AP world test period 3

Which of the following statements is accurate about the Mongols during the 1200s and 1300s?

The Mongols facilitated the diffusion of many Chinese inventions

Which of the following processes is associated with the spread of Buddhism into Southeast Asia between 200 B.C.E. and 1000 C.E.?

Transformation of Buddhism after contact with local beliefs

Ibn Battuta traveled widely across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa in the fourteenth century. His travels serve as evidence for the

Unifying influence of Islam

Inca and Aztec societies were similar in that both

Acquired empires by means of military conquest

In the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E., states in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam had which of the following in common?

All were culturally influenced by China

As Islam spread between 1200 and 1600, it affected gender relations in which of the following ways?

Existing local customs regarding marriage and the role of women blended with Islamic models

Which of the following accurately describes the Mongol Empire's role in facilitating trans-Eurasian trade?

It reestablished the Silk Roads between East Asia and Europe

Which of the following was most responsible for the initial spread of Islam to West Africa?

Merchants on the trans-Saharan trade routes

Which of the following best represents a significant change in labor organization from 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.?

Serfdom arose as an alternative form of coerced labor in parts of Europe and East Asia

Which of the following best supports the conclusion that Japan borrowed extensively from Tang and Song China?

Societal relations in Japan were based on Confucian principles of hierarchy

Before 1450 C.E. which of the following is true of sub-Saharan Africa's commercial economy?

Sub-Saharan Africa exported gold to the Middle East and Europe

The expansion of communication and trade networks in Afro-Eurasia from 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E. resulted in the spread of which of the following from South Asia?

Technological and scientific concepts such as the decimal and zero

In the period 600 C.E.-1450 C.E., Africa's Swahili coast was a major part of which trading system?

The Indian Ocean Trade network

Which of the following changes best justifies the claim that the late 1400s mark the beginning of a new period in world history?

The incorporation of the Americas into a broader global network of exchange

Which of the following factors represents the most significant cause of the growth of cities in Afro-Eurasia in the period 1000-1450?

The rise of interregional commerce

Which of the following was a major cause for the growth of cities throughout Afro-Eurasia from 800 C.E. to 1350 C.E.?

The rise of interregional commerce

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, territories under Mongol control benefited from which of the following?

Trade that tied several distinct regional networks together

The early spread of Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula was caused primarily by

military conquest

In the period 900 to 1500 C.E., the Ottomans and the Aztecs were similar in that both peoples were

nomadic groups that migrated to already settled regions and conquered them

Pope Urban II

organized the first Crusade in 1095; appealed to Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim control