Global History
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Course Introduction
Global History explores the interconnectedness of societies across different regions and periods, examining the social, economic, political, and cultural exchanges that have shaped our world. The course emphasizes major global processes such as migration, trade, imperial expansion, technological innovation, and cultural interactions from ancient times to the present. Through a comparative and thematic approach, students gain insight into how diverse civilizations have influenced each other and contributed to the development of the modern world, fostering a deeper understanding of historical patterns and their relevance today.
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Connections A World History Combined 2nd Edition by Edward H. Judge
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Chapter 1: The Emergence of Human Societies, to 3000
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Q1) Which of the following is another term for the Great Ice Age?
A) Neolithic period
B) Pleistocene epoch
C) New Stone Age
D) Old Stone Age
Answer: B
Q2) Which of these did NOT give rise to one of the early river valley civilizations?
A) West Asia
B) North Africa
C) China
D) North America
Answer: D
Q3) Which of these was a common woman's role in pastoral societies?
A) tending livestock
B) farming
C) building dwellings
D) hunting
Answer: A
Q4) In what period did humans inhabit most of the globe?
Answer: Paleolithic
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Chapter 2:
Societies
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Q1) Which of these was common to the cultural traditions of Sumeria and Israel?
A) flood narratives
B) monotheism
C) polytheism
D) a religious covenant
Answer: A
Q2) The Sumerians created all of the following EXCEPT
A) cuneiform.
B) copper and bronze tools.
C) a number system based on sixty.
D) a phonetic alphabet.
Answer: D
Q3) Where is the Ishtar gate?
A) Ur
B) Jerusalem
C) Lagash
D) Babylon
Answer: D
Q4) What was the basis of the Phoenician economy?
Answer: trade
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Chapter 3: Societies and Beliefs of Early India, to 500 Ce
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Q1) Stupas were
A) miniature statues of the Buddha.
B) shrines for Hindu gods.
C) domed structures built to house Buddhist relics.
D) alters used for animal sacrifices.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of these best describes the Vedas?
A) literary epics
B) religious hymns
C) law codes
D) historical narratives
Answer: B
Q3) Who were the rajahs?
Answer: warrior kings
Q4) Which branch of Buddhism is most widely practiced in China, Korea, and Japan?
A) Mahayana
B) Hinayana
C) Theravada
D) Theistic
Answer: A
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Q1) The Han dynasty made Daoism their official philosophy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Evaluate the role of women in Han society.
Q3) Which of these best characterizes the reign of the first emperor?
A) a long and stable reign
B) massive public works projects
C) more reliant on kindness than brutality
D) a reign marked by Buddhist restraint
Q4) Which of the following was NOT part of a woman's "three submissions"?
A) submission to her father
B) submission to her husband
C) submission to her sons
D) submission to her mother
Q5) Contrast Confucianism and Legalism.
Q6) Confucius said "It is better to live among tigers than to live __________."
A) among warriors
B) under a bad government
C) without harmony
D) without family
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Chapter 5: Early American Societies: Connection and
Isolation, 20,000 Bce - 1500 Ce
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Q1) Which of the following statements accurately portrays relations between the Nazca and the Moche?
A) They engaged extensively in trade.
B) They frequently engaged in conflict.
C) They eventually combined forces through intermarriage.
D) They remained isolated from each other.
Q2) About when did hunter-gatherers arrive in the Andes?
A) 7000 B.C.E.
B) 10,000 B.C.E.
C) 1000 B.C.E.
D) 500 B.C.E.
Q3) Which of these is refuted by the dating of archaeological evidence of Monte Verde?
A) the idea that Native Americans created complex societies
B) the Bering Strait theory
C) the idea that only in Mesoamerica did Amerinds create cities
D) the idea that Amerinds entered the Americas before 5000 B.C.E.
Q4) The Romans were the first people to use the digit 0 as a placeholder.
A)True
B)False
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Q1) Who founded the Persian Empire?
A) Cyrus
B) Darius
C) Xerxes
D) Philip II
Q2) How did the foundation of Persian civilization differ from the foundations of other ancient societies?
A) It developed without the use of agriculture.
B) It developed without a strong central government.
C) It developed in an area without river valleys.
D) It developed without connections with other civilizations.
Q3) How did Persian rule differ from that of other conquerors?
A) The Persians were more ruthless.
B) The Persians were less harsh.
C) The Persians were less organized.
D) The Persians did not expect cooperation from subject peoples.
Q4) Cyrus the Great allowed the Jews to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What empire revived much of the Persian Empire under Shapur I?
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Chapter 7: Classical Greece and Its Expansion Into Asia,
2000-30 Bce
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Q1) The world's first historical thesis statement centered on the subject of the cause of
A) the Persian Wars.
B) Alexander's eastern campaign.
C) the fall of Persia.
D) the Peloponnesian War.
Q2) What was the goal of the Delian League?
A) monopolizing Aegean trade
B) defense against Persia
C) defeat of Sparta
D) alliance against Athens
Q3) Alexander the Great's empire included all of the following EXCEPT
A) Egypt.
B) Arabia.
C) Persia.
D) Greece.
Q4) Which man wrote the first legal code in Greece?
Q5) Who said "the unexamined life is not worth living"?
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Q6) Which city-state created and dominated the Delian League in Greece?
Q7) Discuss the state of Athens between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.
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Chapter 8: The Romans Connect the Mediterranean World,
753 Bce - 284 Ce
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Q1) Who was the last of the Five Good Emperors?
A) Nero
B) Vespasian
C) Hadrian
D) Marcus Aurelius
Q2) Which of the following did NOT occur during the reign of the Five Good Emperors?
A) the successful defense of the borders
B) the seizure of imperial power by force
C) a deadly smallpox epidemic
D) a reformation and revitalization of bureaucracy
Q3) What was the main concern of Pontius Pilate as ruler of Judea?
A) defeating the Jews
B) maintaining a strong tax base
C) defeating Herod and gaining control of Judea
D) maintaining peace and order
Q4) Evaluate the role of the plebeians in the Roman republic.
Q5) What were the greatest strength and weaknesses of the Roman Empire as a political system?
Q6) What were the problems that led to conflict within the Roman Republic?
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Chapter 9: Germanic Societies and the Emergence of the
Christian West, 100-1100 Ce
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Q1) What was the impact of the Huns on the Roman Empire?
A) They invaded and captured Rome.
B) They forced Germanic peoples south and west.
C) They invaded and captured Constantinople.
D) They destroyed both the eastern and western capitals.
Q2) Which pope established the practice of the cardinals, not secular rulers, electing the pope?
A) Leo IX
B) Benedict
C) Nicholas II
D) Augustine
Q3) How did both John XII and Benedict IX become popes?
A) They were elected by the bishops.
B) They were elected by the cardinals.
C) They had powerful fathers.
D) They took the throne by force.
Q4) Discuss the Great Schism of 1054.
Q5) What is the concept of "papal primacy"?
Q7) Discuss the conversion of the Celts to Christianity. Page 12
Q6) From what area of Europe did the Norsemen or Vikings come?
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Chapter 10: The Byzantine World, 284-1240
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Q1) Which of these describe the impact of the Great Schism in 1054?
A) It made official a longstanding situation.
B) It was repudiated by the popes.
C) It was rejected by the patriarch of Constantinople.
D) It came as a surprise to most Byzantine clergy.
Q2) Which group of people completed the Islamic conquest of West Asia in 1453?
A) the Seljuks
B) the Fatimids
C) the Kiev Russians
D) the Ottoman Turks
Q3) Caesaropapism preserved the separation of church and state.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Evaluate the effects of Byzantine Christianity on Kievan society.
Q5) Justinian's Code made Byzantine law inflexible.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Why did Kievan Rus and later Russian states turn towards Constantinople? Was this direction inevitable?
Q7) What issue was settled by the Council of Nicaea?
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Chapter 11: The Origins and Expansion of Islam, 100-750
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Q1) How did Muhammad view the Christian and Jewish Bible?
A) It does not reflect the word of God.
B) It has been revised and translated so much that it no longer contains the fullness of divine revelation.
C) It lacks something because it was not based on divine inspiration.
D) It contains the totality of God's teaching, but Christians refuse to live according to its mandates.
Q2) What are the "ships of the desert"?
A) camels
B) rivers
C) horses
D) caravans
Q3) What was the umma created by Muhammad?
A) a group of preachers
B) the community of Islam
C) a group of disciples
D) Muslim priests
Q4) How is the Qur'an organized?
Q5) Discuss differing views concerning the meaning of jihad.
Q6) What is the umma?
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Chapter 12: Religion and Diversity in the Transformation of
Southern Asia, 711-1400
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Q1) Persian culture was encouraged under the Abbasid caliphs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why did Sufis wear rough woolen clothing?
Q3) The mamluks were
A) mercenaries who rejected Islam.
B) Hindu warriors who defeated the caliphate.
C) Hindu slaves who converted to Islam and joined the caliph's army.
D) Turkish slaves trained as warriors.
Q4) The Abbasids were Shi'ite Muslims.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What was the fate of Srivijaya by the 1200s?
A) conquest by Cambodia
B) disintegration into smaller principalities
C) destruction by Dutch merchants
D) conquest by Vietnam
Q6) Discuss the response by Muslims to Abbasid culture.
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Q7) Compare and contrast Sufism and Islamic conservatism.
Q8) Who presided over Islam's Golden Age?
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Chapter 13: Early African Societies, 1500 Bce-1500 Ce
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Q1) What was the major doctrine of the Almoravids?
A) The last imam would return as the Messiah.
B) Their imams were direct descendents of Ishmael.
C) Faithful Muslims should purify their own souls before jihad.
D) Muslims should practice animism to assimilate into African society.
Q2) In Sudan, which of the following were prized as status symbols and were used in commercial and political bargaining?
A) camels
B) cattle
C) sons
D) daughters
Q3) Which European country's culture was most heavily influenced by Arab culture?
A) Spain
B) France
C) Italy
D) Germany
Q4) Evaluate the role of the Sanhaja in Ghana.
Q5) Who are the Mbuti?
Q6) Describe the typical African clan and discuss its role in African society.
Q7) Discuss the effects of the trans-Saharan trade on West Africa.
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Chapter 14: The Evolution and Expansion of East Asian
Societies, 220-1240 Ce
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Q1) Where did Korea get its name?
Q2) Compare and contrast early Confucianism and neo-Confucianism.
Q3) Which of the following did NOT occur during the Tang dynasty?
A) revitalization of civil service
B) conquering of Turkestan
C) subduing of Tibet
D) forced conversion to Buddhism
Q4) Faxian did all of the following EXCEPT
A) make a pilgrimage from China to India.
B) translate Indian Buddhist text into Chinese.
C) help make Buddhism popular in southern China.
D) become the Bodhisattva emperor.
Q5) Emperor Taizu did all of the following EXCEPT
A) ban court eunuchs from holding high state office.
B) strengthen the Confucius civil service.
C) centralize control over the army.
D) decree that his young son be crowned upon his death.
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Q6) What was the high point of Japan's borrowing from China?
Q7) Discuss Empress Wu's unlikely rise to power.
Q8) Discuss the evolution of the civil service system throughout Chinese history.
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Chapter 15: Nomadic Conquests and Eurasian
Connections, 1000-1400
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Q1) The Mongols' first alliance was with the A) Tanguts.
B) Uighurs.
C) Seljuks.
D) Chinese.
Q2) Which of these formerly persecuted groups benefited from the reign of Mahmud Ghazan?
A) Confucian scholars
B) Sufis
C) Shi'ites
D) Christians
Q3) Genghis Khan's title means "scourge of God."
A)True
B)False
Q4) Whose writings led to an increased interest in East Asia by Europeans?
A) Marco Polo
B) Ibn Battuta
C) Zhu Yuanzhang
D) Khubilai Khan
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Q5) What pandemic was greatly facilitated by the Pax Mongolica?
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Chapter 16: The Resurgence of the Christian West, 1050-1530
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Q1) Who wrote of an imaginary island - Utopia - in which citizens held property in common?
A) Machiavelli
B) More
C) Castiglione
D) Erasmus
Q2) Which family dominated 15th century Florence?
A) the Medici
B) the Ghiberti
C) the Sforza
D) the Pazzi
Q3) Which man believed that Catholicism had become too ritualistic, and favored a return to a simple piety?
A) Machiavelli
B) Petrarch
C) Castiglione
D) Erasmus
Q4) Evaluate the unforeseen consequences of the Crusades for the Christian West.
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Q5) Evaluate the reasons for the resurgence of the West.
Q6) What were the members of the Dominican and Franciscan orders called?
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Chapter 17: Culture and Conflict in the Great Islamic
Empires, 1071-1707
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Q1) Before making a major political decision, the Ottoman sultan was expected to A) consult the judiciary.
B) obtain permission from the grand vezir.
C) seek a fatwa.
D) make a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Q2) Compare and contrast the reign of Akbar and the reign of Aurangzeb.
Q3) Evaluate Timur Lenk's legacy in central Asia.
Q4) Which people called Timur Lenk "Timur the Lame"?
Q5) The Ottoman ruling class was unusual in being composed of A) female.
B) foreigners.
C) slaves.
D) Christians.
Q6) The Taj Mahal and Pearl Mosque were both A) tombs for Shah Jahan's wives.
B) built along traditional Indian lines.
C) built in the traditional Mughal capital, Delhi.
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D) a fusion of Persian form and Indian craftsmanship.
Q7) Discuss responses to the Delhi Sultanate in India.
Q8) Which man finally defeated the Mamluks in Egypt?
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Chapter 18: The Aztec and Inca Empires, 1300-1550
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Q1) Compared to contemporary European cities, Tenochtitlan was
A) more primitive.
B) dirtier and less healthy.
C) more open to attack.
D) much larger.
Q2) Discuss the instances of miscommunication between the Aztecs and Spaniards.
Q3) Discuss the religious beliefs of the Aztecs, and include how these beliefs affected their war with the Spaniards.
Q4) Commoners in Aztec society could do all of the following EXCEPT
A) own land.
B) vote.
C) marry into the merchant caste.
D) share in the spoils of conquest.
Q5) Which people were sacrificed in Aztec society?
A) physically handicapped children
B) virgins
C) slaves
D) prisoners of war
Q6) How did isolation impact the Amerind response to the arrival of the Spanish?
Q7) Evaluate the factors which led to Spanish victory over the Incas.
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Q1) Who named the entire Western hemisphere "America"?
Q2) What was the significance of Magellan's experience?
A) He proved that one could not reach Asia by sailing west from Europe.
B) He found the Cape of Good Hope.
C) He proved that sailing west from Europe was the safest route to Asia.
D) He proved that it was possible to sail around the world.
Q3) What were usually established by the Portuguese in lands they explored?
A) churches
B) fortified trading posts
C) farming settlements
D) towns
Q4) Which men were chosen to rule Spanish American colonies under the king's orders?
Q5) Spain's representative body, the cortés, was introduced in New Spain.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Which countries negotiated the Treaty of Tordesillas?
A) Britain and Spain
B) Portugal and Spain
C) Britain and France
D) France and Portugal
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Chapter 20: The West in an Age of Religious Conflict and Global Expansion, 1500-1650
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Q1) What was the subject of "The Hammer of the Wicked"?
Q2) The economic system based on competition among private enterprises is called
A) socialism.
B) capitalism.
C) communalism.
D) mercantilism.
Q3) What was "great pox"?
A) chicken pox
B) smallpox
C) measles
D) syphilis
Q4) Which pope used Church money for his illegitimate children, including a daughter with whom he had been accused of having sexual relations?
A) Pope Sixtus IV
B) Pope Alexander VI
C) Pope Paul III
D) Pope Pius II
Q5) Discuss the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
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Q6) Which man converted thousands of Japanese to Catholicism?
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Chapter 21: The Search for Stability in East Asia, 1300-1800
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Q1) What was the White Lotus Society?
Q2) Which country's navy was equipped with iron plated "turtle ships"?
A) Japan
B) China
C) Korea
D) Spain
Q3) Concise, seventeen-syllable poems became a stylish rage in Japan. They were known as
A) haiku.
B) jujitsu.
C) kabuki.
D) Hongwu.
Q4) The British gained a strong presence in Vietnam.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The White Lotus Society promised the return of Christ.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Which man carried on the work of Nurhachi after his death?
Q7) Discuss the major fictional works during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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Chapter 22: Southern Asia and the Global Shift in Wealth
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Q1) Alfonso de Albuquerque's main aim was to A) destroy Islam.
B) destroy Hinduism.
C) spread Calvinism.
D) spread Buddhism.
Q2) Islam conquered India but never fully converted it, as Hinduism remained the dominant faith.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Who were the Marathas?
Q4) Which of these was NOT a factor in the British construction of textile factories in India in the 1600s?
A) To create a triangular trade and lessen the drain of gold from Britain.
B) Because Indian labor was cheaper than British.
C) They found it improved their buying power.
D) Cloth was the only commodity of interest to British consumers.
Q5) Who were the nawabs?
Q7) What was the "sick man of Europe," and what country coined this phrase? Page 32
Q6) How did rivalries among powers in Europe play out in the Indian Ocean trading world?
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Chapter 23: Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1400-1800
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Q1) Discuss the long-lasting effects of the African slave trade.
Q2) Which of these was a large Central African kingdom based on agriculture?
A) Mali
B) Kongo
C) Zimbabwe
D) Kilwa
Q3) Evaluate the effects of the slave trade on the African family unit.
Q4) The European visitors who first arrived in West Africa did not come to purchase slaves.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What was a "maroon"?
A) runaway slave
B) slave trader
C) freed slave
D) African tribal chief
Q6) Discuss the costs and benefits of the Atlantic slave trade.
Q7) Explain the Atlantic System.
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Q8) What was the major occupation for slaves in the Middle East?
Q9) What was the ngola?
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Chapter 24: Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1600-1763
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Q1) Which man is most responsible for laying the foundations for absolutism in France?
A) Henry IV
B) Louis XIV
C) Cardinal Mazarin
D) Cardinal Richelieu
Q2) Frederick I of Prussia is an example of an enlightened absolute ruler.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Who was responsible for the publication of the Encyclopedia?
A) Denis Diderot
B) Baron Montesquieu
C) Thomas Hobbes
D) Isaac Newton
Q4) The leaders of Parliament were in favor of bringing a Dutch king to the throne of England because
A) the Dutch had a stronger military.
B) he was Protestant.
C) he was Catholic.
D) he promised Parliamentary reform.
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Chapter 25: Russias Eurasian Empire: Convergence of East and
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Q1) The practice of "forbidden years" was part of trend to A) strengthen the Russian monarchy.
B) move peasants towards serfdom.
C) challenge the power of the patriarch of Moscow.
D) westernization in Russia.
Q2) Ominously foreshadowing events in the twentieth century, Russia and Prussia twice partitioned the state of
A) Germany.
B) Romania.
C) Bulgaria.
D) Poland.
Q3) Discuss Russian connections and conflicts with China.
Q4) Peter the Great traveled incognito to western European nations as part of his plan to westernize and modernize Russia.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Evaluate the use of the title "the Great" given to Catherine? Did she deserve the title? Why or why not?
Q6) Evaluate the use of the term "Eurasia" in the context of Russian history.
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Chapter 26: The North Atlantic Revolutions, 1750-1830
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Q1) Discuss Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror.
Q2) How did the British crush Pontiac's Rebellion?
A) They allied with the French troops in Pennsylvania.
B) They set fire to Indian villages.
C) Pitt set up a naval blockade.
D) They gave the Indians blankets infected with smallpox.
Q3) How did Napoleon advance the understanding of Egyptian history?
Q4) The slogan of the French Revolution was
A) "No taxation without representation."
B) "Liberty, equality, and fraternity."
C) "No to absolutism."
D) "Land, peace, and bread."
Q5) Napoleon rose to power during the government of
A) the Jacobins
B) the Legislative Assembly
C) the Directory
D) the Estates General
Q6) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the colonial troops and British troops in the American Revolution.
Q7) Discuss the origins of the American Revolution.
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A) reactionary
B) socialist
C) moderately progressive
D) conservative
Q2) How did industrialization lead to imperialism?
Q3) The Paris Commune was established by
A) conservatives.
B) moderate liberals.
C) extreme nationalists.
D) radical socialists.
Q4) Charles Fourier and Robert Owen formed model communities on socialist principles.
A)True
B)False
Q5) British food production increased by what factor from 1700 to 1900?
A) two
B) four
C) eight
D) twelve
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Chapter 28: Nation Building in the Americas, 1789-1914
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A) The former Spanish king instructed the colonies to unite under a centralized government to help provide support for Spanish resistance
B) The United States saw an opportunity to increase its imperialistic sway over the Latin America, so they offered assistance to any country who formally withdrew support for the peninsulares.
C) The United States set up a partnership with the former king of Spain in which the juntas would be appointed as local leaders of the resistance movement.
D) The revolutions were in the name of their imprisoned king.
Q2) What distinguished Brazil from other newly independent Latin American nations?
Q3) Brazil adopted a three-branch system of government.
A)True B)False
Q4) How did the Enlightenment influence the revolutions in Latin America?
Q5) Which man dominated Chilean politics in the 1830s?
Q6) Discuss the social stratification of Chile.
Q7) During which years was the United States embroiled in a bitter civil war?
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Chapter 29: New Connections and Challenges in Eastern and
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Q2) Who was known as the Meiji Emperor?
A) Mutsuhito
B) Yoshida
C) Yamamoto
D) Hirohito
Q3) Which of these catastrophes did NOT occur in China in the 1850s?
A) the Taiping Rebellion
B) the fall of the Qing dynasty
C) widespread famine
D) the Opium Wars
Q4) What new title was given to Britain's Queen Victoria in 1876?
Q5) Who came to the aid of Nguyen Anh in Vietnam?
A) China
B) France
C) Britain
D) Japan
Q6) What were the most important developments in the Meiji Restoration?
Q7) Which man hid on Perry's ships in an attempt to learn about the Americans?
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Chapter 30: New Connections and Challenges in West Asia and
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Q1) What West African people adopted Sufism and formed the Sokoto Caliphate?
Q2) The first president of Liberia was born in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which European nation established protectorates over modern Namibia and Tanzania?
A) Britain
B) Germany
C) France
D) Spain
Q4) Selim's restructuring of Ottoman forces led to A) rebellion by the Janissaries.
B) strengthening of the Ottoman Empire.
C) defeat of the British.
D) defeat of the Russians.
Q5) Muhammad Ali transformed Egypt into an industrial power.
A)True
B)False
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Q6) Discuss the Sokoto Caliphate including its rise and fall.
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Chapter 31: The Great War and the Russian Revolutions, 1890-1918
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B) Verdun.
C) Calais. D) Dunkirk.
Q2) In 1918, Germany was ravaged by A) influenza.
B) malaria.
C) smallpox. D) rubella.
Q3) Germany's battle strategy hinged on defeating Russia in the first weeks of the war. A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the problems facing the government of Nicholas II.
Q5) Which nation switched sides in World War I because of territorial promises?
A) Britain
B) Italy
C) France
D) Austria
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Chapter 32: Anxieties and Ideologies of the Interwar Years, 1918-1939
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A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of these governed Germany following World War I?
A) a coalition under the League of Nations
B) the Weimar Republic
C) the Allied Powers
D) a union of workers' soviets
Q3) Which type of art attempted to portray elements of Freud's unconscious world?
Q4) Turkey differed from many Middle Eastern nations because of its devotion to A) Shi'ite Islam.
B) Sunni Islam.
C) Wahhabism.
D) secularism.
Q5) Jiang Jieshi staged the Shanghai Massacre to purge the Guomindang of A) communists. B) foreigners.
C) capitalists.
D) Buddhists.
Q6) Who was Atatürk?
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Chapter 33: World War Ii and the Holocaust, 1933-1945
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Q1) Which of the following was not developed during WW II?
A) antibiotics
B) jet aircraft
C) the Internet
D) ballistic missiles.
Q2) What does Lebensraum mean?
Q3) The leader of the Free French during WW II was
A) Ferdinand Foch.
B) Marshal Pétain.
C) Edouard Deladier.
D) Charles de Gaulle.
Q4) Discuss the Spanish Civil War, including the involvement of Italy and Germany.
Q5) What made the fall of France so shocking?
A) France had signed a non-aggression pact with Germany.
B) The French army had been considered a bastion of democracy against fascist aggression.
C) England made no effort to support France militarily.
D) France had not been invaded for four hundred years.
Q6) Who led the conservatives in the attack on liberals in Spain?
Q7) What was the Luftwaffe?
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Chapter 34: East Versus West: Cold War and Its Global
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Q2) Where did the Cold War intensify after a French defeat in the 1950s?
A) Cuba
B) Vietnam
C) Poland
D) Turkey
Q3) In which legendary court case was "separate but equal" education struck down?
Q4) How did the opening of contact with China influence Soviet-U.S. relations?
A) It soured relations, bringing the two nations to the brink of war.
B) It led to the Bay of Pigs crisis.
C) It prompted the Soviet Union to be more conciliatory.
D) It accelerated the arms race.
Q5) What was the unanticipated consequence of the policy of massive retaliation?
A) The defense industry was incapable of supplying the necessary weapons.
B) The Soviets matched the U.S. weaponry.
C) Eisenhower lost the election of 1956.
D) Japan entered the arms race.
Q6) Who was the first human to orbit the Earth?
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Q7) Who followed Truman as president of the United States?
Q8) What was the name of the world's first artificial earth satellite?
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Chapter 36: Reform and Revolution in Latin America,
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A) Fidel Castro
B) Salvador Allende
C) Hugo Chavez
D) Juan Perón
Q2) What was strengthened by the reforms undertaken by Getúlio Vargas in the 1930s?
A) the municipalities
B) state governors
C) the military
D) the presidency
Q3) Which of these threatened the economy of Brazil in the 1920s and 1930s?
A) overdependence on global markets
B) lack of useful commodities
C) rampant diversification
D) close economic ties to Mexico
Q4) Liberation theology, unlike traditional Catholicism, has a strong
A) social message.
B) political aspect.
C) power to unify.
D) ethical message.
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Chapter 35: The Upheavals of Asia, 1945-Present
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B) 1987.
C) 1989.
D) 1998.
Q2) Who ruled South Korea following the Korean War?
Q3) Which region has served for decades as a source of conflict between Hindus and Muslims?
A) Calcutta
B) Kashmir
C) Indonesia
D) Burma
Q4) Gandhi's political heir was Jawaharlal Nehru.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Evaluate Nixon's role in the opening of China to American relations.
Q6) Where did the Nationalists settle after being defeated by the Communists in China?
Q7) Discuss changing gender roles in Japan after World War II.
Q8) Discuss the Chinese Civil War.
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Chapter 37: Post-Colonial Challenges in Africa and the
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A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of these was the inspiration for 19th century Islamic reformism?
A) Wahhabism
B) Sufism
C) Sunni Islam
D) Shi'ism
Q3) What African state was granted immediate independence by de Gaulle in the False hope that, without aid, it would be forced to return to the French Community?
A) Algeria.
B) Morocco.
C) Djibouti.
D) Guinea.
Q4) Discuss the problems faced by newly independent African nations.
Q5) The Palestinian refugees were largely resettled in Saudi Arabia.
A)True
B)False
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