AP WORLD HISTORY FINAL TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ Delhi Sultanate.
Answer: Region of India controlled by Muslims 1206-1520
◍ Emperor Wudi.
Answer: emperor under the Han Dynasty that wanted to create a stronger
central government by taking land from the lords, raising taxes and places
the supply of grain under the government's control
◍ 1948.
Answer: Date: birth of Israel
◍ Young Turks.
Answer: A coalition starting in the late 1870s of various groups favoring
modernist liberal reform of the Ottoman Empire. It Against monarchy of
Ottoman Sultan and favored a constitution. In 1908 they succeed in
establishing a new constitutional era. Members of this group were
progressive, modernist and opposed to the status quo. The movement built a
rich tradition of dissent that shaped the intellectual, political and artistic life
of the late Ottoman period and trancended through the decline of the
Ottoman Empire and into the new Turkish state.
◍ Janapadas.
Answer: Political units in India in the years 700-600 BC. They are the major
realms or kingdoms of Vedic (Iron Age) India.
◍ Sandinista.
Answer: Rebel forces in Nicaragua established in the 1960s
,◍ Song Dynasty.
Answer: Chinese dynasty (960 - 1279 CE) that could be considered their
"golden age" when China saw many important inventions. There was a
magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with India and Persia; paper money,
gun powder
◍ Hellenistic Age.
Answer: Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa
after the conquests of Alexander the Great. The period ended with the fall of
the last major Hellenistic kingdom to Rome, but Greek cultural influence
persisted until the spread of Islam.
◍ European balance of Power.
Answer: To prevent France from becoming Powerful: 1) The Low Countries
of Holland and Belgium were combined to form a Dutch republic to be a
check on French power in the north and west. 2) Prussia received separate
territory along the Rhine River to be a check to French power in the East
◍ Indulgences.
Answer: Remission of sins granted to people by the Catholic church, such as
for money
◍ Nation-State.
Answer: An area of homogenous people that share a common feeling of
nationality
◍ Humanism.
Answer: Intellectual movement initiated in Western Europe "putting man
first", and considering humans to be of primary importance.
◍ Cahokia.
Answer: The dominant center of an important Mississippi valley
mound-building culture, located near present-day St. Louis, Missouri;
flourished from about 900 to 1250 C.E.
◍ Bhakti Movement.
Answer: An immensely popular development in Hinduism, advocating
, intense devotion toward a particular deity.
◍ Bourgeoisie.
Answer: A term for the middle class. A social class characterized by their
ownership of capital and their related culture. They derive social and
economic power from employment, education, and wealth, as opposed to the
inherited power of aristocratic family of titled land owners granted feudal
privileges.
◍ 221 BCE.
Answer: Date: Qin Unified China(Hint: "__1 BCE"
◍ Sigmund Freud.
Answer: Austrian neurologist known for his work on the unconscious mind.
◍ Clovis.
Answer: The Franks became the preminent military and political power in
western Europe under him. Converted to Christianity in 492 CE.
◍ 1911.
Answer: Date: Chinese Revolution against traditional Chinese Imperial
system.
◍ Four Noble Truths.
Answer: suffering is always present in life; desire is the cause of suffering;
freedom from suffering can be achieved in nirvana; the Eightfold Path leads
to nirvana
◍ Zambos.
Answer: People of mixed Native American and African descent. Lowest tier
of social class, with no rights whatsoever.
◍ balance of power.
Answer: The policy in international relations by which, beginning in the
eighteenth century, the major European states acted together to prevent any
one of them from becoming too powerful.
◍ Torah.
, Answer: The holy book of Jews.
◍ Magadha.
Answer: Indian state that eventually morphed into the Mauryan dynasty
◍ Dominoe Theory.
Answer: The US theory that stated, if one country would fall to Communism
then they all would.
◍ Guild.
Answer: associations like those of merchants or artisans, organized to
maintain standards and to protect the interests of its members, and that
sometimes constituted a local governing body.
◍ Shogun.
Answer: Commander of the Japanese army in ancient and feudal times. At
times more similar to a duke and/or a military dictator.
◍ 1066 CE.
Answer: Date: Norman Conquest of England(Hint: ___6 CE)
◍ Great Schism.
Answer: in 1054, divided medieval Christianity into (Greek) and Western
(Latin) branches, which later became known as the Eastern Orthodox
Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Relations between East and West
had long been embittered by political and ecclesiastical differences and
theological disputes.
◍ Zionism.
Answer: a worldwide Jewish movement starting in the 1800s that resulted in
the establishment and development of the state of Israel in 1948.
◍ Council of Nicaea.
Answer: (325 CE) A council called by Constantine to agree upon correct
Christian doctrine.
◍ Waru Waru Agriculture.
Answer: A form of farming used in the Inca Empire; divided the hills into
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ Delhi Sultanate.
Answer: Region of India controlled by Muslims 1206-1520
◍ Emperor Wudi.
Answer: emperor under the Han Dynasty that wanted to create a stronger
central government by taking land from the lords, raising taxes and places
the supply of grain under the government's control
◍ 1948.
Answer: Date: birth of Israel
◍ Young Turks.
Answer: A coalition starting in the late 1870s of various groups favoring
modernist liberal reform of the Ottoman Empire. It Against monarchy of
Ottoman Sultan and favored a constitution. In 1908 they succeed in
establishing a new constitutional era. Members of this group were
progressive, modernist and opposed to the status quo. The movement built a
rich tradition of dissent that shaped the intellectual, political and artistic life
of the late Ottoman period and trancended through the decline of the
Ottoman Empire and into the new Turkish state.
◍ Janapadas.
Answer: Political units in India in the years 700-600 BC. They are the major
realms or kingdoms of Vedic (Iron Age) India.
◍ Sandinista.
Answer: Rebel forces in Nicaragua established in the 1960s
,◍ Song Dynasty.
Answer: Chinese dynasty (960 - 1279 CE) that could be considered their
"golden age" when China saw many important inventions. There was a
magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with India and Persia; paper money,
gun powder
◍ Hellenistic Age.
Answer: Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa
after the conquests of Alexander the Great. The period ended with the fall of
the last major Hellenistic kingdom to Rome, but Greek cultural influence
persisted until the spread of Islam.
◍ European balance of Power.
Answer: To prevent France from becoming Powerful: 1) The Low Countries
of Holland and Belgium were combined to form a Dutch republic to be a
check on French power in the north and west. 2) Prussia received separate
territory along the Rhine River to be a check to French power in the East
◍ Indulgences.
Answer: Remission of sins granted to people by the Catholic church, such as
for money
◍ Nation-State.
Answer: An area of homogenous people that share a common feeling of
nationality
◍ Humanism.
Answer: Intellectual movement initiated in Western Europe "putting man
first", and considering humans to be of primary importance.
◍ Cahokia.
Answer: The dominant center of an important Mississippi valley
mound-building culture, located near present-day St. Louis, Missouri;
flourished from about 900 to 1250 C.E.
◍ Bhakti Movement.
Answer: An immensely popular development in Hinduism, advocating
, intense devotion toward a particular deity.
◍ Bourgeoisie.
Answer: A term for the middle class. A social class characterized by their
ownership of capital and their related culture. They derive social and
economic power from employment, education, and wealth, as opposed to the
inherited power of aristocratic family of titled land owners granted feudal
privileges.
◍ 221 BCE.
Answer: Date: Qin Unified China(Hint: "__1 BCE"
◍ Sigmund Freud.
Answer: Austrian neurologist known for his work on the unconscious mind.
◍ Clovis.
Answer: The Franks became the preminent military and political power in
western Europe under him. Converted to Christianity in 492 CE.
◍ 1911.
Answer: Date: Chinese Revolution against traditional Chinese Imperial
system.
◍ Four Noble Truths.
Answer: suffering is always present in life; desire is the cause of suffering;
freedom from suffering can be achieved in nirvana; the Eightfold Path leads
to nirvana
◍ Zambos.
Answer: People of mixed Native American and African descent. Lowest tier
of social class, with no rights whatsoever.
◍ balance of power.
Answer: The policy in international relations by which, beginning in the
eighteenth century, the major European states acted together to prevent any
one of them from becoming too powerful.
◍ Torah.
, Answer: The holy book of Jews.
◍ Magadha.
Answer: Indian state that eventually morphed into the Mauryan dynasty
◍ Dominoe Theory.
Answer: The US theory that stated, if one country would fall to Communism
then they all would.
◍ Guild.
Answer: associations like those of merchants or artisans, organized to
maintain standards and to protect the interests of its members, and that
sometimes constituted a local governing body.
◍ Shogun.
Answer: Commander of the Japanese army in ancient and feudal times. At
times more similar to a duke and/or a military dictator.
◍ 1066 CE.
Answer: Date: Norman Conquest of England(Hint: ___6 CE)
◍ Great Schism.
Answer: in 1054, divided medieval Christianity into (Greek) and Western
(Latin) branches, which later became known as the Eastern Orthodox
Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Relations between East and West
had long been embittered by political and ecclesiastical differences and
theological disputes.
◍ Zionism.
Answer: a worldwide Jewish movement starting in the 1800s that resulted in
the establishment and development of the state of Israel in 1948.
◍ Council of Nicaea.
Answer: (325 CE) A council called by Constantine to agree upon correct
Christian doctrine.
◍ Waru Waru Agriculture.
Answer: A form of farming used in the Inca Empire; divided the hills into
