AP World History Exam

Question 1

Neolithic revolution

Answer 1

settle
less nomadic
beginning of ag and farming
increase diseases (animal contact)
irrigation

Question 2

River valley civilizations

Answer 2

neolithic rev
fertile crescent
mesopotamia, nile, indus, shang/huang he

Question 3

pastoralism

Answer 3

domesticated animals, but not ag
move around a lot
mongols

Question 4

urbanization

Answer 4

villages to cities
civilization
religion
olmec, mohenjo dark, harappa

Question 5

early empires

Answer 5

babylonia, river valleys, king, divine right

Question 6

animism

Answer 6

gos is in nature

Question 7

classical empires

Answer 7

han, greek and roman, maurya and guts, persia, maya

Question 8

confucius

Answer 8

kong fuzi, filial piety, women are property

Question 9

christianity

Answer 9

rome, monotheistic, jesus was the messiah, form of judaism

Question 10

bantu migrations

Answer 10

metal-working tech, sub-saharan, common language base

Question 11

silk roads

Answer 11

camels and horses, silk, tea, spices, technology

Question 12

fall of classical empires

Answer 12

internal pressures, peasant revolts, external pressures (invading nomads), han, roman, gupta

Question 13

trans-saharan trade

Answer 13

gold, salt, animal hides, slaves, Timbuktu

Question 14

Islam

Answer 14

muslim merchants, monotheistic, prophet - muhammed, shia and sunni, sharia

Question 15

caliphate

Answer 15

islamic, abbasid, politics of islam

Question 16

crusades

Answer 16

jerusalem, christianity vs. islam

Question 17

dar al-islam

Answer 17

“everywhere Islam is”, not unified

Question 18

Byzantine empire

Answer 18

constantinople, byzantium, econ, social, political influences

Question 19

Sinification

Answer 19

“chinese-ification”, china was powerful

Question 20

mayan states

Answer 20

mesoamerica, pyramids, tikal (city)

Question 21

coerced labor

Answer 21

slavery, serfdom, corvee (gov’t req. labor)

Question 22

feudalism

Answer 22

landowners get work, land rights

Question 23

zheng he

Answer 23

ming dynasty, explorer, expeditions, spice lands

Question 24

inca empire

Answer 24

andes mountains (south america), built on prev. cultures, spanish conquistadors

Question 25

european explorations

Answer 25

spice, silk, goods from asia. portugal, spain, france, england, holland

Question 26

columbian exchange

Answer 26

columbus’ expeditions, plants, tech, disease, animals

Question 27

atlantic world

Answer 27

back and forth through atlantic

Question 28

mercantilism

Answer 28

colonies for raw materials, sold by companies

Question 29

mughal empire

Answer 29

muslim, south asia, akbar, taj mahal, religiously tolerant, descended from mongols

Question 30

syncretism in religions

Answer 30

flexible religions, adopt to local customs, different forms of religions

Question 31

ottoman empire

Answer 31

muslim, turks, very important

Question 32

industrialization

Answer 32

began in england, west, factories and stuff

Question 33

capitalism

Answer 33

“f” communist

Question 34

marxism

Answer 34

Karl marx (germany), unite poor and overthrow rich, labor benefits all, communism

Question 35

imperialism

Answer 35

power!, colonies, pride

Question 36

social darwinism

Answer 36

“survival of the fittest”, nationalist, yay for europe

Question 37

resist hegemony

Answer 37

no imperialism, western ideas = bad

Question 38

meiji restoration

Answer 38

compete w/ west, japan, reorganized gov’t

Question 39

19th century migrations

Answer 39

industrial rev, job opportunities, safer and cheaper, push and pull

Question 40

indentured servitude

Answer 40

controlled slavery, “end” of slavery, not permanent

Question 41

open door policy

Answer 41

open access to trade with china, “arrival” of U.S. in global affairs

Question 42

“second” industrial revolution

Answer 42

electricity, chem, transportation, steel, social and economic changes

Question 43

world war one

Answer 43

assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand, treaty of versailles, germany = big mad at league of nations, austria-hungary

Question 44

Arms race

Answer 44

bombs

Question 45

cuban missile crisis

Answer 45

blow up cuba? no. compromise on not blowing up Cuba

Question 46

great depression

Answer 46

between wws, economy dropped

Question 47

authoritarianism

Answer 47

gov’t, communism and fascism

Question 48

partition

Answer 48

india and pakistan

Question 49

cold war

Answer 49

soviet vs. america, bombs

Question 50

pacific rim

Answer 50

strong econ on both sides of pacific

Question 51

mao zedong

Answer 51

communist leader in china