AP World History
Questions Taken from Traditions and Encounters
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Chapter 12 – Trade
between Civilizations
4. Which of the following is not true with regard to the silk roads?
A) The silk roads actually had nothing to do with silk.
B) Because of the silk roads, silk garments became popular among wealthy Romans.
C) The silk roads linked much of
D) The silk roads also included sea lanes.
E) The silk roads also carried fine spices.
5. Which of the following would not have been on a ship carrying goods in the classical era.
A) pepper and
cotton from
B) silk from
C) olive oil and
wine from
D) spices from southeast Asia.
E) slaves from
6. The principal agents for the spread of Buddhism over the silk roads were
A) the Buddha himself.
B) merchants.
C) Indian monks.
D) missionaries of the Emperor Ashoka.
E) mariners.
11. With regard to epidemic diseases on the silk roads, which of the following was not true?
A) The most devastating diseases were smallpox, measles, and bubonic plague.
B) The diseases seriously weakened the Han and Roman empires.
C) The diseases caused the greatest
population loss in
D) The largest outbreaks occurred in the second and third centuries C.E.
E) A Roman emperor died during one of the epidemics.
14. By dividing the
A) establish more effective control of the empire.
B) share imperial power with the "barracks emperors."
C) give up the east half of the empire to Christians.
D) make up for his lack of skill as an administrator.
15. Which of the following is not true with regard to the
Visigoths before they invaded the
A) They adopted Roman law.
B) They adopted official Roman language and social customs.
C) They contributed large numbers of soldiers to the Roman armies.
D) They were driven further west by the Huns.
E) They converted to Christianity.
17. The emperor who allowed Christians to practice their
faith openly for the first time in the
A)
B) Theodosius.
C) St. Augustine.
D) Diocletian.
.
20. What happened to the silk roads after the decline of the Han and Roman empires?
A) They no longer carried epidemic diseases.
B) Activity actually increased along the silk roads.
C) There was less activity, but trade revived along the routes in the sixth century C.E.
D) The routes were changed to cross easier terrain.
E) none of the above.
Chapter 13 -
2. Throughout most of its history the capital of the
A) Byzantion.
B)
C) Byzantium.
D)
E) none of the above.
3. The term caesaropapism refers to the fact that the Byzantine emperors
A) claimed divine favor and sanction.
B) claimed divine status.
C) claimed half human and half divine status.
D) claimed to be both Roman emperor and pope.
E) none of the above.
4. Which of the following was not true of Theodora?
A) She was emperor Justinian's wife, advisor, and aid.
B) She was the daughter of a bear keeper in the circus.
C) She was the dominant political figure of her age, controlling the empire from behind the scenes.
D) She was a former stripper.
E) She advised him to crush a riot in
5. Emperor Justinian is best remembered for his
A) plan to destroy
B) codification of Roman law, known as Body of the Civil Law.
C) complete
reconstitution of the classical
D) decisive victory over the Muslims.
E) all of the above.
Chapter 14 – Rise of
Islam
1. The word Islam means
A) submission.
B) one who has submitted.
C) the god.
D)
E) none of the above.
2. The nature of the society into which the prophet Muhammad was born was
A) an urban-based culture with small manufacturing.
B) a pastoral society with many camels.
C) an agricultural society dominated by warriors.
D) a society made up largely of nomads and merchants.
E) a society based on maritime trade.
3. Muhammad experienced profound spiritual revelations that led him to believe that
A) he was chosen by Allah to create a new religion.
B) he was the last prophet of Allah.
C) Judaism and Christianity were major offenses to Allah.
D) Allah was one of many gods.
E) none of the above.
4. The Quran is to Islam as
A) Siddhartha is to Buddhism.
B) the Avesta is to Zoroastrianism
C) Yahweh is to Judaism.
D) the New Testament is to Christianity.
E) none of the above.
5. Under pressure from authorities in
A) the hijra.
B) the umma.
C) Yathrib.
D) the hajj.
E) none of the above.
14. During Abbasid times, the Arabs learned from
A) fine silk.
B) wood block prints.
C) gunpowder and cannons.
D) paper.
E) all of the above.
19. The hajj
A) is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
B) helped to unite Muslims from disparate parts of the world.
C) ends at the Ka'ba in
D) contributed to the spread of Islamic beliefs and values.
E) all of the above.
Chapter 17 –
2. Historians use the term middle ages to refer to
A) the fact that
B) the era from about 500 to 1500 C.E., the medieval era of European history.
C) the crisis of western Europe.
D) the time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity.
E) all of the above.
3. One reason for the Franks' rapid rise in western Europe had to do with
A) conversion to Roman Christianity.
B) conversion to Arian Christianity.
C) alliance with the Islamic world.
D) defeat of the Muslims at the Battle of Tours.
E) none of the above.