AP World Test 4

Question 1

Khanates and their locations

Answer 1

Golden Horde –> Russia
Yuan Dynasty –> China
Ilkhanate –> Persia
Chagatai –> Central Asia

Question 2

Emperor Henry IV

Answer 2

Emperor of Roman empire that competed with the Pope

Question 3

Frederick Barbarossa

Answer 3

Ruled Germany; medieval emperor

Question 4

St. Thomas Aquinas

Answer 4

Believed Aristotelian and Christian beliefs could coexist

Question 5

Pope Urban II

Answer 5

Called for first crusade; connected to Alexius; spoke at the council of Clermont

Question 6

John of Montecorvino

Answer 6

Active Roman Catholic missionary; translated the New Testament into Turkish

Question 7

Otto I

Answer 7

King in northern Germany

Question 8

Pope Gregory VII

Answer 8

Investiture contest; competed w/ Emperor Henry IV

Question 9

William the Conqueror

Answer 9

A duke who introduced Norman ideals to England

Question 10

Marco Polo

Answer 10

Diplomat for the Mongols; traveler

Question 11

Huitzilopochtli

Answer 11

Mexica god; patron deity of warriors

Question 12

Emperor Hongwu

Answer 12

Established the Ming dynasty; rebelled against Mongols

Question 13

Who captured Constantinople in 1453?

Answer 13

Sultan Mehmed II

Question 14

Investiture Contest

Answer 14

Controversy over the appointment of church officials; Pope Gregory VII ordered an end to lay investiture; Emperor Henry IV challenged the policy; Pope excommunicated him; German princes rebelled; German princes won concession and diminished Henry’s authority

Question 15

Tamerlane’s flaw

Answer 15

He ruled through tribal leaders rather than creating an imperial empire; instead of consolidating power, he focused on conquest

Question 16

What led to the decline of the Mongols?

Answer 16

1. Excessive spending in Persia
2. Bubonic Plague
3. Lack of value in paper money due to insufficient bullion