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Global History explores the interconnectedness of societies, cultures, and economies across different continents from ancient times to the present day. The course examines major global events, movements, and trends, such as trade networks, migration, imperialism, revolutions, and technological advancements. Through comparative and thematic approaches, students analyze how diverse peoples have shaped and been shaped by global processes, gaining a deeper understanding of how historical forces influence the modern world and contribute to contemporary challenges and opportunities.
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Heritage of World Civilizations The Combined Volume 10th Edition by Albert M. Craig
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Chapter 1: The Birth of Civilization
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Q1) How was the worship of the god Aten (sun disc) different from customary religious practice in ancient Egypt?
A)Aten was a universal creator God to be worshipped above all others.
B)Aten took the form of a circle,or disc.
C)Aten had a special relationship with the ruler Amunhotep IV and his wife Nefertiti.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Answer: D
Q2) Imagine that you are an urban citizen living in one of the following cities at the time indicated:
Memphis,2500 B.C.E.; Babylon,1750 B.C.E.; Harappa,2000 B.C.E.; Luoyang,600 B.C.E.
Describe your society,your government,and your religious beliefs.Why would you have wanted to live in this city instead of one of the others listed?
Answer: Answers will vary but may include: Answers will vary, depending upon the city/time period chosen. Answers should include details about the society,government, and religious beliefs. Opinions will vary regarding why the specific city was chosen over the other cities listed.
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Chapter 2: Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religion
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Q1) Which of the following religions emphasized the concern the creator god had for people?
A)Jainism
B)Hinduism
C)Judaism
D)Buddhism
Answer: C
Q2) Called the father of the faithful, many consider this man to be the symbolic founder of three of the worlds largest religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
A)Moses
B)Mohammed
C)Socrates
D)Abraham
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Greek and Hellenistic Civilization
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Q1) The two main factors that determined the character of Spartan society were
A)the conquest of Arcadia and the revival of trade.
B)the conquest of Messenia and the enslavement of the Helots.
C)the rigorous training of a Spartan warrior and the desire for glory.
D)the Spartan distrust of Athens and Spartan desire to compete with the Athenians.
Answer: B
Q2) Thucydides was an Athenian who
A)wrote the history of the Persian Wars.
B)wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War.
C)divorced himself from the influence of the Hippocratic school of medicine.
D)described the chaos of the warring Greek states in the fourth century.
Answer: B
Q3) The greatest concentrations of Greek cities were located in which regions?
A)Attica,the Peloponnesus,and Ionia
B)Attica,Thessaly,and Asia Minor
C)The Peloponnesus,Macedonia,and Thrace
D)Thrace,Asia Minor,Rhodes,and Crete
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: West Asia, Inner Asia, and South Asia to 1000 CE
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Q1) The Achaemenids imperial success was based in part on their ability to
A)enslave those who objected to their rule.
B)tolerate only those religions approved by the state.
C)adapt the governing institutions of their predecessors.
D)use the local currency and weights and measures throughout their empire.
Q2) Compare and contrast the teachings of Zoroaster to those of Hinduism.
Q3) The Zoroastrian orthodoxy recognized four classes in Sasanid society:
A)priests,warriors,traders,and peasants.
B)royalty,warriors,scribes,and artisans.
C)priests,warriors,scribes,and peasants.
D)royalty,scribes,traders,and peasants.
Q4) According to the Hymn of Zoroaster, Ahura Mazda judges his followers by their A)actions and accomplishments,not their thoughts.
B)motives and thoughts,not their actions and accomplishments.
C)knowledge and understanding,not their faith.
D)faith,not their knowledge and understanding.
Q5) What major role did the Steppe people play in the Eurasian subcontinent? How did the Parthians control a vast area? What were the major differences between the rule of the Sakas and Kushans,and the Parthians? In what ways can the Kushans and Sakas be considered important to world history?
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Chapter 5: Africa: Early History to 1000 CE
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Q1) The popular view that sub-Saharan Africa was isolated from civilization until it was "discovered" by Europeans
A)has largely been proven to be correct.
B)is incorrect.
C)is substantiated by recent archeological research.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q2) In the first millennium C.E., the coastal regions of East Africa
A)were more isolated and economically self-sufficient than the rest of the continent.
B)already had extensive overseas contacts with India,Arabia,and the Mediterranean.
C)were united into a great empire by the Periplus Dynasty.
D)had not yet evolved beyond hunting and gathering.
Q3) The Arab scholar al-Masudi describes East African religion as
A)devoutly Muslim.
B)Monophysite Christian.
C)traditional and animistic.
D)Roman Catholic.
Q4) How did the spread of Islam affect various African cultures and civilizations?
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Chapter 6: Republican and Imperial Rome
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Q1) The duties of the tribune were to
A)sacrifice to the gods.
B)maintain the records of the Senate.
C)protect the interests of the patricians.
D)protect the interests of the plebeians.
Q2) Analyze the changes in Roman government from Augustus through the Julio-Claudian emperors of the first century C.E.What aspects of the Republic changed? What impact did these emperors have on the Roman world?
Q3) How does the "Roman mind" differ from the "Greek mind"? Which group was superior in terms of administration,innovation,resourcefulness and ingenuity? Which culture made a more lasting contribution to our modern world?
Q4) Tiberius Gracchus sought to solve the problems facing the Roman republic through A)extending Roman citizenship to recent immigrants.
B)land reform.
C)strong defense against the Spanish tribes.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q5) What factors led to the decline of the Roman world? Which of the various difficulties Rome faced do you think were the most important in explaining the decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire,and why?
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Chapter 7: Chinas First Empire and Its Aftermath, 221
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Q1) The enemies of the Chinese dynasties were nomadic tribes known as A)the Zhou.
B)the Li Su.
C)the Xiongnu.
D)the Xian.
Q2) Select the correct chronological sequence for the following dynasties:
A)Han,Qin,Six Dynasties
B)Qin,Han,Six Dynasties
C)Han,Six Dynasties,Qin
D)Six Dynasties,Qin,Han
Q3) The so-called Salt and Iron Debates were concerned with A)whether China should be a land- or sea-based power.
B)the best way to deal with the barbarians beyond the Great Wall.
C)what should be the basis of the Chinese currency.
D)whether the government should have monopolies over certain goods.
Q4) The great romantic epic, Tale of the Three Kingdoms, relates stories about the A)arrival of Buddha in China.
B)generals and the fall of the Han Dynasty.
C)warriors and statesmen after the fall of the Han Dynasty.
D)plight of the peasantry after the fall of the Han Dynasty.
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Chapter 8: Imperial China,589-1368
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Q1) During the Song dynasty, foreign trade
A)declined in importance as the government promoted self-sufficiency.
B)was primarily with the nomadic peoples of the steppes.
C)reflected the disparities between China's economy and economies elsewhere.
D)failed to keep pace with other areas of economic life.
Q2) The reason that the Sui dynasty is often compared with the Qin is because both were
A)ruled according to Confucian philosophy.
B)able to bring China under a single government after centuries of disunity.
C)founded by Mongol-speaking peoples.
D)supporters of Buddhism.
Q3) Compare and contrast trade and foreign contact during the Tang and Yuan periods.What impact did trade and contact with foreigners have on China during these periods?
Q4) The short-lived Sui dynastys most important contribution to Chinese history was the A)establishment of the scholar-gentry.
B)defeat of Turkish invaders.
C)reunification of the country after centuries of division
D)adoption of Buddhism as the official religion.
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Chapter 9: Early Japanese History
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Q1) How did Buddhism evolve and change in Japan from the Heian period through the Ashikaga Shogunate? To what extent were Buddhist ideas reflected in the art forms of Japan? Compare and contrast the various forms of Buddhism that appeared during this period.
Q2) The twin centers of Japanese culture in the Nara and Heian periods were A)Buddhist monasteries and the imperial court.
B)Hindu yogis and samurai estates.
C)secular schools of philosophy and European missionaries. D)colonies of Korean exiles and government bureaucrats.
Q3) Buddhism in Japan was
A) given tax support.
B) assigned a quota of monks and nuns.
C) given official government support.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q4) How did commerce start in Japan and what products formed the base of trade? How did this activity alter Japanese society? Why did commerce develop at such a late time period compared to China?
Q5) How did civil authority shift to military control in Japan? What was the importance of the bakufu? What was the revenue base for the new government after 1180?
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Q1) The Prophet Muhammads proclamation of the Quran
A)incorporated each regional Islamic cultural and religious tradition into one.
B)marked the start of succession struggle between Shiites and Sunni Muslims.
C)transformed Islam into a political as well as religious movement.
D)galvanized diverse,polytheistic and monotheistic Arabs into a new unity-the umma..
Q2) As shown in Map 10-1, by 750 C.E., Islam had spread to the
A)Middle East,north Africa,and Spain.
B)Near East,north Africa,and Italy.
C)Far East,north Africa,and Spain.
D)Middle East,east Africa,and Italy.
Q3) Islam can best be described as
A)a polytheistic nature religion with little ethical content.
B)a desert religion focused on Muhammad as the son of God.
C)an urban religion that first flourished in an agricultural oasis.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q4) What was the importance of the umma to Muslim society? How were religious minorities and non-Arab converts treated? How did the change of the Islamic capital to Baghdad affect the empire?
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Q1) The primary contribution of the moldboard plow to western civilization was that it
A)improved agricultural productivity.
B)aided engineers in road construction.
C)contributed to the switch from infantry to cavalry based armies.
D)removed snow from Alpine passes,facilitating trade.
Q2) Based on Map 11-6, which region of Europe was relatively unaffected by the series of invasions during the Middle Ages?
A)Ireland
B)Rome
C)Central Europe
D)Byzantine
Q3) In medieval Europe, manors were
A)the castles that protected monasteries.
B)lands owned directly by the king and his family.
C)landed estates or farms owned by the nobles and worked by unfree peasants.
D)land given by the Church to nobles who went on Crusades.
Q4) Compare and contrast the achievements of the Carolingians to those of the Byzantines.What challenges did each civilization face,and how successful were they in meeting them?
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Chapter 12: The Islamic World, 1000-1500
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Q1) The coming of Islam to South Asia signaled an epochal historical change because
A)Islam was the most important element in Indian civilization during the period.
B)Islam had no competition among other religious practices and faiths.
C)Islam became the majority religion in most regions of South Asia.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q2) Sufi piety includes all of the following <U>except</U>
A)avoidance of temptation.
B)unemotional worship of God.
C)saint veneration.
D)shrine pilgrimage.
Q3) The coming of Islam to India
A)resulted in bitter wars with the Buddhist majority.
B)contributed to the final elimination of Buddhism as a major religion in the land of its birth.
C)resulted in the disappearance of the Hindu religion and culture.
D)both contributed to the final elimination of Buddhism as a major religion in the land of its birth,and resulted in the disappearance of the Hindu religion and culture.
Q4) What was the origin of Sufism and how did Sufism impact the Islamic world?
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Chapter 13: Ancient Civilizations of the Americas
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Q1) The classic or high point of Mesoamerican civilization is associated with
A)the Olmec between 1500 and 400 B.C.E..
B)the Aztecs between 1300 and 1500 C.E..
C)the Toltecs between 900 and 1200 C.E..
D)the Maya and Teotihuacan between 150 and 900 C.E..
Q2) Archeological evidence of early American civilizations
A)can produce a narrative history.
B)has significant limitations.
C)was almost completely obliterated by the Spanish conquest.
D)only exists for Mesoamerican and not for Andean civilizations.
Q3) The best known Olmec works of art are
A)pyramids.
B)clay pottery.
C)massive stone heads.
D)obsidian statues.
Q4) The first true city-state of Mesoamerica was probably
A)Cuicuilco
B)Monte Alban
C)San Lorenzo
D)Teotihuacán
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Chapter 14: Africa Ca1000-1700
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Q1) Compare and contrast the presence and impact of the Portuguese,Dutch,Arabs,and Muslims in sub-Saharan Africa.
Q2) Compare Maps 14-1 and 14-2. After 1500, the centers of power in Africa
A)began to shift to the south.
B)began to shift to the north.
C)became concentrated along the Mediterranean coast.
D)became concentrated along the Congo river.
Q3) The core of the Mali economy was A)agriculture.
B)cattle farming.
C)gold trade.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q4) Of the problems facing the first Muslim leader of the Songhai, which did Muslim theologians from North Africa find most serious?
A)belief in divination
B)use of good luck charms
C)gender mixing and women's exposed genitalia
D)fraud in weights and measures
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Chapter 15: Europe to the Early 1500s: Revival, Decline, and Renaissance
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Q1) Which is the best summary of the authors introductory overview of the late Middle Ages?
A)Political and religious institutions grew steadily stronger throughout Europe.
B)Populations grew,while cultural institutions faced severe challenges.
C)Political conflicts killed as much as one third of the population.
D)Populations and religion faced severe challenges,while culture blossomed.
Q2) After around 1100, European towns were generally governed
A)by committees of free citizens.
B)by a combination of religious leaders and noblemen.
C)by a class that combined those wealthy by inheritance with wealthy long-distance traders.
D)directly by kings or emperors.
Q3) At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the growing cost of warfare led European rulers to use all of the following financial methods except
A)Ferdinand and Blanche of Castile
B)Philip II and Johanna
C)Ferdinand and Isabella
D)Henry of Navarre and Catherine of Aragon
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Chapter 16: Europe, 1500-1650: Expansion, reformation, and Religious Wars
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Q1) What were the most important teachings of Calvin? How did Calvinism differ from Lutheranism? To what issues was Calvin reacting? How did Calvinism impact Geneva? How did it impact Europe?
Q2) Luther's ninety-five theses
A)were designed to reconcile his ideas with those of Zwingli.
B)challenged the practice of selling indulgences.
C)called for changes in the priesthood.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q3) The origins of the Protestant Reformation in England were mainly in
A)Henry VIII's battle with the pope over his divorce.
B)the wide support enjoyed by John Calvin's ideas.
C)the desire of English nobles to overthrow the king.
D)the missionary activities of the Huguenots.
Q4) The European voyages of discovery primarily originated with competition
A)between the Protestant and Catholic churches.
B)for the riches of the spice trade.
C)to create larger empires as a mark of power.
D)to break the power of European nobility.
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Chapter 17: Conquest and Exploitation: the Development of the Transatlantic Economy
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Q1) The largest settlement founded by the French in North America was A)New France.
B)Quebec.
C)New Amsterdam.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q2) In general, the chief way that European slave traders obtained slaves was by A)purchasing them from African rulers or middlemen.
B)capturing them using Muslim mercenaries.
C)tricking them into signing contracts to become "temporary" servants in exchange for land in the Americas.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q3) Why were the Spanish able to conquer the Aztecs?
A)European diseases decimated native American tribes.
B)The Spanish military technology was superior.
C)There were insurrections among Aztec subject peoples.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q4) In researching the impacts of slavery and the slave trade on African societies,what are the areas in which scholars would like additional data? What are the general conclusions that can be drawn with the information available now?
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Chapter 18: East Asia in the Late Traditional ERA
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Q1) The policy of dyarchy refers to A)the coordinate rule of two emperors during the Qing dynasty.
B)coordination between national and provincial officials.
C)the appointment of one Chinese and one Manchu to each key post in the central government.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q2) The Chinese gentry could be characterized as all of the following except A)an intermediate layer between the elite bureaucracy above and the village below. B)a rural elite much like English squires.
C)the same social class as magistrates and mandarins.
D)absentee landlords whose lands were worked by sharecroppers.
Q3) How did changes in tactics and technology change the nature of the Japanese military establishment in the 16th and 17th centuries? What were the social and political consequences of military reforms?
Q4) What were the primary factors influencing the third commercial revolution in China from 1500 to 1800? What was the role of agriculture in this revolution? Why were cash crops important in this development? Where was population growth most evident?
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Chapter 19: State-Building and Society in Early Modern Europe
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Q1) Noteworthy characteristics of Prussia included all of the following <U>except</U>
A)an identity largely embodied by the king and the army.
B)a disproportionately large army for the population.
C)officials and army officers that were loyal to the ruler's person,not the state.
D)an army that was designed to function best against foreign aggression.
Q2) From 1649 to 1660, England was in fact a military despotism but officially was called a
A)constitutional monarchy.
B)absolute monarchy.
C)Puritan republic led by a conservative coalition of generals.
D)Puritan republic led by Oliver Cromwell.
Q3) Parliament readily supported the monarchy of Charles II because of their
A)dissatisfaction with Cromwell's Puritan republic.
B)regret over the execution of Charles I.
C)desire to start a new dynasty.
D)belief in the divine right of kings.
Q4) What was the basis for Louis XIV's rule? What methods did he use to reinforce his authority over his subjects?
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Chapter 20: The Last Great Islamic Empires, 1500-1800
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Q1) The Southern-Seas trade was characterized by A)political control by a series of Muslim states.
B)repeated attempts to eliminate foreign commercial competition.
C)ancient trading relationships forged by Hindu and Christian kingdoms.
D)the gradual conversion of much of the population to Buddhism.
Q2) The Philippines were
A)ceded by the Dutch to Spain in the eighteenth century.
B)controlled by Hindu and Buddhist traders.
C)seized from the Spanish by the Islamic state of Acheh in the seventeenth century. D)conquered by the Spanish in the sixteenth century.
Q3) Members of the Safavid Dynasty were adherents of a militant A)Sunnism.
B)Shi'ism.
C)Sufism.
D)Sikhism.
Q4) What role did the kingdom of Acheh play in the East Indies? Why did its power decline by the early twentieth century?
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Chapter 21: The Age of European Enlightenment
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Q1) The European Enlightenment scholar who had the greatest direct influence on the U.S. Declaration of Independence was
A)Rousseau.
B)Montesquieu.
C)Locke.
D)Hobbes.
Q2) Copernicus's main contribution to the Scientific Revolution was
A)a new emphasis on empirical observation.
B)the suggestion that the earth moved around the sun in a circle.
C)the use of the telescope to compile accurate astronomical data.
D)the suggestion that the orbits of planets were elliptical.
Q3) In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu admired which constitution as the wisest?
A)the French
B)the English
C)the Roman
D)the German
Q4) What was the Scientific Revolution,and why is that term in some ways a misnomer?
Q5) Why does the text argue that Voltaire was the most influential of the philosophes?
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Chapter 22: Revolutions in the Transatlantic World
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Q1) What kind of political arrangement emerged in Europe as a result of the Congress of Vienna? What became the prevailing ideology of post-Napoleonic governments? How was the new political order enforced?
Q2) How and why was the transatlantic slave trade abolished in the 18th and 19th centuries? Discuss the process in detail.What were the most important antislavery forces?
Q3) The fall of Robespierre was motivated by
A)the opposition of the sans-culottes.
B)the reaction of the aristocrats.
C)instincts of self-preservation among his associates.
D)his betrayal of the ideals of the revolution.
Q4) Louis XVI called the Estates General in order to
A)divide the nobility and break their power over the French monarch.
B)give the people a chance to decide about further support of American revolutionary efforts.
C)increase the legal recognition and power of the Third Estate in French political life.
D)find a collective solution to pressing financial problems and to avoid national bankruptcy.
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Chapter 23: Political Consolidation in Nineteenth-Century
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Q1) British artist Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, portrayed ordinary troops in her painting Roll Call after an Engagement, Crimea, because
A)as a member of the nobility,she wanted to broaden her audience.
B)the painting was a commission from Queen Victoria,who requested a painting of ordinary troops.
C)the troops were more respected than their aristocratic officers.
D)the troops were widely believed to have performed poorly.
Q2) Theodor Herzl suggested that the resolution to the Jewish Question lies in the A)passage of anti-discrimination legislation.
B)forced evacuation of Jews from volatile areas.
C)opening up of all professions to Jews.
D)creation of a separate Jewish state.
Q3) Arthur de Gobineau attributed European problems to A)the presence of the Jews.
B)the lack of racial mixing.
C)degeneration of the Aryan race.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q4) Why was the Crimean War fought? Who were the participants and how did the results of the war affect European history in subsequent years?
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Q1) Which of the following was <U>not</U> a result of confection?
A)Less skill was required from each artisan.
B)The division of labor increased in each workshop.
C)More urban journeymen became masters of their own workshops.
D)Skills possessed by a worker became less valuable.
Q2) By 1914, European workers increasingly
A)adopted liberal economic doctrines.
B)resorted to strikes,riots,and violence.
C)used collective bargaining to ensure economic security.
D)turned away from political involvement.
Q3) In the 19th century, all of the following were obstacles to women achieving equality <U>except</U>:
A)Women's rights had no public support.
B)Women were more sensitive to issues of class than gender.
C)Women were reluctant to support feminist causes.
D)Women were concerned that the tactics of feminist movements were too extreme.
Q4) Why and how were Jews emancipated across Europe during the nineteenth century?
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Q5) What were the primary arguments made by Karl Marx? Why did Marxism become such a powerful ideological force across Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
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Chapter 25: Latin America From Independence to the 1940s
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Q1) All of the following products were exported from Latin America before 1900 <U>except</U> A)coffee. B)textiles.
C)copper. D)guano.
Q2) Juan Manuel de Rosas was a caudillo in A)Mexico. B)Brazil.
C)Argentina. D)Panama.
Q3) Detail and explain the causes and events of the Mexican Revolution.How did race,economics,and religion influence the revolution? What leaders were successful and why? Were there any parallels to the war against Maximilian? How did the war affect American-Mexican relations? Detail the resulting political situation after the conflict.What changed? What remained the same?
Q4) What is "an economy of dependence"? Why did Latin American nations tend to develop such economies? How were the British important in developing certain economies? How did that development affect Latin American political and social development?
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Q1) What effect did Napoleon's invasion of Egypt have on the Islamic world? What were some of the different ways that the Islamic empires confronted the encroachment of Western powers in the Middle East? Which do you think was most successful at meeting the challenge?
Q2) What factors contributed to the control of Iran by foreign powers? What effect did European imperialism have upon the development of progressive movements in Iran?
Q3) The event that marked symbolically the onset of European domination of the Islamic heartlands was
A)the extraction by Western governments of capitulations from indigenous governments.
B)the disunity of the Ottoman Empire.
C)the invasion of Egypt by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798.
D)Russia winning control of the Black Sea.
Q4) In southern Africa, the kingdom of Lesotho was exceptional because
A)Its leader maintained independence through diplomacy.
B)it retained traditional African religions rather than converting to Islam.
C)it came under British control.
D)the monarch was not a Bantu.
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Q1) By the 1830s, the attitude of the Chinese government towards the opium trade can best be described as
A)benevolent neglect-they turned a blind eye to the illegal trade.
B)nationalist furor-they lashed out against all foreigners who dealt in opium.
C)moral outrage-they cracked down on all opium traders,Chinese and foreign.
D)mercantilist zeal-they encouraged the trade as a means of raising revenue.
Q2) All of the following were goals of the Meiji government <U>except</U>
A)give more influence to the samurai.
B)centralize political power.
C)stabilize government revenues.
D)modernize the Japanese economy.
Q3) The Japanese general staff proposed a preemptive strike against the U.S. navy at Pearl Harbor because it
A)sought control of the oil-rich Dutch East Indies.
B)feared America's land-based air power.
C)feared American superior willpower.
D)had imperialist ambitions in the Americas.
Q4) How did political parties operate in Japan? Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese constitution.
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Chapter 28: Imperialism and World War I
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Q1) Which of these factors contributed most to the victory of the Bolsheviks?
A)the oppression of the czarist regime
B)the support by a majority of the population
C)the continuation of the war by the provisional government
D)the support given to them by the Constituent Assembly
Q2) After the Battle of the Marne in 1914,
A)the tide of war in the west turned to the French.
B)the tide of war in the west turned to the Germans.
C)the war became defensive-one of position rather than of movement.
D)poison gas aided the German cause.
Q3) The authors views on explanations for the new imperialism can best be summarized as
A)selective endorsement of elements from each theory.
B)informed skepticism.
C)hostile rejection.
D)compelling arguments in favor of the economic explanation,and curt dismissal of the others.
Q4) Discuss three different theories of the motivation of the new imperialism.Which theory seems closest to the truth? Can it be applied successfully to all the major imperialist countries?
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Chapter 29: Depression, European Dictators, and the
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Q1) Why did Stalin decide that Russia had to industrialize rapidly? Why did this require the collectivization of agriculture? What obstacles stood in the way of collectivization and how did Stalin overcome them?
Q2) Kristallnacht was
A)the Nazi destruction of Jewish stores and synagogues.
B)the Nazi program to exterminate German Jews.
C)Hitler's purging of the officer corps of the SA.
D)Hitler's decision to take citizenship away from Jews.
Q3) In the 1920s and 30s, European dictators shared all of the following characteristics <u>except</u>
A)the use of real or imagined enemies to gain mass support.
B)the extralegal seizure of the reins of power.
C)a monopoly over mass communication and propaganda.
D)command over modern technology.
Q4) Which of the following effectively ended reparations payments?
A)Dawes Plan
B)Lausanne Conference
C)Hoover Moratorium
D)Young Plan
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Q5) Which of the following was not an achievement of the New Deal?
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Q1) Which country supported the republican forces with military aid in the Spanish Civil War?
A)Soviet Union
B)United States
C)Great Britain
D)France
Q2) The Atlantic Charter
A)was a broad set of principles in the spirit of Wilson's Fourteen Points.
B)denounced colonialism and slavery in Africa.
C)involved the lending of war supplies by the United States to Great Britain.
D)announced the U.S.desire to keep Europeans from interfering in the Americas.
Q3) The German general who was successful against the British in North Africa was
A)Moeltke.
B)von Ludendorff.
C)von Hindenburg.
D)Rommel.
Q4) Pick one campaign or battle of World War II that you feel to be the most important turning point in ending the war.Where and when did it occur? Who were the combatants? What happened there? Why was this campaign important in ending the war?
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Chapter 31: The West Since World War II
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Q1) Since 1945, European unity has been achieved primarily in which sphere?
A)political
B)social
C)economic
D)technological
Q2) European womens age of childbearing
A)varies with east-west location and urban-nonurban location.
B)is constant across the continent.
C)has been static for decades.
D)varies randomly.
Q3) Why did Europe and much of the rest of the world come to be dominated by the two superpowers after 1945? Explain how the superpower status of the Soviet Union and the United States differed from that of previous world powers such as the British Empire.
Q4) The Treaty of Maastricht (1991)
A)limited immigration to Western European countries from Eastern Europe.
B)made proposals that led to a unified European currency.
C)created a common market for goods,labor,and capital in member states.
D)called for the pooling of strategic resources,such as coal.
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Chapter 32: East Asia: The Recent Decades
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Q1) What were the major changes that occurred in China during its Soviet period? To what extent did China have to adapt Soviet policies to fit its unique economic and social circumstances?
Q2) Japanese economic success since World War II is based on all the following <u>except</u>
A)access to raw materials.
B)high quality cheap labor.
C)government support of industry.
D)cutting-edge technological innovation.
Q3) The Soviet Period in Chinese history included all of the following economic and political changes <u>except</u>
A)reorganization of the government along Soviet lines.
B)agricultural reform through collectivization.
C)high expenditures in developing technological weapons programs.
D)implementation of massive public works projects.
Q4) According to the post-war Japanese constitution, the Emperor is A)a divine being.
B)both human and divine.
C)the symbol of national identity.
D)the incarnation of the Buddha.
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Chapter 33: Post-colonialism and Beyond: Latin America, Africa,
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Q1) What are some of the predominant developments currently occurring in the nation of Turkey? Why is this nation such a fascinating indicator of larger potential trends in international affairs?
Q2) Nelson Mandela is best known for
A)organizing passive resistance movements against apartheid.
B)being the first black president of South Africa.
C)leading massive strikes to protest discriminatory labor laws in South Africa.
D)successfully calling for economic sanctions against South Africa.
Q3) Explain why fundamentalist Muslim groups call for the destruction of the United States and Israel.Why do these radicals associate the United States with Israel? If the Palestinian issue were to be resolved,would these Islamist groups disappear?
Q4) Discuss the policy of apartheid.Who were the main leaders opposed to this system in the Republic of South Africa? What were their tactics for opposition? What new challenges face the democracy of South Africa now that apartheid has been abolished?
Q5) What are some of the major problems on the Indian subcontinent? What role have the Sikhs played in this area? Name some of the historic problems between India and Pakistan.Is there a possibility of unity in this region of the world?
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