increased control by the noble class

Question 23

The bourgeoisie class was

Answer 23

the new middle class people in Europe

Question 23

Why was much of the European art from these High Middle Ages focused on Christian themes and images

Answer 23

To provide a visual education to the illiterate peasantry who couldn’t read

Question 24

The years before 1000 CE in Europe were called:

Answer 24

Dark Ages

Question 24

The era known as the Renaissance is called such because

Answer 24

It was the “re-birth” of classical Roman and Greek ideals

Question 24

The Crusades was a war that aimed to…

Answer 24

take back control of the Holy Land for Christianity