Final Exam: Duiker’s The Essential World History
1. According to the Rites of Zhou, kings ruled:
a. through peoples' assemblies in local regions.
b. none of these
c. with the mandate of heaven.
d. through persuasion.
e. through the cultivation of a Daoist balance.
2. Which of the following best describes the Greek term polis?
a. An early proto-monastic group of believers worshipping god.
b. A community in which all people speak the Greek language.
c. A community of economic equality.
d. A community in which all people have the right to vote.
e. Citizens with political rights.
3. Rome offered citizenship to conquered peoples.
a. True
b. False
4. How did the Inkas keep records?
a. Quipus.
b. A phonetic alphabet.
c. A hieroglyphic writing system.
d. None of these.
e. An alphabetic writing system borrowed from the Olmecs.
5. Axum was founded by:
a. Egyptians fleeing Alexander.
b. early Bantu migration.
c. Kush.
d. colonizers from Saba.
e. Islamic tribes from Central Africa.
6. Who sought to end lay investiture and thus came into conflict with Henry IV?
a. Gregory VII
b. Saint Cyril
c. Urban II
d. Boniface VIII
e. Otto
7. The encomienda system:
a. replaced African slaves with native American slaves.
b. facilitated trade between Spain and Portugal.
c. was opposed by Queen Isabella.
d. brutally exploited the natives of the New World.
e. provided protection to the natives.
8. Which of the following statements about the Sultans and their harems is not true?
a. Sultans kept harems with large numbers of concubines.
b. It was common for Sultans to marry in order to ensure the continuation of their line.
c. Women of the harem often wielded significant political power.
d. The queen mother often served as an advisor to the throne.
e. Members of the harem were frequently of slave origin.
9. The Treaty of Nerchinsk settled boundary disputes between China and:
a. Tibet.
b. Vietnam.
c. Russia.
d. Mongolia.
e. Korea.
10. All of the following were typical of work in the new factories of the industrial revolution except:
a. unemployment insurance.
b. no minimum wage.
c. the exploitation of women and children.
d. work shifts of twelve to sixteen hours a day.
e. working six days a week.
11. According to Marx, the driving force of history was:
a. class struggle.
b. the struggle between the mind and matter.
c. the pursuit of volksgeist.
d. the quest for freedom.
e. the search for the divine.
12. John Hobson argued that modern imperialism was a direct result of the:
a. British desire to build better world.
b. struggle between superior nations.
c. industrial economy.
d. desire of the Catholic Church to promote Christianity.
e. inferiority of indigenous peoples.
13. In 1897 Germany demanded:
a. the Liadong peninsula.
b. the Shandong peninsula.
c. the island of Kyushu.
d. trading rights in Korea.
e. Manchuria.
14. The German initial advance toward Paris was stopped at:
a. the Battle of the Marne.
b. the Battle of Breton Woods.
c. the Battle of Verdun.
d. the Battle of the Somme.
e. the Battle of Jutland.
15. During World War I, the Ottoman Empire allied with ________ in hopes of driving ________ from regaining control of the Nile River valley.
a. Great Britain; Russia
b. United States; Germany
c. Austria; France
d. Germany; Great Britain
e. Germany; France
16. Blitzkrieg was:
a. trench warfare.
b. phony war.
c. panzer divisions.
d. the German air force.
e. lightning war.
17. Waiting for Godot was written by:
a. Jacques Derrida.
b. Albert Camus.
c. Samuel Beckett.
d. Jean-Paul Sartre.
e. Jackson Pollock.
18. The best known writer in post-war Indonesia, and the author of the Buru Quartet, is:
a. Suharto.
b. Ne Win.
c. Le Ly Hayslip.
d. Sukarno.
e. Pramoedya Toer.
19. The term bodhi refers to:
a. the term for the Buddhist Middle Path.
b. the concept of a divine kingship during the Mauryan dynasty.
c. the unique style of cave sculpture found in India.
d. the Hindu sense of the physical world as an illusion.
e. the Buddhist concept of wisdom.
20. Which of the following concepts is not something we associate with the Athenians?
a. The creation of extraordinary art work.
b. An arrogance that bordered on hubris.
c. The performance of tragedy.
d. Unquestioning acceptance of whatever the gods gave them.
e. The formation of democracy.
21. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty were able to spread the legal and political institutions into diverse areas and populations.
b. Social mobility was greater in China than in Rome.
c. The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire sustained large populations with high levels of agricultural production.
d. Both the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty used elaborate roads systems to govern effectively.
e. The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire lasted for centuries through a system of
22. Which of the following is true concerning Aztec women?
a. Aztec women could become priestesses.
b. Aztec women could enter into contracts.
c. Aztec women could inherit property.
d. Aztec women could own property.
e. All of these.
23. The Macedonian emperors oversaw a great missionary movement. What was this movement's greatest accomplishment?
a. The conversion of the Bulgars
b. The conversion of the prince of Kiev in Russia
c. The conversion of the Mongols.
d. The conversion of the pope in Rome
e. The conversion of the Muslims of Medina
24. Who established a colony on Madagascar?
a. Periplus
b. Malays
c. Swahili
d. Bantus
e. Egyptians
25. Who founded the Ming dynasty?
a. Tai Ming
b. Khubilai Khan
c. Wu Zhao
d. Tang Taizong
e. Zhu Yuanzhang
26. What culture residing on the Gulf of Tonkin was based on Indian culture?
a. Champa
b. Annam
c. Dai Viet
d. Nara
e. Koryo
27. Which of the following was not an agricultural innovation of the High Middle Ages?
a. The windmill
b. The heavy plow
c. Crop rotation
d. The stirrup
e. Iron axes and hoes
28. Where were Admiral Albuquerque's headquarters?
a. Calicut
b. Goa
c. Batavia
d. Bombay
e. Ayuthaya
29. ________ believed that Christianity should be a guiding philosophy for the direction of daily life rather than a system of dogmatic beliefs and practices.
a. Machiavelli
b. Henry IV
c. Erasmus
d. Louis XIV
e. Voltaire
30. Which emperor sent out naval expeditions to explore the Indian Ocean?
a. Zhenghe
b. Yongle
c. Kangxi
d. Zhu Yuanzhang
e. Ming Hongwu
31. In Latin America in the seventeenth century, which of the following groups had the least power?
a. The creoles
b. The merchants
c. The missionaries
d. The Indians
e. The viceroys
32. The Utopian socialist who set up a community at New Lanark was:
a. Robert Owen.
b. James Hargreaves.
c. Karl Marx.
d. Gustave Courbet.
e. Caspar Friedrich.
33. Which of the following statements about the women's movement for rights is true?
a. Most European states did not grant women the right to vote until World War I.
b. Most states granted women the right to vote at the same time they recognized property rights for women.
c. Many suffragists believed that the peace movement was key to political rights.
d. Medical training allowed many women to achieve economic independence.
e. Norway was among the last governments to recognize the right of women.
34. What colony was established by the British at the tip of the Malay Peninsula?
a. Singapore
b. Malaya
c. Malacca.
d. Calicut
e. Hong Kong
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35. Which nation forced the opening of Japan to outside trade?
a. Britain
b. Russia
c. United States
d. Germany
e. France
36. In the Triple Alliance, Germany's allies were:
a. Italy and France.
b. Austria and Italy.
c. England and Austria.
d. Russia and Italy.
e. England and France.
37. Which of the following nations was most opposed to female participation in the labor force during World War II?
a. Soviet Union
b. Great Britain
c. Germany
d. United States
e. Japan
38. Israel was created in:
a. 1971.
b. 1948.
c. 1966.
d. 1939.
e. 1955.
39. Which of the following was a technological innovation of the Paleolithic peoples?
a. The use of the wheel.
b. Using iron for making tools.
c. Writing.
d. Development of agriculture.
e. Invention of the spear.
40. The finest Roman lyric poet was:
a. Virgil.
b. Plutarch.
c. Ovid.
d. Livy.
e. Catallus.
41. Which of the following statements about the spiritual beliefs and practices of pre-Islamic Arabs is not true?
a. There was a central shrine, the Ka'aba, in Mecca.
b. Spirits were believed to inhabit objects of the natural world.
c. Most people were polytheistic.
d. A strong priestly class controlled access to the patron gods.
e. Faith was communal and involved all members of a tribe.
42. What was the first commercial state to appear in West Africa?
a. Zanzibar
b. Gao
c. Mali
d. Kanem-Bornu
e. Ghana
43. After the emergence of the Kushan kingdom as a major commercial power:
a. Kanishka converted to Islam.
b. merchants from China displaced local traders.
c. wealthy monasteries began purchasing precious stones in order to decorate their temples and buildings.
d. local merchants ignored the monasteries.
e. Buddhism waned in its influence because of its opposition to mercantile activity.
44. What was the lowest level official of the Chinese government during the Tang and Song period?
a. Magistrate
b. Censor
c. Mayor
d. Council elder
e. Tax collector
45. Which of the following is not one of the main Japanese home islands?
a. Shikoku
b. Hokkaido
c. Osaka
d. Kyushu
e. Honshu
46. Which of the following Slavic peoples converted to the Greek Orthodox faith?
a. Czechs
b. Hungarians
c. Poles
d. Serbs
e. Germans
47. Martin Luther:
a. emphasized the necessity of the clergy in the attainment of salvation.
b. sold indulgences.
c. promoted the notion of predestination.
d. emphasized the need for adult baptism.
e. focused upon the Bible as the guide to religious truth.
48. Non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire were required:
a. to convert to Islam.
b. to perform military service.
c. to contribute three months of physical labor annually.
d. to support the jihad.
e. to pay a head tax.
49. Who built the first steam powered locomotive?
a. David Friedrich
b. James Hargreaves
c. George Stephenson
d. Richard Trevithick
e. Henry Cort
50. In 1900 where did over 70% of Jews live?
a. United States
b. Germany
c. Palestine
d. Western Europe
e. Eastern Europe
51. What was the major shipping port on the east African coast?
a. Kilwa
b. Zanzibar
c. Oman
d. Mozambique
e. Zimbabwe
52. Under the Defense of the Realm Act:
a. the British government could arrest dissenters and traitors.
b. the British government could impose new taxes without Parliamentary approval.
c. the British government could not censor newspapers.
d. the British government could declare war without the king's approval.
e. the British government could conscript colonial peoples as soldiers.
53. What battle in Europe turned the tide against Germany in 1943?
a. Normandy
b. El Alamein
c. Stalingrad
d. Leningrad
e. Midway
54. The Soviet Union would have its own Vietnam-like military quagmire in:
a. East Germany.
b. Cambodia.
c. Angola.
d. Afghanistan.
e. North Korea.
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55. Mao's Great Leap Forward:
a. collectivized farmland into large communes.
b. created village size collectives.
c. proved to be wonderful success.
d. copied the New Economic Policy of Lenin.
e. attempted to redistribute farmland.
56. Which American president ended American involvement in Vietnam?
a. Lyndon Johnson
b. Richard Nixon
c. John Kennedy
d. Jimmy Carter
e. Gerald Ford
57. It is argued that in neocolonialism Western European nations still dominated Africa through:
a. military power.
b. economics.
c. international agencies.
d. effective spy networks.
e. social means.
58. Which of the following protected Egypt from invading forces?
a. A massive series of walls running across the north.
b. High mountain ranges.
c. Deserts.
d. Monsoons.
e. Swamps.
59. The line, "One who knows when he can fight, and when he cannot fight, will be victorious," comes from:
a. Liu Bang.
b. Confucius.
c. Lao Tzu.
d. Sun Tzu.
e. Qin Shi Huangdi.
60. In the Homeric world, aristocratic women:
a. only existed at the margins of the story.
b. were exempt from ideals notions regarding their conduct.
c. set the standard for noble and heroic behavior.
d. were expected to pursue an arête of their own.
e. were viewed as fools and simpletons.
61. Which emperor provided public assistance to poor parents in order to help them raise and educate their children?
a. Trajan
b. Octavian
c. Caligula
d. Hadrian
e. Nero
62. The first major metropolis in Mesoamerica was the city of:
a. Monte Alban.
b. Teotihuacan.
c. Tikal.
d. Tenochtitlan.
e. La Venta.
63. Which of the following is not true of Africa?
a. Appearance of one of the first states happened there.
b. Domestication of animals occurred first there.
c. The first written language appeared there.
d. The immediate ancestor of modern human beings--Homo sapiens--emerged there.
e. The first hominids appeared there three million years ago.
64. Sikhism was an attempt to:
a. accommodate Buddhism and Islam.
b. drive Muslims out of northern India.
c. integrate the best of Islam and Hinduism.
d. purge Hinduism of any vestiges of Islam.
e. revitalize the declining Buddhist movement.
65. The Japanese city of Nara was designed on the model of:
a. Chang'an.
b. Athens.
c. Nagasaki.
d. Thanglong.
e. Benares.
66. Korea's Yi dynasty patterned itself after the:
a. Chinese.
b. Jesuit missionaries.
c. Japanese.
d. Western powers.
e. Vietnamese.
67. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?
a. Richard Montague
b. John Macdonald
c. William Wordsworth
d. James Hargreaves
e. Walter Scott
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68. Despite the efforts of Emilio Aguinaldo, the Philippines eventually fell under the control of the:
a. British.
b. Spanish.
c. Dutch.
d. Americans.
e. French.
69. The emergence of the zaibatsu led to:
a. deflation.
b. a functioning communist government.