AP World History Time Period 1-2 Practice Test
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer choice.
1. Which of the following belief systems emerged from political disorder, did not worship a deity, and remained primarily regional beliefs?
A. Buddhism and Confucianism.
B. Buddhism and Hinduism.
C. Confucianism and Islam.
D. Judaism and Islam.
E. Confucianism and Daoism
2. Which of the following is true of both the Roman Empire and the Gupta Empire?
A. Both had centralized governments with established infrastructures.
B. Both depended on long-distance maritime trade.
C. Both relied heavily on forced labor.
D. Both were followed by centuries of global rule.
E. Both fell to nomadic tribes pushed in their direction by migratory Huns.
3. Which of the following statements draws an accurate similarity between early agricultural societies in the Americas and those in the Eastern Hemisphere?
A. American societies were matriarchal, while those in the Eastern Hemisphere were patriarchal.
B. Agricultural societies in both hemispheres were polytheistic.
C. Both groups of societies relied on human muscle rather than on technology to carry out manual labor.
D. Societies in the Western Hemisphere relied more on the flooding patterns of rivers than did those in the Eastern Hemisphere.
E. Societies in the Americas had larger beasts of burden than societies in the Eastern Hemisphere did.
4. During classical times
A. individuals did not travel the full extent of the Silk Roads.
B. Malay merchants sailed from Southeast Asia to East Africa.
C. central Asians guarded trade routes but did not participate in trade themselves.
D. there was a favorable balance of trade between Rome and China.
E. North Africa was bypassed by Silk Roads trade.
5. Hinduism
A. developed many of its ideas from the Vedas.
B. developed the caste system about the time of the birth of Jesus.
C. believed that reincarnation could move a person to only a higher caste.
D. allowed wide mobility between castes.
E. developed its caste system based on economic status.
6. Judaism, Islam, and Christianity share which of the following?
A. Belief in Jesus as the Messiah.
B. Acceptance of Muhammad as a prophet.
C. The requirement of a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
D. Monotheism.
E. Restrictions on the eating of pork.
7. For what period would archaeologists first begin to find permanent human settlements?
A. The Paleolithic
B. The Classical Era
C. The Bronze Age
D. The Neolithic
E. The Stone Age
8. Identify the statement that best begins an explanation of the Neolithic Revolution.
a. In Northern Europe, nomadic hunters began to produce more complex stone tools.
b. In East Asia, early settlers began using markings on turtle shells and bones as an early form of record keeping.
c. In the Middle East, people began to settle in small communities and practice agriculture.
d. In Mesoamerica, agricultural settlements saw an expansion of their populations and the beginning of more complex governments.
9. What statement best explains the presence of Greek architectural styles throughout the Middle East and the Mediterranean?
a. Greek trading empires and the conquests of Alexander the Great spread Hellenic culture across these areas.
b. The Romans adopted Hellenic culture and then spread it to all parts of the empire.
c. The Persian conquest of the Greek city- states allowed for Greek culture to spread into its empire.
d. The decline of pre- Classical civilizations made Greek culture the most attractive to people living in these regions.
e. None of the above
10. What statement offers the most complete analysis of the decline of the Han dynasty?
a. Migrations of Germanic people from the north; lack of citizen participation in government; unemployment due to excessive numbers of slaves.
b. Attacks by militarily superior horse- mounted steppe tribesmen equipped with strong bows; regional political rivalries taking advantage of a weak central government; diseases/plagues devastating the populations of major cities.
c. Attacks by militarily superior horse- mounted steppe tribesmen equipped with strong bows; internal revolts due to increased taxes and weakening central authority; weak emperors and corrupt bureaucracy.
d. Disruption of trade networks by well- equipped tribesmen from the steppes; exhaustion of local agricultural lands due to over farming; decline in the available number of slaves due to military defeats and slave revolts.
e. None of the above
11. In the eighth century CE, identify the city that became the center of trade along the Silk Road?
a. Venice
b. Timbuktu
c. Calicut
d. Baghdad
e. Rome
12. Which technologies are generally thought to have been acquired by Paleolithic societies?
I. fire
II. stone tools
III. iron
IV. Bronze
b. I and II
c. I, II, and III
d. I, II, and IV
e. none of the above
13. What feature typical to most advanced civilizations did Andean societies lack?
a. Organized religion
b. A written script
c. The ability to domestic animals
d. Agricultural skills
e. Organized social hierarchy
14. Scholars from Gupta India are best known for:
a. Inventing the scientific method
b. Rejecting Hinduism in favor of secular thought
c. Compiling the text of Bhagavad-Gita
d. Devising the concepts of zero and pi
e. Implementing a system of indoor plumbing
15. How were Carthage and Rome most alike during the years of their Mediterranean rivalry?
a. Both were governed by aristocratic oligarchies
b. Both were theocratically inclined
c. Both were prosperous naval powers
d. Both were loose confederations of city-states
e. None of the above