Introduction to World Civilizations Pre-Test Questions
Course Introduction
Introduction to World Civilizations explores the development of human societies from ancient times to the present, examining major civilizations across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The course investigates cultural, political, economic, and religious traditions and traces the interactions, conflicts, and exchanges among societies. Students will gain an understanding of how geography, technology, belief systems, and historical events shaped the global landscape, fostering an appreciation for the diversity and interconnectedness of world civilizations.
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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) culture
Answer: Answer not provided.
Q2) Women played a major role in the transition to crop cultivation because
A) they were unsuited for heavier work.
B) they were the primary gatherers of wild plant foods.
C) only women lived very long in farming settlements.
D) since women did the cooking, it was natural for them to grow the plants.
E) it's easy to do agriculture and raise children at the same time.
Answer: B
Q3) Austrolepithecine "Lucy" was found where?
A) Australia
B) Ethiopia
C) Peking
D) Java
E) Easter Island
Answer: B
Q4) Agricultural Revolution
Answer: Answer not provided.
Q5) Homo erectus
Answer: Answer not provided.
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Chapter 2: The First River-Valley Civilizations
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Q1) An alloy of copper with a small amount of tin (or sometimes arsenic), which is harder and more durable than copper alone, is:
A) steel.
B) copper.
C) iron.
D) gold.
E) bronze.
Answer: E
Q2) The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia, which achieved particular eminence as the capital of the Amorite king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century B.C.E., was
A) Akkad
B) Babylon
C) Babylonia
D) Baghdad
E) Jericho
Answer: B
Q3) Hammurabi is famous for what stabilizing factor of civilization?
Answer: His code of laws, inscribed on a black stone statue.
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Q1) A collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins, experiences, beliefs, and practices of the Israelites is the
A) New Testament.
B) Hebrew Bible.
C) Book of Prophecies.
D) Tablet of Gilgemesh.
E) Iliad.
Answer: B
Q2) Describe the nature and extent of Phoenician expansion in the Mediterranean.
Answer: There were two essential types of Phoenician expansion: (a) expansion through trade and commerce, and (b) direct colonization and settlement. Phoenician city-states, particularly Tyre, used their maritime skills and power to sail around the Mediterranean in search of raw materials and finished goods. The Phoenician city-states occupied a geographic location at the crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean land and sea trade networks. Colonization and settlement in the western Mediterranean were made possible by a combination of state enterprise and private initiative. Colonization provided an outlet for excess population and new sources and markets for raw materials and other trade goods.
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Chapter 4: New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area
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Q1) An ecological region of grass- and shrub-covered plains that is treeless and too arid for agriculture is the
A) prairie
B) grasslands
C) steppe
D) desert
E) tropics
Q2) Briefly discuss pastoral nomadism as it unfolded across the Eurasian steppes after 1000 B.C.E.
Q3) What is a distinctive feature of Celtic military activity?
A) Warriors fought naked and took the heads of enemies.
B) Warriors fought with special armor.
C) Warriors used military bands to set the tempo for marching, and to keep up morale.
D) Warriors engaged in symbolic warfare, which obviated injuries.
E) Warriors fought only as a last resort after diplomacy failed.
Q4) loess
Q5) What was the importance of the Mandate of Heaven in the transition from the Shang to the Zhou period?
Q6) Definitive history began with what period of Chinese rule?
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Chapter 5: Greece and Iran
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Q1) Using Map (in the textbook) 5.3, show the extent of the territory conquered by Alexander the Great. What areas did Alexander target for conquest, and why? Which different groups of peoples were brought within the empire? How did Alexander plan to rule such a large empire?
Q2) Using Map (in the textbook) 5.2, describe the geography of Greece. How did Greek geography contribute to the development of a polis-centered civilization, rather than a unified "country" of Greece?
Q3) After uniting Media, Anatolia, Lydia, and Persia, Cyrus conquered:
A) Egypt.
B) Israel.
C) Babylon.
D) Greece.
E) Armenia.
Q4) Which change inaugurated the advent of the Greek Archaic Period around 800 B.C.E.?
A) The cure of various infectious diseases.
B) When Phoenician ships started visiting the Aegean Sea.
C) Improved diet.
D) Growth of urban centers.
E) Specialization of labor.
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Chapter 6: An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China
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Q1) Chang'an
Q2) In ancient Italy, prosperous landowners second in wealth and status to the senatorial aristocracy were called equites. The Roman emperors allied with this group to...
Q3) Sima Qian
Q4) Third-Century Crisis
Q5) Paul
Q6) Which factor most contributed to the development of "pax romana"?
A) thousands of miles of well-built roads
B) Roman military might
C) the growth of commerce
D) the leadership of rulers like Augustus
E) all of the above
Q7) What was one of the most important reasons for the economic decline in the third century C.E.?
A) massive crop failures.
B) invasions of the Huns.
C) reduced amount of precious metals in the coins by the emperors.
D) the transition to a wage economy.
E) inability to efficiently collect taxes within the empire.
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Q1) At the end of the Vedic period, the authority of the Brahmins was challenged by individuals seeking new spiritual answers. What was the result of this challenge?
Q2) During the Gupta period, India developed an extensive land and sea trading network by exporting what products largely in exchange for Chinese silk and Indonesian spices?
A) Silk, spices, and porcelain
B) Cotton cloth, ivory, metalwork, and animals
C) Slaves, sugar, and lapis lazuli
D) Cattle, blue dye, and sandalwood
E) Religious implements, incense, and paraffin
Q3) One of the most common forms of worship in Hinduism is doing service to a deity by bathing, clothing, or feeding its statue is called:
A) puja
B) avataras.
C) stupas
D) bodhisattvas
E) Theravada.
Q4) theater-state
Q5) Vishnu
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Chapter 8: Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas
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Q1) Moche civilization was highly stratified and
A) democratic.
B) oligarchic.
C) a military dictatorship.
D) a monarchy.
E) theocratic.
Q2) Which of the following groups developed based on long-distance trade?
A) Anasazi
B) Hopewell
C) Mississipian
D) Hohokam
E) Chumash
Q3) Toltecs
Q4) What caused the collapse of Teotihuacan ca. 650 C.E.?
A) Lack of fortification left them open to conquest by the Spanish.
B) Volcanic activity
C) Rival cities in competition for resources
D) Governmental corruption
E) It is unclear what forces brought about the collapse.
Q5) ayllu
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Chapter 9: Networks of Communication and Exchange
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Q1) Using Map (in the textbook) 9.2, show the major trans-Saharan and coastal trade routes. Also, label the major political entities and groups of peoples located along those routes.
Q2) The development of metallurgy in Africa involved the smelting of this in the early first millennium c.e.
A) silver.
B) iron.
C) steel.
D) bronze.
E) mercury.
Q3) What role do the "great traditions" and "small traditions" play in creating cultural unity, and how were these present in sub-Saharan Africa?
Q4) Aksum
Q5) Ethiopia
Q6) Describe the diverse climatic, geographic and topographical zones shown in Map (in the textbook) 9.2. Keeping these geographic environments in mind, explain why cultural unity in Africa south of the Sahara was remarkable.
Q7) Bantu
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Chapter 10: The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam
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Q1) The core belief among all the sects of Shi'ites is that the rightful successor to Mohammad was _______________.
Q2) The group of Muslims who believe the leader of Islam should be a descendent of Muhammad's son-in-law is called the
A) Shi'ites.
B) Sunnis.
C) Sufis.
D) Mobad.
E) Hadj.
Q3) After the city of Mecca surrendered to Muhammad, he established a new state based on a
A) democratic government system.
B) dynastic system with his sons as the monarchs.
C) government system similar to the Persian administration.
D) common religious faith.
E) loose coalition of Arab city-states.
Q4) Fatimid
Q5) mamluks
Q6) Muslim
Q7) hadith
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Chapter 11: Christian Societies Emerge in Europe
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Q1) What was the most important form of monasticism in early medieval Europe, and why?
Q2) 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?
Q3) As a result of the Crusades, Europeans were exposed to all of the following except
A) Arabic translations of ancient Greek science and philosophy.
B) access to a variety of classical Latin works, particularly those of Aristotle, heretofore unknown in western Europe.
C) pasta, paper, and refined sugar.
D) hard soap and colored glass.
E) original thought-provoking works by Arab and Iranian writers.
Q4) A problem within the church was simony, or
A) appointment of one's relatives to church positions.
B) selling of absolution for sin in advance of committing it.
C) non-celibate clergy.
D) buying and selling of ecclesiastical appointments.
E) inclusion of non-ordained personnel in church services.
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Chapter 12: Inner and East Asia
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Q1) At the start of this chapter, which empire in sixth-century China had fragmented and declined and was taken over by the Tang?
Q2) Describe how the Tang Empire blended Chinese and Turkish elements to create what the chapter calls a "cosmopolitan world."
Q3) Discuss the absorption and also repression of Buddhism in China. What was the impact of these two trends in Asian history?
Q4) What was the tributary system?
Q5) Describe the influence Confucianism and Buddhism had on the spread of Chinese culture in Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
Q6) Which of the following was replaced in China by the Korean innovation called moveable type?
A) Ink making
B) Calligraphy
C) Woodblock printing
D) Papermaking
E) Printing press
Q7) Silla
Q8) gunpowder
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Chapter 13: Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath
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Q1) The conflict between the Il-khans and the Golden Horde originated in
A) economic differences.
B) religious differences.
C) cultural differences.
D) philosophical differences.
E) political differences.
Q2) Il-khan
Q3) Yuan Empire
Q4) Discuss the fragmentation of Mongol tribes after the death of Genghis Khan. How did religion influence local adherence to Mongol branches?
Q5) What military techniques or innovations made the Choson military a formidable defensive force?
A) cannon with gunpowder-driven arrow launchers.
B) compound bows and chain mail.
C) battering rams and Trojan horses.
D) phalanxes of soldiers deployed by rota.
E) the development of poison gas canisters.
Q6) In what ways did the Mongols affect Korea? Did Korea adapt and shape the Eurasian knowledge imported by the Mongols? Be sure to include the role of Korean printing.
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Chapter 14: Latin Europe
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Q1) Windmills and watermills
A) were invented in later medieval Europe.
B) dated back to Roman times and had long been common in the Islamic world.
C) were banned by the pope as the "devil's wheel."
D) had little impact in Europe.
E) were unknown in China.
Q2) The power of the Venetian traders was based on trade network connections with which of the following?
A) Constantinople
B) Genoa
C) Damascus
D) Cairo
E) all of the above
Q3) What were the root causes for the Hundred Years' War?
Q4) Which of the following statements about the Magna Carta is not true?
A) It affirmed that monarchs are subject to established law.
B) It confirmed the independence of the church and the city of London.
C) It gave new rights to the peasants.
D) It means "Great Charter."
E) It guaranteed the nobles hereditary rights.
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Chapter 15: Southern Empires, Southern Seas
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Q1) For all of its shortcomings, the Delhi Sultanate triggered the development of
A) reliable and safe water supply to the region.
B) new irrigation system of qanats to the region.
C) safe haven for religious exiles.
D) centralized political authority to India.
E) new unifying religion in the form of Islam.
Q2) In Islamic society, mosques
A) were used solely for religious worship.
B) were off-limits to Africans.
C) were used only to educate boys.
D) were centers of learning and promoted literacy.
E) went in and out of fashion.
Q3) Mali derived significant income from
A) shifting agriculture trade with Yoruba
B) the slave trade with Portugal.
C) control of gold and copper trade with North African Muslim traders.
D) coffee trade with Ethopia.
E) glass trade with Benin.
Q4) Delhi Sultanate
Q5) Urdu
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Chapter 16: The Maritime Revolution
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Q1) The desire to round the southern tip of Africa to reach the Indian Ocean was originally motivated by A) the gold trade.
B) the slave trade.
C) the silk trade.
D) the spice trade.
E) none of these.
Q2) The Portuguese established a base in China in 1557 at A) Beijing.
B) Yuan.
C) Macao.
D) Cambaluc.
E) Dien Bien Phu.
Q3) Francisco Pizarro
Q4) The first Portuguese who landed in India were greeted with A) open arms.
B) panic and fear.
C) awe.
D) derisive laughter at the gifts Vasco da Gama brought.
E) religious enthusiasm.
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Chapter 17: Transformations in Europe
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Q1) Using Map (in the textbook) 17.1, review the boundaries separating the major areas of Catholic and Protestant power in 1555, and discuss the Protestant Reformation. Where did Calvinism spread, and where did Catholicism remain dominant? Was there a connection between the acceptance of Protestantism and the rise of national monarchies?
Q2) Despite the fact that privileged families were much more likely to arrange marriages, unlike in other parts of the world, marriage patterns in early modern Europe reflected
A) marrying younger and having larger families.
B) marrying younger and having smaller families.
C) a freer choice of one's marriage partner instead of an arranged marriage.
D) a high rate of infant mortality.
E) a celibate religious lifestyle.
Q3) Using Map (in the textbook) 17.2, identify the threats to Charles V's empire. The Holy Roman Empire was a symbol of Western unity during the Middle Ages. Does the Map (in the textbook) exhibit this unity? How does it indicate that Charles V's efforts for European unity were unsuccessful?
Q4) papacy
Q5) Holy Roman Empire
Q6) Hapsburg
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Chapter 18: The Diversity of American Colonial Societies
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Q1) The English and French did not colonize the Americas until almost a century after the Spanish and Portuguese. Why? How were the French and English colonies both similar to and different from those of Spain and Portugal?
Q2) The forced labor system in which Amerindian men in Peru worked two to four months of the year in the mines was
A) the milla.
B) the puri.
C) the colo system.
D) the rota.
E) the mita.
Q3) Iroquois Confederacy
Q4) The two groups of Protestant dissenters that colonized New England were
A) Quakers and Shakers.
B) Puritans and Pilgrims.
C) Shakers and Mormons.
D) Questers and Seekers.
E) Congregationalists and Presbyterians.
Q5) Pilgrims
Q6) encomienda
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Chapter 19: The Atlantic System and Africa
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Q1) The second leg of the Atlantic Circuit, transporting slaves across the Atlantic to plantation colonies, was known as:
A) the Middle Passage
B) the Deadly Voyage
C) Impressment
D) Involuntary Servitude
E) Chains of Sorrow
Q2) In the eighteenth century, what was the major source of slaves in the interior of the Bight of Biafra?
A) Kidnapped people
B) Inland slave markets
C) Prisoners of war
D) Criminals
E) All of these
Q3) On most islands, the percentage of slaves in the population was
A) 35 percent.
B) 55 percent.
C) 75 percent.
D) 90 percent.
E) 20 percent.
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Chapter 20: Between Europe and China
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Q1) Batavia
Q2) Which Italian city-state was the most commercially powerful and became a commercial rival and military foe of the Ottoman Empire?
A) Venice
B) Genoa
C) Florence
D) Rome
E) Turin
Q3) Describe the expansion of the Russian Empire in terms of language, religion, and ethnicity.
Q4) How does Swahili represent a fusion of African and Arabic identities?
Q5) Trace the military conquests of Peter the Great. What impact did they have on the surrounding states and empires?
Q6) Which term came to refer to the rulers of the Muscovy principality based in Moscow beginning in the 16th century?
A) tsar
B) sultan
C) king
D) patriarch
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Chapter 21: East Asia in Global Perspective
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Q1) The VOC (Dutch East India Company) representatives gained the favor of the Chinese emperor by
A) acknowledging him with the ritual of the "kowtow."
B) providing him with concubines.
C) providing him with bribes.
D) freeing the royal family members held hostage by Ming loyalists.
E) providing him with beautiful clocks.
Q2) 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.
Q3) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 21.1 and locate the Amur River, Mongolia, Nerchinsk, and Siberia. Describe the confrontation between Russia and China and explain how this border dispute was settled.
Q4) samurai
Q5) Tokugawa Shogunate
Q6) daimyo
Q7) Why was Korea a logical first step for Hideyoshi's political conquests?
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Chapter 22: The Early Industrial Revolution
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Q1) division of labor
Q2) New forms of energy were important for industrialization, such as
A) horse power.
B) wind and water energy.
C) the steam engine and electricity.
D) hydroelectric power.
E) gas turbine engines.
Q3) Which of the following best describes the appeal of Chartism in England?
A) universal male suffrage
B) the secret ballot
C) salaries for members of Parliament
D) annual elections
E) all of the above
Q4) How do you account for the spread of industrialization outside of England in the nineteenth century?
Q5) What were the environmental effects of the Industrial Revolution?
Q6) Describe the early advocates of laissez faire and explore some of its critics.
Q7) Explain the effects of the agricultural revolution and the Industrial Revolution.
Q8) mass production
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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) In 1830, Greece won its independence from the A) Ottoman Empire.
B) British Empire.
C) Russian Empire.
D) French Empire.
E) Byzantine Empire.
Q3) Saint Domingue was most important to France because
A) of the large numbers of Frenchmen on the island.
B) it was the French military outpost in the Americas.
C) it generated one-third of all French foreign trade.
D) it was the last part of France's overseas empire.
E) it was strategically located between St. Lucia and Martinique.
Q4) The Reign of Terror claimed 40,000 lives and
A) made a new calendar without Sundays.
B) abolished clocks as symbols of the repressive industrial element of society.
C) killed hundreds of cats in Paris.
D) mutilated many nobles.
E) All of these
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Chapter 24: Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism
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Q1) fez
Q2) The founder of the Taiping (Great Peace) Movement, Hong Xiquan,
A) was assassinated by members of the armed forces.
B) was inspired by Christianity.
C) led a revolution that transformed Asia forever.
D) overthrew the Qing dynasty and became the first peasant emperor.
E) advocated nonviolence.
Q3) What was the major reason the Russian state resisted industrialization?
A) A deep suspicion of western ideas, especially liberalism and socialism
B) It was trying to initiate a communist revolution first.
C) Long-term disputes with Germany led to reluctance to use German advisers.
D) Serfs could not learn how to run machines.
E) Local landowners feared losing their labor force if peasants left the fields to go to factories.
Q4) The Taiping Rebellion
A) was known as the "bloodless" civil war.
B) succeeded in its goal to Christianize China.
C) was a gambit designed to lure French and British forces to their destruction.
D) was the world's bloodiest civil war.
E) never actually took place.
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Chapter 25: Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas
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Q1) By the mid nineteenth century, Mexico lost all but which of the following to the United States?
A) Texas
B) Arizona
C) New Mexico
D) California
E) that area acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
Q2) Gran Columbia
Q3) Using Map (in the textbook) 25.1, locate the areas of the United States that belonged to Mexico, and explain how this situation changed after 1848. Compare with Map (in the textbook) 25.3 and discuss how this change fueled the U.S. motivation for westward expansion.
Q4) Who objected to the Junta Central in Spanish America?
A) Loyalists to the king
B) Loyalists to the nation of Spain
C) Poor farmers
D) Officials in the Catholic Church
E) Indigenous workers
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Q5) How did the role of personalist leaders affect politics in the 19th century Americas?
Chapter 26: Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America
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Q1) What impact did industrialization have on the process of colonization in Africa and Asia?
Q2) 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?
Q3) What were the significant factors involved in the Sepoy Rebellion, or the Revolution of 1857, as Indian historians refer to it?
Q4) Spanish-American War
Q5) The kingdoms of Lesotho and Swazi were created by attracting refugees
A) to labor camps to benefit the British.
B) to protect their peoples from the Dutch.
C) to strongholds in the southern African mountains.
D) originally as "paper" states that did not exist.
E) to fight the Europeans.
Q6) How did West Africans react to the end of the Atlantic slave trade?
Q7) Berlin Conference
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Q8) What was the nature of the "secondary empires" in eastern Africa in the nineteenth century? Be as specific as you can be in your answer.
Q9) Emiliano Zapata
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Chapter 27: The New Power Balance
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Q1) What were the main goals of the Meiji Restoration in late 19th century Japan?
Q2) The Meiji transformed the government and incorporated
A) European practices in education, industry, and popular culture.
B) Chinese practices in education, industry, and popular culture.
C) Korean practices in education, industry, and popular culture.
D) Russian practices in education, industry, and popular culture.
E) only Japanese practices.
Q3) New technologies in the latter half of the nineteenth century revolutionized everyday life and transformed the world's economy. What were some of those new technologies, and how did they affect society?
Q4) The first place where universal male suffrage became law in 1870 was in:
A) France
B) the United States.
C) England.
D) Germany
E) Iceland.
Q5) Karl Marx
Q6) submarine telegraph cables
Q7) Empress Dowager Cixi
Q8) labor union
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Chapter 28: The Crisis of the Imperial Order
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Q1) 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?
Q2) Triple Alliance
Q3) 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.
Q4) Which of the following zaibatsu was NOT one of the four which controlled most of Japan's industry and commerce?
A) Mitsui
B) Toyota
C) Mitsubishi
D) Yasuda
E) Sumitomo
Q5) Yuan Shikai
Q6) Atatürk
Q7) Sick Man of Europe
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Chapter 29: Revolutions in Living
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Q1) Which of the following were among Blaise Diagne's accomplishments?
A) He was the first African elected to the French National Assembly.
B) He helped recruit Africans into the French army in exchange for the promise of citizenship after the war.
C) He led a postwar movement to abolish forced labor in Africa.
D) He agitated for African participation in politics.
E) all of the above
Q2) During the 1920s, the British in India
A) repressed any attempts at Indian nationalism.
B) made concessions only within the Indian Civil Service.
C) began to withdraw military support.
D) slowly and reluctantly gave Indians control over "national areas" such as education and the economy.
E) brought jazz and "bath tub" gin into popularity.
Q3) Who projected the first motion picture in 1895?
A) Auguste and Louis Lemiere
B) Wilbur and Orville Wright
C) John and Sebastian Bach
D) Max and Maxine Planck
E) None of the above
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Chapter 30: The Collapse of the Old Order
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Q1) Despite the Stalinist terror, Soviet women
A) found themselves in more repressed roles.
B) were expected to work only in farm collectives.
C) entered jobs and careers previously closed to them.
D) found their roles in society unchanged.
E) gained equality with men.
Q2) In 1935, Mussolini took advantage of the weakness of the Western democracies and
A) invaded Ethiopia.
B) launched a bombing campaign against France.
C) ended diplomatic relations with Britain.
D) sent military aid to Germany.
E) annexed Sicily.
Q3) One of the most significant long-lasting consequences of World War II in the United States was the
A) recruitment of women and minorities into the labor force.
B) end of any German military threat.
C) loss of the U.S. Pacific colonies.
D) encouragement of racial discrimination.
E) extension of mandatory retirement until age sixty-five.
Q4) Five-Year Plans
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Q1) Kenya faced a difficult task in winning independence mostly because of
A) the influence of coffee planters who felt Africans were not ready for independence.
B) the lack of a well-educated Kenyan leader.
C) the nonviolent nature of Kenyan nationalism.
D) its large supplies of oil, which made it a prime target for invasion by other African nations.
E) all of these.
Q2) Third World nations were
A) unwilling to flirt with either the US or the USSR.
B) ignored by the Soviet Union.
C) mostly in Latin America.
D) usually newly independent, poor nations.
E) all in the Northern Hemisphere.
Q3) IMF
Q4) Describe decolonization and nation building in South and Southeast Asia.
Q5) Cultural Revolution (China)
Q6) How was "World War III" avoided in the post-World War II period?
Q7) Korean War
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) Salvador Allende sought to implement socialist reforms in what country?
A) Chile
B) Brazil
C) Argentina
D) Costa Rica
E) Belize
Q3) As Western economies recovered from World War II, most
A) new technologies increased labor requirements.
B) consumers sought new goods to purchase.
C) people wanted to stop government spending on the production of weapons.
D) industries resisted applying new technologies.
E) governments insisted on "balanced budget" amendments.
Q4) Using Map (in the textbook) 32.1, discuss the geographic and strategic implications of the end of the Soviet Union on Europe and Asia.
Q5) newly industrialized economies (NIEs)
Q6) Deng Xiaoping
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Q7) Why was Saddam Husain originally seen as "friendly" to American interests?
Q8) Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
Q9) Thomas Malthus
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Chapter 33: New Challenges in a New Millenium
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A) to foresee a guerilla insurrection.
B) to prevent sectarian violence.
C) to preempt economic devastation.
D) all of the above
E) b and c only
Q2) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Q3) In the 1990s, free trade appeared to be the best way to achieve economic growth
A) but was soon abandoned in favor of mercantile economies.
B) and has been sustained without fail until the present.
C) but it also caused downturns and inequalities, prompting protests around the world.
D) but computer modeling has determined that growth is not possible in a free-market economy.
E) but defies the economic theories of Adam Smith.
Q4) Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Q5) Since the end of the Cold War, cultural imperialism has replaced overt political imperialism as a worldwide issue. Briefly explain cultural imperialism and how it has spread.
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