APWH PACING Practice - Unit 1 & Unit 2 (1200-1450)
Completing this assignment will count as extra credit.
Practice your MCQ strategies and pacing. Remember, multiple-choice questions are typically grouped in sets of 3-5 questions that share the same stimulus (passage, image, chart, etc). You will have 55 minutes to answer 55 multiple-choice questions.
Your #1 priority for this section is to choose an answer for every single question, even if you have to make a random guess. Your #2 priority is answering the questions accurately. Remember to use the multiple-choice strategy to improve your pacing:
- Skip the stimulus and read all of the questions first so you know what they're asking.
- Read the answers and eliminate at least one. If you can eliminate 3 answers, then you can answer without reading the passage.
- Look at the stimulus, keeping the questions and answers in mind. Now that you know exactly what you need to look for, it will be a lot easier to skim the passage and speed up your reading time.
- Remember to consider your background knowledge—both about history and common sense.
For this practice, you will answer 15 questions. I have set the timer to 18 minutes to make sure you have time to read the instructions first.
Group 1
Questions 1a - 1e refer to the passage below.
Source 1.1
"The mind of Your Majesty does not hesitate to make a change; it is only the minister in charge of the government who still persists in his obstinacy. Thus the people’s feelings are greatly agitated and public opinion becomes more clamorous. If one insists on carrying these policies out, certain failure awaits them in the end. ... Rather than pursue one mistaken policy at the expense of a hundred other undertakings, would it not be better to bestow a grand favor and reassure the people’s minds by doing away with the disturbances caused by those sent out to enforce these decrees and by manifesting your humanity to the extent of abolishing the interest charged on the crop loans? "
Remonstrance Against the New Laws, Cheng Hao (Chinese philosopher), Song Dynasty, 11th century
Question 1a
Based on the source, Cheng Hao's primary concern with the New Laws was that they:
Question 1b
The tone of Cheng Hao's remonstrance suggests that he believed the emperor:
Question 1c
Cheng Hao's recommendation to 'bestow a grand favor' by 'abolishing the interest charged on the crop loans' implies that he:
Question 1d
The phrase 'the disturbances caused by those sent out to enforce these decrees' indicates that the New Laws:
Question 1e
Cheng Hao's argument reflects a broader historical trend in which government officials:
Group 2
Questions 2a - 2e refer to the passage below.
Source 2.1
“Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health. The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes. Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health. And because health and sickness and their causes are sometimes manifest, and sometimes hidden and not to be comprehended except by the study of symptoms, we must also study the symptoms of health and disease. Now it is established in the sciences that no knowledge is acquired save through the study of its causes and beginnings, if it has had causes and beginnings; nor completed except by knowledge of its accidents and accompanying essentials. Of these causes there are four kinds: material, efficient, formal, and final.”
Avicenna (Persian scholar), On Medicine, 1020
Question 2a
According to Avicenna's excerpt from 'On Medicine', which of the following best describes the method by which knowledge in medicine is acquired?
Question 2b
Avicenna's categorization of causes into four kinds reflects the influence of which ancient philosopher's framework?
Question 2c
The approach to medicine described by Avicenna in the 11th century is most indicative of which broader historical trend?
Question 2d
Avicenna's work on medicine, as demonstrated in the provided source, is an example of which type of intellectual activity?
Question 2e
Which of the following best reflects the impact of Avicenna's medical teachings on later periods?
Group 3
Questions 3a - 3e refer to the passage below.
Source 3.1
And when we entered his tent, it was the first occasion since he had been made Emperor (that he had given an audience). He received likewise the ambassadors, but very few persons entered his tent. Here also such great quantities of presents were given him by the ambassadors, silks, samites, purples, baldakins, silk girdles worked in gold, splendid furs and other things, that it was a marvel to see. Here also it was that a kind of umbrella or awning that is carried over the Emperor's head was presented to him, and it was all covered with precious stones. Here also a certain governor of a province brought to him many camels covered with baldakin and with saddles on them, and a kind of arrangement inside of which people could sit, I think there were forty or fifty of them ; and (he also gave him) many horses and mules covered with armour, some of hide, others of iron.
The Journey of Friar John of Pian de Carpine (present-day Italy) to the Court of Guyuk Khan (grandson of Genghis Khan), 1245-1247
Question 3a
Based on the source, which of the following best describes the nature of interactions between the Mongol Empire and foreign emissaries during the mid-13th century?
Question 3b
The 'kind of umbrella or awning that is carried over the Emperor's head' mentioned in the source is most likely an example of which of the following in Mongol culture?
Question 3c
The gifts of 'silks, samites, purples, baldakins' and other luxurious items to the Mongol Emperor as described in the source suggest which of the following about the societies that interacted with the Mongols?
Question 3d
The presentation of 'many camels covered with baldakin and with saddles on them' to the Mongol Emperor as described in the source indicates that the Mongols:
Question 3e
The mention of 'many horses and mules covered with armour, some of hide, others of iron' in the source is indicative of the Mongols' emphasis on:
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