Topic Review: G2 World History
Quiz by NYSED Global History and Geography
High School
Social Studies (2017)
New York State Learning Standards
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- Q1Which statement best describes the benefit of studying past events from multiple points of view?Using primary sources allows historians access to official records.Examining different perspectives gives a more complete picture of historical circumstances.Evaluating the roles of specific individuals in history helps determine personal contributions.Viewing history chronologically shows how eras overlap from one time period to the next.60sG2
- Q2The Ten Commandments are to Judaism as the Five Pillars are toBuddhismHinduismIslamShinto60sG2
- Q3Construction of stupas, writings by Kalidasa, and the development of the concept of zero are most closely associated with theMongol EmpireAbbasid dynastyTang dynastyGupta Empire60sG2
- Q4From the perspective of many Arab Muslims at the time of the Crusades, the European Crusaders were consideredalliesliberatorsinvadersrefugees60sG2
- Q5What was a primary motive behind the implementation of Sharia in Islamic empires beginning in the 8th century?guaranteeing a representative governmentpromoting a mechanism for technological changeuniting the people under common laws and practicesdistributing wealth equally among citizens60sG2
- Q6Which situation led to the other three?Confucian scholars losing status and government positionsMongols conquering China and establishing the Yuan dynastyMongol skills and weapons diffusing into ChinaMarco Polo writing about traveling to the palace of Kublai Khan60sG2
- Q7What is one reason the Ming emperors did not expand China's economic infl uence across the Indian Ocean after the voyages of Zheng He?Conquering European territories drained China's treasury.Resources were needed to combat Japanese invaders.Developing trade networks with Russia was more profitable.Foreign goods were considered inferior to those produced in China.60sG2
- Q8One way in which Akbar the Great and Suleiman the Magnificent are similar is that both leadersimposed a polytheistic religioncentralized governmental powerimplemented new systems of writingprovoked ethnic tensions60sG2
- Q9The scientific theories developed by Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton resulted insupport for the Earth-centered theory of the universechallenges to the traditional teachings of the Catholic Churchconfirmation of Darwin's theory of evolutiona renewed interest in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau60sG2
- Q10The French Revolution was a reaction to thedefeat in and humiliation of the Franco-Prussian Warconflict between competing branches of the French royal familyincreasing confrontations between Catholics and Protestantsinfluence of and privileges granted to the First and Second Estates60sG2
- Q11At the Congress of Vienna, one of the main goals was toreward Napoleon for his victories in Europeprevent the spread of socialismdivide lands in the Americas between Spain and Portugalrestore monarchs to pre-Napoleonic status60sG2
- Q12Which goals are most closely associated with the Russian Revolution of 1917?peace, land, and breadnationalism, democracy, and livelihoodscience, technology, and agricultureliberty, equality, and fraternity60sG2
- Q13Which title best completes this time line?Communist Takeover of ChinaChinese Cultural RevolutionAnnexation of KoreaJapanese Militarism60sG2
- Q14Which individual is correctly paired with the historical event he helped influence?Kwame Nkrumah - independence of GhanaAnwar Sadat - establishment of a secular republic in TurkeyLech Walesa - creation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)Ho Chi Minh - destruction of Buddhist shrines in Afghanistan60sG2
- Q15A study of Rwanda and of Kashmir in the 1990s would lead to the conclusion thatnatural disasters have had negative impactsethnic and religious tensions often lead to violenceeconomic cooperation evolves over timeindustrialization results in democratic systems60sG2
