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FINAL EXAMMMMM
World History Since 1500
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Up until about 1650, which nation controlled the Atlantic slave trade? | Portugal |
| Of the three west African kingdoms discussed in the lecture videos, which two became heavily dependent on the slave trade. | asante and dahomey |
| In contrast to east and west Africa, southern Africa never developed large scale slavery. Why was this? | local tribes and kingdoms refused to cooperate with European demands and instead fought the Europeans in a series of wars |
| While the most common destination for African slaves was South America, almost as many slaves were shipped to | the Caribbean |
| The origins of the Atlantic slave trade were associated with the | production of sugar |
| What commodity was considered “soft gold” in early modern commerce? | furs |
| What did the Portuguese do after they established sea routes to the Indian Ocean? | they conquered several strategic port cities |
| What was one main difference between how the British East India Company operated in Mughal India and how the Dutch East India Company operated in what is now Indonesia? | the British negotiated treaties with local Indian rulers wile the dutch established control through conquest and colonization |
| What did Martin Luther believe about "good works | ¨good works¨ were not a means of salvation |
| In the early years of Lutheranism, why was the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V unable to stop the spread of this new denomination? | he was preoccupied with a Turkish threat to Europe, containing France, and managing the new world |
| What did the kaozheng movement in China emphasize? | verification, precision, accuracy, and rigorous analysis in ll fields of inquiry |
| What made Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses revolutionary? | the idea that an individual could find salvation by faith alone |
| What was the significance of the Peace of Westphalia? | it granted the ruler of each European state the authority to control religious affairs within his own domain |
| Which of the following was a goal of the Wahhabi movement? | to return to the absolute monotheism of authentic Islam |
| Which of the following was generally more true of Catholics than Protestants in European colonies? | Catholics were more intent on converting native peoples |
| Why did Sikhism evolve from a peaceful religion into a militant community? | they had to defend themselves against both Mughal and Hindu hostility |
| How did the Atlantic revolutions influence subsequent movements that spread throughout Europe? | all were committed to republicanism and social equality |
| In response to Napoleon's conquest and reform of European lands outside France, the people in the conquered lands | accepted many of the reforms, but revolted against french control |
| Medieval Europe had three recognized social groups. Which of these groups was NOT included as a recognized social group | slaves (they are peasants, noblemen, and clergy) |
| Followers of the Enlightenment believed that | the condition of humanity was constantly improving |
| Who was the father of Socialist theory | Karl Marx |
| The Atlantic revolutions were inspired by the Enlightenment belief that political and social arrangements | could be improved by human action |
| Which of the following arguments made the cause of abolition widely acceptable in the nineteenth century? | slaves were not necessary for economic progress |
| Which of the following was a reaction to the reliance on human reason during the eighteenth century in Europe? | romanticism |
| In the eighteenth century, how did the Industrial Revolution solve an emerging energy crisis? | it introduced the use of coal, oil, and natural gas sources of fuel |
| Which of the following characterized the “scramble for Africa” that led to the partition of nearly all of Africa among European colonial powers? | the peaceful negotiations among the competing European states over ¨who got what¨ |
| Which of the following has been offered as an explanation for why Britain was the first European country to industrialize? | the scientific revolution in great Britain fostered technological innovation |
| Which of the following played a greater role in industrial development in Russia than in the United States or Western Europe? | the state |
| Which of the following reflects an explanation for Europe's Industrial Revolution, which most historians criticize as Eurocentric and deterministic? | unique features of European society economy, or history gave it a long-term advantage and head-start in industrializing |
| Which of the following was a reason for the failure of socialism to take root in the United States? | their higher standard of living enjoyed by most american workers |
| Germany's Schlieffen Plan required all of the following except | the German navy to destroy the British fleet |
| In the summer of 1916, when the German navy sailed out to fight the British navy, what did the Germans hope to accomplish? | the Germans hoped to win a decisive victory and thereby break the British blockade |
| For many reasons, American public opinion favored the allies during the war. Pick the one reason below that does not support this conclusion. | the US had few German immigrants and therefore few ties to Germany |
| What was the significance of the opium trade in China in the nineteenth century? | it reversed the trade imbalance in factor of Britain |
| What did the United States expect to gain by sending a naval fleet to Japan in 1853? | the opening of Japanese ports for trade |
| After World War I, the nations of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia were created based on the principles of | national, self-determination |
| What event was a major catalyst for the Russian Revolution? | WW1 |
| What was a gulag? | a remote soviet labor camp for political enemies of the state |
| After the creation of NATO, the Soviet Union countered with | the Warsaw pact |
| South Africa’s rigid racial rules that governed the interactions of white South Africans and the native population was known as | apartheid |
| One of the reforms enacted after the death of Mao was to create _____________ to attract foreign investment. | special enterprise zones |
| Describing the current era since the Industrial Revolution as the Anthropocene Era calls attention to the | lasting impact of human activity on the planet |
| How have modernity, science, and globalization been affected by the world's religions since 1945? | religion offered a means to oppose elements of a secular and global modernity |
| In the permissive economic climate of recent decades, transnational corporations frequently relocate their facilities in search of | the least restrictive environmental regulations |
| What distinguished the end of Europe's African and Asian colonial empires in the second half of the twentieth century from other cases of imperial disintegration? | the mobilization of the masses around a nationalist ideology |
| Which of the following changes in the international arena in the second half of the twentieth century contributed to the end of European colonial rule? | the united nations provided an international platform from which to conduct anticolonial agitation |
| Which of the following describes the effect of economic globalization on wealthy nations like the United States? | a shifting global division of labor resulted in the loss of many manufacturing jobs |
| Which of the following was a more central issue in environmental movements in developing countries than those in the industrial West? | securing food supplies |
| Which of the following was a social or economic circumstance within the European colonies that contributed to anticolonial movements? | the growing number of western educated colonial elites who no longer viewed colonial rule as a vehicle for their people´s progress |
| Which of the following was the original meaning of the phrase “third world”? | an alternative to western capitalism and soviet communism |
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