World Cultures
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World Cultures explores the diversity of human societies around the globe, examining the customs, traditions, beliefs, and practices that shape cultural identities. The course investigates major cultural regions, focusing on topics such as language, religion, kinship, social structures, art, and the impact of globalization. Through case studies and comparative analysis, students gain an appreciation for both the uniqueness and interconnectedness of different cultures, fostering global awareness and cross-cultural understanding.
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Chapter 1: The Earliest Human Societies
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Q1) Which of the following marks the beginning of the Paleolithic Age?
A) cave art
B) stone tools
C) Cro-Magnon man
D) Venus figurines
E) iron production
Answer: B
Q2) Homo Sapiens physically changed in the Paleolithic Age wit
A) sharper eyesight.
B) shorter arms.
C) larger hips.
D) larger skulls.
E) All of the options are correct.
Answer: E
Q3) The gradual adoption of agriculture required more settled,or ____________________ ways of life.
Answer: sedentary
Q4) The physical change with the most significant impact on humans during the Paleolithic was their ____________________.
Answer: enlarged skulls
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Chapter 2: Mesopotamia
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Q1) ____________________ unified Mesopotamia and founded the Akkadian Empire.
Answer: Sargon the Great
Q2) In the time of Sumer,Mesopotamia
A) saw few technological advancements.
B) was racked by strife and warfare.
C) was incredibly peaceful.
D) had no clear political leaders.
E) had few problems with water.
Answer: B
Q3) For Sumerians,the true reason for marriage was A) family.
B) sex.
C) economic prosperity.
D) social mobility.
E) religious mandate.
Answer: A
Q4) ____________________ were the usual basis of early agriculture. Answer: Grains
Q5) ____________________ were the stepped pyramids in Sumer. Answer: ziggurat
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Chapter 3: Early Africa and Egypt
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Q1) The British archaeologist ____________________ discovered King ____________________'s tomb in Egypt in the 1920s.
Answer: Howard Carter,Tutankhamen
Q2) Because of the achievements of this period,including the economic prosperity and the construction of the pyramids,we consider Egypt's most successful period to have been that of the
A) New Kingdom.
B) First Intermediate Period.
C) Middle Kingdom.
D) Second Intermediate Period.
E) Old Kingdom.
Answer: E
Q3) Elaborate on the role of climate,geography,and the overall environment on the development of Africa.
Answer: Answers would include a discussion of the 5 climatic zones,Bantu migration,and the Nile River.
Q4) ____________________ attempted to introduce monotheism to the Egyptians but was repulsed.
Answer: Akhnaton
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Chapter 4: India's Beginnings
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Q1) Which of the following religions of India emphasizes above all the sacred nature of all life?
A) Jainism
B) Buddhism
C) Hinduism
D) Mithraism
E) Zoroastrianism
Q2) According to the Buddha,all suffering is caused by
A) sin.
B) desires for power and happiness.
C) covetousness of his neighbor's goods.
D) disobedience to Buddha's teachings.
E) unconcern for others.
Q3) The only clearly defined cause for the abandonment of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro,so far,is
A) a malaria outbreak.
B) a buildup of alkalinity in irrigated farmland.
C) overpopulation.
D) changes in the course of the Indus River.
E) invasions by the Aryans.
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Chapter 5: Warriors and Deities in the Near East
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Q1) Hebrew society may most accurately be described as A) egalitarian.
B) matriarchal.
C) backward.
D) progressive.
E) patriarchal.
Q2) The Persians migrated from the central Asian steppes to modern-day A) Iraq.
B) Jordan.
C) Egypt.
D) Iran.
E) Syria.
Q3) Describe and evaluate the effectiveness of the tactics and policies that made the Assyrians a "feared and hated people."
Q4) Zoroaster's teaching is preserved in written form in the ____________________.
Q5) The chief Assyrian deity was the fierce ____________________.
Q6) ____________________ received the Ten Commandments from God on ____________________.
Q7) The Persian provinces were called ____________________.
Q8) Compare and contrast the Assyrians,Phoenicians,Persians,and Hebrews.
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Chapter 6: Ancient China to 221 BCE
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Q1) In what way might a ruler lose the "mandate of heaven"?
A) Adultery or incest.
B) Failing to personally lead his armies in battle.
C) Failing to stop invaders.
D) Excessive taxation.
E) Disrespect to mandarins.
Q2) As China expanded under the Zhou Dynasty,
A) local aristocrats became feudal lords.
B) the central government began to reinvent itself for the changing times.
C) the monarch became more revered than ever.
D) the authority of the central government was altered yet remained strong.
E) the royal government grew stronger.
Q3) Which of the following best describes Shang society?
A) Matriarchal
B) Hierarchical
C) Egalitarian
D) Fluid
E) None of the options are correct.
Q4) The yellow wind-blown soil that improved agriculture in China's cradle is known as
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Chapter 7: The Agrarian Revolution in the Americas
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Q1) The earliest known Pre-Columbian civilization was that of the ____________________.
Q2) Elaborate on the significant feature of early American beliefs.
Q3) The Olmec are believed to have had which of the following types of government?
A) Democracy
B) Oligarchy
C) Monarchy
D) Republic
E) Theocracy
Q4) The most significant achievement of the Chavin,according to scholars today,was
A) their procurement of food.
B) political centralization.
C) road networks that connected North and South America.
D) economic development.
E) None of the options are correct.
Q5) Compare and contrast what is known of Woodland,Mesoamerican,and Andean civilizations.
Q6) Andean civilizations raised ____________________ and llamas for food.
Q7) Explain the role of the environment on American civilizations.
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Q8) Trace the development of agriculture in the Americas.
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Chapter 8: The Greek Adventure
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Q1) ____________________ was the condition of slavery under Spartan domination.
Q2) Homer's subject in the Iliad is
A) Athens' war with Carthage.
B) the Mycenaean War against Troy.
C) the battle of Marathon.
D) Troy's battle with the Phoenicians.
E) Sparta's participation in the Messenian Wars.
Q3) Chaeronea marks
A) Sparta's victory over Athens.
B) Troy's destruction.
C) Greece's triumph in the first Persian War.
D) Philip's conquest of Greece.
E) Hannibal's southernmost victory in Greece.
Q4) The second epoch of Greek history,spanning the time of Homer to the Macedonian conquest,is known as the ____________________.
Q5) The Dark Age was probably precipitated by the ____________________ invasions.
Q6) A(n)____________________ means rule by those who are born into the leading families.
Q8) Explain the ways in which geography has shaped Greek civilization. Page 10
Q7) ____________________ was the leading city of the Minoan culture.
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Chapter 9: Greek Humanism, 800-100 BCE
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Q1) Which of these statements about early Greece is true?
A) Though the Greeks seldom practiced their religion in public, they believed strongly in an afterlife.
B) Priests and priestesses in many places completely replaced the gods and goddesses.
C) Educated Greeks came to believe that the stories of the gods' behaviors in earlier times were myths.
D) They viewed human life in this world as much more dependent on whims of their gods and goddesses than on what they themselves could accomplish.
E) They created a priestly class, or caste, so that their priests and priestesses could grow in power.
Q2) For the ancient Greeks,"philosophy" might best have been defined as
A) logical thinking and resultant scientific research.
B) the love of knowledge for its practical purposes.
C) scientific research into the human mind.
D) questioning of authority.
E) examination of all aspects of knowledge.
Q3) ____________________ was one of the Greeks' popular arts.
Q4) How did religion serve the Greeks and how does religion change over time?
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Chapter 10: Rome from City-State to Empire
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Q1) Through a series of military conflicts,the city-state of Rome eventually came to control
A) Sicily and the part of the peninsula from Rome southward.
B) the entire northern part of the peninsula.
C) the west coast of Italy.
D) Italy's good farmland.
E) virtually the entire Italian peninsula.
Q2) The decisive battle of the Punic Wars was the Roman victory at ____________________ in 202 B.C.E.
Q3) Roman sources,which may or may not be accurate,assert that they were able to defeat the Etruscans because
A) the Etruscans would not accept the concept of a monarchy.
B) the Etruscans enjoyed life too much to accept the training, fighting, and dying required by sustained warfare.
C) the Etruscans actually admired Roman culture and were ready to become acculturated to it.
D) they had superior weapons to those of the Etruscans.
E) Etruscan kingship went into a sharp decline that left the people helpless.
Q4) Discuss Roman politics in the republic and after.
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Chapter 11: The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity
in the West, 31 BCE-600 CE
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Q1) Evaluate Charlemagne as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.Compare his reign to that of Constantine.
Q2) The most serious threat of invasion from the Carolingian empire came from the ____________________.
Q3) The Treaty of Verdun in 843
A) divided Germany between the Magyars and the Christians.
B) created the kingdom of the Franks and made Charlemagne the first Holy Roman Emperor.
C) was a compromise between Eastern and Western Christianity.
D) divided Charlemagne's empire into three states whose borders far outlived their rulers.
E) provided for religious toleration within the Holy Roman Empire.
Q4) Charlemagne started the ____________________,which was a group of special officers who reported on courts directly to the emperor.
Q5) Our chief source of information on Charlemagne comes from the book ____________________.
Q6) The most important of the Fathers of the Church were ____________________ and ____________________.
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Q7) Describe the impact of the Germanic migrations/invasions upon Western Europe.
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Chapter 12: Classical India
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Q1) Ritual suicide of Indian widows was termed ____________________.
Q2) Hinduism in Southeast Asia is one of the most notable examples of a mixed religion,which is known as ____________________.
Q3) The Upanishads would best be described as
A) poetic musings about the Aryan history.
B) philosophical musings and speculations about life.
C) a historic chronicle of the development of Aryan civilization.
D) a series of poems dealing with the three main Hindu gods.
E) a part of the Mahabharata, the world's longest poem.
Q4) Which Hindu deity has been described as a "Christ figure without ethical teachings"?
A) Brahman
B) Shiva
C) Indra
D) Vishnu
E) Kali
Q5) Sources for Gupta India are somewhat sparse,because Hindu and Buddhist traditions are both ____________________.
Q6) The temple at Anghor Wat was initially a(n)____________________ shrine.
Q7) Discuss the Kushan Empire and its significance to Indian history.
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Chapter 13: Imperial China in Its Golden Age
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Q1) China attained most of its current size and shape under the ____ Dynasty.
A) Qin
B) Han
C) Song
D) Tang
E) Sui
Q2) List and discuss the achievements of the Han emperors.
Q3) Why is the Tang Dynasty known as the Golden Age of Chinese history?
Q4) The development of wet rice farming was significant for China,especially because it
A) freed the Chinese from dependence on Vietnam for food.
B) gave them plenty of work for the Chinese peasantry.
C) provided a marketable product for exchange with the West.
D) provided an increased food supply that led to a large population increase without badly damaging the economy.
E) ensured that even during drought conditions in the western lands, the people there could still be fed.
Q5) In 1974,the tomb of Shih Huang-di,containing 7,000 ____________________,was discovered at Sian.
Q6) The Han emperors adopted ____________________ as China's leading philosopher.
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Chapter 14: The Americas to the Fifteenth Century
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Q1) In what major ways did North American and South American civilizations differ?
Q2) In the Americas,maize (corn)
A) was one of the "three sisters" of early agriculture. B) could only support a small family.
C) was, along with chiles and pumpkins, one of the earliest cultivated foods. D) became domesticated at Tehuacán, near modern Mexico City, about 1500 B.C.E. E) was cultivated in pits dug into the ground.
Q3) Teotihuacan's ____________________ of the ____________________ is larger than Egypt's Great Pyramid.
Q4) At the bottom of the social hierarchy in Aztec society were A) women.
B) merchants.
C) warriors.
D) serfs.
E) priests.
Q5) Discuss the role of geography and the environment on early American civilizations.
Q6) ____________________ was the language of the Inca Empire.
Q7) ____________________ was the mysterious mountaintop Inca city discovered in 1911.
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Chapter 15: Islam
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Q2) The Pilgrimage to Mecca is referred to as the ____________________.
Q3) Mecca in Muhammad's time could best be described as
A) a haven for thieves and lawbreakers.
B) a cosmopolitan center of trade.
C) one of the least religious cities in Arabia.
D) open to new religious views.
E) accepting of the new precepts of Islam.
Q4) Discuss life for Non Arabs under Islamic rule.
Q5) Following the murder of Ali,
A) the Muslim world devolved into civil war.
B) the Abbasid Dynasty came to power.
C) the Kharijites came to power.
D) the Sunni sect lost some of its influence.
E) the Umayyad Dynasty was founded.
Q6) Define and elaborate on the main doctrines of Islam,examining its popularity and the overall religious context of the Middle East at that time.
Q7) In Islam,Muhammad is seen as the ultimate prophet of
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Chapter 16: Mature Islamic Society and the First Global
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Q1) The Muslim army under the Abbasids was
A) mainly Arab mercenaries.
B) international and well-respected.
C) mainly Persian slaves.
D) no match for Byzantine soldiers.
E) composed mainly of very young Arab men.
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes the network of trade that flourished from Muhammad's time up to about 1500?
A) Hindus and Muslims fought several major battles over control of the Indian Ocean trade.
B) Africa was less important than India but more important than Asia.
C) Europe and Asia were the largest consumers in the world.
D) Trade was responsible for a tremendous exchange of ideas as well as goods.
E) As a part of this vast trade network, Africa supplied pepper and spices to Asia.
Q3) Describe the organization of the Islamic Empire under Abbasid rule,750-1258.What were the major religious issues?
Q4) The most significant Sufi philosopher was
Q5) How was Islam the "First World Civilization"?
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Chapter 17: Africa from Axum, to 1400
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Q1) Axum was located in the ____________________ Highlands.
Q2) Muslim traders seemed "shocked" at the amount of freedom women had,Europeans found which of the following most disturbing?
A) The matrilineal nature of some societies.
B) The lack of a clear governmental structure.
C) The prominence of Islam.
D) The small number of natural resources in Africa.
E) The amount of dangerous wildlife.
Q3) Mansa Musa is said to have ruled over a population of ____________________ million.
Q4) The peoples of early Africa may most accurately be described as A) diminutive.
B) primitive.
C) artistic.
D) varied.
E) violent.
Q5) The ancient civilized center of Southern Africa,whose ruins were only discovered in 1871,is ____________________.
Q6) Elaborate on the social organization of early African civilizations.
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Q7) ____________________ was the most valued trading commodity of West Africa.
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Chapter 18: The Mongols Unify Eurasia
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Q1) The first phase of the Mongol conquests included a failed attempt to conquer
Q2) During Kubilai Khan's rule in China,he
A) converted to Buddhism.
B) adopted the Confucian system of government examinations.
C) allowed only the Chinese mandarin elites to hold positions equal to those of the Mongols.
D) welcomed foreigners such as Marco Polo but typically preferred to spend time with native Chinese.
E) first confiscated good farmland, but when problems surfaced, changed his mind and allowed the farmers to return to their land.
Q3) Overall,the Mongols' approach to government could best be described as one of A) concern for the commoners.
B) exploitation as often as possible.
C) conquest after conquest.
D) Both A and B.
E) Both B and C.
Q4) Describe and discuss the progression of Mongol conquests throughout Asia.
Q5) Why are the Mongols significant to world history?
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Chapter 19: Japan and Southeast Asia
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Q1) The strongest cultural influences on the Japanese appear to have come from
A) China.
B) Korea.
C) Siberia.
D) the Philippines.
E) Taiwan.
Q2) The ____________________ were the high nobility who supported the shoguns.
Q3) Did Korea or China have a greater influence on Japan? Defend your answer.
Q4) Kamikaze may be translated as
A) "sun goddess."
B) "victory or death."
C) "divine wind."
D) "right of rule."
E) "holy motherland."
Q5) Only about ____________________ percent of Japan's land is suitable for agriculture.
Q6) Trace the political development of Japan from the Nara Period through the Ashikaga shogunate.
Q7) Discuss the religious issues in Southeast Asian history.
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Q8) ____________________ gave the Japanese the Seventeen Point Constitution in 604.
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Chapter 20: The European Middle Ages
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Q1) The abbey church of St.Denis is the first notable example of the ____________________ style.
Q2) All of the following explain the revival of cities in Europe EXCEPT
A) increased agricultural production.
B) large number of serfs.
C) peaceful environment.
D) increased trade.
E) All of the options contributed to the revival of cities.
Q3) Which of the following best describes the situation of serfs in Europe during the Middle Ages?
A) They were bound by law to a particular place, but they could change occupations with the approval of their noble.
B) Dues and taxes to the lord were set by tradition, but these were occasionally renegotiated.
C) Laws governing serfdom were written, even though most serfs could not read them.
D) Most serfs owned a small strip of land that might be able to produce enough food for their individual families.
E) Serfdom, unlike slavery, seldom became hereditary.
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Chapter 21: The Late European Middle Ages and the Renaissance
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Q1) Thomas Moore's Utopia was somewhat controversial because it
A) proposed a society based on communal living.
B) advocated the overthrow of the prevailing political system.
C) stressed the responsibility of individuals to improve the societies in which they lived; the problem was with society, not the individual sinner.
D) flew in the face of what humanists believed, since he laid the source of sin squarely at Adam's feet.
E) radically altered the thinking of many "commoners" toward their government, encouraging them to question authority
Q2) In Renaissance Europe,a young woman without a suitable ____________________ was unmarriageable.
Q3) Erasmus had a tremendous impact on and his works were directed toward A) the Protestant Church.
B) the government.
C) literary style.
D) Christian reformers.
E) all of the options are correct
Q4) Thomas Moore's satire on human society and government was entitled ____________________.
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Chapter 22: A Larger World Opens
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Q1) The most impressive Spanish venture in exploration was,according to your authors,probably
A) Columbus's discovery of the New World.
B) Hernán Cortés's subjugation of the Aztecs.
C) the exploration of Florida, California, and Arizona.
D) Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe.
E) gaining control of all of Central America.
Q2) In actuality,the Portuguese empire consisted mainly of A) organized military states.
B) established communities.
C) fortified trading stations.
D) slave camps.
E) fur-trading villages.
Q3) Fifteenth and sixteenth century voyages of exploration were facilitated mainly by A) European curiosity about other peoples.
B) the determination to obtain more farming land for a growing population.
C) the individual explorers' hopes of enrichment.
D) the discovery that the Earth was in fact a sphere without "ends."
E) new technology.
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Chapter 23: Religious Division and Political Consolidation in Europe
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Q1) The Act of Supremacy (1534)
A) dissolved English monasteries.
B) gave the English monarch authority over the Church within England.
C) declared the Pope deposed.
D) put England in the Lutheran camp.
E) settled the Investiture Controversy.
Q2) The Edict of Nantes granted limited toleration for Protestants in
A) England.
B) Spain.
C) Germany.
D) France.
E) Switzerland.
Q3) The Anglican Church basically came into being through the marital problems of ____________________.
Q4) The first modern peace treaty was that of A) Nantes.
B) Bohemia.
C) Paris.
D) Westphalia.
E) Utrecht.
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Chapter 24: Asia in the Era of the Gunpowder Empires
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Q1) Shah Jahan was the person responsible for the construction of the
Q2) The main purpose of Osman's early state was to
A) become economically viable.
B) convert captured peoples to Islam.
C) wage holy war against the Byzantine Christians.
D) bring peace to Asia Minor.
E) gain territory.
Q3) Which of these was not an accomplishment of Suleiman?
A) the seizure of Iraq
B) taking control of the arrangements for the pilgrimage to Mecca
C) the remodeling of Muhammad's tomb
D) remodeling of the Dome of the Rock
E) defeat of the Abbasids
Q4) In the Ottoman Empire,ghazis were
A) spiritual leaders.
B) religious gatherings.
C) frontier warriors.
D) enemies of the state.
E) the unconverted.
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Chapter 25: Africa in the Era of Expansion
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Q1) The African interior was opened to Europeans by expeditions whose original focus had been to
A) explore routes of major rivers.
B) capture slaves for rubber plantations.
C) search for lodes of gold and silver.
D) find the kingdom of Prester John.
E) Christianize the natives.
Q2) The items of interest for the British and Boers in South Africa were
A) slaves and gold.
B) diamonds and gold.
C) silver and coal.
D) emeralds and diamonds.
E) silver and gold.
Q3) In Algeria,the French subordinated the native ____________________ and ____________________.
Q4) How profoundly did European imperialism impact Africa? Give specific examples to support your statements.
Q5) Boer is the Dutch word for ____________________.
Q6) In the ____________________,Boers marched from the Cape to settle in the interior of southern Africa.
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Chapter 26: China from the Ming Through the Early Qing
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A) was revived in even stronger form.
B) was suspended for a time.
C) became less prestigious.
D) was made the empire's official religion.
E) was finally outlawed.
Q2) The rise in population during the Ming period was supplemented by a dramatic increase in the ____________________.
Q3) Elaborate on the culture and the cultural influences of the Ming/Qing periods including specific,significant artistic works.
Q4) China's 19?? century famines were caused mainly by
A) a climate change that resulted in longer, harsher winters.
B) its rapidly slowing population.
C) an abundance of technology.
D) a drive among leaders to adopt modern methods.
E) a rapid growth of population in a society without modern technology and no desire to obtain such.
Q5) The term "rice bowl" refers to ____________________.
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Q6) Describe the changes that occurred in the transition between the Ming and Qing.
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A) an attempt by the emperor to restore order in the 17th century.
B) a group that opposed Westernization of the country.
C) a type of centralized feudalism.
D) the government officials who carried out the orders of the emperor.
E) a group of military officers who banded together to overthrow the emperor.
Q2) The most important items brought to Japan by the Portuguese were ____________________.
Q3) In the 1600s,the three Japanese major cities were ____________________ than any European city.
Q4) The Shinto faith is best described as
A) the native Japanese religion.
B) the Japanese holy scripture.
C) a mixture of Christianity and Japanese pagan belief.
D) a variety of Buddhism imported from Korea.
E) a reaction to the proselytizing of the Jesuits.
Q5) Describe Tokugawa arts and learning.What were the primary influences?
Q6) After a 1637 revolt,being a Christian in Japan often meant ____________________.
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Q7) A decisive figure in pre-modern Japanese history,and founder of the last shogunate,was ____________________.
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A) native-born Iberians in Latin America.
B) Spaniards living in Mexico.
C) missionaries in the outlying areas.
D) local justices.
E) assistants to the viceroys.
Q2) When rounded up and moved into Spanish towns,local Indians
A) refused to the point of death converting to Christianity.
B) often became victims of the Inquisition.
C) learned to read and write and began to assimilate into the dominant society.
D) were sometimes captured and taken as slaves to the plantations of Brazil.
E) were treated as perpetual children, and so were taught Christianity and handcrafts.
Q3) The first monarch to attempt real reform in the Indies colonies was ____________________ of Spain.
Q4) Brazil,a colony of ____________________ began as a(n)____________________ plantation.
Q5) ____________________ were early Spanish town councils.
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Q6) Compare and contrast the Spanish and Portuguese experience in the Americas.
Q7) What was the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the Spanish colonies?
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Chapter 29: The Scientific Revolution and Its Enlightened
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Q2) Which is the truest statement of philosophe beliefs?
A) Sin is the leading cause of human misery.
B) Government should have a strong executive power.
C) All humans are equal in social and political rights.
D) Ignorance is the major cause of inhumanity.
E) Most people are capable of ruling if taught the way.
Q3) The salvation of humankind,according to the reformers,was which of the following?
A) The Catholic Church
B) The Protestant Church
C) Education
D) A strong monarch.
E) A free market economy.
Q4) The Science of Man,well developed by the 18?? century,has now become known as ____________________.
Q5) ____________________ is the downgrading of all that is religious or miraculous.
Q6) Discuss the overall philosophy of the Enlightenment thinkers.
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A) petitions.
B) cartoons.
C) music.
D) paintings.
E) poetry.
Q2) In Europe,American liberal innovations had the most impact in ____________________.
Q3) Regarding the issue of slavery,Americans
A) left the institution untouched.
B) openly condemned it, but only abolished it in the south.
C) encouraged individual Americans to free their own slaves.
D) passed legislation to end slavery in a 20 year time frame.
E) None of the options are correct.
Q4) Liberal thinking on government was derived largely from the writings of the English political scientist,____________________,and the Frenchman,____________________.
Q5) ____________________,by Thomas Paine was considered radical but immensely popular.
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B) beliefs.
C) religions.
D) ethnicity and beliefs.
E) social origins and beliefs.
Q2) A confrontation between the different factions in France seemed inevitable,especially after the National Assembly demanded A) a constitution.
B) universal suffrage.
C) universal education.
D) the abdication of the king.
E) None of the options are correct.
Q3) Describe and discuss the focus of the Jacobin regime.In what ways did it implement its policies of "terror"?
Q4) Define the essential elements of the Vienna Settlement.How successful was the agreement?
Q5) Evaluate Napoleon as a leader.
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Q1) The very earliest factories were often staffed by entire ____________________.
Q2) In early 19?? century British factories,young girls were most often employed as machinists because
A) they would work harder.
B) they were more intelligent.
C) they were generally skilled.
D) they would work for lower wages.
E) they could crawl through machinery to make repairs.
Q3) The basic aim of industrial production is to
A) provide more employment opportunities for the labor force.
B) allow a greater variety of jobs.
C) lower the unit cost of production.
D) discipline and organize the labor force more efficiently.
E) move farm workers into cities to work in factories.
Q4) Changes in social habits after 1750 were most likely due to
A) science competing with religion due to the Enlightenment.
B) a resurgence in Puritanism.
C) increased overseas trade.
D) a global economic depression.
E) the Enlightenment's stress on education.
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A) the Franco-Prussian War.
B) the Napoleonic War.
C) the Panic of 1857.
D) the revolts of 1848.
E) the establishment of the German Empire.
Q2) The German engineers,____________________ and ____________________,are credited with the practical development of the automobile.
Q3) The development of ____________________ and ____________________ finally made electricity useful.
Q4) Which of the following is true of European life during the Second Industrial Revolution?
A) Western European family size decreased.
B) There was a rise in the standard of living east into Russia.
C) Mortality rates were high.
D) All of the options are correct.
E) None of the options are correct.
Q5) The most famous pamphlet of the 19?? century was the ____________________.
Q6) How did Europeans respond to the Second Industrial Revolution?
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Chapter 34: Europe: New Ideas and New Nations
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A) Unsafe and unsanitary working conditions.
B) Democracy and social mobility.
C) Hereditary privilege.
D) More expensive land.
E) Less railroad networks.
Q2) Using the works of various theorists,Manchester Liberals advanced the idea that
A) the more workers were paid, the greater their productivity would be.
B) poor relief would pay dividends to factory owners.
C) government legislation could relieve many social problems.
D) the poor were doomed to stay poor through their own fault.
E) relief for the poor was an obligation of the rich.
Q3) The original center of American industry was
A) New York.
B) New Jersey.
C) New England.
D) Pennsylvania.
E) the mid-Atlantic states.
Q4) In 1861,____________________ freed the serfs in Russia.
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A) the belief in Muslim superiority.
B) the need for markets among true believers.
C) the belief that spreading the faith and establishing God's earthly kingdom was a tenet of the faith.
D) the desire to stamp out Christianity.
E) the desire for Western technology.
Q2) Which of the following best describes Europeans when they first arrived in India?
A) Very intrusive
B) Instigators
C) Missionaries primarily
D) Insignificant
E) None of the options are correct.
Q3) The British in the Sudan had to overcome formidable opposition from A) Mahdists.
B) Boers.
C) Zulus.
D) Bantu.
E) Hottentots.
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Chapter 36: European Imperialism and Africa During the
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Q2) A collective hope of the European countries colonizing Africa was that their colonies would be
A) places to which they could re-settle their excess population.
B) sources of great wealth that would help them to balance their economies.
C) places from which they could obtain household servants, since most of theirs had taken jobs in the factories.
D) good sources from which they could obtain much needed mineral resources.
E) areas where they would at least break even by implementing cash cropping.
Q3) ____________________ was beginning to successfully challenge England economically.
Q4) Large African markets that the Europeans wanted for their excess industrial goods never emerged,because
A) Africans resented European intrusion in their lives.
B) most Africans had no use for modern products.
C) the Europeans only sent inferior goods to Africa.
D) the Africans never had adequate cash incomes to spend on consumer goods.
E) the costs of shipping goods to Africa proved to be too high.
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Q5) More and more young Africans sought out ____________________ ways.
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Chapter 37: India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule
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Q2) Elaborate on life under the British East India Company rule.
Q3) The beginning of the end for the Mughals is usually associated with which of the following?
A) The arrival of the Portuguese.
B) The founding of Buddhism.
C) The death of Aurangzeb.
D) The arrival of Islam.
E) All of the options are correct.
Q4) The Great Mutiny of 1857 began in ____________________.
Q5) The "culture system" the Dutch implemented in Indonesia
A) brought a sense of calm and acceptance to the region.
B) used the Indonesians as extremely low wage labor and made huge profits for themselves.
C) failed after just a few years, because the Indonesians refused to work under those circumstances.
D) helped the Dutch transform their private commercial venture into a working colonial government.
E) helped the Dutch recover the islands' chief resources, tin and rubber.
Q6) The push in education produced the ____________________.
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A) it occurred in 1919.
B) it had no clear single leader.
C) it was diverse in make up.
D) it had groups that went off in different directions.
E) it had no lasting impact.
Q2) Describe ways the Chinese sought to respond to the challenges they faced.Be specific.
Q3) The Qing Dynasty made a final,ultimately unsuccessful attempt at reforms in what they called the ____________________ policy.
Q4) The Republic of China was declared in ____________________.
Q5) The Kuomintang refers to
A) the Chinese nationalist political party.
B) the Chinese military offensive against the emperor.
C) the Chinese term for European military troops.
D) the Chinese merchant guild.
E) Both B and C are correct.
Q6) Britain first gained control of ____________________ as a result of the "____________________ treaties," as the Chinese called them,after the Chinese were defeated in the Opium Wars.
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A) working to help the aristocrats retain power.
B) being the person most responsible for the liberal Constitution of 1857.
C) challenging the Catholic church to interfere less in Mexican politics.
D) revealing that he was a full-blood Zapotec Indian.
E) pushing for the enfranchisement of all of Mexico's Indian population.
Q2) Juan Manuel Rosas' most ironic legacy was
A) unification of Argentineans against him.
B) peace out of chaos.
C) persecution by his secret police.
D) the end of despotism.
E) the disapproval of international leaders.
Q3) Peonage was a form of ____________________ that was used to gain repayment of real or alleged debts.
Q4) Latifundios were large ____________________ where the landowners appeared like "____________________."
Q5) With the exception of ____________________,the newly-independent Latin American countries opted to become republics.
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Chapter 40: Modern Science and its Implications
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Q2) The most significant debate in astronomy today concerns
A) the possibility of life on other planets.
B) how the universe was created.
C) how life on earth will end.
D) whether space travel should be undertaken.
E) the size of the universe.
Q3) The underlying concept behind 20?? century physics is that A) man can know only what his senses tell him.
B) it is possible to predict the possibility of certain events occurring through the study of physics.
C) the world is a machine that will continue to operate regardless of what humans do.
D) it is impossible to apply philosophical logic to physical matter.
E) by studying matter quantitatively, one should be able to determine what matter is and does.
Q4) Ernest Rutherford's discoveries included ____________________ and ____________________.
Q5) Discuss the malaise of the 20?? century.
Q6) Compare and contrast the contributions of Joseph Lister and Sigmund Freud.
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A) Kaiser William II tried to assure the other powers that Germany was intent on keeping the peace rather than breaking it.
B) Bismarck spoke out against the plans, but only because he was still upset over his dismissal.
C) the British press began to call upon the European powers to rein in the German military.
D) the French decided it was time to join with Russia in preparation for the coming conflict.
E) Britain took the news as a warning to seek out alliances that would provide some protection in the event that Germany succeeded.
Q2) The ____________________ question revolved around the issue of forcing ____________________ to pay for damages inflicted during the course of the war.
Q3) Describe the breakdown of the Bismarckian diplomatic system in Europe,and explain how "entangling" alliances set the stage for war.
Q4) As part of the Peace Treaties,the two "lost provinces" of ____________________ and ____________________ were restored to France.
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Chapter 42: A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties
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Q2) Britain's Labour party came into existence mainly due to A) its desire to oust Marxism and socialism from the country.
B) several union strikes that had shaken the general public's confidence in the parties involved in the strikes.
C) the extended depression and high unemployment rate the British experienced.
D) the realization that the older states had allowed the United States and Germany to outpace them technologically.
E) the split within the Liberal party over whether general strikes should or should not be called.
Q3) Compare and contrast the major nations and their experience with the Great Depression.To what degree did the economic problems impact their politics?
Q4) As a result of the ____________________,Mussolini was appointed Italy's premier the king.
Q5) By the 1920s,the instrument for determining the people's will in democratic societies had become the mass ____________________.
Q6) What particular issues did Eastern Europe face and how did they address them.
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Chapter 43: The Soviet Experiment to World War II
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A) insisting that the Russian people had a special calling to embrace communism in their country only.
B) expounding a racist attitude toward some ethnic groups in the Soviet Union.
C) concentrating on a small minority of Russians as worth "saving."
D) promoting the ideal of a better world for all the world's downtrodden.
E) pushing industrialization for the sole purpose of preparing for war.
Q2) ____________________ is the name given to the Communist International organization,later abolished during World War II.
Q3) Compare and contrast Lenin and Stalin.Which of the two was best for Russia at the time.Be sure to defend your answer.
Q4) The major mistake of Russia's Provisional Government lay in
A) redistributing land to the peasantry.
B) collectivizing agriculture.
C) liquidating the nobility.
D) continuing to pursue World War I.
E) choosing ineffective leadership.
Q5) Explain the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the role of Lenin specifically.
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A) Protection of the middle classes.
B) Rejection of the Versailles Treaty.
C) Land redistribution.
D) Confiscation of money and goods gained as a result of World War I.
E) Government ownership of all property.
Q2) The elite military security police which implemented the Final Solution were the ____________________.
Q3) In his speeches,Hitler labeled the Weimar government as
A) Communistic.
B) Marxist-Zionist.
C) not worthy of German soldiers.
D) Marxist-Leninist.
E) too soft on legal issues and too harsh on government policies.
Q4) During the "Night of the Long Knives," Hitler removed the threat of the A) Jews.
B) Black Shirts.
C) Bismarckians.
D) Storm Troopers.
E) SS.
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Q2) Believing that war with America was inevitable and that a first strike would give Japan an edge,the Tokyo government launched an attack against ____________________.
Q3) One traditional element that was not set aside by the Meiji reforms was
A) the existing feudal tax system.
B) the Shinto faith in a divine emperor.
C) the supreme power of the emperor in governmental affairs.
D) the privileged status of the samurai class.
E) the patterns of land ownership.
Q4) Which of these was not a part of Meiji Reforms?
A) Redistribution of land.
B) A new constitution that limited the powers of the emperor.
C) Renewed emphasis on the samurai.
D) Students being sent to study in the West, especially science and government.
E) A new national bank, new currency, and a new tax system.
Q5) The ____________________ took place in Japan in 1867,when the ____________________ was finally abolished.
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Q6) Discuss the changes taking place in Southeast Asia.
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A) many foreign Communist Party members resigned.
B) the Soviets entered the Second World War.
C) Austria's government was captured by Nazis.
D) the United States threatened intervention.
E) None of the options are correct.
Q2) The chief American architect of the victory over Japan in the Pacific was General ____________________.
Q3) Appeasement of Hitler,1938-39,was ardently practiced by
A) Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain.
B) Anthony Eden of Great Britain.
C) Vittorio Orlando of Italy.
D) Winston Churchill of Great Britain.
E) Charles de Gaulle of France.
Q4) By the terms of the Little Entente,____________________ undertook mutual protection against Germany,by joining with three Eastern European states.
Q5) Italy's brutal,unprovoked attack upon ____________________ in 1935 clearly demonstrated the deficiencies of the League of Nations.
Q6) Discuss the role of Japan in World War II.Was Japan secondary to Germany?
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A) the Korean conflict.
B) American involvement in Vietnam.
C) the Iranian revolution.
D) the Cuban Missile Crisis.
E) nuclear proliferation.
Q2) By the Truman Doctrine,the United States
A) pledged to rebuild Europe with military hardware.
B) agreed to limit nuclear weapons testing.
C) began its intervention in Vietnam.
D) placed atomic warheads in Turkey.
E) pledged to preserve friendly governments from communism.
Q3) The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)resulted in
A) the death of détente.
B) economic sanctions against allies of the Soviets.
C) a threat of police action by the UN.
D) mobilization of NATO forces.
E) no significant action by the West.
Q4) Discuss post war tensions and how those led to the Cold War.
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A) seems to be stabilizing at about 6 ½ billion people.
B) is increasing exponentially and may have dire results.
C) may decline by mid-century if AIDS and other communicable diseases are not controlled.
D) is concentrated mostly in Africa.
E) is predicted to be rebalanced sometime during the 21st century by a global catastrophe.
Q2) What is the "population bomb," according to Paul Ehrlich? What are some of the future implications of this concept for the world?
Q3) United Nations aims and U.S.policy after World War II were implicitly
A) imperialistic.
B) pro-business.
C) vague about colonialism.
D) anti-colonial.
E) hands-off.
Q4) Discuss key leaders in the NonWestern nations and elaborate on their efforts at independence.
Q5) The ____________________ called for basic freedoms for people everywhere.
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A) the high degree of Japanese savings.
B) governmental support for business enterprises.
C) the Japanese work ethic.
D) help from the International Monetary Fund.
E) an excellent school system.
Q2) India's second leader,Jawaharlal Nehru,differed from its first,Mahatma Gandhi,in that he believed
A) India needed to work harder to reach an agreement with Pakistan over Kashmir.
B) Western-style industrialization was the way for India to avoid social anarchy at home.
C) true Marxism was preferable to following in the socialistic steps of the strongly disliked British Labour Party.
D) lowering the rate of population increase would be as helpful to India's development as anything else.
E) a nuclear attack against Pakistan would be disastrous for India.
Q3) Upon attaining power,Mao modeled China's government and institutions upon those of the USSR under the rule of ____________________.
Q4) Discuss Mao Zedong's China from 1949 until his death in 1976.
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B) the formation of the United Nations.
C) Nationalist movements among leaders in colonized areas.
D) Western educated individuals from colonized areas.
E) the moral condemnation of the Catholic Church of colonialism.
Q2) Discuss the African economy.What specific challenges do the various nations face and how successfully have they responded?
Q3) Within a few years of independence,every new nation had a A) bank.
B) university.
C) railroad.
D) new currency.
E) drug problem.
Q4) The first president of the first country freed in Africa was ____________________; the state was ____________________,and the year was ____________________.
Q5) Conditions set by international lenders to compel ____________________ reforms by African governments in return for loans are termed SAPs.
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Q2) U.S.intervention in Latin American affairs became more frequent after
A) war with Mexico in the 1840s.
B) the Civil War.
C) the Spanish American War.
D) the War of 1812.
E) World War I.
Q3) Discuss the role of the United States in Latin America.
Q4) The most popular reform movements during the 20?? century in Latin America were in
A) Argentina and Peru.
B) Mexico and Cuba.
C) Argentina and Mexico.
D) Peru and Chile.
E) Chile and Argentina.
Q5) The ____________________ was established in the 1960s to help develop Latin American economies.
Q6) What is economic nationalism and how was it applied in Mexico and Argentina?
Q7) Evaluate the impact of Europe and the U.S.in Latin America.
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Q2) After the OPEC oil embargo of 1973,Western governments,and their people,realized that
A) they should actively seek out and research alternative sources of energy.
B) Arab nations should be considered in a more significant way as their role in global affairs could be major.
C) they did not need as much Middle Eastern oil as they thought.
D) Arab nations were becoming increasingly insignificant to global politics and economics.
E) None of the options are correct.
Q3) Since independence,Pakistan and India have been engaged in an ongoing struggle over
A) nuclear armaments.
B) Kashmir.
C) Bangladesh.
D) control of the Indus River.
E) relations with China.
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Chapter 53: Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe
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Q1) "A surrogate war" with the United States and the "Soviet Vietnam." These terms defined the Soviet Union
A) in regard to dealings with Korea.
B) and its failure to stay out of Cuban politics.
C) and its invasion of Afghanistan.
D) when the communists replaced Khrushchev with Brezhnev. E) and its on-going conflict with Chechnya.
Q2) Which was not a result of the end of communism in Russia?
A) A higher crime rate and the appearance of a mafia.
B) A very clear division between the haves and have nots, made clearer by the change to a free-market society.
C) Short term stability of the economy, with many Western countries eager to invest.
D) Rapid inflation.
E) Rising unemployment because of bankrupt companies.
Q3) Discuss Eastern Europe in 1898.
Q4) In ____________________,a neutralist government tried to survive,but Soviet pressure led to a Communist Party takeover there in 1968.
Q5) Perestroika may very simply be defined as ____________________.
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Q1) Which of the following explains why Eastern Europe responded differently to communism than Asia?
A) The people of Eastern Europe were more directly affected by World War II.
B) The people of Eastern Europe had experienced social and political freedoms and were not willing to give those up.
C) The people of Asia had such a high standard of living that they did not fear communism.
D) The people of Asia were more directly affected by the use of atomic weapons.
E) None of the options are correct.
Q2) Discuss the significant threats to human life as a result of manmade inventions.
Q3) After the United States,the Soviet Union,Britain,and France,the next country to "go nuclear" was
A) Israel.
B) Japan.
C) India.
D) Pakistan.
E) China.
Q4) A large majority of scientists today attribute what they now view as global warming to the emission of ____________________.
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