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AP World History Test: Chapters 12 & 13

Question 1 of 30

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As a means of continuing to spread the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan used all except which of the following means to expand and control his territories?

Select one of the following:

  • Incorporation of non-Mongol armies

  • Use of subordinate generals

  • Horses and iron weaponry

  • Collection of tribute

  • Diplomatic negotiation

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

1

After rejection by his family for the title of Great Khan, Khubilai formed

Select one of the following:

  • the Golden Horde

  • the Central Asian Khanate

  • Il-Khan Empire of Iran

  • the Yuan Empire in China and Siberia

  • he was assassinated by political rivals

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

1

Tax farming in the Il-Khan state was

Select one of the following:

  • the payment of taxes solely by farmers

  • the sale of tax-collecting contracts to small corporations

  • the exemption granted to farmers from taxation

  • the growth of a new cash crop

  • the raising of crops on government land to pay for government expenses

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

1

What economic problems did Russia see during the tome pf Mongol domination?

Select one of the following:

  • Overzealous tax collection by Russian princes

  • The burden of taxation carried by the peasantry

  • The attempt to introduce paper money by the Mongols

  • Direct exchange of goods rather than purchases in currency

  • All of these

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

1

What was the most lasting impact of the Mongols on China?

Select one of the following:

  • The Mongols introduced Buddhism to China

  • The Mongols permanently reunited China after a prolonged period of political fragmentation

  • The Chinese government system was invented by the Mongols

  • The Mongols bought silk and porcelain production to China

  • The Mongols built the Great Wall

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

1

After the introduction of paper money in China caused economic instability, the Mongols restored a degree of economic stability by producing copper coinage and:

Select one of the following:

  • Decreasing tax collection temporarily

  • Shifting the emphasis of coinage to silver instead of other metals

  • Cutting off trade with Japan to stem the flow of copper exports

  • Diversifying trade agreements with western Europe

  • Creating a favored nation trade status with whichever nation would agree to reduced tariffs

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

1

Which of the following is an aspect of Mongol rule that created hardship and a sharp population decrease in China?

Select one of the following:

  • Migration and flooding of the Yellow River

  • Warfare

  • Bubonic plague

  • Female infanticide

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

1

In 1368, the Yuan Empire was overthrown and replaced by the

Select one of the following:

  • Manchu Empire

  • Yi Kingdom

  • Ming Empire

  • Song Empire

  • Tang Empire

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

1

To demonstrate their rejection of the Mongols, the Ming emperors, starting with Hongwu,

Select one of the following:

  • Severed relations with the Middle East and Central Asia and closed the borders to foreigners

  • Built the Great Wall of China and deported all Mongols

  • Changed the official language from Mongolian to Chinese

  • Marched all the Mongols to the Korean border

  • Formed close ties with the Manchu instead

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

1

Because Mongols controlled access to the Silk Road after the overthrow of the Yuan, the emperor Yongle put an emphasis on

Select one of the following:

  • Maritime trade connecting with Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean

  • Overland trade through India and Arabia

  • Trade through Buddhist monasteries

  • Trans-Pacific exploration

  • None of these; trade decreased because people could not afford to travel by Silk Road and pay Mongol tariffs

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

1

Zheng He's primary accomplishment was

Select one of the following:

  • Converting barbarians to Islam

  • Discovering new lands in the East

  • Bringing wealth to China

  • Acquiring Ming tributary states

  • Discovering the Philippines

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

1

The relationship between the leading family in Korea, the Koryo family, and the Mongols was that

Select one of the following:

  • They were mutually hostile

  • The Koryo kings were of mostly Mongol descent and royal families became attached and loyal to the Mongols

  • The Koryo family revolted against the Mongols and expelled them from Korea

  • The Mongols considered the Koryo family and all Koreans "barbarians"

  • Of parents and children, with the Koryo family as parents

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

1

The rise of literacy in Korea resulted from the

Select one of the following:

  • Combination of an improved printing system and the hang's writing system

  • Institution of a university system

  • Spread of woodblock printing from China and the Mongol writing system

  • Imposition of Japanese rule, which forced the formation of public schools

  • Popularity of Islam, which required that all Muslims read the Quran

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

1

What prevented the Mongols from invading Japan?

Select one of the following:

  • The Mongols feared the samurai military prowess

  • The jungle heat prevented their horses from continuing

  • A storm prevented them from establishing a base

  • Mongol tactics were no match for the Japanese military technology

  • The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Mongol naval base

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

1

How did the threat of Mongol invasion affect Japan?

Select one of the following:

  • Japanese clans took political control of their regions

  • Japanese merchants lost huge sums of money in the Mongolian markets

  • Japanese monks were held hostage

  • The Japanese military government spent a lot of time building coastal defenses, and training and outfitting their warriors

  • Japan reinstated direct imperial rule

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

1

What caused the end of serfdom in western Europe?

Select one of the following:

  • The Black Death

  • The rise of popular literature

  • The rise of cities

  • The decimated agricultural productivity of the early 14th century

  • Emancipation after participating in the Hundred Years' War

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

1

The three-field system was

Select one of the following:

  • The traditional three-part contest performed by knights

  • The legal system

  • The political relationship between king, lord, and serf

  • The technology used in medieval optics

  • An agricultural method

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

1

Which of the following was not a social result of the Black Death epidemic?

Select one of the following:

  • A demand by laborers for higher pay

  • A call for democracy

  • Peasant revolutions

  • An increase in per capita production

  • An end of serfdom for all intents and purposes

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

1

Which of the following is not true of trading cities in Europe during the Middle Ages?

Select one of the following:

  • They were unable to produce products to compete with Asian prodcuts

  • They offered people more social freedom than rural places

  • They were often "chartered cities" where residents could claim freedom

  • They were able to quickly adapt to changing market conditions

  • They were home to most of Europe's Jews

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

1

Guilds, which came to dominate medieval European life, were

Select one of the following:

  • A band of knights without ties to a lord

  • An association of craft specialists from the same trade

  • An order of monks

  • A unit of currency in use throughout the Latin West

  • A measurement of distance

Explanation

Question 21 of 30

1

The Renaissance began in

Select one of the following:

  • Eastern France

  • Southern England

  • Southern Russia

  • Austria

  • Northern Italy

Explanation

Question 22 of 30

1

Latin Europe regained some of the "lost knowledge" of the Greek and Arab world when works by Plato and Aristotle came into the Latin West through:

Select one of the following:

  • The recapture of Northern Germany from the Huns

  • The recapture of Southern Italy from the Byzantines and of Sicily and Toledo from the Muslims

  • Contact with the court of Khubilai Khan

  • The discovery of the remains of the Library of Alexandria

  • The lively trade in classical antiquities

Explanation

Question 23 of 30

1

The two new religious orders in the 13th century that lent themselves to teaching and preaching to the common people were:

Select one of the following:

  • Benedictines and Cappucines

  • Ursine and Jesuit

  • Dominican and Franciscans

  • Carmelites and Cistercians

  • Augustinian and Josephite

Explanation

Question 24 of 30

1

The most notable work in Scholasticism, the Summa Theologica, was written by:

Select one of the following:

  • Geoffrey Chaucer

  • Thomas Aquinas

  • Dante Aligheri

  • Jan Hus

  • Peter Abelard

Explanation

Question 25 of 30

1

One of the significant features of the growth of literature in the 14th-15th century was

Select one of the following:

  • The development of epic poetry

  • The composition of literature in Latin

  • The Incorporation of political criticism

  • The composition of literature in the vernacular

  • The inclusion of common people in literary tales

Explanation

Question 26 of 30

1

Which of the following statements about the Magna Carta is not true?

Select one of the following:

  • It affirmed that monarchs are subject to established law

  • It confirmed the independence of the church and the city of London

  • It gave new rights to the peasants

  • It means "Great Charter"

  • It guranteed the nobles hereditary rights

Explanation

Question 27 of 30

1

The Great Western Schism originated over

Select one of the following:

  • Whether the seat of Catholicism should be in Rome or Constantinople

  • Whether or not women could be priests

  • Rival papal claimants between Avignon and Rome

  • Whether or not priests could be married

  • The formation of different types of monasteries (Franciscan, Dominican, Cappucin, etc.)

Explanation

Question 28 of 30

1

Which of the following is true of "new monarchies" in Europe between 1450-1600

Select one of the following:

  • The primary nations were England, France, and Spain

  • It increased centralized power within largely fixed geographic limits

  • It increased control over powerful noble families

  • They relied on full-time armies paid for through taxes

  • All of these

Explanation

Question 29 of 30

1

Spain and Portugal's "reconquest" and political consolidation of the Iberian peninsula was designed to recapture land from

Select one of the following:

  • Muslims

  • Protestants

  • Peasants

  • Slaves

  • Africans

Explanation

Question 30 of 30

1

By 1500, the English Parliament

Select one of the following:

  • had been disbanded by King John

  • Had overthrown the king and gained complete governmental authority

  • Had become a permanent part of English government

  • Had yet to be officially formed

  • Had been disbanded

Explanation

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