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Modern World History explores the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments that have shaped the world from the late eighteenth century to the present day. The course covers key events such as the Industrial Revolution, the rise and fall of empires, global conflicts including the World Wars and the Cold War, decolonization, and contemporary trends in globalization, technology, and human rights. Through analysis of primary and secondary sources, students develop an understanding of the interconnectedness of global societies and the forces that continue to influence the modern world.
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Chapter 1: Before History
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Q1) Jericho is a site of cave paintings in Spain.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Homo sapiens evolved
A) one million years ago.
B) five hundred thousand years ago.
C) one hundred thousand years ago.
D) two hundred thousand years ago.
E) forty thousand years ago.
Answer: D
Q3) With the development of languages,human beings were able to
A) produce long cutting edges.
B) accumulate knowledge and transmit it to new generations.
C) begin to fashion sharp tools from animal bones.
D) devise means for catching fish from deep waters.
E) invent spear throwers.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Early Societies in Southwest Asia and the
Indo-European Migrations
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Q1) At its high point,which empire controlled not only Mesopotamia but also Syria,Palestine,much of Anatolia,and most of Egypt?
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The original homeland of the Indo-European speakers was A) Mesopotamia.
B) northern Germany.
C) southern Russia.
D) India.
E) Egypt.
Answer: C
Q3) The first alphabet was created by the Phoenicians.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The Hebrew god was known as Yahweh.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations
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Q1) The pyramid of ________ is the largest of all the pyramids.
A) Sargon of Akkad
B) Khufu
C) Hyksos
D) Menes
E) Giza
Answer: B
Q2) Mummification was the process by which Egyptians preserved bodies of deceased individuals.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The Greek words meaning "holy inscriptions" refer to
A) hieroglyphs.
B) cuneiform.
C) the Old Testament.
D) the Phoenician alphabet.
E) the Coptic script.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Early Societies in South Asia
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Q1) Based on the Mundaka Upanishad (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: The Mundaka Upanishad on the Nature of Brahman),describe Brahman.
Q2) What are the Vedas and what do they teach us about early Aryan society?
Q3) Evidence relating to trade indicates that Harappan India
A) was isolated and did not trade.
B) traded exclusively with China.
C) traded exclusively with Egypt.
D) imported substantially more than they exported. E) traded with the Mesopotamians.
Q4) Discuss the nature of Harappan society.What makes this society so unique? Compare it to other contemporary ancient societies.
Q5) The Upanishads are reflections and commentaries on the Vedas. A)True B)False
Q6) Examine the changing role of women in ancient India.How does the Lawbook of Manu reflect this transformation?
Q7) Examine the political world of ancient India.Why was India politically fragmented? How did this lack of political unity influence the course of Indian history?
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Chapter 5: Early Society in Mainland East Asia
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Q1) How important was the development of writing to the ancient Chinese? Trace the evolution of this practice.
Q2) The early Chinese shipped textiles and metal goods to the nomads of the Central Asian steppes and typically received what in return?
A) horses
B) grain
C) raw materials
D) military protection
E) silk
Q3) In what fundamental ways was the mandate of heaven different from other governmental systems in the ancient world? What were the limitations of the mandate of heaven?
Q4) Examine the role that changing technology played in the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
Q5) Examine the picture of the Shang oracle bone on page 104.What was the idea behind the oracle bones? Was there more to this practice than simple superstition?
Q6) Describe the political and cultural relationship between the state of Chu and the Zhou dynasty.
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Chapter 6: Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania
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Q1) The Popol Vuh is the Maya creation myth.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The state of Teotihuacan was famous for its orange pottery,and it built on the Olmec calendar and graphic symbols.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Compare and contrast the political,social,and religious diversity of Mesoamerica and South America.How did government,social structure,and religion differ from region to region?
Q4) The Austronesian-speaking peoples became the first human settlers on which large island off the east African coast?
A) Madagascar
B) Sri Lanka
C) Sicily
D) Easter Island
E) New Guinea
Q5) Look at the picture of Teotihuacan on page 120.How populous and powerful was this city? Discuss the importance of the Pyramid of the Sun.
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Chapter 7: The Empires of Persia
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Q1) Which of the following was true of Persian emperor Xerxes?
A) He ruled over the least violent period of the Achaemenid empire.
B) He showed extreme toleration for subject peoples.
C) He tried to impose Persian values on Mesopotamia and Egypt.
D) He harshly repressed rebellions and was seen as cruel.
E) He sought to prevent his successor,Darius,from damaging his legacy.
Q2) Gimillu was
A) the Persian general who lost the battle of Marathon to the Greeks.
B) the most important text created by Zarathustra.
C) a slave associated with the temple in Uruk.
D) the founder of the Sasanid empire.
E) the leading Persian prophet.
Q3) Darius picked up the idea of a standardized government-issued coinage from the A) Babylonians.
B) Egyptians.
C) Lydians.
D) Indians.
E) Chinese.
Q4) Examine the social structure of the various Persian empires from the Achaemenids through the Sasanids.What was the role of women during these empires?
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Chapter 8: The Unification of China
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Q1) The Han philosophy of rule was
A) the high point of Legalism.
B) dependent on the constant and unrelenting use of terror.
C) dependent on the social and political activism of Daoist ministers of state.
D) a continuation of Qin policies of centralization.
E) copied from Mauryan India.
Q2) Chinese Daoist philosophers spoke of the dao,meaning "the way." What did they mean by this word? How did they use their philosophy to attack the philosophies of others?
Q3) The Chinese script was standardized during the reign of A) Liu Bang.
B) Jiang.
C) Wang Mang.
D) Wudi.
E) Qin Shihuangdi.
Q4) What are the fundamental ideas and values of Confucianism? Make sure to include the concepts of ren,li,and xiao in your answer.
Q5) Examine the thought of Confucius.What are the basic tenets of this philosophy? How has his philosophy influenced Chinese history?
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Chapter 9: State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India
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Q1) In what ways did outsiders influence India during this period? In turn,how did India influence the rest of the world and especially Asia?
Q2) The greatest social contribution of the Jains was
A) their support of the traditional caste system.
B) the fact that they did not recognize social hierarchies based on caste.
C) their incorporation into the brahmin caste.
D) the implementation of their law code after they became the leading religion of India.
E) their incorporation into the kshatriyas.
Q3) The capital of Ashoka's empire was
A) Delhi.
B) Bodh Gaya.
C) Pataliputra.
D) Mahavira.
E) Banaras.
Q4) Examine the reign of Ashoka Maurya.In what ways was his reign the high point of Mauryan rule? How did he affect the religious beliefs of India and Asia?
Q5) Examine the transformation of Hindu thought during this period.Why did it change?
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Chapter 10: Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true about women in the Greek world?
A) Their roles varied dramatically among the various poleis.
B) Freedom and opportunity for women reached its peak in Athens.
C) Their roles were limited in a strictly patriarchal society.
D) Women were provided dramatically more freedom than in any other society of the ancient age.
E) Women increased dramatically in importance until they often found themselves in positions of leadership.
Q2) The easternmost point of Alexander's conquests was
A) Alexandria.
B) Persepolis.
C) Punjab.
D) Susa.
E) Athens.
Q3) In the years after the Persian War,the leader of the Delian League was
A) Sparta.
B) Persia.
C) Athens.
D) Miletus.
E) Syracuse.
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Chapter 11: Mediterranean Society: The Roman Phase
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Q1) Examine the constantly changing religious world of the Romans.Explain the Roman role in the rise of Christianity.
Q2) Examine the picture of the mithraeum on page 232.What can its location,under the church of San Clemente,tell you about the changing religious world of the Romans? Does this picture have any symbolic meaning?
Q3) Look at the selection drawn from Tacitus (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: Tacitus on Corruption in the Early Roman Empire).According to Tacitus,what were the problems facing Rome during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius?
Q4) Discuss the Roman concept of citizenship.Relate it to the success of Roman expansion.How does citizenship relate to the ideals of Roman character?
Q5) Compare the status of women in Rome to their status in the rest of the ancient world.How was the role of women different in Rome than in the Greek city-states?
Q6) Examine Map 11.1,Expansion of the Roman republic to 146C.E. What role did the Punic Wars play in that expansion? What strains could such a rapid expansion have placed on the republic?
Q7) In general,how did the Romans deal with the people and lands that they conquered?
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Chapter 12: Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads: During the Late Classical Era
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Q1) In the late fourth century,Christianity was proclaimed the official religion of the Roman empire by Emperor
A) Constantine.
B) Marcus Aurelius.
C) Theodosius.
D) Tiberius.
E) Severus.
Q2) The Council of Nicaea and the Council of Chalcedon
A) established the boundary line between the eastern and western Roman empires.
B) accepted the Nestorian view of the solely divine nature of Jesus.
C) settled a bloody civil war and reunited Rome.
D) decided that Jesus possessed both human and divine natures.
E) adopted certain features of the Manichaean faith.
Q3) The most important port on the Red Sea,constructed by the Ptolemies,was
A) Alexandria.
B) Meroë.
C) Berenice.
D) Thebes.
E) Tyre.
Q4) How did Buddhism become the most popular faith in all of east Asia?
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Chapter 13: The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia
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Q1) The Song dynasty was substantially weakened by Song Taizu's decision to A) invade India.
B) allow scholar-bureaucrats to lead the army.
C) dismantle the Chinese bureaucracy.
D) give his generals almost unlimited authority.
E) turn control of the state over to his brilliant Korean bureaucrats.
Q2) What is the significance of foot binding?
Q3) Foot binding is a powerful example of the A) technological brilliance of the Song dynasty.
B) influence of Buddhist customs as the religion became popular in China.
C) increasingly patriarchal nature of Chinese society.
D) influence of Japanese traditions on the Chinese.
E) increasing freedom of Chinese women during the Song dynasty.
Q4) Discuss the role played by Tang Taizong in the rise of the Tang dynasty.What were the foundations of Tang success?
Q5) Discuss the role of trade in Tang and Song China.Examine the growing market economy.How did trade influence the development of financial instruments?
Q6) Describe the growth of Buddhism in China.What effect did the invention of reusable,moveable type have on religion in China?
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Chapter 14: The Expansive Realm of Islam
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Q1) The Shia believe that
A) the Umayyad dynasty were the only legitimate rulers.
B) the caliphate should follow the line of Ali.
C) that Allah was the main,but not necessarily the only,god.
D) leadership in the Islamic world could fall to any true believer.
E) a different and more pure version of the Quran exists.
Q2) The Umayyad insisted that conquered people pay a special head tax if they did not convert to Islam.This head tax was called the
A) sakk.
B) ulama.
C) hajj.
D) shia.
E) jizya.
Q3) Examine the split between the Sunni and Shia sects of Islam.What brought about this schism? How has it shaped Islamic history?
Q4) Examine the spread of Islam.What areas were brought under Muslim control and how? How did Islam influence these areas? How did these areas influence Islam? In what ways did Islam work as a unifying force?
Q5) How did Persia,India,and Greece influence the realm of Islam?
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Chapter 15: India and the Indian Ocean Basin
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Q1) Funan dominated the lower reaches of which southeast Asian river?
A) Mekong
B) Irrawaddy
C) Salween
D) Huang He
E) Yangzi
Q2) The bhakti teacher Guru Kabir believed
A) that the only true path to salvation was through complete devotion to Allah. B) in a harshly exclusive faith.
C) that Shiva,Vishnu,and Allah were all manifestations of a single,universal deity.
D) that true disciples had to renounce the foreign influence of Islam and return to Hinduism.
E) that Buddhism was the only true faith.
Q3) Which of the following states had its base in Cambodia?
A) Funan
B) Angkor
C) Singosari
D) Melaka
E) Majapahit
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Chapter 16: The Two Worlds of Christendom
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Q1) Examine Map 16.1,Success states to the Roman empire,ca.600 C.E. What region became the new center of political and religious authority? What role did the Germanic kingdoms play in early medieval Europe?
Q2) In what ways did Byzantium carry on the legacy of Rome? What was Justinian's dream? In what ways was Byzantium different from Rome?
Q3) The most successful and influential of the German peoples were the A) Visigoths.
B) Angles.
C) Franks.
D) Ostrogoths.
E) Vandals.
Q4) The Byzantine emperors deeply resented-as an affront to their dignity-the pope's imperial coronation in the year 800 of the Frankish king, A) Otto of Saxony.
B) Charlemagne.
C) Basil II.
D) Cyril.
E) Hugh Capet.
Q5) What economic advantages did the Byzantine empire possess?
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Chapter 17: Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration
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Q1) How did the geography of central Asia affect the development of the nomadic cultures? How did these people adapt to their environment? What advantages did their adaptations give them?
Q2) Nomadic people did not trade with settled people,and sought neither manufactured nor agricultural products.
A)True
B)False
Q3) During the period of Mongol domination, A) trade slowed dramatically because of heavy taxation.
B) long-distance trade became much less risky.
C) interaction between different peoples of Eurasia was limited by Mongol cruelty.
D) unification was achieved by the implementation of a state religion.
E) trade was halted by the extension of the Great Wall of China.
Q4) The largest empire of all time was created by the A) Romans.
B) Chinese.
C) Mongols.
D) Incas.
E) Indians.
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Chapter 18: States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) The arrival of camels slowed the pace of communication and transportation across the Sahara.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the history of slavery in Africa.How did the developments in the slave trade from 1000 to 1500 set the stage for the Atlantic slave trade to come?
Q3) Extended families and clans served as the main foundation of social and economic organization in small-scale agricultural societies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Compare the appearance of Islam and Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa to their spread in other areas studied so far.What are the differences? In what ways did the more traditional African religious beliefs remain?
Q5) How did Christianity and Islam supplement native African religions in this period?
Q6) Examine the east African states.How were they different from their counterparts in western Africa? How and why did they evolve differently?
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Chapter 19: The Increasing Influence of Europe
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Q1) Medieval social commentators often described the medieval social structure with the phrase
A) "those who fight and those who work."
B) "those who pray,those who fight,and those who work."
C) "every man united in god and king."
D) "king as father of the country."
E) "the mandate of heaven."
Q2) What was the main message of the Franciscans and Dominicans? How turbulent was this religious period? What was the significance of the popular heresies?
Q3) Which of the following was NOT a problem faced by the late Byzantine empire?
A) accumulation of land by wealthy landowners
B) reduced incentives to join the Byzantine military
C) foreign invasions
D) the inability of leaders to get the population to practice Christianity
E) diminished tax receipts for the central government
Q4) Examine the emerging political and economic world of western Europe during the high middle ages.How does the western European world compare to the situation in China,India,the Byzantine empire,the Islamic states,and sub-Saharan Africa during the same period?
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Chapter 20: Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania
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Q1) According to Mexica values,the primary role of women
A) was to serve as attendants in temples dedicated to the warrior cult.
B) was to serve as priestesses in the mysterious Chavín cult.
C) was to serve as unofficial political and social leaders,while the men served as warriors.
D) was to bear children.
E) increased when the men were away at war,much as with ancient Sparta.
Q2) In the Aztec social hierarchy,most of the honors and rewards went to the A) priests.
B) women.
C) farmers.
D) military elite.
E) bureaucrats.
Q3) Teotihuacan was
A) the greatest Toltec king.
B) the largest early Mesoamerican city.
C) the Aztec god of the dead.
D) the Inca goddess of fertility.
E) a Central American bird whose brightly-colored plumage was traded by the Aztecs.
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Chapter 21: Expanding Horizons of Cross-Cultural
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Q1) The spread of Mongol control
A) laid the political foundation for a surge in long-distance trade.
B) resulted in a slow but permanent decline in trade.
C) stopped all trade along the old Silk Roads immediately.
D) had little impact on trade at all.
E) ensured that trade only ran from west to east.
Q2) The Yongle Encyclopedia
A) signified a radical break with the past.
B) is the only direct historical evidence remaining that catalogued the journeys of Zheng He.
C) firmly entrenched the Yuan traditions in Chinese history.
D) represented the Ming rulers' interest in supporting native Chinese cultural traditions. E) was influenced by the highly successful European encyclopedia of Diderot.
Q3) Examine the reinvigoration of Europe in the later middle ages.How was it different from the reinvigoration of China during the same period?
Q4) Why would a relatively poor nation like Portugal have played such an important role in exploration? Why was Portugal the first of the European nations to make a serious attempt at long-distance exploration?
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Chapter 22: Transoceanic Encounters and Global
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Q1) Lateen sails had the advantage of A) allowing for faster travel than anything available in the Islamic world.
B) working better in crosswinds.
C) being so colorful that they could be seen from many miles away.
D) being able to take full advantage of a wind blowing from behind.
E) being cheaper because their basic component was jute.
Q2) Alongside material incentives,the goal of expanding the boundaries of Christianity also drove Europeans into the larger world.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss the implications of the Columbian exchange.What crops and animals were being shipped back and forth? Was there a negative side to this exchange? What would be the long-term consequences?
Q4) From 1500 to 1800,the largest contingent of migrants consisted of A) enslaved Africans.
B) Hindu Indians fleeing religious persecution.
C) northern Europeans seeking economic opportunity in the Americas.
D) Chinese peasant families fleeing recurring outbreaks of disease.
E) southern Europeans seeking political freedom in the Americas.
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Chapter 23: The Transformation of Europe
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Q1) Examine the centralizing efforts in countries like France,Spain,and England.How and in what ways were they successful? Why was the Holy Roman Empire not as successful as other European states in centralizing power?
Q2) The city that stood as John Calvin's model Protestant community was A) Avignon.
B) Paris.
C) Geneva.
D) Wittenberg.
E) London.
Q3) The fundamental principle of diplomacy in early modern Europe was A) French domination. B) the Auld Alliance.
C) raison d'etat.
D) the Anglo-French alliance. E) the balance of power.
Q4) Look at Map 23.1,Sixteenth-century Europe.Why did Europe divide into a collection of sovereign states and not attain the level of the greater empires that occurred in China,India,and the Islamic lands? Why didn't the Holy Roman Empire reach the level of power and grandeur that its name implied? What were the consequences of this competition?
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Chapter 24: New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania
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Q1) In North America,the Europeans initially found a profitable commodity when fishermen began to barter with natives for A) furs.
B) maize.
C) tobacco.
D) indigo.
E) molasses.
Q2) While the Spanish American empire concentrated on the extraction of silver,the Portuguese empire in Brazil depended on the production and export of sugar.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Consider the impact of the encomienda system of land distribution on the future of Spanish America.
Q4) The conquistador who conquered the Incas was A) Balboa.
B) Cortés.
C) Cabral.
D) Magellan.
E) Pizarro.
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Q1) The most important American food crop brought to sub-Saharan Africa was maize.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When the Dutch founded Cape Town they encountered which of these indigenous groups?
A) Kongolese
B) Khoikhoi
C) Ndongo
D) Zimbabwe
E) Fulani
Q3) The rise in maritime trade in the early modern era in Africa
A) ironically led to a decrease in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
B) led to the consolidation in the largest imperial states in African history.
C) led to political chaos and the destruction of the traditional African balance of power.
D) resulted in regional kingdoms replacing the imperial states of west Africa.
E) resulted in a new pattern in which the village became the principal political entity.
Q4) How was Africa influenced by European contact during this period? What were the social implications of this interaction?
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Chapter 26: Tradition and Change in East Asia
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Q1) Examine the foundations of the Ming dynasty.What were the greatest accomplishments of the Ming? What led to their decline?
Q2) Read the letter from Qianlong to the English king (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: Qianlong on Chinese Trade with England).Why might the Chinese be concerned about restricting English trade? Why were the English interested in expanding their trading rights in China?
Q3) In 1600,Tokugawa Ieyasu
A) started a centuries-long civil war that tore Japan apart.
B) established a military government and ruled as shogun.
C) fought off an attempted Chinese invasion.
D) founded the Qing dynasty.
E) implemented "Dutch learning" in an attempt to modernize Japan.
Q4) The leader who first organized the Manchu tribes into a centralized state was A) Qianlong.
B) Nurhaci.
C) Kangxi.
D) Tokugawa Ieyasu.
E) Yongle.
Q5) To what extent was the culture of Japan influenced by China?
Q6) What factors led to rapid population growth in China?
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Chapter 27: The Islamic Empires
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Q1) The jizya was the tax paid by
A) Muslims to Hindus as a means of fostering better relations between the two faiths.
B) European merchants for access to trade through the Indian Ocean.
C) Chinese merchants as a sort of bribe to allow them access to Indian markets.
D) non-Muslims as the price for retaining their religion in an Islamic country.
E) the Safavids to the Ottomans after their disastrous defeat at Chaldiran.
Q2) Sikhism was a syncretic combination of
A) Hinduism and Buddhism.
B) Christianity and Hinduism.
C) Hinduism and Islam.
D) Islam and Buddhism.
E) Buddhism and Christianity.
Q3) The leader of the fully revitalized Safavid empire,who moved the capital to the central location of Isfahan,was
A) Shah Ismail.
B) Aurangzeb.
C) Akbar.
D) Ibrahim the Crazy.
E) Shah Abbas.
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Chapter 28: Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World
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Q1) The leader who helped lead Brazil to independence was
A) Simón Bolívar.
B) Bernardo O'Higgins.
C) José de San Martín.
D) Miguel de Hidalgo.
E) Emperor Pedro I.
Q2) Conventional wisdom holds that Napoleon ended the revolution when he proclaimed himself emperor in 1804.In what ways did he continue the ideals of the revolution? In what ways did he reverse the revolution?
Q3) Theodore Herzl was the founder of
A) German nationalism.
B) modern conservatism.
C) the Seneca Falls conference.
D) modern anti-Semitism.
E) the first Zionist Congress.
Q4) How was French society restructured during the most radical phase of the revolution (1793-1794)? Were these permanent changes,or short-lived ones?
Q5) What kind of states emerged in Mexico,Gran Colombia,and Brazil after the revolutions?
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Chapter 29: The Making of Industrial Society
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Q1) The rapid population growth in Europe encouraged massive migration to the Americas,especially the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In the late nineteenth century,Germany led the European countries in the movement to
A) dramatically reduce the rights and benefits of workers.
B) pass reforms such as minimum wage laws and unemployment insurance for workers.
C) crush the trade union movement so thoroughly that it didn't return for over fifty years.
D) recognize trade unions only if they would publicly renounce their ties to the communists.
E) convert to communism.
Q3) The industrial revolution began in
A) the United States.
B) Great Britain.
C) France.
D) Italy.
E) Russia.
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Chapter 30: The Americas in the Age of Independence
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Q1) What factors contributed to the tremendous economic growth of the United States in the late nineteenth century? What were some of the problems generated by that economic growth?
Q2) After the conclusion of Reconstruction,freed slaves
A) achieved economic and political equality with whites.
B) received enough grants of land to become substantial economic competitors to the white population.
C) flocked to take advantage of the Back to Africa program.
D) quickly lost their political and civil liberties in the southern states.
E) almost unanimously migrated to the west in pursuit of economic opportunity.
Q3) With the defeat of Mexico,the United States laid claim to all Mexican territory in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Written constitutions were more difficult to frame in Latin America than in the United States mainly because Latin American leaders had less experience with government,and creole elites prevented mass participation in public affairs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 31: Societies at Crossroads
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Q1) To make Ottoman authority more effective,Mahmud II established European-style ministries,constructed new roads,built telegraph lines,and inaugurated a postal service.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Examine the decline of the Ottoman empire.What factors explain this process? What attempts at reform did the Ottomans undertake? How successful were they?
Q3) Tokugawa officials welcomed European and American visitors to Japan,including Dutch merchants,who traded at Nagasaki.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Compare and contrast the Ottoman,Russian,Chinese,and Japanese efforts at industrialization.In what ways were they successful? Who,if anyone,was left out of this progress? Compare the process to that which went on in western Europe and the Americas.
Q5) Examine the changing economic world of the Ottoman,Russian,Qing,and Tokugawa states.Why did these societies have so much trouble competing with western Europeans?
Q6) What were the causes of the Taiping rebellion? What was the outcome?
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Chapter 32: The Building of Global Empires
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Q1) The Congo Free State was established in the 1870s by A) Italy.
B) Belgium.
C) England.
D) France.
E) Germany.
Q2) The Boers were
A) east African coastal merchants.
B) Indians who served as soldiers for the British.
C) Malaysian tribal chieftains who allied with the Dutch.
D) Australian aborigines.
E) Dutch settlers in the southern tip of Africa.
Q3) In some cases,colonial rule led to the introduction of new crops that transformed the landscape and social order of subject lands,for example the introduction of tea bushes from India to China.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What did the United States gain from the Spanish-Cuban-American War? Note the political status of each of these acquisitions.
Q5) Compare the British conquest of south Africa with that of Egypt and Sudan.
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Q1) Examine the picture of Lenin on page 797.What were the foundations of his philosophy? Could it be argued that Lenin was a child of World War I?
Q2) What major power was NOT invited to attend the Paris peace negotiations that led to the Treaty of Versailles?
A) Britain
B) France
C) the United States
D) the Soviet Union
E) Belgium
Q3) The World War I poet who considered Horace's line "sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country" to be an "old Lie" was
A) Robert Graves.
B) Siegfried Sassoon.
C) Wilfred Owen.
D) Cecil Rhodes.
E) Joseph Caillaux.
Q4) When and why did the United States enter the war? What did this move mean?
Q5) Why did Japan enter WWI? What did they gain?
Q6) How did Lenin and the Bolsheviks come to power?
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A) expressionism
B) New Objectivity
C) Dadaism
D) impressionism
E) surrealism
Q2) How did Lenin and the Bolsheviks secure their power in Russia? How did Stalin secure his power within the party and within the Soviet Union?
Q3) Which individual's surname means "man of steel"?
A) Lenin
B) Marx
C) Trotsky
D) Gorbachev
E) Stalin
Q4) Compare the rise to power and consolidation of power by Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.
Q5) What are some examples of "economic nationalism"? How effective were these measures?
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A)True
B)False
Q2) Muhammad Ali Jinnah called for the creation of A) Pakistan.
B) Iraq.
C) Palestine.
D) Saudi Arabia.
E) Indonesia.
Q3) The former teacher and librarian that became the leader of the Chinese communist movement was
A) Jiang Jieshi.
B) Sun Yatsen.
C) Shanfei.
D) Mao Zedong.
E) Guomindang.
Q4) Explain the role of the United States and the financial interests of U.S.businesses in the evolution of economic imperialism in Latin America.
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Q1) Yamaoka Michiko reported that right after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima,a friend told her "Miss Yamaoka,you look like a monster!" How devastating was the atomic bomb? Why did the United States drop the bomb? Did the U.S.have a choice?
Q2) In 1933,Japan withdrew from the League of Nations after it condemned China for its conquest of Manchuria.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Examine the situations in Korea and Cuba in relation to the cold war competition between the Soviet Union and the United States.Who,if anyone,was victorious in these confrontations?
Q4) Sometime during 1941,the Nazi leadership committed to the "final solution" of the Jewish question,a solution that entailed the attempted murder of every Jew living in Europe.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Note the specific steps taken by Italy and Germany in the 1930s that were in direct violation of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Q6) What factors led to the defeat of the Axis powers in Europe?
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Q1) What was the significance of the Iran-Iraq War? Was it influenced in any way by legacies of the cold war? Discuss the implications of the Gulf War.
Q2) Study the picture of Mohandas Gandhi on page 886.In what ways did his life represent the potential and limitation of nation building in the modern age? Now look at the picture of Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru on page 889.In what ways did the two men differ in their vision of an independent India?
Q3) The revived interest in African traditions,cultures,poets,and writers was known as A) pan-Africanism.
B) Négritude.
C) nonalignment.
D) apartheid.
E) "the year of Africa."
Q4) On 30 January 1948,Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated by a(n)
A) agent of the Soviet Union.
B) renegade Sikh militant.
C) CIA agent.
D) Hindu extremist.
E) Islamic terrorist.
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A)True
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Q2) Discuss the efforts of Mikhail Gorbachev to restructure the Soviet economy.Why did these reforms fail?
Q3) What events led to the invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and the Northern Alliance in 2001?
Q4) What have been the principal causes of mass migration since World War II? What are some of the challenges presented by these migrations to host countries?
Q5) What factors led to the oil embargo of 1973-1975? What were the results?
Q6) One unsuspected consequence of China's one-child family rule is
A) a precipitous drop in the Chinese population.
B) the need to "import" women of a marriageable age.
C) the mystery of a half million "missing" girls every year.
D) repeated anti-governmental uprisings in the countryside.
E) the loophole that allows the Chinese to adopt as many children as they want.
Q7) Why did communism fail to connect with nationalism? How did this failure lead to the collapse of the Soviet empire?
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