Global History to 1500 Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Global History to 1500 examines the major civilizations, cultures, and historical processes that shaped humanity from prehistory through the early modern period. The course explores the development of societies across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe, emphasizing the interconnectedness of world regions through trade, migration, warfare, and cultural exchange. Students analyze the rise and fall of empires, religious and philosophical traditions, technological innovations, and patterns of social organization, gaining a deeper understanding of the global forces and local experiences that influenced the world prior to 1500 CE.
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The World A History Volume 1 2nd Edition by Felipe Armesto
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Chapter 1: Out of the Ice: Peopling the Earth
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Q1) In foraging societies, it is common for
A) members of both sexes to share equally in hunting and gathering.
B) men to be the primary foragers.
C) women to be the hunters and men to be the gatherers.
D) men to be the hunters and women to be the gatherers.
Answer: D
Q2) Homo erectus lived approximately
A) 4.5 million years ago.
B) 2.5 million years ago.
C) 1.5 million years ago.
D) 30,000 years ago.
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following enabled Inuit hunters to hunt effectively in the hostile environment of the Arctic winter?
A) improved boats
B) improved hunting gear
C) improved clothing
D) improved lamps
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding After the Ice Age
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Q1) Archeological evidence dating from around 3000 B.C.E. from Hambledon Hill in England most likely indicates:
A) that humans of that era held enormous parties because an ice age was coming.
B) that failed attempts at herding animals and farming led people back to foraging and hunting.
C) that humans of that era combined hunting and gathering with newer practices related to farming and production.
D) that humans of that era imported most of their food because they could not find enough locally.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a reason to connect the development of agriculture with religion?
A) use of animals for sacrifice
B) use of plants in religious ceremonies
C) stories of floods and natural disasters
D) use of alcohol
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States
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Q1) In ancient Egyptian depictions of the weighing of the souls of the dead, the human soul is weighed against
A) a lump of gold.
B) a feather.
C) the soul of a good man.
D) a loaf of bread.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is not a shared characteristic of all of the early river valley civilizations?
A) participation by citizens in decision-making
B) sacred kingship
C) social hierarchies
D) inhabitants at the disposal of the state
Answer: A
Q3) Mesopotamian ziggurats are best characterized as A) pyramids.
B) circular structures.
C) surrounded by columns supporting a roof.
D) terraced mounds.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability
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Q1) Earthquake activity played a role in the collapse of all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Mycenaean civilization.
B) Harappan civilization.
C) Minoan civilization.
D) Egyptian civilization.
Q2) Why is the millenium between 2000 and 1000 B.C.E. a critical period of change in global history?
Q3) Egypt became interested in Nubia because of its trade in
A) gold, ivory, and incense.
B) agricultural goods, gold, and copper.
C) ivory, agricultural goods, and timber.
D) gold, incense, and basalt.
Q4) For what reasons did civilizations first arise in the Andes and in Central America?
Q5) The Rig Veda is believed to have been written down around
A) 1500 B.C.E.
B) 1200 B.C.E.
C) 800 B.C.E.
D) 600 B.C.E.
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Chapter 5: Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and
Their Limits
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Q1) How did new civilizations arise in Africa and the Americas from 1000 to 500 B.C.E.? What were their similarities and differences?
Q2) How does the revival of culture and society in the Ganges Valley and in Sri Lanka compare with the active spread of Greek culture through colonization? Discuss how it may be possible that some civilizations emerged spontaneously while others depended on active colonization.
Q3) The chief reason that we know less about many American or African cultures than many of those in Eurasia is
A) their lack of an archaeological record. B) their lack of a written record.
C) the prejudice of modern historians. D) our own lack of interest in the subject.
Q4) What new types of technology were developed by the peoples of North America from 1000-500 B.C.E., and what effects did these developments have on their lives?
Q5) The Garamantes lived in A) the Adriatic region. B) the Aegean region. C) the Iberian peninsula. D) the Sahara desert.
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Chapter 6: The Great Schools
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Q1) Which most closely reflects Aristotle's attitude about the importance of human and animal souls?
A) Aristotle believed human souls were rational and therefore more important than those of animals.
B) Aristotle believed God created human souls to be superior.
C) Aristotle believed that all souls, human and animal, were kindred.
D) Aristotle denied that animals had souls.
Q2) Early Buddhist texts describe the notion of reincarnation as:
A) based on the ethical behavior during the previous incarnation.
B) automatically recycling the soul to a "higher" state.
C) accessible only to elites in monasteries.
D) more likely to take place for women than for men.
Q3) What comparisons can be made between the axial age and the way culture radiates outward from kernel regions in other parts of the world?
Q4) Alexander the Great's tutor was
A) Plato.
B) Epicurus.
C) Aristotle.
D) Zeno.
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Chapter 7: The Great Empires
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Q1) How does the governmental structure of Shi Huangdi's China compare to those of Asoka's empire and the Roman Empire?
In Perspective
Q2) The most common language in the Eastern Mediterranean during the height of Roman rule was
A) Hebrew.
B) Latin.
C) Greek.
D) Persian.
Q3) One of the main ways that Roman culture was spread throughout the Mediterranean world was through
A) the popularity of traditional Roman religion.
B) the popularity of Roman pottery.
C) marriage of Roman soldiers to local women and subsequent settlement in areas where they had been stationed.
D) the Romans' requirement that subject peoples to adopt their culture.
Q4) What effects did the axial age have on political and economic development? Provide at least two examples.
Q5) How did Shi Huangdi unite China into an imperial state?
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Chapter 8: Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in
Eurasia and Africa, Ca 200 to 700 Ce
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Q1) The code of Sharia was a set of principles that was meant to cover A) only religious matters and was only meant for Muslims.
B) both religious and secular matters.
C) discrimination against non-Muslims by giving them harsher punishments for the same crimes.
D) only things that Muhammad had reported in the Quran.
Q2) At the time of the arrival of Siyaj K'ak, the Maya world was organized into A) an empire.
B) a kingdom.
C) city-states.
D) a republic.
Q3) The key reasons why the Roman Empire survived in the East was
A) a larger military force and fewer incursions by barbarians.
B) less division because of religion and more easily defended borders.
C) greater wealth and fewer religious divisions.
D) more easily defended frontiers and greater wealth.
Q4) How did the Islamic religion transform Arabian culture? What elements can you identify in Islam that aided in the spread of the Islamic Empire across Eurasia from the seventh to eighth centuries C.E.?
Q5) How did the Romans interact with the Germanic peoples?
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Chapter 9: The Rise of World Religions: Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism
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Q1) Mahayana Buddhism
A) held very closely to original Buddhist teaching.
B) held that enlightenment could only by achieved in incremental stages over many lifetimes.
C) held that a person could achieve enlightenment in only one lifetime.
D) is sometimes called "lesser vehicle" Buddhism.
Q2) Buddhism was first introduced into China by the Emperor Ming during the
A) first century B.C.E.
B) first century C.E.
C) second century C.E.
D) fourth century C.E.
Q3) What role did monasticism play in the spread of Christianity and Buddhism?
Q4) How did the triumph of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam change the societies and cultures where they triumphed? How were they in turn changed and modified?
Q5) The world religions of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam were maintained and spread by dedicated monks, nuns, and clerics. Discuss the importance of people who dedicated themselves to a life of religious study to the evolution of world religions.
Q6) What role did war play in the spread of Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity?
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Chapter 10: Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal
on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millenium
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Q1) How did religious missionaries act as agents of expansion in eighth- and ninth-century Europe?
Q2) Wilfred the Hairy of Barcelona settled underpopulated areas in his domain by
A) encouraging trade through tax incentives to merchants and businessmen.
B) giving free land and tax breaks to peasants.
C) giving them to the church and to monastics.
D) forcing people to live in militarized colonies in these territories.
Q3) Which of the following policies is evidence of a Japanese government policy that encouraged a boost in food production?
A) increased government acquisition of cultivatable lands
B) an immediate and widespread introduction of the heavy plow
C) focus on the growing of millet instead of barley
D) allowing farmers to acquire permanent ownership of lands
Q4) Who were leaders in conquering new environments in the Japanese countryside?
A) Buddhist monks
B) rich merchants
C) traditional religious leaders
D) Samurai
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Q5) How did environmental factors affect Polynesian expansion across the Pacific Ocean?
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Chapter 11: Contending With Isolation: Ca 1000-1200
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Q1) The population of Cahokia at its height in 1200 C.E. was approximately
A) 5,000 persons.
B) 10,000 persons.
C) 15,000 persons.
D) 20,000 persons.
Q2) How did trade in the Indian Ocean connect peoples in Africa with Eurasia?
Q3) What economic and cultural effects may be seen in Western Europe because of its relative isolation from the rest of Eurasia?
Q4) The city of Angkor was laid out to evoke
A) the greatness of the Khmer regime.
B) the rhythms of the seasons and the natural world.
C) ideas of the divine design of the world.
D) the power of the new Muslim ruler of the Khmer people.
Q5) What effect did the connection with the Indian Ocean region have on the development of Ethiopia?
Q6) What are the benefits and drawbacks of cultural and economic isolation?
Q7) Despite its isolation from foreign threats, Japan came to be dominated by a warrior class. What does this tell us about politics in the twelfth-century world?
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Chapter 12: The Nomadic Frontiers: the Islamic World, Byzantium,
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Q1) What was the nature of art and learning in the Byzantine Empire? What sort of art and learning was valued by its artists and scholars?
Q2) One of the key reasons for the success of the First Crusade was
A) the technological superiority of the crusaders over the Islamic armies of the time.
B) the size of the crusading army outnumbered the Islamic armies of the time.
C) the divisions that existed in the Islamic world at the time.
D) the crusaders promoted religious tolerance that was supported by the native population.
Q3) The most successful manner in which the Byzantines spread Christianity was through
A) military conquest.
B) bribing states into accepting the faith.
C) threats of military and commercial punishment.
D) diplomacy and missionary activity.
Q4) What was the early relationship between the Islamic world and the Turks of Central Asia? How did they interrelate with one another?
Q5) Compare the Chinese and Islamic relationships with steppelanders. What were the costs and benefits of each policy?
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Chapter 13: The World the Mongols Made
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Q1) William of Rubruck
A) claimed to be a spy in the employ of Europe's rulers.
B) claimed to be a simple missionary but behaved like a spy and was treated like an ambassador.
C) was an official ambassador of the Russian Empire but behaved like a missionary and spy.
D) was a missionary sent by the Eastern Orthodox Church to convert the Mongols.
Q2) Once on the steppes, the Mongol society was largely centered on A) agriculture.
B) pastoralism.
C) commerce.
D) a centralized state.
Q3) How did the Mongols manage and expand trade across the Silk Roads?
Q4) Explain how Genghis Khan and the Mongols built an empire that spread from Central Asia to China, Russia, and Asia Minor. Discuss the tactics, technologies, and governance practices that enabled such a dramatic and enduring expansion.
Q5) What were the main characteristics of Mongol society before the rise of Temujin to power?
Q6) How were the Mongols able to hold onto this vast empire and to rule it?
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Chapter 14: The Revenge of Nature: Plague, Cold, and the
Limits of Disaster in the Fourteenth Century
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Q1) Which of the following was NOT a popular religious reaction to the plague?
A) to turn to magical spells and charms
B) to become more religious than before
C) to deny that God exists
D) to see the plague as a test of faith
Q2) As a result of his stay in Cairo, Mansa Musa caused
A) the city to revolt from its ruler.
B) West African cuisine to be introduced into Egypt.
C) the price of gold to plummet.
D) his slaves to be freed there, if they became Muslim.
Q3) The most important buildings in the city of Chan Chan were the A) kings' tombs.
B) warehouses.
C) palaces.
D) temples.
Q4) In what way (or ways) did peasants in Western Europe benefit from the plague?
A) creation of a "free" peasantry
B) payment of rent for services
C) growth of lease holding
D) all of the above
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Chapter 15: Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
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Q1) Can Zheng He's voyages be understood as acts of imperialism? Explain why or why not.
Q2) What range of motives impelled Europeans around the world? In Perspective
Q3) A key reason for the growth of imperial systems in the Americas was A) increased trade and competition between the rising empires in Central and South America.
B) rapid demographic growth.
C) new military technologies.
D) a desire to spread religious belief.
Q4) Both Incas and Aztecs saw themselves as continuing older traditions. In what ways was this correct, and in what ways did they innovate?
Q5) Overseas exploration by Europeans was stimulated in the fifteenth century by A) the need for slaves to replace peasants killed by the plague.
B) the desire of explorers to emulate the heroes of chivalry.
C) fear of Ottoman invasion and desire for new lands.
D) fear of expanding Chinese economic supremacy.
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Q6) What was the relationship between East and West Africa and Portugal in this period? What impact did the Portuguese have on the emergence of sub-Saharan empires?