Ap World Semester Exam Review

Here are some of the questions and answers from the study guide, written in simple sentences:

1. By 1200 C.E., how did improved farming techniques spread across much of sub-Saharan Africa? Who spread them?

Answer: Improved farming techniques spread across much of sub-Saharan Africa through trade and migration.

2. Angkor Wat in Cambodia shows an example of what type of architecture?

Answer: Angkor Wat in Cambodia shows an example of Khmer architecture.

3. What type of wall decoration is shown in the image, and where would you most likely find it?

Answer: The image shows a type of wall decoration called a frieze, which is commonly found on temples. Islamic art

4. How did the spread of Islam affect trade in the Indian Ocean?

Answer: The spread of Islam affected Indian Ocean commerce through the expansion of trade routes, the emergence of Islamic empires, and the introduction of new economic practices.

5. What helped Omani traders succeed in their long voyages shown on the maps?

Answer: Navigational and maritime innovations such as the astrolabe and the lateen sail were the most significant factors contributing to Omani traders' ability to undertake long sea voyages.

6. What does the timing and direction of the voyages on the maps reveal about Omani merchants?

Answer: The timing and direction of the voyages on the maps reveal that Omani merchants were skilled navigators who traded with many different regions.

7. What did the founder of Buddhism teach people to focus on in their lives?

Answer: achieving enlightenment by understanding and overcoming suffering through the practice of the "Four Noble Truths" and the "Eightfold Path,"

8. How did the introduction of Champa rice to China in the 11th century impact food production?

Answer: led to increased food production and a growing population. 2 crops per year

9. What was a common feature of most philosophies in Asia and Europe from 1000 to 1450?

Answer: Individualism and personal freedom.

10. How were Japan, Korea, and Vietnam similar in terms of their governments between 600 C.E. and 1450 C.E.? Who were they influenced by?

Answer: they were all influenced by Chinese culture.

11. How was the "Mandate of Heaven" used in China?

Answer: The "Mandate of Heaven" was used in China to justify the rule of the emperor, revolutions, and dynasties.

12. How does Islamic teaching define gender roles & a respectable woman?

Answer: Islamic teaching defines gender roles in a way that emphasizes the importance of women's modesty and obedience to their husbands.

13. Who were the "samurai" in feudal Japan, and how were they similar to knights in medieval Europe?

Answer: Samurai were warriors in feudal Japan who were similar to knights in medieval Europe in their code of honor and military skills.

14. Which major world religions were known for having one god, a holy book, and a goal of spreading their faith?

Answer: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are major world religions known for having one god, a holy book, and a goal of spreading their faith.

15. Which society had a strong presence in global maritime trade during the 15th century?

Answer: Portugal and spain.

16. How did the Mongol conquests encourage trade along the Silk Roads?

Answer: The Mongol conquests encouraged trade along the Silk Roads by creating a more stable and secure environment for traders.

17. Which language developed after 1000 C.E. because of the growth in global trade?

Answer: Swahili developed after 1000 C.E. because of the growth in global trade.

18. What was a key characteristic of the trans-Saharan trade by 1250 C.E.?

Answer: widespread exchange of gold, salt, and other valuable goods across the Sahara desert

19. Why did merchants from China, Arabia, Persia, and Egypt travel to Calicut, India in the 14th century?

Answer: century to trade spices and other goods.

20. What benefits did regions controlled by the Mongols experience in the 13th and 14th centuries?

Answer: a period of relative peace and stability known as the "Pax Mongolica,"

21. How did the Mongol Empire influence the Silk Road?

Answer: establishing stability across the vast Eurasian trade routes, known as "Pax Mongolica,"

22. Between 1450 and 1750, what was one thing the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire had in common?

Answer:  both shared a predominantly Muslim population

23. What African contributions to the Americas do historians often highlight, and which one is not typically mentioned?

Answer: African forms of religious observance,  African musical instruments, knowledge of how to grow African crops, African folklore

24. Why did Africans participate in the Atlantic slave trade during the 17th century?

Answer: Africans participated in the Atlantic slave trade during the 17th century due to a variety of factors, including economic hardship, political instability, and warfare.

25. Where did most people who came to the Western Hemisphere after Columbus' voyages come from between 1500 and 1800?

Answer: migrated from Spain, Portugal, England, France, and the Netherlands,

26. Why were American Indians particularly vulnerable to diseases after contact with Europeans?

Answer: American Indians were particularly vulnerable to diseases after contact with Europeans because they had no immunity to these diseases.

27. What crop increased as a result of the Atlantic Slave Trade?

Answer: The production of sugar increased as a result

28. How did the Atlantic Slave Trade impact crop production?

Answer: providing the forced labor necessary to cultivate large-scale plantations of cash crops like sugar, tobacco, cotton, and coffee in the Americas

29. During the 1600s and 1700s, how did the leaders of China, Korea, and Japan respond to foreign influences?

Answer: the leaders of China, Korea, and Japan responded to foreign influences in different ways, sometimes embracing them and sometimes rejecting them.

30. How did the Columbian Exchange create new connections between Europe, Africa, and the Americas?

Answer: facilitating the widespread transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean,

31. What were Spanish colonial societies dependent on in the 1600s?

Answer: Spanish colonial societies were dependent on the labor of enslaved Africans and indigenous peoples.

32. Why did slavery increase in the late 18th century?

Answer: Slavery increased in the late 18th century due to the growing demand for agricultural products in Europe and the Americas. Cotton gin?

33. How did the expansion of trade routes along the African coast happen?

Answer:  due to the development of maritime trade networks in the Indian Ocean, facilitated by the use of monsoon winds

34. What was the most important factor that allowed the Spanish to defeat the Aztec Empire?

Answer: The widespread outbreak of European diseases like smallpox,

35. Which source would a historian studying the effects of disease on Peru's population in the 17th century find most helpful?

Answer: Church records of baptisms and funerals.

36. Between 1450 and 1750, which product had the biggest impact on the global economy?

Answer: silver had the biggest impact on the global economy.

37. What was one major similarity between the European colonial empires in the Americas between 1450 and 1750?

Answer: their reliance on forced labor

38. How do historians argue that non-European inventions helped Europeans grow their influence between 1450 and 1750?

Answer: inventions such as the compass and gunpowder.

39. Why did Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494?

Answer:  to divide the newly discovered lands in the Americas between them.