AP World History Midterm Exam Study Questions (Latest 2023-2024) Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct
- Which of the following was a major effect of the Neolithic Revolution?
(a) the establishment of sedentary village communities (b) the spread of a migratory way of life (c) a decline in total population (d) an increase in the use of bronze tools
Answer: A
- Which of the following occurred as a result of the development of agriculture in
societies that previously relied on hunting and gathering?(a) conditions for women improved (b) the incidence of disease declined (c) population density increased (d) degradation of the environment increased
Answer: C
- Which of the following was an important reason for the fall of the Roman, Han,
and Gupta empires?(a) a long period of drought that destroyed crops and livestock (b) use of slaves in their armies (c) intensified invasions and security issues along their frontiers (d) a refusal to tolerate Christianity
Answer: C
- Before 500 CE, Judaism and Hinduism were similar in that both
(a) had written scriptures and an ethical code to live by (b) spread widely around the Mediterranean (c) promoted teachings about reincarnation (d) advocated a monastic life and a rejection of the world
Answer: A
- A mosque in the modern-day West African country of Mali best exemplifies
which of the following historical processes?(a) imposition of religion through military conquest (b) spread of religion along trade routes (c) abandonment of indigenous cultural styles in the face of colonization (d) conflict between local and universalizing religions 1 / 3
Answer: B
- The spread of Bantu-speaking peoples over southern Africa before 1400 CE can be
best explained by their (a) conversion to Islam (b) use of cavalry (c) centralized political systems (d) knowledge of agriculture
Answer: D
- The Crusader states were able to cling to survival only through frequent delivery
of supplies and manpower from Europe.
[They] were defended primarily by three semi-monastic military orders: the
Templars, the Hospitallers, and the Teutonic Knights. Combining monasticism and militarism, these orders served to protect pilgrims and to wage perpetual war against the Muslims.Palmira Brummett, world historian, 2007
Whenever I visited Jerusalem, I always entered the al-Aqsa Mosque, beside which stood a small mosque which the Franks had converted into a church.... [T]he Templars, ... who were my friends, would evacuate the little adjoining mosque so that I could pray in it.Usamah ibn Munqidh, Muslim historian, Jerusalem, circa 1138
The second passage does not support the first passage because the second passage
(A) shows that an influx of manpower from Europe was not critical for the survival of the Crusader states (B) shows that Muslims vastly outnumbered Europeans in the Crusader states (C) minimizes the importance of Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights in the administration of the Crusader states (D) presents an incident in which a military order supported a Muslim travel- er
Answer: D
- Inca and Aztec societies were similar in that both
(a) developed from Mayan civilization (b) acquired empires by means of military conquest (c) independently developed iron technology (d) depended entirely on oral record keeping
Answer: B 2 / 3
- Which of the following factors represents the most significant cause of the growth
in cities in Afro-Eurasia in the period 1000-1450?(a) climate change (b) increased interregional trade (c) decreased agricultural productivity (d) increased invasions
Answer: B
- Which of the following changes best justifies the claim that the late 1400s mark
the beginning of a new period in world history?(a) the rise of the Aztec and Inca empires (b) the economic recovery in Afro-Eurasia after the Black Death (c) the incorporation of the Americas into a broader global network of ex- change (d) the emergence of new religious movements in various parts of the world
Answer: C
- The Columbian Exchange involved which of the following new connections in the
era 1450-1750?(a) European food to the Western Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere diseases to Europe; African population to Europe (b) Western Hemisphere technology to Africa; African food to Europe; Euro- pean population to the Western Hemisphere (c) European technology to Africa; Western Hemisphere population to Africa; African food to the Western Hemisphere (d) African population to the Western Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere food to Europe and Africa; African and European diseases to the Western Hemi- sphere
Answer: D
- In the period 1450-1750, which of the following produced on large plan tations
by slave labor, were significant commodities in the growing world market?(a) grains such as wheat and barley (b) tropical fruits such as bananas and oranges (c) animal products such as wool and beef (d) cash crops such as sugar and tobacco
Answer: D
- Which of the following factors best explains why the Portuguese did not engage
- / 3
in direct trading relations with West African states until the fifteenth century?(A) Lack of the necessary navigational and maritime technology (B) Lack of European interest in African goods