World History
Midterm Exam
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World History explores the development of human societies from ancient civilizations to the present day, examining key social, political, economic, and cultural events and movements across different regions of the globe. The course emphasizes connections and interactions among civilizations, the rise and fall of empires, technological advancements, global conflicts, and the evolution of ideologies, religions, and trade networks. Through the study of primary and secondary sources, students gain a deeper understanding of how historical forces have shaped the modern world and continue to influence contemporary issues.
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Chapter 1:
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Q1) Approximately 150,000 years ago,the first anatomically modern humans moved out of their homeland in
A)Australia.
B)Europe.
C)Africa.
D)South America.
E)Southeast Asia.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of these is the earliest concrete archaeological evidence of migration to Asia (found in Jwalapuram,India)?
A)Developed agriculture
B)Human remains
C)215 stone tools
D)Art in caves
E)Jewelry.
Answer: C
Q3) stratigraphy
Answer: Answer not provided.
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Chapter 2: The First Complex Societies in the Eastern
Mediterranean, ca 4000 - 550 BCE
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Q1) Scholars called the language of the earliest written documents ____ because of the geographical region where it evolved.
A)Anatolian.
B)Mid-Eastern.
C)Mesopotamian.
D)Urukian.
E)Sumerian.
Answer: E
Q2) The Great Pyramid was built between 2589 and 2566 B.C.E.because it
A)Would receive human sacrifices for the gods.
B)Was to be the largest temple ever built in Egypt.
C)Was used to ask the gods to relieve the ongoing drought of the time.
D)Housed the life-force of Khufu.
E)Served as a warehouse for grains to be given to commoners.
Answer: D
Q3) Although the Bible is often used as a historical reference,scientists and archeologists often cannot find physical evidence relating to many areas of the Bible.Using two examples,write a short essay that illustrates this dilemma.
Answer: In this essay,students can discuss any of the following details:
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Chapter 3: Ancient India and the Rise of Buddhism, 2600
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Q1) What is the literal meaning of the word buddha?
A)God-man.
B)Sacred King.
C)Worship of nature.
D)Abstinence from wealth.
E)Awakened and enlightened one.
Answer: E
Q2) Describe how south Asia increased communication and trade with the rest of the world over time.
Answer: In this essay,students should discuss the following key points:
Q3) Vedic religious rituals involve all of the following except
A)Animal sacrifice.
B)Human sacrifice (usually a prisoner or slave).
C)Special rites performed by Brahmin priests.
D)Correct offerings made to each specific god.
E)Focusing on day and night as well as the seasons.
Answer: B
Q4) How were the rulers of the Indian empires different from those in ancient Mesopotamia,Egypt,neo-Assyria,and neo-Babylonia?
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Chapter 4: Blueprint
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Q1) The main written history of the Shang is the Records of the Grand Historian,written in the first century B.C.E.by
A)Sima Qian.
B)Confucius.
C)Emperor Wu.
D)Ban Zhao.
E)Shang Yang.
Q2) Liu Bang
Q3) The Warring States Period refers to the end of which dynasty?
A)Shang.
B)Qin.
C)Wang.
D)Zhou.
E)Han.
Q4) Shang Yang
Q5) Discuss early Chinese writing from the Shang dynasty and what information such writings have contributed to ancient Chinese history.
Q6) Elaborate on the political system of the Han dynasty.
Q7) Yellow River
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Q1) lapita pottery
Q2) The cultivation of which two plants seem to infer a connection between Polynesia and South America?
A)Maize and breadfruit.
B)Beans and taro.
C)Chocolate and pineapple.
D)Sweet potato and coconut.
E)Coffee and sugar.
Q3) The Polynesian Triangle,the Americas,and Mesopotamia shared developed stratified societies and
A)Worked with metals.
B)Built large complex urban centers.
C)Created empires.
D)Rulers relied on their subjects for labor.
E)Evolved a complex system of writing.
Q4) Popul Vuh
Q5) Without any writing systems to refer to,how have archaeologists reconstructed the trade routes of the Hopewell Indians of North America?
Q6) calendars
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Q1) The Persian Empire ruled the largest empire for its time.How did this empire survive for so long?
Q2) The third ruler of the Persian Empire,Darius,ruled through satraps,who were local governors responsible for
A)Invading nearby states and adding them to the Empire.
B)Selecting the fittest soldiers for the Persian army.
C)Converting local populations to Zoroastrianism.
D)Collecting taxes and forwarding to the Persian emperor.
E)Building a local palace for the Persian emperor.
Q3) Darius I became king of kings by vigorously defending monarchy and
A)Winning a horse race.
B)Assassinating Cyrus.
C)Killing a magi pretender to the throne.
D)Destroying the oligarchical government.
E)Being declared king as son of Cambyses.
Q4) Persia
Q5) Lydian coins
Q6) Mycenaean
Q7) Darius
Q8) Herodotus
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509 BCE- 476 Ce
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Q1) What was the basic cause of the First Punic War?
Q2) Although Greek by birth,how did Polybius come to spend his life in Rome?
A)As an educated scribe,he became an important official in the Roman court.
B)He was sent to Rome as a hostage after the defeat of the ruler of Macedon by the Romans.
C)He was a slave taken by the Romans after they defeated Macedon.
D)As a Persian noble,he was married to a Roman in order to cement relations.
E)His family lost power in Egypt and was exiled.
Q3) Which of the following measures were not taken by Augustus to control the power of the military?
A)He decreased the size of the army.
B)Soldiers that had been demobilized were given land.
C)All high-ranking military officials were to be appointed by Augustus.
D)He transferred power to control the army to the princeps.
E)He allowed Roman women to join the army.
Q4) Roman Republic
Q5) How did the character of the army change during the later years of the Republic?
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Q6) Describe the changes regarding the treatment of Christians in the Roman Empire under Constantine.
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Chapter 8: Hindu and Buddhist States and Societies in Asia,
100 - 1000
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Q1) What aspect of Buddhism was attractive to potential Chinese converts?
A)Buddhism promised relief of family responsibility.
B)Buddhism was easily translated into Chinese for all to understand.
C)Preserved more hopeful view of the afterlife than Confucian and Daoist teachings.
D)Buddhism spoke to a fluid soul and body.
E)Confucianism required a daily and individual regimen too difficult for most Chinese to live by.
Q2) Once the king of northern Korea overthrew the Chinese ruler in 313,what type of empire developed?
A)A lawless region ruled by warring tribes.
B)A region dominated by Japan.
C)The Three Kingdoms period.
D)The Kingdom of Silla ruled the entire pensinsula.
E)None of these choices.
Q3) Hinduism
Q4) Soga clan
Q5) Bodhisattvas
Q6) Jayavarman II
Q7) No-Self Doctrine
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Chapter 9: Islamic Empires of Western Asia and Africa, 600 - 1258
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Q1) What were the social changes that Muhammad presented to his followers?
Q2) The Standing
Q3) According to Muhammad's interpretations,which of the following statements is true?
A)Christianity was not a true religion.
B)Judaism shares no similarities with Islam.
C)God would send another messenger after Muhammad.
D)Judaism and Christianity shared some concepts with Islam.
E)God also appointed Muhammad's wife as God's messenger.
Q4) The judicial system of the Muslim empire was based on
A)The culture of the area.
B)The collective decisions of provincial qadis.
C)Islamic law.
D)The interpretation of the ruling caliph.
E)The ulama.
Q5) Discuss how the once powerful Abbasid dynasty began its decline.
Q6) al-Bakri
Q7) Abu Bakr
Q8) hajj
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Q1) The monasteries of the Merovingian era were modeled on a monastery founded in 529 near Rome by Benedict of Nursia (ca.480-545)and
A)Spread throughout Europe from the Mediterranean.
B)Were not important in spreading Christianity among the Germanic tribes.
C)Were usually destroyed by war-bands who mistrusted Christianity and the monks.
D)Were primarily interested in acquiring land.
E)Consisted of poorly trained and illiterate Merovingian monks.
Q2) Thing
Q3) How was Harald Bluetooth important to early Scandinavian history?
A)He conquered England and Ireland.
B)He abolished slavery in Denmark.
C)His army was important in repelling Muslims from Spain.
D)He forbade trade with Muslims.
E)He unified Denmark,conquered southern Norway,and converted to Christianity.
Q4) Rus
Q5) pope
Q6) Byzantine Empire
Q7) Discuss the causes for the split in the Christian Church.
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Q8) How did the several occurrences of the plague affect the Byzantine Empire?
Q9) pneumonic plague
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Chapter 11: Expanding Trade Networks in Africa and India,
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Q1) How did the Mamluks defeat the Mongols at Ayn Jalut?
A)Mamluks had more advanced weapons.
B)Mongols were weakened by plague.
C)Mamluks had Byzantine mercenaries.
D)Mamluks had faster horses than the Mongols.
E)Mamluks vastly outnumbered the Mongols 12:1.
Q2) The task of a griot was to
A)act as an advisor to the leader on matters of state and policy.
B)have ancestral knowledge.
C)entertain by describing the accomplishments of the previous king.
D)compose new sections to a story describing the achievements of the present king.
E)All of these choices.
Q3) Discuss the methods of iron smelting used by the sub-Saharan peoples and what advantages they had from their techniques and equipment.
Q4) Although griots were considered to be royal storytellers,what other functions did they fulfill?
Q5) sharia
Q6) Mali
Q7) al-Bakri
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Chapter 12: Chinas Commercial Revolution, ca900 - 1276
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Q1) Kamakura
Q2) Epitaph
Q3) Korean export goods included which of the following?
A)ginseng.
B)precious metals.
C)printed books.
D)celadon pots.
E)all of these choices.
Q4) Discuss the growth of civil service examinations in Song China.
Q5) advanced scholar
Q6) Minamoto
Q7) Explain how the development of rice in the south lent itself to the commercial revolution.
Q8) In the Industrial Revolution of 1700,the English were eventually able to surpass the Chinese in iron production because
A)the English had more forests for fuel.
B)the Chinese population decreased.
C)by tradition,the Chinese were not innovative.
D)a labor shortage encouraged developing machines.
E)the English had more labor to invent machines.
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Chapter 13: Europes Commercial Revolution, 1000 - 1400
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Q1) Who was not a reform pope of this era?
A)Leo IX.
B)Gregory VII.
C)Innocent III.
D)Urban II.
E)All of these were reform popes.
Q2) The reforms of the church,at this time,included the reception of communion once a year and
A)addition of simony as church doctrine.
B)rejection of celibacy among the priests.
C)election of popes by a council of kings.
D)power of the pope to decide civil laws.
E)requirement that Christians confess annually.
Q3) The Great Famine
Q4) Discuss the economic results of cerealization in 1100-1300 Europe.
Q5) How did the prominent French historian Georges Duby describe the social order of Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries?
Q6) What does the work of Adelard of Bath reveal about how the texts of classical Greek writers were transmitted to the scholastic writers of Europe?
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Chapter 14: The Mongols and Their Successors, 1200 - 1500
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Q1) How successful was Khubilai Khan in conquering East Asia?
Q2) Mongols traded with settled neighboring peoples to obtain which of the following? A)Metal.
B)Horses.
C)Goats.
D)Wool.
E)Cheese.
Q3) Kamikaze
Q4) "They came,they sapped,they burnt,they slew,they plundered,and they departed" was the description Persian historian Juvaini used to describe the Mongol invasion of A)Japan.
B)Sri Lanka.
C)Transoxiana.
D)India.
E)Egypt.
Q5) Il-Khanate
Q6) William of Rubruck
Q7) Shamans
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Q1) Inca knowledge of metallurgy extended to A)creating iron implements.
B)manufacturing iron agricultural tools.
C)the ability to make magnetic needles.
D)the ability to make bronze.
E)light fighting armor.
Q2) Precious Water
Q3) According to Columbus,the natives he met A)used iron weapons.
B)were fully dressed in cotton.
C)seemed overly aggressive.
D)kept the women out of sight.
E)appeared to be timid.
Q4) In special cases,like the death of a leader or in times of hardship,the Inca were known to sacrifice many victims the highest recorded number being _____.
A)80,000.
B)two (a young boy and girl).
C)4,000.
D)100.
E)10,000.
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Chapter 16: Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia, 1500 - 1700
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Q2) Slave Trade
Q3) In 1575 a poet in Mughal India translated the Ramayama epic into this commonly spoken language
A)Sanskrit.
B)Hindi.
C)Greek.
D)Arabic.
E)Persian.
Q4) Vasco de Gama
Q5) How was Nur Jahan unusual among women of her time?
Q6) Jesuits
Q7) Where did the Portuguese first use African slaves for sugar plantations?
A)Hispaniola.
B)Madeira.
C)Brazil.
D)Cuba.
E)Angola.
Q8) Barbarians
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Chapter 17: Religion, politics, and the Balance of Power in Western Eurasia,
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Q1) Compare the royal absolutism of Louis XIV with the Glorious Revolution.How did the two countries come to such different power structures?
Q2) Which of the following was a result of the Glorious Revolution?
A)The establishment of a Catholic throne.
B)The exile of William and Mary.
C)The creation of the English Bill of Rights.
D)The end of Catholic-Protestant discrimination.
E)Catholic rule in Ireland.
Q3) The English Civil War (1642-1649)was caused by
A)discontent over losing a war with France.
B)Charles I's attempts to rule without Parliament.
C)Catholic discontent at the popularity of Puritanism.
D)the disinheritance of Charles I in favor of his brother.
E)Oliver Cromwell's desire to be king.
Q4) The Ottomans came to rely increasingly on which group for their military force?
A)Safavids.
B)Mongols.
C)Janissaries.
D)Chinese.
E)Moroccans.
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Chapter 18: Empires, colonies, and Peoples of the
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Q2) Panama
Q3) Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz,one of the great female literary figures of New Spain,produced writings best known for the A)critique of arranged marriages for women.
B)argument against exploitative conditions of the mita.
C)defense of the spiritual and intellectual equality of women.
D)condemnation of the lack of educational opportunities in New Mexico for women.
E)personal descriptions of dangerous mining conditions in Peru.
Q4) Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
Q5) Under the Spanish mita system,how many years out of seven was an Amerindian required to work?
A)Five.
B)One.
C)Two.
D)Six.
E)Three.
Q6) Discuss the Spanish fixation on the purity of blood.
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Q1) Manumission was least common in
A)British North America.
B)Brazil.
C)the Dutch West Indies.
D)Mexico.
E)the Caribbean islands.
Q2) Those who claim that the effects on Africa from the slave trade have been exaggerated point to which of the following?
A)many African societies had no contact with the slave trade.
B)farming and herding remained the principle economic activity of Africa through the years.
C)many African societies had slave markets of long standing D)all of the answers are correct.
E)new plants that were introduced into Africa produced more calories per acre than traditional crops.
Q3) Abolitionist
Q4) Mercantilism
Q5) What were the two forms of historical slavery and what were their differences?
Q6) Great Lakes region
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Chapter 20: Empires in Early Modern Asia, 1650 - 1818
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Q1) British East India Company
Q2) Xie's description of the inhabitants of Calcutta includes which of the following?
A)all of the answers are correct.
B)many are Bengalis.
C)the Brahmin caste is particularly well off.
D)the rich look very much like the British.
E)the poor are almost naked.
Q3) Lord Charles Cornwallis
Q4) Maratha kingdoms
Q5) Qianlong abdicated his throne because he
A)was in danger from court intrigues.
B)was captured by former Ming supporters.
C)was overthrown by his son.
D)wanted to spend the remainder of his years in a Buddhist temple.
E)did not want to exceed the reign years of his grandfather Kangxi.
Q6) Qianlong
Q7) Dutch Learning
Q8) Samurai
Q9) Bushido
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Chapter 21: European Science and the Foundations of
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Q1) Hobbes's reactions to human nature were based on
A)the belief that governments were a natural state of humanity.
B)the natural state of nature was stability and security.
C)the deep belief in divine right.
D)the support of an absolute monarchy based on reason.
E)the idea that deductive reasoning could not be applied to the study of human activities.
Q2) Philosophes
Q3) Which of the following statements describes the impact of the British settlements in Australia on the original inhabitants?
A)Worked on European ranches.
B)All of the answers are correct.
C)Became a subclass in cities
D)Were devastated by European plagues
E)Retreated into remote areas to escape British influences
Q4) Encyclopedia
Q5) In what ways were the bourgeoisie associated with the Enlightenment and New Science?
Q6) Bourgeoisie
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Chapter 22: Revolutions in the West, 1750 - 1830
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Q1) The massive levy of conscripts,needed to protect France from invasion,resulted in
A)creating the largest army in Europe.
B)turning the government of the Jacobins into an expansionist mode.
C)creating a strong sense of nationalism,amongst the peasants..
D)the rise of the army against the Jacobins.
E)the dismal failure to push back the Austrian and Prussian invasion.
Q2) Congress of Angostura
Q3) American independence resulted in what long-term result for the new nation?
Q4) Reign of Terror
Q5) The Continental Congress of 1775 was the result of which of the following?
A)suspension of the Massachusetts Charter.
B)disbanding the Massachusetts legislature.
C)all of the answers are correct.
D)organization of colonial militias.
E)assigning a British governor over the Massachusetts colony.
Q6) Tupac Amaru II
Q7) llaneros
Q8) Stamp Act of 1765
Q9) juntas
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Q1) How did the Ottomans attempt to reverse their decline,and what was the result?
Q2) In which way did Louis Napoleon represent tradition,reform,and nationalism?
Q3) Tsar Alexander II?
Q4) The industrial revolution brought negative or mixed reactions from which of the following?
A)new urban residents.
B)kings.
C)religious leaders.
D)aristocrats.
E)all of the answers are correct.
Q5) Tanzimat Reforms
Q6) The Suez Canal was completed in 1869 and directly linked the Mediterranean Sea to the
A)Red Sea.
B)Atlantic Ocean.
C)Arabian Sea.
D)Pacific Ocean.
E)Nile River.
Q7) Otto von Bismarck
Q8) Congress of Vienna
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Chapter 24: China, japan, and India Confront the Modern
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Q1) Taiping rebels were especially harsh on the A)British.
B)Confucianists.
C)French.
D)nobles serving in the Qing court.
E)Manchu.
Q2) By the nineteenth century,the British living in India
A)spoke Indian.
B)wore Indian clothing.
C)had gradually grown more distant from the Indians among whom they lived.
D)played Mughal polo.
E)were mainly men,established relationships with Indian women.
Q3) International Settlements
Q4) The government of Queen Victoria responded to the appeal of Lin Zezu by
A)sending a fleet to threaten the Forbidden City.
B)putting an end to the opium trade.
C)organizing a committee to negotiate Chinese-English conflicts.
D)declaring war.
E)inviting high officials of the Qing court to meet Queen Victoria in London.
Q5) Guangxu
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Chapter 25: State Building and Social Change in the
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Q1) Which of the following is true in relation to the Yucatan peninsular area of Mexico?
A)Villagers continued to live as they had before,but became caught up in commercial farming.
B)Forced into working for commercial farmers,most independent peasants became debtor-slave laborers on large estates.
C)All of the answers are correct.
D)The Yucatan Rebellion fought against the oligarchs.
E)With the end of the Mexican War,Mexico reasserted its power over the Yucatan area.
Q2) Which of the following is associated with Abraham Lincoln?
A)Centralized authority.
B)Abolition of slavery.
C)The autonomous individual as the bedrock of social,civil,and economic foundations.
D)National consciousness that has to rise above local particularities.
E)All of the answers are correct.
Q3) World's Columbian Exposition
Q4) How did the economic changes of the nineteenth century affect America's indigenous peoples?
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Chapter 26: The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast
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Q1) Which of the following is true in regard to Egypt,England,and France and the Suez Canal?
A)The building and financing of the canal was a collaboration between France and England.
B)Egypt depended on revenues from cotton to keep its independence and stock in the canal.
C)With the fall in cotton revenue,the Egyptian khedive was forced to sell their stocks to the British.
D)All of the answers are correct.
E)England forced both political and military oversight of Egypt.
Q2) Union of South Africa
Q3) Suez Canal
Q4) South African War
Q5) Which of the following was considered a tool of empires?
A)Steamships.
B)European commanders and officials on the ground.
C)All of the answers are correct.
D)Railroads.
E)Steam-powered boats.
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Chapter 27: War, revolution, and Global Uncertainty, 19051928
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Q2) David Lloyd-George
Q3) What was the May Fourth Movement of China?
A)Protests against the communist party led by Chiang Kai-shek.
B)Protests against Japanese occupation of Shandong province.
C)Workers demand for a legalized union.
D)Chinese seizure of the port city of Guangzhou.
E)Boycott of German goods to protest the World War.
Q4) After witnessing the Russian Revolution,the traveler in this chapter,Louise Bryant,saw a bright future,as long as humanity faced
A)working-class consciousness.
B)the demands of ardent feminists.
C)scientific advances.
D)the lives of people disrupted by the First World War.
E)the depth of the human psyche.
Q5) Referring to the reading in the textbook,"Movement of Ideas: Emma Goldman's Critique of Militarism," how did Emma Goldman feel that America was being led to war by warmongers,radical nationalists,and capitalists? Use three examples.
Q6) How did World War I affect the lives of women?
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Chapter 28: Responses to Global Crisis, 1920 - 1939
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Q2) Amritsar
Q3) The concept of das Volk is associated with which of the following?
A)It explains that the people are as a mass.
B)All Germans are related by a racial destiny.
C)Not living up to the ideal of the Nazis means excision.
D)Germans are defined as the superior descendents of the ancient Aryans.
E)All of the answers are correct.
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) Zaibatsu
Q6) Jews
Q7) Gulags
Q8) Nigerian Youth Movement
Q9) Long March
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Chapter 29: The Second World War and the Origins of the
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Q1) By negotiating a "lend lease" program for armaments,who became the "arsenal of democracy" in 1941?
A)Britain.
B)Free French.
C)Canada.
D)China.
E)United States.
Q2) What was the intention of the Truman Doctrine?
Q3) Concentration Camps
Q4) In only the first year of the war,which of the following areas had not come under German military control?
A)Denmark.
B)Poland.
C)Holland.
D)Norway.
E)England.
Q5) Why did some French,both in France and in her colonies,support the Germans and the Vichy government?
Q6) Pearl Harbor
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Chapter 30: The Cold War and Decolonization 1949 - 1975
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Q1) ____ was the Soviet leader who was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
A)Stalin
B)Brezhnev
C)Putin
D)Khrushchev
E)Gorbachev
Q2) Kwame Nkrumah
Q3) Salvadore Allende
Q4) Iron Curtain
Q5) The Chinese became involved in the Korean War because
A)they feared that South Korea was planning an assault on China after defeating North Korea.
B)they believed American-backed South Korea would destroy North Korea,a Chinese ally.
C)the Soviet Union threatened to withdraw aid,unless China came to the aid of North Korea.
D)they felt that America was really planning an assault on China using Korea as it frontal assault.
E)they feared that North Korea would turn to the Soviet Union for aid and alliance.
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Chapter 31: Toward a New World Order, 1975 - 2000
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Q2) Which of the following describes Iran under the rule of Khomeini?
A)Iran's constitution strictly controlled the actions of the president and parliament.
B)Khomeini's authority was recognized by most of the Shi'ite ulama.
C)All of the answers are correct.
D)Iran suffered great losses from the long war with Iraq.
E)Secular schools' curricula now emphasized religious study.
Q3) Despite the massacre at Tiananmen Square,Deng's economic success was the result of
A)increased food supply from peasants' private plots.
B)larger urban populations.
C)establishing areas for foreign investments.
D)loans from Chinese banks that were financed by the government.
E)All of the answers are correct.
Q4) Velvet Revolution
Q5) Describe the impact of the European Union's economic transformation in the 1990s and beyond.
Q6) Oslo Accords
Q7) Taliban
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Chapter 32: Voyage Into the Twenty-First Century
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Q2) How have the economic crises of 2008 revealed the problems of globalization?
Q3) What is China's One Child Policy and how is it reshaping Chinese culture? When did they institute it and why are they re-evaluating it?
Q4) Gypsy
Q5) In response to the economic crisis of 2008,the United States and Great Britain tried which of the following?
A)economic stimulus.
B)low interest rates.
C)tax cuts
D)increased government spending.
E)all of the answers are correct.
Q6) Muhammad Yusuf
Q7) Why has the present President Bush faced so much opposition in regard to the American invasion of Iraq?
Q8) Dowry System
Q9) War on Terror
Q10) Taliban
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