World Leaders, Advanced Placement (AP) Edition Quiz

Answer: 610 CE

The revelations were published in a book known as the Koran, which was the basis of Islam. 476 was the fall of Western Rome, 1453 was the fall of Constantinople, and 313 is when the emperor Constantine converted to Christianity.

Answer: Diocletian

Diocletian was Roman emperor from 284-305 CE. He also was known for persecuting Christians because their religion decreed that God should be first instead of the government. Remember kids, Diocletian "di-vided" the Roman empire in two because it was too vast to manage on its own.

Answer: Justinian

Hammurabi codified Mesopotamian law, Yaroslav codified Russian law, and Napoleon codified European law. Justinian's greatest military leader was the general Belisarius.

Answer: Kublai Khan

Genghis Khan was Kublai Khan's grandfather and established the foundation of the Mongol dynasty, Chabi was Kublai's wife, and Brinkha Khan didn't exist.

Answer: Francisco Pizarro

Magellan circumnavigated the globe for the first time, Columbus discovered the Americas, and da Gama established European contact with India. Pizarro eventually kidnapped and executed the Incan leader Atahualpa.

Answer: Mansa Musa

Shang Yang and Wang Mang were both Chinese; Prince Shotoku was Japanese and none of them were Muslim, meaning none had to take a hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. In modern times, it has been calculated that Mansa Musa's net worth at the time was the equivalent of 400 billion dollars. The main source of his wealth was Mali's vast resources of gold and salt.

Answer: Mali

The city of Timbuktu was a major trading hub for the empires of both Mali and Songhay.

Answer: Ethiopia

Animism was prevalent in most African kingdoms even after the introduction of Islam, while the merchants and kings did convert to Islam so they could get richer trading with Islamic merchants.

Answer: Wen-di

The Era of Division was also known as the Period of Six Dynasties. Yang-di was the second and final ruler of the Sui, Li Yuan founded the Tang after assassinating Yang-di, and Shang Ming is made up.

Answer: Zhou and Qin

There was an Era of Division between the Han and Sui dynasties, but it is not the same as the Period of Warring States.

Answer: 1066 CE

The events leading up to the Battle are beautifully depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. 618 CE was the end of the Sui dynasty in China, 711 was the spread of Islam to India and Spain, and there's nothing particularly special about 555 CE.

Answer: Ferdinand

Ferdinand and Isabella had just booted out the Muslims from Spain, and then realized that the Muslim artisans were one of the main groups that made them rich. Then Columbus came along promising great wealth if they helped him get started, so they decided to finance his trip and hope he came through on his promise.

Answer: Saladin

Abu Bakr was the one who the Sunnis thought should succeed Muhammad. Muhammad, while an able military leader, had no role in the crusades, which occurred hundreds of years after his death. Uthman had no real military impact.

Answer: The Hagia Sophia

As Justinian was about to flee during the revolt, his wife Theodora convinced him otherwise. He responded by killing thousands of the rebels in the Hippodrome.

Answer: Empress Wu

In China, Buddhism and Confucianism often competed for prevalence.

Answer: Ashoka

The Rock and Pillar Edicts were a list of reforms and policies performed by Ashoka. In Hinduism, Brahma is the supreme force, Vishnu is the preserver, and Shiva is the destroyer.

Answer: Shihuangdi

Shihuangdi means "First Emperor", and he reigned from 220 - 210 BCE. The terracotta statues were life-sized, and Shihuangdi made sure nobody knew where his tomb was when he died by killing everyone involved in its construction. Nearly 2000 years later, in 1974, a farmer eventually stumbled across it and archaeologists have now been excavating it.

Answer: Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great led his first troops into battle at age 16. Each of the three wrong answers were Greek academics. Plato and Socrates were both philosophers, and Hippocrates was a physician. The Hippocratic Oath is named after him, an oath that is still in use today (although not usually in its original form).

Answer: Louis XIV

Absolutism is the system in which absolute power lies in the hands of a king. Louis XIII started the construction of Versailles, but Louis XIV completed and expanded it.

Answer: Henry VIII

He divorced his first wife, executed his second, his third died a natural death, he divorced the fourth, executed the fifth, and the sixth outlived him.