AP World mid term

Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of the bubonic plague in Eurasia?

The mongol expansion from central Asia to China, eastern Europe, and the middle east

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the way Khubilai Khan chose to have himself portrayed in the painting?

The nomadic tradition depicted in the painting would bolster Khubilai Khan's claim to be the legitimate successor to Genghis Khan.

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

On a global scale, which of the following most directly led to the expansion of the trade between Europe and Asia in the time period reflected in the chart?

The shifting balance of trade as a result of the circulation of American silver

The passage by al-Khatib is best understood in the context of which of the following?

The spread of the Black Death in the aftermath of the Mongol conquests

The ninth century monument pictured above, located on the island of Java in present day Indonesia, best exemplifies which of the following historical processes?

The spread of universalizing religions beyond their places of origin

The photo to the right of the Süleymaniye mosque in Istanbul exemplifies which of the following historical processes?

The synthesis of established cultural traditions and new traditions

Between 1450 and 1750, empires such as the Ottoman and Chinese shared which of the following?

The use of a large bureaucracy to support the government

Which of the following contributed most to Manchu expansion in Asia during the 17th and 18th centuries?

The use of cannons and gunpowder

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.

Which of the following was a major change in trans regional trade patterns from 1500-1700?

Europeans created joint stock companies to engage in overseas trade

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 describes a major cause of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

Exploitation of artillery and small arms gave the Ottomans advantages over many of their political rivals.

A historian examining Mesoamerica in the sixteenth century would best utilize the sources above to analyze which of the following topics?

How Christian ideas were communicated to an understood by Amerindians

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 processes contributed to the emergence of syncretic and new religions in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres during the sixteenth century ?

Increases in global interactions

Which of the following was the main reason that Buddhist thought had important social implications for South Asia?

It challenged hierarchies based on caste.

Which of the following was a major long term effect of Vasco da Gama's voyage to India in the late 1490s?

It led to the integration of European merchants into the Indian Ocean economy

What similar view of Doña Marina is portrayed in both images?

She is portrayed as an essential part of the negotiations

During the period 1450 to 1750, which of the following commodities was most responsible for transforming the global economy?

Silver

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.

Which of the following accurately describes a significant difference between the Ottoman and Mughal Empires in the early seventeenth century?

The Mughals ruled over people who were predominantly Islam, while the Ottoman empire did not.

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

Muslim maritime activities in the Indian Ocean would be most disrupted by which of the following sixteenth-century developments?

The arrival of Portuguese and other Europeans

The outbreaks of plague described in the passage led most directly to which of the following?

The decline of many major cities across Eurasia

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

Based on the chart and your knowledge of world history, which of the following most directly enabled the Dutch to establish and enforce a monopoly on the Southeast Asian clove trade in the seventeenth century?

The development of powerful joint stock commercial companies

Which of the following accurately describes the effect of the spread of Christianity among the most Amerindian societies after 1500 C.E?

Amerindians maintained local customs by combining indigenous beliefs with elements of Christianity

Which of the following is a similarity between the Ottoman and Chinese governments during the period 1450-1750?

An extensive governmental bureaucracy

Which of the following best describes the relationship that the Chinese and Aztec empires had with their respective peripheral states during the fifteenth century C.E. ?

Both empires established tributary relationships with their peripheral states

Which of the following developments best explains why many historians argue that the Song Dynasty Period (960-1279 C.E.) was pivotal in the development of China as an economic world power?

China's population doubled and Chinese urban centers experienced massive growth during the Song period.

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

Chinese in the Indian Ocean

The building in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, shown to the right, is an example of which of the following concepts?

Cultural diffusion

Which of the following was a method rulers in Eurasia used to legitimize and consolidate their power during the period 1450 C.E.-1750 C.E. ?

Developing professional militaries

The photograph on the right showns a fourteenth century C.E. mosque in the city of Xi'an, central China. This image most clearly supports which of the following conclusions about the spread of Islam?

Early Muslim communities in China adopted local architectural styles for their religious buildings.

Which of the following factors best explains the distribution of Muslim populations shown on the map to the left? (Image of oceanic island nations such as the Philippines, most of which are shaded gray to indicate population)

Merchant activity

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 characterized the trans saharan trade by 1250 C.E. ?

Muslim merchants dominated the trade

Which of the following regions was LEAST affected by the expansion of European trade networks in the period 1450 C.E. to 1750 C.E. ?

Oceania

The map illustrates which of the following? (image of Atlantic ocean with many arrows pointing away from Africa)

Predominant areas of origin and destinations of african slaves in the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries.

Which of the following would best support the conclusion that the Columbian Exchange involved more profound consequences than did earlier biological exchanges in world history?

Previous exchanges did not involve the world's two hemispheres.

Navarros economic observations expressed are best understood in the context of which of the following ?

The influx of silver from the Americas into the Spanish economy.

For the period circa 1580-1650, which of the following most directly caused the price fluctuations shown in the chart?

The intensification of competition among European states over the control of profitable maritime trade routes

Which of the following describes the most important cause of the demographic changes associated with the Columbian Exchange?

The introduction of new world food crops to Afro Eurasia

Which is the most likely reason that rulers during the seventeenth century built elaborate palaces such as the one at Versailles, France, shown above?

To demonstrate their wealth and power

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

Transportation and maritime technologies

Some world historians have argued that the growth of European influence in the period 1450-1750 was due in large part to non-European inventions. The history of which of the following technological developments best supports this contention?

compass

Many forced and free migrants practiced the religious beliefs of their homelands as a way of adapting to unfamiliar experiences and environments in their destination societies. Which of the following processes best supports the historical arguments above?

african slaves in americas integrating African beliefs into their practice of Christianity

Commander Cotton's reaction to the events in Jamaica, in the notice above, might best be understood in the context of which of the following?

mounting resistance to slavery in the Americas, reflected in challenges to imperial authority

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

historians consider the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to be a time of great change in cultivation methods and in the physical landscape of latin america. which of the following pairings was most responsible for these changes

slave labor and sugar

The transfer of which of the following as part of the Columbian Exchange had the greatest effect on human migration patterns before 1800?

sugarcane

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

in the period 1450-1750, the intensification of connections between the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere had which of the following effects on religious factors>

syncretic forms of religion such as Vodun developed

During the seventeenth century, one of the reasons Africans participated in the Atlantic slave trade was

the demand for weapons among African elites