Contemporary World History
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Course Introduction
Contemporary World History explores major global events and transformations from the late nineteenth century to the present day. The course examines themes such as world wars, decolonization, the Cold War, globalization, socio-political revolutions, and the rise of new power structures. Students analyze the interconnectedness of regions, the impacts of economic and technological change, and the ways in which historical forces shape modern societies. Through a variety of sources and case studies, the course encourages critical thinking about how history informs current global challenges and opportunities.
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The Essential World History Volume II Since 1500 7th Edition by William J. Duiker
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Chapter 14: New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market
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Q1) Compare and contrast the causes and consequences of the voyages of Zhenghe with those of Columbus.
Q2) Christopher Columbus
A)was an escaped criminal from Munich when he sailed to the Americas.
B)was of Genoese origin,although he gained fame in the service of the Portuguese king.
C)was the brother of Hessin Cortes.
D)converted to Islam on his forty-third birthday.
E)believed that Asia was larger,and closer to Europe by water,than people then thought.
Q3) Slavery for Africans
A)originated with the massive trans-Atlantic slave trade
B)originated with the introduction of Islam to the continent
C)was the consequence of European colonialism
D)had always been part of the continent's societies and cultures
E)resulted from the Asia-Africa trade
Q4) How did Spanish methods of dealing with their new territories in America affect the native populations there?
Q5) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Marco Polo's Travels
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Chapter 15: Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building
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Q1) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). joint-stock company
Q2) Compare and contrast the accomplishments of Henry IV of France,Elizabeth I of England,and Philip II of Spain.In retrospect,which of the three was most successful and which was least successful,and why?
Q3) Which of the following are correct statements about life in Protestant Europe in the 1500s and 1600s?
A)Clergy were required to remain celibate.
B)Ministers were allowed to get married and have families.
C)England's Henry VIII established the Lutheran Church in his kingdom.
D)Differences with Catholics were always resolved peacefully.
E)Women were given equal political rights with men.
Q4) The Institutes of the Christian Religion,a masterful synthesis of Protestant thought,was written by
A)Martin Luther.
B)Ignatius Loyola.
C)Desiderius Erasmus.
D)Albrecht Durer.
E)John Calvin.
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Chapter 16: The Muslim Empires
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Q1) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). millet
Q2) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Battles of Mohács and Vienna
Q3) The founder of the Safavid Dynasty could trace his ancestry back to all except A)a Shi'ite sheikh.
B)a descendant of Ali,the fourth Iman of Islam.
C)a man called Safi al-Din,who led a group of Turkish tribesmen,who lived in Azerbaijan. D)Saladin.
E)none of the above
Q4) Babur,the founder of the Mughal Dynasty in India,
A)traced his roots to Muhammad on his mother's side.
B)took Isfahan early in the sixteenth century,before leading his forces into India. C)was born in Egypt.
D)established his northern Indian domain after his conquest of Delhi,and died at age of 47.
E)was the first Chinese-born ruler of India.
Q5) What were the major cultural contributions of Mughal India? Of Safavid Persia?
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Chapter 17: The East Asian World
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Q1) As manufacturing and commerce began to grow in Ming and Qing China
A)the elite retained a preference for agriculture.
B)industrialization became the preferred area of activity for all Chinese.
C)Europeans became the predominant force in all areas of Chinese production.
D)government tax policies favored the industrial sector over the agricultural one.
E)Chinese views about business were the same as those in Japan.
Q2) In Korea,
A)civil service examinations were based on the Lotus Sutra.
B)some aristocratic yangban became merchants,or even peasants,over time.
C)by 1700 the country became predominantly Christian as a consequence of European traders and missionaries.
D)China ruled the Koreans through the Chinese emperor's male relatives.
E)warfare against Japan was constant as the Korean kings hoped to make Japan a colony.
Q3) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Treaty of Nerchinsk
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Ming Dynasty
Q5) "Kangxi was the very model of a Chinese emperor." Discuss pro and con.
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Chapter 18: The West on the Eve of a New World Order
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Q1) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Seven Years War / French and Indian War
Q2) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and laissez-faire
Q3) By the end of the eighteenth century,serfdom had come to an end in eastern Europe,but it still existed in western Europe,and was to prove one of the causes of the French Revolution.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). high culture and popular culture and Carnval
Q5) The system that came to be known as the "cottage industry" involved all except A)the purchase,by an entrepreneur,of the raw materials needed for textile production.
B)country laborers producing yarn and cloth.
C)the selling of finished products by an entrepreneur.
D)peasants grew cotton on their farms and sold the raw material to entrepreneurs.
E)it was also known as the "putting-out" system.
Q6) How "revolutionary" was the French Revolution? Give specific examples.
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Chapter 19: The Beginnings of Modernization:
Industrialization
and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century
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Q1) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Louis Napoleon/Napoleon III
Q2) In your opinion,which prominent individual best exemplified the qualities of the nineteenth century,and why?
Q3) German unification
A)was achieved by the Frankfurt Assembly.
B)was achieved by Klemens von Metternich.
C)was finally achieved by militaristic Prussian politicians.
D)resulted from the efforts of the German liberals.
E)was endorsed by Austria's Metternich.
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Britain's Labour Party
Q5) The policies of Otto von Bismarck before 1871
A)were based on the practice of Idealpolitik.
B)ignored domestic opposition and concentrated on foreign affairs.
C)used warfare as an instrument of policy,regardless of its consequences.
D)used parliament to endorse the policy of increased taxes,and used the new revenues collected to reorganize the Prussian military.
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E)led to Prussia dominating the Second Austrian Reich.
Q6) What environmental and social factors tend to favor industrialization?
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Chapter 20: The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
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Q1) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Porfirio Diaz
Q2) Realism in the arts
A)preferred the exotic to the ordinary.
B)preferred poetry rather than prose.
C)never involved itself in social issues.
D)was the sole domain of the French.
E)was typified by the work of Courbet and Flaubert.
Q3) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
V.A.Huber and Octavia Hill
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin
Q5) By 1900 the world's richest nation and greatest industrial power was
A)Great Britain.
B)Germany.
C)Russia.
D)the United States.
E)France.
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Q6) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Wassily Kandinsky and abstract expressionism
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Chapter 21: The High Tide of Imperialism
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Q1) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). the Great Trek
Q2) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "white man's burden"
Q3) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Samaj
Q4) By 1900,the seizure of what region was included in the Indochinese Union?
A)Algeria
B)Thailand
C)Cambodia
D)the Sumatra archipelago
E)Burma
Q5) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Boers/Afrikaners
Q6) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "missionary factor"
Q7) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Fashoda
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Q8) "Western imperialism was an inevitable consequence of the West's Scientific and Industrial Revolutions." Discuss,pro and con.
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Chapter 22: Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge
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Q1) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Russo-Japanese War
Q2) As a result of German acquisition of the Shandong Peninsula,all of the following occurred except
A)the German maneuver to "avenge" the murder of its two missionaries succeeded.
B)Russia was able to acquire Port Arthur.
C)the Chinese government initiated new reforms,at the request of Kang Youwei.
D)the United States pursued an Open Door policy in China.
E)it was obvious that the dismemberment of China was impossible.
Q3) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Hiratsuka Raicho's Blue Stockings
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Lin Zexu
Q5) Why was Japan more open and pragmatic in its contact with Western nations than China during the 19<sup>th</sup> century?
Q6) What were the causes and consequences of the Russo-Japanese War? For Japan? For Russia? For China?
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Q7) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Meiji Restoration
Q8) At what point did the fall of the Manchus become inevitable? Why then?
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and Revolution
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Q1) The British prime minister who had won a decisive electoral victory on a platform committed to making the Germans pay for the war was
A)Georges Clemenceau.
B)David Lloyd George.
C)Neville Chamberlain.
D)Arthur Balfour.
E)Winston Churchill.
Q2) How and why did the events of the late spring and summer of 1914 ultimately move beyond the ability of governmental leaders to control?
Q3) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Hollywood studio system
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "total war"
Q5) In your opinion,which of the participating nations in World War I was most "guilty" and which was least guilty of causing the Great War,and why?
Q6) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). conscription
Q7) What did "the winners" win in the Great War? And what did they lose?
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Chapter 24: Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939
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Q1) During the Great Depression,
A)Latin American economies boomed,in contrast to those of the United States and Europe.
B)Latin America developed a mature regional economy,which exported large quantities of manufactured goods and imported most of its foodstuffs and raw materials.
C)revolutions occurred all over Latin America.
D)the pineapple industry finally became highly profitable as world demand for fruits rose.
E)domestic instability led to the creation of dictatorships.
Q2) Satyagraha means "hold fast to the truth," or non-violence.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Reza Khan
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Muslim League
Q5) "Nationalism in Africa,Asia,and Latin America was merely the response to either de facto or de jure Western imperialism." Discuss,pro and con,with examples.
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Chapter 25: The Crisis Deepens: World War II
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Q1) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Munich conference/appeasement
Q2) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Beer Hall Putsch
Q3) At the meeting of the Big Three at Tehran
A)it was agreed to use the atomic bomb against Japan.
B)Churchill strongly advocated an American-only invasion of France.
C)the Allies decided to partition postwar Germany.
D)Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to let Stalin take control of eastern Europe.
E)the Soviet Union agreed to declare war against fascist Spain.
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Five-Year Plans
Q5) The concept of a new "Monroe Doctrine for Asia" meant that
A)the United States would protect Asia from European exploitation.
B)Japan would play the role of guiding Asia to prosperity and development.
C)the Soviet Union would become the Chinese protector against Japanese aggression.
D)Japanese diplomatic and military relationships with the other nations of Asia would be reduced.
E)the British navy would protect East Asian waters.
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Chapter 26: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War
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Q1) Did the fear of nuclear annihilation and the incredible cost of the United States' military buildup of the 1980s help to make the Cold War too ghastly to contemplate and,simultaneously,too expensive for either side to continue? Give evidence in support of your answer.
Q2) Which of the following statements about the Cold War is false? In the late 1950s, A)Krushchev visited the U.S.and had a friendly encounter with President Eisenhower. B)Leningrad's famous Kirov Ballet appeared in theatres in the U.S. C)the film West Side Story played in Moscow.
D)Krushchev demanded the withdrawal of all Western troops from Berlin E)the Berlin Wall was built.
Q3) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Taiwan
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Chinese Civil War
Q5) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "Vietnam syndrome"
Q6) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Republic of Vietnam and Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Chapter 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial
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Q1) The Soviet economy
A)grew rapidly in the heavy industry sector during the late 1940s and the early 1950s. B)was,unlike the capitalist economies,devoted to raising the living standards of the poorest workers,the "toiling masses."
C)obtained capital for expansion from overseas governments and investors.
D)was overseen from Gosplan headquarters in the Lyubyanka building in Kharkov. E)became consumer driven,thus eliminating black-market activity.
Q2) Did relationships between the government of the Soviet Union and their Eastern European "satellites" change significantly after the death of Stalin? If so,in what ways,and why? If not,why not?
Q3) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "Little Emperors"
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Creeping Capitalism
Q5) The famous "Prague Spring" happened during the rule of soviet leader Brezhnev. A)True B)False
Q6) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Boris Yeltsin
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Chapter 28: Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945
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Q1) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Organization of American States (OAS)
Q2) The so-called "Americanization of the world" has resulted from all of the following influences except
A)Hollywood movies.
B)popular musical forms such as jazz and rock and roll.
C)television.
D)advertising.
E)the bleak world-view of absurdist drama and literature.
Q3) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). the war on terrorism and the Department of Homeland Security
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). France's nuclear bomb
Q5) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Marshal Tito and Yugoslavia
Q6) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 1968 student massacre in Tlatelolco Square
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Q7) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Helmut Kohl and German reunification
Q8) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).E.F.Schumacher's Small is Beautiful
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Chapter 29: Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East
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Q1) The hopes for a lasting Middle East peace after Camp David were never realized,in part because of
A)the 1981 assassination of Sadat by Jewish militants.
B)the refusal of many non-Islamic states to recognize Israel's right to exist.
C)Israeli's policy of establishing settlements in the occupied West Bank territories.
D)Ronald Reagan's election as the United States president.
E)the death of King Faisal.
Q2) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Pan-Arabism and the United Arab Republic
Q3) The one issue that has served as a unifying factor for all Middle Eastern Muslim states since the 1940s has been their
A)hostility toward Pakistan and India.
B)effort to defeat the Germans in World War II.
C)position on the Palestine question.
D)desire to increase oil production.
E)need to retain Western hegemony in the region.
Q4) Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Rwanda and Burundi and Hutus and Tutsis
Q5) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).F.W.de Klerk and Nelson Mandela
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Chapter 30: Toward the Pacific Century
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Q1) Are there any aspects of post-1950 Japanese politics that reflect the continuation of pre-1940,even Meiji,influences and policies? If so,what are they and are they positive or negative in nature? If not,how was the post-World War II occupation regime able to erase all earlier traits?
Q2) How has 9/11 affected the relations between Pakistan and the United States? Between India and the United States? Between Pakistan and India?
Q3) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Benazir Bhutto
Q4) Indira Gandhi
A)developed a policy of forced sterilization to try to cut population growth.
B)abandoned her father's activist policies to aid the poor.
C)used troops to attack and secure the Hindu Golden Temple in Agra.
D)was assassinated by her Buddhist bodyguards.
E)was the daughter of Mahatma Gandhi.
Q5) Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
East Timor
Q6) India seized most of Kashmir in 1948 because of its largely Hindu population.
A)True
B)False
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