World AP Final Exam (Mock STAAR)

Which of the following factors fueled the independence movements described in both sources:

A desire for governmental change

Cultural anthropologist point to which of the following theories to explain early humans' transition to farming:

A desire to grow more consistent amounts of wheat to use for beer

The trans-Atlantic slave trade outlined in the chart was a direct result of which of the following?

A labor shortage caused by disease

All of the following are considered tenets of "traditionally defined complex societies" EXCEPT:

A matriarchal hierarchy

The leader in the mosaic used all of the following justifications for rule that was also common in the ancient world EXCEPT:

A relationship with a deity

The above excerpt from the "Secret Speech" was meant to inspire which of the following:

A sense of nationalism

The image demonstrates which of the following social shifts distinguishing the Renaissance from earlier periods:

A shift from purely religious art to secular humanism

Along with the Bubonic Plague, all of the following events contributed to the end of the "Age of Faith" in Western Europe EXCEPT:

A shift in women's legal status

The conditions of immigrants outlined in the above passage are similar to conditions faced during the:

African diaspora

The presence of Hammurabi Code's in the historical record supports all of the following inferences EXCEPT:

All people voted to approve these laws

Which of the following, outlined in the passage, MOST contributed to urban decay:

An increase in social unrest

Ideas expressed in these passages would MOST likely re-appear in which of the following conflicts:

Angola declaring independence from the Portuguese Empire

Considering the source and your knowledge of history, all of the following statements are true regarding governing systems c. 1450 - 1750 EXCEPT:

Both the Portuguese and the Ming dynasty supported imperial expansion

Based on the chart above which of the following was the MOST common destination for slaves crossing the Atlantic:

Brazil

Which of the following statements could provide sociologists with evidence that large quantities of Arabian immigrants have moved to Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th century as were mentioned in the passage:

Brazil has a wide variety of cultural integrations with the Middle East

Which of the following governments practiced a congruent economic strategy to one of the leaders from the passage:

China, initiated by Mao Zedong

Which of the following conclusions about the early 20th century is most directly supported by the source above:

Citizens felt a need to call others to action as a way to bring attention to issues

The encomienda system mentioned in the above excerpt was MOST comparable to all of the following EXCEPT:

Collective farming in twentieth century China

Which of the following contributors of urban decay from the period of 600 - 1450 CE is directly referenced in the image:

Disease

The image provides evidence to support all of the following claims EXCEPT:

Early humans participated in cross-regional trade networks as symbolized by the opposing bulls

The majority of citizens living in the society that created this relief practiced which of the following:

Early pastoralism

The underlying motives for the migration of French citizens to French colonies is MOST similar to which of the following migrations:

English citizens moving to India

Which of the following institutions was established to avoid the kind of economic instability seen in Europe following World War I:

European Union

Which of the following immigrant populations depended on the support of a previous generation of more established immigrants:

Fong communities in North America

With the onset of the economic consequences outlined in the excerpt:

Governments began to take a more active role in economic life

Based on the passage which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the period 600 BCE - 600 CE:

Imperial societies continued to develop through conquest

Which of the following BEST describes a long-term consequence of the diffusion of gunpowder technologies from East Asia into the Islamic empires and Western Europe:

Increased state consolidation and shifts in military strategy

Taken together, the ideas expressed in these passages refer to:

Independence movements that resulted in new states systems

A historian would most likely use this painting to illustrate all of the following about early humans EXCEPT:

Inter-regional communication systems led to increased leisure time

Which of the following contributed MOST to the transition from empire to successor state that created this mosaic:

Invasion of outsiders from the north and east

During the late 19th century, which of the following countries had the weakest colonial presence:

Italy

According to the social standards at the time, which of the following accurately describes social expectations for middle and upper-class women:

Middle and upper-class women were expected to be gracious, kind and modest

Which of the following trends in urbanization, present in the sources above, is true for the period 600 - 1450 CE:

Multiple factors contributed to urban revivals including a rise in reliable, safe trade networks

According to the source above, which of the following contributors to World War I was MOST closely associated with colonial migrations:

Nationalism and racism

Statements like the one above are more likely to be published in the current era for which of the following reasons:

New modes of communication and transportation have reduced the problem of information systems reinforcing social inequity

Medical innovations developed in response to epidemics like the one described above were a DIRECT result of which of the following:

Petroleum bi-products being used to make plastic

Which of the following energy sources was primarily responsible for raising the power of productivity and increasing the production of material goods during the same period that this statement was made:

Petroleum energy and nuclear power

The influenza epidemic outlined in the passage led to the exploration and developments of a vaccine. This progression of an epidemic leading to increased awareness, resulting in technological development of widely used vaccines and is congruent to which other epidemic of the modern era:

Polio

Which of the following describes the social system practiced by Germanic tribes as outlined in the excerpt:

Primitive communism

Which of the following shows reasons that waves of people migrated from the Middle East to Brazil starting in the late 19th century mentioned in the passage:

Religious persecution of Christians by Ottoman Turks

Surplus crop yields led to all of the following EXCEPT:

Religious practices tied to the changing of the seasons

The mosaic above was created by a successor state of which of the following empires:

Rome

Explorers and missionaries from Western Europe used all of the following justifications for the conquest of native peoples during the sixteenth and seventeenth century EXCEPT:

Social Darwinism

Hammurabi Code's and The Mandate of Heaven BOTH include which of the following justifications for leadership:

Support of a deity

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn about Thatcher's motives for speaking so pointedly in this speech:

Thatcher's goal was to increase defense spending

Which of the following transoceanic empires was initially established as a trading post?

The British in India

Which of the following discriminatory legislation is MOST similar to the "No Irish Need Apply" (NINA) practice in both England and the United States during the late 19th century:

The Chinese Exclusion Act

Thatcher's arguments about external aggression are BEST understood in the context of which of the following:

The Cold War

Which of the following could best be described as an imperial state practicing economic imperialism rather than establishing settler colonies:

The French in China

Which of the following historical events is MOST directly related to the ideas expressed in the source above:

The Seneca Falls Convention

The author of this passage has goals most similar to those in which of the following:

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The government present in the Soviet Union at the time of this speech was a direct result of which of the following conditions:

The brutal oppression of the Russian people in concurrence with major crop failures

Which of the following technological advances was a central cause of the growth of European colonies in sub-Saharan Africa as mentioned in the passage:

The development of quinine medication

Which of the following is a direct effect of the slave trade outlined in the chart above:

The development of synthetic religions including Voodoo and Santeria

Based on your knowledge of history and information provided, one can infer that the speaker in the passage is from which social class in the Roman empire:

The elite class

The display of wealth evidenced by the existence of this portrait of Mona Lisa was made possible in part because of which of the following:

The expanding commercial sector in Western Europe, particularly Italy

Both men mentioned in the above passage have been granted an encomienda, meaning that their social status is MOST comparable to which of the following:

The new, urban elite of the first British industrial revolution

The source above is most closely related to which of the following events:

The onset of the Great Depression

Which of the following was a major contributing factor to the increase of coercive labor in North America in the mid-19th century:

The passage of the Corn Laws in England

All of the following contributed to the spread of the Bubonic Plague throughout medieval Europe EXCEPT:

The persecution of Jews

All of the following are closely correlated with the agricultural revolution EXCEPT:

The rise of egalitarian societies

Which of the following conditions was the woman in the passage alluding to:

The soldaderas participation in the Mexican revolution

The ancient leaders in the excerpts above invoke which of the following justifications for their leadership?

The support of a deity

The purpose of the Green Revolution mentioned in the passage above was:

To produce more food for the growing population

The Venus figurine pictured above is best described as all of the following EXCEPT:

Toys used to teach hunting and gathering methods

During the medieval period, goods were frequently exchanged between Western Europe and all of the following regions EXCEPT:

Trading posts in Malaka

Which of the following earlier events BEST reflect the desire to present a united front against Soviet military power as discussed in the speech above:

U.S. president Harry Truman supporting the proposed National Security Council Report 68

Archaeological evidence suggest all of the following forms of technology were used by people who worshiped figures like the one above EXCEPT:

Water-Powered Turbines

Common worship practices in communities like the one that made the painting above would have included all of the following EXCEPT:

Worship of a single, omnipotent Father-God