58 i PERIOD 1 Technological and Environmental Transformations (to c. 600 B.C.E.)
- Interactions between Muslims and Europeans
during the seventeenth century are most com-
monly found in
(A) the Atlantic Ocean
(B) the Arctic Ocean
(C) the South China Sea
(D) the Indian Ocean
(E) the Pacific Ocean - An Advanced Placement World History region
that can be classified as a cultural region is
(A) South Asia
(B) North America
(C) Latin America
(D) Southeast Asia
(E) Central Asia - The study of oceans in world history
(A) focuses on trans-Atlantic themes
(B) focuses on the commercial activities of elite
classes
(C) has less impact on global history than the
study of land masses
(D) narrows the study of interaction among
global peoples
(E) coordinates with an emphasis on societies
as well as civilizations
4. An example of diffusion rather than independ-
ent invention is
(A) the Sumerian use of the wheel
(B) the Mayan concept of zero as a place holder
(C) the origin of the Greek alphabet
(D) the cultivation of the banana in Southeast
Asia
(E) the origin of monotheism
5. Periodization in the Advanced Placement World
History course
(A) begins with the rise of river valley civiliza-
tions in Period One
(B) assists students in comparing societies and
trends within periods
(C) is irrelevant to the content of document-
based questions
(D) limits the study of continuities between his-
torical periods
(E) provides even coverage to the millennia of
world history
❯ Rapid Review
The Advanced Placement World History course is unique in its inclusion of both civiliza-
tions and societies in its narrative of global history. The division of the course into periods
assists you in analyzing global events and trends throughout a specifi c era by considering
comparison, changes, and continuities.❯ Review Questions