ap world midterm review

Which group was at the top of Baghdad society?

Relatives of the caliph

The Chinese commercial revolution spanned

400 years

Muhammad’s earliest followers came from

his immediate family

What was the relationship of merchants to Islamic society?

They held a high position in society

What is the term that describes the primary obligations of each Muslim?

Five Pillars of Islam

All of these factors contributed to the final destruction of the Abbasid dynasty EXCEPT

the execution of the final Abbasid caliph.

By 1100, ____ provided the best source of power for grinding grain.

water mills

The Four Books were important both to Buddhists and____.

Neo-Confucians.

Dhows played a critical role in the

Indian Ocean trade.

The Il-khanate was the Mongol government of

Iran.

Mali’s major exports included salt and gold.

True

The Chinese produced this rare and highly desired product that sparked one of the largest systems of exchange in the world

Silk

Historical evidence of the East African port of Kilwa comes from

The Chronicle of the Kings of Kilwa.

The principality of Moscow became the most powerful Rus principality because

Ivan III led a force that brought the Qipchaq khanate to an end.

The Book of Routes and Realms by al-Bakri describes the

kingdom of Ghana.

Dhows were often referred to as the

camels of the Indian Ocean trade.

"They came, they sapped, they burnt, they slew, they plundered, and they departed" was the description used to describe the Mongol invasion of

Transoxiana.

How many Africans are estimated to have been transported out of Africa into slavery between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries?

Twelve million

What played a key role in stimulating the Indian Ocean economy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

The introduction of silver from mines in the Americas

The Confucian social order was based on

strict hierarchical relationships.

Safavid Iran at the time was referred to as

Persia

The Ottoman capital was located in

Constantinople

What was the overall effect of the Atlantic slave trade?

It had a major effect on the overall population of Africa

Akbar demonstrated his commitment to religious toleration by

cancelling a special tax on non-Muslims

A description of Süleyman would include all of the following EXCEPT that he

was a strong Christian leader

“[T]he most successful of the Turkic-speaking peoples who had migrated westward from the steppes to conquer sedentary agricultural societies" describes which state in western Eurasia?"

Ottoman empire

The Japanese emperor

was a symbolic leader with no real power

The term “Renaissance” means

rebirth.

What disease played a key role in the Spanish conquest of Mexico?

Smallpox

The Huron of the St. Lawrence region suffered a major decline in population as a result of

European diseases.

For what innovation is Johannes Gutenberg credited?

Printing the first European book with movable type

Which disease likely travelled from the Americas to Europe?

Syphilis

What was the major weakness of the Aztec empire?

Its failure to fully incorporate subject peoples into Aztec society.

The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed between Spain and Portugal

stipulated that areas ruled by Christian leaders were not affected, but the rest of the world was divided between the two countries.

European merchants, primarily from ____, helped to create interest in areas outside Europe, and in exploration.

Genoa and Venice

The economic focal point for the English was

Caribbean sugar plantations

The humanists admired the culture of

Greece and Rome

When Chinese women married, they

moved in with the husband’s family and came under the authority of mothers-in-law.

What was true of King Alfonso Mvemba a Nzinga?

He converted to Christianity.

African history had ancient connections to all of these places EXCEPT

the Americas.

The most basic relationship that tied the African, American, and European societies together and which characterized the Atlantic system was

economic

The triangular trade did all the following EXCEPT

sent manufactured goods from Africa to Europe and America.

By 1750, Spain’s American colonies had established clear patterns of political and economic development that included

dominating urban areas such as Mexico City and Lima

At its largest territorial extent, Qing China included all the following areas EXCEPT

Japan

The deciding factor that led to the independence of Haiti was

tropical diseases, which decimated the French army.

After rounding the Cape of Good Hope, Vasco da Gama referred to what source to guide him from the East African coast to the western coast of India?

Arabic charts and navigational guides

Royal absolutism

Ruler is sole ruler of the land without any opposition.

In the French Revolution, who claimed women were controlled by the perpetual tyranny of men?

Olympe de Gouges

Seventeenth-century Europe saw the emergence of a new intellectual group known as the "moderns" who believed

that knowledge progressed through reasoning.

Seventeenth-century Europe saw the emergence of a group of intellectuals known as the "ancients" who emphasized the authority of

Aristotle.

Modern historians see in ____ the origins of modern nationalism.

Napoleon’s campaigns

The final stage of the French Revolution involved

the rule of Napoleon.

Why were the ideals of the 1848 uprising perplexing to the political elites of the time?

The policies of reform might endanger stability and continuity.

Where the American President George Washington identified himself with the republican period of Rome, Napoleon preferred

imperial Rome.

The growth of abolitionism in England was fueled by

Enlightenment thinking and England’s proud history of its Bill of Rights.

Which document states, “men are born and remain free and equal in rights”?

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

The American Constitution failed in achieving the highest aspirations of the Enlightenment when it compromised on

equality.

What was the foundation of the Industrial Revolution?

Innovations in technology and labor systems

Which country took the lead in the Industrial Revolution?

England

All of these areas competed with England to establish steam-powered factories EXCEPT

the Netherlands.

James Watt is given credit for his work on

the steam engine that turned coal into cheap steam power.

The potential for the new, highly productive industrial system was highlighted in the

textile industry.

What was the strongest and most powerful ideology swirling through industrial Europe?

Nationalism

Although Parliament, in an attempt to protect the wool industry, placed a high tariff on Indian cotton goods, British entrepreneurs found a way around this by

importing raw cotton.

All of these innovations helped promote globalization in the nineteenth century EXCEPT

international banking.

By 1870, steamships

enhanced the military advantages of Western nations.

Josiah Wedgwood was the first to introduce ____ in his factory.

steam engines