Introduction to World Civilizations Final Exam
Course Introduction
This course offers a comprehensive survey of the major world civilizations from ancient times to the present, exploring their unique cultural, political, economic, and social developments. Students will examine the rise and fall of empires, the evolution of religions and philosophies, key technological and artistic advancements, and the interconnectedness of societies through trade, conflict, and migration. Through comparative analysis and critical discussion, the course highlights the diversity and complexity of human societies and provides a global perspective on historical events and themes that have shaped our modern world.
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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) The first farmers were likely female.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of these areas relied least on livestock herding?
A) West Asia
B) the Americas
C) Africa
D) Europe
Answer: B
Q3) In a pastoral economy, people rely mainly on
A) farming
B) hunting
C) foraging
D) herding
Answer: D
Q4) The earliest states all had their origins along coastlines.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Q1) Which period of Egyptian history was known for building pyramids?
A) Old Kingdom
B) Middle Kingdom
C) New Kingdom
D) Second Intermediate Period
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following civilizations is credited with building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
A) Chaldeans
B) Persians
C) Sumerians
D) Assyrians
Answer: A
Q3) How did the Hittites succeed in making iron weapons after other groups had failed?
Answer: They learned to bring it to a higher temperature.
Q4) David united the Israelites into a single kingdom.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Societies and Beliefs of Early India, to 500 Ce
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Q1) The peoples that created Vedic India were part of what larger group?
A) the Sea Peoples
B) the Persians
C) the Neanderthals
D) the Indo-Europeans
Answer: D
Q2) Which of these remained a minority in India in the Post-Vedic age?
A) Theravada Buddhism
B) Mahayana Buddhism
C) Jainism
D) Hinduism
Answer: C
Q3) Which of these was the main food crop in the Indus Valley civilization?
A) corn
B) barley
C) rice
D) wheat
Answer: D
Q4) Compare and contrast Hinduism and Buddhism.
Answer: Not Answered
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Q1) Who was King Wu?
A) the leader of the Shang
B) the leader of the Zhou
C) the leader of the Han
D) the leader of the Qin
Q2) Confucius said "It is better to live among tigers than to live __________."
A) among warriors
B) under a bad government
C) without harmony
D) without family
Q3) Which of these best characterizes the reign of the first emperor?
A) a long and stable reign
B) massive public works projects
C) more reliant on kindness than brutality
D) a reign marked by Buddhist restraint
Q4) If a ruler caused his people to suffer, what was he said to have lost?
Q5) Discuss the origins of the "Era of Warring States."
Q6) Discuss the major virtues of Confucianism.
Q7) Who were the "Yellow Turbans"?
Q8) Evaluate the role of the eunuchs 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) Which people built San Lorenzo and Tres Zapotes?
A) Olmec
B) Maya
C) Toltec
D) Apache
Q2) Discuss the unique problems facing the Chavín Empire.
Q3) Evaluate the contributions of the Olmec to Mayan society.
Q4) Compare gender roles in Moche and Central Asian societies.
Q5) Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Mayan society?
A) Free peasants and serfs were commoners.
B) Merchants were commoners.
C) Slavery was hereditary.
D) Priests were part of the nobility.
Q6) Which of these groups most resembled the earliest Amerinds?
A) Inuits
B) Cherokees
C) Adena
D) Creeks
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Q7) Why were the Teotihuacanos dependent on obsidian?
Q8) How did the Mayan attempt to bridge the temporal and spiritual realms?
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Bce - 637 Ce
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Q1) The Achaemenids were the ruling family of the
A) Assyrians.
B) Persians.
C) Lydians.
D) Chaldeans.
Q2) How did Persian rule differ from that of other conquerors?
A) The Persians were more ruthless.
B) The Persians were less harsh.
C) The Persians were less organized.
D) The Persians did not expect cooperation from subject peoples.
Q3) Who were the scholar-priests of the Persian world?
A) satraps
B) magi
C) Avesta
D) Mithras
Q4) Which Greek city-state was known for its strong navy?
A) Sparta
B) Athens
C) Corinth
D) Thebes
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Chapter 7: Classical Greece and Its Expansion Into Asia,
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Q2) The world's first historical thesis statement centered on the subject of the cause of
A) the Persian Wars.
B) Alexander's eastern campaign.
C) the fall of Persia.
D) the Peloponnesian War.
Q3) How did Athenian democracy differ from today's perception of democracy?
A) Athenian democracy didn't include all citizens.
B) Athenian democracy ignored class distinction.
C) Athenian democracy included women in the political process.
D) Athenian democracy was economic as well as political.
Q4) Which man calculated the circumference of the earth during the Hellenistic Era with amazing accuracy?
A) Aristophanes
B) Archimedes
C) Eratosthenes
D) Aristotle
Q5) Compare and contrast gender roles in Sparta and Athens.
Q6) Who were the helots?
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Chapter 8: The Romans Connect the Mediterranean World,
753 Bce - 284 Ce
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Q1) All of the following factors threatened Rome's stability during the Augustan Age EXCEPT
A) Augustus never formalized the position of emperor.
B) the empire had grown too large.
C) the empire expanded to include monotheistic societies.
D) the senate lost its power and never regained a political role.
Q2) Which of the following did NOT occur during the reign of the Five Good Emperors?
A) the successful defense of the borders
B) the seizure of imperial power by force
C) a deadly smallpox epidemic
D) a reformation and revitalization of bureaucracy
Q3) Which of these best describes the impact of the Punic Wars on Roman society?
A) Greater opportunity arose for the talented, ambitious and fortunate.
B) Social elevation became impossible.
C) The gap between rich and poor narrowed.
D) Rome was impoverished by constant war.
Q4) Why did some foreigners actually sell themselves into slavery in Rome?
Q5) Who were Caesarion's parents?
Q6) Which man became known as Caesar Augustus?
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Chapter 9: Germanic Societies and the Emergence of the
Christian West, 100-1100 Ce
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Q1) When did Rome fall for the first time to invaders?
A) 280
B) 380
C) 410
D) 570
Q2) Popes see themselves as successors to
A) Peter.
B) Jesus.
C) Celestine.
D) Paul.
Q3) The Byzantine emperor welcomed the news of Charlemagne's coronation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Attila was much more brutal than most warriors of his day.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Medieval kings were absolute rulers.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss the Great Schism of 1054.
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Chapter 10: The Byzantine World, 284-1240
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Q1) Caesaropapism preserved the separation of church and state.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Who were the Polovtsy?
A) Turkish invaders from the steppes
B) inhabitants of Kiev
C) the Russian noble class
D) Siberian immigrants
Q3) Where in the Byzantine world was Monophysitism strongest?
Q4) What brought the end of efforts to reunite the eastern and western Roman Empires?
A) the arrival of the Visigoths in Rome
B) the Council of Nicaea
C) the death of Justinian
D) the Great Schism
Q5) Which of these tied the Kievan Rus to Byzantium in the 980s?
A) alliance against the Pechenegs
B) Byzantine defeat of Kiev
C) ties of marriage and religion
D) commercial alliance
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Chapter 11: The Origins and Expansion of Islam, 100-750
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Q1) The shrine in Mecca is called the A) Hejira.
B) jihad.
C) Ka'ba.
D) Quraysh.
Q2) The importance of the Shari'ah in Islamic life is a reflection of Muhammad's role as a A) arbitrator, lawgiver and judge.
B) theologian.
C) politician.
D) merchant.
Q3) How was the Qur'an recorded?
Q4) How many rivers are in the Arabian Peninsula?
A) zero
B) one
C) two
D) four
Q5) Discuss the conflict within Islam after the death of Muhammad.
Q6) What is the umma?
Q7) Discuss the conflict between Uthman and Ali.
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Chapter 12: Religion and Diversity in the Transformation of
Southern Asia, 711-1400
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Q1) The major emphasis of Sufism was
A) rejection of Shi'ite practices.
B) unity against Hindus.
C) rejection of worldly pleasures.
D) repressing secularism.
Q2) Where is "farther India"?
Q3) What are madrasas?
A) Sufi sects
B) Islamic schools
C) Abbasid military leaders
D) Islamic communities in Baghdad
Q4) What was the economic base of Srivijaya?
A) overland trade with southern China
B) maritime trade
C) mining
D) farming
Q5) Discuss the role of commerce in Islamic territories.
Q6) Harun al-Rashid was ruler in the time of Baghdad's golden age.
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Chapter 13: Early African Societies, 1500 Bce-1500 Ce
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Q1) Who brought the first system of writing to the Africans?
A) Nubians
B) Persians
C) Egyptians
D) Arabs
Q2) Who was the most powerful ruler in the history of West Africa?
Q3) After September 11, 2001, a small Kenyan village wanted to offer condolences to the United States, so they sent
A) 911 copies of the Qur'an.
B) twenty camels.
C) fourteen cattle.
D) handmade blankets with pictures of the Twin Towers.
Q4) Discuss traditional African religious beliefs before the coming of Islam.
Q5) Why did early European explorers declare Great Zimbabwe to be influenced by Solomon's Temple?
A) It is unlike any other African building.
B) It housed Hebrew texts.
C) It is relatively close to West Asia.
D) It was then inhabited by members of the Diaspora.
Q6) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Islamic expansion into Africa.
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Chapter 14: The Evolution and Expansion of East Asian
Societies, 220-1240 Ce
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Q1) According to Mahayana Buddhism, what were the bodhisattvas?
A) statues of the Buddha in a meditation position
B) simple truths originally advanced by the Buddha
C) structures used to house the Buddha's relics
D) former mortals who had attained nirvana but stayed on earth to help others
Q2) Which dynasty began the Grand Canal linking north and south China?
Q3) Discuss the evolution of the civil service system throughout Chinese history.
Q4) Compare and contrast the rights of women in China and Vietnam.
Q5) The Toba warriors welcomed adoption of Chinese language.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Which of the following did NOT occur during the Tang dynasty?
A) revitalization of civil service
B) conquering of Turkestan
C) subduing of Tibet
D) forced conversion to Buddhism
Q7) Japanese samurai were taught to value death before dishonor.
A)True
B)False
Q8) Where did Korea get its name?
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Chapter 15: Nomadic Conquests and Eurasian
Connections, 1000-1400
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Q1) Evaluate the Mongol influence on Eurasia, including costs and benefits of Mongol rule.
Q2) The Liao Empire was ruled by A) Mongol Khitans.
B) Manchu Yuan.
C) Seljuk Jurchens.
D) Han Chinese Jin.
Q3) The Tibetan tribes who established the Xi Xia regime were called the A) Tanguts.
B) Seljuks.
C) Ghaznavids.
D) Mongols.
Q4) Khubilai Khan proved to be Genghis Khan's most able and talented heir.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Zhu Yuanzhang was a poor peasant who led China in defeated the Mongols. A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss the conquest of Russia by the Mongols.
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Chapter 16: The Resurgence of the Christian West, 1050-1530
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Q1) Who created the breathtaking Pieta?
Q2) Which king focused on creating a strong centralized judicial system?
A) Philip II Augustus
B) Philip IV (the Fair)
C) King John
D) Henry II
Q3) Who pioneered artistic realism, using depth and perspective in his paintings?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Michelangelo
C) Giotto
D) Raphael
Q4) What medieval university became the center of scholasticism?
Q5) Which of these modern groups most resemble medieval guilds?
A) professional associations
B) labor unions
C) charities
D) farming cooperatives
Q6) Who introduced a moveable type printing press?
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Q7) Discuss the changes in art during the Renaissance.
Q8) Who wrote Utopia?
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Chapter 17: Culture and Conflict in the Great Islamic
Empires, 1071-1707
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Q1) Which of these was NOT part of the Ottoman Empire in 1566?
A) Egypt
B) Persia
C) Anatolia
D) the Balkans
Q2) What branch of Islam was practiced by the Ottoman Turks?
Q3) How did Iletmish cause controversy by choosing Radiya as his successor?
A) he was illegitimate
B) he was a Sunni.
C) he was a Shi'ite.
D) she was a woman
Q4) Discuss the origins of Sikhism and its evolution in India.
Q5) Nanak tried to merge Hindu and Islamic ideology into the religion of the A) Jains.
B) Assassins.
C) Sikhs.
D) Parsees
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Chapter 18: The Aztec and Inca Empires, 1300-1550
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Q1) Within Aztec society, merchant and artisan were
A) held in contempt.
B) autonomous castes.
C) seen as of little value.
D) harshly exploited by the ruling class.
Q2) Aztec policy towards conquered peoples was similar to that of the Romans.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How was the Inca imperial line kept pure?
A) The Sapa Inca remained celibate.
B) The Sapa Inca always married his sister.
C) The imperial family was a caste.
D) Only sons of two Sapa Incas could rule.
Q4) Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the physical structure of Andean people, compared to non-Andeans?
A) greater height
B) enlarged hearts
C) relatively large number of red corpuscles
D) a lung capacity was 40 percent greater than people in lower altitudes
Q5) Why was smallpox so deadly to the Amerinds?
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Chapter 19: Global Exploration and Global Empires, 1400-1700
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Q1) Henry the Navigator was the
A) younger son of the king of Portugal.
B) heir to the Portuguese throne.
C) king of Portugal.
D) adopted son of the king of Portugal.
Q2) The Iberians had a warrior culture comparable to that of the Mongols.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Portuguese America developed in a more centralized fashion than Spanish America.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the flow of commerce in the Portuguese empire.
Q5) Which countries negotiated the Treaty of Tordesillas?
A) Britain and Spain
B) Portugal and Spain
C) Britain and France
D) France and Portugal
Q6) Evaluate the origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
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Q7) Compare and contrast the Iberian conquerors with the Mongols.
Q8) Who named the entire Western hemisphere "America"?
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Chapter 20: The West in an Age of Religious Conflict and Global Expansion, 1500-1650
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Q1) Henry VIII believed his first marriage was cursed because he married
A) his cousin.
B) his sister.
C) his brother's wife.
D) a non-virgin.
Q2) Why did the arrival of John Tetzel lead Martin Luther to publish the Ninety-Five Theses?
A) Tetzel supported Luther's criticism of the Church.
B) Tetzel was selling indulgences.
C) Tetzel carried orders to arrest Luther.
D) Tetzel was a notorious pluralist.
Q3) Which of these was True of Henry VIII's break with Rome?
A) Henry was a follower of Martin Luther.
B) The break was primarily on theological grounds.
C) The break was mainly for political reasons.
D) Parliament refused to support Henry.
Q4) The modern country of Belgium was once part of the Spanish Netherlands.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Discuss the Thirty Years War and the Peace of Westphalia.
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Chapter 21: The Search for Stability in East Asia, 1300-1800
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Q1) Which of these describe Japan's Age of Warring States?
A) two rival emperors fighting for the throne
B) daimyo battling each other under a puppet emperor
C) a strong emperor bringing the daimyo to heel
D) a period of constant fighting between Japan and Korea
Q2) Which of these was the focus of Wang Yangming's work?
A) military technology
B) Confucian thought
C) financial reform
D) reconciling Christianity and Daoism
Q3) Who moved the Chinese capital to Beijing?
Q4) The Chinese government curtailed sea voyages in the 1400s because
A) they needed to focus their resources on the army.
B) they saw little benefit from connections with inferior foreigners.
C) the cost of piracy was too great.
D) Japan controlled the seas.
Q5) What does "Hongwu" mean?
Q6) Korea's "turtle ships" defeated the Japanese navy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 22: Southern Asia and the Global Shift in Wealth and
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Q1) How did Persia differ from many other Muslim states in the 1700s?
A) Persia did not modernize.
B) Persia was more tolerant.
C) Persia had less wealth.
D) Persia westernized and modernized.
Q2) When did Portuguese explorers first reach India?
A) 1460s
B) 1490s
C) 1530s
D) 1570s
Q3) Russia's victory over Sweden established Russian domination in Eastern Europe.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Russia established supremacy in eastern Europe under the leadership of
A) Catherine the Great.
B) Peter the Great.
C) Ivan the Terrible.
D) Nicholas II.
Q5) Urdu is a blend of what two languages?
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Chapter 23: Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1400-1800
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Q1) Which of these describes 15th century Central and South Africa?
A) deeply Islamic
B) city-states based on a commercial economy
C) commercial ties to North Africa
D) farming and herding with many stateless societies
Q2) Which of these explains the shape and extent of Songhai?
A) its position along the Congo River
B) its control of trade along the coast of West Africa
C) its position along the region between the Sahara and sub-Saharan Africa
D) its spread from Benin southward
Q3) What was the source of Mali's great wealth?
Q4) Discuss the long-lasting effects of the African slave trade.
Q5) Why did Portugal turn to slavery in its colonies earlier than other European states?
A) small population and labor shortage
B) an entrenched racial ideology
C) competition with Spain
D) a richer and larger state that could better afford slaves
Q6) Compare and contrast slavery in the Americas with slavery in the Middle East.
Q7) Discuss Portugal's role in the Atlantic slave trade.
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Chapter 24: Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1600-1763
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Q1) Compare and contrast the ideas of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Q2) Which country set the standard for seventeenth-century absolutism?
A) England
B) France
C) Austria
D) Prussia
Q3) The French king was nearly omnipotent as long as he respected the fundamental laws.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Many legislative bodies exerted considerable power and influence, but this was not the case in France. Why was the French legislature powerless and ineffective?
A) The legislators were all appointed by the king, so he appointed only his closest friends. B) Only the king could call it into session, and he wasn't bound by its decisions.
C) The only people who could hold office were the nobles, and they were allied with the king.
D) The legislators were engaged in a civil war with each other.
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Chapter 25: Russias Eurasian Empire: Convergence of East and
West, 1300-1800
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Q1) Under whose rule did the schism in Russian Orthodoxy appear?
Q2) Evaluate the use of the title "the Great" given to Tsar Peter. Did he deserve the title? Why or why not?
Q3) Who began the reorientation of Russia towards Europe?
A) Alexis I
B) Peter I
C) Boris Godunov
D) Michael I
Q4) Catherine's Nakaz was too liberal for French absolutist regimes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The head of the Russian Orthodox Church was known as the A) pope.
B) patriarch.
C) caesar.
D) archdeacon.
Q6) What was the goal of Peter the Great's Grand Embassy?
Q7) How did Peter the Great die?
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Q9) Evaluate the role of the Orthodox church in Muscovite society.
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Chapter 26: The North Atlantic Revolutions, 1750-1830
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Q1) What was formally abolished in France on August 4, 1789?
A) the French Assembly
B) the monarchy
C) class privilege
D) the French Catholic Church
Q2) In which of these actions did Napoleon disappoint hopes that he would carry out the principles of the French Revolution?
A) reaching peace with Britain in 1802
B) codification of French Laws
C) establishing a centralized bureaucracy
D) using elections to approve his decisions after the fact
Q3) During the French Revolution, wearing long trousers, instead of breeches, showed support for
A) the nobility.
B) the military.
C) commoners.
D) the war effort.
Q4) The Stamp Act Congress called for a boycott of British goods.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 27: Industry, Ideology, and Their Global Impact, 1700-1914
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Q1) Alexander III was known as the "Gendarme of Europe."
A)True
B)False
Q2) People who sought to maintain traditional institutions and customs were known as
A) socialists.
B) nationalists.
C) liberals.
D) conservatives.
Q3) German industry was initially hampered by A) political fragmentation.
B) unions.
C) lack of tariffs.
D) low education levels.
Q4) Which of these explain the numerous uprisings in Italy, Germany, and the Austrian Empire in 1848-49?
A) the large size of these states
B) strong nationalist feelings
C) proximity to the Ottoman Empire
D) socialist traditions in those regions
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Q5) Why did Alexander III institute harsh, repressive measures?
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Chapter 28: Nation Building in the Americas, 1789-1914
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Q1) MacDonald did all of the following EXCEPT
A) expand Canada.
B) buy the Northwest Territories from the British Hudson Bay Company.
C) incorporate French-Canadians into the dominion.
D) link all of the territories into a unified nation.
Q2) Jim Crow laws ended with the Union's victory in the Civil War.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Juarez did all of the following EXCEPT
A) fight a three-year civil war against conservatives.
B) issue the Reform Laws.
C) honor the debts owed by his former opponents to foreign banks.
D) set up his government in Veracruz so that he could control shipping in and out of Mexico.
Q4) The earliest independent Mexican governments were ruled by A) liberal military leaders.
B) conservative caudillos.
C) conservative-liberal coalitions.
D) the liberal middle class.
Q5) Which man lost half of his country in the Mexican-American War?
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Chapter 29: New Connections and Challenges in Eastern and
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Q1) The Macartney Mission was designed to A) convince Japan to open ports to U.S. goods.
B) convince China to open ports to British goods.
C) convince Japan to open ports to British goods.
D) convince China to open ports to U.S. goods.
Q2) As Western powers colonized much of Asia, Japan avoided conquest by A) exploiting Western rivalries.
B) modernizing.
C) forming an alliance with the United States.
D) allying with China.
Q3) Which of these catastrophes did NOT occur in China in the 1850s?
A) the Taiping Rebellion
B) the fall of the Qing dynasty
C) widespread famine
D) the Opium Wars
Q4) Mutsuhito's reign was given the title "Meiji," meaning A) modern rule.
B) imperial Japan.
C) death of shogun.
D) enlightened rule.
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Chapter 30: New Connections and Challenges in West Asia and
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Q1) How did the influence of Western powers in Africa change in the period from 1880 to 1914?
A) Europeans became more interested in diplomatic ties with Africa.
B) Europeans penetrated deeper into Africa.
C) The slave trade accelerated under European control.
D) Western powers became more influenced by commercial motives.
Q2) Africans liberating from slave-trading vessels and resettled in Sierra Leone were called
A) the liberated.
B) contradands.
C) recaptives.
D) maroons.
Q3) Discuss the motives for European colonization in Africa in the late 1800s.
Q4) Who defeated and then abolished the Janissary Corps?
A) Selim III
B) Reshid
C) Mahmud II
D) Abdulhamid
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Q5) What West African people adopted Sufism and formed the Sokoto Caliphate?
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Q1) What was the focus of Britain's diplomacy in Europe in the period 1900-1910?
A) building an alliance with Germany against France
B) countering German expansion
C) stopping the Spanish naval buildup
D) stopping Russian imperialism
Q2) France's will to resist was symbolized in the city of A) Paris.
B) Verdun.
C) Calais.
D) Dunkirk.
Q3) The Fourteen Points were proposed by Germany at the end of the Great War.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Russia defended Serbia in the Bosnian Crisis because
A) Russia claimed leadership of all Slavs.
B) the Reinsurance Treaty required Russia to act.
C) Serbia and Russia were both Catholic.
D) the czarina was Serbian.
Q5) Evaluate the role of European colonial possessions in World War I.
Q6) Discuss the stalemate that existed on the western front during World War I. Page 45
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Chapter 32: Anxieties and Ideologies of the Interwar Years,
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Q1) What new nation was created from an expanded Serbia after the war?
A) Poland
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Romania
D) Yugoslavia
Q2) As an alternative to Communism, some nations offered "cradle to grave" health and welfare benefits financed by very high taxes. This approach was most widely adopted in the postwar period in
A) Central America.
B) Scandinavia.
C) Soviet Union.
D) the United States.
Q3) Which people espoused the notion that it is right that the strong overcome the weak?
Q4) Which of these trends ended Japan's move to democracy?
A) capitalism
B) militarism
C) Communism
D) Fascism
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Q5) Which type of art attempted to portray elements of Freud's unconscious world?
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Q1) The Rape of Nanjing caused global condemnation against A) China.
B) Japan.
C) Germany.
D) France.
Q2) Which of these had Japan erroneously assumed when creating its Asian empire?
A) Britain and France would not support an attack on Japan.
B) The United States would never confront Japan in force.
C) British would attempt to balance Japanese and Russian imperialism.
D) China would not defend itself against a Japanese invasion.
Q3) Who was the commander of the Afrika Korps?
Q4) Rommel's defeat in Africa was largely due to
A) Hitler's failure to send reinforcements requested by Rommel.
B) superior British and American resources.
C) lack of military planning.
D) incompetent strategy.
Q5) Discuss Japan's strategy for creating a "New Order in East Asia."
Q6) The Nazis viewed Slavs such as the Russians as "subhuman."
A)True
B)False
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Q1) What was the unanticipated consequence of the policy of massive retaliation?
A) The defense industry was incapable of supplying the necessary weapons.
B) The Soviets matched the U.S. weaponry.
C) Eisenhower lost the election of 1956.
D) Japan entered the arms race.
Q2) Détente got a major boost when which of these came to power?
A) Jimmy Carter
B) Mikhail Gorbachev
C) Ronald Reagan
D) George H.W. Bush
Q3) Evaluate the causes and effects of Truman's decision to use nuclear weapons to end WWII.
Q4) Which of these processes did both capitalist and Communist powers hope to use to spread their ideologies?
A) collectivization
B) colonization
C) industrialization
D) decolonization
Q5) Discuss the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
Q6) According to Ronald Reagan, what was the "evil empire"? Page 49
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Chapter 36: Reform and Revolution in Latin America,
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A) Colombia
B) Argentina
C) Brazil
D) Bolivia
Q2) Mexico's economy stabilized in the 1990s as a result of a $20 billion loan from
A) Britain.
B) the United States.
C) Saudi Arabia.
D) Venezuela.
Q3) Who was the influential Argentinean writer who was fired from his government job by Juan Perón?
A) Isabel Allende
B) Pablo Neruda
C) Jorge Luís Borges
D) Gabriel García Márquez
Q4) Discuss the "Dirty War" including its causes and results.
Q5) What type of political and economic system was adopted by Salvador Allende's freely elected government?
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B) industrialization.
C) democratic reforms.
D) a move towards capitalism.
Q2) The Great Leap Forward was disastrous for Chinese industry.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Who ruled South Korea following the Korean War?
Q4) Which Cambodian leader was responsible for the Khmer Rouge killings?
Q5) East Pakistan gained independence as A) India.
B) Nepal.
C) Afghanistan.
D) Bangladesh.
Q6) The Geneva Accords called for elections in 1956 to unite the country of A) Korea.
B) Vietnam.
C) Cambodia.
D) China.
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Q1) What was used by Julius Nyerere to unite Tanganyika to gain independence in 1961?
A) Islam
B) the Swahili language
C) devotion to British traditions
D) connections to Indian Ocean trade
Q2) The Balfour Declaration espoused intent to create a Jewish homeland regardless of Arab wishes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) De Gaulle believed that Algeria should be granted independence because A) Muslim resistance was too great.
B) he believed that colonial holdings were no longer necessary.
C) he believed that the cost of maintaining the African territories was too great.
D) Algeria helped France in WWI and WWII.
Q4) Israel won the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and Sinai Peninsula as a result of the Six-Day War.
A)True
B)False
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