Doing History
Which of the following items would be considered a secondary source of information?
A. a map drawn in the 1960s identifying World War II battle sites
B. a menu from a restaurant
C. song lyrics
D. court transcripts
A. a map drawn in the 1960s identifying World War II battle sites
This belief held that God had decided which souls would be granted salvation upon death and which were destined for hell.
A. Baptism
B. Luthran
C. Predestination
D. Free Will
C. Predestination
Who was the first king of the new Songhai Empire?
A. Za Kusay
B. Muhammad Ture
C. Sonni Baru
D. Sunni Ali
D. Sunni Ali
What place best reflects the blend of Indian and Islamic cultures in the Mughal dynasty?
A. Malacca
B. Taj Mahal
C. Din-i Ilahi
D. the Sultanate of Gujarat
B. Taj Mahal
This was a practice in which one group of people attempted to establish control over another, usually for economic exploitation.
A. Colonialism
B. Globalization
C. Capitalism
D. Industrialism
A. Colonialism
A. Social History
B. Historiography
C. Hagiography
D. Intellectual History
B. Historiography
What were indulgences?
A. rewards that could reduce or cancel the time a soul spent in purgatory
B. luxurious embroidered robes that the French kings wore
C. small annual payments that were made by landowners to workers near the Easter holiday
D. chocolate-based foods that were imported from the Americas
A. rewards that could reduce or cancel the time a soul spent in purgatory*
This was a shell used as currency and to adorn religious objects in several African societies.
A. Scheckel
B. Pence
C. Cowrie
D. Sand dollar
C. Cowrie
What was the institution through which numerous merchants pooled their money to fund trading voyages and share profits?
A. factory
B. hedge fund
C. limited liability corporation
D. joint-stock company
D. joint-stock company
The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán became the Mexican city of
A. Vera Cruz
B. Guadalajara
C. Mexico City
D. Tijuana
C. Mexico City
What are two key skills that are developed from studying history?
A. remembering dates and remembering names
B. remembering where things happened and when they happened
C. rote memorization and audience assessment
D. innovative inquiry and creative thinking
D. innovative inquiry and creative thinking
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
A. It ended the Thirty Years’ War.
B. It divided the Western Hemisphere between the Spanish and the Portuguese.
C. It established Protestantism as the main religion in the German states.
D. It stated that Indigenous people had no right to accumulate wealth.
B. It divided the Western Hemisphere between the Spanish and the Portuguese.
What two highly valued commodities were traded through Elmina?
A. salt and enslaved people
B. gold and salt
C. gold and enslaved people
D. ivory and enslaved people
gold and enslaved people
Who was the rival to Aurangzeb who sought to eliminate Mughal influences in his region?
A. the king of Sitawaka
B. Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur
C. Shah Jahan
D. Shivaji
D. Shivaji
This term was based on a belief that a country’s power depended on the amount of gold and silver it held and that it had to maintain a favorable balance of trade, a situation in which a country exports a total of goods that is of greater value than what it imports.
A. Capitalism
B. Feudalism
C. Mercantilism
D. Militarism
C. Mercantilism
What is the theory of history that emphasizes studying the deeds and impact of important leaders to paint an accurate picture of the past?
A. great man theory
B. great leader theory
C. elite-driven theory
D. progressive history theory
A. great man theory
This ideology stressed the value and dignity of human beings. Its scholars believed that, through studying the philosophy, history, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome, people could improve themselves and live a “good life,” which, in turn, would improve the societies in which they lived.
A. Stoicism
B. Anabaptist
C. Humanism
D. Capitalism
C. Humanism
Between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, what happened to the scope of the trans-Saharan slave trade?
A. It remained the same.
B. It decreased by half.
C. It doubled.
D. It quadrupled.
C. It doubled.
These former rulers regained power as the Qing dynasty and maintained their superior positions.
A. Undang-Undang Melaka
B. hangul
C. Manchu
D. Dejima
C. Manchu
Most of the people who were enslaved in the Americas had to work growing ________ crops.
A. Cotton
B. Tobacco
C. Rice
D. Sugar
D. Sugar
What is history, above all else?
A. a study of only the key people who have influenced the past
B. a path to knowing why we are the way we are
C. a direct predictor of what will happen in the future
D. a study of how humans have interacted with their environment and climate
B. a path to knowing why we are the way we are
What did the Edict of Nantes do?
A. It divided the Netherlands into a Catholic area and a Protestant area.
B. It gave control of Canada to the French.
C. It ruled that Catholic clergy could not marry.
D. It established Catholicism as the official religion of France.
D. It established Catholicism as the official religion of France.
Why were the cities of Timbuktu and Djenné important?
A. They were important centers of education and trade throughout East Africa.
B. They were centers of Islamic learning and scholarship and were important locations for trans-Saharan trade.
C. They held out against Portuguese invasion for numerous decades.
D. They were important port cities on the Senegal and Gambia Rivers.
B. They were centers of Islamic learning and scholarship and were important locations for trans-Saharan trade.
What movement promoted the study of the physical sciences and technology in order to solve practical problems instead of focusing narrowly on the Confucian classics?
A. Undang
B. hangul
C. Silhak
D. yangban
C. Silhak
What city had slave markets held by the Dutch West India Company, the English Royal Africa Company, and the Portuguese?
A. Whydah
B. Benin
C. Dahomey
D. Oyo
A. Whydah