Pre-Modern World History Solved
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Pre-Modern World History explores the development of human societies from ancient times up to the early modern period, focusing on the major civilizations of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. This course examines political systems, economic structures, cultural practices, religious beliefs, and technological advancements, while also analyzing interactions through trade, migration, conflict, and cultural exchange. Students will gain an understanding of how early human communities evolved and adapted, the rise and fall of empires, and the foundation these events laid for the shaping of the modern world.
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World History Volume I To 1800 7th Edition by
William J. Duiker
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Chapter 1: Early Humans and the First Civilizations
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Q1) The Epic of Gilgamesh was
A) the formal title of the Osiris myth.
B) an epic poem from Mesopotamia dealing with the search for immortality.
C) a creation myth developed by early Phoenician thinkers.
D) the first Egyptian literary masterpiece.
E) a code of laws established by the Babylonian ruler, Gilgamesh.
Answer: B
Q2) Judaism can be defined or described as a religion of A) amoral monotheism.
B) ethical monotheism.
C) ethical polytheism.
D) amoral polytheism.
E) monotheistic relativism.
Answer: B
Q3) hominids
Answer: Answer not provided.
Q4) The principal economic basis of Assyrian life was manufacturing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Ancient India
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Q1) dharma
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Q2) The Harappan economy
A) was based upon war and conquest.
B) is unknown, due to the lack of physical or written evidence.
C) was devoted to the maintenance of the god Seth.
D) was based primarily on agriculture.
E) was exclusively involved in manufacturing and trade.
Answer: D
Q3) The purpose of the Vedas was to provide
A) the unchanging theological dogma of Hinduism.
B) hymns and ritual sacrifices for tribal Aryan religious ceremonies.
C) the historical legacy of the Hindu tradition.
D) commentaries on the tribal Aryan religious beliefs.
E) the story of the decline of Harappa.
Answer: B
Q4) The Aryans introduced agriculture to the Indian subcontinent.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: China in Antiquity
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Q1) According to the Zhou concept of the Mandate of Heaven,
A) the king was expected to rule in a compassionate and effective manner because he was selected by the gods to rule in order to maintain the order of the universe.
B) the king, as a god, was the arbiter of the use of power on earth.
C) the gods ruled that all must obey the king without question.
D) the chief priest was the supreme ruler.
E) territorial chieftains chose kings from the members of the Grand Assemblage.
Answer: A
Q2) The Qin Dynasty based its rule upon the philosophy of Confucius.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Legalism
Answer: Answer not provided.
Q4) Mandate of Heaven
Answer: Answer not provided.
Q5) Anyang
Answer: Answer not provided.
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Chapter 4: The Civilization of the Greeks
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Q1) Alexander the Great
Q2) Socrates
A) was a popular hero of the Peloponnesian War.
B) was a merchant prince by trade.
C) employed a question-and-answer method by which students' reasoning helped them to learn.
D) wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War. E) was a student of Plato.
Q3) What are the relationships between the accomplishments of the Golden Age of Greece in the fifth century B.C.E.and its subsequent decline? Was that decline inevitable? Why and/or why not?
Q4) Plato's ideal forms
Q5) Phoenician alphabet
Q6) By about 700 B.C.E.,which of the following replaced the aristocratic cavalryman in Greek warfare?
A) helots.
B) hoplites.
C) poleis.
D) mercenaries.
E) Macedonians.
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Q1) plebeians
Q2) The founder of the Han dynasty was
A) Huang Chiau.
B) Liu Bang.
C) Wang Mang.
D) Lie Ch'in.
E) Ho Chi.
Q3) "The Romans had a genius for solving problems." Discuss,with examples.
Q4) In addition to the construction of massive buildings,the Romans also built
A) pyramids.
B) toll roads.
C) aqueducts.
D) skyscrapers.
E) underwater harbors.
Q5) Etruscans
Q6) What role did Christianity play in the Late Roman Empire? Was it,in any real way,the cause of its fall? Might it have even prolonged the life of the Empire? Why or why not?
Q7) "the good emperors"
Q8) concrete
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Chapter 6: The Americas
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Q1) San Lorenzo and La Venta
Q2) Chavin de Huantar
Q3) The massive Aztec stone carving in the form of a disc portraying the struggle between the forces of good and evil in the universe is the
A) Disc of Forces.
B) Stone of the Fifth Sun.
C) Temple of Inscriptions.
D) Sun Disc.
E) Parthenonus.
Q4) What was the purpose of the human sacrifices practiced by the Aztecs?
A) To obtain the atman of the victim.
B) To appease Huitzilopochtli, and thus delay the ultimate destruction of their world.
C) To insure an abundant harvest.
D) To insure long life for the emperor.
E) To provide victims for the ball court games.
Q5) obsidian
Q6) Tenochtitlán
Q7) calpulli
Q8) Mayan Long Count
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Chapter 7: Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam
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Q1) In regard to acceptable behavior for a Muslim,it can be said that A) all men were permitted to have no more than four wives.
B) extramarital sexual activities were permitted.
C) rules concerning sexual behavior were quite liberal.
D) the consumption of pork and alcohol were permitted in limited quantities.
E) Muslim priests must be celibate.
Q2) Mecca
Q3) During the Abbasid Dynasty
A) the Umayyad leaders were slaughtered to the last individual, during the "Ocean of Blood" era between 1100 and 1150.
B) a "Persian influence," reflected in the custom of having the caliph hidden from diwan members by a screen, developed.
C) Ottoman Turks were brought in and used either as peasant slaves or Sunnite priests. D) caliphs became much more democratic.
E) the capital was moved to Damascus.
Q4) Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock
Q5) Islam
Q6) Allah
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Chapter 8: Early Civilizations in Africa
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Q1) The Romans called East Africa "Azania" and the Greeks called the area "Zanj."
A)True
B)False
Q2) The people of North Africa,who served as trade intermediaries for the great trans-Saharan commerce,were the A) Kurds.
B) Phoenicians.
C) Carthaginians.
D) Berbers.
E) Cree.
Q3) Social practices typical in many African societies included A) election of kings by all adult males.
B) a lineage system that was often matrilineal rather than patrilineal.
C) behavior patterns between the sexes that were more relaxed than those found in societies in other parts of the world.
D) both a lineage system that was often matrilineal rather than patrilineal and behavior patterns between the sexes that were more relaxed than those found in other societies.
E) none of these
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Chapter 9: The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia
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Q1) Southeast Asian agriculture
A) was highly unproductive, in large part to an absence of rich soil and high population density.
B) saw peasants pay heavy rents or taxes to landlords and local rulers.
C) contained no areas in which farmers controlled their land directly.
D) was highly inefficient, as peasants preferred to reduce taxes by lowering their incomes.
E) was exclusively based upon local self-sufficiency.
Q2) Aryabhata
Q3) The cotton plant apparently originated
A) along the Malabar coast.
B) in the Indus River valley.
C) on the Deccan Plateau.
D) along the Ganges River.
E) on the island of Ceylon, or Sri Lanka.
Q4) Parsis
Q5) Delhi sultanate
Q6) the Sind and Punjab
Q7) Chandragupta I and Chandragupta II
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Chapter 10: The Flowering of Traditional China
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Q1) Affluent Chinese during the Tang Dynasty
A) had fewer luxuries than during the Han and Qin dynasties.
B) could engage in mock Samurai battles.
C) had new forms of entertainment and means of communication.
D) resided exclusively in cities.
E) resided only in the countryside.
Q2) Due to its messianic characteristics,this sect of Buddhism was frequently associated with revolutionary movements.
A) Tantric Buddhism
B) Chan Buddhism
C) Pure Land Buddhism
D) White Lotus Buddhism
E) Hinayana Buddhism
Q3) Over the course of the three centuries after the fall of the Han and before the rise of the Sui Dynasty,
A) China experienced a period of tranquility and order.
B) Confucianism grew in popularity.
C) Buddhism developed a much wider following among the Chinese people.
D) Daoism disappeared in China.
E) Islam made its first appearance in China.
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Chapter 11: The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, korea, and Vietnam
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Q1) The earliest known Neolithic inhabitants of Japan are known as the A) Jomon.
B) Yayoi.
C) Yamato.
D) Ainu.
E) Inuit.
Q2) Which of the following cultures had a painting style that presented the frail beauty of nature through the use of a smaller scale?
A) Malay
B) Chinese
C) Korean
D) Vietnamese
E) Japanese
Q3) Can the term "feudal" be accurately applied to the medieval Japanese society? How does Japanese "feudalism" compare with that of Europe between 800 and 1500? Compare and contrast the status and function of the medieval Japanese samurai warrior with that of the medieval European knight.
Q4) Nara
Q5) Pacific Current
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Chapter 12: The Making of Europe
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Q1) Constantinople and Hangzhou
Q2) The shift from a two-field to a three-field system contributed to the increase in food production in the Middle Ages.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Innocent III and the interdict
Q4) monasticism
Q5) Which of the following is a valid statement about manorialism and the medieval manor?
A) Manorialism provided the economic foundation of feudalism.
B) The manor was the fundamental unit of medieval urban organization.
C) The medieval village was usually in direct economic competition with the manor.
D) Manorialism increased the level of freedom and mobility among the peasantry.
E) Manorialism ended in the tenth century.
Q6) Bayeux tapestry
Q7) Dominicans and Franciscans
Q8) Holy Roman Empire
Q9) Clovis and the Merovigians
Q10) St.Benedict and.St.Hilda of Whitby
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Chapter 13: The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery
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Q1) The best known Byzantine historian was A) Einhard.
B) Tacitus.
C) Suetonious.
D) Belisarius.
E) Procopius.
Q2) Bulgars
Q3) "The Renaissance was a direct consequence of the High Middle Ages." Discuss,pro and con.
Q4) Henry VII/Tudors
Q5) Greek fire
Q6) By the end of the Hundred Years' War,the French gained victory because of A) cannon and gunpowder.
B) the crossbow.
C) the longbow.
D) heavily armored cavalry.
E) German mercenaries.
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Q7) Was the Renaissance an evolutionary or a revolutionary event,or both? Discuss,using specific examples.
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Chapter 14: New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market
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Q1) Social institutions tended to be fairly homogenous throughout Southeast Asia during the early modern era.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Amerigo Vespucci
Q3) sternpost rudder,compass,and astrolabe
Q4) The first European nation to gain control of Southeast Asia's spice trade was the Netherlands.
A)True
B)False
Q5) "God,glory,and gold"
Q6) The African slave trade
A) was fundamentally altered by the French in the late 1400s.
B) involved the forcible movement of possibly more than twelve million African slaves overseas.
C) involved the deaths of less than one percent of those leaving West African ports before they arrived at a new home in the Americas.
D) began practices never before seen in Africa.
E) solved the labor shortage challenge in European agriculture.
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Chapter 15: Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building
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Q1) As a result of the 1555 Peace of Augsburg,
A) Calvinism became the dominant faith in northern Germany.
B) Germany became highly centralized.
C) Charles V reinforced his control over the German princes.
D) Lutheranism became established as an alternative to Roman Catholicism in the Germanies.
E) France was able to become independent of the Holy Roman Empire.
Q2) The Edict of Nantes
A) destroyed Calvinism in France.
B) legitimized Calvinist worship and permitted Calvinists to engage in politics in France.
C) outlawed Calvinism in France.
D) permitted Henry IV to continue the French wars of religion.
E) declared Lutheranism and Anglicanism to be heresies.
Q3) the Battle of Lepanto
Q4) The issue that drove Luther to writing his Ninety-Five Theses was the selling of indulgences.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Hanseatic League
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Chapter 16: The Muslim Empires
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Q1) The Ottoman governmental structure
A) was a blend of old, Asian tribal traditions and a more recent, sedentary environment.
B) required that all slaves in the empire come from the Muslim population.
C) made conspicuous use of the Sublime Porte, a docking area for elite pleasure craft.
D) moved from Constantinople to Ankara.
E) included non-Muslims at the top levels.
Q2) yeni cheri/Janissaries
Q3) Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
Q4) the Red Fort
Q5) The British presence in India significantly began in 1616 when they
A) successfully attacked Puna.
B) established their first factory at Delhi.
C) were granted the right to have their own representative at the court in Agra.
D) forced the Mughals to provide them with light-weight textiles.
E) seized the Portuguese outpost of Goa.
Q6) The Ottoman,Safavid,and Mughal empires were all of nomadic origin.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The East Asian World
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Q1) "hostage system"
Q2) Lord Macartney
Q3) Oda Nobunaga
Q4) The work that is considered to be China's most distinguished popular novel is A) Monkey.
B) The Dream of the Red Chamber.
C) Gold Vase Plum.
D) The Golden Lotus.
E) The Riverbank.
Q5) In Qing China,
A) love was seen as a problem because it diverted a couple from their duties to the larger family.
B) a family unit might include members of only two living in one house.
C) realistic social novels were published in China only in the early twentieth century.
D) women held a uniquely honored position in the family because they bore the children.
E) romantic love was the norm.
Q6) Kangxi
Q7) "Dutch learning"
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Q1) In the American Revolution,the rebels
A) received the support of a number of European countries.
B) developed a number of innovative attack techniques used by Napoleonic armies.
C) was marked by the seizure of political and military power by the poorest segment of colonial society.
D) contained a series of major battles in which American firepower literally destroyed some of the best units of the British army.
E) was significantly enhanced by the large slave component in the rebel army.
Q2) Cartesian dualism
A) separated people on the basis of gender.
B) distinguished primarily between good and evil.
C) viewed mind and matter as two distinct and separate entities.
D) refuted the elipticism of Newton's rhetorical absolutes.
E) was initially developed by Bacon and Locke.
Q3) Olympe de Gouges's "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen"
Q4) enlightened despotism
Q5) John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Q6) Napoleon's Civil Code
Q7) Seven Years' War
Q8) nationalism
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