AP World Midterm All Previous Quiz Questions

What did the Swahili city-states dominate?

Trade along the east African coast.

Which city-state was sacked by the Portuguese in 1505?

Kilwa.

What was the most powerful kingdom in central Africa?

Zimbabwe.

What trade did the kingdoms of east Africa depend upon?

Indian Ocean trade.

What did the conversion to Islam by east African merchants not do?

Completely eliminate the animistic religions.

How many slaves were transported north during the trans-Saharan slave trade?

Ten million.

What was Axum?

A Christian kingdom in Ethiopia.

What did Ethiopian Christianity retain?

Both traditional African and Christian beliefs.

What variety of Christianity was practiced in Axum?

Coptic.

What was the most important early city in the Songhay empire?

Gao.

Who was the most influential ruler in the rise of the Songhay empire?

Sunni Ali.

What religion were all Songhay emperors?

Islamic.

To whom did the Songhay empire fall in 1591?

A Moroccan army.

Who subdued all the Swahili city-states in 1505?

The Portuguese.

What did an alliance with Portugal bring to Kongo?

The eventual destruction of the kingdom.

Who built a trading post at Cape Town in 1652?

The Dutch.

Who were the Khoikhoi encountered by the Dutch?

The people they called Hottentots.

What was the center of Islamic learning in west Africa?

Timbuktu.

Where was Islam most popular in sub-Saharan Africa?

The commercial centers of west Africa and the Swahili city-states.

What was the most important American crop introduced into Africa in the sixteenth century?

Manioc.

What was the population of sub-Saharan Africa by 1800?

60 million.

Where did the majority of slaves come from throughout most of history?

War captives.

What effect did the arrival of Europeans have on the slave networks?

Dramatically increased previously existing slave networks.

Who were the first European slave traders?

The Portuguese.

When did the high point in the slave trade occur?

The eighteenth century.

How many Africans were forcefully brought to the Americas during the trans-Atlantic slave trade?

Twelve million.

What type of labor did the vast majority of slaves provide?

Agricultural labor on plantations.

Where did a slave revolt bring about an end to slavery?

Saint-Domingue.

Which European nation was the first to abolish the slave trade?

Denmark.

What did the Indian Ocean do for trade between East Africa and other regions?

Connected trade.

What was the motive for the Portuguese seeking an all-water route to Asia?

To better compete with the Turkish & Arab middleman.

How did Islam reach India?

By conquest by Arabic invaders.

What routes did Islam reach India by except for one?

Missionaries sent by the emperor Harsha.

Who led seventeen raiding expeditions into India in the eleventh century?

Mahmud of Ghazni.

What was Mahmud of Ghazni's main inspiration for visiting India in the 11th century?

Plunder.

What was established by the ruling family that became Muslim in India?

The Delhi Sultanate.

What was the result of centuries of Islamic invasions of India?

A hastening in the decline of Buddhism.

What was the extent of the Delhi sultans' control in India?

Never able to expand beyond northern India.

What was the main religion in the kingdoms of southern India?

Hindu.

Why was India a natural location for the establishment of emporia?

Of its central location in the Indian Ocean basin.

Which east African kingdom benefited from increased Indian Ocean trade?

Axum.

Who was the Portuguese mariner that sailed to Calicut in 1498?

da Gama.

What was not one of the main inspirations for European exploration?

The desire to conquer China and India.

Which European nation first dominated trade with Asia?

Portugal.

Which empire did the British East India Company challenge in India?

Mughal.

In 1818, how many people did the British East India Company control territory occupied by in India?

More people than lived in all of western Europe.

What reduced travel time between England and India to three weeks by 1870?

The opening of the Suez Canal.

Why was cotton emerging as a major industry in India?

All of these.

When did the British become the new Mughals in India?

1850.

What was not a British method to rule and control India?

Having to impose new religious traditions to control Buddhism and Hinduism.

What is not correct about India's internal economic problems?

The general population pattern in India was rural to urban.

How did the British living in India change by the nineteenth century?

Had gradually grown more distant from the Indians.

What did Rammohun Roy and the Bengal Renaissance attempt to do except for one?

Defining progress by the total replacement of Indian culture with British culture.

What did the Indian Revolt of 1857 begin with?

A mutiny amongst sepoys.

Why was the Indian Rebellion of 1857 not successful?

All of these.

How did the British attitude toward Indians change after 1857?

Saw them as naturally and permanently inferior.

What did the Indian National Congress advocate at its founding except for one?

Immediate Indian independence from British rule.

What was one of Gandhi's great accomplishments?

Transforming Indian nationalism into a mass movement.

What event is known as the Amritsar Massacre?

Indians gathered in open defiance of the Rowlatt Acts.

What did Gandhi and thousands of Indians protest in 1931?

Making salt.

Who were the most important figures in the uprising in 1857 in India?

Disgruntled sepoy troops.

What was Mohandas K. Gandhi associated with?

Nationalistic India.

What does the term 'Great Game' refer to?

The Russian push into central Asia.

What is Satyagraha?

Gandhi's philosophy of passive resistance.

Who assassinated Mohandas Gandhi on 30 January 1948?

A Hindu extremist.

What did both Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru believe about communalism?

It was dangerous because it emphasized religious over national identity.

What did Muhammad Ali Jinnah call for?

The creation of Pakistan.

What was the Great Calcutta Killing a confrontation between?

Hindus and Muslims.

What province was the cause of war between India and Pakistan in 1947?

The province of Kashmir.

What was the partition of Pakistan from India mainly the result of?

Divisions between Hindu and Muslim factions.

What was NOT a reason for India's success as the largest democracy in the 1950s?

A successful war against England.

What is India considered to be in terms of democracy?

The world's largest democratic state.

How did Japan's geography affect its historical development?

Allowed it to remain isolated from the world.

How did the Japanese government differ from the Chinese government?

Gave power to local rulers.

How did Japanese landlords maintain their power?

By employing samurai.

Who were the daimyo?

Wealthy local lords.

What did Zen Buddhism emphasize?

An appreciation of nature.

What does free trade mean?

Trade without tariffs.

What were treaties signed under threat of force known as?

Unequal treaties.

What is extraterritoriality?

Allowing foreigners to live by the rules of their home country.

Why did samurai disapprove of the musket?

It devalued samurai training.

Why did Japan force out Portuguese traders?

Feared Christian influence.

What was the top group in Japanese society?

The samurai.

How did Japan anger western nations?

By not opening their ports during storms.

What did Japan's treaties with foreign nations allow?

Foreign nations to establish consulates.

What was NOT included in modernized Japan?

The rise of communism.

What was Japan's response to its move into China?

Condemnation.

What was the result of Japan's attack on the islands of French Indochina?

It cut off British supply lines.

What led to victory against Japan?

Atomic bomb attacks on Japan.

Which country had the greatest cultural influence on Japan?

China.

Which two countries had the greatest cultural influence on Japan?

Korea and China.

What best describes trade between Japan and Europe by 1650?

Japan was trading only with the Dutch.

What was the result of Christian missionary activity in Japan?

The conversion of many Japanese and later government persecution of Christians and missionaries.

What does the Meiji Restoration refer to?

The Japanese emperor's return to power.

What was the result of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905?

Japan's victory over Russia was celebrated all over Asia.

Why did Japanese forces attack Manchuria?

To gain control of its rich natural resources.

Why did Japan propose the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere in 1940?

China was too big to conquer and Southeast Asia was also rich in natural resources.

What does the map titled 'Japanese Aggression, 1931-1937' explain about Japan's lack of success in China?

China was too large for Japan to conquer.

What boundary served as the northern limit of Japanese military aggression?

The Manchurian boundary with the Soviet Union.

What helped Japan's economic recovery after World War II?

The outbreak of the Korean War.