Survey of World Civilizations
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Survey of World Civilizations offers a comprehensive exploration of the major societies and cultures that have shaped human history from ancient times to the present. Students examine the political, social, economic, religious, and technological developments across different regions, with special attention to the interactions and exchanges that have linked peoples across continents. Through a comparative approach, the course fosters an understanding of key themes such as the rise and fall of empires, the evolution of belief systems, and the impact of globalization, providing essential context for understanding the complexities of the modern world.
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Chapter 1: Nature, Humanity, and History
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Q1) Matrilineal societies were
A) ruled by women.
B) defined by maternal heritage.
C) ruled by men.
D) defined by paternal heritage.
E) defined by a nuclear family.
Answer: B
Q2) The Indo-European languages include all of the following except
A) Romance languages (based on Latin).
B) Germanic languages.
C) Celtic languages.
D) Slavic languages.
E) Sino-Tibetan languages.
Answer: E
Q3) culture
Answer: Answer not provided.
Q4) Homo habilis
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) The two main cities of early Indian civilization are
A) Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
B) Akkad and Thebes.
C) Syracuse and Illyria.
D) Troy and Delhi.
E) Riazan and Antioch.
Answer: A
Q2) Fundamental concepts of Egyptian religion were based on A) the desires of the pharaohs.
B) extending Egyptian control over competing cultures.
C) the vision of a cosmic order that the physical environment of the Nile Valley evoked.
D) ideas brought to Egypt from Mesopotamia.
E) each person's individual reflection on what god is like.
Answer: C
Q3) One of the chief attributes of a civilization is
Answer: cities as administrative centers.
Q4) Mesopotamia means _______________?
Answer: Land between the rivers (in Greek).
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Q1) German businessman and archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann found shaft graves at which excavation site?
A) Troy.
B) Mycenae.
C) Crete.
D) Pylos.
E) Corinth.
Answer: B
Q2) The basic Israelite political structure before King Saul was
A) rule by chieftains of the twelve tribes (descendants of Joseph and Jacob).
B) patriarchal rule by the leader at Shiloh.
C) rule by whoever ruled in Jerusalem.
D) an oligarchy of judges.
E) the interpretation of prophets.
Answer: A
Q3) Who was the longest-ruling "builder" king of the New Dynasty in Egypt?
Answer: Ramesses II.
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) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.3 and describe the influence that deserts, river valleys, and mountainous terrain had on the migration patterns of the nomads.
Q2) Sima Qian
Q3) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.2 and compare the resources and strategic locations of Egypt and Nubia. Do you agree with the statement "Nubia was richer than Egypt"?
Q4) The Mandate of Heaven meant that the ruler retained the right to rule as long as
A) he remained the strongest in the kingdom.
B) he remained a wise and principled guardian of his people.
C) he performed the correct ritual sacrifices.
D) he produced a male heir.
E) he kept the loyalty of the military.
Q5) 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.
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Q1) Which of the following most directly contributed to the interconnectedness of the Persian Empire under Darius?
A) Harsh punishment of subject peoples for disobeying the imperial laws.
B) Well-maintained and patrolled roads.
C) A strong navy in the western Mediterranean Sea.
D) A strong alliance with the Greeks.
Q2) What was the primary instrument of Athenian naval success?
A) The gunboat
B) The trireme
C) The astrolabe
D) The rowers
E) The lateen sail
Q3) When Alexander the Great died, his vast empire broke into three Macedonian dynasties: the Seleucid, the Antigonid, and the _____.
A) Persian
B) Afghani
C) Levantine
D) Ptolemaic
E) Anatolian
Q4) How did geography and the environment affect Greek development?
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Chapter 6: An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China
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Q1) equites
Q2) Republic
Q3) Who were among the earliest converts to Christianity?
A) women
B) the poor
C) slaves
D) Jews
E) all of these
Q4) Constantine
Q5) Under the Principate, Roman law
A) was limited to the Twelve Tables.
B) came largely from the emperor himself.
C) was based on the Twelve Tables and supplemented by decrees from the Senate and bills from the Assemblies.
D) was codified by public vote.
E) were gathered from local traditions and evaluated by jurists to compile the lex romana.
Q6) The term of office for a senator in the Roman Republic was _______________.
Q7) Chang'an
Q8) Describe the rise of the Han dynasty in China.
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Q1) Jainism
Q2) Calling into question the priests exclusive hold on salvation, which of the following was a way that individuals sought an alternative path to salvation?
A) Practicing yoga
B) Practicing meditation
C) Eating a special diet
D) Moving to the forest
E) All of the above
Q3) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 7.1 and describe the importance of the geographical boundaries of the Mauryan, Kushan, and Gupta Empires. When did these empires begin and end? Why were there long periods of disunity? Does geography contribute to unity or disunity?
Q4) The Vedic Age was a new historical period in India marked by
A) religious texts that are the main source of information about the period.
B) the migration of merchant traders into India.
C) the emergence of the Vedic Empire.
D) a new weather pattern, the Vedic Storms.
E) a switch to the Vedic alphabet.
Q5) Srivijaya
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Chapter 8: Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas
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Q1) Wari
Q2) The two Andean cities that precede the Incan civilization are
A) Chanchan and Teotihuacan.
B) Wari and Tiwanaku.
C) Tenochtitlan and Toledo.
D) Kilwa and Mombasa.
E) Dos Pilas and San Lorenzo.
Q3) Andean civilization was
A) centralized and urban.
B) isolated and mountainous.
C) a center of trade and high-yield agriculture.
D) a major fishing enterprise.
E) in the lowlands with fertile plains for farming.
Q4) Women in Maya society were
A) Granted rights only while serving in temples.
B) Rulers by ancient tradition and ritual
C) Allowed to live in segregated communities
D) Not allowed any rights in the patrilinear society
E) Central to the religious and economic life of every home
Q5) The first apartment-type living structures were found in _______________.
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Chapter 9: Networks of Communication and Exchange
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Q1) The Indian Ocean Maritime System forged economic and social ties between Southeast Asia, China, India, Arabia and
A) Morocco.
B) Russia.
C) East Africa.
D) Egypt.
E) Greece.
Q2) Which of the following is not an example of a broad common element underlying African life and culture?
A) Cultivation by hoe and digging stick
B) Distinctive musical characteristics
C) Concepts of kingship
D) Fixed social categories
E) A common language
Q3) The earliest long-distance traders in the Sogdiana area were the
A) Ferghanese.
B) Chinese.
C) Mongolians.
D) Mamluks.
E) Armenians.
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Chapter 10: The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam
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Q1) Despite the fact that conversions to Islam were at their peak, Abbasid power declined because
A) there were constant revolts of non-Muslims against forced conversion.
B) the empire had to resist nomadic pressures on the frontier.
C) the empire had become too big to rule effectively.
D) new religious practices developed that challenged the appeal of Islam.
E) there were frequent religious wars between the Sunnis and Shi'ites.
Q2) The Abbasids purchased Turkic slaves, called mamluks, into military service. The mamluks eventually founded their own state in
A) Turkey.
B) Spain.
C) Egypt.
D) Iran.
E) Arabia.
Q3) Seljuk
Q4) Quran
Q5) Ka'ba
Q6) Sunnis
Q7) hadith
Q8) Muhammad
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Chapter 11: Christian Societies Emerge in Europe
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Q1) Which of the following is not true about the Crusades?
A) They were a series of religiously inspired campaigns.
B) After 1071, the Seljuk Turk threat to pilgrims had subsided.
C) Economic forces such as the desire to increase trade and land hunger were contributing factors.
D) The pope promised atonement from sins for the Crusaders.
E) The Crusaders captured Jerusalem.
Q2) What were the causes and consequences of the Crusades?
Q3) A significant military threat to western Europe in the late 8th century came from Scandinavia when:
A) the Abbasid Caliphate's re-conquest of Islamic territories.
B) the reappearance from the eastern Steppes of the Huns.
C) uprisings of Germanic tribes against Charlemagne's expansion.
D) Viking raiders attacked and plundered the British, Danish, and French coastal areas.
E) a renewed naval fleet from Carthage.
Q4) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 11.1 and point out the five patriarchates of Christianity. How did the location of four of them in the eastern realm challenge church politics, particularly in contributing to the schism of 1054?
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Q1) Koryo
Q2) On the basis of present evidence, most scholars believe that the first unification of central Japan occurred when
A) Korean warriors united the small countries of Japan under a central government.
B) Jin warriors united the small countries of Japan under a central government.
C) Chinese warriors united the small countries of Japan under a central government.
D) the sun goddess came to earth and gave Japan her grandson.
E) the indigenous tribes fought to the death for supremacy.
Q3) Sei Shonagon is famous for what?
A) Being an accomplished warrior.
B) Writing The Pillow Book.
C) Writing a collection of poetry called the Manyoshu.
D) Writing The Tale of Genji.
E) Becoming Japan's only female emperor.
Q4) tributary system
Q5) Zen
Q6) Su Song
Q7) What was the tributary system?
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Chapter 13: Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath
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Q1) One effect of the rise of cities in Yuan China was
A) the increasing influence of Mandarin.
B) the rise of a class of educated holy men.
C) the decline of the prestige of the warrior class.
D) improved nutrition of the urban population.
E) an interest in trade for the first time in China.
Q2) What economic problems did Russia see during the time of Mongol domination?
A) overzealous tax collection by Russian princes
B) the burden of taxation carried by the peasantry.
C) the attempt to introduce paper money by the Mongols.
D) direct exchange of goods rather than purchases in currency.
E) all of these.
Q3) Describe the changes in technology during the Ming Empire, focusing on agriculture, warfare, and transportation.
Q4) Yuan Empire
Q5) khan
Q6) Chinggus Khan
Q7) Choson
Q8) Ming Empire
Q9) Yongle
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Q1) Explain the causes and effects of rural poverty in Europe between 1200 and 1500. What role did the natural environment play in people's survival?
Q2) Great Western Schism
Q3) How was Europe's success linked to its contacts with Byzantine and Muslim neighbors?
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) 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.
Q6) How does Map (in the textbook) 14.3 show changes in the Muslim Empire?
Q7) Gothic cathedral
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Chapter 15: Southern Empires, Southern Seas
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Which of the following is not true of pastoralists?
A) The milk of their animals was more important than the meat.
B) Pastoral groups in India were less numerous.
C) Pastoralism did not allow for extensive cultivation.
D) The largest concentration of pastoralists in the world was in northeastern Africa and Arabia.
E) All of the above.
Q3) tropics
Q4) Using Map (in the textbook) 15.3, trace the geographic extent of the Indian Ocean trade, the world's richest maritime trading network between 1200 and 1500. Label the lands and peoples participating in that trade.
Q5) Compare and contrast the empires of Mali and Delhi in the period 1200-1500. Include a discussion of slavery in your response.
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Chapter 16: The Maritime Revolution
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Q1) The first Portuguese explorer to reach the southern tip of Africa and view the Indian Ocean was
A) Bartolomeu Dias.
B) Prince Henry.
C) Vasco da Gama.
D) Ferdinand Magellan.
E) Jesus Alou.
Q2) Ferdinand Magellan
Q3) An important addition to the maritime revolution was sailing northwest into the Atlantic to the latitude of the Azores and then
A) in order to speedily return by riding westerly winds.
B) learning that the magnetic compass did not work while at sea.
C) recognizing that the caravel was unsuited for voyages of exploration.
D) understanding that the lost island of Atlantis was accessible via caravel.
E) improving the ship design by Thomas of Caravel.
Q4) conquistadors
Q5) Using Map (in the textbook) 16.3, can you identify at least nine geostrategic maritime locations (choke points, straits) that impacted this period of history and continue to be significant today?
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Q1) The witch trials focused on what as the explanation of witchcraft?
A) women were more prone to witchcraft because they were weaker than men.
B) The Devil was the source of evil as the enemy of God.
C) Secular temptations led people away from righteous behavior
D) Petty jealousy and competition saw people use evil magic to harm others
E) Foreign influences (such as Jews and Ottomans) led people astray.
Q2) The English managed to overcome the Dutch trade monopolies by what means?
A) establishing more overseas colonies
B) maintaining religious conformity among British colonies.
C) keeping business ventures solely under royal warrant
D) outlawing joint stock companies
E) building a larger navy to challenge overseas trade.
Q3) How can one explain the witch-hunts that swept through Europe in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Who were the victims? Why were so many of the accused women?
Q4) Versailles
Q5) balance of power
Q6) stock exchange
Q7) The fundamental approach to rational inquiry epitomized during the Scientific Revolution was
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Chapter 18: The Diversity of American Colonial Societies
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Q1) encomienda
Q2) coureurs de bois
Q3) 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.
Q4) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 18.2 and explain the English and French processes of colonizing the lands of North America. How did the losses of France change the balance of power in North America? What other Old World countries had territorial claims in North America by 1763?
Q5) 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.
Q6) Spanish authorities used the term mestizo to refer to someone
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Chapter 19: The Atlantic System and Africa
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Q1) Although tobacco was a New World plant long used by Amerindians,
A) Europeans attempted to outlaw its use in America.
B) it was Europeans who began growing the crop on large plantations.
C) European diseases made the plant extinct.
D) it never became popular in Europe because of its unhealthy effects.
E) it was originally from Turkey.
Q2) driver
Q3) Which area best illustrates the dramatic transformation that sugar brought to the 17th century Caribbean?
A) Martinique
B) The Bahamas
C) Cuba
D) Jamaica
E) Barbados
Q4) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 19.1 and discuss the different commodities traded. How did the rise of an Atlantic trading network lay the foundation for European wealth? How did the trade in these goods give Europe access to Asian markets?
Q5) plantocracy
Q6) What were the effects of the Middle Passage on both slave traders and slaves?
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Q1) What three factors were responsible for the expansion of the Ottoman Empire beginning around 1300? Explain your answer in detail.
Q2) One of the key teachings of the Shi'ite doctrine "Hidden Imam" is that
A) he is to lead the ulama to be under the control of the sultan.
B) he is expected to return as a messiah at the end of time.
C) he is to be found among the wandering ascetics.
D) he is to be completely disinterested in political affairs.
E) he is to inspire wars between the religious sects.
Q3) A significant fact about the capital cities of both the Ottomans and Safavids was that
A) in neither city were wheeled vehicles prevelant.
B) neither allowed Europeans within city walls.
C) neither allowed women in public.
D) both focused on mosques built for the emperor or shah.
E) both had significant naval bases to guard their harbors.
Q4) Using Map (in the textbook) 20.2, analyze the Russian Empire in terms of its surrounding neighbors and consider how each of these neighboring states interacted with Russia.
Q5) Rajputs
Q6) Batavia
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Q2) Explain how the European relationship with China changed from astonishment and admiration to criticism and frustration.
Q3) Qing Empire
Q4) Using Map (in the textbook) 21.2, analyze the effects of climate on East Asian in general and the Qing Empire in particular.
Q5) The group within the Tokugawa era that weakened centralized economic policies was the wealthy
A) daimyo
B) shoguns
C) merchants
D) samurai
E) scholars
Q6) How did the Tokugawa Shogunate fall into decline and crisis?
Q7) Tokugawa Shogunate
Q8) Why was Korea a logical first step for Hideyoshi's political conquests?
Q9) daimyo
Q10) turtle ships
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Q2) turnpike trusts
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) Which of the following was true of poor urban neighborhoods?
A) They were often filled with overcrowded tenements.
B) There was an atmosphere of filth, pollution, and sewage.
C) The danger of typhus, smallpox, dysentery, and tuberculosis was very high.
D) Houses were often mixed in with factories
E) all of the above
Q5) Thomas Malthus's explanation of workers' misfortunes was that
A) the population was outgrowing the food supply and leading to falling wages.
B) workers were immoral and destined to fail.
C) the weak would perish and the strong would survive.
D) workers needed to work harder and longer hours.
E) the government was uncaring.
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Q1) Jacobins
Q2) gens de couleur
Q3) guillotine
Q4) Enlightenment reformers sought to ban numerous folk traditions like harvest festivals or religious holidays because
A) the celebrations were viewed as corrupt and decadent.
B) they were wild, drunken revelry that was unseemly.
C) to maintain control of a passive population.
D) they were atheists and wanted people to progress to a modern era.
E) they emphasized class differences and might start revolutions.
Q5) Examine Map (in the textbook) 23.1 and describe the major battles and turning points in the war. Why did the British lose the American Revolution, despite the fact that they won most of the battles?
Q6) The salon was
A) a fashionable dinner club with music and gambling.
B) a private venue for discussing intellectual ideas.
C) an underground radical organization plotting the overthrow of the ancient regime.
D) a Parisian boutique frequented by Marie Antoinette.
E) where King Louis XVI met with his ministers.
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Q1) 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
Q2) The main force opposing westernization in Russia was
A) Slavophiles
B) Decembrists
C) student clubs
D) Orthodox church advocates
E) the nobility
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) Crimean War
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Chapter 25: Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas
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Q1) The United States election of 1824 was controversial because:
A) One of the four candidates for president had been incapacitated by a stroke but ran anyway.
B) expansionist policies to the west dominated the political agenda.
C) the selection the president was made by a vote in the House of Representatives.
D) the provision for overturning slavery was narrowly defeated.
E) the faction known as "war hawks" did not support their own candidate.
Q2) One of the more popular destinations for immigration by Europeans was:
A) Brazil
B) Argentina
C) Mexico
D) Hawaii
E) a and b
Q3) Benito Juárez
Q4) Discuss the process of abolishing slavery in the Americas. Did the movement for abolition of slavery differ in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean?
Q5) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 25.3 and discuss the effects of railroad building in North America. How did this promote expansion?
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Chapter 26: Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America
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Q1) To what extent were the peoples of Africa and Asia "victims" or "losers" in the story of imperialism?
Q2) Cape Colony was initially important to the British because it
A) was Britain's first foothold in Africa.
B) had great mineral wealth.
C) was a strategic supply station for the lengthy India route.
D) showed that the French could be defeated overseas.
E) was Britain's source for rubber.
Q3) Why was Egypt's experience with modernization so different from that of other areas?
Q4) 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?
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) Afrikaners
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Q1) The early-twentieth-century Chinese plan for reform, though tried in vain, was the
A) Mandate of Heaven.
B) "self-strengthening movement."
C) Cixi reforms.
D) imperial restoration.
E) Great Leap Forward.
Q2) What were some of the effects of building railroads was
A) deforestation.
B) consumed large amounts of land.
C) vast consumption of lumber.
D) a and b only
E) all of the above
Q3) electricity
Q4) Empress Dowager Cixi
Q5) 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?
Q6) Giuseppe Garibaldi
Q7) Treaty of Kanagawa
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Chapter 28: The Crisis of the Imperial Order
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Q1) Because of the influx of refugees after the war, which countries passed immigration laws restricting immigration?
A) Canada
B) the United States
C) New Zealand
D) Australia
E) all of the above
Q2) The Ottoman Turks signed a secret alliance with
A) the United States, hoping to gain Filipino territory.
B) Germany, hoping to gain Russian territory.
C) Japan, hoping to gain Chinese territory.
D) France, hoping to gain Italian territory.
E) Russia, hoping to gain Austrian territory.
Q3) Egypt in the 1920s
A) had "phony" independence instead of official British colonialism.
B) was finally independent of British influence.
C) remained a British mandate.
D) seized control of the Suez Canal from Britain.
E) had become one of the dominant world powers.
Q4) What was the Maghrib?
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Q2) Haile Selassie
Q3) What factors led to factions in India becoming resentful of British hegemony? What major characteristic of India hindered nationalism?
Q4) One of Gandhi's significant public relations gestures was
A) to give up his western attire.
B) to sit cross-legged on the floor with the "untouchables"
C) making a long walk to the beach to collect salt in protest of the British monopoly.
D) setting fire to British textile factories to promote traditional handcrafted spinning.
E) building an adobe wall through Bengal territory.
Q5) The mass encampments of the poor in Brazil were called
A) barrios
B) shantytowns.
C) favelas
D) "proletariat plantations"
E) "Vargas-ville"
Q6) Wilbur and Orville Wright
Q7) Pablo Picasso
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A) the repeal of the Treaty of Versailles.
B) to take over all German-speaking territory.
C) to expand into Poland.
D) to eliminate the Jews from Europe.
E) all of the above.
Q2) Stalin's main tool for implementing terror was the A) KGB.
B) NVKD.
C) People's Commissar.
D) SovNarKom.
E) NEP.
Q3) Five-Year Plans
Q4) At Nanjing, the Japanese troops raped
A) 200 Chinese women.
B) 800 Chinese women.
C) 1,700 Chinese women.
D) 15,000 Chinese women.
E) 20,000 Chinese women.
Q5) Adolf Hitler
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A) It was a civil war.
B) It introduced foreign mercenaries,
C) It was characterized by contending political and ethnic groups.
D) It included Cold War protagonists like Cuba and the U.S.S.R.
E) all of the above
Q2) South African governments used policies of racial segregation called A) blitzkrieg.
B) partition.
C) secession.
D) volkgeist.
E) apartheid.
Q3) What was the difference between the League of Nations and the United Nations to achieve a resolution or action?
Q4) Helsinki Accords
Q5) Using Map (in the textbook) 31.1, discuss the development of Cold War tensions after World War II. What were the NATO and Warsaw Pact countries?
Q6) Cuban missile crisis
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Chapter 32: The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration
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A) asked the United Nations to bring in peacekeepers.
B) used force, killing hundreds and arresting thousands.
C) accepted reforms.
D) disbanded the Communist government and allowed free elections.
E) attacked Japanese naval bases in Samoa.
Q2) NATO forces were dispatched to the Balkans and used air strikes against Serbia to stop ethnic cleansing in:
A) Albania.
B) Montenegro
C) Bosnia-Herzogovinia
D) Kosovo
E) Croatia
Q3) newly industrialized economies (NIEs)
Q4) HIV/AIDS
Q5) demographic transition
Q6) Proxy wars were _______________.
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Q1) What was the basis for and the contents of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of December 1948? Could all nations agree to it?
Q2) Which of the following is true of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?
A) It opposes economic and social progress for Untouchables.
B) Its electoral victory in 1998 ended four decades of Congress Party rule.
C) It has condoned violence against Indian Muslims.
D) It rose to power by appealing to Hindu nationalism.
E) All of the above.
Q3) What is the goal of terrorism?
A) To kill as many people as possible
B) To extort money
C) To create peace in a world full of conflict
D) To convince frightened people that their government is incapable of protecting them from pervasive threats
E) To maintain the status quo
Q4) Refer to Map (in the textbook) 33.1 and explain why areas such as Latin America and Africa have the lowest GDPs. Correlate this with the relatively recent events of industrialization and decolonization.
Q5) Usama bin Laden
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