5 Steps to a 5 AP World History, 2014-2015 Edition

Practice Test One STEP 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence

9. The term shogun describes a role in feudal
   Japan most like what role in feudal Europe?
   (A) Serf
   (B) Lord
   (C) Free peasant
   (D) Guild member


10. Which of the following groups of women
    saw their roles change most profoundly in the
    period between 600 and 1450?
    (A) European women
    (B) Islamic women
    (C) Hindu women of India
    (D) African women


11. Buddhism spread from China to present-day
    (A) Indonesia
    (B) Korea
    (C) India
    (D) Sri Lanka


12. In the period between 1000 and 1300
    (A) regional states arose in both Africa and
    Europe
    (B) Islam reached North Africa, while
    Christianity became dominant in East
    Africa
    (C) trans-Saharan trade decreased as
    Mediterranean trade increased
    (D) early Bantu kingdoms broke up into
    kinship-based societies


13. The Mongols
    (A) brought foreign administrators into China
    (B) expanded their rule into Japan in the thir-
    teenth century
    (C) persecuted Christians within their empire
    (D) encouraged intermarriage between them-
    selves and the Chinese


14. Which of the following is true concerning the
    Chinese and European presence in the Indian
    Ocean in the fi fteenth century?
    (A) Europeans were concerned with demon-
    strating their military might.
    (B) The Chinese intended to establish harmony
    in the Indian Ocean.
    (C) European trade decreased in the latter part
    of the century.
    (D) The Chinese intended to impose their con-
    trol over foreign trade.
    15. In 1450, the Indians of the present-day coun-
    tries of Mexico and the United States
    (A) shared a common written language
    (B) were isolated from one another
    (C) began to establish trans-Atlantic trade
    connections
    (D) were isolated from the rest of the world
    16. The least common destination for slaves cross-
    ing the Atlantic Ocean was
    (A) Mexico
    (B) Spanish America
    (C) the Caribbean
    (D) British North America
    17. Between 1500 and 1750, Europeans were inter-
    ested in colonies in the Americas for all the fol-
    lowing reasons EXCEPT
    (A) they wanted to Christianize the indigenous
    peoples
    (B) they wanted to empower Spain to recon-
    quer its territories under Muslim control
    (C) they wanted to enrich the treasuries of
    Europe
    (D) they wanted to bring honor to their respec-
    tive nations
    18. The pattern illustrated on the facade shown
    on the facing page would most commonly be
    found in
    (A) Mughal India
    (B) Ming China
    (C) Renaissance Italy
    (D) East Africa
    19. The design illustrated above refl ects an era in
    which
    (A) European women rose in status
    (B) European serfdom was on the rise
    (C) Japan opened up to trade with the West
    (D) Mesoamericans demonstrated advanced
    architectural and engineering skills