AP WORLD HISTORY AMSCO PROLOGUE
EXAM PRACTICE REVIEW 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
◉ Sunnis and Shi'a Answer: the two modern branches of Islam
(which divided after Muhammad's death); they disagree about post-
Muhammad leadership
◉ The Abbasid Caliphate Answer: Golden Age of Islamic culture
◉ What did the Abbasid Caliphate do? Answer: -created a stable
government and trade prospered
-helped China re-establish a booming trade along the Silk Road
-facilitates growth of Trans-Saharan trade to West Africa
-major players in the diffusion of ideas and goods throughout the
Indian Ocean
-Islamic society thrives
-empire became center of learning where people made advances in
medicine, built astronomical observatories, developed algebra (IT
WAS YOU!), improved the astrolabe, and preserved Greek and
Roman texts
-government practiced degree of religious tolerance; non-Muslims
could keep their faith by paying a tax (jizya)
, -ended female infanticide and strengthened marriage and property
rights of women
-supported the calling of women and man's right to take up four
wives
◉ The Dynasties which caused China to enter several centuries of
growth were... Answer: Sui Dynasty (581 CE - 618 CE) , Tang
Dynasty (618 CE - 907 CE), and the Song Dynasty (960 CE - 1279
CE)
◉ Sui Dynasty Answer: They provided a foundation for China to
become prosperous again and constructed the Grand Canal
◉ Grand Canal Answer: -stretched over 1,000 miles
-connected agricultural south to population centers in the north
-helped unify the varied ethnic and cultural groups of China
◉ Japanese Post-Classical Hierarchy Answer: Top: shogun which
were military personnel
Under shogun: daimyos which were powerful landlords
Under daimyos: samurai (each daimyo had a force of warriors called
samurai)
Below samurai: peasants
Below peasants: merchant (HA, losers.)
EXAM PRACTICE REVIEW 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
◉ Sunnis and Shi'a Answer: the two modern branches of Islam
(which divided after Muhammad's death); they disagree about post-
Muhammad leadership
◉ The Abbasid Caliphate Answer: Golden Age of Islamic culture
◉ What did the Abbasid Caliphate do? Answer: -created a stable
government and trade prospered
-helped China re-establish a booming trade along the Silk Road
-facilitates growth of Trans-Saharan trade to West Africa
-major players in the diffusion of ideas and goods throughout the
Indian Ocean
-Islamic society thrives
-empire became center of learning where people made advances in
medicine, built astronomical observatories, developed algebra (IT
WAS YOU!), improved the astrolabe, and preserved Greek and
Roman texts
-government practiced degree of religious tolerance; non-Muslims
could keep their faith by paying a tax (jizya)
, -ended female infanticide and strengthened marriage and property
rights of women
-supported the calling of women and man's right to take up four
wives
◉ The Dynasties which caused China to enter several centuries of
growth were... Answer: Sui Dynasty (581 CE - 618 CE) , Tang
Dynasty (618 CE - 907 CE), and the Song Dynasty (960 CE - 1279
CE)
◉ Sui Dynasty Answer: They provided a foundation for China to
become prosperous again and constructed the Grand Canal
◉ Grand Canal Answer: -stretched over 1,000 miles
-connected agricultural south to population centers in the north
-helped unify the varied ethnic and cultural groups of China
◉ Japanese Post-Classical Hierarchy Answer: Top: shogun which
were military personnel
Under shogun: daimyos which were powerful landlords
Under daimyos: samurai (each daimyo had a force of warriors called
samurai)
Below samurai: peasants
Below peasants: merchant (HA, losers.)
