History of Civilization Exam Bank
Course Introduction
History of Civilization explores the development of human societies from ancient times to the modern era, examining the political, economic, social, and cultural forces that have shaped civilizations across the globe. The course covers key events, influential figures, pivotal movements, and significant achievements in areas such as governance, religion, science, and the arts. Through a comparative and chronological framework, students gain a deeper understanding of how diverse civilizations interacted, adapted, and contributed to the global tapestry, fostering an appreciation for the complexities and interconnectedness of human history.
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Heritage of World Civilizations The Combined Volume 10th Edition by Albert M. Craig
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Chapter 1: The Birth of Civilization
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Q1) In the Paleolithic Ages division of labor, women were probably involved in
A)gathering wild grain and berries.
B)making tools.
C)hunting and fishing.
D)protecting the family with war skills.
Answer: A
Q2) Why is little known about the early Indus River valley civilization in relation to other major civilizations of the ancient world? What explanations can you give for the fall of this civilization? What influence did this civilization have on the later Aryan civilizations?
Answer: Answers will vary but may include: The early Indus River valley civilization lasted only a few centuries which left many unanswered questions about its history and culture. Because the Indus culture disappeared before 1700 B.C.E. and its script remains undeciphered, it is still the least understood of the early river valley civilizations. Some scholars think the Indus civilization was destroyed by abnormal flooding (perhaps from careless damming of the Indus), changes in the course of the Indus, collapse of military power, or a long period of desiccation even before the Aryans arrived. Answers will vary regarding the influence of this civilization on later Aryan civilizations.
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Chapter 2: Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religion
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Q1) Socrates was sentenced to death by a jury of Athenian citizens mainly because he
A)questioned traditional beliefs and urged people to live more moral lives.
B)betrayed Athens in the struggle against Sparta.
C)urged young men to adopt pacifism and renounce warfare.
D)criticized philosophy for not being able to solve human problems.
Answer: A
Q2) The Hebrews of Abrahams day saw their god as
A)the only real god in existence.
B)one god among many.
C)the chosen deity among many divinities who might be worshiped.
D)the same god the Egyptians called Aton.
Answer: C
Q3) According to Daoists, a good ruler should
A)work to ensure a good education for all citizens.
B)set an example by doing and saying as little as possible.
C)use military force to keep borders secure.
D)use philosophical thought to organize the state.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Greek and Hellenistic Civilization
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Q1) In Euripidess play Medea, Athenian women seem
A)not to need husbands.
B)to be weak.
C)unsure of their roles.
D)to be at risk for social isolation.
Answer: D
Q2) The period 404 371 B.C.E. was called the Spartan hegemony and is characterized by
A)Spartan leadership of the Greek world.
B)overextension of Spartan power in Asia Minor.
C)the rise of Theban and Athenian power.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Answer: D
Q3) For most Greeks, the greatest personality flaw was that of hubris, which can be defined as
A)arrogance that accompanies wealth or good fortune.
B)cowardice in battle.
C)disloyalty to the polis.
D)excessive sexual indulgence.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: West Asia, Inner Asia, and
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Q1) Zoroastrianism was removed from world history as a major force by A)Islam.
B)Christianity.
C)Hinduism.
D)Jainism.
Q2) How did Parthian rule lay the groundwork for the nationalistic emphasis of the Sasanids?
A)The Parthians were able to defeat the Romans and consolidate their empire.
B)The Parthians disposed of the Greco-Bactrian Kushan threat to the east.
C)The Parthians attempted to collect the oral Zoroastrian textual heritage.
D)The Parthian period was one of weakness and decline that failed to lay groundwork.
Q3) What aspects of the Gupta and Sasanid civilizations give rise to the claim that they represent the high point of Indian and Persian civilization? What contributions did each make to their respective cultures?
Q4) In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna presents himself as A)a spirit that requires sacrifice.
B)one of many equal deities.
C)the essence of a leaf,a flower and a fruit offered in devotion.
D)a transcendent supreme deity.
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Chapter 5: Africa: Early History to 1000 CE
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Q1) Based on Map 5-1, which of the following best describes the central features of African geography?
A)deserts in the south,savanna lands in the central area and rain forest in the north
B)deserts in the far north and south,savanna lands in the north and south,and rain forest in the center
C)rift valley regions are in the far west of the continent
D)cataracts bisect the Nile as it flows to the west
Q2) Finds in the royal palace fortress ruins and tombs of the early Kushite kingdom suggest that
A)the people of Kush were prolific craftsmen but largely illiterate.
B)Kushite traditions and culture may have had little or nothing in common with those of Egypt.
C)its kings may have taken the gold mines of lower Nubia from the Egyptians.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q3) What role did trade play in the development of the cultures of West and East Africa? What goods were important in African trade,and how did those goods bring the various regions of Africa into contact with each other and with other cultures? Did trade play any role in the rise and fall of African societies?
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Chapter 6: Republican and Imperial Rome
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Q1) Arianism was condemned as a heresy by the Council of Nicaea because its adherents argued
A)Jesus was a created being and not fully divine.
B)the Christian God had more than three forms.
C)Jesus was of the same substance as God.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q2) What factors enabled Christianity to triumph over competing religions? What aspects of society and the religion allowed Christianity to attract followers? How did emperors such as Constantine view Christianity and its relationship to the state?
Q3) Etruscan civilization declined because
A)of an empire that was not firmly based and a Celtic invasion of the Po Valley.
B)a plague reduced the population.
C)an invasion by the Greeks in southern Italy forced them to abandon their principal center,Tarentum.
D)the Romans succeeded in wiping them out in 509 B.C.E.
Q4) "Ironically it was the very success of the Roman republic in war and imperial expansion which led to the overthrow of the republic." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Support your answer.
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Chapter 7: Chinas First Empire and Its Aftermath, 221
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Q1) Buddhism was introduced to China
A)by the Qin Dynasty.
B)during the Former Han Dynasty.
C)during the Later Han Dynasty.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q2) Based on Map 7-2, all the following statements about expansion under the Han are correct except:
A)Han expansion went as far west as the boundaries of the Kushan Empire.
B)Han expansion went as far south as Hanoi in Annam (Viet-Nam).
C)Han territory stayed south of the boundary created by the great wall.
D)the silk road originated in Han territory.
Q3) The Qin Dynasty was famous for its
A)destruction of the books of Confucianism and other schools.
B)harsh laws.
C)societal order and stability.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q4) Compare and contrast the policies of the Qin and Han empires.Which was the most successful dynasty and why?
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Q5) To what extent does the rise and fall of the dynasties in China support the dynastic cycle theory?
Chapter 8: Imperial China,589-1368
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Q1) As ruler of China in the early Tang dynasty, Empress Wu
A)promoted scholar bureaucrats at the expense of older aristocratic officials.
B)succeeded in the conquest of Korea.
C)ordered the construction of the Grand Canal.
D)overthrew the Han dynasty.
Q2) What is the importance of the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty? What former Chinese Empire developed as a role model for these two dynasties? What great building program developed in the Sui period?
Q3) During the Song period, large amounts of copper coins were minted to
A)counter inflation.
B)pay tribute to the nomads.
C)facilitate the demand brought on by increasing trade.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q4) Under the Tangs equal field system of taxation
A)nobles paid a higher proportion of their income in taxes than commoners.
B)all landowners were subject to the same rate of taxation.
C)aristocrats enjoyed a variety of exemptions and tax breaks.
D)None of these answers are correct.
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Chapter 9: Early Japanese History
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Q1) Which of the following was NOT a major turning point in Japanese history?
A)the start of settled,agricultural society in the 3rd century B.C.E.
B)the importation of many Chinese cultural practices in the 7th century C.E.
C)the arrival of Islam in the 9th century C.E.
D)the encounter with the industrial West in the 19th century C.E.
Q2) What do the careers and literary texts of Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Sh nagon reveal about the lives of women in Heian Japan? What do myths such as the sun goddess suggest about Japanese women's lives? How did the roles of women evolve during the Kamakura Shogunate?
Q3) The writings of the courtiers of the Heian period
A)scorned the lower classes.
B)advocated a social welfare system.
C)reflected great sympathy for the lower class.
D)None of these answers is correct.
Q4) What was the agricultural system in use in Japan up to 838? Why did the "quota" system come into existence? What was the role of the samurai in this development?
Q5) How did commerce start in Japan and what products formed the base of trade? How did this activity alter Japanese society? Why did commerce develop at such a late time period compared to China?
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Q1) The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is built on a site holy to A)Christians only.
B)both Muslims and Christians.
C)Jews only.
D)both Jews and Muslims.
Q2) The Quran recognizes that a woman
A)has no right to inherit,own,or manage property.
B)entering a marriage is an object to be bought and sold.
C)earns the dowry from her husband for the benefit of her male relatives.
D)has the right to contract her own marriage.
Q3) Jihad is considered by some to be one of the pillars of Islam; it is best defined as A)an act of judgment.
B)a just and holy war.
C)a holy pilgrimage.
D)a formal prayer.
Q4) What are the main concepts of the doctrine of Islam? How is this faith different from and/or similar to Christianity? How does it resemble or differ from Judaism? What is the importance of other faiths to this movement?
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Chapter 11: The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe to 1000
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Q1) In general, during the so-called Dark Ages in Western Europe from 500 1000 C.E., the Byzantine Empire
A)was even weaker and more backward than previous eras.
B)expanded and drove the Muslims out of most of the Near East.
C)was generally prosperous and culturally creative.
D)fell to the Huns who made it the first capital of Russia.
Q2) At the battle of Manzikert in 1071 C.E.
A)the Byzantines suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Seljuk Turks.
B)the Franks,under Charlemagne,stopped a Muslim invasion of France.
C)the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV defeated the Hungarians.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q3) In general, the Germanic peoples who dominated Western Europe after the 5<sup>th</sup> century C.E.
A)had little respect or use for Roman culture.
B)admired Roman culture and did not try to destroy it.
C)sought to replace Roman culture with Byzantine culture.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q4) The Christian Church received much of the Roman "spirit." Where do you see this "spirit" evident in the church,and especially in the monastic rules of St.Benedict as contained in the text?
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Chapter 12: The Islamic World, 1000-1500
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Q1) Why were the Mongols able to defeat the Muslim armies in the thirteenth century? What were the military tactics of the Mongols? How did the large Mongol Empire contribute to the defeat of Muslim control in the heartland?
Q2) From the beginning,Muslim leaders faced the problem of ruling an India dominated by an utterly different culture and religion.Discuss the problems of Muslim conquerors.What were their primary obstacles to stable rule and how did they deal with them?
Q3) The Hulagu Khan, in his conquest of the Islamic heartlands, spared which of the following?
A)the Hindus because of their lack of resistance
B)the Shi'ites because of their cooperation
C)the Christians because of his wife's influence
D)the Sufis because of their solitary nature
Q4) What was the impact of Timur-i Lang (Tamerlane,Timur the Lame)on the Islamic heartland? What motivated his conquests? Why did the Mongols fail to stop this invasion?
Q5) What were the conditions that allowed the Islamic world to survive invasions from 945 C.E.on? How did these invasions impact the Islamic world?
Q6) What was the origin of Sufism and how did Sufism impact the Islamic world?
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Chapter 13: Ancient Civilizations of the Americas
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Q1) The best known Olmec works of art are A)pyramids.
B)clay pottery.
C)massive stone heads.
D)obsidian statues.
Q2) When Francisco Pizarro arrived in 1532, the Incan Empire was A)in decline due to widespread corruption in the government. B)one of the largest states in the world.
C)confined to the center of Machu Picchu.
D)not yet free from the control of the Chanca people.
Q3) The Aztecs acquired their wealth from A)trade with Chinese merchants and sailors.
B)the Indian tribes of North America.
C)theft from the Incas of South America.
D)earlier Mesoamerican people they conquered.
Q4) What factors explain the rise and development of the Inca Empire? How did the structure of the Inca Empire differ from that of the Aztecs?
Q5) What was the role of monumental building projects in the Mesoamerican cultures? How did these structures differ in their uses from those of ancient Egypt?
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Chapter 14: Africa Ca1000-1700
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Q1) The Almoravids were
A)coastal bandits.
B)mercenary soldiers.
C)zealous Muslim militants.
D)a tribe that rejected Islam.
Q2) The major source of wealth for the Songhai Empire proved to be
A)trade in spices from the interior of Africa.
B)expansion of the caravan trade across the Sahara.
C)maritime trade with the east coast of Africa.
D)the slave trade with Europeans.
Q3) What factors led to the rise and fall of the Great Zimbabwe? What impact did trading and agricultural trends have on the development of the Great Zimbabwe?
Q4) Mali's dominance waned in the 15th century as a result of
A)Portuguese control of the oceanic trade.
B)an invasion of the Berber Tuaregs.
C)destructive rivalries for succession to the mansa's throne.
D)disease and white slavers.
Q5) What was the impact of the rivalry between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the evolution of Islam and the states in North Africa?
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Chapter 15: Europe to the Early 1500s: Revival, Decline, and Renaissance
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Q1) What were some of the major intellectual trends among scholars and universities of the High Middle Ages? With what issues were scholars like Peter Abelard concerned? What impact did scholasticism have on medieval culture?
Q2) While English and French monarchs increased their powers in the 12<sup>th </sup>and 13<sup>th</sup> centuries,German emperors generally grew weaker because of their
A) fascination with religious mysticism.
B)alliance with Muslim states,which created hostility among most Europeans.
C)repeated conflicts with the papacy.
D)All of the answers are correct.
Q3) Renaissance art borrowed characteristics of Greco-Roman art,including all of the following except
A)an emphasis on balance,harmony,and symmetry.
B)the use of linear perspective and shading techniques such as chiaroscuros.
C)a preoccupation with the beauty of the human form.
D)the depiction of mythological themes.
Q4) What issues led to the attempt to reform and centralize the Church starting in the eleventh century? How did political struggles between the church and state impact the development of a strong papacy?
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Chapter 16: Europe, 1500-1650: Expansion, reformation, and Religious Wars
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Q1) Elizabeth I's religious settlement can best be described as
A)the disguised implementation of virtually all of Calvin's main ideas.
B)a compromise.
C)a return to Catholicism with minor concessions to Lutherans.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q2) Defend one of the following assertions: the Reformation was the culmination of the medieval experience; or,the Reformation was the beginning of the modern age.
Q3) The Council of Trent did all of the following <U>except</U>
A)affirm the role of good works in salvation.
B)take steps to curtail the selling of religious offices.
C)recognize the importance of humanist education for the clergy.
D)affirm the reality of purgatory.
Q4) A politique was
A)a political bureaucrat in France.
B)a religous ideologue in France who gladly sacrificed political unity for the sake of theological doctrine.
C)a French pragmatist who tended to subordinate theological doctrine to political unity.
D)a conservative advisor to the king of France.
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Chapter 17: Conquest and Exploitation: the Development of the Transatlantic Economy
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Q1) In the New World, corregidores were
A)foot soldiers.
B)municipal councils.
C)local government officers.
D)judicial councils.
Q2) The largest settlement founded by the French in North America was
A)New France.
B)Quebec.
C)New Amsterdam.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q3) According to mercantilist theory, a national economy could only grow if the home country
A)and its colonies were to trade exclusively with each other.
B)were to forge a trade-tight system of national commerce.
C)imposed navigation laws and tariffs on its colonies.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q4) Describe the encomienda system.How did it differ from the repartimiento? What role did the hacienda play in rural and agricultural life?
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Q5) How,if at all,did slavery differ from other varieties of forced labor in the Americas?
Chapter 18: East Asia in the Late Traditional ERA
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Q1) How did changes in tactics and technology change the nature of the Japanese military establishment in the 16th and 17th centuries? What were the social and political consequences of military reforms?
Q2) The Golden Lotus is an example of
A)Manchu patronage of Chinese scholarship.
B)Buddhist influences on Chinese culture.
C)Ming pornographic literature.
D)Confucian morals.
Q3) Which of the following is the correct sequence of Japanese historical eras?
A)Ashikaga,Warring States,Tokugawa
B)Warring States,Ashikaga,Tokugawa
C)Tokugawa,Warring States,Ashikaga
D)Warring States,Tokugawa,Ashikaga
Q4) In Ming Qing times, government was characterized by
A)an increasingly well-funded and extensive bureaucracy.
B)limitations on the power of the emperor.
C)a greater integration of the Chinese world view.
D)a lessening of Confucian influence.
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Chapter 19: State-Building and Society in Early Modern Europe
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Q1) Describe urban life under the ancien régime,concentrating on any three of the following factors: economic structure,politics,social divisions,health and sanitation,architecture and planning.Compare and contrast conditions with those of a Western city in the 21st century.
Q2) Which of the following statements best explains the growing tension between the aristocracy and the middle class?
A)The middle class sympathized with the downtrodden artisans.
B)The middle class lived in the city; the aristocracy in the countryside.
C)The aristocracy refused to share power with the middle class.
D)The middle class had no respect for the aristocratic lifestyle.
Q3) Compare and contrast the English and the French political models.What are the ideological foundations of these systems? Were both systems successful?
Q4) What caused the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century? What were some of the technological innovations and why were they important? Why did Great Britain take the lead in the Industrial Revolution?
Q5) Compare and contrast the state-building efforts in Prussia,Russia,France,and England.Which do you think was most successful? The least? To what factor or factors would you attribute relative success?
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Chapter 20: The Last Great Islamic Empires, 1500-1800
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Q1) Why has the cultural and intellectual renaissance in Iran during the 16th and 17th centuries been called "the most impressive aspect of Safavid times"? Be specific about advances in the disciplines of painting and architecture.
Q2) In the 16th century Ottoman Empire, the ulama
A)opposed the ruling institution of the state in a civil war.
B)began to recruit both men and women.
C)became a branch of the state under a single religious authority.
D)suffered from a decline in social status.
Q3) What Safavid creation was described as half the world ?
A)the Ishraqi philosophy
B)the Shi'ite ulama
C)the Safavid army
D)the city of Isfahan
Q4) Sufi reformer Ahmad Sirhindi
A)was a prominent early supporter of Akbar.
B)encouraged Sufi missions to the South Seas.
C)embraced cultural and religious mixing.
D)rejected Hindu influences.
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Chapter 21: The Age of European Enlightenment
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Q1) All of the following were considered enlightened absolutists <U>except</U>
A)Frederick II of Prussia.
B)Louis XIV of France.
C)Catherine II of Russia.
D)Joseph II of Austria.
Q2) What were some of John Locke's most important ideas? Most specifically,discuss his views contained in Essay Concerning Human Understanding,Two Treatises of Government,and Letter Concerning Toleration.How would you evaluate John Locke's influence on modern thought?
Q3) Copernicus's main contribution to the Scientific Revolution was
A)a new emphasis on empirical observation.
B)the suggestion that the earth moved around the sun in a circle.
C)the use of the telescope to compile accurate astronomical data.
D)the suggestion that the orbits of planets were elliptical.
Q4) The European Enlightenment scholar who had the greatest direct influence on the U.S. Declaration of Independence was
A)Rousseau.
B)Montesquieu.
C)Locke.
D)Hobbes.
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Q1) The Thermidorian Reaction consisted of
A)the removal of former terrorists from public life.
B)the establishment of the Directory.
C)the destruction of the machinery of terror.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q2) What kind of political arrangement emerged in Europe as a result of the Congress of Vienna? What became the prevailing ideology of post-Napoleonic governments? How was the new political order enforced?
Q3) How did the revolutions that occurred across the transatlantic world between 1776 and 1824 transform Western societies?
Q4) Discuss the role of the king in the French Revolution.What were some of the ways by which Louis XVI caused his own demise?
Q5) The leader of the Chilean movement for independence was
A)José de San Martín.
B)Bernardo O'Higgins.
C)Simón Bolívar.
D)Che Guevara.
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Chapter 23: Political Consolidation in Nineteenth-Century
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Q1) The expansion of cotton-growing in the American South was largely the result of A)the invention of the cotton gin.
B)the expansion of the textile industry caused by the industrial revolution.
C)high cotton prices throughout the world.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q2) Camillo Cavour believed
A)a united Italy should be a republic.
B)economic development would lead to self-rule.
C)that Italy had to be united by "blood and iron."
D)Italian unification should follow the borders set at the Congress of Vienna.
Q3) The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
A)established broad patterns of civil rights.
B)abolished slavery.
C)prohibited political activities by former Confederates.
D)imposed military government on the South.
Q4) Why was the Crimean War fought? Who were the participants and how did the results of the war affect European history in subsequent years?
Q5) What was the purpose of the Great Reform Bill? What did it achieve? Would you call it a "revolutionary" document?
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Chapter 24: Northern Transatlantic Economy and Society,
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Q1) The social gospel was a movement to A)spread socialist ideas among the working classes.
B)support social reform for Christian reasons.
C)refute Darwin's concept of evolution.
D)convert new immigrants to Christianity.
Q2) For the factory worker, the first half of the 19th century was a period of A)full employment.
B)security and stability.
C)uncertainty and transition.
D)worsening conditions and lower wages.
Q3) What was the status of the industrial proletariat in 1860? Had it improved by 1914? What caused the growth in trade unions and organized mass political parties? How did Europe's socialist movement respond to these administrations?
Q4) By 1914 the leading industrial power in the world was
A)England.
B)Germany.
C)Japan.
D)None of these answers are correct.
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Q5) Why and how were Jews emancipated across Europe during the nineteenth century?
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Chapter 25: Latin America From Independence to the 1940s
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B)Antonio López de Santa Anna.
C)Archduke Maximilian of Austria.
D)Porfirio Díaz.
Q2) The caudillos who tended to dominate the political scene in 19th and 20th century Latin America were
A)republican leaders who promoted liberal legal and economic reforms.
B)strong,often oppressive leaders with ties to the military.
C)fiery nationalist leaders who supported breaking ties with Western powers.
D)leaders of the movement for the rights of Native Americans,including land redistribution.
Q3) What are the three major reasons that historians have put forth to explain why Latin America has developed differently from other parts of the West? Which of these arguments do you find most convincing and why?
Q4) Describe the political development from independence to 1945 of two of the following three countries: Brazil,Argentina,and Mexico.How were they similar and how did they differ?
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1800-1945
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Q1) Discuss the new African states and power centers of sub-Saharan Africa before 1870.Why was there a failure to develop a modern state in the area? What was the role of Islam in the development of these political units? What role did trade play in developing an economic base in the region?
Q2) Svar j can best be defined as
A)tolerance.
B)self-governance.
C)moderation.
D)intolerance.
Q3) What effect did Napoleon's invasion of Egypt have on the Islamic world? What were some of the different ways that the Islamic empires confronted the encroachment of Western powers in the Middle East? Which do you think was most successful at meeting the challenge?
Q4) By World War I, the only African states not under European control were A)Senegal and Tunisia.
B)Tunisia and Ethiopia. C)Ethiopia and Liberia. D)Egypt and Algeria.
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Q2) All of the following were goals of the Meiji government <U>except</U>
A)give more influence to the samurai.
B)centralize political power.
C)stabilize government revenues.
D)modernize the Japanese economy.
Q3) The Taipings supported
A)women's equal status with men.
B)protection of private property.
C)passive resistance.
D)the free trade of opium.
Q4) China's foreign policy toward Russia in the 19th century
A)resulted in the restoration of western Mongolia to Chinese control.
B)was disastrous because of backward Chinese weaponry.
C)opened a new era in Chinese relations with the West.
D)strengthened the power of independent nomadic tribes in the area.
Q5) What was the May Fourth Movement in China? How did this movement reflect the conflict between old and new Chinese thought? What was the importance of national aspiration in this movement?
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A)selective endorsement of elements from each theory.
B)informed skepticism.
C)hostile rejection.
D)compelling arguments in favor of the economic explanation,and curt dismissal of the others.
Q2) The Russian loss to the Japanese in 1904 1905 had which of the following effects?
A)The Russians became even more determined to assert their power in the East.
B)The Russians turned to aggressive diplomacy to re-obtain the lost territory.
C)It contributed to the Russian Revolution of 1905.
D)The Japanese continued their advance to the Urals,but were defeated there in 1905.
Q3) Which best characterizes the aims of Bismarck's diplomacy after 1871?
A)attaining a colonial empire and impressing Great Britain
B)dividing up the spoils of the Ottoman Empire with Austria
C)joining Britain and France in alliance
D)achieving stability and isolating France
Q4) Which two countries were excluded from the peace talks at Versailles?
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Chapter 29: Depression, European Dictators, and the
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A)the progressive social policies promised by the Weimar government
B)the allied reparations bill and continued postwar deficit
C)the French invasion of the Ruhr
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q2) Kulaks originally were
A)prosperous farmers who owned their land.
B)small plots of land that were collectivized.
C)the intellectual opposition to Stalin.
D)nomadic tribesmen with great military skills.
Q3) The Italian Fascists used all of the following means to obtain power except A)terrorist intimidation.
B)skillful propaganda.
C)violent revolution.
D)legal means.
Q4) How important was anti-Semitism as a component of National Socialist (Nazi)ideology? Could Nazism have existed without anti-Semitism?
Q5) Which of the following was not an achievement of the New Deal?
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A)the division of Czechoslovakia between Russia and Germany.
B)military equipment supplied to Germany by the Soviet Union.
C)the partitioning of Poland between Russia and Germany.
D)Russian intelligence information that would make possible an invasion of England.
Q2) What was Hitlers primary objective for Germany?
A)to bring together all German people into a single nation-including parts of the old Habsburg Empire
B)to see France and Britain humiliated as revenge for the Treaty of Versailles
C)to form an alliance with Russia and France to become the greatest power in Europe
D)to shut itself off from the rest of Europe and consolidate its power within its current borders
Q3) Which two countries gained the most territory in the settlement that followed World War II?
A)Germany and Italy
B)Poland and the Soviet Union
C)France and Great Britain
D)Hungary and Yugoslavia
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Chapter 31: The West Since World War II
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B)containment.
C)pluralism.
D)perestroika.
Q2) What were the reasons for the creation of the European Economic Community? Why did the organization change its name to the European Union? How successful has that organization been in achieving its goals?
Q3) Why did Europe and much of the rest of the world come to be dominated by the two superpowers after 1945? Explain how the superpower status of the Soviet Union and the United States differed from that of previous world powers such as the British Empire.
Q4) The Strategic Arms Defense Initiative
A)was controversial.
B)was deployed by the Soviet Union.
C)was a space-based high-tech defense.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q5) Describe the collapse of Communist rule in Eastern Europe.Why was it a relatively bloodless revolution?
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Chapter 32: East Asia: The Recent Decades
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A)access to raw materials.
B)high quality cheap labor.
C)government support of industry.
D)cutting-edge technological innovation.
Q2) Under Mao, racial minorities in Chinese borderlands were
A)improve bureaucratic efficiency.
B)gain the support of the masses.
C)create a truly egalitarian culture.
D)model the Chinese revolution on the Soviet experience.
Q3) What were the most important developments in Japanese postwar politics? What parties became the most important,and how did they influence Japanese society and economic development?
Q4) The Vietnamese resistance to French colonial rule was organized by A)Mao Zedong.
B)Ho Chi Minh.
C)Dien Bien Phu.
D)Ngo Dinh Diem.
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Chapter 33: Post-colonialism and Beyond: Latin America, Africa,
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A)upward mobility of the mass of the population.
B)diminishing control of the Roman Catholic church.
C)increasingly gender-based division of labor.
D)culture of poverty.
Q2) Decolonization has been responsible for the creation of all these independent nations <u>except</u>
A)India.
B)Ethiopia.
C)Madagascar.
D)Algeria.
Q3) The West versus the Rest
A)is a theory forecasting broad clashes between the Europeanized world and all other cultural traditions.
B)is a theory that focuses primarily on conflict and competition between nation states.
C)downplays the possibility of future violent international conflicts.
D)emphasizes fundamental distinctions between the original Western powers on the European continent,and Europe's Westernized former colonies in the Americas and elsewhere.
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