Chapters 19-22
Chapters 23-26
Chapters 27-30
Chapters 31-34
Chapters 35-40
100
After the 11th century, why did the slave trade in Africa become increasingly popular?
The demand for foreign slaves outstripped the supply.
100
New American crops brought what benefits to Eurasia?
It brought overall improvement to diet and nutrition, steady population growth, more varied cuisine, and better forage for livestock.
100
Who were the Manchus?
They were nomadic warriors from Manchuria who spoke a different language than their ethnic Chinese subjects. They established the Qing Dynasty, and ruled China from the forbidden city of Beijing.
100
How were improvements in transportation, such as railroads and steamships beneficial?
They lowered transportation costs, facilitated delivery of manufactured products to consumers, and linked industrial centers with overseas resources allowing new states like Germany to be included.
100
At the Paris Peace Conference, what were Britain and France determined to do to Germany?
Britain and France were determined to strip Germany of colonies and military power.
200
The bubonic plague started where?
Southwest China
200
What theory states that the king derives his authority from God alone, and is not accountable to his subjects?
Divine-Right Theory.
200
What did Russians venture over the Ural Mountains into Siberia to find?
They wanted the fur from the animals.
200
In China, what was meant by the 'sphere of influence'?
A district in which foreign power had exclusive trade, transportation, and mineral rights
200
What tasks did women in the United States and Britain perform during war?
They did industrial work, frontline support, training and transport piloting, and ambulance and hospital work. They pretty much did everything except direct combat.
300
Who was the most famous scholastic theologian?
St. Thomas Aquinas.
300
Who were the first indigenous people that the Spanish empire dispossessed of their lands, and forced into labor?
The Tainos people were the first to be forced into labor by the Spanish empire.
300
Name what types of strategies and weapons the Ottoman military made use of.
They utilized gunpowder weapons, siege warfare, specially trained Janissary forces, and armored calvary.
300
What is the term used to describe the inevitability of American dominion over all of North America?
Manifest Destiny.
300
What did President Roosevelt's New Deal include provisions for?
It included reform to the American banking system, a guaranteed minimum wage, social security to provide old-age pensions, and massive spending on public works.
400
What is a Renaissance humanist?
It is a person who seeks to reconcile Christian values with a public life.
400
Why did the production of sugar differ from that of other agricultural commodities of the western hemisphere?
Sugarcane required extensive processing to turn it into a profitable export, where other crops did not.
400
Which European territory (power) was the first to abolish the slave trade?
Britain was the first to abolish it.
400
What did the Berlin conference establish?
It established that, if a European power indicated its intention to colonize and then proceeded to occupy an African territory, it could claim that colony.
400
What did the Watergate Scandal demonstrate?
It demonstrated that Nixon had supported a massive cover-up of crimes committed by his staff.
500
How is the European Renaissance characterized?
A revival of classical learning, domed cathedrals, naturalistic painting and sculpture, and translations of the new testament.
500
In spite of the ravages of the slave trade, the population of Africa actually increased in the eighteenth century due to...?
The introduction of new staple foods from the Americas.
500
What was the core issue dividing Orthodox reformers and old believers?
The main issue that divided them was whether religious rituals could be revised to be more consistent with the rest of the Orthodox world.
500
What was the most significant achievement of the sultan Mahmud II?
His most significant achievement was the creation of a modern army.
500
What were some of the goals of feminism in industrialized nations after WWII?
Some goals included equal pay for equal work, access to birth control and abortion, and legal equality.
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