History of Globalization Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
This course explores the historical development of globalization from its early origins to the contemporary era, examining how economic, cultural, political, and technological exchanges have shaped societies across the world. Students will analyze key events, movements, and transformations such as the Columbian Exchange, imperialism, the rise of international trade networks, decolonization, and the emergence of global institutions. Through a critical study of primary and secondary sources, the course investigates how globalization has influenced issues of identity, power relations, migration, and inequality, providing a comprehensive understanding of the interconnectedness and complexities of global history.
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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 Bce
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Q1) What are the most important differences between villages and towns?
Answer: The most important differences between villages and towns are their size, population, and level of development.
Villages are typically smaller in size and have a smaller population compared to towns. They are often characterized by a close-knit community and a slower pace of life. In contrast, towns are larger and more densely populated, with a wider range of amenities and services available to residents.
In terms of development, towns tend to have more infrastructure and facilities such as schools, hospitals, and commercial centers, while villages may have more limited access to these resources. Additionally, towns are more likely to have a local government and a greater degree of organization and governance compared to villages.
Culturally, villages often have a strong sense of tradition and community, while towns may be more diverse and cosmopolitan. Overall, the differences between villages and towns can be seen in their size, population, level of development, and cultural characteristics.
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Q1) Why didn't copper work well for creating large tools and weapons?
Answer: It was too soft.
Q2) What was the name of the agreement the Israelites believed existed between themselves and their god?
Answer: a covenant
Q3) Which of these divided Africa into two great regions?
A) the Congo River
B) the Nile River
C) the Sahara
D) the Niger River
Answer: C
Q4) Which people wrote on papyrus?
Answer: Egyptians
Q5) The Hittites were eager to share their technological advancements in iron with their neighbors.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q6) Who were the "New Babylonians"?
Answer: Chaldeans
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Chapter 3: Societies and Beliefs of Early India, to 500 Ce
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Q1) Harappan civilization continued virtually unchanged in the Vedic Age.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) In the Hindu caste system, the Shudras were
A) merchants.
B) untouchables.
C) servants.
D) warriors.
Answer: C
Q3) The Mauryan Empire arose at the time of the Aryan migrations into India.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Whose death made possible the rise of Chandragupta Maurya?
Answer: Alexander the Great
Q5) Jainism evolved into a major religion in Asia.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Q1) Which of the following was China's first dynasty?
A) Qin
B) Zhou
C) Shang
D) Xia
Q2) Why are the remains of oracle bones so important for Chinese history?
A) They record the first use of Chinese writing.
B) They demonstrate the origins of Daoism.
C) They record the arrival of Buddhism in China.
D) They provide information about the Xia dynasty.
Q3) Which of these operates from the premise that humans are basically brutal and selfish?
A) Confucianism
B) Daoism
C) Legalism
D) Buddhism
Q4) Discuss the origins of the "Era of Warring States."
Q5) What is Confucianism?
Q6) Explain the dynastic cycle in Chinese history.
Q7) Explain the notion of the yin and yang in Chinese society.
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Chapter 5: Early American Societies: Connection and
Isolation, 20,000 Bce - 1500 Ce
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Q1) Between 650 and 850 CE, the Maya and Teotihuacán
A) declined and collapsed.
B) merged into a single state known as Aztec.
C) reached their peak of sophistication and power.
D) were conquered by the Moche.
Q2) The Maya resemble the Akkadians and Aryans in what sense?
A) In creating large pyramid complexes.
B) In their linguistic roots.
C) In adopting the practices of an earlier civilization.
D) In having a state religion founded on human sacrifice.
Q3) List and discuss the three societies that succeeded the Moche during the Middle Horizon period.
Q4) Which region of the Western hemisphere was home to the most complex of Amerind civilizations?
A) North America
B) Mesoamerica
C) South America
D) Alaska
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Q5) Which ancient civilization provided the basis for many of the components of Mayan culture?
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Chapter 6:
The Persian
Connection:
Its Impact and Influences, 2000 Bce - 637 Ce
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Q1) Archaeological evidence indicates that the early immigrants to Iran were proficient artists, specifically in ceramics.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What was the outcome of the Battle of Marathon?
A) The Persians won.
B) The Greeks won.
C) The Macedonians united the Greek city states.
D) The Medes won.
Q3) The focus of Zoroastrianism is on the conflict between good and evil.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Cyrus the Great allowed the Jews to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Who succeeded Cyrus the Great?
Q6) Discuss Xerxes' invasion of the Greek mainland.
Q7) What were the natural geographic boundaries - if any - of the Persian Empire?
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Chapter 7: Classical Greece and Its Expansion Into Asia,
2000-30 Bce
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Q1) Which three men in Athens were known for writing tragedies?
Q2) How did the work of Heinrich Schliemann at Troy transform our understanding of early Greek civilization?
A) He found the Cretan Minoan civilization.
B) He proved it was much less sophisticated than previously thought.
C) He showed that Mycenae was destroyed by war.
D) He showed that the Iliad and Odyssey were based on a historical past.
Q3) Formed from five separate villages, which city-state's name means "The Scattered"?
A) Athens
B) Thebes
C) Sparta
D) Corinth
Q4) What were the most important Greek and Macedonian influences on West Asia?
Q5) Hellenistic culture was purely Greek, with no eastern elements.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Large bureaucracies were basically unknown in the Greek city-states.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: The Romans Connect the Mediterranean World,
753 Bce - 284 Ce
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Q1) Why could the phrase "I am a Roman citizen" be considered a proud boast?
A) It showed the power of the Roman Empire.
B) It signified the exclusiveness of Roman society.
C) It illustrates the value of Roman citizenship.
D) It demonstrates the power of the Roman senate.
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following titles was NOT given to Octavian?
A) Imperator
B) Augustus
C) Rex et deus
D) Princeps civitatus
Q4) Evaluate the geographical conditions that allowed Rome to prosper.
Q5) Virgil, Ovid, and Horace incorporated Greek themes in their writings.
A)True
B)False
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Q6) What was the impact on Roman religion of the expanding empire?
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Chapter 9: Germanic Societies and the Emergence of the
Christian West, 100-1100 Ce
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Q1) Discuss the corruption in the papacy during the Middle Ages.
Q2) What was the role of Charles Martel, founder of the Carolingian dynasty?
A) He was mayor of the palace for the king of the Franks.
B) He was king of the Franks.
C) He was bishop of the Franks.
D) He was a Vandal who conquered the Franks.
Q3) What is meant by the idea of papal primacy?
A) Popes are the spiritual descendents of Christ.
B) Only the popes can interpret the Bible.
C) Popes have authority over the whole Christian Church.
D) Popes have authority over the western church.
Q4) When did Rome fall for the first time to invaders?
A) 280
B) 380
C) 410
D) 570
Q5) Discuss the Great Schism of 1054.
Q6) Evaluate the reign of Charles the Great. Does he deserve to be called "the great"?
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Q7) Evaluate the roles of women in Germanic society.
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Chapter 10: The Byzantine World, 284-1240
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Q1) Under Justinian, what was the relationship between the eastern and western Roman empires?
A) Reunification was conceivable but unlikely.
B) Most of the ties between the two empires were still intact.
C) The two halves were more alike than different.
D) Justinian did not try to join the two under his rule.
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes the Byzantine concept of caesaropapism?
A) The emperor held both political and religious authority.
B) Religion and politics should be discussed only by men.
C) There should be a strict separation of church and state.
D) Patriarchs were superior in authority to emperors.
Q3) Which of the following was no longer an issue of dispute in the Byzantine Empire by 700?
A) the use of icons
B) the spiritual role of the emperor
C) the nature of Christ
D) the claims of the Roman church leaders
Q4) Where in the Byzantine world was Monophysitism strongest?
Q5) What changes took place to transform the eastern Roman Empire into Byzantium?
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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) A Muslim caliph has political, but no religious authority.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following statements concerning Mecca is NOT True?
A) It was the city of Muhammad's birth.
B) Muhammad lived in Mecca at the end of his life.
C) Muhammad left Mecca due to hostility toward his new religion, eventually returning.
D) Mecca was the first city to embrace Islam.
Q4) In which year did Muhammad leave Mecca and travel to Medina?
Q5) Discuss differing views concerning the meaning of jihad.
Q6) Discuss the conflict between Uthman and Ali.
Q7) What is the name of the Islamic legal code?
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Chapter 12: Religion and Diversity in the Transformation of
Southern Asia, 711-1400
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Q1) Mahmud of Ghazni did all of the following EXCEPT
A) annex the Punjab to his empire.
B) permit the Seljuk Turks to use grazing pastures in his territory.
C) lead repeated raids on northwestern India.
D) introduce Hinduism to India.
Q2) The Abbasids were Shi'ite Muslims.
A)True
B)False
Q3) On which of the following points would Sufis and fundamentalists agree?
A) Muslims must combat and repress the secular worldview by any means necessary.
B) The materialism and intellectualism of the Abbasid caliphate were detrimental to Islam.
C) The purification of the umma was necessary to restore fidelity to Allah's message.
D) Intellectuals were trying to dilute the purity of the Qur'an.
Q4) Who wrote The Rubaiyat?
A) Claudius Ptolemy
B) Omar Khayyam
C) Ibn Sina
D) al-Khwarizmi
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Chapter 13: Early African Societies, 1500 Bce-1500 Ce
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Q1) Which of the following was a major factor in the success of Muslim invaders of North Africa?
A) The North Africans had already adopted Islam and begun to write in Arabic.
B) The North African tribes were not unified and distrusted each other.
C) The North African tribes were pacifist and would not fight back.
D) The North Africans were worn down by years of fighting with the Christians.
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) Who were the Fatimids?
A) a Sunni dynasty in Egypt
B) a Shi'ite dynasty in Egypt
C) a Coptic Christian dynasty in Egypt
D) a Byzantine dynasty in Egypt
Q4) Who are the Mbuti?
Q5) What was the belief system of most Ghanaians even after the coming of Islam?
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Q6) 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) Prince Shoruku asserted his equality with the Chinese emperor, but that assertion was not reciprocated.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which Chinese era can be compared with the early Middle Ages in Europe?
A) the period after the fall of the Sui
B) the period after the fall of the Han
C) the period after the fall of the Tang
D) the period after the fall of the Song
Q3) How did Song era mothers attempt to guarantee a suitable husband for their daughters?
A) saving cattle for dowry
B) teaching Confucian virtues to their daughters
C) foot binding
D) buying the best land for their daughters to give as dowry
Q4) Which of the following most accurately maps the spread of Buddhism in East Asia?
A) India to China to Korea and Japan
B) China to India to Japan and Korea
C) India to Japan to China to Korea
D) India to Korea to Japan to China
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Chapter 15: Nomadic Conquests and Eurasian
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Q1) The Seljuks underwent what major transformation in taking over Persian lands?
A) conversion to Christianity
B) change to a settled way of life
C) abandonment of Turkish customs
D) replacing Turkish with Farsi at all levels of society
Q2) Khubilai Khan's capital, Khanbalikh, is today known as A) Canton.
B) Hangzhou.
C) Beijing.
D) Shanghai
Q3) The major battle between the Christian Byzantine Empire and the Great Seljuk Empire took place at A) Dandanqan.
B) Manzikert.
C) Anatolia.
D) Khanbaliq.
Q4) Discuss the reasons for the fall of the Mongol Empire.
Q5) Genghis Khan's title means "scourge of God."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: The Resurgence of the Christian West, 1050-1530
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Q1) In the long run, the Crusades were successful in reaching their goals.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What medieval university became the center of scholasticism?
Q3) What innovative Northern Renaissance artist is best known for his woodcuts and engravings?
Q4) What institution's status was greatly damaged by the Great Schism?
A) the French monarchy
B) Benedictine monasticism
C) the papacy
D) the guild system
Q5) What was the main inspiration for the Renaissance?
A) the achievements of the classical age
B) the Crusades
C) commercial revival
D) the Great Western Schism
Q6) When was the last Muslim territory in Iberia taken by Spain?
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Q7) The Black Death killed 75 percent of Europeans in the Middle Ages.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Culture and Conflict in the Great Islamic
Empires, 1071-1707
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Q1) The rise of the Ottoman Turks benefitted from fighting between Western Europe and Byzantium.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Mehmed II is known as "the Conqueror" because he took A) Baghdad.
B) Constantinople.
C) Cairo.
D) Samarkand.
Q3) Discuss the origins of Sikhism and its evolution in India.
Q4) Which man finally defeated the Mamluks in Egypt?
Q5) Discuss responses to the Delhi Sultanate in India.
Q6) The Era of the Great Mughals began with the accession of A) Akbar.
B) Timur.
C) Nur Jahan.
D) Jahangir.
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Q7) Janissaries were the Ottoman administrative class.
A)True
B)False
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Q1) Why was smallpox so deadly to the Amerinds?
Q2) How did slavery in the Aztec empire differ from the Atlantic slave trade?
A) African slaves experienced more opportunities than Aztec slaves.
B) Aztec slavery was not racially based.
C) Aztec slavery was only temporary.
D) African slaves were forced to work the land; Aztecs were forced to engage in combat.
Q3) The last Aztec emperor, who ruled when the Spanish arrived, was
A) Sapa Inca.
B) Montezuma II.
C) Quetzalcoatl.
D) Tlaxcallan.
Q4) What was the name of the special emissary sent from Cuzco to keep tabs on governors?
Q5) According to legend, the Aztecs expected to find at their promised land
A) a land flowing with milk and honey.
B) an eagle on a cactus eating a snake.
C) a smoking mountain.
D) the god of the sun.
Q6) How did isolation impact the Amerind response to the arrival of the Spanish?
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Chapter 19: Global Exploration and Global Empires, 1400-1700
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Q1) How did Spanish and Portuguese kings ensure that viceroys and governor-generals did not abuse their power?
A) the residencia
B) term limits
C) the Council of the Indies
D) the cortés
Q2) Discuss the costs and benefits of the Columbian Exchange.
Q3) Who initially founded the colony that eventually became known as "New York"?
A) the English
B) the Portuguese
C) the Dutch
D) the Italians
Q4) Portugal established a trading post in China at
A) Macao.
B) Kilwa.
C) Canton.
D) Beijing.
Q5) Compare and contrast Brazil with the Spanish colonies in the Western hemisphere.
Q6) What were arrobas?
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The West in an Age of Religious Conflict and Global Expansion, 1500-1650
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Q1) Following mercantilist policies, which of these were necessarily supported by governments?
A) promoting free trade
B) promoting exports and limiting imports
C) limiting domestic industry
D) restricting activities of merchant capitalists
Q2) The most important Catholic sacraments were baptism, the Eucharist and A) penance.
B) last rites.
C) matrimony.
D) ordination.
Q3) The defeat of the Spanish Armada ended fighting between England and Spain.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the formation of charter companies and evaluate their effectiveness.
Q5) The "Defenestration of Prague" was an incident in which
A) John Hus was publically burned at the stake.
B) two Catholics were thrown out of a window.
C) a group of Protestants were drowned.
D) Catholics attending a wedding were murdered.
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Chapter 21: The Search for Stability in East Asia, 1300-1800
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Q1) Which Chinese leader finally subjugated the Mongols?
A) Yongzheng
B) Hongwu
C) Kangxi
D) Qianlong
Q2) The Tokugawa ruled by keeping giving extensive power to the daimyo
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following best describes the role of the shogun?
A) He served as the emperor's minister.
B) He was a military leader under the emperor.
C) He ruled in Japan in the name of the emperor.
D) He ruled in the absence of the emperor.
Q4) Zheng He was a former court eunuch and talented mariner.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why were the Portuguese mariners viewed unfavorably by the Chinese?
Q6) Evaluate the major factors that contributed to the stagnation of the Ming dynasty.
Q7) What were some of the new food crops introduced to China from the Americas?
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Chapter 22: Southern Asia and the Global Shift in Wealth and
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Q1) How did the emergence of the Qajar dynasty influence Shi'ism in Persia?
A) The Shi'ite clergy dominated Persian politics.
B) Shi'ites became a tolerated minority.
C) Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims reached reconciliation.
D) Shi'ites were harshly persecuted.
Q2) Discuss Wahhabi ideology and doctrine.
Q3) Which group dominated Southeast Asian trade and eventually established sovereignty over Indonesia in the 16th and 17th centuries?
A) French
B) Dutch
C) English
D) Portuguese
Q4) Southern Asia's major trading region was India's southwestern seaboard known as the
A) Pondicherry coast.
B) Hindu coast.
C) Indian coast.
D) Malabar coast.
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Q5) Discuss the policies of Safi, focusing especially on his attempts to prevent rebellions.
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Q1) What was the source of Mali's great wealth?
Q2) Manikongo Nzinga Mbemba converted to A) Islam.
B) Christianity.
C) Buddhism.
D) Hinduism.
Q3) Which state defeated Songhai in the late sixteenth century?
A) Kongo
B) Ethiopia
C) Morocco
D) Angola
Q4) The voyage that transported the slaves from Africa to the Americas was known as the
A) Atlantic Passage.
B) Middle Passage.
C) Ocean Terror.
D) Atlantic Voyage.
Q5) Trace the steps in the typical slave purchase from beginning to end.
Q6) What were Dutch settlers in South Africa called?
Q7) What was a "maroon"?
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Chapter 24: Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1600-1763
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Q1) How did the views of Locke and Hobbes differ?
A) Hobbes believed that absolutism was never necessary; Locke believed that it was sometimes necessary.
B) Locke believed that a corrupt monarch should be unseated; Hobbes favored unconditional absolutism.
C) Hobbes believed that a corrupt monarch should be unseated; Locke favored unconditional absolutism.
D) Locke believed that absolutism was never necessary; Hobbes believed that it was sometimes necessary.
Q2) Copernicus and Kepler were criticized and persecuted by the Catholic Church because they
A) asserted that there was no God.
B) challenged the Church's idea that humans are the center of God's creation.
C) asserted that the earth was a motionless body in the center of the universe.
D) rejected the Bible as irrelevant and poorly translated.
Q3) Who wrote Leviathan, arguing for strong monarchies?
Q4) Copernicus believed that the sun was the center of the universe.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 25: Russias Eurasian Empire: Convergence of East and
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Q1) Evaluate the significance of Russia's territorial growth under Peter I and Catherine II.
Q2) Catherine I's expansion was primarily to the
A) west.
B) east.
C) south.
D) north.
Q3) What was most important in Peter's decision to move his capital?
A) commercial connections to Central Asia
B) proximity to Europe
C) historical associations with the Russian nobility
D) ties to the Mongol past
Q4) The first Moscow ruler to use the title tsar was
A) Ivan III.
B) Ivan IV.
C) Peter the Great.
D) Catherine the Great.
Q5) What was the general direction of expansion under Ivan IV?
Q6) How did Peter the Great die?
Q7) Evaluate Asia's influence on Muscovite culture.
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Chapter 26: The North Atlantic Revolutions, 1750-1830
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Q1) The Battle of Yorktown convinced the French to join the Revolutionary War.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of these ideas was shared by Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Locke?
A) support for democracy
B) challenges to absolutism
C) absolute equality
D) fundamental rights shared by all
Q3) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the colonial troops and British troops in the American Revolution.
Q4) Who instituted France's Reign of Terror?
Q5) Who ruled France at the time of the French Revolution?
A) Catherine de Medicis
B) Louis XIV
C) Louis XVI
D) Louis XVIII
Q6) Compare and contrast the revolution in Haiti with the American and French Revolutions.
Q7) Which country first withdrew from Napoleon's continental system?
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Q8) Evaluate the role of women in the French Revolution.
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A) Hungary.
B) Germany.
C) France.
D) Russia.
Q2) By what date did more than half of England's population live in cities?
A) 1840
B) 1880
C) 1900
D) 1940
Q3) How did industrialization lead to imperialism?
Q4) Which Scottish engineer perfected the steam engine in the late 1700s?
A) Thomas Newcomen
B) John Kay
C) James Watt
D) Eli Whitney
Q5) Which of the political ideologies of the 1800s focused on loyalty to a cultural-linguistic group?
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Q6) Discuss the effects of industrialization on Europe's labor force.
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Chapter 28: Nation Building in the Americas, 1789-1914
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Q1) How did the Enlightenment influence the revolutions in Latin America?
Q2) Emperor Maximilian of Mexico was a puppet of Great Britain.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of these was behind the War of the Pacific?
A) competition over nitrate fields
B) ideological conflicts
C) racial conflicts
D) competition for export markets
Q4) During which years was the United States embroiled in a bitter civil war?
Q5) Madrid's most valuable possession in the Americas was A) Peru.
B) Colombia.
C) Mexico.
D) Cuba.
Q6) Simón Bolívar directed the revolution in modern A) Brazil.
B) Venezuela.
C) Argentina.
D) Chile.
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Q1) Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanjing, what territory was ceded to Britain?
Q2) How did Empress Dowager Cixi crush the Boxer Rebellion?
Q3) Hakka was
A) an oppressed Chinese minority.
B) a type of Chinese poetry.
C) the name for the Manchu government.
D) a new Chinese dynasty.
Q4) Evaluate the reign of Empress Cixi.
Q5) The largest of the Ryukyu Islands is
A) Okinawa.
B) Iwo Jima.
C) Nagasaki.
D) Honshu.
Q6) Japan avoided being conquered by Europeans by modernizing and becoming imperialists themselves.
A)True
B)False
Q7) How did Thailand avoid conquest by Europeans?
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Chapter 30: New Connections and Challenges in West Asia and
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A) an independent nation under a sultan
B) an autonomous part of the Ottoman Empire
C) under the direct authority of the Ottoman sultan
D) under British rule, though nominally independent
Q2) Discuss the military strategy of the Zulu.
Q3) Discuss the Sokoto Caliphate including its rise and fall.
Q4) Which European nation conquered the Congo region, leading to a scramble for Africa?
A) Britain
B) Germany
C) France
D) Belgium
Q5) Why did European powers support the Ottoman sultan against Egypt's Ibrahim Pasha?
A) Europe supported the legitimate rule of the Ottoman sultan.
B) The secular rule of Ibrahim Pasha threatened the stability of the Ottoman Empire.
C) A weak Egypt was better for East-West trade routes.
D) The Egyptian ruler represented a turn to Wahhabism.
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Chapter 31: The Great War and the Russian Revolutions, 1890-1918
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A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of these describe the terms of Japanese support of the Allied Powers in World War I?
A) Japan was promised concessions in China for its participation.
B) Japan fought in exchange for British commercial withdrawal from the Indian Ocean.
C) France promised concessions in Vietnam for Japanese support.
D) No concessions were made; Japan fought on its own terms.
Q3) Which of the following nations remained neutral in WWI?
A) Spain
B) Finland
C) Greece
D) Portugal
Q4) Trench warfare became commonplace on the war's eastern front.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In which of these countries did soldiers mutiny in large numbers in 1917?
Q6) On what basis did the German government ask for a truce?
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Chapter 32: Anxieties and Ideologies of the Interwar Years, 1918-1939
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Q1) Hitler's policy of Judenrein was an extreme form of A) imperialism.
B) socialism.
C) nationalism.
D) Fascism.
Q2) Which of these was True of the New Deal?
A) It continued the policies of Herbert Hoover.
B) It marked a shift to a much more activist government.
C) It marked a return to the policies of Woodrow Wilson.
D) It ended the Great Depression in the U.S.
Q3) Which of the following best reflects the ideology of Mustafa Kemal regarding religion and government?
A) The government should be founded on religious principles.
B) The government has precedence over religion.
C) There should be no separation of religion and government.
D) Religion has precedence over government.
Q4) Which type of art attempted to portray elements of Freud's unconscious world?
Q5) Compare and contrast the ideologies of Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt regarding the government's role in ending the Depression.
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Chapter 33: World War Ii and the Holocaust, 1933-1945
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A) Germany
B) Austria
C) China
D) Japan
Q2) The Japanese, during World War II, claimed to be acting to A) spread democracy.
B) combat Communism.
C) rid Asia of Western imperialists.
D) bring peace to Asia.
Q3) The goal of the Anschluss was to A) punish Austria for its part in World War I.
B) unific German peoples.
C) isolate Italy.
D) give Germans lebensraum in lands of inferior Slavs.
Q4) The British won the battle of Britain largely due to A) Germany's lack of fuel.
B) U.S. intervention.
C) the British invention of radar.
D) Hitler turning his attention to an invasion of Greece.
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Chapter 34: East Versus West: Cold War and Its Global Impact,
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Q2) What allowed talks to resume concerning the reduction of long-range weapons numbers in the Soviet Union and the U.S.?
A) the election of Lyndon Johnson
B) the end of Ronald Reagan's term in office
C) the end of the war in Vietnam
D) the election of John F. Kennedy
Q3) Who emerged as the Soviet leader following the death of Stalin?
A) Lavrenti Beria
B) Leon Trotsky
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) Georgi Zhkov
Q4) Reagan believed that Gorbachev, unlike most Soviets, could be somewhat trusted.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Under de Gaulle, France withdrew from
A) the United Nations
B) the Warsaw Pact
C) NATO's joint command
D) the Marshall Plan
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Chapter 36: Reform and Revolution in Latin America,
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A) encouraging tax-free investments.
B) exporting agricultural products.
C) exporting inexpensive manufactured goods.
D) providing inexpensive labor to industrialized nations.
Q2) Discuss the Pinochet regime in Chile.
Q3) In the 1960s and 1970s, the United States often supported dictators in Latin America because they were afraid that their overthrow would lead to Communist revolutions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Monroe Doctrine claimed which of these for the United States?
A) a vested interest in Latin America
B) control of Latin America
C) a role as protector of Latin America
D) the right to intervene in Latin America
Q5) The "Moral Supremacy of the No" campaign ended which Latin American leader's dictatorship?
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Q6) Who is widely labeled as Brazil's most astute political leader of the twentieth century?
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A) opening of friendly relations with the United States
B) overtures to North Korea
C) open conflict with Japan
D) suppression of civil liberties
Q2) Discuss changing gender roles in Japan after World War II.
Q3) Evaluate Nixon's role in the opening of China to American relations.
Q4) Evaluate the development of Cold War alignment in Vietnam.
Q5) What was the state of civil conflict in China in 1945?
A) The Communists were the clear winners in the civil conflict.
B) The country was divided between Nationalists and Communists.
C) The Soviets had assured the victory of the Nationalists.
D) A truce ended the conflict, giving dominance to the Nationalists.
Q6) The Nationalist government in Taiwan adopted the name
A) National Republic of Taiwan.
B) National Republic of China.
C) Republic of China.
D) People's Republic of China.
Q7) What does the name "Pakistan" mean?
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Q8) Which president helped bring an end to American involvement in the Vietnam War?
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A) France
B) Belgium
C) Britain
D) Germany
Q2) The Six-Day War of 1967 resulted in a victory for
A) Egypt.
B) Syria.
C) Lebanon.
D) Israel.
Q3) Israeli independence was immediately recognized by both the United States and USSR.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the Six-Day War of 1967.
Q5) Discuss the problems facing the peace process in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Q6) Discuss the practice of apartheid in South Africa.
Q7) Discuss the problems faced by newly independent African nations.
Q8) Evaluate Egypt's role in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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