Comparative Civilizations
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Comparative Civilizations explores the origins, development, and interactions of major civilizations across the globe from ancient times to the modern era. Through examining political systems, social structures, religious beliefs, cultural practices, and technological advancements, the course highlights the similarities and differences that have shaped human societies. Students will analyze key historical events, transformative leaders, and the exchange of ideas, enabling a deeper understanding of how distinct civilizations have influenced each other and contributed to the contemporary world. The course encourages critical thinking about cultural diversity, global interconnections, and the forces driving change in human history.
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Connections A World History Combined 2nd Edition by Edward H. Judge
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Chapter 1: The Emergence of Human Societies, to 3000 Bce
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Q1) Why do pastoral nomads tend to have smaller families?
Answer: mobility
Q2) Which of these best describe connections among Paleolithic cultures?
A) There is no evidence of intercultural connections.
B) Intercultural connections were uncommon.
C) Some connections covered as much as thousands of miles.
D) Most of the evidence of cultural connections is contained in written records.
Answer: C
Q3) Which of these was NOT a staple of agriculture in the Americas prior to 1400?
A) corn
B) squash
C) beans
D) barley
Answer: D
Q4) What was the earliest and longest stage of cultural development?
A) Neolithic
B) Paleolithic
C) Ice Age
D) Pleistocene epoch
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Early Societies of West Asia and North Africa, to 500 Bce
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Q1) Which of the following does NOT apply to the Code of Hammurabi?
A) Penalties for crimes were based on the principle of retribution.
B) Punishments differed according to social status.
C) Property rights were valued very highly.
D) Women had no rights.
Answer: D
Q2) Which period of Egyptian history was known for building pyramids?
A) Old Kingdom
B) Middle Kingdom
C) New Kingdom
D) Second Intermediate Period
Answer: A
Q3) Which of these was common to the cultural traditions of Sumeria and Israel?
A) flood narratives
B) monotheism
C) polytheism
D) a religious covenant
Answer: A
Q4) Who were the "New Babylonians"?
Answer: Chaldeans
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Chapter 3: Societies and Beliefs of Early India, to 500 Ce
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Q1) Which of these is a literary epic?
A) the Life of Buddha
B) the Code of Manu
C) the Mahabharata
D) the Rig Veda
Answer: C
Q2) Which of these was supported by the Code of Manu?
A) the caste system
B) the Harappan law code
C) Jainism
D) Buddhism
Answer: A
Q3) Ancient India differed from ancient China, Persia, and Rome in that India
A) was more religious.
B) never amassed a large army.
C) was unable to build a long lasting empire.
D) was more philosophical and less concerned with government.
Answer: C
Q4) Compare and contrast Hinduism and Buddhism.
Answer: Not Answered
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Q1) If a ruler has the Mandate of Heaven, which of these does he have the right to do?
A) rule justly and humanely
B) ignore the will of the gods
C) oppress the people
D) go against the Confucian code
Q2) Which man is credited with the overthrow of the Shang dynasty?
A) Wang Mang
B) Duke of Zhou
C) King Wu
D) Wu Di
Q3) Which of following adjectives does NOT accurately describe Shi Huang Di?
A) paranoid
B) benevolent
C) ruthless
D) powerful
Q4) Discuss the origins of the "Era of Warring States."
Q5) The Qin dynasty relied on Confucianism to build a stable society.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Early American Societies: Connection and
Isolation, 20,000 Bce - 1500 Ce
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Q1) Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the Mayan civilization?
A) complex
B) scientific
C) contemplative
D) peaceful
Q2) Which of the following groups is NOT classified as a full-scale tribal society?
A) Plains
B) Apache
C) Haudenosaunee
D) Creeks
Q3) How could Mayan slaves obtain freedom?
Q4) In which area of society did the Teotihuacanos and Maya differ greatly?
A) military
B) government
C) religion
D) commerce
Q5) List and discuss the three societies that succeeded the Moche during the Middle Horizon period.
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Q6) Compare gender roles in Moche and Central Asian societies.
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Bce - 637 Ce
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Q1) What empire revived much of the Persian Empire under Shapur I?
Q2) Which Greek city-state was known for its strong navy?
A) Sparta
B) Athens
C) Corinth
D) Thebes
Q3) Which of the following statements about King Shapur I is NOT True?
A) He made Zoroastrianism the state religion of Persia.
B) He tolerated the practice of Judaism, Christianity, and Buddhism.
C) He conquered Mesopotamia in 256.
D) He suppressed ethnic groups through harsh legalism and a strong central government.
Q4) Compare and contrast Hammurabi and Darius.
Q5) Who succeeded Darius as the ruler of Persia?
A) Cambyses
B) Cyrus
C) Xerxes
D) Alexander
Q6) Who succeeded Cyrus the Great?
Q7) According to Zoroaster, who was Ahura Mazda's malignant twin? Page 9
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Chapter 7: Classical Greece and Its Expansion Into Asia,
2000-30 Bce
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Q1) Heinrich Schliemann proved that the Iliad and the Odyssey might be based on fact.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the different forms of government utilized by the Greeks.
Q3) Who was the goddess of wisdom?
Q4) Which of the following should NOT be associated with the reforms of Solon?
A) an end to debt slavery
B) creation of a strong monarchy in Athens
C) the positioning of himself as a mediator between the rich and poor
D) the inclusion of all citizens in the political system
Q5) Which man is revered as the first genuine historian?
A) Aristophanes
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Thucydides
Q6) Which man wrote the first legal code in Greece?
Q7) Which of Alexander's generals took Egypt after Alexander's death?
Q8) Compare and contrast gender roles in Sparta and Athens.
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Chapter 8: The Romans Connect the Mediterranean World,
753 Bce - 284 Ce
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Q1) Who crossed the Alps and invaded Italy with an army of elephants during the Second Punic War?
A) Augustus
B) Hannibal
C) Cicero
D) Julius Caesar
Q2) Which of the following accurately describes the plebeians?
A) They were commoners.
B) They were aristocrats.
C) They dominated the Senate.
D) They were barred from serving in the army.
Q3) Which of the following territories was added to the Roman Empire during the reign of Hadrian?
A) Gaul
B) Egypt
C) Greece
D) Britain
Q4) The Roman Republic's principal political institution was the senate.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Germanic Societies and the Emergence of the
Christian West, 100-1100 Ce
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Q1) The Middle Ages in Europe refer to the time period approximately between
A) 500 B.C.E. - 500 C.E.
B) 500 B.C.E. - 1400 C.E.
C) 500 C.E. - 1000 C.E.
D) 500 C.E. - 1400 C.E.
Q2) Which man helped Pepin gain the pope's support in his bid to become king?
Q3) Discuss early Germanic religious beliefs and their subsequent conversion to Christianity.
Q4) Attila was much more brutal than most warriors of his day.
A)True
B)False
Q5) From what area of Europe did the Norsemen or Vikings come?
Q6) Serfs were required to do all of the following EXCEPT A) farm.
B) obtain the lord's permission to leave the manor.
C) obtain the lord's permission to marry.
D) serve in the army.
Q7) Discuss the Great Schism of 1054.
Q8) Explain the practice of monasticism. Page 14
Q9) Evaluate the roles of women in Germanic society.
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Chapter 10: The Byzantine World, 284-1240
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Q1) Which group of Christians believed that Jesus was actually two persons, one human and one divine?
A) Arians
B) Monophysites
C) Nestorians
D) Catholics
Q2) Which man tried to revive paganism in the Byzantine Empire?
A) Justinian
B) Julian
C) Constantine
D) Theodosius
Q3) Which of these set the model for imperial leadership in spiritual as well as secular affairs?
A) the Council of Nicaea
B) the Great Schism
C) the iconoclast controversy
D) the Nike riots
Q4) Discuss the reign of Prince Igor and his sons.
Q5) Evaluate the contributions of Justinian to western civilization.
Q6) Discuss the Council of Nicaea and the subsequent adoption of the Nicene Creed.
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Chapter 11: The Origins and Expansion of Islam, 100-750
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Q1) How many rivers are in the Arabian Peninsula?
A) zero
B) one
C) two
D) four
Q2) Polytheistic Arabs had never heard of Allah before Muhammad began his ministry.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What did the Umayyads and Abbasids have in common?
A) support for Sunni and Shi'ite Islam
B) membership in the Quraysh clan
C) descent from daughters of Muhammad
D) personal selection by Muhammad as his successors
Q4) What is the umma?
Q5) Nearly all Meccan merchants initially rejected Muhammad's message.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe the interior of a mosque.
Q7) Discuss the Sunni-Shi'ite division in Islam.
Q8) In which year did Muhammad leave Mecca and travel to Medina?
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Chapter 12: Religion and Diversity in the Transformation of
Southern Asia, 711-1400
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Q1) What was the economic base of Srivijaya?
A) overland trade with southern China
B) maritime trade
C) mining
D) farming
Q2) Mahmud of Ghazni did all of the following EXCEPT
A) annex the Punjab to his empire.
B) permit the Seljuk Turks to use grazing pastures in his territory.
C) lead repeated raids on northwestern India.
D) introduce Hinduism to India.
Q3) The mamluks were pacifist Buddhist monks.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The state of Funan is in present day
A) Korea.
B) Thailand.
C) Burma.
D) Vietnam.
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Q5) What religion were the majority of Indians during the Delhi Sultanate?
Q6) Discuss the role of commerce in Islamic territories.
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Q1) Discuss the remains of Great Zimbabwe.
Q2) Who are the Mbuti?
Q3) Which area of Africa was first conquered by Muslim Arabs?
A) Sudan
B) Nubia
C) Egypt
D) Morocco
Q4) Over half of Africa's land surface is comprised of
A) desert.
B) savannas.
C) cacti.
D) rivers.
Q5) Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the Caliphate of Cordoba?
A) It lasted for a little more than a hundred years.
B) It was noted for its immense paper mills.
C) It was noted for its intellectual life.
D) It was governed by Shi'ite Muslims.
Q6) Evaluate Mansa Musa's legacy in Africa.
Q7) Discuss the blending of Hispano-Arab culture in Spain.
Q8) Timbuktu was the capital of what kingdom?
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Chapter 14: The Evolution and Expansion of East Asian
Societies, 220-1240 Ce
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Q1) Where did Korea get its name?
Q2) What were the Three Religions of Vietnam?
Q3) History's longest enduring dynasty is the
A) Han.
B) Tang.
C) Song.
D) Yamato.
Q4) Fan Kuan was a noted Song
A) painter
B) poet
C) Confucian scholar
D) Buddhist monk
Q5) Which groups were most actively promoted by Wang Anshi?
Q6) Which of the following most accurately maps the spread of Buddhism in East Asia?
A) India to China to Korea and Japan
B) China to India to Japan and Korea
C) India to Japan to China to Korea
D) India to Korea to Japan to China
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Q7) Discuss Empress Wu's unlikely rise to power.
Q8) What was the high point of Japan's borrowing from China?
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Chapter 15: Nomadic Conquests and Eurasian
Connections, 1000-1400
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Q1) Evaluate the Mongol influence on Eurasia, including costs and benefits of Mongol rule.
Q2) What was the significance of the Battle of Manzikert?
A) It opened southern Asia to nomads.
B) It sidetracked the Seljuks so they never made it to Egypt.
C) It got the Turks out of Anatolia.
D) It stopped the Mongols' advance.
Q3) The assassination of Nizam al-Mulk and the death of Malik Shah caused a(n)
A) civil war in China.
B) succession crisis in China.
C) succession crisis in the Seljuk realm.
D) assassination of the Mongol leader.
Q4) Many poor nomads rejected the lifestyles villagers and townspeople because
A) they saw themselves as unfettered and free.
B) they saw corruption in the wealthy villages.
C) village life was much poorer than nomadic life.
D) religion was forced upon the townspeople.
Q5) What religion did the Seljuk Turks adopt?
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Chapter 16: The Resurgence of the Christian West, 1050-1530
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Q1) Melisende of Jerusalem and Eleanor of Aquitaine could both be considered
A) typical medieval women.
B) exceptions to the usual roles of medieval women.
C) legitimate rulers in their own right.
D) examples of medieval female piety.
Q2) Which of these is True about the impact of the Crusades?
A) Commerce in the Mediterranean was disrupted for centuries.
B) New connections were established between Europe and Asia.
C) European powers gained new territory.
D) Europe retreated into isolation after brief contact with Muslims.
Q3) Which of these best describes the First Crusade?
A) a partial success
B) a failure
C) a complete success
D) a disaster
Q4) Medieval guilds were primarily intended to protect the interests of
A) local nobles.
B) their customers.
C) their own members.
D) apprentices.
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Chapter 17: Culture and Conflict in the Great Islamic
Empires, 1071-1707
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Q1) What central European city was the site of two failed Ottoman attacks?
Q2) The word "Padishah" is a Persian word meaning
A) God's deputy on earth.
B) mighty warrior.
C) infidel or unbeliever.
D) he who must be destroyed.
Q3) The Ottoman ruling class was unusual in being composed of A) female.
B) foreigners.
C) slaves.
D) Christians.
Q4) How did Akbar's reign differ from those of his predecessors?
A) His was the shortest reign in Indian history.
B) He attempted reconciliation with Hindus.
C) He forced all Indians to convert to Islam.
D) He was the first Hindu to rule an Islamic state.
Q5) Discuss Suleiman's judicial policies in the Ottoman Empire.
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Q6) Which religion attempted to reconcile Hinduism and Islam into one faith?
Q7) What state's system of government was described as the "four pillars?"
Q8) Discuss the fiscal policies of Shah Jahan.
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Chapter 18: The Aztec and Inca Empires, 1300-1550
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Q1) Which of these was True of membership in the noble class?
A) upward mobility only
B) downward mobility only
C) upward and downward mobility
D) no social mobility
Q2) Which of these explains the Inca use of mummies?
A) It was the focus of ancestor worship.
B) It symbolically tied the rulers to the spiritual world.
C) It proved the purity of imperial rule.
D) It functioned as a family tree for the Inca ruling family.
Q3) The institution of slavery was nonexistent in Incan society.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Atahuallpa was ordered to submit to which two men?
Q5) The Aztecs called themselves
A) Mexica.
B) Texcoco.
C) Chinampa.
D) Tlaloc.
Q6) According to the Inca, who was Inti?
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Q1) Which man finally accomplished what Columbus set out and failed to do?
A) Magellan
B) Días
C) Cabral
D) De Gama
Q2) The Treaty of Tordesillas
A) divided the world between Spain and Portugal.
B) Was a three-way division of the Americas.
C) gave all of South America to Spain.
D) divided the Americas at the Yucatan Peninsula.
Q3) What was the significance of Magellan's experience?
A) He proved that one could not reach Asia by sailing west from Europe.
B) He found the Cape of Good Hope.
C) He proved that sailing west from Europe was the safest route to Asia.
D) He proved that it was possible to sail around the world.
Q4) What did King João's land expedition across Africa in 1487 hope to find?
A) gold mines
B) Prester John
C) a river route across Africa
D) the Nile
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Chapter 20: The West in an Age of Religious Conflict and Global Expansion, 1500-1650
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Q1) Which Protestant reformer taught the concept of predestination?
A) John Wyclif
B) Martin Luther
C) John Calvin
D) Huldrych Zwingli
Q2) Which of the following monarchs was Protestant?
A) Queen Mary of England
B) Catherine de Medicis
C) King Philip II of Spain
D) Queen Elizabeth of England
Q3) Which of these strongly opposed the divorce of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon?
A) Thomas Cranmer
B) Anne Boleyn
C) Charles V
D) Archduke Maximilian
Q4) John Calvin believed that every man had to choose between good and evil with the free will given to him by God.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 21: The Search for Stability in East Asia, 1300-1800
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Q1) Which country's navy was equipped with iron plated "turtle ships"?
A) Japan
B) China
C) Korea
D) Spain
Q2) Concise, seventeen-syllable poems became a stylish rage in Japan. They were known as
A) haiku.
B) jujitsu.
C) kabuki.
D) Hongwu.
Q3) With which Europeans did Japan continue to maintain connections during its age of isolation?
A) British
B) Italians
C) Spanish
D) Dutch
Q4) Compare and contrast China and Japan from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Q5) Discuss gender roles in Japan.
Q6) Discuss the unification of Japan.
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Chapter 22: Southern Asia and the Global Shift in Wealth and
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Q1) According to Shi'ite clergy, the right to rule Persia was reserved for A) the shah.
B) the Twelfth Imam.
C) Abbas I.
D) the Messiah.
Q2) Why did trade in the Indian Ocean initially run counter to mercantilism?
A) Indian traders had no interest in selling to Europeans.
B) The trade produced a gold drain out of Europe.
C) There were no goods in the region of interest to Europeans.
D) Hindu rulers refused to trade with Christians.
Q3) Discuss Wahhabi ideology and doctrine.
Q4) Which of these was NOT one of the great Islamic empires of the 1600s and 1700s?
A) Safavid Persian Empire
B) Mughal Empire
C) Delhi Sultanate
D) Ottoman Empire
Q5) Britain's "jewel in the crown" was India.
A)True
B)False
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Q1) Idris Alawma
A) united the kingdoms of Kanem and Bornu.
B) ended the trans-Saharan trade.
C) was a devout Christian.
D) established a dynasty that lasted hundreds of years.
Q2) The Islamic domination of North Africa gave an added boost to the trans-Sahara slave trade.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Cassavaor manioc was native to Africa.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What did the Portuguese typically sell to Africans in exchange for gold and salt?
A) finished goods such as cloth and metal wares
B) raw materials such as timber
C) foodstuffs, such as wheat and barley
D) luxury items, such as jewelry
Q5) Why did the Portuguese want to find Prester John?
Q6) Coptic Christianity was considered "Monophysite." What does that mean?
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Chapter 24: Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1600-1763
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Q1) Who wielded the real power behind the throne of Louis XIII?
A) the Queen Mother
B) Louis XIV
C) the pope
D) Cardinal Richelieu
Q2) How did the Fronde affect Louis XIV?
A) He lost absolute power and was forced to grant concessions to the rebels.
B) He became convinced that the power of the nobility must be broken.
C) He was forced to move to Versailles so that the nobility could keep an eye on him.
D) He realized he could only govern by sharing power with the nobility.
Q3) Discuss each member of the Stuart dynasty beginning with James I and ending with James II. Include major hallmarks of each reign.
Q4) Louis XIV made sure that his war ministers were
A) well trained.
B) nobles.
C) single.
D) commoners.
Q5) Evaluate the differing views of absolutism espoused by Enlightenment thinkers.
Q6) Discuss the political reforms advanced by Prussia's Hohenzollern dynasty.
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Chapter 25: Russias Eurasian Empire: Convergence of East and
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Q1) The Manchus and Chinese were offended by Russian envoys because the Russian envoys
A) wouldn't speak Chinese.
B) wouldn't participate in Buddhist rituals.
C) destroyed Confucian texts.
D) wouldn't kowtow.
Q2) What first separated Russia from Eastern Europe?
A) animosity between Russian and Polish nobles
B) constant warfare in the 1300s
C) conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy in the 900s
D) the Mongol conquest of the 1200s
Q3) Russia was under Mongol rule in about what period
A) tenth and eleventh centuries
B) twelfth and thirteenth centuries
C) thirteenth through fifteenth centuries
D) fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
Q4) Under whose rule did the schism in Russian Orthodoxy appear?
Q5) Evaluate the use of the title "the Great" given to Tsar Peter. Did he deserve the title?
Why or why not?
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Chapter 26: The North Atlantic Revolutions, 1750-1830
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Q1) Which of these did NOT side against Britain in the Seven Years War?
A) Russia
B) Prussia
C) France
D) Austria
Q2) Discuss Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror.
Q3) Which of the following best describes the role and rights of women in the French Revolution?
A) Women played only a small role in the revolution and they received few additional rights as a result of it.
B) Women played a crucial role in the revolution and they received numerous additional rights as a result of it.
C) Women played only a small role in the revolution, but they still received additional rights as a result of it.
D) Women played a crucial role in the revolution but did not receive many additional rights as a result of it.
Q4) Evaluate the role of women in the French Revolution.
Q5) How did Napoleon advance the understanding of Egyptian history?
Q6) Who ruled France at the end of the French Revolution?
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Chapter 27: Industry, Ideology, and Their Global Impact, 1700-1914
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Q1) Romanticism and nationalism were related movements in that both appealed to A) economic considerations.
B) the emotions.
C) the intellect.
D) religious motives.
Q2) How did industrialization affect the growth of cities?
Q3) What was the result of the Crimean War?
A) France became the richest nation in Europe.
B) Russia won and became the most powerful nation in Europe.
C) Russia lost and began instituting major changes in their country.
D) Britain experienced a decline after years of prominence.
Q4) What were the Corn Laws?
Q5) In what decade did the British women's suffrage movement turn to violent methods?
A) 1870-1880
B) 1890-1900
C) 1910-1920
D) 1930-1940
Q6) What gave some countries an early lead in industrialization?
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Q7) Discuss the rise and fall of Napoleon III.
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28: Nation Building in the Americas, 1789-1914
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Q1) During which years was the United States embroiled in a bitter civil war?
Q2) Which of the following descriptions does NOT apply to Bolívar?
A) well-educated
B) a military genius
C) persistent
D) peninsulare
Q3) By 1825,
A) most of Latin America was independent.
B) all of Latin America was independent.
C) only Mexico was independent.
D) Mexico was still part of Spain.
Q4) The government created under the Articles of Confederation was too weak to deal with the nation's problems or enforce its laws.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Spaniards born in the Spain were called
A) criollos.
B) peninsulares.
C) mestizos.
D) españas.
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Chapter 29: New Connections and Challenges in Eastern and
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Q1) Britain dominated most of India by about what date?
A) 1800
B) 1850
C) 1900
D) 1950
Q2) The Chinese revolutionary movement aimed at replacing the Qing regime with a parliamentary republic was led by
A) Mao Zedong.
B) Chiang Kai-shek.
C) Sun Yixian.
D) Yuan Shikai.
Q3) What was the body that embodied the Indian nationalist movement in the late 1800s?
Q4) Why did Britain conquer Burma?
A) to protect shipping routes
B) to prevent French expansion towards India
C) because of its strategic location near Hong Kong
D) because it was ideal for growing rubber trees
Q5) Discuss the causes and results of the Opium War.
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Chapter 30: New Connections and Challenges in West Asia and
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Q1) How did the influence of Western powers in Africa change in the period from 1880 to 1914?
A) Europeans became more interested in diplomatic ties with Africa.
B) Europeans penetrated deeper into Africa.
C) The slave trade accelerated under European control.
D) Western powers became more influenced by commercial motives.
Q2) Discuss the causes and effects of the South African War.
Q3) Which independent African nation was a Christian kingdom?
Q4) Compare and contract racial attitudes between the British and Dutch in South Africa.
Q5) The general direction of the Tanzimat reforms was
A) based on the Shari`ah.
B) secular.
C) based on Sufism.
D) guided by the Ulama.
Q6) The first president of Liberia was born in the United States.
A)True
B)False
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Q7) How long did it take for the Suez Canal to be built?
Q8) Discuss the military strategy of the Zulu.
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Chapter 31: The Great War and the Russian Revolutions,
1890-1918
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Q2) Trench warfare became commonplace on the war's eastern front.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Who undermined Bismarck's international policies by refusing to renew the Reinsurance Treaty?
A) Nicholas II
B) Kaiser William II
C) Klemens von Metternich
D) Leopold II
Q4) Who became a national hero after leading defensive forces at Gallipoli?
A) Otto von Bismarck
B) Winston Churchill
C) Mustafa Kemal
D) Philippe Pétain
Q5) Which ethnic group was targeted for persecution in the Ottoman Empire?
A) Jews
B) Armenians
C) Muslims
D) Slavs
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Chapter 32: Anxieties and Ideologies of the Interwar Years,
1918-1939
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Q1) Which Middle Eastern nation originally attempted to emulate Mustafa Kemal's policies?
A) Iran
B) Iraq
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Afghanistan
Q2) Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia by Charles Crane, who initially was looking for underground water.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of these provisions of the Versailles peace conference led to a Chinese student uprising?
A) the division of Germany
B) German territory in China being passed to Japan
C) application of the principle of self-determination
D) creation of the League of Nations
Q4) Discuss the House of Saud, including its rise to power and enrichment due to oil.
Q5) Who replaced Sun Yatsen as the leader of the Guomindang?
Q6) Discuss the modernization of Turkey after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
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Chapter 33: World War Ii and the Holocaust, 1933-1945
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A)True
B)False
Q2) What was the effect of Japanese invasion on China's civil war?
A) The Japanese found the internal conflict made their invasion easy.
B) The Communists improved their reputation by successfully opposing the Japanese.
C) The Nationalists gained in power.
D) The country descended into anarchy, split by a dozen factions.
Q3) Which battle was considered to be the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
A) Iwo Jima
B) Midway
C) Coral Sea
D) Okinawa
Q4) What North African town changed hands five times during WW II?
A) Cairo.
B) Tunis.
C) Benghazi.
D) Casablanca.
Q5) Discuss Japan's strategy for creating a "New Order in East Asia."
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Chapter 34: East Versus West: Cold War and Its Global Impact,
1945-Present
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Q1) Who was the last ruler of the Soviet Union?
Q2) Evaluate Gorbachev's attempts at restructuring the USSR.
Q3) President George H.W. Bush was an active supporter of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Brezhnev Doctrine held that the Soviet Union
A) could not afford to relax its grip on Warsaw Pact countries.
B) had the right to intervene in other Communist countries.
C) had the moral right to spread Communism around the globe.
D) was the rightful leader of Europe.
Q5) Discuss the costs and benefits of Communism in the USSR.
Q6) Stalin did not know that Americans had developed nuclear weapons until they were unleashed on Japan.
A)True
B)False
Q7) The Common Market was designed to counter the effects of NATO.
A)True
B)False
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Q8) Who coined the term "containment" in his article signed by "Mr. X"?
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Chapter 36: Reform and Revolution in Latin America,
1914-Present
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A) elite rule
B) political fragmentation
C) a broad social base
D) political instability
Q2) Vicente Fox had difficulty getting his legislation passed because
A) he was Protestant.
B) the PRI held congressional power.
C) he was widely suspected of financial corruption.
D) he enjoyed too close a close relationship with President Bush.
Q3) What type of political and economic system was adopted by Salvador Allende's freely elected government?
Q4) The focus of "Fifty Years of Progress in Five" was building A) the military.
B) industry and infrastructure.
C) social equality.
D) agriculture.
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Q5) Which Western nation supported Pinochet when all of the rest began to call for his overthrow?
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A) belief in one God
B) government by popular consent
C) social justice
D) isolationism
Q2) The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
A) improved the Chinese economy.
B) stabilized Chinese society.
C) isolated China from the world.
D) built schools and businesses.
Q3) Discuss changing gender roles in Japan after World War II.
Q4) The Geneva Accords called for elections in 1956 to unite the country of A) Korea.
B) Vietnam.
C) Cambodia.
D) China.
Q5) What does the name "Pakistan" mean?
Q6) Discuss the conflicts centered on the Kashmir region.
Q7) Who ruled South Korea following the Korean War?
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Q8) Discuss the government of Indira Gandhi including both strengths and weaknesses.
Chapter 37: Post-Colonial Challenges in Africa and the
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Q1) Libya was a monarchy until the king was overthrown in 1969 by A) Habib Bourguiba.
B) Muammar al-Qaddafi.
C) Gamal Abdel Nasser.
D) Anwar Sadat.
Q2) What was the anti-apartheid organization led by Nelson Mandela in South Africa called?
Q3) Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated because of his
A) refusal to recognize Palestine.
B) refusal to negotiate with Egypt.
C) cooperation with Yasir Arafat.
D) cooperation with Anwar Sadat.
Q4) Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981 by
A) Jewish nationalists.
B) Orthodox Jews.
C) Islamic fundamentalists.
D) Islamic modernists.
Q5) Discuss the declining British Empire following WWII.
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Q6) The war against France - nicknamed "the dirty war" was in which country?
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