<p>General Rak, the answer to the sculpture question was Paleolithic art.
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<p>And the slavery exchange question, did the africans receive firearms, textiles, and metals?</p>
<p>Goldfish,</p>
<p>I'm a little fuzzy on that question. I know it asked for a reason that the Muslims were able to take Byzentine territory so easily. I don't think it's because the Arab population was more fertile. Can you recall the other choices?</p>
<p>From what I know, the main reason was because the Byzantine empire at that point had been significantly weakened. Was there a legitimate answer choice that went along with this?</p>
<p>Africans received firearms, beads, and porcelain (I believe those last two were in the answer, although I know "firearms" was).</p>
<p>Did this test seem more detailed in comparson to the AP WH Exam? </p>
<p>Reading the Princeton Review US His Prep Book now seems like it was a waste of time.</p>
<p>The AP World History test is less detail-oriented and specific than the SAT World History test.</p>
<p>As one commentator put it, "Jacobins, but not Robespierre."</p>
<p>General Rak, </p>
<p>Are you sure the African slave trade answer was "firearms, beads, and porcelain". I looked on Encarta and it said</p>
<p>"At these markets European and American buyers paid for the slaves with commoditiesincluding cloth, iron, firearms, liquor, and decorative itemsthat were useful to the sellers.
© 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved."</p>
<p>so wouldn't it be firearms, metals (iron), and textiles (cloth)?</p>
<p>I remember there being only one answer with firearms in it. Are you sure firearms, metals, and textiles was an answer?</p>
<p>On the muslim question, here's what I found:</p>
<p>"Since its inception Islam has been perceived by Muslims to be a universal code. During Muhammad's lifetime, two attempts were made to expand northward into the Byzantine domain and its capital in Constantinople, and within ten years after Muhammads death, Muslims had defeated the Sassanids of Persia and the Byzantines, and had conquered most of Persia, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt. The conquests continued, and the Sassanian Empire was soon after destroyed and the influence of Byzantium was largely diminished (see Byzantine Empire). For the next several centuries intellectuals and cultural figures flourished in the vast, multinational Islamic world, and Islam became the most influential civilization in the world.
© 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved."</p>
<p>one of the choices was "The Byzantines and Sassids had been weakened by war" so I guess that was the answer.</p>
<p>Yeah, there were two firearm choices.</p>
<p>Ah yes, that's right. Thanks.</p>
<p>Edit: "Yeah, there were two firearm choices."</p>
<p>Then the one you indicated is right.</p>
<p>Do you know the answer to the map question (of Africa) where you had to pick I, II, III, IV, V? One of the questions was where was the slave trade most common and I said the West Coast (III). Is that right?</p>
<p>I chose the one closest to the Atlantic. I don't remember the numeral however :(.</p>
<p>Yeah that was number III.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure it's III (West Africa). The answer to the following question was, of course, IV (Ethiopia).</p>
<p>Yeah. And the question about the differences between Ming and European emperors: was the answer that Ming emperors did not have an obligation to their subjects?</p>
<p>No. I'm pretty sure that the answer was that merchants in the West enjoyed a rise in stature while merchants in China did not. Remember that merchants were always looked down on in China while the rise of the nation-state in Europe led to a rise in the importance / influence of European merchants.</p>
<p>Chinese leaders did have an obligation to their subjects (both under Confucian values and under the Mandate of Heaven).</p>
<p>oh, ok. </p>
<p>And then the question about the difference between how the British in North America and the Spanish in South America ruled. What the difference the fact that the Spanish governed a lot less land?</p>
<p>Hardly. The Spanish Empire was massive (most of South America, Central America, and part of North America), while the English colonial possessions were relatively few in number (the eastern colonies and later Canada).</p>
<p>The chief difference was in administration. The Spanish ended up centralizing control under the monarchy. The British government, for the most part, didn't intervene in the affairs of its colonies very deeply.</p>
<p>you guys should chill out, i got a 750 on my World History SAT II</p>
<p>its a joke.</p>