World History II Practice Exam
Course Introduction
World History II explores the major political, social, economic, and cultural developments that have shaped the world from the 16th century to the present day. The course examines significant events such as the Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment, revolutions and nation-building, industrialization, imperialism, world wars, decolonization, and the emergence of the contemporary global order. Through diverse perspectives and sources, students will analyze the interconnectedness of societies, the causes and consequences of global change, and the challenges faced by humanity in shaping the modern world.
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Chapter 1: The Emergence of Human Societies, to 3000 Bce
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Q1) Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize the Neanderthals?
A) They were first discovered in Germany.
B) They are ancestors to Homo sapiens.
C) They had larger brains than other hominids.
D) They are believed to have lived 200,000 to 30,000 years ago.
Answer: B
Q2) Hunting and gathering food required more work than raising crops and herds.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The concept of race is best described as
A) based on genetic mapping.
B) proven by substantial genetic variations.
C) without scientific foundation.
D) of no historical importance.
Answer: C
Q4) What kinds of grain were first farmed?
Answer: wheat, barley
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Q1) Which empire conquered and brought an end to the Chaldean Empire?
A) Assyrians
B) Persians
C) Hittites
D) Egyptians
Answer: B
Q2) Which of these divided Africa into two great regions?
A) the Congo River
B) the Nile River
C) the Sahara
D) the Niger River
Answer: C
Q3) Why didn't copper work well for creating large tools and weapons?
Answer: It was too soft.
Q4) Mesopotamia was in present-day
A) Iraq.
B) Iran.
C) Syria.
D) Israel.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Societies and Beliefs of Early India, to 500 Ce
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Q1) Which of the following statements regarding the caste system is NOT accurate?
A) Initially, the warrior class was at the top of the social scale.
B) Initially, classes were not rigidly defined and social mobility was highly possible.
C) The Shudras were the most privileged class.
D) The Brahmins were believed to possess the ability to communicate with the gods.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of these was supported by the Code of Manu?
A) the caste system
B) the Harappan law code
C) Jainism
D) Buddhism
Answer: A
Q3) The Ganges river is sacred to
A) Buddhists.
B) Jains.
C) Ashoka.
D) Hindus.
Answer: D
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which philosophy noted that if there were no property then there would be no theft?
A) Confucianism
B) Daoism
C) Legalism
D) Buddhism
Q3) The Qin dynasty relied on Confucianism to build a stable society.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Who were the Yellow Turbans?
A) scholar bureaucrats
B) Han military leaders
C) Daoist monks
D) peasant rebels
Q5) Why is the Huanghe called the "Yellow River"?
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Chapter 5: Early American Societies: Connection and
Isolation, 20,000 Bce - 1500 Ce
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Q1) Discuss the unique problems facing the Chavín Empire.
Q2) Which of these is a culture area rather than a societal type?
A) full-scale tribal
B) Great Plains
C) moundbuilders
D) hunter-gatherer
Q3) Which tribe was known for its rigid hereditary castes such as the "Suns" and the "Stinkards"?
A) Natchez
B) Creek
C) Choctaw
D) Chickasaw
Q4) How did the Mayan attempt to bridge the temporal and spiritual realms?
Q5) Which people built San Lorenzo and Tres Zapotes?
A) Olmec
B) Maya
C) Toltec
D) Apache
Q7) Which society was first accidently discovered in the 1930s? Page 7
Q6) Describe the Long Count Calendar and comment on its religious significance.
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Bce - 637 Ce
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Q1) How did Persian rule differ from that of other conquerors?
A) The Persians were more ruthless.
B) The Persians were less harsh.
C) The Persians were less organized.
D) The Persians did not expect cooperation from subject peoples.
Q2) To what extent did the Seleucids, Parthians, and Sasanians revive the Persian Empire?
Q3) Which Greek city-state was known for its strong navy?
A) Sparta
B) Athens
C) Corinth
D) Thebes
Q4) Which of these Sasanian traditions was derived from Zoroastrian teachings?
A) polytheism
B) harsh subjugation of conquered peoples
C) the circle of equity
D) use of satrapies
Q5) Who were the magi?
Q6) Discuss Xerxes' invasion of the Greek mainland.
Q7) Who replaced Philip II of Macedon as leader of the Greeks? Page 9
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Chapter 7: Classical Greece and Its Expansion Into Asia,
2000-30 Bce
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Q1) The world's first historical thesis statement centered on the subject of the cause of
A) the Persian Wars.
B) Alexander's eastern campaign.
C) the fall of Persia.
D) the Peloponnesian War.
Q2) Plato favored democracy as the best form of government for Greece.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the long run, who was the real winner in the Peloponnesian War?
A) Athens
B) Sparta
C) Persia
D) Macedon
Q4) Which of these means the rule of one legitimate ruler?
A) oligarchy
B) monarchy
C) democracy
D) tyranny
Q5) Which man wrote the first legal code in Greece?
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Chapter 8: The Romans Connect the Mediterranean World,
753 Bce - 284 Ce
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Q1) Some foreigners sold themselves into slavery, hoping to one day become Roman citizens.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The perils of increased slave ownership were shown by a revolt led by a gladiator named
A) Hannibal.
B) Sulla.
C) Spartacus.
D) Cassius.
Q3) Which of these was a Jewish sect that practiced terrorism against both Romans and Jews that worked with the Romans?
A) Zealots
B) Essenes
C) Christians
D) Nazarenes
Q4) Which dynasty was founded by Vespasian?
Q5) Who ruled Rome before the Republic was established?
Q7) Which man led Rome's most famous slave revolt? Page 12
Q6) Evaluate the significance of Rome's defeat of Carthage in the Punic Wars.
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Chapter 9: Germanic Societies and the Emergence of the
Christian West, 100-1100 Ce
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Q1) What was the impact of Constantine's reign?
A) The empire was split into two parts.
B) Rome was strengthened as the empire's capital
C) The empire was reinforced and revitalize.
D) The empire split into several kingdoms.
Q2) Who was the first man to reunite most of western and central Europe after the fall of Rome?
A) Clovis
B) Alaric
C) Attila
D) Charlemagne
Q3) Who was the last Roman emperor in the west?
A) Odoacer
B) Romulus Augustulus
C) Diocletian
D) Theodosius
Q4) Discuss the Viking invasions in the ninth and tenth centuries.
Q5) Evaluate the reign of Charles the Great. Does he deserve to be called "the great"?
Q6) Evaluate the use of the term "feudalism."
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Chapter 10: The Byzantine World, 284-1240
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Q1) Like the Byzantine Empire, the Sasanians were weakened by which of these in the 300s?
A) religious controversy
B) waves of plague
C) conflict on two frontiers
D) Arab attacks
Q2) Which of the following statements about Empress Theodora is NOT True?
A) She was married to Justinian.
B) She was a strip-tease dancer.
C) She was the daughter of a circus acrobat.
D) She was crowned empress, but had little involvement in government.
Q3) Caesaropapism preserved the separation of church and state.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following occurred at the battle at Manzikert?
A) The Seljuk armies were soundly defeated.
B) The Turks soundly defeat the Byzantine forces.
C) Basil II soundly defeated the Bulgars.
D) The Persians were defeated.
Q5) Where in the Byzantine world was Monophysitism strongest?
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Chapter 11: The Origins and Expansion of Islam, 100-750
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Q1) What did Ali and Uthman have in common?
A) They were both Jews who converted to Islam.
B) They were both members of the Quraysh family.
C) They were both Sunni Muslims.
D) They were both sons in law of the Prophet.
Q2) Evaluate the role of women as dictated by the Shari`ah.
Q3) Muslims believe that the world is divided between the House of Faith and the House of Disbelief.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss differing views concerning the meaning of jihad.
Q5) Why was Muhammad invited to Yathrib (Medina)?
A) to build a mosque
B) to mediate in a local dispute
C) to negotiate with Jews in the city
D) to establish trade with Mecca
Q6) Discuss the significance of the location on which the Dome of the Rock was built.
Q7) Describe the interior of a mosque.
Q8) What is the umma?
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Chapter 12: Religion and Diversity in the Transformation of
Southern Asia, 711-1400
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Q1) The early peoples of Southeast Asia were which of the following?
A) Indians
B) Malays
C) Aryans
D) Japanese
Q2) Which of these best characterize the revolution of Abu Muslim?
A) a Sunni revival
B) Arab nationalism
C) Umayyad conquest
D) Persian nationalism
Q3) Who presided over Islam's Golden Age?
Q4) What was the Abbasid attitude towards Shi'ism?
Q5) The state of Funan is in present day
A) Korea.
B) Thailand.
C) Burma.
D) Vietnam.
Q6) Harun al-Rashid was ruler in the time of Baghdad's golden age.
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Chapter 13: Early African Societies, 1500 Bce-1500 Ce
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Q1) Muslims first brought literacy to sub-Saharan Africa.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of these was introduced across Africa by the Bantu peoples?
A) farming
B) Islam
C) ironworking
D) herding
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) How did commerce differ in West and East Africa?
A) East African trade was land-based; West African was sea-based.
B) West African trade was land-based; West African was sea based.
C) West African trade was prosperous; East African was not.
D) East African trade was prosperous; West African trade was not.
Q5) What was the belief system of most Ghanaians even after the coming of Islam?
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Q6) In the Sudan, what commodity is a major status symbol?
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Chapter 14: The Evolution and Expansion of East Asian
Societies, 220-1240 Ce
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Q1) Japan's native nature-based religion is called
A) Shinto.
B) Nara.
C) Bushido.
D) Uji.
Q2) Which city was described by Marco Polo as the world's "finest and noblest city"?
A) Kaifeng
B) Canton
C) Hangzhou
D) Tokyo
Q3) Which of these was True of the Liao Empire?
A) It was a small, short-lived empire.
B) It rivaled the Song Empire in size.
C) It was centered in southern China.
D) It formed a strong alliance with Japan.
Q4) Which groups were most actively promoted by Wang Anshi?
Q5) Discuss the rise of the warrior class in Japan.
Q6) Where did Korea get its name?
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Q7) Discuss the evolution of the civil service system throughout Chinese history.
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Chapter 15: Nomadic Conquests and Eurasian
Connections, 1000-1400
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Q1) How were central Asian nomads most often connected with their neighbors in villages and towns?
A) religion
B) government
C) education
D) commerce
Q2) Which of these was adopted by the Seljuk rulers of Persia as the language of its elite?
A) Turkish
B) Farsi
C) Arabic
D) Urdu
Q3) The main way of life for most central Asians was
A) farming.
B) military service.
C) herding.
D) commerce.
Q4) Because Khubilai Khan embraced Chinese customs, he was welcomed by the Chinese.
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A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: The Resurgence of the Christian West, 1050-1530
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Q1) Which of these preceded and worsened the effects of the plague?
A) the closing of the Mediterranean to European trade
B) crop failures and famine
C) Europe-wide warfare
D) Viking invasions
Q2) Discuss the exaltation of women during the resurgence of the West.
Q3) What was the main inspiration for the Renaissance?
A) the achievements of the classical age
B) the Crusades
C) commercial revival
D) the Great Western Schism
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) What were the members of the Dominican and Franciscan orders called?
Q6) Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
Q7) Who wrote Utopia?
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Q8) Who created the breathtaking Pieta?
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Chapter 17: Culture and Conflict in the Great Islamic
Empires, 1071-1707
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Q1) How did Ottoman Turks avoid the creation of a landed aristocracy, an institution that dominated European politics?
A) Land grants were valid only for the holder's lifetime.
B) They refused to allow ownership of land to anyone outside the royal family.
C) The government owned all the land and refused to grant land to anyone.
D) They only allowed people to own one acre of land per family.
Q2) What branch of Islam was the state religion of the Safavid Persians?
Q3) Timur Lenk benefited from the demise of which of these?
A) the Khanate of the Golden Horde
B) the Jagadai Khanate
C) the Ottoman Empire
D) the Persian Empire
Q4) Ottoman law, compared to other Muslim states was
A) more firmly based on the Shari`ah.
B) more flexible.
C) more rigid.
D) more influenced by Roman law.
Q5) Which Muslim ruler of India was known for religious tolerance?
Q6) Compare and contrast the reign of Akbar and the reign of Aurangzeb.
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Chapter 18: The Aztec and Inca Empires, 1300-1550
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Q1) Which element of Aztec society was absent from Inca society?
A) commoners
B) slaves
C) nobles
D) warriors
Q2) Aztec women believed they would live in the afterlife as goddesses if they died in childbirth.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Men killed in battle in Mexico believed they would return as cobras.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of these groups in Aztec society was the least open in terms of social mobility?
A) commoners
B) merchants
C) slaves
D) artisans
Q5) Atahuallpa was ordered to submit to which two men?
Q6) Who were the "strangers in floating mountains"?
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Chapter 19: Global Exploration and Global Empires, 1400-1700
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Q1) The largest owner of property in the New World was
A) the Spanish king.
B) the Portuguese king.
C) the Catholic Church.
D) Vasco de Gama.
Q2) Mestizos were people of mixed descent who were considered socially below European-born whites.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Evaluate gender roles in Iberian societies in the Western hemisphere.
Q4) The principal qualification for being viceroy or governor-general was A) Iberian birth.
B) loyalty to the king.
C) military prowess.
D) noble status.
Q5) Discuss the discoveries made by Europeans as they searched for a new route to Asia.
Q6) Discuss the costs and benefits of the Columbian Exchange.
Q7) Evaluate the role of the colonial church.
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Chapter 20: The West in an Age of Religious Conflict
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Q1) Which of these was True of gender roles in the 1600s and1700s?
A) Medieval patriarchy was disappearing.
B) Catholic women became less subservient to men
C) Protestant women had more control over their marriages, including divorce.
D) Women were educated at the same rate as men.
Q2) Which of these is True of religion in the 1600s and 1700s?
A) Many fewer Europeans were religious.
B) Christianity was increasingly under siege.
C) The Churches became less important in daily life.
D) Atheism and agnosticism proliferated.
Q3) The economic system based on competition among private enterprises is called
A) socialism.
B) capitalism.
C) communalism.
D) mercantilism.
Q4) What development led to the emergence of the bourgeoisie?
A) expansion of trade
B) an agricultural boom
C) the rise of industry
D) colonization
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Chapter 21: The Search for Stability in East Asia, 1300-1800
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Q1) Which of the following best describes Tokugawa ideology?
A) In order to compete globally, Japan must forge connections with other cultures.
B) Japan had allowed China to gain too much influence in East Asia.
C) The West had too much influence in Japan.
D) Christianity should be the official religion of Japan.
Q2) Which of these explain Jesuit success in finding Japanese converts?
A) When the imperial family converted, many others followed.
B) The Jesuits closely resembled Shinto priests.
C) The Jesuits won favor by adopting Japanese culture.
D) The Chinese had previously converted in large numbers.
Q3) Which man carried on the work of Nurhachi after his death?
Q4) Which country's navy was equipped with iron plated "turtle ships"?
A) Japan
B) China
C) Korea
D) Spain
Q5) Discuss gender roles in Japan.
Q6) Evaluate the major factors that contributed to the stagnation of the Ming dynasty.
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Chapter 22: Southern Asia and the Global Shift in Wealth and
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Q1) Vasco de Gama attacked Calicut and mutilated Muslim seamen because A) they refused his offer to open trade relations.
B) Muslims had killed his Portuguese merchants in India.
C) they attacked him on his way back from Brazil.
D) they refused to sell him opium.
Q2) Discuss the rise of Russia as a major eastern European power.
Q3) For whose return did the Shi'ites anxiously await?
Q4) Which man founded the trading state of Melaka?
Q5) The battle of Plassey demonstrated
A) the superior weaponry of the Indians.
B) the power of commerce in building empires.
C) the power of anti-British Indian nationalism.
D) the superiority of British military leadership.
Q6) Sufi mystics refused to participate in any Hindu practices, leading to a complete rejection of Islam in Southeast Asia.
A)True
B)False
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Q7) Indonesia was once known as the Dutch East Indies.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 23: Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1400-1800
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Q1) Idris Alawma
A) united the kingdoms of Kanem and Bornu.
B) ended the trans-Saharan trade.
C) was a devout Christian.
D) established a dynasty that lasted hundreds of years.
Q2) Which of these gained the most from the shift from the Indian to the Atlantic Ocean trade?
A) Africa
B) Europe
C) China
D) India
Q3) Who were the Boers?
A) English settlers in South Africa
B) Native Africans in South Africa
C) Dutch settlers in South Africa
D) Freed slaves in South Africa
Q4) What was the ngola?
Q5) Coptic Christianity was considered "Monophysite." What does that mean?
Q6) Trace the steps in the typical slave purchase from beginning to end.
Q7) Evaluate the effects of the slave trade on the African family unit.
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Chapter 24: Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1600-1763
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Q1) Who was responsible for the publication of the Encyclopedia?
A) Denis Diderot
B) Baron Montesquieu
C) Thomas Hobbes
D) Isaac Newton
Q2) Evaluate the role of women in the Enlightenment.
Q3) Prussia had a strong middle class made up of urban professionals.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Louis XIV had nobles live at Versailles in order to
A) isolate them from governance.
B) demonstrate his respect for them.
C) ally with them against town dwellers.
D) serve as his legislature.
Q5) In what sense was Brandenburg-Prussia divided?
A) geographically
B) culturally
C) religiously
D) linguistically
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Q6) In which state was the noble class known as Junkers?
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Chapter 25: Russias Eurasian Empire: Convergence of East and
West, 1300-1800
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Q1) The Cossacks were sometimes adversaries of Russia's monarchy and at other times they were useful warriors.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of these tsars' short reign gave rise to the Time of Troubles?
A) Ivan I
B) Ivan IV
C) Boris Godunov
D) Peter I
Q3) Which of these is the name given to religious recluses who were seen by some to be prophets?
A) holy fools
B) shakhmaty
C) patriarchs
D) metropolitans
Q4) What was most important in Peter's decision to move his capital?
A) commercial connections to Central Asia
B) proximity to Europe
C) historical associations with the Russian nobility
D) ties to the Mongol past
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Chapter 26: The North Atlantic Revolutions, 1750-1830
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Q1) Evaluate the reasons for Napoleon's rise to power and his unprecedented popularity among the French people.
Q2) Olympe de Gouges argued for A) equal rights for both sexes.
B) creation of a radical democracy.
C) the king's execution.
D) limiting political liberty and equality to men.
Q3) How did Napoleon advance the understanding of Egyptian history?
Q4) During the French Revolution, wearing long trousers, instead of breeches, showed support for A) the nobility.
B) the military.
C) commoners.
D) the war effort.
Q5) The slogan of the French Revolution was A) "No taxation without representation."
B) "Liberty, equality, and fraternity."
C) "No to absolutism."
D) "Land, peace, and bread."
Q6) Discuss Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia.
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Chapter 27: Industry, Ideology, and Their Global Impact, 1700-1914
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Q1) In what nation did the first revolution of 1848 take place?
A) Hungary.
B) Germany.
C) France.
D) Russia.
Q2) What was the most enduring legacy of Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi?
A) peace with the Catholic Church
B) the unification of Italy
C) the unification of Prussia
D) the unification of Austria
Q3) Which invention was created by James Hargreaves?
A) the spinning jenny
B) the flying shuttle
C) the water frame
D) the steam engine
Q4) Who wrote The Communist Manifesto?
A) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
B) Robert Owen and Karl Marx
C) Friedrich Engels and Robert Owen
D) Karl Marx and Charles Fourier
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Chapter 28: Nation Building in the Americas, 1789-1914
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A) rebel groups supporting Napoleon
B) pan-American congresses organized to put down the revolutions
C) provisional governments ruling in the name of Carlos IV
D) meetings of loyalists intending to free Carlos IV
Q2) Which of these best describe the Mexican revolt of 1820?
A) It was led by peninsulares against the Catholic Church.
B) It was a liberal uprising against criollo domination.
C) It was a conservative revolt dominated by criollos.
D) It was primarily inspired by Spain's increasingly harsh rule.
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) Compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation with the United States Constitution.
Q5) Emperor Maximilian of Mexico was a puppet of Great Britain.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 29: New Connections and Challenges in Eastern and
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Q1) Burma is today known as A) Siam.
B) Cambodia.
C) Myanmar.
D) Taiwan.
Q2) "Coolies" was a disparaging term used for poor
A) Japanese workers sent abroad.
B) Chinese workers sent abroad.
C) Vietnamese workers sent abroad.
D) European workers sent abroad.
Q3) Which nation controlled Indonesia from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries?
Q4) The Russo-Japanese war sent the message that
A) Western powers were not unbeatable.
B) Japan intended to become the next imperial power.
C) Russia was an imperial power to be feared.
D) the period of Japanese imperialism was over.
Q5) Evaluate the role of Indian professionals in the Indian nationalist movements.
Q6) Discuss the Boxer Rebellion.
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A) was concerned about the religious intolerance in his country.
B) declared a "jihad of the sword."
C) created the first ban on the slave trade in Algeria.
D) created the first ban on the slave trade in East Africa.
Q2) Which sultan provided the Ottoman Empire with a liberal constitution?
Q3) The Sokoto Caliphate did all of the following EXCEPT
A) inspire the formation of other jihad states.
B) grant freedoms to followers of old rural religions.
C) build schools and mosques to reinforce Islam.
D) eventually fall under British control.
Q4) Discuss the motives for European colonization in Africa in the late 1800s.
Q5) Which of these was the first North African state to be conquered by a Western power in the 1800s?
A) Morocco
B) Tunis
C) Algeria
D) Tripoli
Q6) How long did it take for the Suez Canal to be built?
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A) Joseph Stalin
B) Vladimir Lenin
C) Karl Marx
D) Leon Trotsky
Q2) The Gallipoli Campaign was designed to open Allied supply lines to
A) Italy.
B) Russia.
C) Austria.
D) Britain.
Q3) Which of these describes the Diplomatic Revolution of 1890-1907?
A) Germany dominated European diplomacy.
B) Six nations of Europe formed alliances in a dangerous equilibrium of power.
C) Russia grew stronger, forcing a shift in European diplomacy.
D) The disappearance of the Ottoman Empire threw European powers into conflict.
Q4) Evaluate the role of European colonial possessions in World War I.
Q5) Russia borrowed heavily from France to support new enterprises and build railways in the early 1900s.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 32: Anxieties and Ideologies of the Interwar Years,
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Q1) Which of these became a French mandate following World War I?
A) Syria
B) Egypt
C) Iran
D) Turkey
Q2) Evaluate the policies of Joseph Stalin on the Soviet Union.
Q3) One problem whose solution eluded Mohandas Gandhi was the
A) Hindu-Muslim divide.
B) oppression of the British.
C) absence of Indian nationalism.
D) Indian-British conflict.
Q4) All Quiet on the Western Front, The Waste Land, and The Decline of the West all have in common
A) anti-war themes.
B) relativism.
C) a sense of disillusionment following World War I.
D) liberal political ideology.
Q5) Britain received the mandate for the region commonly referred to as Palestine. A)True
B)False
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B) Kursk.
C) Leningrad.
D) Moscow.
Q2) The policy of appeasement in the 1930s was influenced most heavily by A) the Cold War.
B) animosity towards Communism.
C) the experience of World War I.
D) support for military options.
Q3) Who was the leader of Hitler's forces in Africa?
A) Hermann Göring
B) Joseph Goebbels
C) Erwin Rommel
D) Bernard Montgomery
Q4) At which conference did the Allies agree to divide postwar Germany?
A) Tehran
B) Yalta
C) Potsdam
D) Munich
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Chapter 34: East Versus West: Cold War and Its Global
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A) Hungary
B) East Germany
C) Yugoslavia
D) Czechoslovakia
Q2) Compare and contrast the Truman Doctrine with the Brezhnev Doctrine.
Q3) The Common Market was designed to counter the effects of NATO.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of these was NOT a major reason for American dominance of the Potsdam conference?
A) Harry Truman was more hostile to the Soviet Union than Franklin Roosevelt had been.
B) The Soviet premier was in ill health and likely to be replaced soon.
C) The new British prime minister was less forceful than Winston Churchill had been.
D) The U.S. had successfully tested the atom bomb.
Q5) Discuss the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
Q6) In which legendary court case was "separate but equal" education struck down?
Q7) Evaluate the effects of the Brezhnev Doctrine.
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A)True
B)False
Q2) The Tupamaros of Uruguay were an example of what feature that became part of Latin American life in the 1960s and 1970s?
A) labor uprisings
B) urban terrorism
C) Communist movements
D) student demonstrations
Q3) Who was the prime minister of Great Britain during its war over the Falkland Islands?
Q4) Juan Perón gave increased wages and benefits to Argentina's workers, earning him their loyalty and support.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Who was the corrupt and unpopular Mexican president who ended the 80 year run of the PRI?
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Q6) Discuss Brazil's lengthy military dictatorship.
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A) improved the Chinese economy.
B) stabilized Chinese society.
C) isolated China from the world.
D) built schools and businesses.
Q2) By the 1980s which Asian country had an economy second only to America's?
Q3) The goal of Panca Sila was
A) democracy.
B) the spread of Communism.
C) national unity.
D) autocratic rule.
Q4) Mahatma Gandhi predicted that "rivers of blood would flow" because of
A) the assassination of a prominent Pakistani politician.
B) Britain's refusal to grant Indian independence.
C) the partition of the Indian subcontinent.
D) American occupation of India.
Q5) Mao Zedong's vision for China continues to be the standard for Chinese policy making today.
A)True
B)False
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Q2) Nasser provoked an international crisis in 1956 by attempting to seize the Sinai Peninsula from Israel.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which French leader decided abruptly to give Algeria its independence?
Q4) Rwanda gained its independence from A) France.
B) Britain.
C) Belgium.
D) Germany.
Q5) The Balfour Declaration stated that Britain supported A) a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
B) independence for Middle Eastern Arab states.
C) home rule for Ireland.
D) giving up its African colonies.
Q6) The apartheid policy was developed in Congo after independence. A)True B)False
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