AP World History – Islam Practice Test

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• The term for ritual suicide in Japan, also known as hari-kiri, used to demonstrate courage and restore family honor is
• Which Vietnamese sisters led a rebellion against Chinese rule around 39-40 CE?
• Which group were nomadic invaders from central Asia, staunch Sunnis, who ruled from the 11th century in the name of the Abbasids?
• Timbuktu is associated with which West African empire?
• Who is the legendary founder of Kievan Rus', traditionally dated to 855?
• Which region did the Bantu Migrations primarily affect?
• Which city in present-day Ukraine was a major commercial center established by Scandinavians in the 9th century?
• Who is the founder associated with unifying the Mali state who died in 1260?
• Which group includes the Umayyads?
• Who was the King of the Franks who converted to Christianity circa 496?
• Indian numerical notation brought by the Arabs to the West
• The Black Death originated with Mongols and had what major impact on Europe?
• Which ruler of Kiev reigned from 980 to 1015 and converted the kingdom to Orthodox Christianity?
• Which king of the Franks converted to Christianity around 496?
• Which instrument is most closely associated with facilitating long-distance trade finance in medieval economies?
• Who were the seagoing Norse raiders who disrupted coastal Europe from the 8th to 11th centuries and reached Iceland, Greenland, and North America?
• What term describes medieval bodies that represented privileged groups and advised the king with the subjects' consent?
• Which battle in 1071 was a decisive Seljuk victory over Byzantium that led to the loss of much of the empire’s Anatolian territory?
• Which city was a major trade center in the Mali Empire and became a cosmopolitan hub blending many cultures?
• What was the title of the ruler of Mali?
• Flourishing trading city in Malaya; established a trading empire after the fall of Shrivijaya
• The feudal lords who controlled land and vassals in Japan were known as the
• Which state succeeded Mali and dominated the middle reaches of the Niger valley, with its capital at Gao?
• The Bantu Migrations are best described as which type of movement?
• In 1066, which ruler invaded England from Normandy and established a centralized monarchy?
• Which Quraysh clan dominated Mecca and later became an Islamic dynasty?
• Which architectural style developed in Western Europe during the 13th and 14th centuries, characterized by pointed arches and flying buttresses?
• The military government established by the Minamoto following the Gempei wars, centered at Kamakura, which retained the emperor but where real power resided in the military government and samurai, is known as the
• Arab sailing vessels; equipped with lateen sails; used by Arab merchants.
• Which group are followers of Ali's interpretation of Islam?
• Which group of Islamic mystics spread Islam to many Afro-Asian regions?
• Which canal system began under Yangdi to connect the Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin?
• Which first Carolingian king of the Franks defeated Muslims at Tours in 732?
• The Ilkhanate's domain was centered in which region?
• Which form of Buddhism was particularly popular among the masses in East Asia and focused on salvation, commonly associated with Pure Land practices?
• Who was born in the 12th century, elected supreme khagan in 1206, and began the Mongols rise to world power?
• Which conflict's disruption led to the decline of strong central authority and contributed to decentralized power in Japan, culminating in the rise of regional power?
• During which centuries did the Vikings raid and settle across the North Atlantic?
• In the 13th century, which trade network was dominated by Muslims after the rise of Islamic caliphates?
• What term refers to images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians?
• Which group of Mongols conquered Russian cities in the 13th century while leaving the Russian church and aristocracy intact?
• Champa Rice, a tribute gift from Vietnam to China, led to which demographic change in China?
• The era of the Period of the Six Dynasties occurred after the fall of which dynasty?
• Which term describes the urbanized commercial centers mixing African and Arab cultures along the East African coast, including Mogadishu and Kilwa?
• What term describes Islamic holy war?
• Which era refers to the period of continuous warfare (220-589) among the many kingdoms that followed the fall of the Han dynasty?
• What is the name of the Western European period between the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance?
• The state of the Malinke people centered between the Senegal and Niger rivers eventually became which historical empire?
• Which long conflict between England and France lasted from 1337 to 1453 and fostered French nationalism?
• The political arrangement in which the emperor remained as a figurehead while real power resided with a military government is called the
• Which grandson of Chinggis Khan became the ruler of the Golden Horde and led the invasion of Rus' in 1236?
• Which financial instrument signified new forms of monetization in medieval trade?
• Rulers of Egypt; descended from Turkish slaves
• The people of the book refer to Jews and Christians; later extended to Zoroastrians and Hindus.
• Which royal house ruled the Franks from the 8th to the 10th centuries?
• Which term describes Islamic religious scholars who pressed for conservative theology?
• Hue served as the capital of which Vietnamese dynasty?
• Which polity is renowned for massive stone enclosures and towers in southeastern Africa?
• Which khanate eventually included much of the Abbasid empire?
• Which city served as the destination of Muhammad's hijra, becoming the new center of the Muslim community?
• Which term describes the nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian Peninsula who herd camels and goats?
• Which smaller surviving dynasty (1127-1279) presided over one of the greatest cultural reigns in world history and fell to the Mongols in 1276 and was taken over in 1279?
• Who is recognized as the first caliph after Muhammad?
• Which group ruled from the 11th century in the name of the Abbasids?
• The Kievan Rus' state flourished until which century?
• Which city was the major Arabian commercial center dominated by the Quraysh and served as the home of Muhammad?
• The five-year war waged from 1180 to 1185 on the island of Honshu between the Taira and Minamoto families, which ended in the destruction of the Taira and the start of the feudal age, is called the
• Which plague struck Europe in the 14th century, significantly reducing the population and altering social structures?
• Mongol beliefs focused on nature spirits; which religious tradition best describes this?
• Which Mongol leader founded the Ilkhanate and conquered much of Persia?
• Which dynasty did Charlemagne belong to?
• Which Arab traveler is famous for journeys throughout the Muslim world?
• Which ruler is credited with starting the Grand Canal system in China?
• What is the word of God revealed through Muhammad, and the holy book of Islam?
• Which empire captured Baghdad in 1258?
• Which statement best describes the Grand Canal's purpose?
• Which caliphate overlapped with the Mongol Ilkhanate in the Middle East?
• Which town northeast of Mecca requested Muhammad's mediation and became the site of the hijra to Medina in 622?
• What was the Chinese credit instrument that provided vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of a venture, reducing the danger of robbery?
• Which traveler documented experiences in East Asia and the Mongol court, becoming famous for his journeys?
• Which medieval thinker produced a major synthesis of medieval learning and wrote a work commonly called the Summa?
• The aristocratic power center whose influence helped reduce imperial authority in the 9th century was the
• The war between rival clans that ended with a Minamoto victory and laid the groundwork for a military-dominated era is the
• Which cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad is central to Shi'ism?
• Wazir was the chief administrative official under the Abbasids.
• Before Muhammad's prophethood, he worked as a merchant belonging to which Quraysh clan?
• Which dynasty followed the Sui and established tributary states in Vietnam and Korea, influencing Japan, and promoting Buddhist and Confucian traditions?
• The Magna Carta of 1215 is best associated with which principle?
• Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, stern-post rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders dominated Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula. What were these ships called?
• What term describes associations of workers in the same occupation within a single city, emphasizing mutual control and guaranteed high workmanship?
• Champa Rice originated in which region?
• What Byzantine weapon consisted of a mixture of chemicals that ignited when exposed to water and was used to drive back Arab fleets attacking Constantinople?
• What is the name of the East Slavic state centered around Kiev?
• Which thinker is the author of Summa Theologiae?
• Which system describes the rural arrangement of reciprocal relations between landlords and peasant laborers in which peasants provide labor in exchange for use of land and protection?
• The regional warrior leaders who ruled small kingdoms from fortified bases and built private armies were called the
• Which dynasty became the dominant ruling dynasty after the Merovingians?
• Which dynasty is known for ruling the Frankish kingdom from the 8th century and including Charlemagne?
• Marco Polo is known for spending 17 years at the court of which ruler?
• The attempt to remake the Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese-style emperor, including a professional bureaucracy and a peasant conscript army, is known as the
• Which city served as the Abbasid capital?
• The Golden Horde was a subdivision of the Mongol Empire that conquered which region?
• What are the obligatory religious duties for all Muslims, including confession of faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and hajj?
• What term refers to the practice of appointing bishops, which caused conflict with secular rulers?
• What term describes members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty?
• Which pair of Byzantine missionaries is credited with creating the Slavic script Cyrillic?
• What are Hadiths in Islam?
• Which polity is known for massive stone buildings and walls and represents one of the greatest early buildings in sub-Saharan Africa?
• Which trio of cities rose during this era due to increased trade?
• The investiture controversy mainly concerned whether the pope or which entity had the authority to appoint bishops?
• Footbinding revival occurred during which dynasty?
• Central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph
• Which African polity is associated with the most prominent early stone enclosures and towers in southeastern Africa?
• Invasions of western Christians into Muslim lands, especially Palestine; captured Jerusalem and established Christian kingdoms enduring until 1291.
• What title did students who passed the most difficult examinations obtain, making them eligible for high office?
• Which male-imposed practice involved mutilating women's feet to reduce size and confine them to the household?
• Footbinding was abolished during the Yuan dynasty.
• Which Tang dynasty emperor persecuted Buddhist monasteries and reduced Buddhist influence in favor of Confucianism (841-847)?
• The hijra, Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina, began the Muslim calendar in which year?
• Which trading empire was based on the Malacca Strait and resisted Muslim missionaries until its fall opened Southeast Asia to Islam?
• Which term describes the early political leadership that followed Muhammad as head of the Islamic community?
• Which form of Buddhism emphasized salvationist aspects and was popular among the masses in East Asia?
• Which figure is central to Shi'ism due to his close kinship with Muhammad as cousin and son-in-law?
• The warlord rulers of small states following the Onin War and disruption of the Ashikaga shogunate, who consolidated into unified mini-states, were the
• (1162-1227); Mongol ruler; defeated the Turkish Persian kingdoms
• Which figure played a key role in uniting the French and promoting French patriotism during the Hundred Years' War?
• What is the term for the dominant medieval approach that used logic to resolve theological problems?
• During this era, the spread of which religion accompanied the Trans-Saharan trade?
• Who is the successor to Muhammad as head of the Islamic community?
• Which Korean dynasty lasted from 1392 to 1910 and was established by the Yi clan?
• Which dynasty did the Abbasids overthrow in 750?
• Which pair of civilizations exemplifies continuity in social structure by maintaining landholding aristocracies, patriarchies, and peasant systems into their eras?
• Which statement best describes Timbuktu's role in medieval West Africa?
• Which groups formed the southern Vietnamese realms and challenged northern dynasties?
• Which city served as the capital of the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam?
• Champa Rice originated in the Champa Kingdom of what region?
• Which term describes the extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions?
• What term describes merchant communities that introduced their own cultures into other areas?
• Which city served as the birthplace of Muhammad and was a major commercial hub before Islam?
• In the Investiture Controversy, the struggle was primarily between the papacy and which secular ruler?
• Which term describes the class that held land from lords and owed military service?
• What is the pilgrimage to Mecca called?
• Which group established Kiev as a major commercial hub in the 9th century?
• The mounted warriors who were loyal to local lords, rather than the emperor, were known as the
• The Bantu Migrations are primarily known for spreading which language group?
• What was the central objective of the First Crusade?
• Which infrastructure feature is celebrated for connecting distant parts of large empires such as Rome and the Inca?
• Which city served as a major hub for trade and connected European and Asian commerce?
• Which system divided land into three fields to rotate crops and improve productivity?
• Mawali are non-Arab converts to Islam.
• Name one of the four major Mongol khanates, besides the Golden Horde and the Ilkhanate.
• Islamic mystics; spread Islam to many Afro-Asian regions
• The Hanseatic League was an alliance of which cities?
• Which trade system connected ports around the Indian Ocean and linked Africa, the Middle East, and Asia?
• Which dynasty rose to prominence in Southern China after the fall of the Northern Song and maintained a rich cultural life?
• Which dynasty succeeded the Umayyads in 750?
• Footbinding began during which era?
• Peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial system are known as what?
• What term denotes the community of the faithful within Islam?
• Which Carolingian monarch established a large empire in France and Germany circa 800?
• Which city defended against Arab sieges using the Byzantine incendiary weapon known as Greek Fire?
• What was a major consequence of Muslim conquests for other empires?
• The European traveler who spent 17 years at the court of Kublai Khan was
• Which group is described as the majority-interpretation branch within Islam, including the Umayyad rulers?
• Which network connected across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia and remained active into the early modern era?
• From which empire did Russia receive its Orthodox Christian tradition?
• Islamic religious scholars; pressed for a more conservative and restrictive theology; opposed to non-Islamic thinking
• Which term refers to the political heirs to Charlemagne's empire in northern Italy and Germany who claimed the title of emperor but failed to develop centralized monarchy?
• Which description best fits Timbuktu?
• Which 11th-century pope clashed with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV over lay investiture?
• Which Pope organized the First Crusade in 1095?
• Trading empire based on the Malacca straits; its Buddhist government resisted Muslim missionaries; when it fell, southeastern Asia was opened to Islam
• Which empire is considered the successor to the Mali Empire, with Gao as its capital?
• Which agricultural method involves dividing land into thirds and rotating crops and pasturage?
• The breaking of images; the religious controversy of the 8th century; the Byzantine emperor attempted, but failed, to suppress icon veneration is known as what?
• Which of the following best describes Hadiths?
• The military government centered at Kamakura is often referred to as a
• Who created a unified state that became the Mali Empire and died in 1260?