Global History: 1500 to Present Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
This course explores the major themes and developments in global history from 1500 to the present, tracing the interconnectedness of societies across continents. It examines the rise and impact of empires, global trade networks, revolutions, colonialism, industrialization, and the movements for independence and human rights. Students will analyze how cultural, economic, political, and technological changes shaped the modern world and fostered global interactions. Through critical readings and discussions, the course encourages a comparative understanding of historical processes and the diverse experiences of people around the world over the past five centuries.
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The Humanistic Tradition The Early Modern World to the Present 7th Edition Volume I by Gloria K.
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Chapter 1: Mesopotamia
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Q1) The first of Mesopotamia's many civilizations was the city of A)BasrA.
B)Mecca.
C)Babylon.
D)Sumer.
Answer: D
Q2) The world's first epic poem was A)Hammurabi's Code.
B)The Epic of Gilgamesh.
C)the Christian Bible.
D)None of these answers is correct.
Answer: B
Q3) The literal translation of Mesopotamia is "the land ________."
A)amongst the sand
B)between two rivers
C)in the middle
D)where people gather
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Africa
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Q1) Egyptian civilization emerged along the banks of the ________ River in Africa.
A)Congo
B)Nile
C)Indus
D)Livingston
Answer: B
Q2) Spatial depth in Egyptian art is achieved
A)with linear perspective.
B)by placing one figure above another.
C)by placing one figure behind another.
D)with the distance of separation between figures.
Answer: B
Q3) The figurative voyage from light to dark as one entered the Egyptian temple was represented by a room of A)hypostyles.
B)obelisks.
C)pylons.
D)None of these answers is correct.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: India,China,and the Americas
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Q1) In India,religion is grounded in ________,the belief in an all-pervading divine spirit.
A)polytheism
B)pantheism
C)omnicseism
D)animism
Answer: B
Q2) The earliest Neolithic Chinese peoples worked to produce which of the following?
A)canals
B)silk
C)giant ships
D)All these answers are correct.
Answer: B
Q3) The occupants of the "dragon throne" who represented China's earliest kings were the ________ dynasty.
A)Zhou
B)Shang
C)Xia
D)Neolithic
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Greece
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Q1) The most powerful deity of the Greek pantheon was A)AthenA.
B)Jupiter.
C)Zeus.
D)Poseidon.
Q2) Explain the conflict between the individual and the community in Sophocles' Antigone.
Q3) Greek city-states first emerged
A)on islands and peninsulas in the Aegean SeA.
B)along the coast of Asia Minor.
C)in southern Italy and Sicily.
D)All these answers are correct.
Q4) The early Greek city-states were forced to unite against the rising threat of A)the Persians.
B)the Macedonians.
C)the Turks.
D)the Mongols.
Q5) What were the unique characteristics of Athenian democracy?
Q6) Discuss the ways in which each of the following reflect the values of Greek humanism and individualism: the Iliad;Pericles' Funeral Speech;Plato's Crito.
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Chapter 5: The Classical Style
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Q1) During the Hellenistic period,which of the following replaced Athens as the cultural center of the Western world?
A)Alexandria
B)Rome
C)Thebes
D)Syracuse
Q2) The ________ held that spiritual satisfaction was only possible if one renounced societal values,conventions,and material wealth.
A)Epicureans
B)Cynics
C)Sophists
D)Stoics
Q3) In terms of sculpture,the work which sums up the Hellenistic aesthetic is A)the Altar of Zeus.
B)Apollo Belvedere.
C)Nike of Samothrace.
D)Laocoön and His Sons.
Q4) Discuss the Parthenon as an example of High Classical culture in the ancient world.
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Chapter 6: Rome
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Q1) Which of the following best describes Roman sculpture and painting?
A)idealized
B)romantic
C)realistic
D)flat
Q2) The first dictator of Rome was
A)Octavian.
B)Mark Anthony.
C)Gaius Julius Caesar.
D)Claudius.
Q3) Which traditional Greek architectural order was used to build Rome's Colosseum?
A)Doric
B)Ionic
C)Corinthian
D)All these answers are correct.
Q4) Multiple arches used architecturally in any sequence forms a(n) A)apse.
B)vault.
C)cloister.
D)transept.
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Chapter 7: China
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Q1) Which of the following is the most significant artifact of the first emperor's tomb?
A)a golden sarcophagus
B)terracotta soldiers
C)amphora jars in human shape
D)its location within the center of a mountain
Q2) Which of the following bests describes the emphasis of Chinese prose literature?
A)diaries
B)travelogues
C)record-keeping;archiving history
D)idealized adventures
Q3) Give some examples of China's unique contributions in technology,art,literature,and music.
Q4) According to the text,early Chinese coins featured which of the following?
A)images of ocean-going ships
B)ridged edges
C)square holes
D)images of livestock
Q5) Explain the rationale behind the building of the Great Wall of China.
Q6) What aspects of philosophy are the legacy of Confucius?
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Chapter 8: A Flowering of Faith
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Q1) List the similarities and differences between early Christian and early Buddhist teachings.
Q2) Buddhism was never able to overtake ________ as the religion of majority in India.
A)Islam
B)Jainism
C)Hinduism
D)Christianity
Q3) The Buddha's truly revolutionary social ideas centered on A)dietary restrictions.
B)the afterlife.
C)leadership.
D)caste.
Q4) Zoroastrianism and Mithraism were influences on early Christianity and developed in
A)Rome.
B)Persia.
C)Greece.
D)Egypt.
Q5) Explain the contributions of Paul to the rise of Christianity.
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Chapter 9: The Language of Faith
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Q1) Discuss the ways in which the early Church,Benedictine monasticism,and the Latin church fathers gave shape to the Christian identity.
Q2) List the unique features of Byzantine art and architecture.
Q3) Interior spaces in early Christian churches were usually embellished with which of the following?
A)painted murals
B)relief sculpture
C)statuary
D)mosaics
Q4) The basis of the schism between the Eastern and Western churches concerned which of the following?
A)celibacy of the priesthood
B)religious icons
C)primacy of Rome's bishop compared to others
D)location of the tomb of Christ
Q5) Explain the Christian identity as revealed in art,architecture,and music.
Q6) Discuss the factors causing the schism between the early Eastern and Western churches.
Q7) Define the Buddhist identity as revealed in the arts of India and China.
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Chapter 10: The Islamic World
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Q1) The early attempts of Islam to penetrate the European continent
A)were successful.
B)were repelled,by Charles Martel and by fortifications at Constantinople.
C)were unsuccessful and led to little Islamic influence in Europe for over six centuries.
D)None of the answers is correct.
Q2) Explain the effects of Islamic expansion on medieval world culture.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
A)confession of faith
B)recitation of prayers five times a day
C)fasting every Friday
D)pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime
Q4) Explain the contributions of Islam to global culture between ca.700 and 1400.
Q5) The holy scripture of Islam is called which of the following?
A)the New Testament
B)the Qur'an
C)the Torah
D)the Pentateuch
Q6) Discuss some of the faith-based obligations particular to the Islamic religion.
Q7) List the characteristics of Islamic art,architecture,music,and poetry.
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Chapter 11: Patterns of Medieval Life
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Q1) The Normans brought feudalism to which of the following?
A)France
B)England
C)Germany
D)Africa
Q2) During this era,the only toe-hold of European occupation claimed by the Islamic peoples was in which of the following countries?
A)Ireland
B)France
C)Italy
D)Spain
Q3) The bond of loyalty between chieftain and his warriors is called which of the following?
A)gallantry
B)fealty
C)chivalry
D)feudalism
Q4) Chart the changing temper of the High Middle Ages,as reflected in the romance and the literature of courtly love.
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Chapter 12: Christianity and the Medieval Mind
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Q1) Which of the following is an accurate paraphrasing of the Augustinian credo regarding inquiry?
A)Reason is paramount.
B)The unasked question is never answered.
C)Faith precedes reason.
D)Science is just another face of GoD.
Q2) Which of the following philosophers' writings was safeguarded throughout the Middle Ages by Arab scholars and caused great intellectual challenges in the West once released?
A)Peter Abelard
B)Aristotle
C)Thomas Aquinas
D)Socrates
Q3) According to Dante,the most foul of all sins is
A)parsimony.
B)adultery.
C)treachery.
D)neglect.
Q4) Discuss the history and significance of the medieval university and Scholasticism.
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Chapter 13: The Medieval Synthesis in the Arts
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Q1) Historiated capitals are found as an element of which of the following parts of the medieval church?
A)arches above portals
B)columns
C)clerestory
D)ambulatory
Q2) The Benedictine abbey in the French city of ________ became a model for the revised and energized monastic tradition in the medieval West.
A)Tours
B)Paris
C)Cluny
D)Calais
Q3) Explain the function and style of the abbey church and the pilgrimage church.
Q4) Name the functions (practical and symbolic)of the cathedral in medieval town life.
Q5) Discuss the unique features of-and differences between-the Romanesque and Gothic styles.
Q6) Describe the role of music in medieval liturgical drama,religious ceremony,and secular life.
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Chapter 14: The World Beyond the West
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Q1) Which of the following are the correct events in Indian history that approximate the events of the Western Middle Ages in Europe?
A)the invasion of Rome to the Renaissance
B)the end of the Gupta dynasty to the Mongol invasion of India
C)the Mongol invasion of India to the end of the Gupta dynasty
D)the beginning of the Gupta dynasty to the end of the Gupta dynasty
Q2) The main route to official status in China throughout its long history has been
A)the imperial examination system.
B)family connections.
C)service in the military.
D)caste.
Q3) The devotion of the upper-caste Hindu woman to her husband was dramatically expressed in ________,a custom by which the wife threw herself on the funeral pyre of her late husband.
A)raga
B)sangeeta
C)avatar
D)sati
Q4) Discuss the cultural and technological achievements of Tang and Song China.
Q5) Describe the arts of medieval Japan and their unified themes.
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Chapter 15: Adversity and Challenge
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Q1) In 1358,French peasants staged an angry protest known as ________ that took the lives of hundreds of noblemen before it was suppressed by the French king.
A)the Junkers
B)the Libertat
C)the Jacquerie
D)the French Revolution
Q2) Wycliffe and his band of followers were called which of the following?
A)Lombards
B)Lollards
C)Adventists
D)Anarchists
Q3) Describe social realism and its expression in medieval literature and art.
Q4) The death of Charles IV of France in 1328 ended the Capet line of monarchs and opened up claims to the French throne by
A)the Germans.
B)the papacy.
C)the English.
D)the Turks.
Q5) Discuss the medieval use of devotional realism in art and music.
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Chapter 16: Classical Humanism
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Q1) Which of the following stressed the importance of Classical education and hard work in the cultivation of virtù?
A)Alberti
B)Ficino
C)Pico della Mirandola
D)Castiglione
Q2) Which of the following events caused a climate of intellectual skepticism in middle-class men and women of the era?
A)the Black Death
B)the Hundred Years' War
C)the Great Schism of the Catholic Church
D)None of these answers is correct.
Q3) Which of the following correctly identifies the approximate years of the Renaissance?
A)940-1300
B)940-1600
C)1300-1600
D)1600-1750
Q4) Explain the roles and viewpoints of the female humanists.
Q5) Describe aspects of Castiglione's image of l'uomo universale.
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Chapter 17: Renaissance Artists
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Q1) Describe the main features (in style and subject matter)of Early Renaissance art and architecture.
Q2) Renaissance artists were disciples of
A)God.
B)nature.
C)religion.
D)orthodoxy.
Q3) In Venice,Titian achieved fame for his ________ renderings of sensuous female nudes occupying landscapes and rich interiors.
A)painterly
B)pointillist
C)expressionist
D)impressionist
Q4) An early master of the new Renaissance technique of linear perspective,________ died young but left many innovative church frescos in Florence.
A)Donatello
B)Masaccio
C)Ghiberti
D)Brunelleschi
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Chapter 18: Cross-Cultural Encounters
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Q1) The ________ produced maps and charts that exceeded the accuracy of those drafted by Classical and Muslim cartographers.
A)Dutch
B)Norwegians
C)Lombards
D)Portuguese
Q2) List some specific characteristics of the African cultural heritage,as illustrated in the arts of West Africa.
Q3) The period between ________ was the greatest age of trans-Eurasian travel since the days of the Roman Empire.
A)1300 and 1400
B)1600 and 1800
C)1400 and 1600
D)900 and 1300
Q4) Describe the unique features of literature,music,and sculpture in African culture.
Q5) Explain the impact of "encounter" in Africa,the Americas,and Europe.
Q6) Explain the factors that precipitated European overseas expansion.
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Chapter 19: Protest and Reform
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Q1) The pioneer of Northern Realism in painting was the Flemish artist
A)Giovanni Nicolas Arnolfini.
B)Hieronymus Bosch.
C)Raphael.
D)Jan van Ecyk.
Q2) Besides the Bible,which of the following was the most frequently published book in the Christian West well into modern times?
A)the Divine Comedy
B)The Book of Hours
C)Imitatio Christi
D)Canterbury Tales
Q3) Across the loose confederation of German territories,the Church's sale of indulgences for the specific purpose of ________ provoked harsh lay criticism and was the final straw that eventually led to the Protestant Reformation.
A)rebuilding Saint Peter's Cathedral in Rome
B)sending missionaries to the Orient
C)repaving the streets in Paris
D)outfitting the pontiff in several new outfits
Q4) Discuss the significance of Shakespeare's contribution to world literature.
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