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Course Introduction
Global History explores the interconnectedness of societies, cultures, and economies across different regions and eras, tracing major events and processes that have shaped the world from ancient civilizations to the present day. The course examines themes such as migration, trade, imperialism, technological advancements, and cultural exchanges, highlighting how local histories have contributed to global developments. Through analysis of primary sources and scholarly interpretations, students will gain a deeper understanding of how global forces have influenced human experiences and the world we live in today.
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Chapter 1: Before History
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Q1) Which of the following statements about Australopithecus is NOT true?
A) They produced cleavers and hand axes.
B) They traveled deliberately over distances as far as fifteen kilometers.
C) They walked on two legs,thus freeing their arms to work independently.
D) They produced choppers and scrapers.
E) They were hominids.
Answer: A
Q2) The Venus figurines
A) were first found in the ruins of Çatal Hüyük.
B) date back to the time of Australopithecus.
C) were representative of the matriarchal societies of the neolithic age.
D) are representations of the goddess of love found in Jericho.
E) reflect early humans' deep interest in fertility.
Answer: E
Q3) Neandertal peoples flourished in Europe from around two hundred thousand to thirty-five thousand years ago and who performed deliberate burials accompanied by ritual observances.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Early Societies in Southwest Asia and the
Indo-European Migrations
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Q1) The first simplified alphabet,containing only twenty-two letters,was created by the A) Mesopotamians.
B) Assyrians.
C) Hebrews.
D) Phoenicians.
E) Babylonians.
Answer: D
Q2) Iron metallurgy came to Mesopotamia from the A) Hebrews.
B) Hittites.
C) Phoenicians.
D) Egyptians.
E) Assyrians.
Answer: B
Q3) The Phoenicians invented the horse-drawn chariot.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations
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Q1) Horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons were introduced into Egypt by the A) Hyksos.
B) Babylonians.
C) Kushites.
D) Harappans.
E) Qin.
Answer: A
Q2) Which pharaoh tried,unsuccessfully,to transform Egypt into a monotheistic society?
A) Menes
B) Akhenaten
C) Tuthmosis III
D) Ahmose I
E) Tuthmosis I
Answer: B
Q3) The New Kingdom was a powerful Egyptian state created after the Hyksos were pushed out of power.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Early Societies in South Asia
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Q1) The task of butchering animals or handling dead bodies usually fell to the A) untouchables.
B) shudras.
C) vaishyas.
D) jati.
E) kshatriyas.
Q2) Moksha is the transmigration of the soul.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Look at the statue and carving from Mohenjo-daro on page 79.What can this artwork tell you about the political and social structures of the Harappans? What unique traits of Harappan society can be related to these works of art?
Q4) One of the biggest reasons for the decline of the Harappan society was likely
A) a devastating plague.
B) ecological degradation.
C) a Chinese invasion.
D) a Mesopotamian invasion.
E) a bloody civil war.
Q5) In what ways did the religion of the Upanishads include an ethical system?
Q6) What are the Vedas and what do they teach us about early Aryan society?
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Chapter 5: Early Society in Mainland East Asia
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Q1) In regard to gaining or losing the mandate of heaven,the Chinese spoke of A) tian,an impersonal heavenly power.
B) the influence of the great god Luoyang.
C) the influential decisions of the official priesthood.
D) the intervention of the Buddha.
E) military might.
Q2) Examine the section from the Book of Songs regarding family solidarity (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: Family Solidarity in Ancient China).How does this poem reflect the Chinese emphasis on family?
Q3) The following lines are drawn from the Book of Songs: "Of all the men in the world/There are none equal to brothers." How does this reflect the importance of the family in ancient China? Was there a connection between the structure of the family and the structure of the state?
Q4) What is the relationship between patriarchy and ancestor worship in early China?
Q5) Examine the picture of the Shang oracle bone on page 104.What was the idea behind the oracle bones? Was there more to this practice than simple superstition?
Q6) Banpo was the capital during the last centuries of the Shang dynasty.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania
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Q1) Look at Map 6.2,Early societies of Andean South America,1000 B.C.E.-700 C.E.Discuss the relationship to water of these early South American societies.Discuss the problems of communications between Mesoamerica and South America as well as within South America itself.
Q2) Which statement correctly describes the relationship between the aboriginal peoples of Australia and New Guinea?
A) The aboriginal peoples of Australia maintained hunting and gathering societies,while in New Guinea they turned to agriculture.
B) The two fought a centuries-long civil war.
C) The aboriginal peoples of New Guinea maintained hunting and gathering societies,while in Australia they turned to agriculture.
D) The aboriginal peoples of Australia learned their written language from New Guinea.
E) The aboriginal peoples of New Guinea learned their written language from Australia.
Q3) Explore the political and social diversity of Oceania.What factors allowed for these differences?
Q4) How did a changing climate affect the earliest inhabitants of Mesoamerica?
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Chapter 7: The Empires of Persia
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Q1) The words "good words,good thoughts,good deeds" were used to sum up the view of morality of the A) Jews.
B) Zoroastrians.
C) Hindus.
D) Buddhists.
E) Greeks.
Q2) The centerpiece of the Persian communications network was the A) Royal Road.
B) qanat.
C) Emperor's Trail.
D) use of Assyrian mercenary spies.
E) Persian navy.
Q3) What agricultural technologies and techniques did the Persians use to produce the large surpluses they needed to feed their huge population of nonfood producers?
Q4) Examine the role of trade and agriculture in explaining the success of the Persian empires.Why was the Royal Road so important?
Q5) Describe the administrative structure of the Achaemenid empire.
Q6) What was a satrapy? How did satrapies help the Achaemenids rule their empire?
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Chapter 8: The Unification of China
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Q1) Laozi stated in the Daodejing,"...practice non-interference in order to win the empire." What did he mean by these words? How does this quote demonstrate the fundamental difference between Confucianism and Daoism?
Q2) Xunzi was the post-Confucian scholar who believed that human beings selfishly pursued their own interests.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Examine the feature on Laozi (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: Laozi on Living in Harmony with Dao).What is the Daoist view of virtue? How can it be used to rule a state? Relate these ideas to those of Confucius.
Q4) The dividing line between the Former Han and the Later Han is marked by A) a bloody civil war.
B) invasion by the Xiongnu.
C) the brief rule of an usurper.
D) a brief resurgence of Qin power.
E) the appearance of Buddhism in China.
Q5) Liu Bang was the founder of the Han dynasty.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India
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Q1) Describe the status of women during this period.Did the level of patriarchy differ based on the class one belonged to?
Q2) Examine the picture of the Buddha on page 185.Why would the Buddha be portrayed in this manner? Why would the representation be so stylized?
Q3) One of the biggest financial problems of the later Mauryan period was the
A) decision to trade exclusively with China.
B) frequent need to debase the currency.
C) failure to invest in sea trade.
D) decision to borrow money from Persia at high interest rates.
E) decision to stop trading with the Persians.
Q4) How did early Buddhism evolve into Mahayana Buddhism? How did that help spread the religion?
Q5) Discuss the formation and beliefs of Jainism.What factors explain why it never became as successful as Hinduism or Buddhism?
Q6) In what ways did the development of trade and manufacturing impact the caste system?
Q7) Examine the transformation of Hindu thought during this period.Why did it change?
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Q8) What were the major accomplishments of the emperor Ashoka?
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Chapter 10: Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase
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Q1) Which of the following did NOT come about because of Greek colonization?
A) an increase in the size and diversity of trade
B) a centralized imperial state
C) the spread of Greek language and cultural traditions
D) a quickening of the tempo of social life
E) increased contact with other societies
Q2) What were the achievements and limitations of Greek democracy? In what ways could the experiences of the Greeks have influenced the early American thinkers in the formation of their republic?
Q3) Discuss the philosophical contributions of the ancient Greeks.How did thinkers such as Socrates,Plato,Aristotle,and the later Hellenistic philosophers shape the world?
Q4) Women were the chief devotees of the Greek god of wine,who was named A) Demeter.
B) Dionysus.
C) Zeus.
D) Apollo.
E) Hera.
Q5) How did the Persian and Peloponnesian wars influence the development of the Greek city-states?
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Chapter 11: Mediterranean Society: The Roman Phase
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Q1) Examine the social history of ancient Rome.What do the experiences of the Gracchi brothers,as well as that of Marius and Sulla,say about the social tensions in Rome? What caused these problems?
Q2) Rome's monumental struggle with the Carthaginians was known as the A) Phoenician Wars.
B) Gracchi Wars.
C) Persian Wars.
D) Punic Wars.
E) Sicilian Wars.
Q3) Examine the constantly changing religious world of the Romans.Explain the Roman role in the rise of Christianity.
Q4) In the early period of Roman expansion,the principle power in the western Mediterranean was the A) Greeks.
B) Etruscans.
C) Persians.
D) Gauls.
E) Carthaginians.
Q5) How did the Romans promote trade throughout the empire?
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Chapter 12: Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads: During the Late Classical Era
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Q1) Look at the picture of soldiers in northern India on page 241.How does the carving represent contacts between India and other states? What influence did the Persians and other visitors have on India? How did India influence the outside world?
Q2) How did the silk roads facilitate the spread of Hinduism and Christianity?
Q3) Why is the rise of Manichaeism such a good example of the relationship between long-distance trade and the spread of religion?
Q4) What were the major achievements of the Roman empire? How influential were the Romans on later history?
Q5) In the late fourth century,Christianity was proclaimed the official religion of the Roman empire by Emperor
A) Constantine.
B) Marcus Aurelius.
C) Theodosius.
D) Tiberius.
E) Severus.
Q6) Examine the spread of Christianity.How was it helped along by the established trade routes? How did it evolve in the later Roman period?
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Q7) What were the long-term effects of the spread of disease along the silk roads?
Chapter 13: The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia
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Q1) In the 840s,Tang emperors
A) made Buddhism the favored religion of the central court.
B) officially favored the Manichaeans instead of the Buddhists.
C) converted to Buddhism but didn't force the spread of the religion.
D) ordered the closure of monasteries and the expulsion of Buddhists.
E) converted to Islam.
Q2) The Tang rulers maintained an extensive communication network but were unable to solve the problem of communication over long distances.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Sui dynasty was founded by A) Yang Jian.
B) Qin Shihuangdi.
C) Tang Taizong.
D) Song Taizu.
E) Xuanzang.
Q4) Compare and contrast the Tang and Song bureaucratic brilliance to other societies studied so far.Why was the Chinese system stable for so long?
Q5) What is the significance of foot binding?
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Chapter 14: The Expansive Realm of Islam
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Q1) Examine the role Muhammad played in the rise of Islam.What was his basic philosophy? How did his life experiences shape this thought?
Q2) In an effort to recruit learned students,Islamic leaders often financially supported institutions of higher learning called A) madrasas. B) sufis.
C) dar al-Islam. D) umma.
E) qadis.
Q3) An individual who accepts the Islamic faith is a Muslim,meaning "one who has submitted."
A)True
B)False
Q4) The veiling of women originated in the Islamic culture.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How did Muhammad's background influence his beliefs and the early development of Islam?
Q6) How did Persia,India,and Greece influence the realm of Islam?
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Chapter 15: India and the Indian Ocean Basin
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Q1) In 711,the northern Indian area of Sind fell to the A) Abbasid dynasty.
B) Umayyad dynasty.
C) Tang dynasty.
D) Byzantine empire.
E) Chola dynasty.
Q2) Vijayanagar,the name of a southern Indian kingdom,means
A) "land of Vishnu."
B) "beloved of Allah."
C) "the pure land."
D) "city of victory."
E) "land of the one god."
Q3) Islam reached India by all of the following routes EXCEPT
A) conquest by Arabic invaders.
B) missionaries sent by the emperor Harsha.
C) Islamic merchants.
D) migrations from Turkish-speaking peoples from central Asia.
E) conquest by Arabic invaders and missionaries sent by Harsha.
Q4) To what extent did Indian culture penetrate southeast Asia before the arrival of Muslim traders in the eighth century?
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Chapter 16: The Two Worlds of Christendom
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Q1) Describe urban life in Byzantium during the height of its power.Why did western Europe remain largely rural by comparison?
Q2) Hagia Sophia was
A) the wife of Justinian,who proved to be a wise adviser.
B) the magnificent church at Constantinople.
C) the legal foundation for Justinian's code.
D) Justinian's most dangerous political enemy.
E) the central trading city on the silk roads.
Q3) What city served as an important conduit for the spread of Byzantine cultural and religious influence in Russia?
A) Moscow
B) St. Petersburg
C) Kiev
D) Moravia
E) Manzikert
Q4) Look at Map 16.2,The Carolingian empire,814 C.E. What were the foundations of Charlemagne's empire? In what ways did he attempt to re-create Rome? What were the major threats to his empire?
Q5) What economic advantages did the Byzantine empire possess?
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Chapter 17: Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration
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Q1) Discuss the military organization,techniques,and strategies of these Asian nomads.How did these abilities make their military so formidable?
Q2) Nomadic people did not trade with settled people,and sought neither manufactured nor agricultural products.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Look at Map 17.3,Tamerlane's empire,ca.1405 C.E. In what ways were his conquests similar to those of the earlier Turkish and Mongol tribes? Compare Tamerlane to Chinggis Khan.
Q4) Through what means did the Mongols integrate Eurasian cultures? List and explain at least five ways they did this.
Q5) By the thirteenth century,the Delhi sultans
A) became the first dynasty to unite all of India since the ancient world.
B) remained the last Hindu opposition to expanding Islamic authority.
C) claimed authority over all of northern India.
D) won widespread support because of their unqualified tolerance of Hinduism and Buddhism.
E) united all of southeast Asia for the only time in history.
Q6) How did the Turks come to topple the Byzantine empire?
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Chapter 18: States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) Extended families and clans served as the main foundation of social and economic organization in small-scale agricultural societies.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The conversion to Islam by east African merchants and princes did all of the following EXCEPT
A) eliminate native religions.
B) allow for the formation of alliances with other Islamic princes.
C) give a greater sense of legitimacy for east African princes.
D) help Islam become one of the principal cultural and religious traditions of the region.
E) allow for greater cooperation with other Islamic merchants.
Q3) The cultivation of bananas increased the supply of food available to the Bantu,enriched their diets,and allowed them to expand more rapidly.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Examine Sundiata's establishment of the kingdom of Mali.How has his legend transcended the centuries?
Q5) In what ways was Kilwa a good example of a Swahili city-state?
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Chapter 19: The Increasing Influence of Europe
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Q1) Which of the following factors does NOT help explain the increased agricultural production of the high middle ages?
A) the expansion of arable land
B) government financial support
C) the use of new tools
D) the introduction of new crops
E) the introduction of new technology
Q2) By the year 1300,the population of Europe had risen to around
A) 24 million.
B) 47 million.
C) 79 million.
D) 92 million.
E) 152 million.
Q3) Which of the following was NOT a problem faced by the late Byzantine empire?
A) accumulation of land by wealthy landowners
B) reduced incentives to join the Byzantine military
C) foreign invasions
D) the inability of leaders to get the population to practice Christianity
E) diminished tax receipts for the central government
Q4) How did the development of chivalry affect the noble classes?
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Chapter 20: Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania
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Q1) What are some of the distinctive features of Mexica agriculture? Why was it so productive?
Q2) How did the Mexica people establish their authority over the peoples of central Mexico? How did the Mexica treat conquered peoples?
Q3) The "chinampa system" refers to the
A) process by which the Aztecs determined victims for ritualistic sacrifice.
B) Aztec practice of dredging fertile muck from the lake's bottom.
C) core of the Inca imperial administrative structure.
D) Inca system for memorizing facts without the use of a written language.
E) mixed agricultural and hunting system practiced by the Iroquois.
Q4) High chiefs guided the affairs of complex societies throughout Polynesia,as they allocated land,mobilized the work force,and organized men into military service.
A)True
B)False
Q5) About 1438,the Inca ruler Pachacuti launched a series of military campaigns that expanded the Incas' authority.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 21: Expanding Horizons of Cross-Cultural
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Q1) Examine the Renaissance.What were its foundations? In what ways was it different from earlier European thought?
Q2) Khubilai Khan employed foreigners like Marco Polo in administrative posts primarily A) because the khan did not entirely trust his Chinese subjects.
B) as an indirect means of holding them hostage.
C) because of their cosmopolitan nature.
D) as a form of punishment against foreign governments.
E) as a personal favor to Pope Innocent IV.
Q3) What was the principle long-distance trade route network for heavy and bulk goods?
A) Indian Ocean lanes
B) Red Sea lanes
C) Atlantic Ocean lanes
D) the Silk Roads
E) the Mediterranean Ocean
Q4) How were the Ming Chinese able to establish a forceful presence in the Indian Ocean in the fifteenth century? When and why did this presence cease?
Q5) How did the Ming dynasty rebuild the economy of China?
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Chapter 22: Transoceanic Encounters and Global
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Q1) On 12 October 1492,Columbus made landfall on an island that the native Taíno called A) Palos.
B) Guanahaní.
C) Calicut.
D) San Salvador.
E) Gao.
Q2) What factors contributed to the dramatic economic growth and the ensuing population growth of Russia in the eighteenth century?
Q3) Portuguese mariners originally developed a strategy called the volta do mar when A) sailing from the Canaries to Portugal.
B) sailing from southern Africa to the Indian Ocean.
C) sailing down the African coast.
D) sailing to the Americas from Europe.
E) returning to Portugal from the Americas.
Q4) Examine the early Portuguese exploration and dominance in trade.What made this dominance possible? Why didn't their early advantage last?
Q5) Compare the Spanish conquest of the Philippines with the Dutch conquest of Indonesia.What kind of colony emerged in each case?
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Chapter 23: The Transformation of Europe
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Q1) Martin Luther's cause benefited greatly from the printing press,as a sizeable literate public eagerly consumed printed works on religious and secular themes.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Examine the idea behind the balance of power.How did this concept play itself out in Europe? How was this balance of power different from the political patterns in the rest of the world?
Q3) The most important achievement of Émilie du Châtelet was
A) her discovery of the principles of blood circulation in the human body.
B) her translation of Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica.
C) the development of a law of inertia.
D) in providing a model that undermined the Ptolemaic view of the universe.
E) in demonstrating the transfer of disease through bacteria.
Q4) The Society of Jesus-the Jesuits-received instruction in theology,philosophy,and the classics,and became effective missionaries.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What were the circumstances of the English Reformation?
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Chapter 24: New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania
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Q1) Private investors rather than royal financial backing played a larger role in French and English colonial efforts in the Americas.
A)True
B)False
Q2) By the seventeenth century,the most prominent site of agriculture in Spanish America was the
A) métis.
B) hacienda.
C) repartimiento.
D) quinto.
E) zambo.
Q3) The English and French colonies
A) were like the Spanish in that they viewed the Americas as a land to exploit rather than a place to settle.
B) did not play a role in the Americas until the mid-eighteenth century.
C) never showed any serious interest in the Americas.
D) discovered gold and silver mines that rivaled Spanish claims.
E) were supported to a greater degree by private investors than were the Spanish.
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Chapter 25: Africa and the Atlantic World
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Q1) Relate the American concept of "life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness" to slavery.How did these two concepts coexist?
Q2) The most important early city in the Songhay empire was A) Gao.
B) Timbuktu.
C) Jenne.
D) Mali.
E) Kilwa.
Q3) The first European nation to abolish the slave trade was A) England.
B) Denmark.
C) France.
D) Portugal.
E) Spain.
Q4) What was the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on the societies of west Africa? Consider social,political,and demographic effects.
Q5) Consider the creation of an African-American culture and society.Compare this to other examples of cultural melding.
Q6) How was the kingdom of Kongo transformed by its contacts with the Portuguese?
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Chapter 26: Tradition and Change in East Asia
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Q1) According to Confucian tradition,the most honorable class among the soldiers,peasants,artisans,and merchants was the A) peasants. B) artisans.
C) soldiers.
D) merchants.
E) They were all considered to be equal because of their essential roles in supporting China.
Q2) Confucian tradition ranked three broad classes of commoners below the gentry: peasants,artisans,and merchants.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Examine the rise of the Qing dynasty.How did the Manchus view Chinese society and culture? In what ways were the Manchus influenced by Chinese traditions?
Q4) Examine the concept of the "Son of Heaven." What were the foundations of this belief? Compare this idea to other political systems seen so far in the class.
Q5) To what extent was the culture of Japan influenced by China?
Q6) What factors led to rapid population growth in China?
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A) carried on the policy of religious toleration established by Akbar.
B) built the magnificent Taj Mahal to honor his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
C) converted to Hinduism.
D) was victorious in the battle of Chaldiran against the Safavids.
E) reversed the religious toleration of Akbar and began to tax the Hindus.
Q2) The Ottomans took the Byzantine cathedral Hagia Sofia and
A) burned it to the ground as part of the looting after Mehmed II's conquest.
B) turned it into a special university for Janissaries.
C) restructured its configuration to become the great palace of the sultans.
D) converted it into the mosque of Aya Sofya.
E) used it as an astronomical observatory.
Q3) Examine the military power of the Ottoman empire.What factors allowed for its success? What would later lead to its decline?
Q4) The Islamic leader who abolished the jizya was
A) Akbar.
B) Shah Ismail.
C) Süleyman the Magnificent.
D) Shah Abbas.
E) Abu Bakr.
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Q1) William Wilberforce
A) wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
B) pushed a bill through Parliament that ended the slave trade.
C) was the chief proponent of conservatism in the eighteenth century.
D) focused his efforts on gaining complete equality for women.
E) was the leader of the British forces that surrendered at Yorktown.
Q2) The author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was
A) Mary Astell.
B) John Stuart Mill.
C) Mary Wollstonecraft.
D) Olympe de Gouges.
E) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Q3) After the end of the Seven Years' War,
A) the British lost complete control of their North American colonies.
B) the French proved to be much better for the colonies after the British left.
C) the British were forced to hand all of North America over to the French.
D) the colonists grew much closer to the British,in appreciation for British sacrifices in the war.
E) the colonists grew increasingly frustrated with British control and taxes.
Q4) Compare the unification of Italy with the unification of Germany.
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Chapter 29: The Making of Industrial Society
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A)True
B)False
Q2) Marx and the communists believed that once the "dictatorship of the proletariat" was established,private property
A) would be the only aspect of industrial society that would survive the revolution.
B) should be divided up on a more equitable basis.
C) would be the foundation of the post-revolutionary world.
D) should be abolished.
E) should pass into the ownership of the workers.
Q3) In what ways did the major industrial nations of the west become more responsive to the needs and interests of working people?
Q4) When and how did industrialization spread to the European continent and to the United States? What factors in those countries tended to support industry?
Q5) Explain how Great Britain took such a commanding lead in the industrial revolution.
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Q1) After the conclusion of Reconstruction,freed slaves
A) achieved economic and political equality with whites.
B) received enough grants of land to become substantial economic competitors to the white population.
C) flocked to take advantage of the Back to Africa program.
D) quickly lost their political and civil liberties in the southern states.
E) almost unanimously migrated to the west in pursuit of economic opportunity.
Q2) A major native American victory by the Lakota Sioux against the United States armed forces came in 1876 at the battle of
A) the Little Bighorn.
B) Wounded Knee.
C) the Plains.
D) Topeka.
E) Bleeding Kansas.
Q3) Examine the cultural and ethnic diversity of the United States,Canada,and Latin America.What explains this diversity? What benefits and challenges did it bring?
Q4) Examine the picture of Emiliano Zapata on page 704.What role did he play in Mexican history? What role did peasants and social stresses play in Latin American history?
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Q1) Tokugawa officials welcomed European and American visitors to Japan,including Dutch merchants,who traded at Nagasaki.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Look at the picture of nineteenth-century Russian merchants on page 730.How does it represent Russia's uneasy marriage of western European and traditional Russian influences? How successful were Russia's efforts at modernization and industrialization?
Q3) What was the significance of the Young Turks? What was their main influence? How successful were the Ottoman Turks at reform? Compare efforts at reform among the Qing,Tokugawa,Ottomans,and Russians.
Q4) One event that displayed Japan's rise to the level of a world power was their victory
A) in the Opium War.
B) over the Chinese in 1903.
C) in the Crimean War.
D) over the Russian empire in 1905.
E) in the Taiping War.
Q5) What were the causes of the Taiping rebellion? What was the outcome?
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Chapter 32: The Building of Global Empires
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A) Josiah Clark Nott.
B) Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau.
C) Charles Darwin.
D) Herbert Spencer.
E) Ram Mohan Roy.
Q2) The key figures behind the uprising in 1857 in India were
A) Russian military officials looking for an advantage in the Great Game.
B) disgruntled sepoy troops.
C) French agents working to cause unrest in an important British colony.
D) the representatives of the Indian National Congress.
E) American soldiers looking for an excuse to pry India away from British control.
Q3) Between 1859 and 1893,Vietnam,Cambodia,and Laos all fell under the control of A) England.
B) France.
C) the Dutch.
D) Germany.
E) the United States.
Q4) Compare the British conquest of south Africa with that of Egypt and Sudan.
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A) lice
B) rats
C) rain
D) massive aerial bombing
E) machine guns
Q2) The first total war in world history was
A) the Crimean War.
B) the American Civil War.
C) World War II.
D) the Franco-Prussian War.
E) World War I.
Q3) The members of the Triple Alliance were
A) England,France,and Russia.
B) Germany,Austria-Hungary,and Russia.
C) Russia,Italy,and Germany.
D) Germany,Austria-Hungary,and Italy.
E) England,France,and Italy.
Q4) When and why did the United States enter the war? What did this move mean?
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Chapter 34: An Age of Anxiety
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Q1) The uncertainty principle is associated with
A) Einstein.
B) Spengler.
C) Heisenberg.
D) Freud.
E) Keynes.
Q2) As the Great Depression destroyed capitalist economies,international cooperation broke down and governments turned to their own resources and practiced economic nationalism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) During the Great Depression,most nations
A) cooperated globally to fight the problem,on a scale never seen before.
B) dramatically reduced tariffs in an effort to facilitate international trade.
C) expanded the money supply and undertook public works to provide jobs.
D) practiced economic nationalism.
E) pushed for an expansion of trade.
Q4) What role did innovations in physics and psychology play in the questioning of traditional knowledge and society? Were there criticisms of science?
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Chapter 35: Nationalism and Political Identities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
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A)True
B)False
Q2) During the twenty-five years he spent in South Africa,Gandhi embraced a moral philosophy of tolerance and nonviolence,and developed the technique of passive resistance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The former teacher and librarian that became the leader of the Chinese communist movement was
A) Jiang Jieshi.
B) Sun Yatsen.
C) Shanfei.
D) Mao Zedong.
E) Guomindang.
Q4) To what extent was the continent of Africa transformed by the Great War? What circumstances caused changes to occur,and what was the nature of those changes?
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Q1) "Comfort women" were
A) members of the WAVES (Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service).
B) American women who took over men's work during the course of World War II.
C) women forced into prostitution by the Japanese.
D) German spies sent to infiltrate Allied nations.
E) wealthy women who received the title as an insult because of their refusal to assist in the war effort.
Q2) The Tripartite Pact brought together
A) England,France,and the Soviet Union.
B) China,England,and the United States.
C) Germany,Italy,and Japan.
D) England,the Soviet Union,and the United States.
E) Germany,Italy,and Austria.
Q3) What were the consequences of World War II? How destructive was the war? How was the postwar world shaped by the war?
Q4) Sometime during 1941,the Nazi leadership committed to the "final solution" of the Jewish question,a solution that entailed the attempted murder of every Jew living in Europe.
A)True
B)False
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A) enforcement of the sharia.
B) pan-Islamic unity.
C) the revival of Islamic traditions.
D) the adoption of successful western economic practices.
E) the promotion of Muslim political influences.
Q2) Deng Xiaoping
A) masterminded the Great Leap Forward.
B) was the driving force behind the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
C) was the leader of Taiwan who helped bring about tremendous economic expansion.
D) fled to Taiwan after the Chinese civil war.
E) opened China to foreign,capitalist values.
Q3) What did Gandhi prophesize would cause the flow of "rivers of blood"?
A) Indian nuclear testing
B) Pakistan's new alliance with the Soviet Union
C) the fate of Bangladesh
D) control over the Ganges River
E) the partition of India and Pakistan
Q4) What factors led to the partition of India? What kinds of states emerged?
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A)True
B)False
Q2) What role are female political leaders playing around the world? Discuss the strides made by Indira Gandhi and Benazir Bhuto.Compare these accomplishments to the everyday life of women.
Q3) The Equal Rights Amendment in the United States
A) ensured equal pay for women.
B) ensured government support for reproductive rights.
C) dramatically increased the pay of women.
D) was such a success that it was copied around the world.
E) was never ratified.
Q4) The AIDS epidemic is a serious public health threat throughout the world; the disease has struck the developed world the hardest.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are some of the significant nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)operating in the world since WWII? What causes do these groups address?
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