Question 1

Where did the ancient city of Uruk emerge around six thousand years ago?&#10;A) between the Tigris and Euphrates&#10;B) in the Ganges River Valley&#10;C) between the White and Blue Nile&#10;D) in the Indus River Valley

Accepted Answer

The ancient city of Uruk emerged around six thousand years ago between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia, which is present-day Iraq.

Question 2

What is the most significant limiting factor on empires?&#10;A) shrinking world effect&#10;B) environmental diversity&#10;C) distance decay effect&#10;D) poor transportation

Accepted Answer

The distance decay effect is the most significant limiting factor on empires. This refers to the idea that as distance from the center of power increases, the ability to control and maintain an empire decreases. It becomes more difficult to communicate, transport goods and troops, and enforce laws and policies. This ultimately leads to the weakening and eventual collapse of empires. The other options may contribute to the decline of empires, but distance decay is the most fundamental and pervasive limiting factor.

Question 3

What was NOT a driver of the global integration of space by early modern empires?&#10;A) growing international trade&#10;B) diffusion of technology&#10;C) decline of religious power&#10;D) cross-cultural borrowing

Accepted Answer

The decline of religious power was not a driver of the global integration of space by early modern empires. The other options, including growing international trade, diffusion of technology, and cross-cultural borrowing, were important factors in the expansion of global networks during this period.

Question 4

What describes the political economy of most early modern empires?&#10;A) equal interaction and cross-cultural borrowing&#10;B) core-periphery imperial relationships&#10;C) free markets open to competition&#10;D) well-integrated trade networks

Accepted Answer

Early modern empires were characterized by core-periphery imperial relationships, where a powerful core area (usually the metropole) would exploit and extract resources from the periphery (usually the colonies or conquered territories). This was often done through forced labor, slavery, or heavy taxation. Free markets and well-integrated trade networks were not common, as empires often sought to control and regulate trade to their own benefit. While there may have been some cross-cultural borrowing, it was not typically an equal interaction.

Question 5

What resulted from the core-periphery spatial structure of the colonial world economy?&#10;A) globally uneven development&#10;B) wealth of the core&#10;C) poverty of the periphery&#10;D) all of these

Accepted Answer

The core-periphery spatial structure of the colonial world economy resulted in globally uneven development, with the core accumulating wealth while the periphery experienced poverty. Therefore, option D, which includes all of these outcomes, is the best choice.

Question 6

Where in the world was the scramble for territory most pronounced during the age of imperialism?&#10;A) Africa&#10;B) Asia&#10;C) North America&#10;D) South America

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The scramble for territory was most pronounced in Africa during the age of imperialism. European powers competed to colonize and control as much of Africa as possible, resulting in the partition of the continent and the subjugation of its people. Asia and parts of North and South America were also colonized, but the intensity of European involvement was greatest in Africa.

Question 7

During the Cold War, countries that aligned with the United States pledged their anti-_____ and those allying with the Soviet Union emphasized their anti-_____.&#10;A) neoliberalism; socialism&#10;B) communism; capitalism&#10;C) imperialism; Westernism&#10;D) capitalism; socialism

Accepted Answer

During the Cold War, the ideological battle was primarily between communism, supported by the Soviet Union, and capitalism, championed by the United States. Countries aligning with the U.S. were generally anti-communist, while those aligning with the Soviet Union were anti-capitalist.

Question 8

What describes the situation in a democratic society where a regime begins to lose public support, perhaps due to extended military campaigns and other unpopular imperial endeavors?&#10;A) information overload&#10;B) strategic limits&#10;C) fiscal limits&#10;D) legitimation crisis

Accepted Answer

A legitimation crisis occurs when a regime loses public support, which can happen due to a variety of reasons, including extended military campaigns and other unpopular imperial endeavors. This can lead to a crisis of legitimacy for the government, which can ultimately threaten the stability of the democratic society. Information overload, strategic limits, and fiscal limits may also be factors that contribute to a legitimation crisis, but they are not the defining characteristic.

Question 9

What statement best describes the problem with information overload in an extensive empire?&#10;A) the larger the empire, the more information there is to examine&#10;B) when the empire modernizes, information travels too fast to control&#10;C) the larger the empire, the more languages the information must be offered in&#10;D) when the empire diversifies, information must be appealing to each audience

Accepted Answer

In an extensive empire, there will be a larger amount of information to examine, making it difficult to process and manage.

Question 10

What region of the world is most associated with first wave of decolonization?&#10;A) Africa&#10;B) Asia&#10;C) North America&#10;D) South America

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Question 11

What is the most significant legacy of colonialism for present-day African nation-states?&#10;A) arbitrary imperial borders&#10;B) well-developed infrastructure&#10;C) economic dependence&#10;D) undeveloped infrastructure

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Question 12

What distinguishes the collapse of the Soviet Union from other historical examples of imperial decline?&#10;A) it was brought about by regime change in Moscow&#10;B) it occurred without any tensions over borders&#10;C) it was brought about by popular uprisings&#10;D) it occurred rapidly with the fall of the Berlin Wall

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Question 13

Evaluating the case of the Soviet Union's collapse, what type of imperial decline best characterizes the ultimate undoing of the Soviet Union?&#10;A) information overload&#10;B) strategic limits&#10;C) fiscal limits&#10;D) legitimation crisis

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Question 14

Which was NOT one of the Soviet Socialist Republics that formed the Soviet Union?&#10;A) Estonia&#10;B) Poland&#10;C) Belarus&#10;D) Georgia

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Question 15

Which of Samuel Huntington's &#34;civilizations&#34; coincided with the later boundaries of the Soviet Union?&#10;A) Confucian&#10;B) Islamic&#10;C) Orthodox&#10;D) African

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Question 16

What event revealed that Huntington's characteristics for the Islamic world were more the product of specific regimes and historical contexts?&#10;A) The September 11, 2001 attacks&#10;B) The collapse of the Soviet Union&#10;C) Arab Spring&#10;D) Decolonization

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Question 17

What is an advantage of the US as a global superpower for other centers of power in the world economy?&#10;A) The world economy would be firmly capitalist and only market economies will succeed&#10;B) The economic success of a peaceful world is underwritten by US military expenditures&#10;C) The world economy would be bolstered by the requirements of any military campaigns&#10;D) The political success of a prosperous world is underwritten by US economic development

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Question 18

What political entity has emerged in the last thirty years out of poverty to become one of the world's top economies, and now is building up its military and making territorial claims that incite conflict among its neighbors?

A) USA
B) Russia
C) EU
D) China

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Question 19

What country did ISIS or Daesh come from?&#10;A) Iran&#10;B) Syria&#10;C) Iraq&#10;D) Saudi Arabia

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Question 20

What religious affiliation do the fundamentalists that enlist in ISIS hold?&#10;A) Sunni&#10;B) Christian&#10;C) Shiite&#10;D) Muslim

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Deck 14: World Orders