Introduction to World Civilizations Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Introduction to World Civilizations offers a comprehensive overview of the major civilizations that have shaped human history from ancient times to the present. The course explores the development of political systems, economic structures, cultural achievements, and religious traditions across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Students will analyze key events, influential leaders, and the interactions among societies, examining how cross-cultural exchanges, migrations, and technological advancements influenced global development. By studying diverse civilizations and their legacies, students gain a deeper appreciation for the interconnectedness of the world and the historical forces that continue to impact contemporary societies.
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The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History 6th Edition by Richard Bulliet
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Chapter 1: Nature, Humanity, and History
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Q1) Why did Neolithic peoples form permanent settled communities? What were the advantages and disadvantages of those communities?
Answer: Humans formed permanent settled communities to ensure a more dependable food supply. There were also numerous cultural and societal benefits to community life. The religious practices of food producers reflected their lifestyles and differed greatly from those of hunter-gatherers. Neolithic communities helped develop and spread large language families across the globe. Architecture evolved as towns grew. Objects too large and cumbersome for hunter-gatherer peoples became practical and necessary for settled life, creating a demand for such items as pottery. Consequently, trade and craftwork became important. Early metalworking emerged, but mostly for decorative and ceremonial uses. Still, there were drawbacks for agriculturalists and pastoralists. Their diets were not as varied or nutritious as the diets of hunter-gatherers, and farmers had to work longer and harder than foragers.
Q2) What is the most plausible explanation for the advent of the Agricultural Revolution? Answer: Climate change drove people to abandon hunting and gathering in favor of agriculture or pastoralism.
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Chapter 2: The First River-Valley Civilizations
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Q1) The capital of Old Kingdom Egypt, near the head of the Nile Delta and where early rulers were interred in the nearby pyramids, was:
A) Thebes
B) Memphis
C) Alexandria
D) Cairo
E) Babylon
Answer: B
Q2) Which was NOT a technology found in Indian civilization?
A) metallurgy
B) irrigation
C) pottery
D) mummification
E) brick making
Answer: D
Q3) The Egyptian death ritual is complex because of the belief that death was a journey beset with danger.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Mediterranean and Middle East
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Q1) Information about ancient Israel can be found in the
A) chronicles of Abraham.
B) Rosetta stone.
C) Rig Veda.
D) poems of Saul.
E) Hebrew Bible.
Answer: E
Q2) What made certain Phoenician textiles unique?
A) Man-made fibers
B) Blind stitching
C) The combination of silk and cotton fabric
D) Purple dye
E) Their expense
Answer: D
Q3) Iron Age
Answer: Answer not provided.
Q4) Some of the oldest pottery found in the Mediterranean region was made by which group first?
Answer: Minoan civilizations.
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Chapter 4: New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area
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Q1) Celts
Q2) Discuss the importance of the Chinese concept of "harmony" in both religious and political terms. How does this concept manifest itself in political and religious structures? Does this concept remain stable?
Q3) The chief astrologer for the Han dynasty emperor Wu and regarded as the Chinese "father of history" was
A) Herodotus
B) Sima Qian
C) Sythians
D) Kushan
E) Saka
Q4) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.2 and describe why Nubia was a "corridor" of trade in East Africa.
Q5) The Shang elite were what part of society?
A) warriors.
B) priests
C) scholars.
D) merchants
E) farmers.
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Chapter 5: Greece and Iran
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Q1) How did geography and the environment affect Greek development?
Q2) polis
Q3) Darius established the administrative center of his empire in Susa, however, he began an imperial and ceremonial center for the empire in:
A) Persepolis.
B) Caro.
C) Babylon.
D) wherever he was in the empire, traveling with his entourage.
E) Parsa.
Q4) Worship and sacrifice to the Greek gods was done in the hope of:
A) a bestowal of favors in return.
B) proving personal piety.
C) fulfilling a requirement of good citizens.
D) venerating one's ancestors.
E) strengthening the democratic process.
Q5) Explain Greek intellectual currents using the life of Socrates as an example.
Q6) Using Map (in the textbook) 5.1, explain how the geography of Iran left it relatively isolated from the more western settlements of Mesopotamia and Assyria. Explain why the lack of cities contributed to this isolation.
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Chapter 6: An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China
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Q1) The essential economic activity of the early Roman state was based on A) agriculture.
B) mercantilism.
C) mining.
D) fishing.
E) the military.
Q2) Explain the expansion of Christianity at the same time that Rome was in decline. Are these factors related?
Q3) latifundia
Q4) Xiongnu
Q5) The term of office for a senator in the Roman Republic was _______________.
Q6) Describe the rise of the Han dynasty in China.
Q7) The leading export commodity of China during the Han was
A) cotton textiles.
B) rice.
C) silk.
D) tea.
E) porcelain.
Q8) Qin
Q9) patron/client relationship
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Chapter 7: India and Southeast Asia
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Q1) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 7.1 and describe the different regions of the subcontinent. How did this geography keep India isolated from other areas? What areas did it "push" India toward politically and economically?
Q2) Hinduism
Q3) Siddhartha Gautama articulated the "Four Noble Truths," which taught that life is suffering, that suffering is caused by desire, that the solution to suffering is curbing one's desires, and that:
A) desire can be curbed by following the Eightfold Path.
B) life is mystical and ephemeral.
C) the meaning of life can be understood by worshiping a plethora of gods and deities.
D) humanity is sinful by nature.
E) the worship of God is the highest calling of man.
Q4) Traditionally, what are the duties of a young Indian man through the ideal life cycle? Can you imagine a similar life cycle for yourself?
Q5) Using Map (in the textbook) 7.2, describe the geo-strategic influence that India and China had on the history of Southeast Asia.
Q6) Describe the rise and importance of the Mauryan Empire.
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Chapter 8: Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas
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Q1) As Mesoamerican populations grew, political institutions gained in power. How did the power of these institutions affect Mesoamerican society?
Q2) What were the major differences between the Maya and Toltec civilizations?
Q3) The cultural core of early Olmec civilization was located at
A) San Lorenzo and La Venta.
B) La Venta.
C) Teothuacan.
D) Tres Zapotes.
Q4) Toltecs
Q5) Some scholars claim that the similarities in decorative motifs, architecture and urban planning between the Maya and the Toltec was because the Maya were conquered by the Toltec, while more recent scholarship suggests:
A) Religious priests on pilgrimage fostered the exchange.
B) They were linked by long-term cultural exchanges.
C) Exchanges of elite family members occurred.
D) Attacks by other states caused the interactions and similarities.
Q6) llama
Q7) Wari
Q8) What were the cultural and technological contributions of the Maya?
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Chapter 9: Networks of Communication and Exchange
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Q1) One of the greatest promoters of Buddhism was
A) in the Tang dynasty of China.
B) King Ashoka of India.
C) Alexander the Great.
D) Emperor Darius of Persia.
E) Zuanzang of China.
Q2) In the fourth century c.e., the head of the Ethiopian Christian church was appointed by
A) the pope.
B) the patriarch of Alexandria.
C) the Ethiopian prime minister.
D) the Episcopal Council.
E) the College of Cardinals.
Q3) Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam all spread
A) only within their own countries until the nineteenth century.
B) only to their neighboring countries.
C) without dependency on a single ethnic or kinship group.
D) predominantly by warfare.
E) most often by the use of missionaries, generally sponsored by the government.
Q4) Armenia
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Chapter 10: The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam
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Q1) Muhammad's revelations from the angel are compiled in a book called
A) the Hadith.
B) the Third Testament.
C) the Quran.
D) the Ka'ba.
E) the Revelations.
Q2) The establishment of Zoroastrianism and Christianity as official faiths in the Sasanid and Byzantine empires (respectively) set the precedent for what future event?
A) The rise of Islam as the focus of a political empire.
B) The dominance of monotheism in all subsequent empires.
C) The rejection of religion as an official political focus.
D) The rise of corrupt leadership in those empires.
E) The worldwide spread of Christianity.
Q3) The Muslims fought the Battle of the Camel (656) in a dispute over the A) Nestorian control of Yemenite lands.
B) appointment of Abu Bakr.
C) control of the royal treasury.
D) legitimacy of Ali as caliph.
E) compilation of the Quran.
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Chapter 11: Christian Societies Emerge in Europe
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Q1) The Council of Clermont in 1095 brought
A) Pope Urban II's call for the First Crusade.
B) an end to the Christian Crusades.
C) a Christian-Islamic treaty at Jerusalem.
D) official recognition of Jerusalem as the Holy Land.
E) the end of the Great Schism that split the Christian church for fifty years.
Q2) The movement for reformed monasticism under the austere Rule of Benedict included which of the following changes:
A) independence of the monastery from local secular politics.
B) poverty.
C) prayer at specified intervals.
D) hard labor.
E) all of the above.
Q3) Describe the political and economic transformation of medieval Europe after the decline of Rome. How did the organization of Medieval European societies differ from that of Rome at its height? What role did invading forces have in this transformation?
Q4) A grant of land in return for a pledge to provide military service was called a ________?
Q5) pilgrimage
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Chapter 12: Inner and East Asia
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Q1) Prior to contact with China, Koreans believed in the practice of certain individuals being able to contact ancestors and the invisible spirit world. This religion is called...
A) Hinduism.
B) Christianity.
C) Islam.
D) Shamanism.
E) Atheism.
Q2) Confucianism spread to East Asia with the spread of A) the bubonic plague.
B) slavery.
C) the ideographic Chinese writing system.
D) Daoism.
E) the Mongols.
Q3) gunpowder
Q4) Discuss the absorption and also repression of Buddhism in China. What was the impact of these two trends in Asian history?
Q5) Describe the influence Confucianism and Buddhism had on the spread of Chinese culture in Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
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Chapter 13: Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath
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Q1) One of the most significant effects of Mongol trade routes was the spread of diseases including
A) typhus.
B) influenza.
C) smallpox.
D) bubonic plague.
E) all of the above.
Q2) Menial work in Mongol camps was done by A) women
B) gendered division of labor
C) slaves
D) children.
E) all of these.
Q3) Omar Khayyam
Q4) The rise of literacy in Korea resulted from the
A) combination of an improved printing system and the han'gul writing system.
B) institution of a university system.
C) spread of woodblock printing from China and the Mongol writing system.
D) imposition of Japanese rule, which forced the formation of public schools.
E) popularity of Islam, which required that all Muslims read the Quran.
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Q1) The later Middle Ages was a period of great intellectual and artistic achievement marked by what is often called the Renaissance. What was the Renaissance, and what were some of its most important and lasting cultural and artistic achievements?
Q2) Canterbury Tales
Q3) How does Map (in the textbook) 14.3 show changes in the Muslim Empire?
Q4) The Black Death, which had killed one out of three western Europeans, was primarily A) bubonic plague.
B) influenza.
C) anthrax.
D) malaria.
E) dysentery.
Q5) reconquest of Iberia
Q6) The Hanseatic League was based in A) Germany.
B) Russia.
C) the Ottoman Empire.
D) England.
E) Bulgaria.
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Chapter 15: Southern Empires, Southern Seas
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Q1) The status of women in tropical India may have improved, based on reports that
A) sati, or widow burning, became optional.
B) the number of years of education increased.
C) women wore more gold jewelry.
D) women were able to achieve spiritual enlightenment.
E) footbinding was on the decline.
Q2) Because of the trade through the Strait of Malacca, and through astute alliances, Malacca became an important port and
A) the focus of the annual Buddhist pilgrimage.
B) a meeting place for traders from around the Eurasian world.
C) replaced Madagascar as the most important slave-trading port.
D) became one of the most homogeneous cities in Southeast Asia.
E) became known as the "Asian Tiger."
Q3) What caused the collapse of the Sinhalese irrigation system in Ceylon between 1250-1400?
Q4) Mansa Kankan Musa
Q5) Trace the rise of the Aztec Empire and the importance of their military strategy. What type of administrative landscape did the Aztec establish? How did the Aztec treat their subjugated peoples?
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Chapter 16: The Maritime Revolution
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Q1) In addition to sailing up the Pacific coast, early Amerindians from South America also colonized the West Indies; by the time of Columbus these people were travelling throughout the Caribbean:
A) Arawak and Carib.
B) Inka and Aztecs.
C) Anasazi and Hopewell.
D) Toltec and Olmec.
E) None of the above.
Q2) An area of dispute between Portugal and Spain despite the Treaty of Tordesillas was who had claim to the spice trade from:
A) Macao
B) Indonesia
C) Goa
D) Singapore
E) the Moluccas
Q3) Using Map (in the textbook) 16.3, identify the Tordesillas line. What was its importance?
Q4) Bartolomeu Dias
Q5) Arawak
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Chapter 17: Transformations in Europe
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Q1) The most significant challenge posed by early modern astronomers was that of the "heliocentric" universe, first argued by:
A) Galileo Galilei.
B) Nicholas Copernicus
C) Johannes Keppler
D) Frances Bacon
E) Rene Descartes
Q2) Catholic Reformation
Q3) gentry
Q4) How role did the papacy and the Renaissance play in the advent of the Protestant Reformation?
Q5) Bourgeoisie means
A) wealthy urban class.
B) lower middle class.
C) nobility.
D) clergy.
E) royalty.
Q6) How did the ideas of the Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution affect the Enlightenment? Was the Enlightenment only an intellectual concept?
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Chapter 18: The Diversity of American Colonial Societies
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Q1) Which of the following were ways that the Amerindian population reacted to the colonial economy?
A) They provided furs and deerskins to European traders.
B) Amerindian hunting and gathering and agricultural practices were disrupted.
C) They became dependent on European goods.
D) The natural balance of plants and animals was disrupted.
E) All of the above.
Q2) What was the most deadly of the epidemics in the Americas?
A) Smallpox
B) Syphilis
C) Influenza
D) Measles
E) Cholera
Q3) The majority of slaves granted manumission
A) were married and fathered a child.
B) killed an opponent in the annual games at the stadium.
C) purchased their freedom.
D) pledged homage to the feudal lord.
E) by order of the Catholic Church.
Q4) New France
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Chapter 19: The Atlantic System and Africa
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Q1) How did the Saharan slave trade differ from the Atlantic slave trade?
Q2) Life expectancy for nineteenth-century Brazilian male slaves was
A) 10 years.
B) 23 years.
C) 39 years.
D) 50 years.
E) 65 years.
Q3) Atlantic Circuit
Q4) Compare and contrast the European mercantilist and capitalist systems.
Q5) Atlantic system
Q6) Which of the following is true regarding the Atlantic slave trade?
A) Africans gained far more wealth than Europeans.
B) Europeans gained far more wealth than Africans.
C) Europeans gained only slightly more wealth than Africans.
D) Europeans and Africans gained nearly the same amount of wealth.
E) Africans benefited from their inclusion in the world trade system but were harmed by European diseases.
Q7) driver
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Q8) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 19.1 and explain how the Atlantic Circuit worked. What were the different parts of this trade network?
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Chapter 20: Between Europe and China
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Q1) The Dutch fought a series of wars against Acheh and other local kingdoms from their capital city of
A) Java
B) Batavia
C) Mataram
D) Goa
E) Ambon
Q2) Which of the following is a reason for the decline of the Mughals under Aurangzeb?
A) The land-grant system
B) Resistance in the southern provinces
C) Alienation of the Sikhs
D) Symbolic loss of the peacock throne from Delhi
E) all of the above
Q3) tsar
Q4) Cossacks
Q5) Rajputs
Q6) Janissaries
Q7) The longest-lasting post-Mongol Muslim empire was the _______________.
Q8) Batavia
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Chapter 21: East Asia in Global Perspective
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Q1) Why did the Jesuits succeed more than other Christianizing organizations in China?
A) Jesuits focused on the intellectual and political elite
B) Jesuits focused on the merchants
C) Jesuits focused on conversion of the bottom of society.
D) Jesuits used syncretism to promote Buddhism as a parallel of Christianity.
E) Jesuits were banned from China.
Q2) Macao
Q3) European visitors to Ming China in the sixteenth century were
A) dissatisfied with the quality of Chinese goods.
B) trying to convince the Chinese to accept the Russian presence in Manchuria.
C) buying huge quantities of opium, which was unavailable in Europe at the time.
D) astonished at its power, manufacturing, and vast population.
E) unimpressed by China's grandeur.
Q4) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 21.1 and trace the expeditions of the Manchurians into neighboring areas. What political and military advances did they make, and what was accomplished?
Q5) Using Map (in the textbook) 21.1, locate the city where the Chinese allowed European trade to take place. Discuss the growing European frustration with Chinese trade policies.
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Chapter 22: The Early Industrial Revolution
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Q1) The United States was the first country to create commercially viable steamships. The first commercially successful steamboat was Robert Fulton's North River, which first sailed in this river.
A) St. Lawrence Seaway
B) Hudson River
C) Mississippi River
D) Ohio River
E) Erie Canal
Q2) In continental Europe, industries such as iron, construction, and machinery were greatly stimulated by A) railroads.
B) the Crimean War.
C) the use of slave labor.
D) the increase in literacy.
E) American banking advances.
Q3) agricultural revolution
Q4) Using Map (in the textbook) 22.1, explain the process of urbanization in England and how this correlates with the growth of industrialization. How did urbanization affect transportation development?
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Chapter 23: Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World
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Q1) Why was Napoleon's reign so popular with the French? How did the extension of Napoleon's empire lead to the Congress of Vienna?
Q2) As a result of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was A) restored.
B) elected.
C) beheaded.
D) deported.
E) enriched.
Q3) George Washington
Q4) The Congress of Vienna restored order in Europe in the post-Napoleonic period with a meeting with key delegates from:
A) Britain.
B) Prussia.
C) Austria.
D) Russia.
E) All of the above.
Q5) In what ways was ordered restored to France after Robespierre's execution signaled the end of the Reign of Terror?
Q6) Jacobins
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Chapter 24: Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism
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Q1) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 24.1 and locate Egypt. What European nation invaded Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century? What led to the modernization of Egypt and the expansion of Egypt into Syria?
Q2) Taiping Rebellion
Q3) The Janissary revolt in Serbia and the execution of Selim III taught Ottoman leaders that reform had to be more systematic. The Ottoman response was the Tanzimat. Describe those reforms and evaluate their effectiveness.
Q4) What was the "Eastern Question" and how did it bring about European and Russian intervention in Ottoman affairs?
Q5) most-favored-nation status
Q6) Which of the following Tanzimat reforms are examples of westernization?
A) styles of military uniform
B) formation of a civil service brigade.
C) secularization of the legal codes
D) expansion of civil courts with equal access for all men.
E) all of the above
Q7) Arrow War
Q8) Opium War
Q9) Serbia
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Chapter 25: Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas
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Q1) U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and this naturalist worked for environmental preservation by creating large national parks.
A) Jane Goodall.
B) John de Bois.
C) John Adams.
D) John Locke.
E) John Muir.
Q2) What made Brazilian independence unique compared to the other independence movements in Latin America?
Q3) A significant difference in colonial political experiences is that the British colonies had
A) grown accustomed to elections, political parties and factions.
B) a constitution written by committee.
C) peaceful coexistence with indigenous populations.
D) a more advanced economic trade system than Spain.
E) none of these.
Q4) Women's Rights Convention
Q5) Discuss the significance of railroads in transforming the Western Hemisphere. How did railroads affect Latin America, the United States, and Canada?
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Chapter 26: Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America
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Q1) The first British settlers in Australia were
A) soldiers who had been mustered out.
B) exiled convicts.
C) homesteaders who received grants of land.
D) recruited from settlements in India.
E) indentured servants.
Q2) Berlin Conference
Q3) The Mexican Revolution sparked in 1910 resulted in which of the following in 1917?
A) a constitutional government
B) a monarchy
C) a communist state
D) a failed state
E) none of the above
Q4) Mexican Revolution
Q5) Afrikaners
Q6) Using Map (in the textbook) 26.2, discuss the European encroachment on Asia by 1914. Who were the major European powers in Asia, and how did they manage to control such vast territories?
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Q7) Spanish-American War
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Chapter 27: The New Power Balance
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Q1) Describe how the forces of nationalism weakened rather than strengthened Russia and Austria-Hungary in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Q2) One of the most significant reforms undertaken by Japan's Meiji oligarchs was
A) building a military aristocracy.
B) opening schools to train Japanese students in Western science and technology.
C) limiting the power of the emperor.
D) adopting Marxist economic policies.
E) All of these
Q3) According to Marx, the end of worker exploitation would occur when A) "scientific socialism" was proven by the intellectuals.
B) war broke down barriers of nationalism and included colonist countries.
C) free democracy replaced all entrenched monarchies in Europe.
D) workers would revolt and create a dictatorship of the proletariat.
E) war broke out and the Western industrialized, Christian world conquered the East.
Q4) labor union
Q5) German Nationalists in the 19th century were split between which areas as the focus of centralization?
Q6) nationalism
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Chapter 28: The Crisis of the Imperial Order
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Q2) Which of the European nations was least prepared to go to war?
A) Germany
B) Russia
C) France
D) England
E) Austro-Hungary
Q3) Describe the peace treaties ending the First World War and some of their long-term implications.
Q4) Using Map (in the textbook) 28.2, locate the territory lost by Russia as a result of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Why was this territory so valuable to Russia?
Q5) Treaty of Versailles
Q6) After the crisis for leadership of the Bolshevik party, Trotsky
A) won from his support of the Old Bolsheviks.
B) co-ruled with Josef Stalin.
C) was murdered outside the Kremlin.
D) was expelled from the Communist party for "deviation from the party line"
E) was given the military award of the Order of the Red Banner.
Q7) Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, igniting what?
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Chapter 29: Revolutions in Living
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Q1) One of the major incidents that sparked an Indian nationalist movement was
A) Lord Curzon's unilateral decision to divide Bengal into two provinces.
B) the arrest of Gandhi.
C) British troops storming the Jamshedpur factories.
D) insistence by the British that Muslim regions learn English.
E) taxation of Hindu and Muslim houses of worship to support the British colonial administration.
Q2) Significant internal conflict was found in India among which two groups?
A) Bengalis and Mughals
B) Hindus and Muslims
C) Calcuttese and Delhians
D) Shudra and Brahmin castes
E) Tamir and Pakastani
Q3) Describe both Mohandas Gandhi's role in the Indian independence movement and the direction of that movement after World War I.
Q4) Juan Perón
Q5) Sigmund Freud
Q6) Haile Selassie
Q7) Marie Curie
Q8) Le Corbusier
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Chapter 30: The Collapse of the Old Order
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Q1) The main cause of environmental stress during World War II was the A) scarring of battlefields by enormous armies.
B) tremendous number of refugees.
C) economic development, which increased demand for raw materials.
D) bombing of cities into ruins.
E) massive numbers of diseased corpses.
Q2) Which of the following were actions taken by Benito Mussolini?
A) He put Fascists in government jobs.
B) He liberalized education.
C) He gave employers control over employees.
D) He crushed all other political parties.
E) all of the above.
Q3) Using Map (in the textbook) 30.1, discuss Mao Zedong's struggle against the Guomindang. Why did Mao Zedong take the Long March to the north? Discuss the time and logistics involved in accomplishing this.
Q4) Joseph Stalin's goal was to _______________.
Q5) Smoot-Hawley tariff
Q6) Auschwitz
Q7) What was "Black Thursday?"
Q8) Nazis
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Chapter 31: The Cold War and Decolonization
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Q2) An example of new awareness of environmental issues in the United States was the
A) establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970.
B) government takeover of the Chrysler Corporation.
C) damming of the Colorado River.
D) 1967 law prohibiting strip mining.
E) All of these
Q3) Describe the political situation in the Middle East after World War II, with particular emphasis on the region's production of oil.
Q4) Kashmir
Q5) The Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961
A) was a response to the Cuban missile crisis.
B) was a failed United States-sponsored attempt to overthrow Castro.
C) led to the overthrow of Batista.
D) was Cuban terrorists attacking U.S. military bases in Florida.
E) All of these
Q6) What was the experience of Africans in British colonies during their struggle for independence?
Q7) non-aligned nations
Q8) World Bank
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Chapter 32: The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration
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Q2) What part did technological innovation play in the economic expansion after World War II? What is the role of the transnational corporation on the dissemination of technology?
Q3) Use Map (in the textbook) 32.2 and show which nations have the highest and lowest predicted rates of future population growth. Indicate which of them have a negative predicted population growth rate.
Q4) Solidarity was
A) a labor union of Polish shipyard workers.
B) supported by the Catholic Church in Poland.
C) a union that caused the Polish government to impose martial law.
D) a potent force with nationally recognized leaders.
E) all of these.
Q5) What conditions led to the end of the Cold War and the breaking up of the USSR?
Q6) How did American and Soviet imperialism in the Middle East lead to Islamic revolutions in Iran and Afghanistan? How did they become highly publicized examples of the frustrations of the United States and the Soviet Union?
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Chapter 33: New Challenges in a New Millenium
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Q1) The motives for the September 11, 2001, attacks included A) the price of oil.
B) access to American education in the non-Western world.
C) anger over American control of the Suez Canal.
D) anger at American influence in the Middle East.
E) all of these.
Q2) How did people of different faiths view the events at the turn of the millennium?
Q3) The World Trade Organization was founded to A) end international trade.
B) reduce trade barriers and enforce international trade agreements.
C) combat terrorism.
D) promote protectionism.
E) protect labor unions.
Q4) globalization
Q5) What is Islamic militancy, and why has it emerged at the turn of the millennium?
Q6) What are the goals of the World Trade Organization?
Q7) Beijing Women's Conference
Q8) What was the basis for and the contents of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of December 1948? Could all nations agree to it?
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