World History
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Course Introduction
World History provides an in-depth exploration of the key events, cultures, and transformations that have shaped human societies from ancient times to the present. This course examines major civilizations, global interactions, and the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that have influenced the course of history. Students will analyze patterns of continuity and change, investigate the impacts of trade, migration, war, and technology, and consider the interconnectedness of different regions across the globe. By engaging with primary and secondary sources, learners will develop critical thinking skills and a broad understanding of the diverse narratives that comprise our shared human past.
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Chapter 1: The Emergence of Human Societies, to 3000
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Q1) Which of these was NOT an early town in West Asia?
A) Çatal Hüyük
B) Ur
C) Naqada
D) Jericho
Answer: C
Q2) Where did towns and cities first develop?
A) China
B) Africa
C) Europe
D) West Asia
Answer: D
Q3) In which of these areas was farming not usually accompanied by herding?
A) Egypt
B) North America
C) Europe
D) China
Answer: B
Q4) Why do pastoral nomads tend to have smaller families?
Answer: mobility
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Q1) Which of the following statements is True of Carthage?
A) It became independent power.
B) It was on the Mediterranean Sea.
C) It relied on trade.
D) Its society was largely urban.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following accurately describes the Epic of Gilgamesh?
A) It was an Egyptian poem that paid homage to the Nile.
B) It was a Hebrew creation story.
C) It was a Mesopotamian poem about the search for immortality
D) It was an epic poem about Osiris and Seth.
Answer: C
Q3) How did the Hittites succeed in making iron weapons after other groups had failed?
Answer: They learned to bring it to a higher temperature.
Q4) Much of the Code of Hammurabi is based on the idea that the punishment should fit the crime.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Societies and Beliefs of Early India, to 500 Ce
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Q1) The Mahabharata is the world's longest epic poem.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Though a Buddhist, Ashoka practiced religious toleration.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Depictions of Siddhartha seated in the meditation position originated during the empire of A) Ashoka.
B) Chandragupta.
C) Kanishka.
D) Mahavira.
Answer: C
Q4) Whose death made possible the rise of Chandragupta Maurya?
Answer: Alexander the Great
Q5) Identify Shiva.
Answer: The Indian god of destruction and rebirth.
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Q1) Which dynasty did the First Emperor rule?
A) Xia
B) Shang
C) Zhou
D) Qin
Q2) Which dynasty has been compared to the Roman Empire?
A) Shang
B) Xia
C) Zhou
D) Han
Q3) Who was King Wu?
A) the leader of the Shang
B) the leader of the Zhou
C) the leader of the Han
D) the leader of the Qin
Q4) What does Dao mean?
A) truth
B) the way
C) piety
D) ritual
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Chapter 5: Early American Societies: Connection and
Isolation, 20,000 Bce - 1500 Ce
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Q1) What was the punishment for medical malpractice in Moche society?
Q2) How did the first humans most likely enter the Western hemisphere?
Q3) Compare gender roles in Moche and Central Asian societies.
Q4) In what ways did the Mississippian peoples resemble and differ from other North American Amerinds?
Q5) About when did hunter-gatherers arrive in the Andes?
A) 7000 B.C.E.
B) 10,000 B.C.E.
C) 1000 B.C.E.
D) 500 B.C.E.
Q6) What is another common term for the Amerinds?
A) Native Americans
B) Native Asian Indians
C) African American Indians
D) Asian Indians
Q7) Which inhabited region of the world is the least thoroughly explored?
A) North America
B) Central America
C) South America
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Q1) Which Persian king witnessed the final defeat of Persia by the Greeks?
Q2) Which of the following did NOT occur during the reign of Cyrus?
A) The Jews were allowed to return to Jerusalem.
B) The Medes and Persians were united.
C) The Battle of Marathon was fought.
D) The Persian Empire expanded.
Q3) Farming in the Zagros region dates to about what time?
A) 7000 years ago
B) 10,000 years ago
C) 50,000 years ago
D) 5000 years ago
Q4) Zoroastrianism survived for over a thousand years in the former Persian Empire until it was displaced by the spread of
A) Christianity.
B) Judaism.
C) Hinduism.
D) Islam.
Q5) According to Zoroaster, who was Ahura Mazda's malignant twin?
Q6) Who won the Battle of Marathon?
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Chapter 7: Classical Greece and Its Expansion Into Asia,
2000-30 Bce
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Q1) Which of the following beliefs represents Stoic philosophy?
A) All matter is composed of atoms.
B) Pleasure is simply the absence of pain.
C) One should not attempt to alter destiny.
D) One should virtuously do one's duty even in times of crisis.
Q2) Which of the following statements about Aristotle is NOT True?
A) He laid the foundation for many of the science courses studied in schools today.
B) He was a poet and philosopher.
C) He was a leading Athenian dramatist.
D) In his later years he tutored Alexander the Great.
Q3) Which man wrote plays whose theme was the conflict between reason and emotion?
A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Aristophanes
Q4) Which of Alexander's generals took Egypt after Alexander's death?
Q5) Discuss the state of Athens between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.
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Chapter 8: The Romans Connect the Mediterranean World,
753 Bce - 284 Ce
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Q1) As a result of the Punic Wars, slavery in Rome became
A) mainly restricted to poor or unfortunate Italians.
B) widespread and mostly made up of foreigners.
C) socially unacceptable and rejected by most Romans.
D) unnecessary due to Rome's newfound wealth.
Q2) Who wrote the Aeneid?
A) Virgil
B) Ovid
C) Horace
D) Homer
Q3) Which of these define a republic?
A) elected representatives
B) a single ruler
C) a council or governors
D) oligarchy
Q4) Which of the following geographic conditions does NOT apply to Rome?
A) It was built on seven hills.
B) It was fourteen miles from the sea.
C) It was geographically vulnerable to naval assaults.
D) It enjoyed natural defenses against land based attacks.
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Chapter 9: Germanic Societies and the Emergence of the
Christian West, 100-1100 Ce
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Q1) Who most opposed Charlemagne's claim to be "Emperor of the Romans"?
A) the papacy
B) the Franks
C) the Byzantines
D) the Visigoths
Q2) Which of these was NOT part of the invasions that hit Western Europe in the 800s?
A) Magyars
B) Vandals
C) Vikings
D) Saracens
Q3) The Great Schism of 1054 was a division between the Eastern and Western
A) Roman Emperors.
B) Christian churches.
C) kings of the Franks.
D) forms of monasticism.
Q4) Muslim forces were defeated at Tours in France by Charles Martel.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the Great Schism of 1054.
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Chapter 10: The Byzantine World, 284-1240
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Q1) Which of the following was NOT one of the four Eastern patriarchs?
A) Patriarch of Constantinople
B) Patriarch of Antioch
C) Patriarch of Alexandria
D) Patriarch of Rome
Q2) As the Turks prepared to conquer the Byzantine Empire, they planned to take advantage of the conflict between Armenia and Byzantium. What was the root cause of this conflict?
A) racial differences
B) political differences
C) a failed marriage between an Armenian princess and the Byzantine emperor
D) religious differences
Q3) Why was the Dnieper so important to Kiev?
A) It was a defense against the Pechenegs.
B) It connected Kiev with the Baltic Sea.
C) It connected the city to principal trade routes to the southwest.
D) It was a direct route to Constantinople.
Q4) Why did Kievan Rus and later Russian states turn towards Constantinople? Was this direction inevitable?
Q5) Discuss the social lives of Byzantine peasants.
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Chapter 11: The Origins and Expansion of Islam, 100-750
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Q1) According to Muhammad, who built the Ka'ba?
A) Gabriel
B) Abraham
C) Moses
D) Muhammad
Q2) Which of the following statements about the Qur'an is NOT True?
A) It ends with the shortest passage in the book.
B) It is organized chronologically, beginning with creation.
C) It was written by secretaries who recorded Muhammad's words.
D) It was written in Arabic.
Q3) Mosques do not contain portraits.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How was the Qur'an recorded?
Q5) Evaluate the significance of camels in Arabia.
Q6) What did the Umayyads and Abbasids have in common?
A) support for Sunni and Shi'ite Islam
B) membership in the Quraysh clan
C) descent from daughters of Muhammad
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D) personal selection by Muhammad as his successors
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Chapter 12: Religion and Diversity in the Transformation of
Southern Asia, 711-1400
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Q1) Who ruled in the golden age of learning in Baghdad?
A) Muawiya
B) Harun al-Rashid
C) Salah al-Din
D) Umar
Q2) Who presided over Islam's Golden Age?
Q3) Which of the following men translated and wrote commentaries on the Greek philosopher Aristotle?
A) Ibn Sina
B) Al-Khwarizmi
C) Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
D) Ibn al-Haytham
Q4) To what religion is Borobodur dedicated?
Q5) What was the Abbasid attitude towards Shi'ism?
Q6) Ibn Rushd and Moses Maimonides left Spain because
A) they were trying to lead a revolution against the government. B) they refused to adopt Islam.
C) the religiously conservative government was suspicious of intellectual pursuits. D) the government attempted to purge Spain of all Muslims.
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Chapter 13: Early African Societies, 1500 Bce-1500 Ce
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Q1) According to legend, whose Christian kingdom could help crusaders fighting Muslims over control of the Holy Land?
A) Mansa Musa's
B) Prester John's
C) King Solomon's
D) Fatimid's
Q2) Which king formed the foundation for the state of Mali?
A) Mansa Musa
B) Ibn Rushd
C) Sundiata
D) Kumbi
Q3) Which region of Africa was least affected by the spread of Islam?
A) West Africa
B) North Africa
C) East Africa
D) South Africa
Q4) What is the world's largest desert?
Q5) Who was the last publicly seen imam?
Q6) Evaluate Mansa Musa's legacy in Africa.
Q7) Evaluate the role of the Sanhaja in Ghana.
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Chapter 14: The Evolution and Expansion of East Asian
Societies, 220-1240 Ce
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Q1) By the 1200s, the real ruler of Japan was the military leader known as the shogun.
A)True
B)False
Q2) By the twelfth century, Japan was dominated by
A) farmers.
B) Heian emperors.
C) samurai.
D) Shinto priests.
Q3) Which of the following most accurately maps the spread of Buddhism in East Asia?
A) India to China to Korea and Japan
B) China to India to Japan and Korea
C) India to Japan to China to Korea
D) India to Korea to Japan to China
Q4) Compare and contrast the rights of women in China and Vietnam.
Q5) Discuss the greatest achievements of the Tang dynasty.
Q6) Compare and contrast early Confucianism and neo-Confucianism.
Q7) Discuss Empress Wu's unlikely rise to power.
Q8) What were the Three Religions of Vietnam?
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Chapter 15: Nomadic Conquests and Eurasian
Connections, 1000-1400
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Q1) Which of the following was NOT a problem that led to the overthrow of the Mongols in China?
A) Japanese invasion
B) famine
C) floods
D) outbreaks of plague
Q2) Farming was the main way of life for most Central Asians.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Zhu Yuanzhang was a poor peasant who led China in defeated the Mongols.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Yelü Chucai was
A) Genghis Khan's most beloved wife.
B) a Confucian scholar of Khitan heritage.
C) a Uighur Buddhist monk.
D) a Jurgen military engineer.
Q5) Evaluate the mistakes made by Khubilai Khan in China.
Q6) Evaluate the role of women in central Asian nomadic society.
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Chapter 16: The Resurgence of the Christian West, 1050-1530
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Q1) Who painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper?
Q2) Saladin did all of the following EXCEPT
A) establish a new dynasty in Egypt.
B) take Jerusalem.
C) conquer Syria and Arabia.
D) expel the crusaders from the Holy Land.
Q3) Which of the following best depicts the ideology espoused by Machiavelli in The Prince?
A) A ruler should be honest, fair, and just.
B) A ruler should rule for the benefit of all members of society, not just the rich.
C) A ruler should do what works to achieve their goals.
D) A ruler should be careful to avoid entangling alliances.
Q4) The pope condemned the crusaders in the Fourth Crusade because
A) the crusaders fought and plundered Christians.
B) he was afraid that the Holy Land would be lost forever.
C) the Islamic army easily defeated the crusaders.
D) the Church was officially in debt.
Q5) Discuss the philosophy of humanism.
Q6) Evaluate the reasons for the resurgence of the West.
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Chapter 17: Culture and Conflict in the Great Islamic
Empires, 1071-1707
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Q1) Discuss Islamic attempts to conquer central Europe.
Q2) Which man finally defeated the Mamluks in Egypt?
Q3) The Era of the Great Mughals began with the accession of
A) Akbar.
B) Timur.
C) Nur Jahan.
D) Jahangir.
Q4) The rise of the Ottoman Turks benefitted from fighting between Western Europe and Byzantium.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
Q6) The official language of Akbar's administration was A) Arabic.
B) Latin.
C) Indian.
D) Farsi.
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Q7) What branch of Islam was the state religion of the Safavid Persians?
Q9) Which Muslim ruler of India was known for religious tolerance?
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Chapter 18: The Aztec and Inca Empires, 1300-1550
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Q1) Which of these was assured by the Aztec cosmic mission theory?
A) fertility
B) sunlight
C) rainfall
D) spring
Q2) Why was Montezuma's army somewhat small when Cortés arrived?
A) Cortes formed alliances with neighboring tribes who usually provided soldiers for the Aztec army.
B) It was harvest season.
C) Many of the soldiers had fled in fear.
D) Outbreaks of smallpox had killed many men.
Q3) Evaluate the centralized government of the Inca Empire.
Q4) Which of the following civilizations is the oldest?
A) Aztec
B) Inca
C) Maya
D) Texcoco
Q5) Evaluate the role of the Sapa Inca in Andean society.
Q6) Who was the Aztec god that was supposed to return as a light-skinned man?
Q7) What was the language of the Inca Empire?
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Chapter 19: Global Exploration and Global Empires, 1400-1700
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Q1) What was the significance of Magellan's experience?
A) He proved that one could not reach Asia by sailing west from Europe.
B) He found the Cape of Good Hope.
C) He proved that sailing west from Europe was the safest route to Asia.
D) He proved that it was possible to sail around the world.
Q2) Where was Portuguese trading focused?
A) the Pacific Ocean
B) the Mediterranean Sea
C) the Indian Ocean
D) the Atlantic Ocean
Q3) Which of the following statements about Massasoit is NOT True?
A) He was the chief of the Wampanoag nation.
B) He initially helped the Plymouth Colony settlers.
C) He hoped to trade with the English colonists.
D) His son Metacom was beheaded and his head was displayed by colonists on a pole.
Q4) Compare and contrast the Iberian conquerors with the Mongols.
Q5) What Spanish institution was placed in charge of all aspects of Spain's New World colonies?
Q6) How did Cabral land in Brazil during his voyage?
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Chapter 20: The West in an Age of Religious Conflict and Global Expansion, 1500-1650
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Q1) What was "great pox"?
A) chicken pox
B) smallpox
C) measles
D) syphilis
Q2) The "Defenestration of Prague" was an incident in which
A) John Hus was publically burned at the stake.
B) two Catholics were thrown out of a window.
C) a group of Protestants were drowned.
D) Catholics attending a wedding were murdered.
Q3) Martin Luther was convinced that faith in Christ was the only requirement for salvation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the corruption of the Church evident prior to the Reformation.
Q5) Why did the pope proclaim Henry VIII "Defender of the Faith"?
A) He helped to prosecute Martin Luther.
B) He wrote in support of the seven sacraments.
C) He spent much of his life in a monastery.
D) He was ordained as a priest.
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Chapter 21: The Search for Stability in East Asia, 1300-1800
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Q1) How did Go-Daigo differ from his predecessors?
A) He wanted to rule through the daimyo.
B) He wished to rule in his own right.
C) He appointed a shogun.
D) He never became emperor.
Q2) Hongwu attempted to create a new Chinese cultural synthesis.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which dynasty ruled Korea from 1392 to 1910?
A) Chos n
B) Minamoto
C) Tokugawa
D) Kory
Q4) Tokugawa Japan's most important commercial center was
A) Tokyo.
B) Canton.
C) Nagasaki.
D) Osaka.
Q5) What was the White Lotus Society?
Q6) What does "Hongwu" mean?
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Chapter 22: Southern Asia and the Global Shift in Wealth and
Power, 1500-1800
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Q1) Why did trade in the Indian Ocean initially run counter to mercantilism?
A) Indian traders had no interest in selling to Europeans.
B) The trade produced a gold drain out of Europe.
C) There were no goods in the region of interest to Europeans.
D) Hindu rulers refused to trade with Christians.
Q2) Which of these was NOT one of the great Islamic empires of the 1600s and 1700s?
A) Safavid Persian Empire
B) Mughal Empire
C) Delhi Sultanate
D) Ottoman Empire
Q3) Britain's "jewel in the crown" was India.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Before the overthrow of Iskandar, the Indonesian kingdom of Srivijaya was predominantly
A) Buddhist.
B) Hindu.
C) Muslim.
D) Sikh.
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Q5) Urdu is a blend of what two languages?
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Chapter 23: Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1400-1800
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Q1) Evaluate the effects of the slave trade on the African family unit.
Q2) Evaluate the practice of polygyny in Africa.
Q3) Africa's food supply was substantially increased by the introduction of
A) cassava.
B) potatoes.
C) peanuts.
D) tobacco.
Q4) Which of these describes 15th century Central and South Africa?
A) deeply Islamic
B) city-states based on a commercial economy
C) commercial ties to North Africa
D) farming and herding with many stateless societies
Q5) Trace the steps in the typical slave purchase from beginning to end.
Q6) The Portuguese first used slaves for working
A) on sugar plantations.
B) as domestic servants.
C) in cotton fields.
D) in coal mines.
Q7) Discuss the costs and benefits of the Atlantic slave trade.
Q8) Why were Africans slaves transported to Brazil?
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Chapter 24: Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1600-1763
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Q1) The leaders of Parliament were in favor of bringing a Dutch king to the throne of England because
A) the Dutch had a stronger military.
B) he was Protestant.
C) he was Catholic.
D) he promised Parliamentary reform.
Q2) Who was responsible for the publication of the Encyclopedia?
A) Denis Diderot
B) Baron Montesquieu
C) Thomas Hobbes
D) Isaac Newton
Q3) Montesquieu believed that the French government was a model form ofmixed government.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Who came to the throne in the Glorious Revolution?
A) Charles I
B) Charles II
C) James II
D) William and Mary
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Chapter 25: Russias Eurasian Empire: Convergence of East and
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Q1) The practice of "forbidden years" was part of trend to
A) strengthen the Russian monarchy.
B) move peasants towards serfdom.
C) challenge the power of the patriarch of Moscow.
D) westernization in Russia.
Q2) Who brokered the agreement between Russia and China?
A) French Jesuits
B) Italian merchants
C) Buddhist monks
D) the pope
Q3) Why was Catherine the Great an unlikely candidate for empress of Russia?
A) She was too old.
B) She was a nun.
C) She was German.
D) She was Polish Catholic.
Q4) Discuss Russian connections and conflicts with China.
Q5) Under whose rule did the schism in Russian Orthodoxy appear?
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Q6) Evaluate the use of the term "Eurasia" in the context of Russian history.
Q7) What was the goal of Peter the Great's Grand Embassy?
Q8) What was the general direction of expansion under Ivan IV?
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Chapter 26: The North Atlantic Revolutions, 1750-1830
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Q1) Which of these was NOT one of the key principles that shaped the peace negotiations at the Congress of Vienna?
A) legitimacy
B) self-determination
C) compensation
D) balance of power
Q2) The Tennis Court Oath was an agreement by the National Assembly to remain united until France had a written constitution.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Napoleon abandoned his troops after a devastating loss to A) the Egyptian army.
B) Prussia.
C) Austria.
D) Britain.
Q4) The Committee of Public Safety was given broad powers in order to A) put an end to the monarchy.
B) protect against foreign and domestic enemies.
C) hunt down Robespierre's supporters.
D) ensure loyalty to the Catholic Church.
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Chapter 27: Industry, Ideology, and Their Global Impact, 1700-1914
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A)True
B)False
Q2) In provoking the Franco-Prussian War, Bismarck hoped to use which of these to unite the Germanic peoples?
A) liberalism
B) Romanticism
C) nationalism
D) absolutism
Q3) Which of these aided the cause of Italian unification?
A) Austria
B) France
C) the papacy
D) Germany
Q4) The Paris Commune was established by
A) conservatives.
B) moderate liberals.
C) extreme nationalists.
D) radical socialists.
Q5) What nationalist song was banned by Napoleon
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Chapter 28: Nation Building in the Americas, 1789-1914
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Q1) The earliest independent Mexican governments were ruled by
A) liberal military leaders.
B) conservative caudillos.
C) conservative-liberal coalitions.
D) the liberal middle class.
Q2) Napoleon's conquest of the Iberian Peninsula led to
A) Latin American revolutions.
B) Spain's sale of Cuba.
C) Spain's sale of Mexico.
D) French acquisition of Spanish colonies.
Q3) Which of these emerged dominant after Chile's Revolution of 1891?
A) Manuel Balmaceda
B) Chile's congress
C) the gauchos
D) the Amerinds
Q4) The government created under the Articles of Confederation was too weak to deal with the nation's problems or enforce its laws.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which man declared Brazil's independence from Portugal?
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Chapter 29: New Connections and Challenges in Eastern and
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Q1) What was the "Cohong"?
A) China's parliament
B) a government department
C) Guangzhou's merchant guild
D) a seaport where trade with Britain was allowed
Q2) In China, local officials often charged peasants extra taxes that they kept for themselves. This practice was aptly called the
A) squeeze.
B) draining.
C) milking.
D) fleecing.
Q3) How did the Sepoy Mutiny affect British rule in India?
A) British rule was withdrawn to only southern India.
B) British citizens were withdrawn from India.
C) Britain took over direct rule in India.
D) The British East India Company was placed in charge of India.
Q4) How did Thailand avoid conquest by Europeans?
Q5) What was the body that embodied the Indian nationalist movement in the late 1800s?
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Chapter 30: New Connections and Challenges in West Asia and
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Q1) The Boers were upset by Britain's liberal attitude toward A) Islam.
B) black South Africans.
C) Zulu nationalism.
D) rival French colonists.
Q2) Evaluate the role of the Tanzimat in the Ottoman Empire.
Q3) The defeat of Cetshwayo in 1879 demonstrated
A) the power of the Zulu nation.
B) the end of the colonial period in Africa.
C) rapid changes in Africa in the 1800s
D) the superiority of Zulu tactics.
Q4) How did Muhammad Ali revolutionize Egyptian agriculture?
A) He focused on subsistence farming.
B) He encouraged cash crops like cotton.
C) He encouraged crop rotation.
D) He devised an irrigation system.
Q5) Which independent African nation was a Christian kingdom?
Q6) Quinine was used to prevent malaria.
A)True
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Q1) What were the two governments that emerged in Russia following the end of the monarchy?
Q2) Britain entered WWI after Germany violated the rights of a neutral A) Serbia.
B) Russia.
C) Belgium.
D) France.
Q3) Woodrow Wilson was the American president in World War I.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Why was St. Petersburg renamed?
Q5) India expected autonomy from Britain because of A) Britain's failing economy.
B) British losses in World War I.
C) India's support for Britain in World War I.
D) the example of Irish independence, granted in 1918.
Q6) Which country employed a fleet of U-boats that sank merchant, passenger, and battleships?
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Q7) Discuss the Russian Revolution that caused Russia to withdraw from World War I.
Q8) When did the United States enter the war?
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Q1) How did most Germans view the Weimar Republic?
A) the only viable alternative to Hitler
B) traitorous for its association with the Treaty of Versailles
C) a dictatorship claiming to be a republic
D) imperfect, yet the only logical choice for postwar Germany
Q2) Which of these became a French mandate following World War I?
A) Syria
B) Egypt
C) Iran
D) Turkey
Q3) How did Mao Zedong's ideology differ from that of Karl Marx?
A) Mao did not believe in a violent revolution; Marx did.
B) Marx did not believe in a violent revolution; Mao did.
C) Mao believed that peasants, not urban proletariats, could lead a Communist revolution.
D) Marx believed that peasants, not urban proletariats, could lead a Communist revolution.
Q4) Which time period was known as the "Age of Anxiety"?
Q6) Discuss Hitler's rise to power in postwar Germany. Page 44
Q5) Who replaced Sun Yatsen as the leader of the Guomindang?
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Q1) Which of these had Japan erroneously assumed when creating its Asian empire?
A) Britain and France would not support an attack on Japan.
B) The United States would never confront Japan in force.
C) British would attempt to balance Japanese and Russian imperialism.
D) China would not defend itself against a Japanese invasion.
Q2) Discuss America's use of nuclear weapons to end WWII.
Q3) Which countries supported Franco in the Spanish Civil War?
A) Britain and France
B) Portugal and Holland
C) Belgium and Portugal
D) Germany and Italy
Q4) Japan's primary goal in invading Manchuria was the region's
A) rich natural resources.
B) proximity to Russia.
C) modern port facilities.
D) historical ties to Japan.
Q5) The Tripartite Pact was an alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss the major campaigns in the East Asian theater during WWII.
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Q1) What was the unanticipated consequence of the policy of massive retaliation?
A) The defense industry was incapable of supplying the necessary weapons.
B) The Soviets matched the U.S. weaponry.
C) Eisenhower lost the election of 1956.
D) Japan entered the arms race.
Q2) What allowed talks to resume concerning the reduction of long-range weapons numbers in the Soviet Union and the U.S.?
A) the election of Lyndon Johnson
B) the end of Ronald Reagan's term in office
C) the end of the war in Vietnam
D) the election of John F. Kennedy
Q3) In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which American president opened relations with China?
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Lyndon Johnson
C) Richard Nixon
D) Ronald Reagan
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Q1) The Cuban Missile Crisis led to all of these EXCEPT
A) Kennedy promised to withdraw missiles from Turkey.
B) The United States promised not to invade Cuba.
C) The Soviet Union dismantled launch pads in Cuba.
D) Fidel Castro's regime ended.
Q2) Discuss Brazil's lengthy military dictatorship.
Q3) Discuss the "Dirty War" including its causes and results.
Q4) Discuss the problems faced by the Fox presidency in Mexico.
Q5) What was strengthened by the reforms undertaken by Getúlio Vargas in the 1930s?
A) the municipalities
B) state governors
C) the military
D) the presidency
Q6) Military regimes took hold in several Latin American states in the 1970s in response to A) the spread of Communism.
B) economic instability.
C) the spread of socialism.
D) the Great Depression.
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Q7) Evaluate the role of Juan Perón in Argentine politics.
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A)True
B)False
Q2) Which president was in office during "ping pong diplomacy"?
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Richard Nixon
C) Ronald Reagan
D) George H.W. Bush
Q3) East Pakistan gained independence as
A) India.
B) Nepal.
C) Afghanistan.
D) Bangladesh.
Q4) Under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan
A) developed a vibrant democracy.
B) made peace with India, stabilizing the region.
C) suffered from corrupt military rule.
D) aligned itself closely with the Soviet Union.
Q5) Discuss Japanese recovery after World War II.
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A) Pakistan.
B) Iran.
C) Iraq.
D) Afghanistan.
Q2) The greatest challenge to Patrice Lumumba's rule in the Congo was
A) British opposition.
B) tribal divisions.
C) the region's poverty.
D) divisions among the region's Muslims.
Q3) In 1979, which country stormed its American embassy and took hostages?
A) Iraq
B) Iran
C) Pakistan
D) Afghanistan
Q4) Which country controlled most of West Africa in 1945?
A) France
B) Germany
C) Britain
D) Portugal
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