AP World History Short Answer Quiz

Unit 1 Random Questions

What is the term for the claim of divine favor and sanction for rule that allowed emperors to rule as secular lords and in ecclesiastical affairs?

Caesaropapism

What is the ritual prostration in which subordinates knelt before the emperor and touched their forehead to the ground?

Kowtow

Who mounted a rebellion and captured the capital of Chang’an and Luoyang?

An Lushan

What year did Constantinople fall and to who?

1453, to Ottoman Turks

Who was first Song emperor?

Song Taizu

What was the way China divided land for peasants called?

Equal-Field system

What way do most chinese rivers flow?

West to east

What people established Jin empire?

Jurchen

What religion did Zhu Xi support?

Neo-Confucianism

What was name of period of Japan that imitated Chinese policies, government, etc.?

Nara Japan

What custom is a major patriarchal reflection in China?

Foot Binding

Who was the first and only female emperor of China?

Wu Zhao

Who composed the Tale of Genji?

Murasaki Shikibu

Who won in civil war between Taira and Minamoto?

Minamoto

What is the hajj?

Holy pilgrimage to Mecca

What does Dar al-Islam mean?

House of Islam (the land under Islamic rule)

Who was prophet of Islam?

Muhammad

Who was the one god of Islam?

Allah

What is the hadith?

Traditions of Muhammad’s life

What did the Quran record?

Muhammad’s revelations

What is the hijira?

Islamic calendar

Where did Muhammad flee to?

Yathrib (Medina)

What is the Umma?

Community of Muhammad’s followers

Why was Ka’ba not destroyed?

To honor Mecca

What were the 5 pillars of Islam?

No god but Allah and Muhammad as his prophet, daily prayer while facing Mecca, fasting during daylight hours of Ramadan, Alms for the relief of the weak and poor, Pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj)

What is Jihad?

Struggle (Holy war against those threatening Islam)

What is the Sharia?

Codification of Islamic Law

Who is the first caliph?

Abu Bakr

Who is the 4th caliph?

Ali

What were the 4th caliph’s followers known as?

Shia

What were traditional Islamic followers known as? (followers of Abu Bakr)

Sunni

What was jizya?

Special head tax on non-Muslims

Who did Abu Al-Abbas ally with to defeat Umayyads?

Shia and non-Arab Muslims

Who founded the Abbasid Dynasty?

Abu Al-Abbas

What is Ulama?

People with religious knowledge, scholars

What were qadis?

Judges

Who was caliph at high point of Abbasid dynasty?

Harun Al-Rashid

What group of people took over Abassids and were the true source of power?

Seljuq Turks

What were caravanserais?

Inns lodging caravan merchants

What is a sakk?

Check

What is Al-Andalus

Islamic Spain (Muslim rule of Iberian Peninsula)

Did the Quran improve the status of women? (write yes or no)

yes

What were Madrasas?

Institutions of higher education

What did veils symbolize?

Male authority (patriarchal values)

What was the name of the major Islamic missionaries that traveled to new Muslim territories?

Sufi

Who was that Persian theologian Sufi that believed human reason was too frail to understand the mysteries of the world and only through devotion, guidance from Quran, could humans appreciate power of Allah?

Al Ghazali

Who did Ibn Rushd (Averroes) follow to understand the world logically?

Aristotle

Was Harsha religiously tolerant? (answer yes or no)

Yes

Who was the leader of Turks in Afghanistan and destroyed the great Somnath Hindu Temple of Gujarat?

Mahmud of Ghazni

What was the name of the Islamic state established by Mahmud of Ghazni’s successors?

The Sultunate of Delhi

Did the sultunate of Delhi have much power and influence?

no (relied on goodwill of Hindu kings)

Rando question time: How many of the 35 sultans were killed in the Sultunate of Delhi?

19

Kingdoms of Chola, Vijayanagar, Axum, Funan, Srivijaya, Angkor, and Melaka were successful thanks to what?

Trade

What were Emporia?

Cosmopolitan port cities that were used as warehouses for trade

What were Jati?

subcastes

What was the main way of social organization in India known as?

Castes

Who were the two main gods of Hinduism

Vishnu and Shiva.

Which god did Shankara devote to and did he value logic more than devotion?

Shiva, yes

Which god did Ramanuja and did he value logic more than devotion?

Vishnu, and no

What was the name of the movement that attempted to bring Hinduism and Islam closer together?

Bhakti Movement

Who was a major follower of the Bhakti movement and taught that Shiva, Vishnu, and Allah were all manifestations of one deity?

Guru Kabir

What were 3 influences of India on Southeast Asia?

Kingship, Religion, and Literature (Not the caste system)

Why was irrigation essential in India?

Monsoons (Spring and Summer had rainfall, Autumn and Winter ain’t got it)

What was Constantinople renamed to after being capture by Ottoman Turks?

Istanbul

Who was Justinian’s wife?

Theodora

Who built Hagia Sophia?

Justinian and Theodora

Who codified Roman law and what was the codification called?

Justinian; Justinian’s Code (Corpus juris civilis (Body of the Civil Law) in more specifics)

What was a highly effective weapon of Byzantine forces that (hint hint: even burned when floating on water)

Greek fire

What system was the Byzantine empire reorganized to be under that placed an imperial province under the authority of a general?

Theme System

Who deposed the last of the western Roman emperors?

Odoacer

Who led battle that defeated Spanish Muslims at Battle of Tours?

Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer)

Who was the grandson of Charles Martel and reigned the Carolingian empire at high point?

Charlemagne

Where did Charlemagne built capital at?

Aechen, Germany

Who crowned Charlemagne emperor?

Pope Leo III

Who was the son of Charlemagne?

Louis the Pious

What major industry of China became a large part of the Byzantium economy?

Silk

What was the schism?

Split between Eastern Orthodox church in Byzantium and Roman Catholic Church in western Europe

Who inaugurated Iconoclasm?

Emperor Leo III

What did Emperor Leo III inaugurate?

Iconoclasm

What did St. Basil and St. Benedict do?

Made consistent rules for monasteries (Poverty, Chastise, and obedience)

What did St. Scholastica do?

Adapted Benedictine rule for women in convents

What did Saints Cyril and Methodius do?

Create Cyrillic alphabet

What were yurts?

Large tents

What does khan mean?

Ruler

What sultan consolidated hold on Baghdad and was recognized in 1055?

Tughril Beg

What battle did Seljuq Turks defeat Byzantine army?

Manzikert

What Mongol group dominated Russia?

Golden Horde

What Khan ruled China after Chinggis Khan?

Khubilai Khan

Under whose court did Marco Polo live at?

Khubilai Khan

Who established Yuan dynasty?

Khubilai Khan

Who set a major foundation of a huge empire for the Mongols?

Chinggis Khan (Genghis Khan)

What Mongols ruled over Persia?

Ilkhans

What Mongols ruled over Khanate of Chaghatai?

Descendants of Chaghatai

What did Mongols in China forbode the Chinese from doing?

Intermarriage and studying of Mongol language.

Were the Mongols good administrators and rulers?

Nah not really (they had foreign administrators that ruled)

Who toppled Abbasid empire?

Hulegu (Khubilai’s brother)

What religion did Ilkhan of Ghazan convert to?

Islam

Who was the Lame emperor?

Tamerlane (Timur the lame)

Who founded Ottoman Empire?

Osman I

Who captured city of Constantinople ending Byzantine rule?

Mehmed II