2. The scholarly Buddhist emperor who reunited northern India in the seventh century was a. Shankara. b. Harihara. c. Mahmud of Ghazni. d. Harsha.

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1 AP World History-Exam #4 Section 1 of this examination contains 40 multiple-choice questions. Therefore, please be careful to fill in only the ovals that are preceded by numbers 1 through 40 on your answer sheet. After you have decided which of the suggested answers is best, COMPLETELY fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet. Give only one answer to each question. If you change an answer, be sure that the previous mark is erased completely. 1. In regard to political structure, postclassical India a. rivaled Tang China in respect to size and administrative brilliance. b. developed no single centralized imperial authority. c. copied the Chinese model after being conquered by the Tang. d. was most influenced by Byzantium. 2. The scholarly Buddhist emperor who reunited northern India in the seventh century was a. Shankara. b. Harihara. c. Mahmud of Ghazni. d. Harsha. 3. In 711, the northern Indian area of Sind fell to the a. Abbasid dynasty. b. Umayyad dynasty. c. Tang dynasty. d. Byzantine empire. 4. The Islamic ruler who led seventeen different raiding expeditions into India in the eleventh century was a. Harihara. b. Srivijaya. c. Ramanuja. d. Abu Bakr. e. Mahmud of Ghazni. Answer: e Page: 308

2 5. The Delhi sultans were a. never able to expand their control beyond northern India. b. able to unite all of India for the first time since the Mauryas. c. able to make Islam the main religion of India. d. proponents of a more syncretic version of Islam. 6. The bhakti movement a. never caught on in India as it had in China. b. appealed to Indians who were stifled by the strictly monotheistic views of Hinduism. c. tried to find god through a strictly rationalistic pursuit of the divine. d. sought to erase the distinction between Hinduism and Islam. 7. In 1336, Harihara and Bukka, two emissaries from the Delhi sultan, renounced Islam, reconverted to Hinduism, and founded the southern kingdom of a. Chola. b. Vijayanagar. c. Funan. d. Angkor. 8. The presence of the changing monsoon winds ensured that a. irrigation never developed in India, because it was never necessary. b. India enjoyed complete isolation. c. shipping was impossible in the Indian Ocean basin. d. irrigation was necessary in arid southern India. 9. Hindu temples a. played an important role in the agricultural and financial development of southern India. b. were never able to compete with the strong Buddhist temples of northern India. c. held southern India back economically because of the Hindu law against lending money. d. disappeared in southern India because of the prominence of Islam.

3 10. India was a natural location for the establishment of emporia because of a. its central location in the Indian Ocean basin. b. the continuous problem of Chinese pirates. c. its cold, dry climate. d. the absence of any monsoon winds. 11. Which of the following Indian concepts did NOT become popular in the southeast Asian states influenced by India? a. Hinduism b. the caste system c. literary classics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata d. conducting official business in Sanskrit 12. The Khmer temple shown above provides evidence of the diffusion of and to SE Asia. A) Hinduism; Confucianism B) Hinduism; Islam C) Hinduism; Buddhism D) Buddhism; Islam 13. The greatest contribution of Sui Yangdi, the second Sui emperor, was a. a series of reforms that allowed the Sui to survive for another three hundred years. b. the construction of the Grand Canal. c. his conversion to Buddhism. d. his conquest of Vietnam. 14. The Tang plan to avoid the concentration of land in the hands of the wealthy was called the a. Hangzhou system. b. Tang Taizong system. c. kowtow system. d. equal-field system.

4 15. During the Tang dynasty, the imperial civil service examinations a. declined dramatically in importance. b. were expanded, allowing posts to be filled with officials of genuine intellectual ability. c. were halted and not restarted until the Ming dynasty. d. were restricted to the wealthier families. 16. During the Tang dynasty, a. powerful neighbors kept the Chinese from expanding. b. most of far western China fell to barbarian tribes. c. Japan was brought under complete Chinese control. d. Chinese armies pushed into Korea, Manchuria, Tibet, and northern Vietnam. 17. In 1279, the Song dynasty finally fell to the a. Mongols. b. Manchus. c. Khitan. d. Uighurs. 18. The most important new crop introduced into China during the Tang and Song periods was a. cotton. b. fast-ripening rice. c. indigo. d. oranges. 19. Foot binding is probably the best example of the a. technological brilliance of the Song dynasty. b. influence of Buddhist customs as the religion became popular in China. c. increasingly patriarchal nature of Chinese society. d. influence of Japanese traditions on the Chinese. 20. One of the more popular schools of Buddhism in China was a. Xuanzang Buddhism. b. Tang Buddhism. c. Hinayana Buddhism. d. Chan Buddhism. 21. In the 840s, Tang emperors a. made Buddhism the favored religion of the central court. b. officially favored the Manichaeans instead of the Buddhists. c. converted to Buddhism but didn t force the spread of the religion. d. ordered the closure of monasteries and the expulsion of Buddhists.

5 22. In the seventh century C.E., the Tang dynasty agreed to a political compromise with the Korean dynasty. a. Silla b. Kamakura c. Sui d. Nara 23. The native religion of Japan is a. Hinduism. b. Buddhism. c. Shintoism. d. Daoism. 24. What was the title of the military governor who ruled in place of the Japanese emperor? a. shogun b. samurai c. kamakazi d. Shinto 25. The Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the a. hajj. b. hijra. c. qadis. d. sharia. 26. The phrase dar al-islam means a. victory of god. b. conquest of Islam. c. warrior of Islam. d. house of Islam. 27. The Quran a. is the holy book of Islam. b. were the priests who watched over the Ka ba. c. was Muhammad s journey to Yathrib. d. is the law code of Islam. 28. The Islamic holy law is known as the a. umma. b. sharia. c. ulama. d. qadis.

6 29. The main split inside Islam was between Sunni and a. Ulama. b. Qadis. c. Shia. d. Umayyads. 30. The victorious Arabic armies of the Umayyad dynasty a. forced the conquered peoples to convert to Islam. b. allowed the conquered peoples to practice their own religions. c. opened up positions of authority to non-muslims. d. restricted the jizya to practicing Muslims. 31. The Abbasid dynasty differed from the Umayyad dynasty in that a. it was not a conquering dynasty. b. it was much less cosmopolitan than its predecessor had been. c. it conquered a much larger territory than its predecessor did. d. it stressed the Shia sect of Islam. 32. The Abbasid dynasty finally came to an end in 1258, when it was overrun by the a. Mongols. b. Ottoman Turks. c. Saljuq Turks. d. Byzantines. 33. What new industry, transmitted to the Islamic world from China, was introduced during the Abbasid period? a. steel production b. paper manufacture c. bronze production d. textile production 34. How did the conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia influence the role of women in the Islamic world? a. Female infanticide was declared illegal. b. Islamic society became much less patriarchal. c. Polygamy was outlawed. d. Islamic society became more patriarchal. 35. The main Indian influence on Islamic thought was in the field of a. mathematics. b. mythology. c. poetry. d. history.

7 36. The main influence on the thought of Ibn Rushd was a. Muhammad. b. Confucius. c. Abu al-abbas. d. Aristotle. 37. In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful. All praise be to Allah, Lord of all the worlds, Most beneficent, ever-merciful, King of the Day of Judgment. You alone we worship, and to You alone we turn for help. Guide us (O Lord) to the path that is straight The path of those You have blessed, Not of those who have earned Your anger, nor those who have gone astray... From which sacred text is the quote above taken? A) The Mencius B) The Bible C) The Qu ran D) The Kabala 38. From the above quote, one can infer that the religion referred to is a religion. A) Monolithic B) Polytheistic C) Westernized D) Monotheistic

8 39. Based on the map above, it could be inferred that A) Funan was a land-based power while Srivijaya utilized maritime might. B) Funan had a greater population than Srivijaya. C) Srivijaya and Funan were contemporaries engaged in an active war for territory. D) the Malay Peninsula was the power base of each of these empires.

9 40. The Grand Canal, shown in the map above, achieved all of the following EXCEPT A) connecting the millet-growing area of China with the rice-growing region. B) connecting the Yangzi and Huang He river valley regions. C) connecting Ningbo and Hangzhou. D) connecting Chang an and Luoyang.