Global History Exam Review
Course Introduction
Global History explores the interconnectedness of societies and cultures across different regions of the world from ancient times to the present. The course examines major themes such as migration, trade, empire, religion, technological change, and cultural exchange, highlighting how local events and global processes have shaped human history. Students will critically analyze historical evidence, identify patterns of continuity and change, and consider the ways in which global interactions have influenced the development of modern society. Through comparative case studies and thematic approaches, Global History provides a broad understanding of the forces that have linked diverse peoples and shaped the world we live in today.
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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) Egyptian hieroglyphs were used for all of the following except A)business documents.
B)literary texts.
C)carving bones and shells.
D)religious texts.
Answer: C
Q2) What does the Babylonian World Map shown in your text tell us about how Babylonians viewed their place in the world?
A)They believed that the earth was round.
B)They believed that their progress was inhibited by geographical barriers.
C)They believed that their destinies were controlled by the gods.
D)They believed that they were the most important civilization on earth.
Answer: D
Q3) The Vedas contain the earliest beliefs of Hinduism and originated with A)Harrappan priests at Mohenjo-Daro.
B)Davidian mystics who migrated from southern India.
C)Aryans who moved into the Ganges area.
D)Alexander the Great,who introduced Greek philosophy.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religion
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Q1) Jains differ from Buddhists primarily in their emphasis upon A)stronger forms of self-discipline.
B)liberating themselves from the cycle of samsara.
C)their belief in one,rather than many,gods.
D)the importance of compassion.
Answer: A
Q2) At the Lyceum founded by Aristotle, philosophers and scholars stressed
A)the mathematical relationships of the universe.
B)creating a utopian state.
C)observing empirical evidence.
D)mastering rhetoric to win intellectual debates.
Answer: C
Q3) The Hebrews of Abrahams day saw their god as
A)the only real god in existence.
B)one god among many.
C)the chosen deity among many divinities who might be worshiped.
D)the same god the Egyptians called Aton.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Greek and Hellenistic Civilization
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Q1) For most Greeks, the greatest personality flaw was that of hubris, which can be defined as
A)arrogance that accompanies wealth or good fortune.
B)cowardice in battle.
C)disloyalty to the polis.
D)excessive sexual indulgence.
Answer: A
Q2) Solon's reforms
A)had long-lasting impacts.
B)increased economic specialization.
C)made Athens dependent on imported wheat.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Answer: D
Q3) According to Plutarch, the great Hellenistic scientist Archimedes did not write down his findings about pulleys because he
A)was illiterate.
B)feared persecution and censorship.
C)was afraid that people would steal his ideas.
D)considered such practical applications beneath him.
Answer: D
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Q1) What are the religious origins of the caste system? What are the differences between the main Hindu castes? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the caste system?
Q2) Why was Ashoka's conversion to Buddhism important in the creation of the Mauryan Empire? How did this development affect world history? What were some of the policies effected by Ashoka?
Q3) The oldest texts in ancient Persian dialects show that the Aryan peoples who settled on the Iranian plateau were related to the
A)Vedic or Indo-Aryans of North India.
B)Parthians.
C)Seleucids.
D)Bactrian-Greeks.
Q4) Manichaeans advocated
A)a radical dualism between spirit and matter.
B)a universal "justice."
C)restoring the original unity of Christian,Zoroastrian,and Buddhist teachings.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q5) Compare and contrast the teachings of Zoroaster to those of Hinduism.
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Chapter 5: Africa: Early History to 1000 CE
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Q1) The Khoisan are
A)probably descendants of Bantus.
B)speakers of a Bantu language.
C)a mix of hunter-gatherers and pastoralists.
D)socioeconomically privileged in present-day Africa.
Q2) The earliest Iron Age culture in West Africa about 500 B.C.E. belonged to the A)Nubians.
B)Nigerians.
C)Ethiopians.
D)Nok people.
Q3) During its high point, the Meroitic Empire prospered primarily due to its role as A)tax collector for the New Kingdom pharaohs of Egypt.
B)middleman for African goods bound for the Mediterranean and Near East.
C)the main producer of maize in Africa.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q4) What were some of the important contributions that early African societies made to other cultures? Was pre-Islamic Africa a relatively isolated land mass that contributed little to political,cultural,and religious developments in the ancient world?
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Chapter 6: Republican and Imperial Rome
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Q1) What were the political,social and economic problems that beset Rome in the third and fourth centuries C.E.? How did Diocletian and Constantine deal with them? Were they effective in stemming the tide of decline and disintegration in the Roman Empire? What problems were they unable to solve?
Q2) According to Map 6-6, which of the following groups did <U>not</U> invade the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries?
A)Vandals
B)Slavs
C)Lombards
D)Franks
Q3) Caesar's reforms sought to
A)rationalize established procedures while strengthening his own authority.
B)undo the reforms of Sulla.
C)support his de facto position as "king of Rome".
D)better control the military forces.
Q4) What new problems had arisen for the Roman Empire during its first two centuries? What could threaten its survival? Would you describe the Empire ca.150 C.E.as strong or as coming apart?
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Chapter 7: Chinas First Empire and Its Aftermath, 221
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Q1) Since the early third century C.E., the Chinese population has referred to itself as
A)a Mandate of Heaven.
B)the Qinese people.
C)the Han people.
D)the Xiongnu peoples.
Q2) Which of the following statements is NOT generally true about court eunuchs?
A)they came from high-status families
B)they were castrated as youths
C)they were servants in the emperor's harem
D)they were advisors to emperors
Q3) The Qin Dynasty collapsed around
A)206 B.C.E.
B)100 B.C.E.
C)90 C.E.
D)250 C.E.
Q4) Who were the four major contenders for power in the Han Dynasty and how did each group perceive its particular role in society? What were the most successful ways of gaining and maintaining power?
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Chapter 8: Imperial China,589-1368
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Q1) What was the importance of the examination system in the Song period? How did this development bring about stability in the court? Who had the best opportunity to pass the exam?
Q2) The Tang dynasty sought to
A)enlist nomadic Turkish peoples in its armies.
B)balance central authority and concessions to aristocratic families.
C)impose Buddhism by force.
D)combine imperial power at the top with democracy at the village level.
Q3) The Mongolian leader who established the Yuan Dynasty and completed the conquest of China was
A)Kublai Khan.
B)Shaman.
C)Genghis Khan.
D)Marco Polo.
Q4) As ruler of China in the early Tang dynasty, Empress Wu
A)promoted scholar bureaucrats at the expense of older aristocratic officials.
B)succeeded in the conquest of Korea.
C)ordered the construction of the Grand Canal.
D)overthrew the Han dynasty.
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Chapter 9: Early Japanese History
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Q1) Japanese government during the Nara and Heian periods differed from China because
A)there were no eunuchs.
B)there was little tension between emperor and bureaucracy.
C)there were major struggles between clans.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q2) Which of the following is a correct statement about the way in which the late twelfth century marked a turning point in Japanese history?
A) It saw the emergence of the sh gun as the de facto ruler of Japan.
B) It began the shift towards rule by military houses.
C) It initiated changes in family and social organization.
D) All of these statements are correct.
Q3) Around 500 C.E., Japanese geography (shown in Map 9-1) can best be described as A)a group of mountainous islands.
B)a mountainous peninsula in the Pacific Ocean.
C)an empire including Silla on the Korean peninsula.
D)a unified empire controlled by Silla on the Korean peninsula.
Q4) What were the major features of Japanese culture prior to the arrival of Chinese influences in the seventh century? What impact did Korean culture have on Japan?
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Chapter 10: The Formation of Islamic Civilization, 622-1000
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Q1) What are the main concepts of the doctrine of Islam? How is this faith different from and/or similar to Christianity? How does it resemble or differ from Judaism? What is the importance of other faiths to this movement?
Q2) Discuss the role of the ulama in Muslim society.How did this group receive their education? What was their relation to the caliphs? Why were they the new elite in society?
Q3) The Muslim rulers who made the office of caliph hereditary thus founding the first dynastic caliphate.
A)Umayyads.
B)Abbasids.
C)Seleucids.
D)Sufis.
Q4) The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is built on a site holy to A)Christians only.
B)both Muslims and Christians.
C)Jews only.
D)both Jews and Muslims.
Q5) How were non-Arabs and converts treated in the Islamic world? What impact did Islam have on the lives of citizens in conquered areas?
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Chapter 11: The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe to 1000
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Q1) Feudal society is best characterized by A)slaves,small farms,and dominant local lords,. B)vassals,fiefs,and weak central government.
C)agricultural production,fealty,and active trade,. D)invasion,benefices,and strong central authority.
Q2) How did the Empress Theodora serve as a role model for women in the Byzantine world? How did her power and involvement in affairs of the state create controversy? What was her impact on the Byzantine world?
Q3) Based on the writings of Procopius, empress Theodora seemed to wield more power than previous empresses because she
A)sat next to the emperor.
B)received and entertained foreign diplomats.
C)could speak to people in Greek.
D)commanded the imperial navy.
Q4) Detail the successive invasions of Europe after the fall of Rome.Who were the invaders and why did they invade? What were their similarities and differences? Many historians believe that these invasions greatly altered the institutions of Europe; how did they do so and what aspects were most affected?
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Chapter 12: The Islamic World, 1000-1500
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Q1) Muslim orthodoxy is best defined
A)as a set of rigid theological controls imposed by the Qu'ran.
B)in terms of what Muslims do rather than what they believe.
C)as intolerance within the Muslim ulama.
D)as "prophet-dominated" rather than "idea-dominated" theology.
Q2) El Cid is most closely associated with Charlemagne's retreat through the Pyrenees after failing to check the first Spanish Umayyad's power.
A)the Spanish Islamic intellectual world.
B)development in Spanish mystical thinking.
C)the reform movement under the Almohad.
D)Spain between Christian and Islamic rules.
Q3) Compare and contrast the political,social,economic,and cultural developments of the Christian West and the Islamic civilizations in the period from 1000-1600.What role did religion play in the relative successes of each of them? Compare and contrast the limitations each faced in political unification.What factor or factors do you think best account for their major differences?
Q4) Describe the impact of the Muslim states on Northern India.Why did a unified state collapse in a short period of time? What was the role of the Rajput? Why was Persian the language of the ruling elite?
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Chapter 13: Ancient Civilizations of the Americas
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Q1) What was the role of monumental architecture along the Peruvian coast? To what extent was it tied to a hierarchical agricultural society?
Q2) Based on Map 13-2,the Aztec and Incan Empires most likely did not come into direct conflict because they
A)maintained a close military alliance.
B)were separated by water and difficult terrain.
C)shared common leadership.
D)were more concerned with religion than warfare.
Q3) The poem by Aztec ruler of Texcoco,Nezahualcoyotl,suggests that the Aztecs saw their relationship with their gods as one
A) similar to parents and children.
B) that is intimate,such as that of lovers.
C) that is highly unpredictable.
D) that is distant and mysterious.
Q4) Metallurgy was practiced from a relatively early period by
A)Mesoamerican civilizations.
B)Moorish civilizations.
C)Andean civilizations.
D)Merovingian civilizations.
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Chapter 14: Africa Ca1000-1700
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Q1) Describe the political situation of Northern Africa in the eighteenth century.Why did Ottoman influence decline in this region? What was the position of Tunisia,Algeria and the Berbers in this time period compared to the rest of Africa?
Q2) Discuss the diversity of Cape society in South Africa.Who were the Trekboers and what was their conflict with the Khoikhoi? How was the basis for apartheid formed at this time?
Q3) Discuss the role of geography as a factor in the political,economic,social,and cultural development of Africa.How did African rulers seek to overcome the limitations of their geographical position? How successful were they in overcoming these limitations? How did geography play a positive role in African history?
Q4) Prazeros were
A)European settlers in South Africa.
B)mixed-blood Portuguese landholders along the Zambezi river.
C)Swahili gold merchants.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q5) Why did the empires of Ghana,Mali,Songhai,Kanem,Kongo,Benin,and Zanzibar flourish? What was the nature of their political and economic organization? What role did leadership play? How would you define "Great Zimbabwe"?
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Chapter 15: Europe to the Early 1500s: Revival, Decline, and Renaissance
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Q1) Which of the following was <U>not</U> a contributing cause of the Black Death?
A)infestation of Europe by diseased rats and fleas
B)overpopulation of Europe
C)increased trade contacts with the Near East and steppes
D)pollution of the water supply of the major cities of Italy
Q2) Which of the following was <U>not</U> a feature of the 14<sup>th</sup> century crisis in medieval Europe
A)massive population losses due to the Black Death.
B)large-scale peasant rebellions in response to increased burdens by the state and private landlords.
C)religious uncertainty causing disputes between kings and popes.
D)intellectual doubt produced by the discovery of the Americas.
Q3) All of the following were consequences of the Hundred Years' War <U>except</U>
A)the devastation of France.
B)the awakening of French nationalism and movement toward unity.
C)increased burdens on the English peasantry.
D)the rise of Burgundy to the status of a major European power.
Q4) What important developments and new ideas marked the transition from the early Middle Ages to the High Middle Ages?
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Chapter 16: Europe, 1500-1650: Expansion, reformation, and Religious Wars
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Q1) Thomas Hobbes, the most original political thinker of the seventeenth century, A)advocated a commonwealth.
B)developed a defense of absolute royal authority which did not depend on ideas of divine right.
C)sought to infuse politics with religious meaning.
D)based his ideas on an optimistic view of human nature.
Q2) What were the most important teachings of Luther? To what conditions in the church and society was he reacting? How did his teachings criticize aspects of the Catholic Church? How did Lutheranism impact Europe?
Q3) The seventeenth century is sometimes labeled as a period of crisis by historians.Do you agree or disagree with this assessment? In what ways does Europe in the first half of the seventeenth century exhibit signs of being in political,religious,social,or intellectual crises? In what ways does it not seem to be in the throes of a crisis?
Q4) According to Thomas Hobbes, the basic nature of humans is to A)seek freedom from the state in pastoral existence.
B)work communally with others to peacefully create the state.
C)seek peace with others.
D)endlessly desire power until death.
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Chapter 17: Conquest and Exploitation: the Development of the Transatlantic Economy
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Q1) Who was primarily responsible for the conquest of the Aztecs in the early 16th century?
A)Christopher Columbus
B)Francisco Pizarro
C)Hernán Cortés
D)Bartolomé de Las Casas
Q2) According to the four-stage model of European commercial empires, exploration and conquest is followed by trade rivalry, which is followed in turn by
A)civil war,and finally dictatorship in the colonies.
B)independence for the colonies,which is followed by revolution in the home country.
C)formal empires,and finally independence for the colonies.
D)dictatorship in the home country,which is followed by the creation of formal empires.
Q3) Mercantilism involved
A)extensive government planning and regulation of the economy.
B)a conscious policy to establish more port cities.
C)the production and distribution of propaganda.
D)All of these answers are correct.
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Chapter 18: East Asia in the Late Traditional ERA
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Q1) All of the following are reasons Christianity was more accepted in Japan than in China <U>except</U>
A)the similar roles played by Japanese and Christian holy figures.
B)the doctrinal similarities between Pure Land Buddhism and Christianity.
C)that the Jesuits exemplified strong personal examples of the benefits of Christianity. D)that the Japanese rulers lacked the strength to ban it.
Q2) The Chinese response to Jesuit priests who attempted to introduce science into their societies was A)hostility.
B)general indifference.
C)intense curiosity. D)confusion.
Q3) What are the factors that prevented Korea from emerging as a strong state during Medieval and Early Modern times? How did Korean political and social structures differ from those of China and Japan?
Q4) What were the main tenets of Japanese foreign policy from 1467 to 1858? How important was Western influence in this period? What trade had been carried on with China,and why did this activity stop during this period?
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Chapter 19: State-Building and Society in Early Modern Europe
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Q1) 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.
Q2) The German landowning nobility of Prussia was known as the A)boyars.
B)Magyars.
C)Junkers.
D)cabinet.
Q3) Henry Corts rolling mill
A)produced a purer iron.
B)employed a steam engine for extracting high-quality coal from remote mines.
C)produced iron bars,rails,and other forms from molten metal.
D)allowed for mobile processing of wheat,so fresh flour was available even in rural areas
Q4) What were the primary social classes in ancien régime Europe? What were the primary sources of division between them? Of consensus?
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Chapter 20: The Last Great Islamic Empires, 1500-1800
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Q1) What were the crucial elements of the "classical" Ottoman order? What were the main reasons for the internal decline of the empire?
Q2) Why has the cultural and intellectual renaissance in Iran during the 16th and 17th centuries been called "the most impressive aspect of Safavid times"? Be specific about advances in the disciplines of painting and architecture.
Q3) The Ottoman army was composed largely of
A)provincial cavalry.
B)mercenaries.
C)provincial slaves.
D)Mamluk warriors.
Q4) The Safavid Empire succeeded in Iran in large part because of A)their incorporation of Uzbek Turks into the state bureaucracy. B)the expulsion of Turkoman tribesmen.
C)their conversion to Shi'ite ideology.
D)a permanent alliance with their Ottoman neighbors.
Q5) The Mughal conquest of India was led by Akbar "the Great." What were his main policies toward the Hindu population? Why did he succeed and his followers fail in this area? What were his main reforms of the government?
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Chapter 21: The Age of European Enlightenment
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Q1) Francis Bacons contribution to the Scientific Revolution can best be described as the A)promotion of the potentially unlimited possibilities of empiricism.
B)rediscovery of the importance of ancient thought.
C)establishment of new scientific techniques and tools.
D)founding of the Royal Society of London.
Q2) Adam Smiths four stage theory
A)gave philosophical justification to a European sense of superiority.
B)implied that the highest historical stage of society was an age of mass consumption. C)favored the role of farmers and agriculture in economic life.
D)suggested that all societies follow different paths of social and economic development.
Q3) Although they disagreed on many issues, the fundamental principle shared by all Enlightenment thinkers was the belief in A)separation of church and state.
B)mercantilism.
C)absolute monarchy.
D)reforming society through the application of reason.
Q4) What was the Scientific Revolution,and why is that term in some ways a misnomer?
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Chapter 22: Revolutions in the Transatlantic World
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Q1) The September Massacre refers to
A)the deaths of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
B)the unceremonious end to the Legislative Assembly,which had been ineffective. C)the execution of political prisoners and criminals as counter revolutionaries.
D)riots throughout the countryside in September,1792,which resulted in the deaths of over 1200 aristocrats.
Q2) The revolutions of the late 18th and early 19th centuries can be seen as examples of Europeans trying to apply the philosophical ideals of the Enlightenment to actual institutions of European government,society,and economy.How faithful were these applications to the original ideals? What problems did they encounter in trying to apply these ideals to a real world that was less than ideal?
Q3) How important were San Martín,Bolívar,and other military leaders to the Latin American independence movements in the 1820s? Did the successes of "strongmen" in the liberation of Latin American countries at this time limit democracy in this region in subsequent years?
Q4) How did the revolutions that occurred across the transatlantic world between 1776 and 1824 transform Western societies?
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Chapter 23: Political Consolidation in Nineteenth-Century
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Q1) Explain why Austria failed to control German affairs.What was the ethnic make-up of the Empire? What were the major obstacles hindering Austrian success? Detail and explain how Austria lost the war with Germany in 1866.What contributed to the loss? What effect did nationalism have on the peoples of Eastern Europe?
Q2) In the Habsburg domains, 19th century nationalism
A)promoted peaceful unification plans.
B)led to the creation of several new states.
C)caused major political instability.
D)was not a significant factor.
Q3) The Compromise of 1867 transformed the Hapsburg Empire into A)a dual monarchy.
B)a republic.
C)four administrative units.
D)a dependency of Italy.
Q4) Magyars in the Austro-Hungarian empire embraced constitutionalism to A)undermine the power of the emperor.
B)dominate competing national groups.
C)assert Hungarian independence.
D)create a more democratic state.
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Q1) The industrial economy affected women in all of the following ways except
A)women started agitating for political rights in the 1830s.
B)women became associated more with household duties and men with family breadwinning.
C)new modes of employment were created for women.
D)skills required of employed women were lowered.
Q2) The working women of Lancashire justified their continued employment by arguing that
A)working women are openly hostile to men encroaching on their jobs.
B)factory work is the only occupation many women can find to earn a living.
C)most women work to supplement their husbands' meager pay.
D)factory work provides women with a means to speak out about inequities in the workplace.
Q3) In the first part of the 19th century, the emergence of factories affected urban artisans by
A)increasing their prosperity.
B)contributing to their growing unemployment.
C)forcing them rapidly into proletarianization.
D)leading to a decline in competition.
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Q4) Why and how were Jews emancipated across Europe during the nineteenth century?
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Chapter 25: Latin America From Independence to the 1940s
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Q2) Juan Manuel de Rosas was a caudillo in A)Mexico.
B)Brazil.
C)Argentina.
D)Panama.
Q3) Describe the relationship between Latin America and the United States.What are the positive or negative aspects of the United States' intervention in Latin American countries? Was the relationship exploitative in nature? What are the issues that have historically shaped the relationship between Mexico and the United States? How,if at all,has that relationship changed in recent decades?
Q4) The transportation systems of Latin America were built to A)service the existing export market.
B)foster the development of domestic industry.
C)branch out toward trade with the Far East.
D)develop more efficient agricultural practices.
Q5) The construction of Brasília
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Chapter 26: India, the Islamic Heart-lands, and Africa,
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Q2) The Raj was the
A)period of direct rule by the British in India.
B)local leader of regional kingdoms in India.
C)pilgrimage that Muslims are encouraged to take to Mecca.
D)control over Indian exports exercised by the British East India Company.
Q3) Atatürk's major reforms included all of the following <U>except</U>
A)introduction of a European-style civil code.
B)abolition of the caliphate.
C)abolition of Shi'ite orders.
D)abolition of Arabic script and call to prayers.
Q4) Sayyid Ahmad Khan is best known for A)being the spiritual father of Pakistan.
B)creating a Muslim college at Aligarh.
C)leading a revival of Hindu culture and learning.
D)supporting violent resistance to British rule in India.
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A)the use of Confucianism as a philosophy of change and reform
B)support for the effectiveness,vitality,and validity of traditional doctrines
C)ti-yong reformism,combining Chinese and Western elements
D)the evaluation of doctrines,new or old,in terms of their efficacy
Q2) The effect of the treaty ports on Chinese economic development can best be described as largely
A)positive; they used joint partnerships to develop Chinese internal markets.
B)negative; they prohibited Chinese firms or merchants from operating in the ports.
C)positive; they provided the capital and entrepreneurship China had been lacking.
D)negative; they inhibited the development of native industry and trade.
Q3) The Opium War was fought between
A)France and Britain over monopolistic control of the opium trade with China.
B)China and Great Britain,because China banned opium.
C)Chinese citizens and the Chinese government in an effort to cleanse the nation.
D)Britain and India over treatment of opium producers.
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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.
Q2) The Balfour Declaration of 1917
A)promised the Jews a national home in Palestine.
B)sought the acquisition of Italia Irredenta.
C)proclaimed the "splendid isolation" of Britain from European affairs.
D)carved a corridor through Germany to give Poland access to the sea.
Q3) The Treaty of San Stefano in 1878
A)settled the Spanish-American War.
B)freed the Slavic states in the Balkans from Ottoman rule.
C)resulted in the payment of a huge indemnity to the Spanish from the Turks.
D)was a triumph of German diplomacy.
Q4) What was unique about the Belgian acquisition of the Congo? What were the consequences of that acquisition for the populations of the Congo,for Belgium,and for King Leopold?
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A)put the Nazi party on the defensive.
B)was used to show that greater force was needed against the German Jews.
C)resulted in greater authority for Hindenburg.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q2) What seems to be Stalins main goal in his statement about the kulaks?
A)to recognize their past contributions,while convincing the reader that kulaks are no longer desirable.
B)to criticize the kulaks for exploiting the landless peasantry.
C)to convince the reader that he,Stalin,hates kulaks.
D)to establish that the liquidation of the kulaks is right,and that peasants recognize its inevitability.
Q3) The social programs of the New Deal helped ease economic stress by
A)providing money to people to spend as they saw fit.
B)drastically improving the economic infrastructure of the United States.
C)giving jobs to people who otherwise would be unemployed.
D)establishing affirmative action quotas for minorities.
Q4) What were the ideological differences between Stalin and Trotsky? Why did Stalin win the struggle between them for control of the Soviet Union?
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A)a period of little activity on the western front before the invasion of France.
B)a new offensive maneuver that combined rapidly advancing tanks and aerial bombing.
C)the style of fighting that characterized tank warfare in Africa during World War II.
D)a term used to describe the stalemate of trench warfare.
Q2) The Sudetenland was
A)another name for Austria.
B)that area of Poland that contained Germans.
C)the Catholic area of Yugoslavia.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q3) Italy attacked Ethiopia in 1935 for all of the following reasons <u>except</u> to A)divert Italian attention from Fascist corruption.
B)avenge an earlier Italian defeat.
C)have access to the oil fields in North Africa.
D)restore Roman imperial glory.
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A)Europe's nations could attain a significant degree of unity.
B)NATO was an effective organization.
C)European nations could no longer undertake fully autonomous actions.
D)European unity was impossible.
Q2) What were the primary goals of the United States during the early years of the Cold War? Why did it institute the Marshall Plan? Why did it institute the policy of containment? How effective were these policies during the 1940s and 1950s?
Q3) The 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
A)declared segregation illegal.
B)legalized abortion during the first trimester.
C)held that suspects must be informed of their rights.
D)gave black Americans the right to vote.
Q4) Between approximately 1950 1985, all of the following groups migrated to Western Europe in significant numbers<u> except</u>
A)Muslims.
B)inhabitants of former colonies.
C)workers from southern Europe.
D)Eastern European refugees.
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A)China invaded Vietnam.
B)Vietnam invaded China.
C)Vietnam invaded Cambodia.
D)Cambodia was secretly bombed by the United States.
Q2) What function did the Ho Chi Minh Trail serve for the North Vietnamese?
A)It served as a means to infiltrate Laos and Cambodia,keeping them out of the war.
B)It made it more difficult for the South Vietnamese to recruit soldiers in Cambodia.
C)Its twists and turns confused U.S.troops and left them susceptible to ambushes.
D)It facilitated the movement of supplies and troops to the North Vietnamese.
Q3) In 2009, Japans GDP
A)was almost as much as Germany's.
B)was comparable to the combined GDP of Germany and France.
C)was ten times larger that that of France.
D)vastly exceeded the combined GDP of Germany and France.
Q4) What are the reasons for the economic growth of Taiwan? Why did the economic policies of the GMD,which largely failed in China,succeed in Taiwan?
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A)built massive industrial centers.
B)allowed farmers to retain their land.
C)concentrated almost solely on agricultural improvements.
D)nationalized the island's mineral wealth.
Q2) What are some of the most pressing issues facing African nations today? What seem to be the most successful methods for addressing these issues and why?
Q3) In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Indian politics have been dominated by
A)efforts to control population growth and introduce birth control methods.
B)attempts to introduce democratic reforms and liberalize the press.
C)continued tensions with Pakistan and Muslim communities in India.
D)public health measures designed to curb the AIDS epidemic.
Q4) Which model of the future do you find more compelling,globalization or the "clash of civilizations"? Point to specific events,trends,and historical patterns to support your choice.
Q5) What is decolonization? What are the major themes of this historic process? What is the importance of nationalism in the postcolonial world? How important are the ties to former European colonial powers?
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