1. Practice Test
World History AP #10

2. The existence of “Africanity,” or widely shared customs across many parts of Africa by 1450, is probably best explained by
The lack of geographic obstacles to travel across the continent
Powerful centralized kingdoms in early African history
The Bantu migrations
Early trade contacts across the Sahara Desert
Strong native religions

3. (C) The Bantu migrations

4. Ibn Battuta’s detailed 14th-century written account is an important source of information about
China during the rule of Kubilai Khan
Life in Islamic lands
The lives of ordinary peasants in central Asia and the Middle East
Demographic changes in Eurasia as the result of the spread of disease
Technological innovations that spread from east Asia to Europe along the Silk Road

5. (B)Life in Islamic lands

6. Which of the following characterized political systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia during the late 19th century?
They were almost all ruled by hereditary monarchs.
Most had established democracies.
Most were authoritarian, but had legislatures that shared some powers with the chief executive.
Most were under colonial rule.
They were characterized by weak central governments that tried to exert power over fragmented groups.

7. (D)Most were under colonial rule.

8. One characteristic that the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen had in common was that both
Emphasized liberty more than equality
Denounced nationalism
Affirmed the natural rights of citizens
Affirmed the rights of hereditary monarchs
Endorsed equal rights for women

9. (C) Affirmed the natural rights of citizens

10. The map shows Europe during the time of
The Crusades
The Protestant Reformation
The Napoleonic Wars
World War I
World War II

11. (C) The Napoleonic Wars

12. The 19th-century independence movement in Brazil was different from independence movements in Mexico and Gran Colombia because
Brazilian elites were more afraid of slave revolts than were the elites in Mexico and Gran Colombia
Few elites in Brazil were influenced by Enlightenment ideas
Brazil did not have a well-developed class of elites
The movement was ultimately unsuccessful in Brazil
Brazilians did not have a written constitution; Gran Colombia and Mexico did

13. (A) Brazilian elites were more afraid of slave revolts than were the elites in Mexico and Gran Colombia

14. Which of the following was NOT an innovation associated with the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century?
Mass production
The cotton gin
Movable type
The spinning jenny
The steam engine

15. (C)Movable type

16. A 19th-century movement in arts and literature that was a reaction to the Enlightenment’s emphasis on rational thought was called
Secularism
Isolationism
Socialism
Romanticism
Marxism

17. (D)Romanticism

18. “The cult of domesticity” is a 19th-century phrase that describes the
Insulated world of middle-class women in industrialized societies
Home life of European peasants
Urban working class in industrialized societies
Traditional values of women in east Asia
System of producing goods by hand at home

19. (A) Insulated world of middle-class women in industrialized societies

20. Which broad ideology in 19th-century Europe was reinforced by the action of the Congress of Vienna in 1815?
Liberalism
Marxism
Nationalism
Regionalism
Conservatism

21. (E) Conservatism

22. “The Young Turks” were motivated to form and take action by their belief in
A religious state in Turkey
Turkish nationalism
The need to restore the power of the Ottoman sultan
Turkey’s need to join the European Union
Non-violent resistance to European domination

23. (B) Turkish nationalism

24. After World War II the hegemony of western Europe was broken and replaced by
Hegemony of supranational organizations
Hegemony of Japan and China
Competition between Russia and countries of the Middle East for control
Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union
Cooperative hegemony of the United States and Great Britain

25. (D) Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union

26. One important impact of World War II on the African continent was
Colonization by European powers
A Substantial reduction in overall population
The establishment of many new communist countries
Decolonization
The strengthening of national militaries

27. (D) Decolonization

28. The policies of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin emphasized
The spread of international communism
Collectivization of agriculture and industrialization
More equal opportunities for peasants and city workers
The purification of Marxist doctrines
Westernization and cooperation with international organizations

29. (B)Collectivization of agriculture and industrialization

30. Which of the following 20th-century ideologies was directly supportive of equality between men and women?
Communism
Fascism
Self-determination
Protectionism
Appeasement

31. (A) Communism

32. Post-modernist values contrast with modernist values in that post-modernist values emphasize
Materialism
Rationalism
Freedom
Technology
Quality of life

33. (E)Quality of life

34. Which of the following explanations for the lack of development in a modern country is most likely based on dependency theory?
The political and economic leaders are corrupt.
Traditional values hamper development.
The country has not enlisted the aid of a more developed country.
The country has been blocked by the greed of more developed countries.
The county has few natural resources, and those that it has are poorly used.

35. (D) The country has been blocked by the greed of more developed countries.

36. Which of the following did NOT live during the 19th century?
Peter the Great
Napoleon Bonaparte
James Watt
Charles Darwin
Cixi

37. (A)Peter the Great

38. The map shows which of the following empires at its greatest extent?
Ancient Rome
Ancient Greece
Assyrian Empire
Byzantine Empire
Persian Empire

39. (E) Persian Empire

40. The concept of private property first came about as a result of
Neolithic Revolution
Development of the first cities
Organization of the earliest civilizations
Feudalistic ties in medieval Europe
Development of capitalism

41. (A)Neolithic Revolution

42. The philosophies of the Ancient Greeks, such as Aristotle and Plato, were based most directly on their
Belief in polytheistic religion
Fear of dangers in the natural world
Emphasis on secularism
Support of military power
Reliance on feelings and emotions

43. (C) Emphasis on secularism

44. In Ancient China, the mandate of heaven belonged to the
Scholar-gentry
Ruling emperor
Ancestors
People
Emperor’s mother

45. (B) Ruling emperor

46. The Hellenistic synthesis was created most directly by
Cyrus the Great
Pericles
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
Ashoka

47. (D) Alexander the Great

48. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire?
Agriculture was a more important component of the economy during the Empire.
The Senate had more real governing power during the Republic.
Military success was more important during the Empire.
Peasants come into conflict with wealthy aristocrats over land ownership during the time of the Republic, but not during the Empire period.
The succession to leadership was determined by heredity under the Empire but not during the time of the Republic.

49. (B)The Senate had more real governing power during the Republic.

50. In the period between 600 and 1450 C. E
In the period between 600 and 1450 C.E., the interregional impact of nomadic movements
Was not as great as it had been during the Classical Era
Was significant, but not as great as in later eras
Was more important in the Western Hemisphere, but not in the Eastern Hemisphere
Reached its greatest extent in world history
Was minimal, as it generally had been throughout world history

51. (D) Reached its greatest extent in world history

52. The lateen sail was an important technology for travelling across the Indian Ocean because
Its square shape meant that it picked up more ocean breezes
It was more durable than most other sails
It worked best when combined with tiers of oars
It was especially suited for short distance travel
Its shape made maneuvering the monsoon winds possible

53. (E) Its shape made maneuvering the monsoon winds possible

54. The table supports the fact that the vast majority of slaves were traded to areas where the economy was dominated by
Gold and silver mines
Tobacco
Corn and beans
Cotton
Sugar

55. (E) Sugar

56. Although the political organization of early medieval Europe was decentralized and fragmented, the most important “glue” that provided structure and order was
The code of honor among nobles and knights
The extensive trade system
Parliamentary organization
The Roman Catholic Church
A common language and culture

57. (D)The Roman Catholic Church

58. Despite the differences between them, which of the following did the Byzantine Empire and the early Islamic caliphates have in common?
All were Islamic.
None had strong centralized governments.
None relied on a strong military to keep their empires strong.
All had only limited literary and artistic accomplishments.
In all, both political and religious power was concentrated in the ruler’s hands.

59. (E)In all, both political and religious power was concentrated in the ruler’s hands.

60. The Inca and Aztec societies were different in that
The Inca had a large army; the Aztecs did not
The Aztecs had a written language; the Inca did not
The Inca diet was based on corn and beans; the Aztec diet was based on potatoes and tomatoes
The Aztecs built sophisticated public buildings; the Inca did not
The Aztecs used animals as beasts of burden; the Inca did not

61. (B) The Aztecs had a written language; the Inca did not

62. Neo-Confucianism was created during the Song Era in China to ease the growing tension between Confucianism and
Daoism
Shintoism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Legalism

63. (C)Buddhism

64. For its subject matter, The Tale of Genji, the first novel to be written in Japanese, focused on
The lives of the nobility in the emperor’s court
Ordinary Japanese peasants
The adventures of the shogun and samurai
Japanese encounters with westerners
Life inside a Buddhist monastery

65. (A)The lives of the nobility in the emperor’s court

66. Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the long-term influence of the Byzantine Empire after it fell?
Its religion and many customs influenced the development of Russia.
Constantinople remained as a primarily Christian city.
Its territories remained united for many centuries.
It set the example for later civilizations of separation of church and state.
It provided a long-lasting common language for all eastern Europeans.

67. Its religion and many customs influenced the development of Russia.

68. The structure pictured in the photograph was built by the people of
Ancient Egypt
Teotihuacán
The Inca Empire
Han China
The Mauryan Empire

69. (B)Teotihuacán

70. One difference in the relationships between European settlers and Amerindians in Latin America and North America was that in Latin America
Amerindians were usually pushed out of places Europeans wanted for settlement
Social classes were generally less hierarchical
Few efforts were made to convert natives to Christianity
Europeans were more likely to settle in rural areas
Many more Amerindians were forced into labor by Europeans

71. (E)Many more Amerindians were forced into labor by Europeans

72. The hold that the Roman Catholic Church had on European society was significantly weakened during the 16th century by
The Mongol invasions
The Protestant Reformation
Islamic invasions of Spain and France
The Italian Renaissance
A loss of church lands due to financial mismanagement

73. (B)The Protestant Reformation

74. During what period in world history did sea-based powers rise in influence in contrast to most land-based powers, which either lost influence or stayed the same?
The Classical Era (1000 B.C.E. – 600 C.E.)
600 – 1450 C.E.
1450 – 1750 C.E.
1750 – 1914 C.E.
1914 C.E. – Present

75. (C)1450 – 1750 C.E.

76. Which of the following people was most likely to serve as a viceroy in the Spanish colonies in the Americas?
A mestizo
A creole
A peninsulare
A mulatto
An Amerindian

77. (C) A peninsulare

78. The Mercator projection map was tailored to aid
Explorers as they circumnavigated the globe by going south from Europe
Traders on the Indian Ocean trade circuits
Overland travelers on the Silk Road
European traders on the Atlantic Ocean
Inland explorers of North and South America

79. (D)European traders on the Atlantic Ocean

80. One disadvantage of the Mercator projection is that it distorts the
Size of land masses, particularly those far away from the equator
Shapes of land masses
Distance between two different points on the globe
Size of the oceans, particularly the areas close to the equator
Shapes of oceans

81. Size of land masses, particularly those far away from the equator

82. One purpose of Zheng He’s voyages in the early 15th century was to
Find a trading route to the Western Hemisphere
Reassert China’s power after the demise of the Yuan Dynasty
Conquer lands around the Indian Ocean basin
Find and sink the Portuguese ships that were stealing Chinese trade
Find new converts to Confucianism

83. (B) Reassert China’s power after the demise of the Yuan Dynasty

84. One reason that personalist leaders have had more political influence in Latin America than in North America is that
Latin American leaders generally have been more charismatic than North American leaders
Latin American leaders are not directly elected by the people; North American leaders are
Latin American leaders were more likely to come from ordinary backgrounds than North American leaders
Latin American leaders were more likely to be both political AND religious leaders
Latin America was slower to develop stable political institutions than North America

85. (E)Latin America was slower to develop stable political institutions than North America

86. Ever since Canada became a self-governing political system, an important problem for establishing and maintaining Canadian identity has been
The significant French minority living primarily in Quebec
The inability of the British government to stay out of Canadian affairs
Lack of transportation systems to tie people on the East Coast to those on the West Coast
A centralized government that gives little authority to the provinces
Its open immigration policy that allows almost anyone to settle in Canada

87. The significant French minority living primarily in Quebec

88. Which of the following was a common goal of both Peter the Great and Catherine the Great for Russia?
Freeing the serfs
Expanding the country’s borders
Preserving Slavic customs above all others
Breaking the power of Russian army and naval leaders
Recognizing the rights of ethnic minorities to self-rule

89. (B) Expanding the country’s borders

90. The plague Toxic gases Opium Food from the Americas Lead
“…this poison has spread far and wide in all the provinces. You, I hope, will certainly agree that people who pursue material gains to the great detriment of the welfare of others can be neither tolerated by Heaven nor endured by men…
Heaven is furious with anger, and all the gods are moaning with pain!”
The “poison” that Lin Zexu refers to in his 1838 letter to Queen Victoria excerpted above was
The plague
Toxic gases
Opium
Food from the Americas
Lead

91. (C) Opium

92. “The cult of the emperor” was a campaign to glorify the Japanese emperor by the
Fujiwara family during the Heian Era
Shogun during the Tokugawa Shogunate
Oligarchs during the Meiji Restoration
Military leaders during World War I
Military leaders during World War II

93. (C)Oligarchs during the Meiji Restoration

94. The breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 may be most directly linked to the 20th-century process of
The politicization of religion
Globalization
Post-modernism
Fragmentation
Integration

95. (D)Fragmentation

96. This map shows Europe while countries were fighting
The Napoleonic War
The Crimean War
World War I
World War II
The Cold War

97. (C)World War I

98. The nature of the warfare fought in the area called the “Western Front” is best described as
Trench warfare
Blitzkrieg
A combination of infantry and horse brigades
A combination of submarine and tank warfare
Scorched earth warfare

99. Trench warfare

100. Which of the following regional organizations had most successfully come to control the money supply of its member states?
European Union (EU)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Organization for African Unity (OAU)

101. European Union (EU)

102. Which of the following is the BEST explanation for why Germany remained divided into two countries from 1945 till 1989?
Germans could not agree on the type of democracy they would form.
The cost of rehabilitating Germany after World War II was so great that it made sense to split the responsibility between the two superpowers.
Disagreements erupted between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over Germany’s new capital city.
France insisted that West Germany should fall under its control since Germany had occupied France during World War II.
Cold War politics settled in, with West Germany establishing a democratic government, and East Germany establishing a communist government.

103. (E) Cold War politics settled in, with West Germany establishing a democratic government, and East Germany establishing a communist government.

104. Passive resistance is a method employed in a 20th-century independence movement by
Ho Chi Minh
Mohandas Gandhi
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Fidel Castro
Salvador Allende

105. (B)Mohandas Gandhi

106. “All the great civilizations of the past died out because contamination of their blood caused them to become decadent…In other words, in order to protect a certain culture, the type of human who created the culture must be preserved. But such preservation is tied to the inalterable law of necessity and the right of victory of the best and the strongest…”
The excerpt above was written by
Winston Churchill
Mustafa Kemal
V.I. Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler

107. (E)Adolf Hitler

108. “All the great civilizations of the past died out because contamination of their blood caused them to become decadent…In other words, in order to protect a certain culture, the type of human who created the culture must be preserved. But such preservation is tied to the inalterable law of necessity and the right of victory of the best and the strongest…”
The philosophy expressed in the excerpt was used to justify the
Purge of kulaks
Russian Revolution of 1917
Independence movements of the 1950s and 1960s
Holocaust
Use of the atomic bomb in 1945

109. (D) Holocaust

110. The Brezhnev Doctrine was
(A) The USSR’s official protest against U.S. conduct in Vietnam
(B) The USSR’s denunciation of Maoist China, as the Sino-Soviet split worsened
(C) The USSR’s condemnation of NATO’s nuclear-arms buildup
(D) The USSR’s formal outlawing of all dissident activity within its borders
(E) The USSR’s ideological justification of its military intervention in Czechoslovakia

111. (E)The USSR’s ideological justification of its military intervention in Czechoslovakia

112. What was Jawaharlal Nehru’s overall policy direction for India?
(A) To put Gandhi’s dream of a spiritually pure, nontechnological India into action
(B) To cement a firm military alliance between India and the United States
(C) To modernize, secularize, and democratize India
(D) To gain more territory for India at the expense of China
(E) To create a theocratic regime governed by Hindu principles

113. (C)To modernize, secularize, and democratize India

114. What Marxist regime devastated Cambodia, killing well over a million people?
(A) The Khmer Blanc
(B) The Sihanouk Serpents
(C) The Angkor Brigade
(D) The Khmer Rouge
(E) The Viet Cong

115. (D)The Khmer Rouge

116. In which Middle Eastern nation did a Shiite theocracy succeed a secular, modernizing monarchy?
(A) Iraq
(B) Jordan
(C) Syria
(D) Saudi Arabia
(E) Iran

117. (E)Iran

118. Why did apartheid in South Africa end during the 1990s?
(A) White leaders began to realize how unjust the policy really was.
(B) The African National Congress called for its dismantling.
(C) It never succeeded in segregating Africans from whites.
(D) It had succeeded in its goals by them.
(E) White leaders decided that the policy was hurting the country’s economy and international reputation

119. (E)White leaders decided that the policy was hurting the country’s economy and international reputation

120. In which of the following sequences are Soviet leaders placed in the correct chronological order, according to the years they ruled?
(A) Stalin, Lenin, Brezhnev, Khrushchev
(B) Khrushchev, Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev
(C) Brezhnev, Stalin, Khrushchev, Lenin
(D) Lenin, Khrushchev, Stalin, Brezhnev
(E) Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev

121. (E)Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev

122. Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran was similar to Mustafa Kemal of Turkey in that he
(A) Was a democratic ruler
(B) Proclaimed himself sultan
(C) Secularized his country
(D) Turned his country into a theocracy
(E) Introduced a bill of rights

123. (C)Secularized his country

124. In sixteenth-century India, the Delhi sultanate gave way to which government?
(A) The Gupta Empire
(B) The Srivijayan Kingdom
(C) French rule
(D) The Mughal Empire
(E) British rule

125. (D)The Mughal Empire

126. The violent suppression of demonstrators by British troops at which city almost plunged India into full-scale civil war?
(A) Lucknow
(B) Amritsar
(C) Meerut
(D) Calcutta
(E) Mysore

127. (B)Amritsar

128. Enlightenment thought is best characterized by which of the following?
(A) A complete rejection of religious faith
(B) A conviction that logic and reason were capable of solving social and political problems
(C) Active advocacy of the rights of women to vote
(D) Support of the established political order
(E) A deep faith in religious principles

129. (B)A conviction that logic and reason were capable of solving social and political problems

130. Which of the following characterized the politics of the Tokugawa shogunate?
(A) Rigid social stratification backed by a dictatorial government
(B) A gradual opening of Japanese economic and intellectual life to the outside world
(C) Ruthless extermination of political enemies and racial minorities
(D) A high degree of social mobility
(E) A move toward limited forms of participatory democracy

131. (A) Rigid social stratification backed by a dictatorial government

132. Timbuktu was renowned for its
(A) Gold and its role in opposing the slave trade
(B) Salt reserves and Islamic scholarship
(C) Large harbor
(D) Glass and ceramic architecture
(E) Many Gothic churches

133. (B)Salt reserves and Islamic scholarship

134. The first united Korean nation, 500s C.E., was
(A) Koryo
(B) Yi
(C) Nara
(D) Silla
(E) Jomon

135. (D)Silla

136. The Grand Canal joins which two major rivers in China?
(A) The Yellow and the Yangtze
(B) The Yellow and the Ganges
(C) The Indus and the Mekong
(D) The Yangtze and the Volga
(E) The Tigris and the Nile

137. The Yellow and the Yangtze

138. Which of the following places in Africa remained Christian despite the spread of Islam on the continent?
(A) Marrakesh
(B) Swahili city-states
(C) Mali
(D) Ethiopia
(E) Tunisia

139. (D)Ethiopia

140. How did women in small communities of sub-Saharan Africa tend to be treated?
(A) They were seen as political equals.
(B) They were valued as fieldworkers and for educating children.
(C) They were treated as goddesses.
(D) More women served as chiefs than men.
(E) Women tended the cattle and so had a lot of power.

141. (B)They were valued as fieldworkers and for educating children.