Foundations of World History
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Course Introduction
Foundations of World History offers a comprehensive overview of the major developments that have shaped human societies from prehistoric times to the early modern era. The course explores key themes such as the rise and fall of civilizations, the spread of religions, technological innovations, social and economic transformations, and cultural exchanges across continents. Through the examination of primary and secondary sources, students gain insights into the interconnectedness of world regions and the factors that have influenced historical change, setting the groundwork for understanding global patterns and events in later periods.
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Voyages in World History Volume 1 to 1600 2nd Edition by Valerie Hansen
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Q1) Approximately 150,000 years ago,the first anatomically modern humans moved out of their homeland in
A)Australia.
B)Europe.
C)Africa.
D)South America.
E)Southeast Asia.
Answer: C
Q2) Evidence of this characteristic was found in the Blombos Cave in South Africa
A)Walking on all four limbs.
B)Boat making.
C)Tool making.
D)Symbolic thinking.
E)None of these choices.
Answer: D
Q3) stratigraphy
Answer: Answer not provided.
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Chapter 2: The First Complex Societies in the Eastern
Mediterranean, ca 4000 - 550 BCE
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Q1) According to Egyptian belief,Ka was a life force in everyone's body.What sustained this force?
A)Good works.
B)Contributions to the temple.
C)Body energy.
D)Obedience to the pharaoh.
E)Military service to the pharaoh.
Answer: C
Q2) Describe the social and economic changes that developed in ancient Mesopotamia as large cities emerged.
Answer: In this essay,students should discuss the following key points:
1.Society was less egalitarian and homogeneous.
2.There were economic changes.-Clear and wide differences between poor and wealthy.-The poor lived in small,unfired brick and mud houses.-The rich lived in large,fired brick homes with large rooms and rooms just for elaborate entertainment and dinners.
3.There were social changes.-Development of specialized labor.-Special areas in towns for various craftsmen shops.-Few were able to accumulate wealth,depending on skills or family connections.
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Chapter 3: Ancient India and the Rise of Buddhism, 2600
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Q1) The Indus Valley Civilization traded with the city of Ur,based on the evidence of
A)Letters from Mesopotamia to the Indus.
B)Pieces of Mesopotamian writing found in Harappa.
C)Burial remains located in Harappa.
D)An Indus seal located in Ur.
E)Harappan weapons found in Ur.
Answer: D
Q2) How were the rulers of the Indian empires different from those in ancient Mesopotamia,Egypt,neo-Assyria,and neo-Babylonia?
Answer: In this essay,students should discuss the following key points:
1.Indian rulers never directly controlled the people.
2.Indian leaders ruled by role modeling and example.
3.Indian rulers used religion and support of religion to show they were benevolent.
4.Indian rulers used religion to unify a diverse people without using military and force.
Q3) jati
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Chapter 4: Blueprint for Empire: China, 1200 BCE- 220
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Q1) What important invention of the second century B.C.E.had a profound effect on the culture of learning?
A)The development of the Imperial Academy.
B)The invention of paper.
C)The development of literary works.
D)The evolution of books in education.
E)Bamboo strips for writing.
Q2) Mandate of Heaven
Q3) The power and control of the First Emperor are best demonstrated by A)The size of the Qin's realm, which spanned territory from Northern Mongolia to Vietnam.
B)Initiating a census of all able-bodied men.
C)Viewing his laws as a way to control everyone in his realm regardless of class or wealth.
D)Building the Great Wall to protect China from invasion.
E)Submitting law and order to a higher power.
Q4) Yellow River
Q5) Wang Mang
Q6) Korea
Q7) How did the Chinese justify the removal or overthrow of a dynasty?
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Q1) Teotihuacan
Q2) Copan
Q3) The sociopolitical society of Tahiti and Hawaii
A)Was mainly matrilineal.
B)Had no clear social stratification.
C)Consisted mainly of hunters.
D)Had chiefs who were supported by gifts of food from the lower-ranking populace.
E)Developed several trade centers in small cities.
Q4) Early migrations into the Pacific probably began with
A)Traveling short distances to islands that were in sight of each other.
B)Larger boats and sophisticated navigation devices.
C)The use of land bridges that connected adjacent islands.
D)The results of tectonic plate movements.
E)There is no solid evidence to answer this statement.
Q5) Polynesian Triangle
Q6) Anasazi
Q7) maize
Q8) Andes
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Chapter 6: New Empires in Iran and Greece, 2000 BCE-
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Q1) Although the Persians suffered a great defeat at Salamis,why was Artemisia hailed by Herodotus?
A)She acted as a nurse, and in the heat of battle, served both Greeks and Persians.
B)Fighting alongside her son, she saved the lives of many fallen Persians.
C)Captured by the Greeks, she refused to surrender her sword and shield.
D)As a naval commander, she commanded five Persian triremes.
E)She freed her husband, who had been captured and imprisoned in Athens.
Q2) Which of the following was not a key aspect of the writing system of the Phoenicians?
A)Its phonetic base could be understood by most languages.
B)Vowels were not used, as readers could insert them.
C)The system was easy to learn and memorize.
D)Each of the 22 letters represented a different consonant.
E)It had no pictorial symbols.
Q3) Athens
Q4) What is the process of Hellenization; how does this term apply to the conquests of Alexander? In what ways is the term inaccurate?
Q5) Darius I
Q6) Hellenization
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Chapter 7: The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity,
509 BCE- 476 CE
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Q1) Paul
Q2) Although Greek by birth,how did Polybius come to spend his life in Rome?
A)As an educated scribe, he became an important official in the Roman court.
B)He was sent to Rome as a hostage after the defeat of the ruler of Macedon by the Romans.
C)He was a slave taken by the Romans after they defeated Macedon.
D)As a Persian noble, he was married to a Roman in order to cement relations.
E)His family lost power in Egypt and was exiled.
Q3) One of the challenges historians face with most early Christian sources about Jesus is that they were--like sources available about Zarathrushtra and Buddha--
A)Only known through copies.
B)Biased against Jews.
C)Written by devotees.
D)Written over five-hundred years after Christ.
E)Written by polytheistic Romans.
Q4) Tiberius Gracchus
Q5) Augustus
Q6) Punic Wars
Q7) Etruscans
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Chapter 8: Hindu and Buddhist States and Societies in Asia,
100 - 1000
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Q1) Although Buddhism was finally legal in Korea,by the mid-500s,it tended to be limited to
A)the royal family.
B)the educated.
C)professional and government officials.
D)cities and suburbs.
E)the small farmer class.
Q2) No-Self Doctrine
Q3) Silk Road
Q4) What major Chinese Confucian tradition did Buddhism challenge?
A)Revering the emperor as divine.
B)The peasant obligation to serve in the army.
C)Family obligations and traditions.
D)Footbinding.
E)That a woman move in with the husband's family.
Q5) Srivijaya
Q6) Discuss the three types of monasteries that eventually were built in the Chinese countryside and how they were associated with and accommodated the type of society they were in.
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Chapter 9: Islamic Empires of Western Asia and Africa, 600 - 1258
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Q1) At the time of the birth of Muhammad,who were considered the political dominant powers in the Mediterranean world?
A)Romans and Egyptians
B)Egyptians and Assyrians
C)Assyrians and Carthaginians
D)Carthaginians and Byzantines
E)Byzantines and Sasanians
Q2) Translation Movement
Q3) Who were the Dhimmi,and why were they considered to be protected subjects?
A)Women, because the five pillars advocate protecting women.
B)They were nonbelievers but protected because Islam was committed to protect all peoples.
C)They were Bedouin and the original followers of Muhammad.
D)They were the gods of other religions and viewed by Muslims as demons.
E)Christians and Hebrews, and protected because their holy books were recognized by Muhammad.
Q4) Maghrib
Q5) Abu Bakr
Q6) qadi
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10: The Multiple Centers of Europe, 500 - 1000
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Q1) Bede was famous for writing a history of
A)The Anglo-Saxons.
B)Charlemagne.
C)The Vikings.
D)The decline of the Carolingians.
E)Slavery in the Germanic era.
Q2) How were the Germanic peoples regarded by the Romans while Rome was still intact?
A)Romans respected their religious beliefs.
B)The Germanic peoples were known for their poetry.
C)Scandinavians were the Romans' major trading partners.
D)Scandinavians were seen as equals by the Romans.
E)The Multiple Centers of Europe, 500-1000
Q3) An alternate name for the Eastern Roman Empire was
A)The Byzantine Empire.
B)Constantine's Empire.
C)The Eastern Greek Empire.
D)The Orthodox Empire.
E)The Greco-Roman Empire.
Q4) Frankish kingdom
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Chapter 11: Expanding Trade Networks in Africa and India,
1000 - 1500
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Q1) A description of a Chinese ship would include which of the following?
A)wooden decks.
B)multiple levels.
C)individual compartments with doors.
D)staterooms with lavatories.
E)all of these choices.
Q2) The humped back of Sundiata's mother was a symbol
A)that predicted future destruction of the kingdom by Sosso.
B)of her unusual spiritual power.
C)prophesying that Sundiata would be a strong king.
D)that the gods were unhappy with the kingdom of Mali.
E)prophesying that Sundiata would overthrow the Sosso dynasty.
Q3) The major type of currency used in the southern region of the Sahara was A)salt.
B)water in camel bags.
C)gold dust.
D)coins.
E)spices and trinkets from Northern Africa.
Q4) Ghana
Q5) Mali
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Q1) Epitaph
Q2) Koryo Dynasty
Q3) Song Dynasty
Q4) Which of the following are true of the Jurchen?
A)they were based in Manchuria.
B)they spoke an Altaic language.
C)they allied with the Song to defeat the Khitan.
D)they married into the Song Dynasty.
E)all of these choices
Q5) Both Li Qingzhao and her husband came from what level of Song society?
A)Merchant class.
B)Free serf.
C)Top level.
D)Royal family.
E)Landlord.
Q6) Explain how the development of rice in the south lent itself to the commercial revolution.
Q7) Woodblock printing
Q8) Zen Buddhism
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Chapter 13: Europe's Commercial Revolution,1000 - 1400
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Q1) Clerical Celibacy
Q2) Serfs
Q3) How did the cerealization of Europe lead to a growth of market places?
Q4) The most powerful person in the Western church after the pope,like Peter the Venerable in 1140,was
A)head of the University of Paris.
B)the abbot of Cluny.
C)Cardinal of Rome.
D)Emperor of Constantinople.
E)Head of the Dominican Order.
Q5) Inquisition
Q6) Which of the following statements is true?
A)Women tended to livestock on farms.
B)Men were responsible for plowing and seeding.
C)Families often hired help.
D)Women were responsible for bringing in the harvest.
E)All of these choices.
Q7) What caused reform inside the established monastic orders after 1100?
Q8) Dominicans
Q9) Cerealization
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Chapter 14: The Mongols and their Successors, 1200 - 1500
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Q1) Uighur
Q2) "They came,they sapped,they burnt,they slew,they plundered,and they departed" was the description Persian historian Juvaini used to describe the Mongol invasion of
A)Japan.
B)Sri Lanka.
C)Transoxiana.
D)India.
E)Egypt.
Q3) Before the fall of the Byzantine Empire,how were the Ottomans able to organize into a power?
A)They benefited by little Mongol presence in Anatolia.
B)Osman emerged as an effective leader who conquered different area in Anatolia
C)From a base in the Dardanelles, they were able to conquer Greece and the Balkans.
D)They claimed to be loyal to the Byzantine Emperor.
E)All of these.
Q4) Ming dynasty
Q5) William of Rubruck
Q6) Yongle
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Q1) The Incas eventually fell to Pizarro and his troops because
A)Atahualpa fled to avoid the same fate as Moctezuma.
B)the Inca high priests saw the Spanish as the coming of their own gods.
C)the Spanish had been decimated by malaria.
D)the Spanish refused to negotiate with Atahualpa.
E)the leadership was in disarray because Atahualpa was trying to establish his authority.
Q2) Cuzco
Q3) Gutenberg
Q4) Before his voyage to the Americas,Columbus believed that he could sail west from Iberia and reach what destination directly?
A)China.
B)India.
C)Japan.
D)Caribbean.
E)Australia
Q5) Why was Columbus's proposal for an Atlantic voyage at first rejected,but later approved?
Q6) Tlaxcala
Q7) Senegal
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Chapter 16: Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia, 1500 - 1700
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Q1) King Afonso
Q2) Ming Dynasty
Q3) Emperor Akbar
Q4) Martin Luther
Q5) Examination system
Q6) One of the most precious spices that Europe sought from the fabled "spice islands" was
A)Mace.
B)Nutmeg.
C)Malabar pepper.
D)Clove.
E)Cinnamon.
Q7) Which of the following was a new religious philosophy in sixteenth-century Asia?
A)Protestant Reformation.
B)Catholic Counter-Reformation.
C)Orthodox Christianity.
D)Religious pluralism.
E)Sikhism.
Q8) Maharajahs
Q9) Kilwa
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