HIS 102H Final Exam Study Guide

ID & SIG. I’ll give you 12 of the following. You’ll pick10 and identify and state the significance in 3 to 4 sentences each. 10 points each. 100 points total.

free tradePeace of WestphaliaNAFTAjihad

interchangeable partspreemptive actionmotives for the European explorations

British in IndiaglobalizationEnlightenmentscientific revolution

French RevolutionGorbachev Desert Stormpost- Cold War environment

Short Answer. I’ll give you four of the following to answer in 7 to 12 sentences each. 25 points each. 100 points total.

  1. Define global corporations and describe their impact.
  2. Explain why Osama bin Laden sees globalization as a threat.
  3. Define “McDonaldization” and explain its impact.
  4. Describe the present challenges to the sovereignty of a nation state from without and from within.
  5. Huntington argues that “Islamic societies have had a hard time with modernization,” presenting reasoning similar to what Landes said about Confucian societies. Explain this argument.

Essay. I’ll give you one of the following to answer in 15 to 25 sentences. 50 points.

  1. What does Huntington mean when he says, “People define their identity by what they are not.”? What does this say about the prospects of global cooperation. Give examples.
  2. Explain Huntin gton’s argument that “clashes of civilizations are the greatest threat to world peace, and an international order based on civilizations is the surest safeguard against war.”

HIS 102H Final Exam Study Guide

ID & SIG. I’ll give you 12 of the following. You’ll pick10 and identify and state the significance in 3 to 4 sentences each. 10 points each. 100 points total.

free tradePeace of WestphaliaNAFTAjihad

interchangeable partspreemptive actionmotives for the European explorations

British in IndiaglobalizationEnlightenmentscientific revolution

French RevolutionGorbachev Desert Stormpost- Cold War environment

Short Answer. I’ll give you four of the following to answer in 7 to 12 sentences each. 25 points each. 100 points total.

  1. Define global corporations and describe their impact.
  2. Explain why Osama bin Laden sees globalization as a threat.
  3. Define “McDonaldization” and explain its impact.
  4. Describe the present challenges to the sovereignty of a nation state from without and from within.
  5. Huntington argues that “Islamic societies have had a hard time with modernization,” presenting reasoning similar to what Landes said about Confucian societies. Explain this argument.

Essay. I’ll give you one of the following to answer in 15 to 25 sentences. 50 points.

  1. What does Huntington mean when he says, “People define their identity by what they are not.”? What does this say about the prospects of global cooperation. Give examples.
  2. Explain Huntin gton’s argument that “clashes of civilizations are the greatest threat to world peace, and an international order based on civilizations is the surest safeguard against war.”