AP WORLD MIDTERM REVIEW

Which of the following is NOT a Chinese cultural tradition?

gender equality

Wrote government's responsibility is to protect its people's unalienable rights of life, liberty, & pursuit of property

John Locke

What are HSBC & Unilever examples of?

transnational companies

This Manchu-led dynasty was China's last imperial dynasty & reigned 1636-1911.

Qing

Who expanded Russia eastward by conquering descendants of the Golden Horde with the help of Cossacks?

Ivan IV

For over 30 years, this ruler of Ndongo & Matamba resisted the Portuguese in West Africa.

Queen Ana Nzinga

Wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women

Mary Wollstonecraft

Which of the following is a form of Buddhism but is NOT a separate branch?

Zen (Chan) Buddhism

Ottoman blood tax of forced recruitment of Balkan Christian boys who served in military or government.

Devshirme

when Native Americans in present-day New Mexico killed 400 Spaniards & remained free of Spanish control for 12 years.

Pueblo Revolt

He incorporated Taiwan, Mongolia, & Central Asia into China's Empire and imposed a protectorate over Tibet.

Qing Emperor Kangxi

He wrote that to most effectively promote liberty, 3 government powers had to be separate & act independently.

Baron Charles Montesquieu

Chinese system of testing began under the Sui Dynasty to appoint members of the imperial bureaucracy.

Civil service exam

Which of these pre-Columbian foods originated from the Old World/ Afro-Eurasia/ Eastern Hemisphere?

wheat

This waterway project began under the Han Dynasty and linked the north & south of China.

Grand Canal

These were the officials under the Mughal Empire who collected taxes.

Zamindars

A quick-ripening, drought resistant rice brought to China from Vietnam.

Champa

A belief that began under the Zhou Dynasty to legitimize an emperor's authority to rule.

Mandate of Heaven

She/they organized the first U.S. Conference of feminism in Seneca Falls, New York:

Lucretia Mott and Cady Stanton

Who was the Ottoman ruler who led the siege on Constantinople which secured the fall of the Byzantine Empire?

Mehmed II

Who ruled the Ottoman Empire during its peak, further expanding the empire, and almost conquered Austria?

Suleiman I

Which was NOT a political entity that arose from the break up of the Abbasid Empire?

Balkan Christians

Which is not true about Dar al-Islam?

Merchants were distrusted and looked down upon

Though once used by Ivan IV to annex Siberia, these people's later uprisings were against Poland & Russia over lands.

Cossack Revolts

Ottoman system in which government sold tax collection rights to highest bidder.

tax farming

Which states adopted isolationist trade policies c. 1450-c. 1750

Ming China and Tokugawa Japan

Ottoman ruler who led the siege on Constantinople which secured the fall of the Byzantine Empire.

Mehmed II

Early French feminist who wrote Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen:

Olympe de Gouge

Which state had rivalries with both the Mughal and Ottoman Empires?

Safavid

Which predominant religion was practiced in the Vijayanagara Empire (South Asia)?

Hinduism

What predominant religion was practiced in the Khmer Empire (SE Asia)?

It was Hindu but became Buddhist.

What predominant religion was practiced in Majahapit (Indonesia), c. 1200-c. 1450?

Hindu-Buddhism (but mostly Islam AFTER this period)

27-year rivalry over claim to disputed South Asian lands & religious differences:

Maratha Conflict (Deccan War)

Which of the following is NOT an example of a c.1750-c.1900 financial instrument developed & relied upon?

labor unions

He used Shia Islam to unite the Safavid people and gunpowder technology to protect it from its neighboring enemies:

Cahokia

Who opposed mercantalism and advocated for a free-market economy?

Adam Smith

Problems of hyperinflation & counterfeiting led to Ming Dynasty requiring tax payments in this form

hard currency

What pre-Columbian state is located in Mesoamerica?

Maya

What pre-Columbian state system was located near present-day Mexico City and the surrounding area?

Mexica (Aztec)

What pre-Columbian system was located in the Andes region of South America?

Inca

What pre-Columbian state system was located in present-day SW Colorado?

Mesa Verde

A creole who led what are now Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, & Bolivia to indpendence from Spain.

Simon Bolivar

Elite corps of Ottoman military whose soldiers came from the devshirme.

Janisseries

Mostly in the Caribbean & Brazil, these were hidden communities that formed from escaped slaves:

maroon societies

What is the social system of Medieval Europe involving decentralized monarchies, vassals, and serfs?

Feudalism

This economic management system of an estate was self-sufficient and produced all goods for the lord, family, and serfs.

manorial system

What was a medieval Christian moral system of the Knight's Code?

Chivalry

Jewish activist from Austria who founded the World Zionist Organization & called for Jewish homeland.

Theodore Herzl

A branch of Islam that believes the head of Islam should be agreed upon by the community.

Sunni

A social effort that challenged the caste system to reform Hinduism.

Bhakti Movement

Name for the elite of Russia c.1450-c.1750.

Boyars

A branch of Islam that believes the religious authority must be a blood descendent of the Prophet Muhammad.

Shia

A mystical form of Islam that focused on experiencing a personal relationship with God:

Sufism

This Mughal leader was religously very tolerant and cancelled the jizya

Akbar

Which pre-Columbian animal was from the New World/Americas/Western Hemisphere?

Bison

5th largest today, this monotheistic, syncretic religion prioritizes good acts over rituals & believes in rebirth.

Sikhism

Religious indigenous to Japan that focuses on purity and respect for nature and ancestry with no founder.

Shinto

Large roadside inns for travelers & their animals found along the Silk Road.

Caravanserai

After the Yuan, this dynasty reigned 1368-1644. It restarted the civil service exam & had isolationist policies.

Ming

These were created to protect workers' rights in response to factories' dangerous conditions, long hours, and low wages:

labor unions

Early IOUs first accepted in new banking houses of China:

bills of exchange

Paper currency first developed in China under the Song Dynasty

flying cash

The Ottoman system in which people lived in communities with others of their same religion, ethnicity, & social stature.

Millet

Innovative designs for camels and horses to transport more goods

saddles

At only 14 or 15, this young military hero conquered most of Persia and became shah of the Safavid Empire.

Ismail

Giant vessels that transported more goods and developed during the Song Dynasty.

junk

A triangular sail that allowed boats to sail against the wind

Lateen

A small, maneuverable sailing

caravel

Tax on non-Muslims

Jizya

Which of the following is NOT a technological/cultural transfer of knowledge that came from the Silk Roads trade?

manorial system

The largest city-state of the Swahili Coastal region of southeastern Africa and known for its protective wall.

Great Zimbabwe

A syncretic family of languages spoken along a coastal region of Africa with the same name.

Swahili

The sole Christian kingdom of eastern Africa among a region that had converted to Islam.

Ethiopia

Mansa Musa, who traveled the Trans-Saharan Trade Network displaying his empire's wealth, was the ruler of this kingdom:

Mali

These 2 regions developed into powerful trading cities along the Silk Road network:

Kashgar and Samarkand

Which of the following is NOT a significant event that occurred circa 1450?

The Plague reached its peak in Europe

All of the following region(s) prospered from trade along the Indian Ocean EXCEPT...

Samarkand

Which of the following is NOT a pre-Columbian characteristic of the Inca?

An advanced writing system was developed

Which was the first minority-ruled dynasty of China and was begun by Kublai Khan in 1271?

Yuan

Which was NOT an innovation during the First Industrial Revolution?

electric street lighting

These French civil wars against restrictions placed on the nobility were fought while Louis XIV was a child.

Fronde

Which was NOT an innovation during the Second Industrial Revolution?

first factories

Which Englishman founded the De Beers diamond firm in southern Africa in the late 19th century?

Cecil Rhodes

In 1750, this country still remained the world's biggest manufacturer.

China

Which Chinese Dynasty followed Tang, reigned 960-1279, invented the compass & gunpowder, & expanded the Grand Canal?

song