AP WORLD PERIOD 2 TEST

1. Which of these pieces of technology

did change over time?
a. The wheel.
b. The bow and arrow.
c. The uses of fire.
d. All of the above.
2. Buddhism grew from which religion?
a. Judaism
b. Christianity
c. Hinduism
d. Islam
3. The various Jewish states were
conquered at different points in time
by what three groups?
a. Mesopotamian, Assyrian, and
Roman
b. Roman, Vedic, and Assyrian
c. Babylonian, Roman, and Qing
d. Assyrian, Babylonian, and
Roman
4. What Mauryan emperor supported
Buddhism?
a. Jesus
b. Lao Tze
c. Ashoka
d. Tenochilan
5. The core ideas in Greco-Roman
philosophy and science emphasized
what?
a. Logic, empirical observation,
and the nature of political power
and hierarchy.
b. Logic, empirical observation,
and the nature of religion.
c. Logic, empirical observation,
and the development or culture.
d. Logic, empirical observation,
and the promotion of social
harmony.
6. What large body of water would you
find near the Phoenician, Greek and
Roman empires?
a. Mediterranean Sea
b. Black Sea

7. Teotihuacan was the capital of what

empire in South America?
a. Aztec
b. Incan
c. Mayan
d. We dont actually know.
8. Name three ways that imperial
governments controlled large areas.
a. Roads, horses, and principalities
reporting back to the strong
central government.
b. Roads, horses, and weak central
governments.
c. Roads, horses, and small village
governments.
d. Roads, horses, and invading
mongols.
9. Name two kinds of domesticated
pack animals.
a. Llamas and donkeys.
b. Llamas and dogs.
c. Llamas and cars.
d. Llamas and cats.
10. And you too, judges, must face
death with a good courage, and
believe this as a truth, that no
evil can happen to a good man, either
in life, or after death. His fortunes are
not neglected by the gods, and what
has come today has not come by
chance. I am persuaded that it is
better for to die now, and to be
released from trouble. . . . And so I am
hardly angry with my accusers, or with
those who have condemned me to die.
Yet it was not with this mind that they
accused me and condemned me, but
rather they meant to do me an injury.
Only to extend do I find fault with
them.
F. J. Church, Author of The Trial and
Death of Socrates
What is the purpose of Socrates views
on his life during the early 5th century
in the passage above?

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a. Greek citizens wanted to ruin
Socrates life and Socrates railed
against it.
b. Socrates denied evil things
being done to him.
c. Socrates viewed the positive
side of his difficult situations
with a bitter commentary.
d. Socrates kept peace in himself
while about to face death.
11. Which of the following contrasts
the new economic concepts and
technology between the Qin Dynasty
and the Han Dynasty?
a. Quicker silk production.
b. Producing porcelain more
efficiently.
c. Using paper money instead of
just coins.
d. Ox-drawn plows, paper
production, and water-powered
mills.
12. Carving of a bodhisattva from the
second or third century C.E. This
carving perhaps represents
Avalokitesvara, also known as the Lord
of Compassion. Almost as perfect as
the Buddha, Avalokitesvara had a
reputation for protecting merchants
and sailors, helping women conceive,
and turning enemies into kind-hearted
friends.
Jerry H. Bentley and Herbert F. Ziegler,
AP World History Authors
In this passage above explaining the
reputation of a deity, Jerry H. Bentley
and Herbert F. Zieglers purpose was
to
a. Provide the relation between
different gods.
b. Assert the dominance of
Hinduism in India.
c. Provide a religion with concepts
based on optimism.
d. Provide the significance of the
Lord of Compassion.

13. Which of the following was an

important long-term cause of
successful trade within the
Mediterranean Basin in 8th century
B.C.E?
a. The expansion of trade.
b. The Hellenistic era.
c. The expansion of the
Mediterranean.
d. The increase of Greek
merchants.
14. Which of the following was a longterm cause of a developed Religious
Kingdom within Ethiopia in 300 C.E.?
a. African merchants have cultural
interactions between Roman
merchants.
b. Mosques are built in Northern
Africa.
c. Muslims spread Islam to parts of
Northern Africa.
d. Greek merchants spread
Christianity.
15. How did cultural interactions and
communication mostly continue in
Persia between 558 B.C. and 651 C.E.?
a. By the Trans-Saharan trade
routes.
b. By the Silk Roads that went
through Persia.
c. By the Persian Royal Roads
going through Turkey.
16. Which of the following best
supports order being restored in China
near the end of and after the Warring
States during 300 B.C.E. to 200 B.C.E.?
a. Neo-Confucianism
b. Daoism
c. Confucianism
d. Legalism
17. This 21st century photograph
represents which of the following
historical processes?
a. The occurrence of cultural
interaction.
b. The spread of religion.
c. The spread of socialism.

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18. Which of the following best

supports the argument that Hinduism
was the main religion over India rather
than Buddhism around the 11th
century C.E.?
a. Those of Buddhist were not as
acknowledged.
b. Some of the governments laws
related to Hinduism.
c. Only those of poor status would
go to Buddhist monasteries.
d. The caste system was enforced
in society with males having
dominant authority.
19. Which of the following was a major
change in the declining years of the
Han China Empire?
a. There was a decline of silk
production.
b. Foreigners began to favor
porcelain more than silk.
c. Emperors didnt hold as much
authority compared to the Qin
Dynasty.
d. There was a loss of interest in
Confucian traditions.
20. Which of the following contributed
significantly to the decline of power in
Gupta India, Rome, and China during
200 C.E.?
a. Power is held by military leaders
as the emperors power weaken.
b. Territorial expansion declines.
c. There a huge social tensions.
d. The economy declines.
21. Which of the following best
supports the assertion that a social
hierarchal system was always used by
the society of the Greeks, Africans,
and Chinese in 500 B.C.E. through 500
C.E.?
a. Women of any social status
could not attend school.
b. The women always are
subservient to men.

c. The women always cared for the

family.
d. The males were expected to be
great leaders in society.
22. Between the mid-eighth and the
late-sixth centuries B.C.E., the Greeks
founded more than four hundred
colonies along the shores of the
Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The
driving force behind this movement
was primarily
a. Population pressure.
b. An abundance of agricultural
land in Greece.
c. Earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions on the Greek
peninsula.
d. A sense of pride associated with
military conquests of other
peoples.
23. During the Punic Wars, the Romans
came into bloody conflict with the
Carthaginians when the Romans
expanded to
a. Britain
b. Greece
c. Egypt
d. Sicily
24. In 139 B.C.E., the Chinese emperor
dispatched Zhang Qian to central Asia
to
a. Open the silk roads.
b. Seek allies against the Xiongnu.
c. Buy large and strong horses.
25. With regard to epidemic diseases
on the silk roads, which of the
following is NOT true?
a. The most devastating diseases
were smallpox, measles, and
bubonic plague.
b. The diseases seriously
weakened the Han and Roman
empires.
c. The diseases caused the
greatest population loss in
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d. The largest outbreaks occurred
in the second and third
centuries C.E.
26. Which of the following is NOT true
with regard to the Visigoths before
they invaded the Roman Empire?
a. They adopted Roman law.
b. They adopted official Roman
language and social customs.
c. They contributed large numbers
of soldiers to the Roman armies.
d. They were driven further west
by the Huns.
27. Muhammad experienced profound
spiritual revelations that led him to
believe that
a. He was chosen by Allah to
create a new religion.
b. He was the last prophet of Allah.
c. Judaism and Christianity were
major offences of Allah.
d. Allah was one of the many gods.
28. Which of the following is true of
the religions of salvation in Hellenistic
society?
a. They promised the possibility of
eternal bliss.
b. The cult of Osiris became one of
the most popular.
c. Many included the belief in a
savior who die and is
resurrected.
d. All of these answers are correct.
29. During Abbasid times, the Arabs
learned from China the technique of
making
a. Fine silk.
b. Woodblock prints.
c. Paper.
d. Gunpowder and cannons.
30. Bonus Question: What is the
mascot for Mrs. LaRoue's college,
Western Michigan University? Hint:
Check around the walls of the
classroom.

ANSWER: BRONCOS
31. Gender roles in the Neolithic times
were more democratic for both
genders unlike gender roles in which
area in a later time period we have
studied?
a. Paleolithic
b. Greek
c. Israel
d. United States of America
32. What did codifications and
developments of existing religious
traditions provide the people?
a. Monotheism
b. A bond and an ethical code.
c. A written language.
33. The Vedic religion or Hinduism
contributed to the development of
what social and political system?
a. The written form of Sanskrit.
b. The Caste System.
c. The teachings of reincarnation.
d. The eye for and eye concept
of religion.
34. What two religions grew from
Judaism?
a. Christianity and Islam
b. Islam and Buddhism
c. Buddhism and Hinduism
d. Zoroastrianism and Mithraism
35. Where was ancestor veneration,
the worship of ancestor spirits,
primarily found around the world?
a. China, Japan, and Russia
b. China, India, and England
c. China, Nigeria, and Germany
d. China, Nigeria, ad Japan
36. What empire existed in Southwest
Asia?
a. Maurya
b. Han
c. Mongols
d. Zulu

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37. What are the names for the three
groups that controlled the Persian
Empire
a. Achaemenid, Maurya, Moche
b. Achaemenid, Parthian, Sassanid
c. Achaemenid, Qin, Hellen
d. Achaemenid, Gupta, Han
38. Name two examples of technology
that allowed maritime improvements.
a. Astrolabe, Compass
b. Astrolabe, Large Boats
c. Sails, Docks
d. Docks, Crystals
39.
--22. If anyone is committing a robbery
and is caught, then he shall be put to
death.
--42. If anyone take over a field to till
it, and obtain no harvest therefrom, it
must be proved that he did no work on
the field, and he must deliver grain,
just as his neighbor raised, to the
owner of the field.
--119. If anyone fail to meet a claim
for debt, and he sell the maid servant
who has borne him children, for
money, the money which the
merchant has paid shall be repaid to
him by the owner of the slave and she
shall be freed.
In this account of Hammurabis Law
Code, who is his audience?
a. Greeks
b. Romans
c. Athenians
d. Mesomotamians
40. Which of the following significantly
contributes to the authority Mrs.
LaRoue holds within the AP World
History classroom setting in the 21st
century and the authority of Alexander
III of Macedon in 400 B.C.E.?
a. They both received education at
a yound age.
b. They both have the proclivity to
guide others.

c. They both have a personality of

being straitlaced with a various
mixture of being relaxed, etc.
41. Which of the following best
supports the conclusion that tensions
between social classes played a key
role in the fall of the Han state?
a. The government is flexible with
the law for the wealthy.
b. The government couldnt
maintain control over the harsh
relations between the wealthy
and the peasants.
c. Money was not distributed
equally enough.
42. Which of the following is a
continuity in Indian history from 600
B.C.E to 1000 C.E.?
a. Makes receive better education
than females.
b. Trade continues to go well.
c. People believe in Islam.
d. People still believe in Buddhism.
43. Which of the following was the
long-term cause of the economic
expansion in Greece to decline?
a. Other foreigners try to invade
the country.
b. The decline of the governments
power.
c. Poverty gap.
d. Slave labor.
44. In contrast to Persia and China,
classical India was different in what
way?
a. Was isolated from the outside
world by formidable
geographical barriers.
b. Did not have well developed
religions.
c. Was a backward country in
terms of economy and culture.
d. Lacked a strong and continuing
imperial tradition.

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45. How did economic development
quickly progress in Iran in 500 B.C.E
through 500 C.E.?
a. There is high tolerance for a
variety of cultures.
b. There are military members
with high status.
c. There is an abundance of slave
labor occurring.
d. There are many infrastructure
built for entertainment.
46. What continued in the social
system of the classical Persian Empire
during 700 B.C.E. and 400 C.E.?
a. Artists were often
complimented on their creative
works.
b. The jobs of merchants were
often difficult to accomplish.
c. Slaves who were often prisoners
of war or in debt did hard labor.
d. The government was often bias
towards nobles and wealthy
families.
47. Which of the following was the
most immediate cause of Chinas
prosperity in the Han Dynasty within
the early two decades of 200 B.C.E?
a. The bureaucracy becomes
stronger.
b. China expands its territory west
and south.
c. A better monetary system along
with increase of trade.
d. China goes through a period of
peace.
48. The map above exemplifies which
of the following historical processes in
800 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E?
a. Trade.
b. Alliances.
c. Places where the Greek had
negative affairs with.
d. Greek colonization of place.
49. Which of the following was an
important factor to the economic

development of empires within Egypt

and West Africa in late 1000 B.C.E.?
a. More ports are built along the
coasts.
b. Iron production increases.
c. There was an expansion of
trade along the Red Sea and
Nile River.
d. A variety of metals are used and
traded.
50. Which of the following was a major
change in economy of Carthage from
400 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.?
a. There was trade along the
coast.
b. There are more exchanges
between foreign merchants.
c. Usage of iron.
51. For example, diverse epidemic
diseases of humans evolved in areas
with many wild plants and animal
species suitable for domestication,
partly because the resulting crops and
livestock helped feed dense societies
in which epidemics could maintain
themselves, and partly because the
diseases evolved from germs of the
domestic animals themselves.
Which of the following bests states the
argument of the evidence provided?
a. The expansion of agriculture
has provided a surplus of food
for classical empires,
b. The spread of epidemic
diseases lead to the decline of
the Roman and Han Empires.
c. The use of agriculture leads to
disease.
52. The remarkable growth of early
Christianity reflected the new faith's
appeal, particularly to
a. Roman emperors.
b. High-ranking officials and the
wealthy elite.
c. Roman soldiers and military
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d. The lower classes, urban
populations, and women.
53. By Roman law,
a. A defendant was assumed
innocent until proven guilty.
b. Defendants had the right to
challenge their accusers before
a judge.
c. The judge enjoyed great
discretion in applying laws.
d. All these answers are correct.
54. Which of the following was a
favorable condition for developing
long-distance trade during the
classical era?
a. Empires ruled vast areas and
maintained good social order.
b. Under imperial rule many roads
and bridges were constructed.

55. The invading Huns contributed to

the fall of the Western Roman Empire
by
a. Deposing the last emperor of
the Western Roman Empire.
b. Sacking the city of Rome in
410C.E.
c. Pressing the Germanic peoples
in the Western Roman Empire.
56. Which of the following is true with
regard to Minoan and Mycenaean
societies?
a. Both societies used Linear A.
b. Both societies built palaces.
c. Both societies were established
by Indo-European immigrants.
57. The Five Pillars are to Muslims as
a. The Hadith is to Muslims.
b. The Noble Eightfold Path is to
Buddhists.
c. The four Veda are to the Aryans.
d. The book of Genesis is to
Christians.