Question 1

Why did people in Ghana become so rich?

Accepted Answer

Central location allowed them to collect taxes

Answer

They knew how to tame Saharan camels

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They had access to salt

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They knew where secret gold mines were

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT a Mayan idea

Accepted Answer

Creation of chinapas (floating gardens)

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Number system based on 20 rather than 10

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Creation of a fairly accurate calendar

Question 3

What is trephination?

Accepted Answer

Incan brain surgery

Answer

Incan knot tying language

Answer

Aztec poetry

Answer

Aztec pictographs

Question 4

Westernization focuses on the spreading of ideas of _____________________ to the rest of the world?

Accepted Answer

Europe

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Africa

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Asia

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the Americas

Question 5

Where would you be most likely to find an astrolabe?

Accepted Answer

On a caravel

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In a commercial port in China

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In a conquistador's weapon cache

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In the tent of a Jesuit

Question 6

Divine Right is most closely related to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Mandate of Heaven

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Scientific Revolution

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Renaissance

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Enlightenment

Question 7

Who held true power during the feudal Japanese period (Tokugawa Japan and earlier)?

Accepted Answer

Shogun

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Emperor

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Daimyo

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Samurai

Question 8

Where would you find a Czar?

Accepted Answer

Russian Empire

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Safavid Empire

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Ottoman Empire

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Ming China

Question 9

Which one of the following is MOST associated with the Columbian exchange?

Accepted Answer

Potatoes

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Silver

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African Slaves

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Gunpowder

Question 10

Which was the OLD theory that was DISPROVED by Copernicus?

Accepted Answer

Geocentric Theory

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Theory of Relativity

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Theory of Gravity

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Heliocentric Theory

Question 11

Before the British, which group would you have found in India?

Accepted Answer

The Mughal Empire

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The Mongol Empire

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The Russian Empire

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The Ottoman Empire

Question 12

Martin Luther is most associated as a major figure in the Counter-Reformation

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 13

The Renaissance was primarily what type of movement?

Accepted Answer

Art and Learning

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Religion and Secularism

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Science and Technology

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Social Liberalism

Question 14

What two kingdoms did the "Third Rome" of Russia see as its ancestors?

Accepted Answer

Rome and the Byzantine Empire

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Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire

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Britain and France

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Roman Empire and the Mongol Empire

Question 15

Acquiring as much gold and silver as possible was a major goal under which economic theory?

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism

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Capitalism

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Joint Stock Company

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Enlightenment

Question 16

Which theory focuses on personal freedom?

Accepted Answer

Liberalism

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Mercantilism

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Socialism

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Imperialism

Question 17

Britain was the place where ________________________________________ started.

Accepted Answer

the industrial revolution

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socialism

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the civil service exam

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american exploration

Question 18

Montesquieu was known for

Accepted Answer

Separation of powers (executive, legislative, judicial)

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creating the industrial revolution

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breaking from the Roman Catholic Church

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focusing on life , liberty and property

Question 19

The industrial revolution was most responsible for creating which other movement?

Accepted Answer

Imperialism

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Renaissance

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Reformation

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Socialism

Question 20

What was John Locke known for?

Accepted Answer

Focus on natural laws that the government is required to protect

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Freedom of Speech

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Getting rid of indulgences

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Painting the Mona Lisa

Question 21

Why did Atlantic exploration happen when it did?

Accepted Answer

Fall of traditional trade routes to Ottoman Muslims

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People thought the world was flat before then

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Ran out of Silver in Europe

Question 22

Which of the following people is most associated with the Scientific Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Galileo

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Voltaire

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Shakespeare

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Locke

Question 23

The civil service exam is most associated with which term?

Accepted Answer

Meritocracy

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Absolutism

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Capitalism

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Socialism

Question 24

How did the Ottoman Empire end?

Accepted Answer

Disbanded at the end of WWI after a slow death

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Wiped out during the Black Death

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Captured by the Safavid Empire

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Destroyed during the gunpower revolution

Question 25

Which group was the hardest hit by the Great Dying?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans

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European Conquistadors

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African Slaves

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European Missionaries

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