376492924 | Why was the Tang Empire considered to be cosmopolitan? | It mixed styles, goods, and cultures from every part of Asia. | 0 | |
376492925 | What ill effect(s) did sea trade have on China? | Transmission of the plague. | 1 | |
376492926 | How did the Song recruit local talent for government service? | By instituting civil service examinations for the entrance into the government bureaucracy. | 2 | |
376492927 | Which Chinese customs were implemented by Japan? | Architectural styles, A confucian style central government, The study of Buddhism, and the confucian legal code. | 3 | |
376492928 | What was the role of women in Mayan society? | To be central to the religious and economic life of every home. | 4 | |
376492929 | How did the Aztecs form their empire? (what actions) | By ruthlessly conquering other peoples. | 5 | |
376492930 | What are the main characteristics of Andean civilization? | They are isolated and mountainous. | 6 | |
376492931 | How did the Inca ensure the loyalty of defeated regions? | By forcing heirs of defeated rulers to live in the royal court. | 7 | |
376492932 | Where were the first conquests of Genghis Khan? | China. | 8 | |
376492933 | What methods did Genghis Khan use to continue the spread of the Mongol Empire? | Diplomatic negotiation. | 9 | |
376492934 | What effect did the narratives of Marco Polo have on Europeans? | It made them ambitious to find easier routes to Asia. | 10 | |
376492935 | What was the most lasting impact of the Mongols on China? | The Mongols permanently reunited China after a prolonged period of political fragmentation. | 11 | |
376492936 | What most prized commercial product was by the Ming? | Porcelain | 12 | |
376492937 | What was the most deadly of the epidemics in the Americas? | Smallpox. | 13 | |
376492938 | 2. Which New World foods revolutionized Old World agriculture? | Maize, potatoes, and manioc. | 14 | |
376492939 | 3. What effect did European horses have on the Americas? | Increased military capacity and hunting efficiency. | 15 | |
376492940 | 4. What exported product dominated the Brazilian economy by the 17th century? | Sugar | 16 | |
376492941 | What was the richest institution of the Spanish colonies? | The Catholic Church. | 17 | |
376492942 | Which natural resources dominated the economic development of the colonies in Mexico and Peru? | Silver and gold. | 18 | |
376492943 | What factors delayed English and French settlement in the Americas? | Involvement in the wars of religion during the Reformation. | 19 | |
376492944 | How did the Amerindian population react to the colonial economy? | They provided furs and deerskins to European traders, their hunting, gathering, and agricultural practices were disrupted, they became dependent on European goods, and the natural balance of plants and animals was disrupted. | 20 | |
376492945 | In what way did French settlements resemble Spanish and Portuguese colonies? | They wanted to protect the environment while preserving Amerindian culture. | 21 | |
376492946 | Chartered companies were__________. | Private investor with trade monopolies in the colonies. | 22 | |
376492947 | How did sugar plantations cause environmental damage? | By soil exhaustion and deforestation. | 23 | |
376492948 | On sugar producing islands, the percentage of slaves in the population was _______. | 90% | 24 | |
376492949 | What is manumission? | It permitted slaves to purchase or receive their freedom from slavery. | 25 | |
376492950 | What is Mercantilism? | A government policy that protects trade and demands the accumulation of gold and silver. | 26 | |
376492951 | What is the name of the "clockwise" system of trade in the Atlantic at this time? | Atlantic Circuit. | 27 | |
376492952 | Approximately how many Africans were transported for the Atlantic slave trade during the 150 years following European discovery? | 800,000 | 28 | |
376492953 | What goods did Africans who participated in the slave trade like most want in return? | Guns and textiles. | 29 | |
376492954 | Most slaves taken from Africa were ___________. | Prisoners of war. | 30 | |
376492955 | What is the intellectual movement called Enlightenment all about? | The methods and questions of the Scientific Revolution were applied to human society. | 31 | |
376492956 | What were the political views of John Locke? | People have the right to rebellion. | 32 | |
376492957 | What were the ideas of about government of Rousseau? | The government authority rested on the consent of the governed. | 33 | |
376492958 | How did women help spread new political ideas? | By purchasing and discussing books of the era, contributing as writers and commentators, bringing together thinkers in their homes or salons, and raising the argument for women's rights. | 34 | |
376492959 | Which social class was most strongly influenced by Enlightenment thinking? | Middle class. | 35 | |
376492960 | How did Benjamin Franklin represent America to Europeans? | He showed that America was a particularly healthy environment for genius. | 36 | |
376492961 | In the context of the Enlightenment, what is a salon? | A private venue for discussing intellectual ideas. | 37 | |
376492962 | What was the impact of the French Revolution on democratic ideals? | It did not create an enduring form of representative democracy. | 38 | |
376492963 | What was the Tennis Court Oath about? | It was the declaration by the Third Estate that they would not convene again without a constitution. | 39 | |
376492964 | What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man? | The resignation of Louis XVI and recognition of a new Republic in France. | 40 | |
376492965 | How did Napoleon win the support of the peasant and middle classes? | By rewriting French law to assert equality in law and protection of property. | 41 | |
376492966 | What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna? | To restore order in post Napoleonic Europe. | 42 | |
376492967 | What inspired widespread revolutions across Europe in 1848? | The desire for democratic reforms and national self determination. | 43 | |
376492968 | What innovation contributed to the mass manufacture of cheaper metal items? | Interchangeable parts. | 44 | |
376492969 | What global effect did industrialization have on Europe and North America? | They were empowered at the expense of the rest of the world. | 45 | |
376492970 | How did Thomas Malthus explain the misfortune of workers? | By stating that the population was outgrowing the food supply. | 46 | |
376492971 | How did relationships between western Europe and non-Westerners change as a result of industrialization? | It became based on Western dominance. | 47 | |
376492972 | How did the British increase agricultural production in Egypt? | They constructed the Aswan Dam to allow crops to grow better and faster. | 48 | |
376492973 | How was Belgian colonialism different from colonialism of other Europeans? | King Leopold annexed the Congo as his personal colon, not for the Belgian state. | 49 | |
376492974 | Why did the British want to expand into southern Africa? | Because of discoveries of gold and diamonds. | 50 | |
376492975 | Who are the Afrikaners? | The descendants of Dutch settlers. | 51 | |
376492976 | What effect did Christian missionaries have on Islam? | The Islam religion spread even farther than before. | 52 | |
376492977 | What factor(s) gave Southeast Asia its greatest economic potential? | Its fertile soil, constant warmth, and heavy rains. | 53 | |
376492978 | What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine? | To defend the entire Western Hemisphere against outside invasion. | 54 | |
376492979 | What was the outcome of the Spanish American War for the United States? | It purchased the Philippines, took Puerto Rico, took Guam, and interfered heavily in Cuba. | 55 | |
376492980 | What were the leading factors in starting WWI? | Nationalism, weakening of the Ottoman Empire, competition for resources in colonial territories to fuel ongoing technology development, and alliances and interactive military plans. | 56 | |
376492981 | By what nickname was the Ottoman Empire known in the early 20th century? | Sick man of Europe. | 57 | |
376492982 | How were the alliances of the early twentieth-century arranged, what countries? | Russia, France and Britain Vs. Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. | 58 | |
376492983 | What policy decision (declaration) most affected future relations between Jewish and Palestinian peoples? | The Balfour Declaration. | 59 | |
376492984 | Which was the only country were women could vote before the 20th century? | New Zealand. | 60 | |
376492985 | What were the reasons for the politics of appeasement? | Fear of War and communism, lack of familiarity with fascist tactics, and the belief that one's word was good as a contract. | 61 | |
376492986 | How was Mao Zedong's style of communism different from the traditional style of communism? | Because it relied on the peasantry. | 62 | |
376492987 | What was the controversy over the end of the war in the Pacific arena? | The U.S. use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | 63 | |
376492988 | How did English and French American colonies differ from the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies? | England & France colonies were - 1) Developed a century after Spanish and Portugal 2) Did no imitate the large and expensive colonial bureaucracies ex. Viceroys as the S & P 3) Private companies and individual proprietors had a greater role in the development of E & F colonies 4) Had a greater variety in economical, political, and social activity. | 64 | |
376492989 | What was the impact of the agriculture revolution? | Acceptance of the potato which yielded more food than wheat, rye and oats. 2) New crops such as turnips and legumes did not deplete soil and could be fed to cattle 3) Large farms came under control of rich landowners forcing tenants and sharecroppers to find work in cities. | 65 | |
376492990 | How did family life change during the Industrial Revolution? | Women had to work if husbands were unable to support the family 2) Parents had children who worked as young as five or six 3) Tenements were small making everyone live in one small room 4) Mothers with infants had to decided on bringing their babies and drugging them in the dangerous factories. | 66 | |
376492991 | What were the cultural motives for imperialism? | Spread Christianity with missionaries and preachers of human rights 2) Belief that Western technology would help the idiots 3) For new opportunities and the use of newspapers. | 67 | |
376492992 | What were the economic motives for imperialism? | Demand for new minerals they could not acquire in their homelands or colonies 2) Economic depression lasting from mid 1870's-1890's. | 68 | |
376492993 | How are imperialism and colonialism related? | Imperialism: conquest by European powers, United States and japan which followed development and exploitation of newly conquered territories for the benefit of the colonial powers 2) Colonialism: system of administering and exploiting colonies for the benefit of the home country had to have cooperation of the indigenous peoples. | 69 | |
376492994 | What was the meaning of "free trade" imperialism in Latin America? | Natural resources of Latin America paid a clear path for manipulation by the industrial powers. | 70 | |
376492995 | What elements in the Treaty of Versailles angered Germany? | They made them pay France and Britain to compensate losses, endured humiliation, restricted military and air force that kindled into revenge. | 71 | |
376492996 | How did Hitler quick rise to popularity with German people? | Transformed Germany repealing humiliation and military restrictions, economic and social policies provided jobs, lowered inflation, Germans thought economic well being was more important than liberty. | 72 |
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