AP World History Practice Questions, Examples, and FRQ Samples

Which was a defining feature of the Song Dynasty in China (960–1279)?

• AThe abolition of the civil service examination system
• BThe expansion of the merit-based civil service examination and Confucian-trained bureaucracy
• CThe elimination of interaction with the Silk Road
• DA shift from monarchy to democratic republic

The Indian Ocean trade network in the 13th–15th centuries was most characterized by

• AEuropean domination of all trade routes
• Bseasonal monsoon winds enabling long-distance maritime trade among diverse regional merchants
• Can absence of any political states bordering the ocean
• Dtrade solely in gold and silver

The Mongol Empire's most lasting influence on Eurasian societies was

• Athe imposition of Christianity across Asia
• Bthe facilitation of long-distance trade and cultural exchange across the Silk Roads (Pax Mongolica)
• Cthe abolition of all regional religions
• Dthe introduction of European feudalism to China

The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires are often grouped together because they

• Ahad democratic institutions
• Brelied on gunpowder technology to expand and maintain large territorial states
• Cwere all Christian empires
• Drejected any connection to Islamic traditions

After 1492, potatoes and maize (from the Americas) spread to Europe, Africa, and Asia, while wheat, horses, and smallpox moved in the opposite direction.

This transfer is known as the

• ATriangular Trade
• BColumbian Exchange
• CMercantile Revolution
• DSilk Road Exchange

The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was most significant because it

• Areestablished European colonial control over the Caribbean
• Bwas the only successful slave-led revolution that produced an independent nation in the Americas
• Cended global slavery immediately
• Dwas led by white European settlers against France

Industrialization in 19th-century Britain was enabled by

• Aabundant coal and iron, capital accumulation from trade, and enclosure of agricultural land that pushed workers to cities
• Bthe discovery of gold in the Americas
• Cthe complete abolition of markets
• Da strict policy of autarky and isolation from trade

The 'Scramble for Africa' in the late 19th century refers to

• AAfrican kingdoms competing to conquer Europe
• Bthe rapid colonization of almost all of Africa by European powers between 1881 and 1914
• Cthe abolition of slavery across Africa
• DAfrican migration to the Americas

Which factor most contributed to the end of European colonial empires after World War II?

• AEuropean economic exhaustion, rising anti-colonial movements, and Cold War superpower opposition to colonialism
• BUniversal European agreement that colonies should be preserved
• CThe discovery that colonies had no economic value
• DA single global treaty abolishing colonialism overnight in 1945

Which is a defining characteristic of post-1980 globalization?

• ASharp reduction in international trade
• BIncreasing interconnection through trade liberalization, multinational corporations, digital technology, and migration
• CReturn to pre-industrial economies
• DThe complete absence of state involvement in economies