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World History II explores the major global events, movements, and transformations from the 16th century to the present day. This course examines the rise and fall of empires, the impact of revolutions, the spread of industrialization, the effects of colonization and decolonization, and the emergence of modern nation-states. Through analysis of political, social, economic, and cultural developments across different regions, students gain an understanding of global interconnections, conflicts, and changes that have shaped the contemporary world. The course emphasizes critical thinking and comparative perspectives to illuminate the interconnectedness of societies and historical events.
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Voyages in World History Brief 2nd Edition by Valerie Hansen
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Chapter 1: The Peopling of the World, to 4000 BCE
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Q1) All human remains found in the Americas belong to A)Homo erectus.
B)Homo habilis.
C)Homo floresiensis.
D)Neanderthal.
E)Homo sapiens sapiens.
Answer: E
Q2) How did the people of Catalhoyuk enter their homes?
A)Through the roof.
B)Through underground tunnels.
C)Through windows.
D)Through connecting hallways.
E)Through doorways.
Answer: A
Q3) Discuss the movements of early humans out of Africa.
Answer: In this essay, students should discuss the following key points:
1.The first migrations were into Asia near modern Djibouti and Ethiopia.
2.The European route was more limited because of the colder climate.
3.Migrations eventually included the Western Hemisphere and Australia.
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Chapter 2: The First Complex Societies in the Eastern
Mediterranean, ca 4000 - 550 BCE
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Q1) The Hittites were considered to have military superiority at the time,and they were a major challenge to other powerful kings and kingdoms.Discuss the military advantages the Hittites had,at this time.
Answer: In this essay,students should discuss the Hittite advantages,including:
Q2) According to Egyptian belief,Ka was a life force in everyone's body.What sustained this force?
A)Good works.
B)Contributions to the temple.
C)Body energy.
D)Obedience to the pharaoh.
E)Military service to the pharaoh.
Answer: C
Q3) The modern name for the region of Mesopotamia is
A)Iraq and eastern Syria.
B)Egypt and Sudan.
C)Arabia.
D)Iran.
E)Yemen and Oman.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Ancient India and the Rise of Buddhism, 2600
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Q1) Harappan buildings were made of
A)Sandstone.
B)Marble.
C)Thatch.
D)Concrete.
E)Mud brick.
Answer: E
Q2) From reading the Periplus and relating it to archaeological discoveries today,scholars have deduced that trade was very active on the southwestern coast of India because
A)Foreign ships were too big to travel through the shallow waters between India and Sri Lanka.
B)Since Buddhism rejected wealth,very little trade was carried out on the eastern coast of India.
C)Goods from the southwestern coast area had the most precious goods to trade.
D)Foreigners were able to pay in Roman and Greek coins.
E)Precious goods on the eastern coast must be paid for in Roman and Greek coins.
Answer: E
Q3) Sanskrit
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Chapter 4: Blueprint for Empire: China, 1200 BCE- 220 Ce
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Q1) On his deathbed,the Qin First Emperor urged that his descendants ruled be for,"ten thousand years",which means
A)The length of a king's rule.
B)Until a new god appears.
C)Forever.
D)The time an emperor lies in his tomb.
E)Marks the creation of the universe.
Q2) Elaborate on the political system of the Han dynasty.
Q3) What important invention of the second century B.C.E.had a profound effect on the culture of learning?
A)The development of the Imperial Academy.
B)The invention of paper.
C)The development of literary works.
D)The evolution of books in education.
E)Bamboo strips for writing.
Q4) Mandate of Heaven
Q5) The Han dynasty had a long history of conflict with the Xiongnu.What was the final result of this conflict?
Q6) Shang Dynasty
Q7) Wang Mang
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Q1) What did "Mau" Pius Piailug prove 1976 in regard to early Polynesian navigation?
A)Using ocean currents alone,early Polynesians could sail the open ocean from Hawaii to Tahiti.
B)Using only wind and ocean currents,Tahiti could be reached from Hawaii in double canoes.
C)It was highly unlikely that Polynesians could reach South America.
D)By referring to stars,wind,and ocean currents,Tahiti could be reached from Hawaii.
E)Considering the present artifacts and evidence,there is no connection between Hawaii and Tahiti.
Q2) Evidence suggests that seeds from this plant were used for Maya medicinal drinks as early as 500 B.C.E.
A)millet.
B)wheat.
C)cacao.
D)maize.
E)none of these choices.
Q3) maize
Q4) What kind of goods did the Maya trade for?
Q5) lapita pottery
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Chapter 6: New Empires in Iran and Greece, 2000 BCE-
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Q1) Lydian coins
Q2) The first area that Indo-Iranians irrigated for farming was an area in southwest Iran called
A)Media.
B)Bactria.
C)Babylonia.
D)Parthia.
E)Persis.
Q3) Which of the following statements about Persian couriers is true?
A)They traveled 90 miles a day.
B)Couriers were Persian merchants who developed a vast trade network.
C)They were crucial to government communication with its vast empire.
D)The courier system stationed a man and a horse a day apart.
E)All of these choices.
Q4) Ahura Mazda
Q5) Describe how Athens came to be known as the center of the study of philosophy.
Q6) Aristotle
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Chapter 7: The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity,
509 BCE- 476 Ce
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Q1) Tiberius Gracchus
Q2) What was typical about the marriage of Pliny the Younger to his third wife Calpurnia?
A)Her dowry was substantial.
B)She was literate.
C)They had no affection for one another.
D)She was much younger.
E)They had many children.
Q3) According to the myth of Romulus and Remus,the abandoned twins were raised by A)The Senate.
B)An Etruscan king.
C)Greek farmers.
D)The god Mars.
E)A wolf.
Q4) What theory of the afterlife was common to the cult of Mithra?
A)Before ascending into heaven,the souls of the dead descended into the earth.
B)Only those who made frequent sacrifices will be saved.
C)Immortality of the soul is not possible.
D)Souls are reincarnated into new bodies.
E)Souls of the just ascend directly to heaven upon death.
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Chapter 8: Hindu and Buddhist States and Societies in Asia,
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Q1) How had Hindu worship changed by the time of the Gupta dynasty?
A)Animal sacrifice became a part of the ritual performed by the Brahmins.
B)Large public ceremonies had disappeared.
C)Private ceremonies were used,which emphasized singing love songs that expressed devotion.
D)Public officials lost prestige and power,since public ceremonies were not held.
E)Hinduism became a religion of the private home versus temples of the past.
Q2) The largest Hindu temple in Jayavarman II's kingdom was at A)Borobudur.
B)Tanjore.
C)Kra.
D)Angkor Wat.
E)Khmer.
Q3) Taizong
Q4) How did the introduction of Sanksrit into Southeast Asia after the fourth century change the culture and rulers there?
Q5) Tang Code
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Q6) Describe how the equal-field system of the Tang was supposed to reform the taxes of China.
Chapter 9: Islamic Empires of Western Asia and Africa, 600 - 1258
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Q1) ulama
Q2) Islamic scholars invented the astrolabe which was used to determine
A)Favorable winds to sail around Africa.
B)The location of Mecca for the direction to face during prayer.
C)The number of days in the Islamic year.
D)The location of the Garden of Eden.
E)Who was a descendant of Muhammad.
Q3) What was the root cause of the decline of the Abbasid Empire?
A)Crises in succession of caliphs.
B)Dropping revenues.
C)Expensive military ventures.
D)Decline in trade from Asia.
E)War with the Shiites.
Q4) "Party of Ali" describes which group in Muslim society?
A)Shi'ites.
B)Sunnis.
C)Ummas.
D)Caliphs.
E)Bedouins.
Q5) qadi
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Q1) Thing
Q2) Most of the history of Rus before 900 comes from
A)Chinese records.
B)Byzantine accounts.
C)Scandinavian evidence.
D)Amerindian artifacts.
E)neolithic sites.
Q3) The Rus were a multi-ethnic people which included what group?
A)Slavs.
B)Balts.
C)Finns.
D)Scandinavians.
E)All of these choices.
Q4) Bubonic plague was spread to people by
A)Polluted water supplies.
B)Flea bites that have drunk the blood of infected rodents.
C)Contaminated food.
D)African slaves.
E)Lead in the pipes.
Q5) pope
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Chapter 11: Expanding Trade Networks in Africa and India,
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Q1) Cairo residents looked down on which of the following members of their society?
A)alcohol dealers.
B)slave dealers.
C)prostitutes.
D)usurers.
E)all of these choices.
Q2) Delhi Sultanate
Q3) Ibn Khaldun
Q4) What is sharia?
A)A trade route.
B)Islamic law.
C)Title of royal power.
D)Military strategy.
E)A book in the Quran.
Q5) The major type of currency used in the southern region of the Sahara was A)salt.
B)water in camel bags.
C)gold dust.
D)coins.
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E)spices and trinkets from Northern Africa.
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Q1) Iron
Q2) Neo-Confucianism
Q3) The epitaphs of women of the twelfth century praised which of the following?
A)education of children.
B)knowledge of math.
C)management of household finances.
D)preservation and expanding a family's wealth.
E)all of these choices
Q4) Relating the commercial revolution to education,how was the everyday life of the Chinese changed?
A)It did little to increase the number of literate Chinese.
B)Most Chinese still could not afford to buy books.
C)Education was still a low priority in Chinese society.
D)More people were able to take the government's civil service examinations.
E)Woodblock printing did not decrease the price of the printed material available.
Q5) Discuss the growth of civil service examinations in Song China.
Q6) Steel
Q7) gunpowder
Q8) Li Qingzhao
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Chapter 13: Europes Commercial Revolution, 1000 - 1400
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Q1) The term feudal - less favored by historians - was introduced by
A)modern-day scholars in describing the years 1000 to 1340.
B)people who lived during the years 1000 to 1400.
C)landlords of the time in referring to their serfs' obligations.
D)after 1600 as a legal concept.
E)the church,when addressing its members.
Q2) The guild of university teachers was involved in many aspects of the university,including which of the following?
A)choosing which students to admit into the university.
B)deciding who could receive a degree.
C)determining the composition of readings.
D)creating the content of examinations.
E)all of these choices.
Q3) As their Christian duty,wealthy landlords
A)gave land to churches and monasteries.
B)used church tax revenue to support orphans and the poor.
C)would often intercede in religious disputes.
D)committed a number of their serfs to monasteries or convents.
E)attempted to circumscribe the power of the church.
Q4) Primogeniture
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Chapter 14: The Mongols and Their Successors, 1200 - 1500
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Q1) How was the city of Constantinople treated by the Ottomans after its defeat in 1453?
A)It was demolished by conquering Ottoman soldiers.
B)It was transformed from a Christian into a Muslim city.
C)The name of the city was changed to Istanbul to honor the Prophet.
D)Trade was destroyed in the city,causing severe economic depression.
E)Hagia Sophia was destroyed and replaced by a major Islamic mosque.
Q2) The Zheng He expeditions
A)Ended in 1433,the same year as the death of Zheng He.
B)Helped to open up trade with east Africa.
C)Were used to ferry pilgrimages to the Holy Land.
D)Were the first open-sea explorations until the European explorations in the 1400s.
E)Left some important first-hand descriptions of South America.
Q3) postal relay system
Q4) Chinggis Khan
Q5) What advantages did the Mongols have in conquering cities?
Q6) How successful was Khubilai Khan in conquering East Asia?
Q7) In the midst of such powerhouses as the Byzantine,Mongol,and Islamic Empires,how were the Ottomans able to emerge as the new power in the area?
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Q1) Bartholomew Dias
Q2) Tlaxcala
Q3) Moveable Type
Q4) Which of the following was a Mexica media of exchange?
A)Gold-dust-filled quills.
B)Cotton cloaks.
C)Cacao beans.
D)Cotton clothing.
E)All of these choices.
Q5) Quetzalcoatl
Q6) Madeira Islands
Q7) Humanism
Q8) Which of the following describes the road system of the Inca?
A)Covered over 25,000 miles.
B)Pre-Inca roads were linked to the Inca road system.
C)Llamas were used to carry some transport.
D)Messengers could travel 150 miles a day.
E)All of these choices.
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Q10) Cape Bojador
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16: Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia, 1500 - 1700
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Q1) By the time of Matteo Ricci's arrival in 1582,the population of China had reached
A)50 million.
B)120 million.
C)10 million.
D)one million.
E)one-half billion.
Q2) Son of Heaven
Q3) Which of the following is true in regard to how prepared the Mughal state was for the expanding Indian Ocean commerce?
A)It had not developed a money economy.
B)It had very few exports that were in demand in the opening world market.
C)Income tax revenues were insufficient and unreliable.
D)A necessary system of transportation for trade had not yet begun.
E)It had shifted populations by subsidizing new settlements.
Q4) Wanli Emperor
Q5) han'gul
Q6) Cape of Good Hope
Q7) Shogunate
Q8) How was Matteo Ricci an example of the Counter Reformation?
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Chapter 17: Religion, politics, and the Balance of Power in Western
Eurasia, 1500 - 1750
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Q1) The concept that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" was followed by Abbas regarding a/an
A)Shi'ite-Sufi alliance against Sunnis.
B)Iranian-European alliance against Constantinople.
C)Ottoman-European alliance against Iran.
D)European-Russian alliance against Ottomans.
E)Sunni-Sufi alliance against Shi'ites.
Q2) Philip's attempt to assert his power over England failed in 1588 when
A)the Spanish Armada failed to invade England.
B)Spain lost its possessions in Africa to the British.
C)Spanish Muslims allied with England to take Madrid.
D)Spain lost its American holdings in the Caribbean to the British.
E)the Spanish throne was challenged by the Bourbons of France.
Q3) Romanovs
Q4) Oliver Cromwell
Q5) Elizabeth I of England
Q6) Persian
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Q7) Discuss Suleyman as a Muslim leader.
Q8) Peter the Great
Q9) Suleyman the Magnificent
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Chapter 18: Empires, colonies, and Peoples of the Americas, 1600 - 1750
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Q1) New Netherlands
Q2) In 1664,the Dutch eventually surrendered New Netherland to this nation without a fight
A)Spanish.
B)British.
C)French.
D)colony of Virginia.
E)United States.
Q3) Metis
Q4) In the early eighteenth century,the economic focal point for the French and English was
A)North American colonies.
B)Caribbean sugar plantations.
C)the search for a Northwest Passage.
D)investment in the slave trade.
E)the search for valuable minerals.
Q5) Repartimiento
Q6) Politically,why were the New England colonies difficult for England to control?
Q7) Carolina
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Q1) Which of the following is associated with traditional fictive kinship?
A)Pawning of a child.
B)Incorporation into a community.
C)Preference for female slaves.
D)Children of slave women becoming full members of the father's lineage in a patriarchal society.
E)All of the answers are correct.
Q2) William Wilberforce
Q3) Askias
Q4) Sahel
Q5) Which area of slavery was emphasized by Equiano?
A)Slaves sold to Asia.
B)European slavery.
C)Slaves taken to the Americas.
D)Freed slaves.
E)Slaves converted to Islam.
Q6) Dahomey
Q7) Santeria
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Chapter 20: Empires in Early Modern Asia, 1650 - 1818
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Q1) During Xie's presence in China,which of the following was part of the old South China Sea network?
A)India.
B)Persian Gulf.
C)All of the answers are correct.
D)East Africa.
E)Southeast Asia.
Q2) To consolidate their power,the Qing rulers did which of the following?
A)brought Chinese scholar-officials into the imperial bureaucracy.
B)established Confucianism as the official state ideology.
C)all of the answers are correct.
D)kept the examination system.
E)governed ministries with Chinese and Manchu officials.
Q3) Treaty of Nerchinsk
Q4) Tokugawa
Q5) Samurai
Q6) How was cotton changing the economies and cultures of European and Asian powers?
Q7) Nader Shah
Q8) Kowtow
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Chapter 21: European Science and the Foundations of
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Q1) Which of the following statements is associated with Smith's theory on economic productivity?
A)Subdivision of labor is more efficient than having one worker produce a product entirely by himself.
B)All of the answers are correct.
C)A nation should strive to produce a limited variety of goods.
D)He believed there would be more wealth for all with a free market than with a mercantilist system.
E)Free labor negotiated in the market would lead to more efficient production.
Q2) Rene Descartes
Q3) Supporters of the new science could also claim to be devout Christians because they believed that
A)the universe was not a self-functioning ordered system.
B)the universe was not perfect.
C)the universe was divinely created and self-functioning.
D)God and the universe existed separately from one another.
E)the universe was a perfect clock that did not need further interference in its functioning.
Q4) What were the economic implications of the New Science?
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Q2) Guillotine
Q3) In which way was the Seven Years' War a cause for the American Revolution?
Q4) Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Q5) Joseph Brant,a Mohawk,was a British ally in the American War of Independence because
A)he had been an ally against the French in the Seven Years' War.
B)the British recognized Mohawk sovereignty.
C)he was a trade partner of the British but not the colonists.
D)colonists had killed his wife and children.
E)he was concerned that slavery might be extended to Amerindians.
Q6) Historians see the Napoleonic era as the origin of modern nationalism which includes ties of
A)All of the answers are correct.
B)Language.
C)Culture.
D)History.
E)Patriotism.
Q7) Compare the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution.What are the weaknesses of the Articles and the strengths of the Constitution?
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Q1) Which of the following was true of Britain in 1815?
A)Unemployment was high.
B)All of the answers are correct.
C)Bread prices were high because of grain tariffs.
D)Enclosure system were driving people out of villages.
E)New factory system was driving people into urban slums.
Q2) Why is the industrial revolution referred to as one of the most eventful periods in human history?
Q3) Division of Labor
Q4) Louis Blanc
Q5) Friedrich Engels
Q6) In which way did Louis Napoleon represent tradition,reform,and nationalism?
Q7) How did the industrial revolution expand into an era of reform and revolution?
Q8) The Industrial Revolution's improvements in transportation and communications dramatically increased the pace of
A)Globalization.
B)Socialism.
C)Democratization.
D)Dictatorships.
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Chapter 24: China, japan, and India Confront the Modern
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Q1) Toshiko Kishida
Q2) Which of the following statements describes changes occurring in Japan during the reign of the Meiji government?
A)Direct investments in new industries came directly from the government.
B)All of the answers are correct.
C)Pressure on farmers increased because of new government taxes along with crop payments to the land lords.
D)Agricultural output increased because of new seed and agricultural education.
E)The Japanese did not leave economic development to the principles of market economies.
Q3) After the fall of the Taiping,____ called for reform in China.
A)military leaders
B)nobles
C)British officials
D)educated Chinese
E)religious leaders
Q4) International Settlements
Q5) How did the Meiji government react to the visit of Admiral Perry?
Q6) Extraterritoriality
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Chapter 25: State Building and Social Change in the
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Q1) Which of the following statements,in regard to Canada,is true?
A)All of the answers are correct.
B)Canada was a product of a slow evolution rather than a revolution.
C)A strong sense of being Canadian had developed by 1830.
D)Canadians felt proud to have been a part of the British Empire.
E)Most Canadians still felt a strong sense of loyalty to England.
Q2) Which of the following statements was issued by Lincoln in his opposition to Southern states' push for popular sovereignty?
A)"The slavery issue should be the decision of each state individually."
B)"The liberty of making a slave of other people....the monstrous injustice of slavery"
C)"The Constitution does not recognize slavery."
D)"How can the principle of liberty be reconciled by this measure?"
E)"The economic condition of the nation cannot be jeopardized by indecision any longer."
Q3) Louis Riel
Q4) How does Brazil typify the experiences of South American nations in the nineteenth century?
Q5) Caudillos
Q6) Sitting Bull
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Chapter 26: The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast
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Q1) How was the European conquest of Africa aided by the lack of unity among the Africans?
Q2) Internally,Mongkut and Chulalongkorn saved Thailand from being dominated by imperialistic Europeans through which of the following?
A)Politically,Thailand was divided into small states with appointed governors loyal to the king.
B)Economically,Thailand was closed to foreign trade to all European nations.
C)Culturally,it gave up areas to European nations to create a more ethnically defined nation.
D)Having created a modern military,Thailand was able to defeat both French and British invasions.
E)Religiously,it allowed missionaries to establish themselves in Thailand.
Q3) According to the text,who of the following was not exploited in the era of New Imperialism?
A)Koreans.
B)Polynesians.
C)Japanese.
D)Native Americans.
E)Africans.
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Chapter 27: War, revolution, and Global Uncertainty, 19051928
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Q2) Western Front
Q3) Which of the following is true in describing the Battle of Gallipoli?
A)All of the answers are correct.
B)The alliance with Germany was an Ottoman effort to avoid losing important straits that connected the Black and Mediterranean Seas.
C)British forces met harsh resistance at Gallipoli and eventually withdrew after 250,000 casualties.
D)Gallipoli was part of the Southern Front,in the Middle East and North Africa.
E)Gallipoli was important to the Ottomans,who feared Russian and British expansion into the area.
Q4) Emiliano Zapata
Q5) Battle of Verdun
Q6) Which of the following is a direct cause leading up to World War I?
A)The assassination of the Austrian Archduke.
B)German alliance with Austria-Hungary.
C)Harsh demands on Serbia by Austria-Hungary.
D)All of the answers are correct.
E)Serb appeal to Russia for aid against Austria.
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Chapter 28: Responses to Global Crisis, 1920 - 1939
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Q2) Benito Mussolini
Q3) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q4) As Hitler's power grew,he received most of his support from A)the lower middle class.
B)young people,caught up in Hitler's emotionalism.
C)all of the answers are correct.
D)Germans under thirty years old.
E)Germans who opposed communist ideology.
Q5) In creating modern Turkey,what laws of the Kemal government established a line between religion and politics?
Q6) According to Hitler,what did the term people mean to him?
Q7) In Edib's book,Inside India,emphasis is placed on
A)judging the future by travels in Russia.
B)speculating how Turkey will be able to regain the glories of the Ottoman Empire.
C)India's attempt to restore the Moghul dynasty.
D)judging the future by travels to America.
E)how much must one see to determine the workings of history.
Q8) Jews
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Chapter 29: The Second World War and the Origins of the
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Q2) In the reading in the textbook,"Movement of Ideas: Primo Levi's Memories of Auschwitz," Levi mentions several personal characteristics and situations in the camp that made a difference between life and death.Relating to these personal characteristics and contemplating your own personal characteristics,do you think you would have survived the camp? Also keep in mind that Signor Levi committed suicide four years after revisiting Auschwitz.Was he a survivor after all?
Q3) Free French
Q4) Harry S.Truman
Q5) Concentration Camps
Q6) Charles de Gaulle
Q7) Winston Churchill's phrase,"This was their finest hour" is associated with A)the Battle of Britain.
B)the Battle of Stalingrad.
C)Normandy.
D)Dunkirk.
E)El Alamein.
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Q10) Axis Powers
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Chapter 30: The Cold War and Decolonization 1949 - 1975
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Q1) Which of the following describes the Soviet Union's actions during the Cold War?
A)All of the answers are correct.
B)Soviets claimed that colonialism and imperialism were deterrents to liberation.
C)It supported efforts to throw off European colonial powers.
D)Latin American nations,trying to free themselves of American influence,received Soviet support.
E)It considered itself a champion of freedom.
Q2) Which of the following did not enhance Nasser's reputation and image?
A)Negotiated withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone.
B)Results of the Six-Day War.
C)Nationalized the Suez Canal.
D)Supported the cause of the Palestinians.
E)Took a belligerent stance toward Israel.
Q3) The official U.S.policy towards the Soviet Union by the 1950s was
A)appeasement.
B)containment.
C)cooperation.
D)ignore.
E)military intervention.
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A)Blacks still unable to get political power.
B)Society still racially segregated.
C)The government has refused to deal with Apartheid's past.
D)The country has been unable to define a new racially unified deity.
E)The rapid spread of AIDS.
Q2) Rwanda
Q3) This chapter highlights democratic transitions in which of the following Latin American countries?
A)Argentina.
B)All of the answers are correct.
C)Brazil.
D)Mexico.
E)Guatemala.
Q4) ____ became China's symbol of economic success.
A)Beijing
B)Peking
C)Singapore
D)Shanghai
E)Hong Kong
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Q1) One of the complaints about NAFTA is that American industry would lose jobs to A)Mexico.
B)India.
C)Canada.
D)Thailand.
E)Colombia.
Q2) Where did Ai Weiwei move to in 1981 to form his singular artistic vision among many creative voices?
A)Singapore.
B)San Francisco.
C)Paris.
D)New York City.
E)Moscow.
Q3) Population figures,as simple numbers on a globe,tell little of the real story of the earth and its population.Discuss at least two different aspects of population in an international,national,or regional sense.
Q4) NAFTA
Q5) Airpocalypse
Q6) "Coalition of the willing"
Q7) Kyoto Protocol
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