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Course Introduction
Global Studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores the political, economic, cultural, environmental, and social processes that transcend national boundaries and shape our interconnected world. The course examines key global issues such as globalization, migration, human rights, development, international conflict and cooperation, as well as the impact of technology and global governance structures. Students will develop analytical tools to understand complex global systems, consider diverse perspectives, and critically assess solutions to challenges facing contemporary societies. Through case studies and discussions, the course fosters a comprehensive understanding of how local actions are linked to global trends, preparing students to engage thoughtfully with an increasingly interconnected world.
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Traditions and Encounters A Global Perspective on the Past 6th Edition Volume I and Volume II by
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Chapter 1: Before History
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Q1) One of the earliest neolithic settlements was ________,which was located at a freshwater oasis north of the Dead Sea and had a population of around two thousand.
A) Jericho
B) Çatal Hüyük
C) Altamira
D) Lascaux
E) Jomon
Answer: A
Q2) The earth came into existence around
A) five hundred million years ago.
B) one billion years ago.
C) four to five billion years ago.
D) ten billion years ago.
E) twenty-seven billion years ago.
Answer: C
Q3) The definition of Homo sapiens is "consciously thinking human."
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) Hebrew monotheism has its origins with A) Abraham.
B) Moses.
C) Joseph.
D) David.
E) Solomon.
Answer: B
Q2) Enkidu
A) was the Sumerian god of wisdom.
B) was a leading Sumerian city-state.
C) was the most powerful Babylonian king.
D) was Gilgamesh's friend.
E) is the Hebrew word for "holy."
Answer: D
Q3) The first alphabet was created by the Phoenicians.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations
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Q1) The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during the
A) Middle Kingdom.
B) Old Kingdom.
C) New Kingdom.
D) Archaic Period.
E) Second Intermediary Period.
Answer: B
Q2) The Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase "the gift of the ________" to describe Egypt.
A) Indus
B) Huang He
C) Nile
D) Tigris
E) Issus
Answer: C
Q3) The Egyptians supplemented their pictographs with symbols representing sounds and ideas; they were called hieroglyphs by the Greeks.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Early Societies in South Asia
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Q1) Harappan religion
A) focused on the worship of the sun.
B) was strongly monotheistic.
C) reflected a strong concern for fertility.
D) focused on the worship of the moon.
E) is the same as Hinduism.
Q2) Based on the Mundaka Upanishad (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: The Mundaka Upanishad on the Nature of Brahman),describe Brahman.
Q3) When a Hindu widow voluntarily threw herself on her dead husband's funeral pyre it was known as
A) jati.
B) manu.
C) samsara.
D) sati.
E) dasa.
Q4) Describe the Aryans and their society as they migrated into India.Were they warlike? What was the basis of their food production and economy? How did they use language and writing?
Q5) What are the fundamental religious teachings of the Upanishads?
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Chapter 5: Early Society in Mainland East Asia
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Q1) The Chinese impersonal heavenly power was known as tian.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What does the "mandate of heaven" tell us about the philosophy,religion,and social structure of the ancient Chinese?
Q3) The Book of Songs was a Zhou collection of verses.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The lines,"This young lady is going to her future home/And will order well her chamber and house" come from
A) Confucius.
B) the Book of History.
C) the Book of Songs.
D) ancient texts discussing the unthinking obedience called for in the mandate of heaven.
E) the Lawbook of Manu.
Q5) What do we know about writing and literature during the Zhou? Why is our knowledge so limited?
Q6) What is the relationship between patriarchy and ancestor worship in early China?
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Chapter 6: Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania
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Q1) What factors allowed for the exploration and settlement of Oceania? Did these societies change over time?
Q2) Ritual bloodletting was crucial to Maya rituals because
A) it pleased their god Indra.
B) the flow of blood terrified their enemies.
C) it was associated with rain and agriculture.
D) they had copied the technique from the earlier Aztecs.
E) blood was considered taboo.
Q3) The Maya attributed great significance to the amount of time it took the solar and ritual calendars to simultaneously return to their respective starting points.This event took place every ________ solar years.
A) 10
B) 26
C) 52
D) 76
E) 88
Q4) Examine Map 6.3,Early societies of Oceania,1500 B.C.E.-700 C.E.How were the inspirations for exploration and colonization linked to the geography of the area? Discuss the role played by the Austronesians in this process.
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Chapter 7: The Empires of Persia
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Q1) The Seleucid empire
A) created a state on a far grander scale than the Achaemenid empire.
B) employed a form of imperial administration copied from the Achaemenids.
C) fundamentally differed from the Achaemenids in their political structure.
D) was a petty kingdom that helped give rise to the later Achaemenid empire.
E) copied the Roman model of administration.
Q2) Who used the words,"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds," to describe the Persian courier service?
A) Cyrus
B) Xerxes
C) Darius
D) Herodotus
E) Homer
Q3) The Gathas were
A) Persian underground canals.
B) the laws that made up the Persian legal code.
C) Persian administrative units.
D) Persian administrators.
E) Zarathustra's compositions.
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Chapter 8: The Unification of China
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Q1) Compare and contrast the philosophies of Mencius and Xunzi.How did their contrasting views of human nature influence their political theories? In what ways were they still operating within a Confucian framework?
Q2) The Chinese emperor who was notorious for his hatred of Confucianism and for his burning of books was
A) Qin Shihuangdi.
B) Wudi.
C) Liu Bang.
D) Wang Mang.
E) Jiang.
Q3) Examine the painting of Confucius on page 155.How is he represented in this picture? There were no contemporary portraits of Confucius.What role might a later artist play in helping to create a lasting image of a historical figure?
Q4) Junzi were Confucian "superior individuals" who took an active role in public affairs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How does Daoism contrast with Confucianism?
Q6) Discuss the role of the Xiongnu in the history of China during the Han.
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Chapter 9: State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India
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Q1) Chandra Gupta II was the founder of the Gupta dynasty.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Examine the carving of the boddhisatva Avalokitesvara on page 190 and read the inscription below the picture.What is the theory behind the boddhisatva? Can you think of any similar religious concepts?
Q3) The beliefs of the Charvakas
A) reflected the increasingly materialistic character of Indian society.
B) reaffirmed basic Hindu tenets.
C) led naturally to the acceptance of Siddhartha Gautama as the Buddha.
D) strengthened the power of the brahmins.
E) led to a spiritual reawakening in India.
Q4) The bodhisattva is associated with which religion?
A) Buddhism
B) Judaism
C) Zoroastrianism
D) Hinduism
E) Jainism
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Q5) How did the Gupta administrative practices differ from the Mauryan?
Q6) How did India fit in to the trade along the silk roads?
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Chapter 10: Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase
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Q1) What could the nature of Greek drama and comedy tell us about how the Greeks viewed themselves? What makes their drama and comedy unique?
Q2) Discuss the cultural and architectural splendor of Athens as represented in the picture on page 203.Remember that some of these buildings were built with money from the Delian League.What might this fact say about Athenian arrogance?
Q3) Examine the carving of Alexander on page 203.What virtues was the sculptor trying to portray? What traits made Alexander a good leader?
Q4) Which of the following statements is true about women in the Greek world?
A) Their roles varied dramatically among the various poleis.
B) Freedom and opportunity for women reached its peak in Athens.
C) Their roles were limited in a strictly patriarchal society.
D) Women were provided dramatically more freedom than in any other society of the ancient age.
E) Women increased dramatically in importance until they often found themselves in positions of leadership.
Q5) Discuss the Greek Olympic Games.What can these games tell us about the nature of the Greeks?
Q6) Compare and contrast Sparta and Athens.
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Chapter 11: Mediterranean Society: The Roman Phase
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Q1) Examine the constantly changing religious world of the Romans.Explain the Roman role in the rise of Christianity.
Q2) The reign of Augustus inaugurated a period known as the A) Punic Wars.
B) pax romana.
C) mare nostrum.
D) carpe diem.
E) Augustan reform.
Q3) How did trade shape the Roman world? How did trade work to bring the Roman world together?
Q4) Examine the illustration of the paved road on page 227.What can this picture tell us about Roman building skills? What can the picture tell us about the tremendous needs of the growing Roman cities?
Q5) The last of the Ptolemaic rulers was A) Cleopatra.
B) Julius Caesar.
C) Mark Antony.
D) Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
E) Darius III.
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Chapter 12: Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads:
During the Late Classical Era
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Q1) In the ancient world,the main producer of silk was A) Japan.
B) Ceylon.
C) China.
D) India.
E) Vietnam.
Q2) The Chinese emissary whose journeys helped to establish the silk roads was Zhang Qian.
A)True
B)False
Q3) After the collapse of the western half of the Roman empire,imperial authority survived for another thousand years in the A) Sasanid empire.
B) Ptolemaic empire.
C) Byzantine empire.
D) Holy Roman Empire.
E) Carolingian empire.
Q4) Nestorians were Christian thinkers who stressed the human nature of Jesus.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia
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Q1) The Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang was famous for A) traveling to Constantinople as an envoy of the Sui emperors.
B) his conversion to Nestorian Christianity.
C) traveling to India to collect Buddhist texts.
D) starting a new sect of Buddhism called Chan.
E) his merging of Buddhist and Confucian thought.
Q2) In an effort to win support in China by tying into Chinese traditions,Buddhist missionaries translated the Indian term dharma as A) wuwei.
B) sui.
C) dao.
D) nalanda.
E) tang.
Q3) The most important new crop introduced into China during the Tang and Song periods was
A) cotton.
B) fast-ripening rice.
C) indigo.
D) oranges.
E) barley.
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Chapter 14: The Expansive Realm of Islam
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Q1) After the death of Muhammad,political leadership fell to a caliph by the name of A) Abu Bakr.
B) Ali.
C) Abu al-Abbas.
D) Harun al-Rashid.
E) Khadija.
Q2) The founder of the Abbasid dynasty was A) Harun al-Rashid.
B) Ali.
C) Abu al-Abbas.
D) al-Ghazali.
E) Muhammad.
Q3) The Umayyad insisted that conquered people pay a special head tax if they did not convert to Islam.This head tax was called the A) sakk.
B) ulama.
C) hajj.
D) shia.
E) jizya.
Q4) What are the fundamental tenets of Islam?
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Chapter 15: India and the Indian Ocean Basin
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Q1) How did Indian agriculture improve in the postclassical era? What was the impact of these improvements on the population of the subcontinent?
Q2) Why did a powerful,centralized state like the Tang dynasty in China never arise in India after the collapse of the Guptas? What factors might help explain this fact? How was India affected by its lack of political unification?
Q3) Examine the development of Hinduism in response to the spread of Islam.What other religions have gone through periods of transition in response to outside threats?
Q4) What factors led to the collapse of unified,imperial rule in India before and after the reign of Harsha?
Q5) Buzurg ibn Shahriyar
A) was one of the most influential Sufi missionaries to visit India.
B) led a series of devastating invasions of India in the eleventh century.
C) established the Delhi sultanate in the thirteenth century.
D) was the first powerful caliph after the death of Muhammad.
E) wrote the Book of the Wonders of India.
Q6) What might the popularity of devotional cults explain about the Hindu response to the spread of Islam?
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Chapter 16: The Two Worlds of Christendom
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Q1) St.Basil of Caesarea
A) played a key role in the rise of monasticism.
B) excommunicated the pope and began the split inside Catholicism.
C) worked out a compromise between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches.
D) began the movement known as iconoclasm.
E) was the first and most famous of the "pillar saints."
Q2) Who provided the Roman church with a sense of direction by reasserting papal primacy?
A) Charlemagne
B) Leo III
C) Gregory I
D) Benedict II
E) St. Augustine
Q3) Justinian was the Byzantine emperor who attempted to reconquer the western Roman empire from the German tribes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What was the significance of the invention of the heavy plow for European economy?
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Chapter 17: Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration
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Q1) Examine Map 17.1,Turkish empires and their neighbors,ca.1210 C.E. What role did the nomadic tribes play in the formation of these empires? After studying the huge and diverse area covered by these empires,discuss the importance of trade and cultural integration.
Q2) Explore the career of Tamerlane.Were his aspirations any different than those of his conquering predecessors? How did he influence Eurasia?
Q3) How were Persia and China influenced by Mongol conquests? How were the Mongols transformed by their contact with the Persians and Chinese?
Q4) Chinggis Khan was the unifier of the Mongols.His given name was Temüjin and he was born in 1167.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The class structure of nomadic societies normally produced
A) a tightly-structured class system with little flexibility.
B) no class distinctions.
C) a fluid two-class system of nobles and commoners.
D) a division into nobles,warriors,farmers,and slaves.
E) a caste system copied from India.
Q6) What influence did the Mongols have on Eurasian trade and cultural integration?
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Chapter 18: States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) In regard to political structure,the early Bantu societies
A) governed themselves mostly through family and kinship groups.
B) depended a strong,centralized kingship.
C) developed an elaborate hierarchy of officials.
D) were influenced by their trading contacts with Rome.
E) were governed by a centralized,theocratic structure.
Q2) What was the function of the griot in sub-Saharan African culture?
Q3) The conversion to Islam by the kings of Ghana led to improved relations with Muslim merchants.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Examine the state of Ghana.How was its history representative of the transformation of sub-Saharan Africa?
Q5) How did Mansa Musa add to the power of Mali? Discuss his political and economic power.
Q6) Examine the terra-cotta head on page 385.What can you learn from art as a historical source? What does this figure tell you about the political history of Ife?
Q7) In what ways was Kilwa a good example of a Swahili city-state?
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Q8) What role did the rise and development of slavery play in sub-Saharan Africa?
Chapter 19: The Increasing Influence of Europe
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Q1) Examine the growth of cities during the high middle ages.How did these cities establish a separate identity for themselves outside of feudalism? How did this transformation affect the social structure both inside and outside the cities?
Q2) Why were England,France,and Spain able to unify when the Italian states and the Holy Roman Empire struggled? What were the foundations of these new nation-states?
Q3) In 1066,William of Normandy conquered
A) England.
B) France.
C) Italy.
D) Spain.
E) the Holy Roman Empire.
Q4) What was the main message of the Franciscans and Dominicans? How turbulent was this religious period? What was the significance of the popular heresies?
Q5) Chivalry was a formal and widely recognized code of ethics and behavior considered appropriate for nobles.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 20: Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania
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Q1) Rulers of which group deliberated state policy in the presence of the mummies of their predecessors?
A) Inca
B) Aztec
C) Chimu
D) Pueblo
E) Maya
Q2) What are some of the notable achievements of Inca society?
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) Women in Aztec society
A) played a much more important role than in Inca society.
B) played almost no political role.
C) determined the identity of the emperor.
D) played a dominant role.
E) were significant because of the nature of matrilineal society.
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Chapter 21: Expanding Horizons of Cross-Cultural
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Q1) The spread of Mongol control
A) laid the political foundation for a surge in long-distance trade.
B) resulted in a slow but permanent decline in trade.
C) stopped all trade along the old Silk Roads immediately.
D) had little impact on trade at all.
E) ensured that trade only ran from west to east.
Q2) Give some specific examples of agricultural and technological diffusion along the trade routes.
Q3) Which of the following was NOT one of the products that had a new impact during this period of increasing interaction?
A) silk
B) gunpowder
C) sugarcane
D) cotton
E) citrus fruits
Q4) The dome on the cathedral of Florence was designed by
A) Erasmus.
B) Brunelleschi.
C) Petrarca.
D) da Vinci.
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Chapter 22: Transoceanic Encounters and Global
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Q1) The Portuguese originally ventured into the open Atlantic Ocean seeking fish,seals,whales,timber,and lands where they could grow wheat.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Hormuz,Goa,and Melaka were all seized in the early 1500s by
A) Vasco da Gama.
B) Afonso d'Alboquerque.
C) Francis Drake.
D) Zheng He.
E) James Cook.
Q3) 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.
Q4) Describe Russian motivations for expansion into Siberia.How did the Russians initially treat the native peoples,and how did that treatment evolve over time?
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Chapter 23: The Transformation of Europe
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Q1) That planetary orbits are elliptical,not circular,was demonstrated by A) Galileo.
B) Voltaire.
C) Newton.
D) Kepler.
E) Descartes.
Q2) Which of the following was NOT one of the policies pursued by Louis XIV?
A) the maintenance of a huge standing army
B) an attempt to make the nobles an active part of the government
C) abolishing internal tariffs
D) the creation of the palace at Versailles
E) the promotion of economic development
Q3) Which of the following conflicts was a major war that unfolded in the wake of the Peace of Westphalia?
A) the English civil war
B) the Thirty Years' War
C) the Hundred Years' War
D) the Seven Years' War
E) the Glorious Revolution
Q4) 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) Planters in North America initially met the demand for cheap labor by recruiting indentured servants from Europe.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following countries established the first permanent settlement in Australia?
A) England
B) the Netherlands
C) Portugal
D) Spain
E) France
Q3) The conquistador who conquered the Incas was
A) Balboa.
B) Cortés.
C) Cabral.
D) Magellan.
E) Pizarro.
Q4) What became the basis of the economy and settlement in the North American colonies of France and England?
Q5) What became of the Taíno people of the Caribbean?
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Chapter 25: Africa and the Atlantic World
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Q1) Over the course of the entire period of trans-Atlantic slavery,the mortality rate for the middle passage was
A) 60 percent.
B) 50 percent.
C) 25 percent.
D) 10 percent.
E) 3 percent.
Q2) How was the kingdom of Kongo transformed by its contacts with the Portuguese?
Q3) One of the factors that made African slavery different from the varieties practiced elsewhere was that
A) African slavery was much more brutal than any other form of slavery.
B) African slavery began much later than slavery in the rest of the world.
C) African slavery was practiced almost entirely for religious rather than financial reasons.
D) African law did not recognize private property,and thus slaves served as a measure of personal wealth.
E) African slavery didn't last very long.
Q4) Examine the creation of an African-American cultural tradition.How is this culture reflected in religion and other factors?
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Chapter 26: Tradition and Change in East Asia
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Q1) Matteo Ricci and other Europeans discovered they were more successful in their negotiations with the Chinese if they presented them with A) African slaves.
B) mechanical clocks.
C) cannons and other advanced artillery.
D) signed Bibles.
E) silver bars.
Q2) The process known as "thinning out the rice shoots" refers to A) an agricultural innovation introduced by the Chinese.
B) the Chinese decision to reduce the number of visiting Korean students.
C) the Japanese decision to follow the Chinese tradition of limiting governmental positions.
D) a Japanese attempt to limit population growth.
E) a Japanese attempt to reduce the number of foreigners living in Japan.
Q3) What factors led to rapid population growth in China?
Q4) Examine the foundations of the Ming dynasty.What were the greatest accomplishments of the Ming? What led to their decline?
Q5) How was Chinese society structured? Which classes enjoyed the greatest status? Which had the least?
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Chapter 27: The Islamic Empires
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Q1) How did the Islamic empires lose their leadership in technology? Why did they allow cultural conservatism to convince them of their own superiority?
Q2) Shah Jahan was unable to finish the construction of the Taj Mahal because
A) he was overthrown by his son Aurangzeb.
B) he died of smallpox.
C) he was captured by the Ottomans while on a hunting trip.
D) his country was invaded by Afghan tribesmen.
E) his Mughal rule was interrupted by a Safavid invasion.
Q3) The steppe tradition that caused the greatest problem for the Islamic empires was the
A) devotion to Twelver Shiism.
B) symbolic blood sacrifice.
C) bloody competition among heirs to the throne.
D) insistence on a particularly brutal form of slavery.
E) practice of dividing up the land equally among all the sons of the nobles.
Q4) What aspects of the Islamic empires made political succession so uncertain? What often happened when the ruler died?
Q5) Compare Akbar's policies with those of Aurangzeb.
Q6) By what steps did Shah Abbas achieve a strong and unified Safavid state?
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Chapter 28: Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World
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Q1) Among the leading proponents of conservatism in the eighteenth century was A) Giuseppe Mazzini.
B) John Stuart Mill.
C) Edmund Burke.
D) Simón Bolívar.
E) Maximilien Robespierre.
Q2) Discuss the origins of the American revolution.How did the American colonies go from happy British citizens to conscious revolutionaries? How did the American colonies win their freedom? How did the American revolution inspire other revolutionary movements?
Q3) In August 1789,the National Assembly expressed the guiding principles of the French revolution by issuing
A) the Declaration of Independence.
B) the French Constitution of 1789.
C) the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
D) the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen.
E) The Social Contract.
Q4) Compare the unification of Italy with the unification of Germany.
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Q5) What were the principal causes of the French revolution of 1789? Were these concerns addressed by the revolution?
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Q1) The invention of the flying shuttle
A) powered the first steam-driven locomotive.
B) made the steam engine possible.
C) led to the passage of the Calico Acts.
D) gave the British an unquestioned military advantage.
E) sped the weaving process.
Q2) Examine the roots of the socialist movement.What were the basic goals of the utopian socialists? How did this movement evolve under Marx?
Q3) The British Calico Acts of 1720 and 1721
A) restricted British importation of cotton cloth to the Americas.
B) showed favoritism to cotton producers over wool producers.
C) prohibited the importation of cotton cloth.
D) required that a corpse be buried in a cotton shroud.
E) encouraged the importation of printed cotton cloth in an effort to boost British trade.
Q4) How did the industrial revolution impact the social and family life of Europe? How did production by the family unit evolve in industrial society?
Q5) Explain how Great Britain took such a commanding lead in the industrial revolution.
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Chapter 30: The Americas in the Age of Independence
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Q1) 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?
Q2) Examine the picture of African-Americans voting on page 712.Why was slavery such a troubling issue for the United States? Did freedom bring equality?
Q3) The native Americans who relocated from the eastern woodlands to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears were the
A) Iroquois.
B) Sioux.
C) Cherokee.
D) Apache.
E) Pawnee.
Q4) Who called for regional autonomy in an attempt to reconcile competing interests in Argentina?
A) Porfirio Díaz
B) Juan Manuel de Rosas
C) Emiliano Zapata
D) Benito Juárez
E) Simón Bolívar
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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) For most of the last fifty years of the Qing dynasty,China was ruled by A) Puyi.
B) Liang Qichao.
C) Cixi.
D) Ito Hirobumi.
E) Hong Xiuquan.
Q3) Examine the Meiji restoration.What were its guiding principles? Why did it copy western Europe and the United States? Why was Japan successful in modernizing while Russia,China,and the Ottomans struggled? Was there a downside to the Meiji restoration?
Q4) In 1900,foreign embassies in China were besieged by A) the Taiping rebellion.
B) the Hundred Days reformers.
C) Chinese military forces as part of the Opium War.
D) the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists.
E) a Japanese army invasion.
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Q1) What were the legacies of nineteenth-century imperialism? What was anticolonialism? In what ways is the world today shaped by the actions of nineteenth-century imperialists?
Q2) Look at the picture of the British naval attack of Rangoon on page 756.What advantages did the western Europeans possess as they expanded their control?
Q3) Rudyard Kipling's poem,"The White Man's Burden," was actually meant to inspire the Americans to colonize
A) Canada.
B) Mexico.
C) Brazil.
D) Vietnam.
E) the Philippines.
Q4) Read the Rudyard Kipling poem,"The White Man's Burden" (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: Rudyard Kipling on the White Man's Burden).In what ways does Kipling express the cultural and philosophical foundations of European imperialism?
Q5) How did the British establish control over India in the early nineteenth century? How did the sepoy rebellion contribute to this process?
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Q1) 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.
Q2) What was the typical experience of the soldier in World War I? Explain how new technologies changed the experience of war.
Q3) How did Lenin and the Bolsheviks come to power?
Q4) Why did Japan enter WWI? What did they gain?
Q5) In the wake of World War I,Mustafa Kemal became president of A) Russia.
B) Egypt.
C) Persia.
D) Syria.
E) Turkey.
Q6) Trenches along the western front ran from the English Channel to Switzerland. A)True
B)False
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Q7) When and why did the United States enter the war? What did this move mean?
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Q1) 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.
Q2) John Maynard Keynes
A) first discussed the uncertainty principle.
B) made early discoveries in psychoanalysis.
C) warned that democracy was a threat to the achievements of western society.
D) was positive that laissez-faire capitalism would survive forever.
E) urged government to stimulate the economy by increasing the money supply.
Q3) Artists of the Dada movement sought to strongly criticize all EXCEPT which of the following?
A) rationality
B) conformist art
C) nationalism
D) materialism
E) abstract art
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Chapter 35: Nationalism and Political Identities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
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Q1) Study the excerpt from Marcus Garvey regarding "Africa for Africans" (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: Africa for Africans).How does Garvey convey to his listeners the need for African independence? How does he believe that African independence can be accomplished?
Q2) Muhammad Ali Jinnah called for the creation of A) Pakistan.
B) Iraq.
C) Palestine.
D) Saudi Arabia.
E) Indonesia.
Q3) The founding of the Chinese Communist Party was directly influenced by A) India.
B) Indonesia.
C) Iraq.
D) Pakistan.
E) Soviet Union.
Q4) During the Long March,Mao Zedong emerged as the leader and principal theoretician of the Chinese communist movement.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 36: New Conflagrations: World War II and the Cold War
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Q1) Note the specific steps taken by Italy and Germany in the 1930s that were in direct violation of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Q2) In 1933,Japan withdrew from the League of Nations after it condemned China for its conquest of Manchuria.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Compare the occupation policies of Germany and Japan during the war.
Q4) After the fall of France in 1940,the only country standing in opposition to Germany was
A) Britain.
B) the United States.
C) the Soviet Union.
D) Italy.
E) Norway.
Q5) Discuss the Pacific theater of World War II.What led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor? What were the Japanese goals? What was the height of Japan's power? What were the turning points?
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Q6) What factors led to the defeat of the Axis powers in Europe?
Q7) What was the "final solution"? How did it represent Hitler's philosophy?
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Q1) Gamal Abdel Nasser's internationalist position was most similar to that of A) Jawaharlal Nehru.
B) Ho Chi Minh.
C) Syngman Rhee.
D) Mohandas Gandhi.
E) Nikita Khrushchev.
Q2) Juan Perón,a nationalistic militarist who was nonetheless popular with the poor,ruled A) Mexico.
B) Chile.
C) Brazil.
D) Nicaragua.
E) Argentina.
Q3) Consider the role of Israel in the Arab world.How has Israel survived for the past half-century? What steps have been made toward peace? Is Israel the main stabilizing or destabilizing agent in southwest Asia?
Q4) Study the picture of Ho Chi Minh on page 892.Was he a nationalist or a communist? How did he lead Vietnam to independence?
Q5) What factors led to the partition of India? What kinds of states emerged?
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Q1) What events led to the invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and the Northern Alliance in 2001?
Q2) What are the challenges of combating HIV/AIDS in Africa? What has been the impact on African societies?
Q3) One unsuspected consequence of China's one-child family rule is
A) a precipitous drop in the Chinese population.
B) the need to "import" women of a marriageable age.
C) the mystery of a half million "missing" girls every year.
D) repeated anti-governmental uprisings in the countryside.
E) the loophole that allows the Chinese to adopt as many children as they want.
Q4) What role has technology and mass communication played in the formation of today's world? How does reporting the news sometimes cause the news to happen? Why are some nations afraid of the communication revolution of today's world? Can it be stopped? Is there a downside to the age of access?
Q5) The Taliban emerged out of the disorder and devastation of the Afghan-Soviet war and the later civil war.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What factors led to the oil embargo of 1973-1975? What were the results?
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