AP World History Test 2.1-2.3

Voyages such as those referred to in the third paragraph were most directly facilitated by which of the following?

Merchants' understanding of the patterns of the monsoon winds

The breakup of the Mongol Empire into separate khanates during the mid-thirteenth century was most connected to which of the following developments?

Mongol traditions emphasized tribal and personal loyalties and made it difficult to establish long-lasting centralized dynastic rule, which led to civil war.

Which of the following most likely explains why the scroll was copied for a new audience in the 1350s?

Mongols adopted and spread technological innovations from regions within their empire.

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 resulted from the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire following the death of Genghis Khan?

The development of khanates in Central Asia

The illustration would be most useful to a historian studying which of the following?

Transportation and maritime technologies

Which of the following societies engaged in extensive maritime trade well beyond their borders in the fifteenth century?

Chinese in the Indian Ocean

Between 200 B.C.E. and 1450 C.E., the Silk Roads linked which of the following?

East Asia and the Mediterranean Sea

All of the following statements about the use of the currency shown in Image 1 in China under the Yuan dynasty are factually accurate. Which best explains why the currency often led to hyperinflation?

Excessive amounts of currency were printed in order to fund military expeditions and reward local elites.

The lines on the map above illustrate which of the following?

Extent of trade routes

Which of the following contributed to the Chinese government's decision to stop voyages of exploration in the Indian Ocean in the early fifteenth century?

Government concern with domestic problems and frontier security

The system of thought demonstrated by al-Khatib suggests he was most influenced by which of the following?

Greek and Roman philosophical principles of logic and empirical observation

Which of the following is true of the expeditions of Chinese Admiral Zheng He in the early 1400s?

He sailed to ports on the Indian Ocean coastline, including those in East Africa.

Which of the following led most directly to the development of the trading network on the map?

Innovations in transportation and commercial technologies such as caravanserai

Which of the following most encouraged the development of new cities such as Cahokia along the Mississippi River, Swahili city-states on the East African Coast, Venice on the Mediterranean coast, and Hangzhou on China's coast during the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.?

Intensification of regional trade

The establishment of the Mongol Empire directly facilitated which of the following?

Increased cultural and technological exchange between the Islamic world and China

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.

Trade spurred the introduction of both Islam and Hinduism to what is now called

Indonesia

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Mongol Empire?

It reestablished the Silk Road between East Asia and Europe.

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 did the Mongol armies fail to conquer, and why?

Japan, because severe storms aided the experienced Japanese naval forces

Which of the following factors best explains the distribution of Muslim populations shown on the map above?

Merchant activity

A historian researching the effects of the Crusades on the diffusion of technology would probably find which of the following sources most useful?

Monks' translations of Arabic mathematics texts brought from conquered territories

Which of the following factors contributed the most to Omani traders' ability to undertake the voyages depicted on the maps?

Navigational and maritime innovations, such as the astrolabe and lateen sail

Which of the following languages came into existence after 1000 as the direct result of expanding global trade patterns?

Swahili

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

Commerce was a key mode of exchange between which of the following pairs of political entities?

The Crusader states and the Fatimid caliphate

The map above shows which of the following empires at its greatest extent?

The Mongol Empire

Which of the following best describes an effect of the establishment of the Mongol Empire upon Silk Road long distance trade?

The Silk Road trade increased because the Mongol conquests helped connect more regions of Eurasia economically and commercially.

Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia in the period circa 1250-1500 C.E.?

The activities of Muslim traders and Sufi missionaries

Which of the following factors helps explain the rise of urban centers and the increase in trade in Afro-Eurasia during the second half of the thirteenth century?

The availability of safe and reliable transport along land-based trade routes

The expansion of the Mongol Empire most directly led to which of the following political developments in Afro-Eurasia?

The collapse of previously existing states, such as the Song dynasty of China

The first paragraph most directly illustrates how increasing regional interactions led to which of the following developments in the Indian Ocean in the period 1200-1450?

The introduction of new cultural traditions

Which of the following statements about the Mongol Empire of the thirteenth century is true?

The invasion of Japan was attempted but was unsuccessful.

The illustration above shows which of the following about the fifteenth century?

The relative size of the European caravel and the Ming treasure ship

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

The particular routes and timings of the voyages depicted on the maps best reflect which of the following characteristics of Omani merchants?

Their advanced knowledge of Indian Ocean currents and monsoon wind patterns

Marco Polo described which of the following at Kublai Khan's court that he had not encountered in Europe?

The use of paper money and coal and the practice of frequent bathing

Historians who argue that there was substantial global integration by the end of the thirteenth century would most likely cite which of the following as evidence to support their claims?

The widening and deepening of exchange networks linking Afro-Eurasia after the Mongol conquests

In the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E., merchant diaspora communities, such as those of Muslims in India, Chinese in Southeast Asia, and Jews in the Mediterranean, had which of the following in common?

They generally introduced their own cultural practices into the local cultures.

Based on the maps and your knowledge of world history, which of the following could be best inferred about the South and East Asian trading cities on the map?

They had Muslim diasporic merchant communities.

Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of the travel depicted in the illustration?

To bind diverse communities to a common tradition

Which of the following best explains the continuity in the trade routes between East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and India as shown on the maps?

Trade along the routes relied on sailors' knowledge of the monsoon winds.

The map above demonstrates which of the following about the Indian Ocean trade?

Trade involved most of the regions bordering the Indian Ocean as well as China.

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 Mongol conquests of much of Eurasia in the thirteenth century tended to encourage trade along the Silk Roads primarily by

decreasing the risk of bandit attacks and reducing the number of local rulers collecting tribute from trade caravans

Image 1 could best be used as evidence of the ways in which

imperial states attempted to expand commercial activity.

A significant example of the interaction among Indian, Arab, and European societies by 1200 C.E. was the transfer of knowledge of

numerals and the decimal system

In the fourteenth century, merchants from China, Arabia, Persia, and Egypt were drawn to Calicut, India, primarily to purchase

pepper

The inclusion of the caravan in the painting's background could best be used as evidence that Yuan rulers

portrayed themselves as promoters of commerce

The second passage does not support the first passage because the second passage

presents an incident in which a military order supported a Muslim traveler

The third paragraph most directly illustrates the ways in which rulers in the Indian Ocean in the period before 1450

used expanding trade networks to facilitate state development