Unit 1 & 2
What is a bureaucracy?
A group of people who work for the government
The Safavid Empire was different from the Ottoman and Mughal Empires in that?
The Safavids were a Shia empire
The idea that stronger nations had the right to overtake weaker nations, based on laws of nature, is the definition of?
Social Darwinsim
What were main causes of World War I?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Which of the following 20th century technologies directly addressed a "problem of distance?"
A. Cellular communication
B. Antibiotics
C. Vaccines
D. Nuclear power
A. Cellular communication
Islam is a combination of what 2 things?
Islam has blended the role of religion and government.
What is one cash crops/good was NOT produced in the Americas?
A) pepper
b) sugar
c) tobacco
d) silver
A) pepper
During the 18th and 19th centuries, Europeans improved roads and bridges and built railroads in their colonies primarily to?
obtain raw materials needed for industrialization
How did women's roles change during WWI?
They were more involved in labor industries and politics
How did the Green Revolution change agriculture?
More productivity
During the time period 1200-1400 what were the 3 main trade routes?
Silk Roads, Indian Ocean Trade Routes, and Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
What was NOT a motivation for European exploration during this era?
A desire for cultural syncretism with Asia
In the period from 1750 to 1850, what political ideology was gaining increasing influence in western Europe and parts of the Atlantic world?
Liberalism
Whose assassination was seen as the spark that ignited World War I between European nations?
Franz Ferdinand
What disease is associated with poverty?
Malaria
What skill was necessary for a person to sail in the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
Understanding wind currents
What is one way in which the Mughal Empire was unique from other gunpowder empires of the time was?
They were a religious minority within their own empire
The United States Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen reflect a shared concern for?
protection of personal liberty
What was the Soviets response to NATO?
The Warsaw Pact
Which of the following contributed most to the dramatic global population growth of the 20th Century?
. Decreasing fertility, as a result of improved birth control technology
B. Decreasing mortality, as a result of vaccines and antibiotics
C. Increasing fertility, as a result of the Green Revolution
D. Increasing mortality related to global conflict
B) Decreasing mortality, as a result of vaccines and antibiotics
What happened to those unfortunate enough to be captured by the Aztecs?
They were sacrificed to the sun god Huitzilopochtli
What region was instrumental in providing the Ottomans a military advantage when building their empire?
China
The writings of the 18th –century French philosophers Rousseau, Voltaire, and Diderot influenced the..?
revolutionary movements in Europe and the Americas.
what was the Truman Doctrine?
Pledged US economic and military support to Greece and Turkey to resist Communism
Which of these world leaders liberalized their country economically?
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Mao Zedong
C. Vladimir Lenin
D. Deng Xiaoping
D) Deng Xiaoping