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AP World HIstory Semester One
Which of the following is true of the peoples of Australia in the fifteenth century?
They exchanged goods among themselves over long distances..
The agricultural civilizations of West Africa were characterized by what kind(s) of government(s)?
A mixture of stateless societies, city states, and more highly centralized kingdoms.
Which of the following was a West African pastoral society? The Fulbe
Why did the Ming government suddenly stop the exploration of the Indian Ocean basin?Emperor Yongle's successors viewed expansion as a waste of time and resources..
In its effort to recover from the disruption of Mongol rule, the Ming dynasty took which of the following steps?Ming rulers sought to recover the Chinese cultural past..
The Hundred Years' War between England and France (1337-1453) was comparable to which conflict in Ming China during the fifteenth century? Nothing; Ming China was internally unified, unlike Europe..
This Muslim empire forcibly imposed a Shia version of Islam as the official religion of the state. The Safavid Empire.
Which of the following is a reason why Europeans put so much effort into expanding their power, while Chinese withdrew into their borders during the fifteenth century? European Christianity was locked in a struggle with Muslims who threatened Europe and blocked easy access to the wealth of Asia, whereas China already had access to the wealth of Asia..
Which of the following is true of the Mughal Empire? It established unified control over most of the Indian peninsula..
How did the Songhay Empire fit into the Islamic world of the fifteenth century?
. It was a substantial Islamic state on the West African frontier of the Islamic world..
Why did the Aztecs perform ritual human sacrifice?
They believed the victims' blood replenished the energy of the sun..
In what ways did the Incan and Aztec Empires differ substantially from each other? The Incan Empire built an elaborate bureaucracy to integrate its subjects; the

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