World History to 1500 Exam Materials
Course Introduction
World History to 1500 explores the development of human societies from prehistoric times through the dawn of the early modern era. This course examines the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, the growth of major empires, the spread of world religions, and the dynamic interactions between cultures through trade, migration, and conquest. Emphasis is placed on the social, economic, political, and cultural forces that shaped Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe, highlighting both unique regional developments and global connections that laid the foundations for the modern world. Students will gain a broad, comparative understanding of humanitys shared past up to the year 1500.
Recommended Textbook Heritage of World Civilizations The Combined Volume 10th Edition by Albert M. Craig
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Chapter 1: The Birth of Civilization
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Q1) The Vedas contain the earliest beliefs of Hinduism and originated with A)Harrappan priests at Mohenjo-Daro.
B)Davidian mystics who migrated from southern India.
C)Aryans who moved into the Ganges area.
D)Alexander the Great,who introduced Greek philosophy.
Answer: C
Q2) The Epic of Gilgamesh includes the story of
A)a hero-king's search for eternal life.
B)a young noble's search for love.
C)a great victory of the Egyptians over the Hittites.
D)the travels of an ambassador through Mesopotamia.
Answer: A
Q3) What does the Babylonian World Map shown in your text tell us about how Babylonians viewed their place in the world?
A)They believed that the earth was round.
B)They believed that their progress was inhibited by geographical barriers.
C)They believed that their destinies were controlled by the gods.
D)They believed that they were the most important civilization on earth.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religion
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Q1) The first Greek philosopher to deal with political and ethical ideas in a thorough and systematic manner was
A)Heraclitus.
B)Sophus.
C)Socrates.
D)Plato.
Answer: D
Q2) The term sephardim refers to
A)the Jews who lived in Muslim areas,such as Spain.
B)the Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
C)the Jews who were dispersed after the fall of the temple in Jerusalem.
D)the Jews who lived in small scattered communities in Christian Europe.
Answer: A
Q3) The so-called ten lost tribes originally lived in A)Judah.
B)Phoenicia.
C)Jerusalem.
D)Israel.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Greek and Hellenistic Civilization
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Q1) In the Spartan government, which institution represented the democratic element?
A)the assembly
B)board of ephors
C)the council of elders
D)the kings
Answer: A
Q2) The greatest concentrations of Greek cities were located in which regions?
A)Attica,the Peloponnesus,and Ionia
B)Attica,Thessaly,and Asia Minor
C)The Peloponnesus,Macedonia,and Thrace
D)Thrace,Asia Minor,Rhodes,and Crete
Answer: A
Q3) A tholos tomb
A)consisted of many shaft graves grouped in a central area.
B)was a huge beehive-like chamber.
C)revealed the wealth and power of the Minoan kings.
D)contained cremated remains of warriors.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: West Asia, Inner Asia, and South Asia to 1000 CE
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Q1) The chief rival of the Sasanid Empire for predominance in the Near East from the 3<sup>rd</sup> to 7<sup>th</sup> century C.E. was
A)the Seljuk kingdom.
B)the Byzantine Empire.
C)Kush.
D)the Gupta Empire.
Q2) The "Global Perspective" section at the beginning of the chapter casts doubts upon the progressive "rise of the west" interpretation for the first millennium C.E.Do you agree with their assessment? What model of historical change do you think might better fit world history in this time period?
Q3) The greatest emperor of the 6<sup>th</sup> century Sasanid Empire was A)Justinian.
B)Chosroes.
C)Ardashir.
D)Shaput.
Q4) What are the religious origins of the caste system? What are the differences between the main Hindu castes? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the caste system?
Q5) Compare and contrast the teachings of Zoroaster to those of Hinduism.
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Chapter 5: Africa: Early History to 1000 CE
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Q1) How was the political system of the Meroitic Empire similar to and different from that of Egyptian rule? Be specific about the royal succession.
Q2) Ethnically and culturally, the population of Africa
A)is less diverse than that of most other continents.
B)is composed entirely of Bantu-speaking Negroid peoples.
C)displays a uniformity similar to that of Australia.
D)is as diverse as that of the other major continents.
Q3) What were the most important items for the internal trade in Africa? What products were traded overseas and how extensive was this trade? How does African trade argue against the broad definition of "civilization" that sees African societies as backward and inferior?
Q4) How would you define the term "civilization"? How has the conflation of the two meanings of this word been used to imply that African societies were backward and therefore inferior?
Q5) Which of the following represents a major language grouping of Africa?
A)Afro-Asiatic
B)Nilo-Saharan
C)Niger-Kongo
D)All of these answers are correct.
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Chapter 6: Republican and Imperial Rome
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Q1) Caesar was assassinated because he
A)had personally offended Brutus and Cassius.
B)had violated the laws of the state.
C)was regarded as a tyrant.
D)had confiscated money from the aristocracy.
Q2) The Roman imperial policy toward the Christians in the first and second centuries can best be described as
A)distrustful and repressive.
B)moderate and ambivalent.
C)tolerant and open-minded.
D)disinterested and suspicious.
Q3) Marius,Sulla,Pompey,Caesar,and Augustus all tried to achieve and maintain more or less absolute power.But in the end,only Augustus was successful.How can the success of Augustus and the failure of the others be explained? What answers did Augustus provide for the problems which had plagued the republic?
Q4) Analyze the changes in Roman government from Augustus through the Julio-Claudian emperors of the first century C.E.What aspects of the Republic changed? What impact did these emperors have on the Roman world?
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Chapter 7: Chinas First Empire and Its Aftermath, 221
BCE-589 CE
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Q1) Who were the four major contenders for power in the Han Dynasty and how did each group perceive its particular role in society? What were the most successful ways of gaining and maintaining power?
Q2) Military commanders were less powerful in the Chinese court than they were in imperial Rome because
A)they were usually placed under restraint in the presence of the emperor.
B)communication lines in China were less efficient than in Rome.
C)an appointment to command a Han army was given only for a specific campaign.
D)commanders were appointed in threes so each would check the other.
Q3) Many Chinese believed that Laozi had brought Buddhism to India because
A)the Buddha had been a disciple of Laozi's.
B)Buddhism and Daoism had significant similarities.
C)Buddhism had originated in China.
D)Buddhism was inferior to Daoism.
Q4) During the Later Han's decline in the second century C.E., many peasants turned to
A)Neo-Daoist religious movements.
B)Confucianism.
C)their landlords for support.
D)None of these answers are correct.
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Chapter 8: Imperial China,589-1368
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Q1) According to Zen, enlightenment was to be obtained through all of the following methods <U>except</U>:
A)a regimen of physical labor and meditation.
B)active application of ideas channeled into popular uprisings.
C)direct intuition into ones own Buddhanature.
D)active engagement with unanswerable questions.
Q2) Perhaps the cruelest labor tax imposed by the Tang Dynasty was
A)quarry work for the aristocracy.
B)road repair for the state.
C)conscription.
D)the equal field system.
Q3) The short-lived Sui dynastys most important contribution to Chinese history was the A)establishment of the scholar-gentry.
B)defeat of Turkish invaders.
C)reunification of the country after centuries of division
D)adoption of Buddhism as the official religion.
Q4) Compare and contrast the development of Europe and China from 500 to 1500.What factors were most influential in the development of each area?
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Chapter 9: Early Japanese History
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Q1) "Shint " in the Japanese language means
A)"divine wind."
B)"tent government."
C)"the way of the gods."
D)"those who serve."
Q2) Give the correct chronological order for the different periods in Japanese history:
A)Nara/Heian,Taira,Ashikaga,Kamakura
B)Taira,Nara/Heian,Ashikaga,Kamakura
C)Nara/Heian,Taira,Kamakura,Ashikaga
D)Kamakura,Taira,Nara/Heian,Ashikaga
Q3) The Japanese language was not easily expressed in Chinese characters because Chinese characters
A) express mostly ideographic ideas.
B) use calligraphy.
C) were solely phonetic.
D) could not express adjective forms.
Q4) Why was Buddhism popular in Japan? What was the importance of the art forms,Mahayana Pantheon,and rituals to the Japanese? Do Confucianism and Daoism have important roles in Japanese religion?
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Chapter 10: The Formation of Islamic Civilization, 622-1000
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Q1) In general, the Sunni branch of Islam has A)never been a single sect in Islam.
B)taken the most inclusive approach to defining membership in the Muslim community of faith.
C)normally been among the more aggressive Islamic sects in supporting jihad.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q2) All of the following are part of pillars of Islam <U>except</U>:
A)hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca).
B)chador (modest clothing).
C)zakat (charity).
D)salat (form of prayer or worship).
Q3) In Islam the umma is best defined as A)sacred book.
B)community of faithful.
C)holy war.
D)arrival in paradise.
Q4) Compare the political and economic development of Islamic civilization through 800 C.E.to comparable civilizations in Europe,China,and India.Which society exhibited the most vitality? The least? What factor or factors do you think best explains this vitality?
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Q1) Based on the writings of Procopius, empress Theodora seemed to wield more power than previous empresses because she
A)sat next to the emperor.
B)received and entertained foreign diplomats.
C)could speak to people in Greek.
D)commanded the imperial navy.
Q2) Which of the following was the biggest "failure" of Charlemagne's reign
A)He never solved the problem of creating a loyal bureaucracy.
B)He never resolved the conflicts between Roman and Orthodox Christians.
C)He never developed an efficient military force.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q3) The Byzantine emperor Leo III's relationship with the church was strained because of his opposition to the A)filioque clause.
B)church's close association with the Lombards.
C)use of icons in the church.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q4) In what ways did the Carolingian "renaissance" represent a "rebirth" or "reawakening" of learning? What were its primary achievements?
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Chapter 12: The Islamic World, 1000-1500
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Q1) The early Arab conquerors in Sind (711 C.E.) treated the Hindus as A)slaves.
B)protected people.
C)second-class citizens.
D)outcasts.
Q2) The Seljuks were supporters of which Muslim religious sect?
A)Sunni
B)Shi'ite
C)Sufi
D)Centrist
Q3) The most important contribution of the Hanbalite school of legal thought to Sunni Islam was that it
A)stressed reliance only on a literal reading of the Qur'an and the Hadith.
B)pioneered new directions in Islamic theology and doctrinal change during the 11th century.
C)established the first codified Islamic law.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q4) What were the social and political roles of the ulama in the Islamic world? Compare and contrast these roles with the role of the Catholic Church in the Carolingian period.
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Chapter 13: Ancient Civilizations of the Americas
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Q1) The text notes that the Aztecs had an "extractive empire." What does this mean? How did the organization of the Aztec Empire and the treatment of subject peoples differ from that of the Incas?
Q2) Though the purpose of the Nazca geoglyphs is a matter of speculation,they were most likely used as
A)Aztec
B)Toltec
C)Moche
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q3) The Mesoamerican calendar is based on
A)a lunar year of 260 days.
B)two interlocking cycles.
C)a century of 35 years.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q4) All of the following were early Andean cultures except A)sacred paths. B)airstrips.
C)altars. D)tombs.
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Chapter 14: Africa Ca1000-1700
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Q1) The reports of the Spanish geographer al-Bakri confirm that religious attitudes in Ghana were characterized by
A)accommodation to different religious groups.
B)the incorporation of new gods into the traditional pantheon.
C)militant conversion to Islam.
D)gradual conversion to Christianity.
Q2) With the collapse of the Ghanaian Empire,
A)the western Sudan broke up into various smaller kingdoms.
B)the Almoravids built a new empire south of the Sahara.
C)Islam retreated from sub-Saharan Africa.
D)None of these answers are correct.
Q3) The leading center of Islamic learning and culture in sub-Saharan Africa between 1000 and 1500 was
A)Elmina.
B)Timbuktu.
C)Cairo.
D)Changamire.
Q4) What factors led to the rise and fall of the Great Zimbabwe? What impact did trading and agricultural trends have on the development of the Great Zimbabwe?
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Chapter 15: Europe to the Early 1500s: Revival, Decline, and Renaissance
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Q1) Which of the following was <U>not</U> a feature of the 14<sup>th</sup> century crisis in medieval Europe
A)massive population losses due to the Black Death.
B)large-scale peasant rebellions in response to increased burdens by the state and private landlords.
C)religious uncertainty causing disputes between kings and popes.
D)intellectual doubt produced by the discovery of the Americas.
Q2) Ivan II (also called the Great or the Terrible)'s main contribution to Russian state-building was the
A)end of Mongol rule and the unification of northern Russia under the control of Moscow.
B)development of Kiev as a magnificent political and cultural center.
C)decision to make Greek Orthodoxy the national religion.
D)foundation of Russian universities similar to European institutions.
Q3) Politically,the plague resulted in
A) the decline of the feudal nobility and the centralization of the state.
B)the decline of the monarchy and the centralization of feudal government.
C)the rise of the church in prestige and popularity.
D)the decline of the church in prestige and popularity.
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Chapter 16: Europe, 1500-1650: Expansion, reformation, and Religious Wars
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Q1) China did not continue its voyages of exploration for all of the following reasons <U>except</U>
A)China was largely economically self-sufficient.
B)the imperial government was intolerant of other religions.
C)the empire was difficult to administer and constantly under attack.
D)Confucianism did not put a high value on merchants and trade.
Q2) In what region did Lutheranism tend to be the majority faith?
A)Baltic Sea
B)Mediterranean
C)British Isles
D)Balkans
Q3) The phrase, cuius regio, eius religio, means
A)whoever controls the religion may rule.
B)he who controls the land may determine its religion.
C)whoever reigns may also serve as head of the religion.
D)the king should always support the established religion.
Q4) Discuss the religious divisions within the Holy Roman Empire.How did these divisions come about? What was the result of these religious divisions? Who held authority to decide what religion a state adhered to?
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Chapter 17: Conquest and Exploitation: the Development of the Transatlantic Economy
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Q1) In the New World, corregidores were A)foot soldiers.
B)municipal councils.
C)local government officers.
D)judicial councils.
Q2) The 18<sup>th</sup> century was a golden age of smugglers because A)most colonists in the Americas did not respect European laws.
B)mercantile policies distorted markets and created the potential for great profits.
C)most European ships were too small to carry large amounts of goods.
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q3) Why did the European nations wish to establish empires in the Americas? How,if at all,did Spain's,France's,and England's motivations for pursuing such an empire differ?
Q4) The English founded colonies in North America for all of the following reasons <U>except</U> the desire
A)for religious liberty.
B)to gain riches from farming and trade.
C)to provide refuge for debtors.
D)to convert Native Americans.
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Chapter 18: East Asia in the Late Traditional ERA
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Q1) The Chinese gentry could be characterized as all of the following except A)an intermediate layer between the elite bureaucracy above and the village below.
B)a rural elite much like English squires.
C)the same social class as magistrates and mandarins.
D)absentee landlords whose lands were worked by sharecroppers.
Q2) The Vietnamese used all of the following Chinese techniques to build their government <U>except</U>
A)civil service examinations.
B)the Mandate of Heaven.
C)Legalist principles of law and order.
D)land taxes.
Q3) The Foot Soldier Revolution was characterized by a shift to A)primogeniture.
B)unigeniture.
C)multigeniture.
D)duogeniture.
Q4) Compare and contrast European and Chinese government,society,and politics in the period from 1500-1800.What factor or factors do you think most account for the differences between them?
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Chapter 19: State-Building and Society in Early Modern Europe
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Q1) The German landowning nobility of Prussia was known as the A)boyars.
B)Magyars.
C)Junkers.
D)cabinet.
Q2) By the mid-eighteenth century, which of the following major states came to dominate European politics until at least World War I?
A)Great Britain,Austria,France,Prussia,Russia
B)Great Britain,France,the Netherlands,Austria
C)Russia,Spain,France,Austria
D)France,Austria,Germany,Italy
Q3) Which phrase best sums up the spirit of Louis XIV's government?
A)"traditional liberties"
B)"I am the state"
C)"the Sufferer"
D)"thorough"
Q4) Compare and contrast the state-building efforts in Prussia,Russia,France,and England.Which do you think was most successful? The least? To what factor or factors would you attribute relative success?
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Chapter 20: The Last Great Islamic Empires, 1500-1800
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Q1) One of the most important accomplishments of Shah Abbas I (ruled 1588 1629) was
A)opening up trade with the developing Russian state.
B)the centralization of the Safavid military command structure.
C)breaking the Portuguese trade monopoly along Persian shores.
D)launching the successful invasions in Khorasan.
Q2) After 1774, the protector of Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire was
A)the pope.
B)the patriarch of Constantinople.
C)Austria.
D)Russia.
Q3) The following all contributed to the decline of the Mughal Empire <U>except</U>:
A)the dominance of the British East India Company.
B)the rise of the powerful Hindu state of Ceylon.
C)British and French military victories at Mughal expense.
D)the invasions of Afghan tribal leader Ahmad Shah Durrani.
Q4) The successful expansion of the Ottoman Empire was based primarily on A)the subjugation of religion to the state.
B)the size and loyalty of its armed forces.
C)a highly efficient system of tax collection.
D)the stability of its ruling classes.
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Chapter 21: The Age of European Enlightenment
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Q1) In the Turkish Embassy Letters, Lady Montagu stated that Islamic culture (as compared to European)
A)suffered from a lack of individual will power.
B)granted greater freedom to women.
C)had more efficient political institutions.
D)was artistically bankrupt.
Q2) Newton's great work was called A)Gravitas.
B)Gravity and Planetary Motion.
C)Principia Mathematica.
D)Physical Properties of the Universe.
Q3) Why does the text argue that Voltaire was the most influential of the philosophes?
Q4) What are the ideological links between Copernicus,Galileo,Kepler,Newton,and Brahe? Explain how each of these natural philosophers built upon the work of his predecessors.
Q5) How well do the terms "enlightened" and "absolutist" fit the policies of rulers such as Frederick II,Catherine II,and Joseph II? What do you think motivated their reforms? What does the partition of Poland indicate about the spirit of "enlightened absolutism"?
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Chapter 22: Revolutions in the Transatlantic World
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Q1) The Mountain was a group of A)radical Jacobins.
B)aristocratic supporters.
C)renegade soldiers.
D)radical women.
Q2) The revolutionary calendar was established in order to
A)give farmers a longer growing season
B)symbolize a radical break from the past.
C)allow shopkeepers to postpone paying their taxes.
D)reflect the death of the king.
Q3) The Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which brought the church under the control of the French state, was introduced by
A)the Pope.
B)the National Constituent Assembly.
C)Louis XVI.
D)the lower ranks of the French clergy.
Q4) What were the reasons for the American resistance to the British during the 1760s and 1770s? To what extent were the colonists influenced by European ideas and political developments? To what extent did the colonists' actions,in turn,influence Europe?
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Chapter 23: Political Consolidation in Nineteenth-Century
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the distribution of nationalities within the Habsburg empire?
A)Germans in the west,Romanians in the east,Ukrainians in the south,Croats in the north
B)Italians in the west,Germans in the east,Serbs in the south,Czechs in the north
C)Italians in the west,Magyars in the east,Czechs in the south,Slovaks in the north
D)Germans in the west,Magyars in the east,Serbs in the south,Poles in the north
Q2) Which of the following is the most accurate description of the economic division between the northern and southern states of the United States by the late 19th century?
A)The North was more agricultural and the South more industrial.
B)The North had considerably less wealth than the South.
C)The North was economically diverse and the South more focused on a few sectors.
D)The North was more dependent on foreign trade than the South.
Q3) What were the primary reasons for the political consolidation of North America and Europe during the nineteenth century? What were the most significant consequences of that consolidation?
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Chapter 24: Northern Transatlantic Economy and Society,
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Q1) The immigrants who arrived in the wave of New Immigration around the turn of the century came primarily from
A)southern and eastern Europe.
B)northern and western Europe.
C)Protestant communities.
D)industrialized areas.
Q2) Who proposed the uncertainty principle?
A)Einstein
B)Heisenberg
C)Darwin
D)Freud
Q3) The Revolution of 1905 ended with
A)the creation of a rather ineffective Duma.
B)a Bolshevik seizure of power.
C)the foundation of a provisional government.
D)violent repression by forces loyal to the tsar.
Q4) Why did Europe have more global power between 1850 and 1914 than it had before or has had since?
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Q5) How and why did the middle class change in its political and social outlook by the end of the nineteenth century?
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Chapter 25: Latin America From Independence to the 1940s
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A)Argentina
B)Brazil
C)Ecuador
D)Chile
Q2) In order to help local industry develop after the Great Depression, many Latin American countries pursued a policy of
A)import substitution.
B)nationalization of industry.
C)free trade.
D)equal opportunity employment.
Q3) Which of the following accounts for the relegation of Latin America to a dependent trading partner after the 1920s?
A)the fundamental shifts in world trade after World War I
B)the drop of world commodity prices
C)the beginning of synthetic production in Europe
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q4) The construction of BrasÃlia
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Q1) In 19th and 20th century Iran, the ulama
A)became an official branch of the Shi'ite government.
B)served as a critical voice against the government.
C)supported cooperation with European powers.
D)promoted modernizing ideas and practices.
Q2) How did the British develop India economically? What was the prevailing British attitude towards the natives of India? What do you see as the major costs and benefits (if any)of British rule in India?
Q3) How did Western ideologies,cultures,and technologies change Islamic nations? Why were some nations more influenced by Western ideas than others?
Q4) What factors contributed to the control of Iran by foreign powers? What effect did European imperialism have upon the development of progressive movements in Iran?
Q5) The Raj was the
A)period of direct rule by the British in India.
B)local leader of regional kingdoms in India.
C)pilgrimage that Muslims are encouraged to take to Mecca.
D)control over Indian exports exercised by the British East India Company.
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Q1) How and why did Japan become involved in World War II? Why did they suffer defeat in this war? Explain the nature of Japanese fascism and compare it with German Nazism.
Q2) All of the following are accomplishments of the Meiji government before WWI <U>except</U>
A)the conquest of Korea.
B)the establishment of a Diet.
C)economic development.
D)the conquest of Manchuria.
Q3) Discuss the political situation in Japan from 1853 to 1868.Why was Perry able to make such a dramatic impact on the country? What were the goals of the central government and why did they fail? What influence did the samurai have in this time period?
Q4) The Taipings supported
A)women's equal status with men.
B)protection of private property.
C)passive resistance.
D)the free trade of opium.
Q5) Which event led to the downfall of the Nanjing government and the rise of the Communists?
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Q1) The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
A)ended World War I.
B)secured a Russian alliance with Germany.
C)outlawed submarine warfare.
D)took Russia out of the war and ceded territory to Germany.
Q2) The Triple Alliance represented what change in German foreign policy?
A)a switch from an alliance with Russia to an alliance with Italy
B)a switch from an alliance with Austria to an alliance with Russia
C)a switch to a more aggressive imperialism
D)a switch to a more defensive isolationism
Q3) Which of these factors contributed most to the victory of the Bolsheviks?
A)the oppression of the czarist regime
B)the support by a majority of the population
C)the continuation of the war by the provisional government
D)the support given to them by the Constituent Assembly
Q4) Describe the style of warfare used in World War I.What new technologies were developed during the war and how did they affect its outcome? What influence do you think the style of warfare had on the soldiers who witnessed and participated in it?
Q5) Which two countries were excluded from the peace talks at Versailles?
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Chapter 29: Depression, European Dictators, and the
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A)Hawley-Smoot Tariff
B)Civilian Conservation Corps
C)Works Progress Administration
D)Tennessee Valley Authority
Q2) Could the Weimar Republic have taken root in Germany,or was its failure inevitable? Between 1919 and 1929,what were the republic's greatest weaknesses? Strengths? To what extent did its fate depend on personalities rather than underlying trends?
Q3) Which best characterizes the New Economic Policy?
A)rapid industrialization at the expense of the peasantry
B)small family farms and privately owned shops and businesses
C)economic centralization and considerable confiscation of property
D)collectivization of agriculture to promote greater efficiency
Q4) Which best describes France's occupation of the Ruhr?
A)It secured France's dominant position in Europe.
B)It led to the canceling of all German reparations.
C)It threatened the French economy and alienated the English.
D)It strengthened the League of Nations.
Q5) Which of the following was not an achievement of the New Deal?
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Q1) What did Britain,the United States,and the Soviet Union respectively contribute to the defeat of Hitler? Support your answer with examples for each nation.
Q2) As illustrated in Map 30-6, what was the primary goal of the Allied armies in North Africa?
A)to establish a staging ground for the invasion of Italy
B)to liberate African peoples from colonial oppression
C)to restore the French and British colonial empires
D)to capture important Atlantic trading ports
Q3) Which of the following best describes Allied strategies for the defeat of Japan, as illustrated in Map 30-5?
A)inspire internal revolts
B)isolate Japan
C)support the nationalist Chinese
D)liberate the Philippines
Q4) The Holocaust refers to
A)the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
B)those murdered in Stalin's purges.
C)the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis.
D)the bombing and burning of the German city of Dresden.
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Chapter 31: The West Since World War II
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A)limited immigration to Western European countries from Eastern Europe.
B)made proposals that led to a unified European currency.
C)created a common market for goods,labor,and capital in member states.
D)called for the pooling of strategic resources,such as coal.
Q2) The European Economic Community (EEC) was created primarily as a
A)third world power block designed to create more equitable trade relations.
B)common European market for people,goods,and capital.
C)defense alliance designed to protect against Soviet aggression.
D)supranational organization that utilizes a common currency.
Q3) The policy of containment can be best characterized as involving
A)unyielding military offense and minimal diplomacy.
B)minimal military offense and unyielding military defense.
C)calibrated military defense and unyielding diplomacy.
D)unyielding military defense and calibrated diplomacy.
Q4) The U-2 incident of 1960 involved a(n)
A)U.S.spy plane that was shot down over Soviet territory.
B)American ejection of Soviet diplomatic personnel.
C)invasion of Cuba backed by the C.I.A.
D)Soviet spy ring in Washington,D.C.
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B)Ho Chi Minh.
C)Dien Bien Phu.
D)Ngo Dinh Diem.
Q2) The Cambodian dictator Pol Pot was supported by A)the United States.
B)France.
C)China.
D)Vietnam.
Q3) Under Mao, racial minorities in Chinese borderlands were A)improve bureaucratic efficiency.
B)gain the support of the masses.
C)create a truly egalitarian culture.
D)model the Chinese revolution on the Soviet experience.
Q4) What are some of the significant global issues raised by the economic growth in East Asia over recent decades? How has this growth impacted the Western powers? How has it impacted other East Asian countries? What do you foresee as probable global impacts if China continues growing as it has recently?
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Chapter 33: Post-colonialism and Beyond: Latin America, Africa,
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Q1) The West versus the Rest
A)is a theory forecasting broad clashes between the Europeanized world and all other cultural traditions.
B)is a theory that focuses primarily on conflict and competition between nation states.
C)downplays the possibility of future violent international conflicts.
D)emphasizes fundamental distinctions between the original Western powers on the European continent,and Europe's Westernized former colonies in the Americas and elsewhere.
Q2) In 1959, Cuban revolutionaries overthrew the government of A)Fidel Castro.
B)Simon Ruz.
C)Daniel Ortega.
D)Fulgencio Batista.
Q3) A U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq in 2003 for all of the following reasons<u> except to</u>
A)destroy weapons of mass destruction.
B)force a regime change in the Iraqi government.
C)promote democratic reforms.
D)locate and arrest Osama Bin Laden.
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