AP World Review Part 1

Chinese Economy and Social Structure

100

This group was viewed most poorly in Chinese society

a. merchants

b. peasants

c. serfs

d. artisans

a. merchants

200

Under the Mongols trade with Europe and along the _____________ increased due to innovations currency and a Mongol desire to increase commercial activity

Silk Road

300

True or False: China remained the center of manufacturing/protindustrialization throughout the period from 1200-1750- leading to economic expansion throughout the time period. 

TRUE!

500

Which of the following is the primary reason China became a world power between 1200 and 1750?

a. the impact of innovations like gunpowder and moveable type

b. Cultural continuities like Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism(blending Buddhist and Confucian Tradition)

c. Massive population growth as a result of agricultural innovations like Champa rice from Vietnam.

c. Massive population growth as a result of agricultural innovations like Champa rice from Vietnam.

*it also brought wealth

Chinese Political Structure and the Dynastic Cycle

100

This strengthened the Chinese state and provided continuity for Chinese society through its' revival at the start of almost every new dynasty.

The Civil Service Exam

200

True or False: Elite women in the Yuan dynasty had more political influence than in the Song or Ming dynasties

TRUE!

300

True or False. Under the Mongols, educated Chinese elites were left alone and Confucian learning continued to be held in high status, despite government positions going to Mongols rather than the scholar gentry. 

TRUE!

400

Although limited, the exam system provided important opportunities for Social advancement as one could enter the class of the _____________ and become part of the imperial bureaucracy

scholar gentry

500

Name the four major Chinese dynasties we have discussed in order

Song

Yuan

Ming

Qing

Japan, Korea, Vietnam and the influence of Chinese Culture.

100

In feudal Japan, the equivalent of medieval knights were known as....

Samurai

200

Religion from China likely to influence Japanese, Vietnamese and Korean Elites

Confucianism.

Especially neo-Confucianism ( plus 100 points!) ( which fused Confucianism with abstract ideas from Daoism and Buddhism

300

Religion from China likely to be adopted by peasants in Korea and Vietnam

Buddhism

400

Major religious influence the Tokugawa Shogunate sought to REDUCE 

Christianity

*From Europeans. They wanted to limit increasing influence.

500

Major ideal of Confucianism emulated by the Japanese emperor and elite. 

Filial piety

Indian Ocean and Silk Road Trade

100

Triangular Sail used by the Omani and others in the Indian Ocean that made it easier to take advantage of Monsoon winds

Lateen Sail

200

Muslim Mystics and Missionaries that spread Islam Via Indian Ocean trade routes

Sufis

300

True or False: Muslims lost control and influence of Omani and Swahili Coast trade in the  Indian Ocean after the Portuguese established their trading post empire.

FALSE

Muslim control remained a continuity. Muslim connections led to an increase in commerce strengthened by Muslim ethical and legal frameworks for merchant activity.

400

True or False. Zheng He's voyages greatly increased Chinese Commercial activity in the Indian Ocean during the Song Dynasty

FALSE.

Zheng He's voyages were under the MING dynasty, and were more exploratory/diplomatic in nature

500

Name a major city that developed BETWEEN East Asia and Europe as a result of Silk Road trade

Samarkand

Kashagar 

Sub-Saharan Africa

100

Major Empire that was the center of gold trade in Sub Saharan Africa

Mali

(later Songhai)

200

Islam primarily spread to Africa through

A. The Trans-Saharan Gold Salt Trade

B. Conquest by the Abbasid Empire

C. Sufi Mystic Missionaries

A. The Trans-Saharan Gold Salt Trade

300

Spread ironworking, agricultural techniques and language as the migrated across Sub-Saharan Africa

The Bantu

400

Other than the population size, name a social impact of the Atlantic Slave trade on Africa

Change in gender or family roles

polygyny 

500

Name the structure in the Image shown 

Great Zimbabwe