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What was traded along the Silk Roads?
A.) Silk and Porcelain
B.) Religion and Culture
C.) Disease
D.) All of the above
D
The Silk Road is famous for trading luxury goods, but they also helped spread religions such as Islam, and diseases like the Black Plague.
What type of government was common on Europe in the time period 1200-1450?
A.) Feudalism
B.) Communism
C.) Serfdom
D.) Imperial Bureaucracy
A
Feudalism was the most common government in the fragmented state Europe was in
How did the Mongols facilitate trade?
A.) Good foreign policy
B.) Pax Mongolica
C.) Yam (pony express)
D.) None
B
Pax Mongolica refers to a period of peace and safety the Mongols brought to Afro-Eurasia.
Who started the Protestant Reformation?
A.) Martin Luther
B.) King Henry VIII
C.) Ghandi
D.) Coach Jenson
A
Martin Luther Started the Protestant Reformation with the start of Lutheranism using the 95 theses
What most directly allowed for territorial expansion in the period 1450-1700?
A.) Religious movements
B.) Economic motivations
C.) European military and technological advances
D.) None
C
While many there were many religious and economic motivations for empires to expand their technological advancements is what truly allowed them to act upon those desires.
What was the effect of the invention of the atomic bomb?
A.) Deforestation
B.) Religious rebellions
C.) International tensions
D.) Radiation
C
The invention of the atomic bomb caused severe international tensions that eventually led to the Cold War
What was one disease not spread along the Columbian exchange?
A.) Small pox
B.) Covid-19
C.) Tuberculosis
D.) Yellow fever
B
Covid-19 was not spread along by the columbian exchange
What was the effect of the Columbian Exchange?
A.) Started a Global Economy
B.) The Great Dying
C.) Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
D.) All of the Above
D
The Columbian exchange connected many parts of of the world that had not previously had any connection. The Great Dying refers to the mass death that was caused by the spread of European diseases. The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was a result of the need for workers in the New World to work farms.
What were some technologies from the Song Dynasty?
I. Gunpowder
II. Magnetic Compass
III. Paper money
IV. Cotton Textiles
A.) I only
B.) I, II, III
C.) All of the above
D.) none of the above
B
Cotton textiles were from India but the song dynasty made gunpowder, a magnetic compass, and paper money
What was one of the effects of the Cold War on the US?
A.) Economic instability
B.) More involvement in foreign politics
C.) Climate change
D.) Pandemics
B
The US had much more involvement in foreign affairs because the were more active in the fight for democracy
What was one reason the industrialization began in Britain?
A.) Access to fuels
B.) Smartest inventors
C.) Strongest government
D.) Agricultural land
A
Britain had enough resources to power all of the new technology such as coal, water ways, and resources from their colonies
How did land based empires expand and stay in power?
A.) Religion
B.) Large populations
C.) Gunpowder
D.) Strong government
C
These militaries were very advanced due to their usage of gunpowder
How did global connection affect cultural globalization?
A.) Technological advancements
B.) Population growth
C.) Propaganda
D.) Political involvement
A
The invention of social media and inventions of better transportation
What were some of the events leading up to the French Revolution?
A.) Disconnected monarch
B.) Poor economics
C.) Pandemics
D.) None of the above
A
King Louis XVI was in charge at this time and he made many laws that did not get carried out or if they did they were not helpful
What was the Iron curtain?
A.) Ideological barrier between Western and Eastern Europe
B.) Physical wall running North to South through Germany
C.) Separation between Soviet influence and Western influence
D.) All of the Above
D
The Iron Curtain was a barrier in many aspects with a physical barrier in the shape of a wall and a ideological barrier
FRQ:
What are some of the systems the Spanish utalized during the colonization of Latin America?
Encomienda system: it was very similar to the Feudal system but much more physically brutal and used labor as tribute
Hacienda system: it is also based on the Feudal system but they used land as a tribute
Casta system: based on racial heritage so it's very fixed with people of Spanish decent on top
FRQ:
Who were some enlightenment thinkers and what were their philosophies?
Mary Wollstonecraft: One of the first women's rights leaders who fought for equal education opportunities
Thomas Hobbs: Came up with a social contract where citizens had to give up their rights to the government in exchange for order
John Locke: Came up with the idea of natural rights and the idea that the government is meant to serve the people
Karl Marx: Came up with communism and laid the basic foundation for how it should be implimented
FRQ:
What was the cause of the Spheres of Influence in China?
Nationalism: European countries desired to have more control over China and their economy
China's economic state: China did not industrialize as well as the rest of the world and they were weakened economically
China's political state: China had been in a period of political vulnerability as the Qing dynasty declined that allowed for European powers to take control
FRQ:
What was one cause of WWII?
The Treaty of Versailles: The treaty forced Germany to accept the fault for WWI and it caused them to face massive repercussions
Economic crisis: Germany was weakened economically and underwent severe inflation
German Nationalism: Hitler used German Nationalism to gather support for his cause by promising to return Germany to it's former glory
FRQ:
What was one effect of Industralization?
Production: Factories and technological innovations allowed for things to be produced in bulk
Technology: People made massive technological advancements such as using hydro power and fossil fuels
Europe: Europe became more powerful and many African and Asian powers declined due to their lack of technology that Europe has
Which of the following was the most important factor in the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia in the period circa 1250–1500 C.E.?
A.) The religious zeal of Muslim soldiers willing to die to spread Islam
B.) The activities of Muslim traders and Sufi missionaries
C.) The relative lack of interest in Islam among Hindus and Buddhists
D.) Muslim rulers’ policy of toleration of all religions practiced in their realms
B
Islamic merchants and traders would spread their religion to the places they traveled to
Which of the following is a similarity between European and Asian immigrants to the Americas during the nineteenth century?
A.) Both were attracted by employment opportunities
B.) Both rejected the cultural traditions of their homelands
C.) Both were mostly from upper and middle classes
D.) Both were exclusively from minority communities in their home countries
A
The Americas had more job opportunities because of how fast the US was expanding
Which of the following statements is true of global migration patterns during the nineteenth century?
A.) Most migrants rejected their culture in favor of total assimilation
B.) Migrants increasingly relocated from rural areas to cities.
C.) Most migrants traveled seasonally as agricultural laborers.
D.) Migrants were primarily women seeking employment as factory workers.
B
Migrants relocated to cities in search of jobs in factories
Which of the following contributed significantly to the decline of both the Qing and the Ottoman Empires?
A.) Widespread revolts by factory workers and labor unions
B.) Collapse of domestic stock and bond markets
C.) Internal conflict with ethnic and religious minorities
D.) Attempts by the Soviet Union to spread world communism
C
The Qing and Ottoman empires had a lot of civil unrest that caused them to fragment
What was the relationship between European states and the Ottoman Empire in the period 1815 to 1914 ?
A.) The Ottomans and the French cooperated in colonizing North Africa
B.) The Ottomans supported nationalism in the Balkans to destabilize Europe
C.) The Ottomans were expanding at the expense of Russia, England, and France
D.) Russian, English, and French expansion came at the expense of the Ottomans.
D
Russia, Britain, and France all were growing empires and often their borders would encroach on Ottoman borders