Survey of World History
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Survey of World History offers a comprehensive overview of major civilizations, events, and themes from ancient times to the present. Students will explore the political, economic, social, and cultural developments that have shaped human societies across different regions, including Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The course emphasizes historical analysis, critical thinking, and an understanding of global interconnections, helping students gain insight into the roots of contemporary issues and the diverse narratives that have influenced the modern world.
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Chapter 1: Before History
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Q1) What do the elaborate burial rituals of Neandertal humans tell us about these people and their view of their place in the universe?
Answer: The elaborate burial rituals of Neandertal humans tell us that they had a complex understanding of death and the afterlife. The careful placement of bodies, the inclusion of grave goods, and the use of red ochre and other symbolic materials suggest that Neandertals had a belief in an afterlife or some form of spiritual existence beyond death. This indicates that they had a concept of their place in the universe and a belief in something greater than themselves. The rituals also show that they had a sense of community and cared for their deceased, which speaks to their social and emotional intelligence. Overall, the burial rituals of Neandertal humans reveal a level of sophistication and cultural complexity that challenges previous assumptions about their capabilities and worldview.
Q2) Jericho is a site of cave paintings in Spain.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Early Societies in Southwest Asia and the
Indo-European Migrations
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Q1) The first complex society was developed in the southern Mesopotamian land of
A) Akkad.
B) Assyria.
C) Sumer.
D) Babylonia.
E) Palestine.
Answer: C
Q2) The Phoenicians invented the horse-drawn chariot.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Gilgamesh was associated with what city?
A) Jerusalem
B) Kish
C) Uruk
D) Lagash
E) Ur
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations
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Q1) Harkhuf was
A) the capital of Kush.
B) the most powerful pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.
C) an Egyptian explorer who visited Nubia.
D) the largest Middle Kingdom pyramid.
E) the first woman pharaoh.
Answer: C
Q2) Menes is credited with unification of Egypt about 3100 B.C.E.He also founded the city of Memphis.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase "the gift of the ________" to describe Egypt.
A) Indus
B) Huang He
C) Nile
D) Tigris
E) Issus
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Early Societies in South Asia
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Q1) 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?
Q2) The Rig Veda is a collection of hymns,songs,and prayers that provides a great deal of information on the values of the Aryans.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Examine the changing role of women in ancient India.How does the Lawbook of Manu reflect this transformation?
Q4) Indra was the Aryan god who preserved the cosmic order. A)True
B)False
Q5) Harappan religion
A) focused on the worship of the sun.
B) was strongly monotheistic.
C) reflected a strong concern for fertility.
D) focused on the worship of the moon.
E) is the same as Hinduism.
Q6) What are the fundamental religious teachings of the Upanishads?
Q7) What are the Vedas and what do they teach us about early Aryan society?
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Chapter 5: Early Society in Mainland East Asia
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Q1) Because of the immense size of the Zhou state,its emperors were forced to A) rely on a decentralized system of government.
B) rule through the use of incredible terror.
C) establish a rule based on the accepted divinity of the ruler.
D) bring in troops from their Indian allies.
E) practice a rudimentary form of democracy.
Q2) The Huang He River was given the nickname
A) China's Sorrow.
B) Mandate of Heaven.
C) China's Father.
D) Yellow Terror.
E) Old Man.
Q3) Discuss the role of women in early Chinese society.Why was China such a strongly patriarchal society? How did the role of women change over the centuries?
Q4) The Shang enjoyed a military advantage with armies as large as A) two thousand troops.
B) eight thousand troops.
C) thirteen thousand troops.
D) forty-two thousand troops.
E) one-hundred thousand troops.
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Chapter 6: Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Look at Map 6.2,Early societies of Andean South America,1000 B.C.E.-700 C.E.Discuss the relationship to water of these early South American societies.Discuss the problems of communications between Mesoamerica and South America as well as within South America itself.
Q3) The Maya were a Mesoamerican society that developed writing and made advancements in math.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Obsidian is the material out of which the Olmec fashioned tools.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Although there is little direct evidence left of the form of government of Teotihuacan,how do scholars believe the huge population of the city was managed? What role did priests likely play?
Q6) Austronesians brought human settlement to islands of the Pacific Ocean.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: The Empires of Persia
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Q1) Pasargadae was
A) the last great Persian emperor.
B) a nomadic tribe from the north that provided a constant threat to Persian survival.
C) the location of the greatest Persian military defeat.
D) the capital of the Persian empire before Persepolis.
E) the most important Persian religious prophet.
Q2) Examine the role of trade and agriculture in explaining the success of the Persian empires.Why was the Royal Road so important?
Q3) What was the role of the imperial bureaucrats in Persian society? How did they fit in with the other social classes?
Q4) The Persian loss to the Greeks in 490 B.C.E.was at Marathon.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In the Gathas,Zarathustra wrote,"In the beginning,there were two Primal Spirits,Twins spontaneously active." Who were these "Twins"? Could it be argued that Zoroastrianism was not monotheistic at all? If Zoroastrianism is not monotheistic,might Christianity not be monotheistic?
Q6) Describe the administrative structure of the Achaemenid empire.
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Chapter 8: The Unification of China
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Q1) Junzi
A) were Chinese priests who argued that Confucius's philosophy was too secular.
B) was the honorific of the Qin emperor who united China for the first time.
C) was the classic compilation of Daoist thought.
D) were Confucian "superior individuals" who took an active role in public affairs.
E) were the Confucian model of enlightened thinkers who withdrew from society.
Q2) Compare maps 8.1 and 8.2.How was the Han state different than the Qin? Discuss the threat posed by the Xiongnu.
Q3) The philosophy of Confucius
A) formed a thoroughly practical and secular approach to life.
B) called for a strict adherence to the will of the gods.
C) addressed abstruse philosophical questions.
D) was deeply religious.
E) was inspired by the Hindu Upanishads.
Q4) Discuss the difference between the ruling philosophies of Qin Shihuangdi and the later Han emperors.Which emperors were more successful at maintaining order,and why?
Q5) Discuss the role of the Xiongnu in the history of China during the Han.
Q6) How does Daoism contrast with Confucianism?
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Chapter 9: State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India
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Q1) The capital of Ashoka's empire was
A) Delhi.
B) Bodh Gaya.
C) Pataliputra.
D) Mahavira.
E) Banaras.
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) Despite the efforts of several Indian emperors,Buddhism never became the main religion of India.What factors explain this?
Q4) Siddhartha Gautama was the Buddha.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How did the Persian conquest set the stage for the emergence of the Mauryan empire?
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Chapter 10: Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase
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Q1) Discuss the philosophical contributions of the ancient Greeks.How did thinkers such as Socrates,Plato,Aristotle,and the later Hellenistic philosophers shape the world?
Q2) Hellenistic philosophers who identified pleasure as the highest good were Stoics.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Compare and contrast Sparta and Athens.
Q4) Which Greek god was the grandson of the earth and sky gods?
A) Apollo
B) Zeus
C) Hera
D) Demeter
E) Dionysus
Q5) Follow the path of Alexander's conquests using Map 10.3,Alexander's empire,ca.323
B.C.E. How did his conquests create new cultures in the Hellenistic world?
Q6) Examine the social structure of the ancient Greeks.What role did women play in their society? Were there variations of the social structure among the different city-states?
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Chapter 11: Mediterranean Society: The Roman Phase
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Q1) Which of the following religions was NOT popular during the Roman empire?
A) Christianity
B) Mithraism
C) Islam
D) Judaism
E) the cult of Isis
Q2) The term paterfamilias refers to the
A) eldest male of the Roman family,who had the ultimate authority over the family.
B) prolonged period of peace and stability beginning with the reign of Augustus.
C) concept of Jesus of Nazareth's relationship to his god.
D) position of Jupiter as the king of the Roman gods.
E) central role of the Roman emperor in running the state.
Q3) During times of crisis the Romans would appoint an official with absolute power known as a(n)
A) consul.
B) tribune.
C) archon.
D) emperor.
E) dictator.
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Chapter 12: Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads: During the Late Classical Era
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Q1) Look at the picture of soldiers in northern India on page 241.How does the carving represent contacts between India and other states? What influence did the Persians and other visitors have on India? How did India influence the outside world?
Q2) The "hearers" were
A) Manichaeans who led a normal life but who followed a strict moral code.
B) the slaves of the "elect."
C) devout Manichaeans who abstained from marriage and personal comforts.
D) the first disciples of the Buddha who carried Buddhism into China.
E) Christian missionaries who brought their faith to central Asia.
Q3) What role did nomadic tribes play in the decline of the Roman empire? Examine the role of Attila the Hun in detail.
Q4) What developments in the classical era helped reduce the risks inherent in long-distance trade?
Q5) Examine the picture of the sculpture of the four tetrarchs on page 253.What does this sculpture tell you about the fragmentation of the Roman empire? Now compare it to the illustration of the colossal statue of Constantine on page 256.How do the two statues illustrate the different roles played by Constantine and the tetrarchs?
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Q6) How did the silk roads facilitate the spread of Hinduism and Christianity?
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Chapter 13: The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia
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Q1) In regard to their relationship with China,the Viet people
A) revolted against the Tang and won their independence.
B) were not influenced by Chinese thought.
C) gladly accepted the tributary status in order to gain access to Chinese markets.
D) copied Confucianism but never converted to Buddhism.
E) ruled China for over two centuries.
Q2) The Sui construction of which of these items would have important economic implications until the twentieth century?
A) Grand Canal
B) Great Wall
C) first printing press
D) modern banking industry
E) Royal Road
Q3) The Grand Canal stretched from what city in the south to what city in the west?
A) Beijing to Nanjing
B) Chang'an to Nanjing
C) Hangzhou to Chang'an
D) Nanjing to Chang'an
E) Annam to Dunhuang
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Chapter 14: The Expansive Realm of Islam
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Q1) The larger Muslim society is often called dar al-Islam,an Arabic term meaning "the Muslim house."
A)True
B)False
Q2) How was the Islamic world influenced by its contact with the older Greek,Persian,and Indian societies? How did Islam influence these societies?
Q3) The following words are in the Quran: "No believing men and women have any choice in a matter after God and His Apostle have decided it." What does this line tell us about the relationship between God and humans in Islam? What kind of God is Allah?
Q4) Discuss the role that trade played in the Islamic world.How did the spread of Islam create a new trading zone? How did Muhammad view merchants?
Q5) Trace the expansion of Islam,illustrated in Map 14.1,The expansion of Islam,632-733C.E. Compare the size and wealth of the burgeoning Islamic empires to that of the Byzantines,Lombards,and Franks. How close did these Islamic empires come to conquering the former Roman empire?
Q6) Discuss the implications of Muhammad's role as the "seal of the prophets." What other prophets were considered important in Islam?
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Chapter 15: India and the Indian Ocean Basin
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Q1) Buzurg ibn Shahriyar
A) was one of the most influential Sufi missionaries to visit India.
B) led a series of devastating invasions of India in the eleventh century.
C) established the Delhi sultanate in the thirteenth century.
D) was the first powerful caliph after the death of Muhammad.
E) wrote the Book of the Wonders of India.
Q2) What were some of the specialized goods and manufactures to emerge from India into the world markets at this time?
Q3) Paramesvara was known for
A) founding the southern Indian kingdom of Vijayanagar.
B) playing a pivotal role in the spread of the bhakti movement.
C) leading a series of plundering raids into India in the eleventh century.
D) founding the kingdom of Melaka.
E) writing the Bhagavata Purana.
Q4) The presence of the changing monsoon winds ensured that
A) irrigation never developed in India,because it was never necessary.
B) India enjoyed complete isolation.
C) shipping was impossible in the Indian Ocean basin.
D) irrigation was necessary in arid southern India.
E) the Indian religious hierarchy would be dominated by one great storm god.
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Chapter 16: The Two Worlds of Christendom
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Q1) The most successful and influential of the German peoples were the A) Visigoths.
B) Angles.
C) Franks.
D) Ostrogoths.
E) Vandals.
Q2) Compare Europe during the early medieval period to other societies studied so far in the class.How do the political and social systems of Europe relate to those of the other regions?
Q3) Describe urban life in Byzantium during the height of its power.Why did western Europe remain largely rural by comparison?
Q4) Discuss the rise of monasticism.What were the religious and social implications of this system? What role did St.Basil of Caesarea and St.Benedict play?
Q5) What was the theme system? How did it work? Why was it so successful? What led to its demise?
Q6) In what ways was the political,intellectual,and cultural makeup of Byzantium different from that of the western half of the Roman empire? How could these differences explain greater discrepancies between eastern and western Europe?
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Chapter 17: Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration
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Q1) Examine the life of the Turkish nomadic tribes.How did they adjust to their environments? How did the environment limit their development? How did the environment and their nomadic lifestyle influence their intellectual world?
Q2) The class structure of nomadic societies normally produced
A) a tightly-structured class system with little flexibility.
B) no class distinctions.
C) a fluid two-class system of nobles and commoners.
D) a division into nobles,warriors,farmers,and slaves.
E) a caste system copied from India.
Q3) Nomadic people did not trade with settled people,and sought neither manufactured nor agricultural products.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What role did religion(s)play in the nomadic empires? What generalizations can you make? What are the significant differences?
Q5) Examine the rise of the Ottoman Turks.How did they benefit from other conquerors that came before them? How important was the conquest of Constantinople?
Q6) How did the Turks come to topple the Byzantine empire?
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Chapter 18: States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) In sub-Saharan Africa,an age grade was
A) a publicly recognized group that performed tasks appropriate to their level of development.
B) a ceremony marking the passage from childhood to adulthood.
C) the ritual suicide of tribal members,who were too old to contribute to the tribe.
D) one aspect of the elaborate educational system.
E) the infanticide of female babies.
Q2) Examine the influence of the Bantu migrations on African history.What concepts did the Bantu pass on to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa?
Q3) Swahili is an Arabic term meaning
A) "adventurous seafarers."
B) "subjects of god."
C) "servants of the one god."
D) "possessors of god."
E) "coasters."
Q4) How did Christianity and Islam supplement native African religions in this period?
Q5) What was the function of the griot in sub-Saharan African culture?
Q6) In what ways was Kilwa a good example of a Swahili city-state?
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Chapter 19: The Increasing Influence of Europe
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Q1) The early postclassical era in Europe witnessed
A) a resurgence of urbanization.
B) a decline in urbanization.
C) a marked decline in trade.
D) a strengthening of noble feudal control in the countryside.
E) the return of unified imperial rule in Europe.
Q2) In Italy,the political structure was marked by
A) a tightly centralized government.
B) a series of city-states and principalities.
C) consolidated rule by the popes.
D) unification imposed from the outside by the Holy Roman Empire.
E) the world's first democracy.
Q3) Jerusalem was captured in 1187 by
A) Richard the Lionheart.
B) Saladin.
C) Frederick Barbarossa.
D) Peter the Hermit.
E) Abu al-Abbas.
Q4) What is scholasticism and what broader intellectual movements did it reflect? How did it contrast with popular religion?
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Chapter 20: Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania
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Q1) The Inca quipu was
A) a mnemonic aid consisting of small cords with knots.
B) the underground irrigation system that allowed for an agricultural surplus.
C) the head priest in charge of determining victims for human sacrifice.
D) the underworld.
E) a type of demon who inhabited the night and who tempted the spiritually unprepared.
Q2) Most Aztec human sacrifices were in honor of
A) Quetzalcóatl.
B) Tezcatlipoca.
C) Itzcóatl.
D) Huitzilopochtli.
E) Viracocha.
Q3) From the time of the Olmecs,Mesoamerican peoples had regarded the ritual sacrifice of human beings as essential to the world's survival.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Examine the picture of the mummified Inca ruler on page 438.How was the Inca ruler viewed by his subjects? Have we seen anything similar in other societies?
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Chapter 21: Expanding Horizons of Cross-Cultural
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Q1) What was the significance of the Chinese decision to end the journeys of Zheng He? Why did Yongle send Zheng He out in the first place? Compare Zheng He's journeys of exploration to their European equivalents.Why were the Chinese journeys stopped? What did this change mean for China?
Q2) How were the Ming Chinese able to establish a forceful presence in the Indian Ocean in the fifteenth century? When and why did this presence cease?
Q3) Identify the most significant land and sea routes in the fourteenth century.What societies tended to control and profit from these routes?
Q4) The most notable of the humanistic thinkers,who published the first edition of the Greek New Testament,was
A) Erasmus.
B) Petrarca.
C) Donatello.
D) Masaccio.
E) Paul III.
Q5) Note the kind of state to emerge in the fifteenth century in northern Italy,France,England,and Spain.Which was the most powerful state at this time?
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Chapter 22: Transoceanic Encounters and Global
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Q1) The Portuguese dominance of trade was dependent on their ability to A) force the native populations to convert to Christianity.
B) form alliances with Chinese princes to take advantage of the large Chinese navy.
C) force merchant ships to call at fortified trading sites and pay duties.
D) conquer territories and bring them permanently into their growing empire.
E) take advantage of their huge population to overwhelm their adversaries.
Q2) The Portuguese mariner who sailed to Calicut in 1498 was
A) Dias.
B) Columbus.
C) Cook.
D) Magellan.
E) Vasco da Gama.
Q3) The center of Spanish commercial activity in Asia was
A) Manila.
B) Batavia.
C) Bombay.
D) Melaka.
E) Hawai`i.
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Chapter 23: The Transformation of Europe
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Q1) Examine the wars in early modern Europe.What caused most of these conflicts? What were the results of these confrontations? Who won and who lost?
Q2) That planetary orbits are elliptical,not circular,was demonstrated by A) Galileo.
B) Voltaire.
C) Newton.
D) Kepler.
E) Descartes.
Q3) The most important achievement of Émilie du Châtelet was
A) her discovery of the principles of blood circulation in the human body.
B) her translation of Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica.
C) the development of a law of inertia.
D) in providing a model that undermined the Ptolemaic view of the universe.
E) in demonstrating the transfer of disease through bacteria.
Q4) The author of the Institutes of the Christian Religion was A) Calvin. B) Luther.
C) Zwingli.
D) Henry VIII.
E) Paul III.
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Chapter 24: New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania
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Q1) What became the basis of the economy and settlement in the North American colonies of France and England?
Q2) The first recorded European sighting of Australia was made by the A) Portuguese.
B) Dutch.
C) English.
D) French.
E) Spanish.
Q3) The two centers of Spanish royal authority in the Americas were
A) Lima and Chanchan.
B) Mexico City and Cuzco.
C) Lima and Mexico City.
D) Tenochtitlan and Mexico City.
E) Cuzco and Tenochtitlan.
Q4) Examine the exploration of the Americas by the French,Dutch,and English.How and why was their approach different from that of the Spanish and Portuguese?
Q5) Examine the social transformation of Mesoamerica and South America.How complete was this transformation? How much of native traditions remained?
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Q1) Consider the events leading to the end of the slave trade.What economic factors led to the rise and eventual abolition of the slave trade? Would it have been possible for the slave trade to end earlier than it did? What did the end of the slave trade mean to the slave traders and the slaves?
Q2) Examine the creation of an African-American cultural tradition.How is this culture reflected in religion and other factors?
Q3) Examine the changing nature of African political development in Songhay,the Swahili city-states,and the kingdom of Kongo.Who were the main leaders? What were the most important turning points?
Q4) Examine the nature and conditions of slavery in the western hemisphere.In what ways did it vary? What were the social and gender implications of slavery?
Q5) Examine the social and political influence of the slave trade on African societies.Were there African societies that benefited from the slave trade?
Q6) What was the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on the societies of west Africa? Consider social,political,and demographic effects.
Q7) How was the kingdom of Kongo transformed by its contacts with the Portuguese?
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Chapter 26: Tradition and Change in East Asia
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Q1) Chinese tradition held that the emperor was the "Son of Heaven," the human being designated by heavenly powers to maintain order on the earth.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Examine the foundations of the Ming dynasty.What were the greatest accomplishments of the Ming? What led to their decline?
Q3) The Manchus called their dynasty Qing,which meant
A) "northern conqueror."
B) "brilliant."
C) "floating world."
D) "pure."
E) "the chosen."
Q4) 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?
Q5) Why did the shoguns decide to cut off relations with the outside world? How was this isolation accomplished? What did this decision mean for the future of Japan?
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Chapter 27: The Islamic Empires
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Q1) Examine the rise of the Mughal empire.What leaders were influential in this process? What were the main problems that the Mughals faced in ruling India? What would be the long-term consequences of Mughal rule?
Q2) Examine the rise and spread of the Ottoman empire.Who were the important leaders in this process? What role did the sense of holy war play in this expansion?
Q3) In the sixteenth century,the Ottomans captured A) Constantinople and Otranto.
B) Isfahan and Delhi.
C) Greece and Italy.
D) Egypt and Syria.
E) Turkey and Persia.
Q4) What factors led to the economic and military decline of the Islamic empires?
Q5) Muslim leaders had considerable influence in the Islamic empires because of their monopoly on education and their deep involvement in the everyday lives and legal affairs of ordinary people.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Compare Akbar's policies with those of Aurangzeb.
Q7) By what steps did Shah Abbas achieve a strong and unified Safavid state?
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Chapter 28: Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World
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Q1) The leader who was responsible for the success of the Saint-Domingue uprising was
A) Simón Bolívar.
B) Boukman.
C) Miguel de Hidalgo.
D) Louverture.
E) José de San Martín.
Q2) One of the most influential concepts of modern political thought is the idea of the nation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Congress of Vienna created a diplomatic order based on balance of power under the guidance of
A) Napoleon.
B) Otto von Bismarck.
C) Edmund Burke.
D) Klemens von Metternich.
E) Theodore Herzl.
Q4) 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) James Watt invented a more efficient steam pump when he A) redesigned the flying shuttle.
B) restructured the engine's compressor.
C) copied and consolidated several important American inventions.
D) invented a more efficient method of steel production.
E) figured out how to make a piston turn a wheel for rotary motion.
Q2) The use of which of the following increased dramatically in the nineteenth century?
A) steel
B) iron
C) copper
D) gold
E) aluminum
Q3) Henry Bessemer's innovations made it possible to produce cheaper
A) iron.
B) cotton.
C) steel.
D) oil.
E) wool.
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Chapter 30: The Americas in the Age of Independence
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Q1) The United States agreed to pay Mexico $15 million for Texas,California,and New Mexico as part of the Treaty of
A) Texan Succession.
B) Guadalupe Hidalgo.
C) Adams-Onís.
D) Paris.
E) Mexico City.
Q2) Discuss the role that migration played in the expansion of the United States.Why did migrants come to the United States? What awaited them? What were the benefits and difficulties of migration?
Q3) By the 1860s,Britain's leading supplier of beef was A) the United States.
B) Holland.
C) Argentina.
D) Brazil.
E) Canada.
Q4) Look at the picture of the Plains Indian camp on page 697.What fate befell the natives of North America in the nineteenth century? Of what significance were the battles of the Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee?
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Chapter 31: Societies at Crossroads
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Q1) For most of the last fifty years of the Qing dynasty,China was ruled by A) Puyi.
B) Liang Qichao.
C) Cixi.
D) Ito Hirobumi.
E) Hong Xiuquan.
Q2) What factors led to the collapse of the Tokugawa government and the restoration of the emperor Meiji in 1868?
Q3) The leader of the Taiping rebellion was A) Cixi.
B) Hong Xiuquan.
C) Kang Youwei.
D) Lin Zexu.
E) Ito Hirobumi.
Q4) In 1889 Japan,the emperor established a constitutional monarchy with a legislature,known as the Diet,composed of a house of nobles and an elected lower house.The Diet had limited authority and reserved power for the executive branch.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 32: The Building of Global Empires
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Q1) Cecil Rhodes was
A) the British military leader who was responsible for a boom in naval expansion.
B) the American politician who articulated the belief in manifest destiny.
C) responsible for the philosophy that we know as social Darwinism.
D) the first leader of an independent Canada.
E) a leading British imperialist who founded a colony in Africa.
Q2) After the overthrow of Queen Lili`uokalani in 1893,the United States took over A) the Philippines.
B) Cuba.
C) Hawai`i.
D) Guam.
E) Puerto Rico.
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) Which Asian and African states managed to maintain their sovereignty in the nineteenth century? Why these states?
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Q1) The official factor in the United States' decision to enter the war was Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in February 1917.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why did Japan enter WWI? What did they gain?
Q3) What was the typical experience of the soldier in World War I? Explain how new technologies changed the experience of war.
Q4) The first total war in world history was
A) the Crimean War.
B) the American Civil War.
C) World War II.
D) the Franco-Prussian War.
E) World War I.
Q5) What role did women play in World War I? What effect would their contribution to the war effort have on their lives both during and after the war? How does this effect relate to concepts such as total war and the home front?
Q6) What was the intent of the League of Nations? What were the weaknesses of this body?
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Chapter 34: An Age of Anxiety
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Q1) According to Freud,the root of neurotic behavior was
A) a conflict between conscious and unconscious mental processes.
B) summed up in the term "uncertainty principle."
C) the traumatic bloodshed of World War I.
D) the hostility that young boys feel toward their mothers.
E) an easily explainable chemical reaction.
Q2) The notion that space and time are relative to the person measuring them was first articulated in
A) Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
B) Kepler's three principles of interplanetary movement.
C) Spengler's The Decline of the West.
D) Einstein's theory of general relativity.
E) Newton's theory of gravity.
Q3) Which individual's surname means "man of steel"?
A) Lenin
B) Marx
C) Trotsky
D) Gorbachev
E) Stalin
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Chapter 35: Nationalism and Political Identities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
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Q1) Satyagraha was
A) Gandhi's philosophy of passive resistance.
B) the Islamic leader who called for the creation of Pakistan for India's Muslims.
C) the Nazi attack on Jewish shops known as the "night of broken glass."
D) a new artistic movement that flourished after World War I.
E) the Chinese nationalist party headed by Jiang Jieshi.
Q2) Why did Mao champion the peasants as a revolutionary force? Why was this proposal so radical? Compare Mao's philosophy to that of Marx and Lenin.
Q3) In 1928 the Japanese government signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact,which
A) established peace between it and China.
B) lowered world tariffs to try to kick-start economic development.
C) renounced war as a tool of national policy.
D) carved up China into zones of control by western powers and Japan.
E) established an official boundary between China and Japan.
Q4) Examine Map 35.1,The struggle for control in China,1927-1936.What was the role of the Chinese Communist Party and the Guomindang in the development of Chinese nationalism? What role did the Long March play in the career of Mao Zedong?
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Chapter 36: New Conflagrations: World War II and the Cold War
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Q1) At the Wannsee Conference,
A) the British agreed to hand over the Sudetenland to Hitler.
B) Germany officially surrendered and signed the peace treaty.
C) the United Nations was founded.
D) the Nazis decided to implement the "final solution."
E) differences among the former Allies helped lead to the cold war.
Q2) The Bay of Pigs was an invasion of Cuban nationals trained by the United States; it was a failure,but it weakened Castro's position in Cuba.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In March 1938,Hitler forced Anschluss with Austria,justifying the annexation as an attempt to reintegrate all Germans into a single homeland.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Why were the numerically superior Chinese so easily defeated by the Japanese? Why did the Chinese resistance efforts fail?
Q5) Why were the two communist giants,China and the Soviet Union,unable to sustain an alliance after the war?
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Q1) "The year of Africa" refers to
A) the creation in 1960 of the United Federation of African Nations.
B) the winning of independence in 1960 of thirteen former European African colonies.
C) a plague in 1960 that devastated the populations of the nations of east Africa.
D) a massive worldwide aid program to Africa launched in 1960.
E) the creation in 1960 of the state of Liberia.
Q2) Compare the recent political history of Mexico and Argentina.What factors might account for the differences?
Q3) The leader of North Vietnam was
A) Syngman Rhee.
B) Ho Chi Minh.
C) Ngo Dinh Diem.
D) Vo Nguyen Giap.
E) Mobutu Sese Seko.
Q4) What are the goals and concerns of the modern Islamist movement? What specific policies and actions have emerged from this movement?
Q5) What factors led to the partition of India? What kinds of states emerged?
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Chapter 38: A World Without Borders
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Q1) In the 1950s,the legal position of women most closely matched that of men in
A) Islamic countries.
B) western European countries.
C) Latin American countries.
D) communist countries.
E) North American countries.
Q2) Which of the following was NOT one of the "little tigers"?
A) Thailand
B) Hong Kong
C) Singapore
D) South Korea
E) Taiwan
Q3) Examine concepts such as Americanization and McDonaldization.How influential is the United States in the world today? Why are some countries frightened by this influence?
Q4) What are some of the characteristics of global corporations? What are the advantages and disadvantages of corporations that can operate without any national regulation?
Q5) How have rural populations in the developing world dealt with the increasing trend of urbanization? How has this affected migration patterns?
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