Cuevas AP World Semester Exam Review pt. 3

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, territories under Mongol control benefited from which of the

following?

• Widespread adoption of Confucian family hierarchies

• Trade that facilitated the spread of Christianity throughout the Indian Ocean region

• Trade that tied several distinct regional networks together

• Widespread adoption of Buddhist religious practices

Which of the following statements about the Mongol Empire of the thirteenth century is true?

• The invasion of Japan was attempted but was unsuccessful.

• The number of Buddhists and Muslims in Asia dropped significantly as a result of Mongol persecution.

• In China the Mongols eliminated the Chinese scholar-official class.

• The Mongols conquered Constantinople.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Mongol Empire?

• It attempted to impose Mongol religious beliefs and practices on conquered peoples.

• It reestablished the Silk Road between East Asia and Europe.

  
  

• It attempted to create a self-contained economic system by banning all merchants from non-Mongol

  territories.

• It developed a sophisticated bureaucracy staffed by talented Mongols.

Which of the following best describes an effect of the establishment of the Mongol Empire upon Silk Road long

distance trade?

• The Silk Road trade declined because the Mongol merchants preferred to use maritime long-distance

  trade networks instead.

• The Silk Road trade increased because the Mongol conquests helped connect more regions of Eurasia

  economically and commercially.

• The Silk Road trade was not affected by the Mongol conquests because the tribal and nomadic nature of

  Mongol society meant that Mongol demand for luxury goods was virtually nonexistent.

• The Silk Road trade collapsed following the Mongol conquests because most trading cities along the

  Silk Roads were destroyed and never recovered.

The breakup of the Mongol Empire into separate khanates during the mid-thirteenth century was most connected to

which of the following developments?

• 
  The spread of the bubonic plague following the expansion of trade along the Silk Roads weakened the

  Mongol Empire demographically and militarily.

• 
  Mongol traditions emphasized tribal and personal loyalties and made it difficult to establish long-lasting

  centralized dynastic rule, which led to civil war.

• 
  Rebellions in China overthrew Mongol rule there and led to the reestablishment of Han Chinese rule

  under the Ming dynasty.

• The attempts of Mongol rulers to force their subjects to convert to Islam led to widespread rebellions in

  Central and East Asia.

The expansion of the Mongol Empire most directly led to which of the following political developments in Afro-Eurasia?

• The spread of feudalism to western Europe, as the Mongol conquests greatly weakened centralized

  monarchies

• 
  The expansion of the Mali Empire in West Africa, as the Mongol conquests destroyed the Abbasid

  Caliphate

• The collapse of previously existing states, such as the Song dynasty of China

• The adoption of Islamic systems of rule by Turkic states in the Middle East, such as the Seljuq Empire

The photograph above of a mosque (first erected in the fourteenth century) in the modern-day West African country

of Mali best exemplifies which of the following historical processes?

• Imposition of religion through military conquest

• Spread of religion along trade routes

• Abandonment of indigenous cultural styles in the face of colonization

• Conflict between local and universalizing religions

The photograph above of a sixteenth-century Mughal mosque in India built by Akbar is an example of which of the

following?

• Emergence of capitalist economies

• Expansion of coercive labor systems

• Creation of a global trade network

• Cultural syncretism

The Ottoman Empire’s recruitment of soldiers and bureaucrats through the system depicted in the image is most similar to which broader method that rulers used to strengthen their empires in the period 1450–1750 ?

• The collection of tribute

• Establishment of religious uniformity

• Abolition of feudal privileges

• The granting of autonomy to minority groups

The recruitment depicted in the image is best understood in the context of which of the following developments in the period 1450–1750 ?

• Attempts by imperial states to expand their economic power

• Attempts by imperial states to prevent religious conflict

• Attempts by imperial states to centralize their authority

  
  

• Attempts by imperial states to control population growth