SAT II World History : 500 C.E. to 1500 C.E.
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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Africa From 500 C.E. To 1500 C.E.
How did the climate and terrain of the Kindgom of Ghana differ from the climate and terrain of Nubia, Ethiopia, and Egypt?
The Ghanian terrain was primarily grassland.
The Ghanian terrain was primarily desert.
The Ghanian terrain was primarily rainforest.
The Ghanian climate was cooler.
The Ghanian terrain was primarily tundra.
The Ghanian terrain was primarily rainforest.
The Kingdom of Ghana existed in the belt of West Africa that is rainforest. This is different to the rest of Africa which is either grassland (savannah) or desert.
Example Question #2 : Africa From 500 C.E. To 1500 C.E.
The fall of the Ghanian Kingdom led to the rise of __________.
The Zulu Empire
The Mali Empire
The Khmer Empire
The Boer Republic
The Kush Empire
The Mali Empire
The Kingdom of Ghana collapsed around the thirteenth century due to weakening administration and conflict with surrounding peoples. In its wake a number of new kingdoms arose, but none more prominent than the Mali Empire. Centered around the capital of Timbuktu the Mali Empire grew rapidly in wealth, land and prominence. The most famous King of the Mali Empire was Mansa Musa who famously made a pilgramage to Mecca and gave away so much gold that he crumbled the Egyptian economy.
Example Question #4 : Africa From 500 C.E. To 1500 C.E.
The fall of Mali led to the rise of __________.
The Kush Empire
The Boer Republic
The Arabian Empire
The Songhai Empire
The Algerian Kingdom
The Songhai Empire
Mali's time as a hegemonic power in West Africa was relatively short lived and their fall from grace coincided with the rise of the Songhai Empire. The Songhai Empire was centered around its capital in Gao. The height of the Songhai Empire was the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The most famous rulers of Songhai were Askia and Sunni Ali.
Example Question #5 : Africa From 500 C.E. To 1500 C.E.
The African Empires of Mali and Songhai were predominantly __________ kingdoms.
Jewish
Islamic
Christian
None of these answers; they believed in a unique African religion based on ancestor worship.
Buddhist
Islamic
The West African Kingdoms of Mali and Songhai were Islamic Kingdoms. The Kings of both Empires made pilgrimages to Mecca, and Islamic law was enforced within their territories.
Example Question #6 : Africa From 500 C.E. To 1500 C.E.
Mansa Musa, the famous African king who flooded Egypt with gold, was the ruler of __________.
Songhai
Congo
Mali
Algeria
Morocco
Mali
Mansa Musa was the ruler of Mali in the fourteenth century. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca, as all Muslims must do, and gave away so much gold during his time in Egypt that he crashed the Egyptian economy.
Example Question #3 : Africa From 500 C.E. To 1500 C.E.
The Islamic faith became dominant in Sub-Saharan Africa largely as a result of __________.
military expansion
None of these answers is correct; Christianity became the dominant religion of Sub-Saharan Africa in this time period.
missionary work
caravan trade routes
intellectual curiosity
caravan trade routes
In the centuries following the death of the prophet Muhammad, the Islamic faith spread through Sub-Saharan Africa largely as a result of Muslim traders pushing their caravan routes further and further into the heart of Africa. The Kingdoms of Mali and Songhai (to provide two prominent examples) embraced Islam during this time period.
Example Question #4 : Africa From 500 C.E. To 1500 C.E.
The Moroccan man, Ibn Battuta, is most well known for __________.
his efforts to introduce Europeans to North African culture
his efforts to bring Christianity to Sub-Saharan Africa
his efforts to introduce East Asians to North-African culture
his extensive traveling around the African continent and the rest of the known world
his military conquests of North Africa for the Abbasid Caliphate
his extensive traveling around the African continent and the rest of the known world
Ibn Battuta lived during the fourteenth century. He is most widely known for his extensive travels throughout Africa and the rest of the known world.
Example Question #81 : 500 C.E. To 1500 C.E.
Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire was largely dissolved after his death by
outside attacks from other peoples.
native Chinese values limiting Mongol authority.
popular revolt against Mongol rule.
invasions by European armies.
disunity among his heirs.
disunity among his heirs.
Genghis Khan conquered most of Asia and portions of the Middle East, establishing the massive Mongol Empire by his death in 1227 from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea. Less than a hundred years later, his grandsons and eventual successors began fighting among themselves, dissolving into multiple Mongol principalities.
Example Question #82 : 500 C.E. To 1500 C.E.
The Mandate of Heaven can be compared to the European __________.
desire to conquer the African continent
insitution of feudalism
fear of Arab invasion
divine right of kings
belief in a "watchmaker God"
divine right of kings
The Chinese Mandate of Heaven suggests that the Chinese Emperor is divinely ordained to rule. This has the obvious implication that to challenge the power of the emperor would mean challenging someone with divine support. In Europe, this same philosophy was prevalent for much of the Middle Ages and the early period of Reformation. In Europe it was called "the divine right of kings."
Example Question #3 : East And Southeast Asia From 500 C.E. To 1500 C.E.
The Mandate of Heaven was part of the governing philosophy of which of the following countries?
Russia
China
Korea
Japan
India
China
The Mandate of Heaven was a government philosophy in China. The Mandate of Heaven effectively states that the Chinese Emperor is divinely chosen and supported.
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