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World Societies explores the diverse cultures, social structures, and historical developments that have shaped human civilization across regions and eras. The course examines key themes such as social organization, belief systems, economic exchange, political power, and cultural interaction, highlighting both the unique features and shared patterns among societies worldwide. Through comparative analysis, students gain insight into the forces that have influenced global connections, conflict, and change, fostering a deeper understanding of the complexities and interdependence of todays world.
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Traditions and Encounters A Brief Global History 4th Edition by Jerry Bentley
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Chapter 1: The Foundations of Complex Societies
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Q1) Enkidu was
A)the Sumerian god of wisdom.
B)a leading Sumerian city-state.
C)the most powerful Babylonian king.
D)Gilgamesh's friend.
E)the Hebrew word for "holy."
Answer: D
Q2) The original homeland of the Indo-Europeans was probably A)Mesopotamia.
B)northern Germany.
C)southern Russia.
D)India.
E)Egypt.
Answer: C
Q3) The term for "new stone age" is neolithic.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations
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Q1) In Kush,
A)the cities were much larger than they were in Egypt.
B)a woman's only role was to serve as a slave.
C)there were apparently never any female rulers.
D)trade was officially restricted with Egypt.
E)there is evidence of many female rulers.
Answer: E
Q2) Menes is credited with unification of Egypt about 3100B.C.E.He also founded the city of Memphis.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The Hyksos were
A)nomads who eventually settled around the city of Babylon.
B)horse-riding external invaders who eventually captured Memphis and levied tribute throughout Egypt.
C)Mesopotamian kings.
D)the priestly class in ancient Egypt.
E)demons who punished the wicked in the Egyptian underworld.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Early Societies in South and East Asia
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Q1) The Aryans were
A)the priestly class of the Harappan society.
B)Chinese merchants.
C)the political remnants of the Harappan kings.
D)Indo-Europeans.
E)Germanic invaders.
Answer: D
Q2) The authors of the Upanishads sought to
A)follow the Four Noble Truths.
B)escape the cycle of birth and rebirth and attain the state of moksha.
C)enter into permanent union with Indra and thus escape the cycle of permanent rebirth.
D)fulfill the individual's special destiny as spelled out in the process of predestination.
E)perform sati.
Answer: B
Q3) What does the mandate of heaven tell us about the philosophy,religion,and social structure of the ancient Chinese?
Answer: Answers will vary
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Chapter 4: Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania
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Q1) How did a changing climate affect the earliest inhabitants of Mesoamerica?
Q2) How did the state of Chichén Itzá change Mesoamerican society? How did its strategy for expansion differ from other states and kingdoms?
Q3) Which of the following mathematical concepts,essential for positional notation and the manipulation of large numbers,was invented by Maya mathematicians?
A)infinity
B)zero
C)long division
D)exponential notation
E)negative numerals
Q4) The Olmec common people
A)labored regularly on behalf of the Olmec elite.
B)were exclusively the subject of human sacrifice.
C)lived alongside the elite in the major ceremonial centers.
D)lived a much more privileged life than their European counterparts did.
E)enjoyed a basic democracy.
Q5) Examine the relationship between Mesoamerica and South America.Why was there not more contact between the two areas?
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Chapter 5: The Empires of Persia
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Q1) Pasargadae was
A)the last great Persian emperor.
B)a nomadic tribe from the north that provided a constant threat to Persian survival.
C)the location of the greatest Persian military defeat.
D)the capital of the Persian empire before Persepolis.
E)the most important Persian religious prophet.
Q2) The Persian law system under Darius sought to
A)codify the laws of the subject peoples where possible.
B)abolish the laws of individual lands.
C)impose a completely uniform law code on the entire empire.
D)terrify the subject tribes of the empire into submission.
E)enslave the conquered tribes.
Q3) The greatest of the Achaemenid emperors was A)Darius.
B)Cyrus.
C)Xerxes.
D)Cambyses.
E)Miltiades.
Q4) What was a satrapy? How did satrapies help the Achaemenids rule their empire?
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Chapter 6: The Unification of China
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Q1) What was the role of the family in classical China?
Q2) Discuss the difference between the ruling philosophies of Qin Shihuangdi and the later Han emperors.Which emperors were more successful at maintaining order,and why?
Q3) Describe Legalist philosophy and how it influenced the leaders that brought order and centralization to China after a long period of unrest.
Q4) How did the issue of uneven distribution of wealth contribute to the collapse of the Han?
Q5) Examine the defensive walls on Map 6.1,China under the Qin dynasty,221-207B.C.E.Why were they constructed in the north? Were there reasons for constructing the walls other than purely defensive ones?
Q6) Examine the reign of Han Wudi.What challenges did he face and how did he overcome them? How has he influenced Chinese history?
Q7) Examine the philosophical school known as Daoism.Who were the founding thinkers of this philosophy? What are the basic tenets of this thought? What would be the political consequences of being a Daoist?
Q8) Why does your book call Qin Shihuangdi "one of the most important figures in Chinese history"?
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Chapter 7: State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India
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Q1) Jainism first became popular under the teachings of A)Vardhamana Mahavira.
B)Siddhartha Gautama.
C)Ashoka Maurya.
D)Kautalya.
E)Samudra Gupta.
Q2) The Charvaka sect believed
A)that India would be best served by a reaffirmation of the leading role of the brahmins.
B)that too many Indians were falling into the trap of atheism.
C)that the gods were figments of the imagination.
D)in personal salvation through a personal faith in the Buddha.
E)that everything was divine.
Q3) The Mauryan emperor Ashoka fought his bloodiest battle against A)the Punjab.
B)Kalinga.
C)Magadha.
D)Harsha.
E)Alexander the Great.
Q4) How did the Gupta administrative practices differ from the Mauryan?
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Chapter 8: Mediterranean Society Under the Greeks and the Romans
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Q1) The Etruscans were a northern Italian tribe that heavily influenced Rome in its early history.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Rome's monumental struggle with the Carthaginians was known as the A)Phoenician Wars.
B)Gracchi Wars.
C)Persian Wars.
D)Punic Wars.
E)Sicilian Wars.
Q3) The Iliad deals with the A)journey home of the hero Odysseus.
B)war to capture Troy.
C)adventures of Aeneas.
D)adventures and tragic end of Jason and Medea.
E)adventures of the hero Rama.
Q4) Examine the intellectual world of the Romans.How did the Greeks influence the Romans? In what ways were they different?
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Q5) Discuss the Greek Olympic Games.What can these games tell us about the nature of the Greeks?
Chapter 9: Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads
During the Late Classical ERA
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Q1) What are the main advantages and disadvantages of trade? How did trade along the silk roads influence the societies that engaged in trade?
Q2) What were some of the main causes of the decay and fall of the western Roman empire?
Q3) Devout Manichaeans,who abstained from marriage and sexual relations and who devoted their lives to prayer and fasting,were called the A)"hearers."
B)"chosen."
C)"Mani."
D)"elect."
E)"pure."
Q4) St.Cyprian proposed that,"It requires enormous greatness of heart to struggle with resolute mind against so many onslaughts of destruction and death." What calamity was Cyprian talking about? In what ways were the spread of diseases and the spread of Christianity linked?
Q5) Discuss the spread of epidemic diseases along the trade routes.Examine the consequences of these diseases in the Han and Roman empires.
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Q6) How did the silk roads facilitate the spread of Hinduism and Christianity?
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Chapter 10: The Christian Commonwealth of Byzantium
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Q1) Discuss the influence of Byzantium on eastern Europe.In what ways did this influence shape early Russian history?
Q2) From the sixth century on,the official language of Constantinople was
A)Latin.
B)Turkish.
C)Aramaic.
D)Greek.
E)French.
Q3) St.Basil of Caesarea played an important role in the rise of monasticism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Up through the eighth century,the chief foreign organized threat to the eastern Roman empire was
A)the resurgence of power by the Ptolemies in Egypt.
B)the Germanic tribes.
C)the Guptas in India.
D)the Sasanid dynasty.
E)neo-Greek military generals.
Q5) Examine the mosaic of Justinian on page 184.How does the image reflect the Byzantine concept of caesaropapism?
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Chapter 11: The Expansive Realm of Islam
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Q1) The veiling of women originated in the Islamic culture. A)True
B)False
Q2) Islamic banks honored letters of credit,drawn on the parent bank,known as A)sakk. B)qadis.
C)ka'ba. D)sufis. E)sunnis.
Q3) What are the social implications of Islamic thought? Examine the social structure of Arabia before the rise of Islam.In what ways was Muhammad a social reformer?
Q4) The highly effective Islamic missionaries that paid less attention to doctrine and concentrated more on spiritual awareness were known as Sufis. A)True
B)False
Q5) What people and institutions helped to promote and spread the values of Islam?
Q6) The word Islam means "submission," signifying obedience to the rule of Allah. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia
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Q1) Song military difficulties stemmed partly from the fact that nomadic peoples quickly learned Chinese techniques for fashioning
A)steel weapons.
B)iron weapons.
C)leather saddles.
D)gunpowder cannons.
E)steel lances.
Q2) During the Tang dynasty,
A)powerful neighbors kept the Chinese from expanding.
B)most of far western China fell to barbarian tribes.
C)Japan was brought under complete Chinese control.
D)Chinese armies pushed into Korea,Manchuria,Tibet,and northern Vietnam.
E)Japanese forces captured northern China.
Q3) Describe the growth of Buddhism in China.What effect did the invention of reusable,moveable type have on religion in China?
Q4) The Tang rulers organized China into a powerful and productive society during their three-hundred-year rule.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: India and the Indian Ocean Basin
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Q1) Vijayanagar,the name of a southern Indian kingdom,means
A)"land of Vishnu."
B)"beloved of Allah."
C)"the pure land."
D)"city of victory."
E)"land of the one god."
Q2) The wealthy trading state that controlled southern India from 850 through 1267 was the
A)Chola kingdom.
B)Delhi sultanate.
C)Vijayanagar kingdom.
D)kingdom of Funan.
E)kingdom of Angkor.
Q3) Examine the spread of Islam into southeast Asia.How did it spread and why was it successful? In what ways was Islam viewed differently in southeast Asia than elsewhere?
Q4) Mahmud of Ghazni had more of an interest in plundering India's wealth than in ruling India.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration
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Q1) The Chaghatai khans ruled
A)China.
B)Russia.
C)Persia.
D)southeast Asia.
E)central Asia.
Q2) The environment of central Asia
A)guaranteed a bountiful harvest.
B)does not receive enough rain to support large-scale agriculture.
C)was marred by such violent flooding that urbanization was almost impossible.
D)facilitated urbanization because of its tremendous agricultural potential.
E)was dominated by devastating monsoon rains.
Q3) How did the Turks come to topple the Byzantine empire?
Q4) Compare and contrast the political and social structures,motivations,and influences of the Turkish and Mongol tribes.
Q5) What influence did the Mongols have on Eurasian trade and cultural integration?
Q6) What does the passage from William Rubruck tell you about the social structure of Mongol society?
Q7) How did the Mongols come to conquer China? What were the key elements in their success?
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Chapter 15: States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q1) How did geographic and agricultural factors influence early sub-Saharan societies?
Q2) The founder of the kingdom of Mali was A)Great Zimbabwe.
B)Niani.
C)Sundiata.
D)Mansa Musa.
E)al-Bakri.
Q3) How did Mansa Musa add to the power of Mali? Discuss his political and economic power.
Q4) What was the importance of gender and age grades in sub-Saharan African societies?
Q5) What was the function of the griot in sub-Saharan African culture?
Q6) The capital of the kingdom of Ghana,a major trading center,was A)Koumbi-Saleh.
B)Jenne.
C)Timbuktu.
D)Alexandria.
E)Gao.
Q7) How are kin-based societies structured? How are they organized politically?
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Chapter 16: Christian Western Europe During the Middle Ages
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Q1) In 987,the French nobles chose which of the following men as their king?
A)William of Normandy
B)Frederick Barbarossa
C)Hugh Capet
D)Henry IV
E)Gregory VII
Q2) How did the ideal of the Holy Roman Empire compare to the reality? Describe its actual political structure and its effect on the power structures of Europe.
Q3) During the eleventh century,which of the following locations was captured from Muslims?
A)Sicily
B)Holy Roman Empire
C)North Africa
D)England
E)France
Q4) Examine the origins and growth of the Holy Roman Empire.What were its strengths and its main limitations?
Q5) How did the development of chivalry affect the noble classes?
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Q6) Where were the centers of the trade networks for Europe? Why those locations?
Chapter 17: Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania
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Q1) The capital city of Chimu was
A)Chanchan.
B)Tula.
C)Teotihuacan.
D)Cahokia.
E)Cuzco.
Q2) From the time of the Olmecs,Mesoamerican peoples had regarded the ritual sacrifice of human beings as essential to the world's survival.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The cultural and religious traditions of the Australian aborigines
A)spread throughout Australia as the aborigines conquered.
B)died out completely before the arrival of the Europeans.
C)eventually spread to the islands of Oceania.
D)did not diffuse much beyond their own regions.
E)were surprisingly similar to that of the ancient Aryans.
Q4) Examine the Toltec society.In what ways was it a continuation of earlier Mesoamerican societies? What was its influence on later societies?
Q5) What are the distinctive features of the Mexica social structure?
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Chapter 18: Cross-Cultural Interactions
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Q1) The most notable of the humanistic thinkers,who published the first edition of the Greek New Testament,was
A)Erasmus.
B)Petrarca.
C)Donatello.
D)Masaccio.
E)Paul III.
Q2) Examine European exploration.What were the Europeans' motives? Were their motives different from the reasons of the Chinese? What were the results of these journeys?
Q3) As a result of the bubonic plague,the population of Europe dropped from seventy-nine million in 1300 to around ________ in 1400.
A)seventy-five million
B)sixty million
C)forty million
D)fifteen million
E)twenty-five million
Q4) Note the kind of state to emerge in the fifteenth century in northern Italy,France,England,and Spain.Which was the most powerful state at this time?
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Chapter 19: Transoceanic Encounters and Global
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Q1) How were the English and Dutch trading companies organized and administered? How were these companies able to establish themselves in Asia?
Q2) The profitable merchandise that Vasco da Gama purchased in India was made up of
A)gold and silver.
B)silk and artwork.
C)pepper and cinnamon.
D)silk and ceramics.
E)slaves and weapons.
Q3) Ferdinand Magellan was killed in a political dispute in the Philippines;and of his five ships and 280 men,only one ship with 18 men returned to Spain.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In Christopher Columbus's journals,he suggested to the king and queen of Spain that they focus on converting the peoples of the Americas because "in a short time you will end up having converted to our Holy Faith a multitude of peoples and acquired large dominions and great riches." How does this brief statement express the European goals for exploration? Why did the Europeans explore?
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Chapter 20: The Transformation of Europe
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Q1) Several princes of the Holy Roman Empire warmed to Luther's views,partly because of personal conviction but partly because of the opportunity for them to build a power base.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Versailles was the magnificent royal palace of
A)Charles I.
B)Frederick the Great.
C)Peter the Great.
D)Francis I.
E)Louis XIV.
Q3) The author of the Ninety-Five Theses was
A)John Calvin.
B)Erasmus.
C)Voltaire.
D)Martin Luther.
E)Henry VIII.
Q4) Examine the leading thinkers of the scientific revolution.Why were the early discoveries of the scientific revolution met with such resistance? In what ways did these discoveries destroy an old worldview and create a new one?
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Chapter 21: New Worlds: the Americas and Oceania
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Q1) What kinds of communities were established in the New World colonies of Portugal and Spain? How were they organized? How were they governed?
Q2) What became the basis of the economy and settlement in the North American colonies of France and England?
Q3) The first people of the Americas to come into contact with the Spanish were the A)Maya.
B)Aztecs.
C)Incas.
D)Taino.
E)Chimu.
Q4) The Treaty of Tordesillas
A)granted England control over Australia.
B)split Central and South America between Spain and Portugal.
C)ended the Seven Years' War.
D)limited Spanish northern expansion to modern-day Florida.
E)ended the English practice of raiding Spanish treasure galleons.
Q5) What factors help to explain the rapid Spanish conquest of Central and South America? What advantages did the Spanish enjoy? What events were important?
Q6) How did Pizarro conquer the Inca empire with 180 men?
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Chapter 22: Africa and the Atlantic World
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Q1) As the profitability of slavery declined,Europeans began to shift their investments from sugarcane and slaves to newly emerging manufacturing industries.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Consider the creation of an African-American culture and society.Compare this to other examples of cultural melding.
Q3) All Songhay emperors were
A)Zoroastrian.
B)Christian.
C)Muslim.
D)Antonian.
E)traditional animistic.
Q4) How was Africa influenced by European contact during this period? What were the social implications of this interaction?
Q5) Besides religion,what other changes came to sub-Saharan Africa as a result of increased contact with the outside world?
Q6) Compare the decline of Songhay with the decline of the Swahili city-states of east Africa.
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Chapter 23: Tradition and Change in East Asia
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Q1) To what extent was the culture of Japan influenced by China?
Q2) Examine the rise of the "floating world" in Japan.What factors led to this phenomenon? What can it say about the changing intellectual and social landscape of Japan? Were any other societies in the world going through a similar transformation?
Q3) Hongwu's new dynasty was called "Ming," which meant A)"all-powerful."
B)"mandate of heaven."
C)"center of the universe."
D)"son of heaven."
E)"brilliant."
Q4) During the Ming and Qing dynasties the Chinese government encouraged technological innovation as a foundation of economic strength.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Within the Chinese family,Confucian principles subjected women to the authority of men.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What factors led to rapid population growth in China?
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Chapter 24: The Islamic Empires
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Q1) Akbar's answer to the religious diversity and tension of India was to
A)declare India an atheistic state.
B)push Christianity in return for European-supplied advanced weapons.
C)attempt to crush all Hindu resistance.
D)encourage a syncretic religion called the "divine faith" that all could embrace.
E)convert to Twelver Shiism as a means of inspiring a sense of divine leadership.
Q2) The word ghazi refers to
A)the tax that non-Muslims paid in Islamic countries.
B)Islamic merchants with protected social status in Ottoman society.
C)the law codes of Süleyman.
D)Muslim religious warriors.
E)Akbar's universal religion.
Q3) Constantinople was captured by Mehmed II in 1453 and became the Ottoman capital,subsequently known as Istanbul.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What factors led to the economic and military decline of the Islamic empires?
Q5) By what steps did Shah Abbas achieve a strong and unified Safavid state?
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Chapter 25: Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World
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Q1) Examine the American revolutionary slogan "no taxation without representation." What does this phrase really mean? How does it relate to the ideas of Locke,Rousseau,and Jefferson? Relate these ideas to the French slogan "liberty,equality,fraternity."
Q2) What kind of states emerged in Mexico,Gran Colombia,and Brazil after the revolutions?
Q3) After the publication of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen,
A)the French revolutionary leaders called for complete equality for women.
B)its author,Olympe de Gouges,became a leading force in the French revolution.
C)it was,in fact,the English who offered complete equality for women.
D)French women achieved political but not economic equality.
E)the French revolutionary leaders refused to put women's rights on their political agenda.
Q4) French revolutionaries also drew inspiration from the Enlightenment;however,the revolution in France was a less radical affair than the American revolution.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare the unification of Italy with the unification of Germany.
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Chapter 26: The Making of Industrial Society
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Q1) Marx and the communists believed that once the "dictatorship of the proletariat" was established,private property
A)would be the only aspect of industrial society that would survive.
B)should be divided up on a more equitable basis.
C)would be the foundation of the post-revolutionary world.
D)should be abolished.
E)should pass into the ownership of the workers.
Q2) What are the significant demographic (population)trends of the nineteenth century in Europe and America? What factors account for these changes?
Q3) By 1900,half the world's oil was produced by
A)the United States.
B)Saudi Arabia.
C)Persia.
D)Russia.
E)Nigeria.
Q4) Marx wrote the famous words,"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles" in the Manifesto of the Communist Party.In what ways were these simple words the foundation of his philosophy? Who would eventually win the class struggle?
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Chapter 27: The Americas in the Age of Independence
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Q1) What have been the central ethnic conflicts in Canadian history?
Q2) Discuss the fate of the indigenous populations of the United States,Canada,and Latin America.How did their fate relate to the sense of mission in each area? Compare it to similar situations in other societies covered so far in the class.
Q3) What fate befell the natives of North America in the nineteenth century? Of what significance were the battles of the Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee?
Q4) British investment capital in the United States proved crucial to the early stages of industrial development.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What factors contributed to the tremendous economic growth of the United States in the late nineteenth century? What were some of the problems generated by that economic growth?
Q6) Discuss the significance of slavery in its relationship to the fragmentation of American unity.Discuss the contradictory nature of slavery in relation to the ideal of America.What would be the status of freed blacks in the years after the conclusion of the Civil War? Was Reconstruction successful in its mission in relation to the blacks?
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Chapter 28: The Building of Global Empires
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Q1) In regard to imperialism,the Japanese and Americans
A)were much more tolerant and respectful of their colonies than were the Europeans.
B)expanded for very different reasons than did the Europeans.
C)never saw the need to expand.
D)proved to be just as racist as the Europeans.
E)drew a sharp distinction between their enlightened sense of rule and that of the Europeans.
Q2) The Dutch East India Company took advantage of Mughal weakness to strengthen and expand its trading posts in the eighteenth century.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Monroe Doctrine
A)ensured that neither the Europeans nor the Americans would ever interfere in western hemispheric affairs.
B)opened Japan to U.S.trade.
C)gave the British an inroad into New Zealand.
D)worked as a justification for U.S.intervention in western hemispheric affairs.
E)handed the Philippines over to the United States.
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Chapter 29: The Great War: The World in Upheaval
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Q1) Why did Japan enter WWI? What did they gain?
Q2) The main reason for the failure of the provisional government in Russia in 1917 was A)Lenin's inexperience in actually running a government.
B)the growing rivalry between Stalin and Trotsky.
C)the strain placed on the government by the unpopular alliance with Germany.
D)the public's desire for total victory,which clashed with the government's pacifistic approach.
E)its inability to satisfy popular demands for an end to the war and for land reform.
Q3) The nationalistic aspirations of subject minorities was most threatening to which of the following states?
A)England
B)Austria-Hungary
C)Spain
D)France
E)Germany
Q4) Summarize the forces set in motion by the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand in 1914.When and why did the war begin?
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Chapter 30: An Age of Anxiety
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Q1) The 1935,the Nuremberg Laws
A)made Austria part of Germany.
B)removed any democratic restraints on Hitler's power and made him the dictator of Germany.
C)recognized the Japanese as honorary Aryans.
D)outlawed communist parties in Germany.
E)deprived German Jews of their citizenship.
Q2) What caused thinkers such as Oswald Spengler to believe that European society was entering its final stage? Why was progress doubted?
Q3) What are some examples of "economic nationalism"? How effective were these measures?
Q4) Fascist ideology consistently invoked the primacy of the state and emphasized chauvinism and xenophobia.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the course of nationalization in economic development in the Soviet Union under Lenin.Explain war communism and why it was replaced by the New Economic Policy in 1921.
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Chapter 31: Nationalism and Political Identities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
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Q1) Two political factions dominated Japanese politics after World War I: those that favored international involvement,and the militarists.What values and interests did each represent? What advantages did each have?
Q2) What factors caused Africans to challenge European authority during the Great War?
Q3) After World War I,colonial powers
A)let go of their colonial holdings.
B)gave the colonials the right to vote.
C)shut down exportation.
D)sought to make their colonies dependent on the European economy.
E)granted independence for those colonies that had served during the war.
Q4) Widespread Mexican migration to the United States during and after the Great War suggested the attractiveness of the United States for at least some Latin Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Looking at the careers of artist Diego Rivera and entertainer Carmen Miranda,discuss how popular culture related to international politics and diplomacy between the United States and Latin America during the decades after the Great War.
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Chapter 32: New Conflagrations: World War II
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Q1) What role did the Soviet Union play in the course of World War II and the origins of the cold war? Why did the Soviet-American partnership collapse so quickly? What were the main Soviet goals at the end of World War II?
Q2) What was the "final solution"? How did it represent Hitler's philosophy?
Q3) When defending the "final solution," Heinrich Himmler said,"We had the moral right,we had the duty towards our people,to destroy this people that wanted to destroy us." What did Himmler mean? Relate this passage to German nationalism.Why did the Germans decide on the "final solution" to the "Jewish question"?
Q4) Despite their differences,the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to the creation of a supranational organization dedicated to keeping world peace.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How did the war affect civilian populations,families,and women on the home front?
Q6) Note the specific steps taken by Italy and Germany in the 1930s that were in direct violation of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Q7) Compare the occupation policies of Germany and Japan during the war.
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Chapter 33: The Cold War and Decolonization
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Q1) Alexander Dubcek's Prague Spring
A)was a literary account of his years in a Soviet labor camp.
B)promised "socialism with a human face."
C)was a pejorative for his ruthless crackdown on anticommunists.
D)inspired Czechoslovakia to switch to communism.
E)was a controversial musical piece that expressed the freedom in eastern Europe in the late 1960s.
Q2) Compare and contrast Nikita Khrushchev,Leonid Brezhnev,and Mikhail Gorbachev.In what ways did they influence the cold war?
Q3) Peace treaties that advanced the notion of limited Palestinian self-rule were signed in 1993 and 1995 by Yasser Arafat and A)Gamal Abdel Nasser.
B)Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
C)Ariel Sharon.
D)Yitzhak Rabin.
E)Anwar Sadat.
Q4) Examine the role played by eastern Europe in the cold war and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Chapter 34: A World Without Borders
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Q1) One unexpected consequence of China's one-child-family rule is
A)a precipitous drop in the Chinese population.
B)the need to "import" women of a marriageable age.
C)the mystery of a half million "missing" girls every year.
D)repeated anti-governmental uprisings in the countryside.
E)the loophole that allows the Chinese to adopt as many children as they want.
Q2) What factors led to the oil embargo of 1973-1975? What were the results?
Q3) Examine concepts such as Americanization and McDonaldization.How influential is the United States in the world today? Why are some countries frightened by this influence?
Q4) The 1997 agreement at Kyoto was aimed at controlling which of the following threats to the world's environment?
A)overpopulation
B)the extinction of large numbers of plants and animals
C)global warming from the emission of greenhouse gases
D)the threat of nuclear war in central Asia
E)the destruction of the rainforests of Africa
Q5) What factors account for the explosive postwar growth of the Japanese economy? What factors led to a recession in Japan in the 1990s?
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