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This course explores the major intellectual, cultural, and historical developments that have shaped Western civilization from antiquity to the present. Through an interdisciplinary approach, students will examine key philosophical, religious, artistic, and literary movements, including the classical heritage of Greece and Rome, the rise of Christianity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and modern secularism. Emphasis is placed on how these ideas and cultural expressions have influenced social institutions, moral values, and worldviews in the Western world. By critically analyzing primary sources and major works, students will gain a deeper understanding of the forces that have contributed to the formation and evolution of Western thought and culture.
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The Western Heritage Combined Volume 11th Edition by Donald M. Kagan
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Chapter 1: The Birth of Civilization
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Q1) The city of Assur had first been a center for trade,but then became a(n)________ power during the fourteenth century b.c.e.
A)political
B)agricultural
C)mining
D)military
Answer: A
Q2) The most famous colony founded by the Phoenicians was that of ________,near modern Tunis in North Africa.
Answer: Carthage
Q3) The Assyrians spoke a ________ language closely related to Babylonian.
Answer: Semitic
Q4) The Babylonian King ________ is best known for the collection of laws he created that bears his name.
Answer: Hammurabi
Q5) The discovery of combining tin and copper to make a stronger and more useful material signified the beginning of the ________ Age.
Answer: Bronze
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Chapter 2: The Rise of Greek Civilization
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Q1) The Greeks' period of freedom ended in the sixth century b.c.e.when the Greek colonial cities of Asia Minor came under the control of Persian ________ of Lydia.
A)King Leonidas
B)King Croesus
C)King Xerxes
D)General Mardonius
Answer: B
Q2) Although Greek ships were fewer and slower than Persian ships,the Greeks won a decisive sea battle by ________.
A)staying out of sight and making sudden surprise attacks
B)placing combat soldiers,instead of supplies,on their ships
C)employing Archimedes-style weapons that reached great distances
D)strategizing to follow then attack the Persians from behind
Answer: B
Q3) Archons served for only a year and were checked by their colleagues,as they looked forward to a lifetime as a member of the ________,the true master of the Athens state.
Answer: Areopagus
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Chapter 3: Classical and Hellenistic Greece
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Q1) After Cimon rose to statesman,following the wars with Persia,he ________.
A)pursued a policy of aggressive attacks on Sparta
B)dominated Athenian politics for nearly two decades
C)failed to put down the rebellion of Thasos
D)created an autocracy to ensure absolute power
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following best describes the policies favored by Pericles following the First Peloponnesian War?
A)reckless
B)expansionist
C)isolationist
D)conservative
Answer: D
Q3) Because the Stoics strove for inner harmony of the individual,________.
A)their aim was a life lived in accordance with divine will
B)their attitude was upbeat and filled with optimism
C)their goal was to maintain intense involvement and interest in things going on around them
D)they employed wild and resistant methods
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Rome: From Republic to Empire
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Q1) Carthage's ________ never lost a battle to Rome's armies on the field,but lost the war.
A)Celeste
B)Crassus
C)Hannibal
D)Longinus
Q2) Wealthy Romans took possession of public land,legally and illegally.This led to a greater division between rich and poor and thus to the land-reform proposals of
A)Cicero
B)Julius Caesar
C)Marius
D)Tiberius Gracchus
Q3) Before the influence of Greece and Etruria and their personified deities,Roman gods were ________.
A)humanlike divinities
B)impersonal spirits known as numina
C)philosophical concepts
D)organized into a pantheon of twelve gods
Q4) Was Rome part of the Hellenistic world? Support your answer with details.
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Chapter 5: The Roman Empire
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Q1) "Augustus" was an honorific title meaning "________."
A)first citizen
B)ambitious
C)summer
D)venerated
Q2) Diocletian and Decius attacked Christians for what reason?
A)Christians threatened internal security.
B)Christians threatened imperial authority.
C)Christians sparked several small uprisings.
D)Christians were already declining in numbers.
Q3) Adherents to the imperial cult worshipped the emperor more as a(an)________ than as a religious act.
A)way to pass time
B)annual ritual
C)political duty
D)duty to their parents
Q4) Augustus's imperial reign is known as the "Principate" after his title princeps,meaning "first ________."
Q5) Although Latin was the language of the Roman Empire,eastern provinces continued to use _______.
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Chapter 6: Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages:
Creating a New European Society and Culture 4761000
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Q1) Landed nobility retained vassals to populate their armies by supplying them with
A)land
B)soldiers
C)salaries
D)churches
Q2) Emperor Heraclius defeated the Sassanid king Khosro II and recovered ________.
A)John the Baptist's head
B)the crown of thorns
C)a piece of Christ's cross
D)the shroud of Turin
Q3) Which of these marked a long-lasting split between the western and eastern Christian churches?
A)Pope Leo I took the title pontifex maximus.
B)Pope Damasus I claimed that he was a direct successor to Peter.
C)Cardinal Humbertus excommunicated the Orthodox patriarch.
D)Pope Gelasius I claimed the ruling clergy gave him more power than secular rulers.
Q4) ________,with his wife Theodora at his side,expanded the Byzantine Empire and ruled it with a strong hand.
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Chapter 7: The High Middle Ages: the Rise of European Empires
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Q1) The church reform movement of the early tenth century was based in ________.
A)Cluny
B)Otto's court
C)Wittenberg
D)the Vatican
Q2) In what respects was Louis IX the embodiment of the medieval view of the perfect ruler? Where was he deficient? Explain.
Q3) King John's attitude toward the Magna Carta can best be described as ________.
A)eventual acceptance
B)continued resistance
C)willful ignorance
D)defiant nullification
Q4) The purpose of the Fourth Lateran Council was to ________.
A)formalize church discipline throughout the hierarchy
B)standardize the papal electoral process
C)deny the doctrine of transubstantiation
D)revise the measures agreed upon in the Third Lateran Council
Q5) What is the Magna Carta? Many argue that its establishment was the first step in a long historical process leading to the rule of constitutional law.Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
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Q1) Which of the following was an advantage for a woman living in a nunnery?
A)A woman could acquire the money saved from forgoing a wedding.
B)A woman could rise to a position of leadership.
C)A woman could speak publicly in worship and political events.
D)A woman could get completely away from male authority.
Q2) Monopolies held by the landowners (and that tenants had to use)were known as
A)manors
B)banalities
C)coloni
D)tenancy
Q3) Which of the following is the correct order of the clergy,from the top down?
A)bishops,cathedral canons,and poor parish priests
B)cathedral canons,bishops,and poor parish priests
C)cathedral canons,cardinals,and poor parish priests
D)cathedral canons,archbishops,and urban priests
Q4) Compare the significant events in the rise of merchants with those involved in the downfall of feudal society.Explain how the growth of towns played a role in these trends.What is the relationship between these events?
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Q5) In the later Middle Ages,serfs started paying their dues in ________ payments.
Chapter 9: The Late Middle Ages: Social and Political
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Q1) Joan of Arc was executed on May 30,1431 for the crime of ________.
A)treason
B)heresy
C)murder
D)kidnapping
Q2) Advocates of the ________________ sought to fashion a church in which a representative council could effectively regulate the actions of the pope.
Q3) The Black Death refers to ________.
A)the famine that occurred from 1315 to 1317
B)a virulent plague that struck fourteenth-century Europe
C)a disease transmitted through African slaves
D)the collapse of the European economy in the fourteenth century
Q4) The papacy's law court was called the ________.
A)College of Cardinals
B)Curia
C)Rota Romana
D)Unam Sanctam
Q5) In 1296,the papal bull titled ___________ prohibited taxation of the clergy by secular rulers without papal approval.
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Chapter 10: Renaissance and Discovery
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Q1) How did the Dominican preacher Girolamo Savonarola convince the Florentines to allow King Charles VIII of France to enter Florence without resistance?
A)He told them that the king's arrival was divine vengeance on their immorality.
B)He promised to ask the king to leave all the land to the Florentines.
C)He explained that Charles VIII had only the best intentions for the Florentines.
D)He delivered a heartfelt speech on the merits of good international relations.
Q2) The great masters of the High Renaissance were ________.
A)Titian,Donatello,and Giotto
B)Titian,Vincent van Gogh,and Masaccio
C)Vincent van Gogh,Donatello,and Giotto
D)Leonardo da Vinci,Raphael,and Michelangelo
Q3) In what way did the humanist movement lead to the Reformation? What influence did academic freedom have on the laity? Did good scholarship change the views of the people? Explain.
Q4) In detail,explain the formation,rise to power,and control that despots had on Italian society in the fifteenth century.Was the rule subtle or blatant? Who were the main ruling families of this era? As a result of this rule,what other aspects of society were influenced? In what ways?
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Chapter 11: The Age of Reformation
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Q1) From the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries,lay religious groups shared a common goal of religious __________.
A)domination
B)independence
C)ecstasy
D)simplicity
Q2) Which of these best summarizes changing notions about women resulting from the Protestant Reformation?
A)Women gained greater legal rights and much greater autonomy.
B)Education was thought unimportant,given the emphasis on women as mothers.
C)Women were increasingly associated with Eve more than the Virgin Mary.
D)Women's roles were more esteemed,though not greatly expandeD.
Q3) One of the most important problems in the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon was that _________
A)the couple had different religious views
B)the couple lived in different countries
C)Catherine had been raised in Spain
D)Henry VIII needed a male heir
Q4) Shakespeare wrote during the _________ Age.
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Chapter 12: The Age of Religious Wars
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Q1) The image The Milch Cow symbolizes which of these?
A)the Thirty Years' War
B)the long-standing animosity between England and Spain
C)religious conflict in the 1500s
D)the Netherlands as a political pawn
Q2) Refer to the piece "Going to the Theater." What were the basic elements and purpose of the medieval stage,and what was carried over from it to the Elizabethan theater? How did these new theaters change the social habits of their guests?
Q3) Hostilities between Spain and England reached a climax in 1588 when ________.
A)Henry III was assassinated
B)Henry IV was assassinated
C)the Edict of Nantes was signed
D)the Spanish Armada was sent to invade England
Q4) By 1600,the population of the Holy Roman Empire was ________.
A)about equally divided between Catholics and Protestants
B)about 30 percent Catholic
C)about 70 percent Catholic
D)about 40 percent Protestant
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Chapter 13: European State Consolidation in the
Seventeenth and Eighteenth
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Q1) The Habsburg Empire can be described as ________.
A)small but cohesive
B)large but divided
C)strongly centralized
D)disappearing by 1700
Q2) Russian victory in the Great Northern War led to ________.
A)the decline of Poland
B)a permanent Russian influence on European affairs
C)an alliance with England
D)an alliance with Finland
Q3) What was the effect in France of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the ensuing religious repression?
A)Culture in France was at its peak.
B)Universities opened,drawing thinkers from all over the world.
C)A new era of religious conflict opened.
D)Religious toleration brought many to reside in France.
Q4) The dangers and turmoil of Peter the Great's youth convinced him that the power of the tsar must be made secure from the jealousy of the ________.
Q5) The Hohenzollern capital was at ________.
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Chapter 14: New Directions in Thought and Culture in the
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
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Q1) According to Pascal's famous wager,________.
A)it is best to believe God exists and stake everything to gain the lot;if God should prove not to exist,comparatively little will have been lost
B)it is best to live life to the fullest,regardless of your religious beliefs,and if God does exist,seek forgiveness near the end of your life
C)it is best to believe that God does not exist so that if he does exist,you will be joyful rather than disappointed
D)only one person in a hundred would be saved
Q2) Prior to 1600,the scientific world viewed Copernicus's understanding of the universe with ________.
A)full acceptance and approval
B)complete rejection
C)caution and interest
D)religious outrage and condemnation
Q3) During the era of the scientific revolution,_____________ knowledge was only in the process of becoming science as we know it today.
Q4) Bernini was hired by Urban VIII to decorate ________.
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Chapter 15: Society and Economy Under the Old Regime in the Eighteenth Century
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Q1) Women were particularly vulnerable to disease and death resulting from
A)puerperal fever
B)meningitis
C)smallpox
D)typhoid
Q2) What persuaded people to bathe regularly toward the middle of the eighteenth century?
A)Physicians believed that bathing the pores would allow miasma to infect the body.
B)Linen became more popular than woolen clothing,which meant wearers had to be cleaner.
C)Women had less time for housework and wanted to enjoy leisure pursuits.
D)New ideas emerged about the benefits of bathing on good health.
Q3) The Industrial Revolution came first to ________.
A)the Netherlands
B)Germany
C)Britain
D)France
Q4) Peasant rebellions tended to be ________ in that peasants generally wanted to restore customary rights.
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Chapter 16: The Transatlantic Economy, trade Wars, and Colonial Rebellion
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Q1) A fundamental element in the first two periods of European imperial ventures in the Americas was the presence of ________.
Q2) The act that put a tax on legal documents and other items such as newspapers was the ________.
A)Stamp Act
B)Sugar Act
C)Intolerable Acts
D)Declaratory Act
Q3) A ________ is a person of European descent born in the Spanish colonies.
Q4) Describe in detail the four well-defined stages that European contacts and the rest of the world have gone through since the Renaissance.Be certain to describe the groups of people affected,the key countries involved,and the transformations that led to the development of the next distinct stage.
Q5) The Intolerable Acts were prompted by ________.
A)colonial protest of earlier tax measures
B)the need to raise revenue
C)Thomas Paine's Common Sense
D)the end of the Seven Years' War
Q6) The ________ system was meant to maintain Spain's monopoly on trade.
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Chapter 17: The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth-Century Thought
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Q1) According to Newton and others,nature is ________.
Q2) Frederick the Great's religious toleration can be seen as _________.
A)based on practical politics
B)an outgrowth of his own atheism
C)an attempt to undermine the Ottoman Empire
D)a weapon he used against Russia
Q3) Compare and contrast the efforts of Joseph II and Catherine II to implement enlightened reforms.Which monarch was more successful? Why?
Q4) The ________ of France believed that mercantilist legislation and the regulation of labor by governments and guilds actually hampered the expansion of trade,manufacture,and agriculture.
Q5) Rousseau blamed much of the evil in the world on unequal distribution of ________.
Q6) Do you think the philosophes' attitude toward politics and government is widespread today? Why or why not? Give examples.
Q7) Compare and contrast in detail the Rococo and neoclassical styles in eighteenth-century art.Be certain to address the history of the styles,political associations,and famous artists that emerged from both methods.
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Chapter 18: The French Revolution
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Q1) Called the ________,throughout the country,people who had been involved in the Reign of Terror were attacked and often murdered.
Q2) "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen" claimed that natural rights included "liberty,property,security,and resistance to ________."
Q3) Which of these sparked war between France and most of the rest of Europe in 1792?
A)the execution of Louis XVI
B)the formation of the Constituent Assembly
C)the Tennis Court Oath
D)France's invasion of Belgium
Q4) The Assembly intended to simplify commercial transactions by imposing a standard of measurement called ________.
Q5) The changes made to the traditional calendar illustrate which of these revolutionary policies?
A)de-Christianization
B)republicanism
C)the Reign of Terror
D)radicalization
Q6) The tempering of the revolution was known as the ________ Reaction.
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Chapter 19: The Age of Napoleon and the Triumph of Romanticism
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Q1) Together with his good friend Samuel Coleridge,___________ wrote Lyrical Ballads.
Q2) The most important Romantic German philosopher concerned with history was ________.
A)Hegel
B)Herder
C)Fichte
D)Goethe
Q3) ___________ of Russia wanted all of Poland under his control.
Q4) Who was the commander who destroyed the French fleet at Abukir in 1798?
A)William Pitt the Younger
B)Nicholas Appert
C)Sir Arthur Wellesley
D)Horatio Nelson
Q5) The Haitian uprising was begun by _______.
Q6) In what ways did the viewpoint of Romantic writers differ from the rational viewpoint of Enlightenment intellectuals?
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Q7) ___________ and ___________ believed that adults should allow childlike sentiments to flourish.
Q8) What political advantage did Napoleon gain by making peace with Pope Pius VII?
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Chapter 20: The Conservative Order and the Challenges of Reform (1815-1832)
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Q1) The Concert of Europe refers to the ________.
A)new informal arrangement for resolving mutual foreign policy issues
B)new Russian,Austrian,Prussian,and British quadruple alliance
C)January 1820 outbreak of the Spanish revolution
D)1814 restoration of the French monarchy
Q2) What reaction did the German government have to the Burschenschaften?
A)The Burschenschaften was sponsored by the government.
B)The Burschenschaften made the government proud.
C)The government boasted about the works of the Burschenschaften.
D)The Burschenschaften made the government uneasy.
Q3) What did Louis XVIII hope to achieve in his constitution called the Charter?
A)He hoped to suppress the Roman Catholic Church.
B)He hoped to improve trade.
C)He hoped to bring about the policies of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
D)He hoped to reconcile with the aristocracy and the church.
Q4) In December 1830,Lord Palmerston,the British foreign minister,persuaded representatives of the powers in London to recognize ________ as an independent and neutral state.
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Q5) Behind the concept of nationalism usually lay the idea of popular ________.
Chapter 21: Economic Advance and Social Unrest
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Q1) The English Factory Act of 1833 forbade the employment of children under the age of ________ years.
A)7
B)9
C)10
D)12
Q2) The Industrial Revolution fueled British investments all over the world but especially in ________.
A)the Americas
B)Spain and Italy
C)the Netherlands and France
D)Japan and China
Q3) The French Revolution and the wars of Napoleon influenced the development of the Industrial Revolution by ________.
A)destroying French Atlantic trade and disrupting continental economic life
B)inspiring the working class to attain the material wealth and comforts of the middle class
C)increasing trade and the demand for goods between Britain and other countries
D)setting back the French economy and French industrialization
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Chapter 22: The Age of Nation-States
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Q1) At the close of the Crimean War,the image of an invincible Russia that had prevailed across Europe since the close of the ________ Wars was shattered.
Q2) Discuss reforms in Britain during Benjamin Disraeli's terms.Who benefited from them and how did they extend the rights of the government,business,and workers?
Q3) The unification of Germany was a blow to European ________.
Q4) Refer to the excerpt "Heinrich von Treitschke Demands the Annexation of Alsace and Lorraine." On what grounds does Treitschke base the German claim to Alsace and Lorraine? Why does he contend it is proper to ignore the wishes of the people involved? What,if any,political morality informs his views?
Q5) Ireland played the same role in British politics that ________ did in Habsburg politics.
A)Hungary
B)Austria
C)Prussia
D)Poland
Q6) The state of ________,the most independent state on the Italian peninsula,led the country's unification effort.
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Chapter 23: The Building of European Supremacy: Society
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Q1) Bismarck attempted to persuade German workers to oppose socialism by
A)creating the German Social Democratic Party
B)implementing programs that offered a paternalistic alternative to socialism
C)allowing antisocialism laws to expire
D)using scare tactics to predict abysmal conditions resulting from the end of capitalism
Q2) Starting around midcentury,urban planners devised cities that were dominated by
A)housing for the working class
B)manufacturing centers
C)commerce,government,and entertainment venues
D)a concern for historical preservation
Q3) The emancipation of Jews brought ________.
A)the abolition of serfdom
B)equal or nearly equal citizenship and social status
C)the cessation of pogroms
D)increased representation in government
Q4) What beliefs did the Jewish community have about anti-Semitic movements that started at the end of the nineteenth century? What effect did those beliefs have on later generations of Jews?
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Chapter 24: The Birth of Modern European Thought
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Q1) Max Weber believed that ________.
A)the emergence of rationalism was the major development in human history
B)bureaucratization led to the destruction of modern society
C)only economic factors could account for major developments in human history
D)human history reached a high point in the Middle Ages
Q2) What field of science most influenced racial thinking at the end of the nineteenth century?
A)physics
B)biology
C)evolution
D)medicine
Q3) By the start of World War I,most major nations of Europe ________.
A)began providing free public education for the masses
B)provided free elementary and secondary education for the masses
C)began providing free university education for the masses
D)provided free elementary,secondary,and university education for the masses
Q4) Explain how Carl Jung's theories differed from Sigmund Freud's.Include a discussion of both Freud's early and later theories.How did Freud respond to Jung's theories?
Q5) The Irish writer ________ argued against romanticism and false respectability.
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Chapter 25: The Age of Western Imperialism
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Q1) Indian Hindus organized the ________ in 1885 with the goals of modernizing Indian life and liberalizing British policy.
Q2) By 1914,which of the following was true?
A)British colonization touched North,South,East,and West AfricA.
B)The Portuguese dominated Madagascar.
C)American colonization was dominant in southern Africa.
D)No foreign powers had direct access to the Nile River.
Q3) At the battle of ________,11,000 Sudanese troops were killed and 16,000 were wounded,compared to only 48 British troops lost.
Q4) Why did the tsars extend Russia's power and influence over central and eastern Asia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? How successful were they in doing so,and why?
Q5) The ________ closed the Americas to European colonization.
Q6) Which of the following best expresses the British rationale for ruling India in the nineteenth century?
A)The rationale for rule shifted among all of these ideas over time.
B)Britain could bring orderly administration to a chaotic land.
C)Missionaries could spread Christianity among Hindus and Muslims.
D)British enlightenment values would bring civilization to India.
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Chapter 26: Alliances, War, and a Troubled Peace
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Q1) The Germans controlled Eastern Europe and its resources,especially food,and by 1918 were free to concentrate their forces on the western front.These developments would probably have been decisive without ________.
A)the Italian allies' support
B)American intervention
C)British invasion in northern France
D)widespread mutinies in the German ranks
Q2) What role did the formation of alliances play in the cause of World War I? How do you think World War I would have differed if the alliance system were not in play? Explain.
Q3) Rivalry in the Balkans became an international conflict when ________.
A)Germany attempted to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina
B)Slavs in Bosnia and Herzegovina revolted against Turkish rule
C)Serbia and Montenegro assisted the Slavs in the revolt against Turkish rule
D)Russia became involved in the Slav revolt against Turkish rule
Q4) Discuss the factors that led to the collapse of the Central Powers and the Allied victory in World War I.Which factor was to prove to be most decisive in the Allied victory?
Q5) The Red Army was led by ________.
Q6) Woodrow Wilson called America's war aims the ________.
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Chapter 27: The Interwar Years: the Challenge of Dictators and Depression
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Q1) While the capitalist economies of Western Europe floundered in the Great Depression,the Soviet Union undertook ________.
A)a large-scale cultural revolution
B)a large step in scientific research and innovation
C)rapid industrialization
D)the "Great Leap Forward"
Q2) By 1933,the Nazi storm troopers had ________.
A)one million members
B)ceased to be an important political force
C)been absorbed by the Gestapo
D)lost favor with most Nazi officials
Q3) What were the causes of the Great Depression of the 1930s? What aspects and people within society were most affected? Why was it more severe and longer lasting than previous depressions?
Q4) Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany ________.
A)after a brief but bloody revolution
B)by legal means
C)after a campaign of selective assassination
D)after a heated lawsuit
Q5) The ________ dominated the government of Yugoslavia.
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Chapter 28: World War Ii
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Q1) The Battle of Britain resulted in ________.
A)a victory for the Germans
B)a standoff
C)the abandonment of Hitler's plans to invade England
D)very few British causalities
Q2) How did the Spanish Civil War affect world politics?
A)It brought Germany and Italy closer together.
B)It ended the policy of appeasement.
C)It brought France and Spain closer together.
D)It resulted in an international ban on the sale of weapons to fascist regimes.
Q3) How did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the start of World War II? Why was Hitler allowed to break the treaty?
Q4) Hitler decided on ________ as the "final solution of the Jewish problem."
A)enslavement
B)extermination
C)excommunication
D)banishment
Q5) Even after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ________,the Japanese would have continued fighting if Emperor Hirohito had not intervened.
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Q1) Stalin enacted a policy of intense tightening of control over subject governments in Eastern Europe following the success of ________ in freeing his country from Soviet domination.
Q2) Why did France resist decolonization in Algeria?
A)the country's key mineral resources
B)Algeria's position next to other French colonies
C)defeat in Indochina
D)pieds noirs protests
Q3) Which of these post-war trends was stalled or reversed by the invasion of Iraq?
A)U.S.-European cooperation
B)the spread of Muslim reformism
C)the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire
D)unilateralism
Q4) The founding of ________ resulted from the British withdrawal from India in 1947.
Q5) Which of these countries was the first to officially reject communism?
A)Hungary
B)East Germany
C)Czechoslovakia
D)Romania
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Chapter 30: Social, cultural, and Economic Challenges in the West Through the Present
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Q1) Which of the following political parties was formed in 1979 and immediately became an electoral force for environmental issues such as global warming,pollution of water,and the atmosphere?
A)Green Berets
B)German Greens
C)Earth Party
D)Citizens for Environmental Awareness and Pollution Prevention (CEAPP)
Q2) Germany's reliance on "guest workers" is an example of the impact of Europe's _______.
A)booming economy
B)decolonization
C)falling birthrate
D)late industrialization
Q3) Stock markets around the world lost ________ of their value as a result of the 2008 international financial crisis.
A)around 10 percent
B)over 33 percent
C)around 50 percent
D)over 75 percent
Q4) The European Community's common currency is called the ________.
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