Deck 16: World History

Question 1

Where does the vast majority of China's population reside?

A)In Northern China
B)In Southern China
C)In Western China
D)In Eastern China

Answer 1

In Eastern China

Question 2

What region of the world does Latin America refer to?

A)South America
B)The Western Hemisphere south of the US
C)South America excluding Brazil
D)Only Mexico, Guatemala and Belize

Answer 2

The Western Hemisphere south of the US

Question 3

What geographic feature has had the biggest impact on Polish history?

A)Its location on the great European Plain
B)Extremely cold winters
C)Numerous rivers
D)Impassable mountains

Answer 3

Its location on the great European Plain

Question 4

What makes a nation doubly landlocked?

A)It has no access to the sea.
B)It has no access to the sea and no major rivers.
C)It is landlocked and has no major airports.
D)Both the country and all of its neighbors are landlocked.

Question 5

Which activity is a topological map best suited for?

A)Determining a city's population
B)Counting the number of states in the US
C)Identifying Kansas's major crops
D)Finding a mountain's height

Question 6

What impact has the Sahara desert had on the development of Africa?

A)It has prevented Africa's development.
B)It has promoted the development of alternative energy.
C)It has caused Northern Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa to develop independently.
D)It has enhanced agriculture throughout Africa.

Question 7

The Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal are both important for what reason?

A)They are man-made waterways into the Mediterranean.
B)They control trade in and out of the Mediterranean.
C)Both were formerly British-controlled waterways.
D)They are ideal points to launch an attack from.

Question 8

Russia spent a great deal of effort trying to conquer Turkey during the 1800s for what purpose?

A)To gain leverage in Europe
B)For strategic depth in case it was attacked
C)As an entrance to the Middle East
D)In order to have a warm-water port

Question 9

What geographical features contributed to China's isolated development?

A)Northern and western mountain ranges
B)A lack of suitable coastline for ports
C)A lack of major rivers
D)Regular earthquakes

Question 10

What geographic factors contributed to America's isolationism?

A)Oceans to the east and west
B)Bitter cold in the North
C)Deserts in the Southwest
D)The Rockies and the Appalachians

Question 11

Modern European towns mostly developed during which period?

A)The Renaissance
B)The Middle Ages
C)The Roman Era
D)After World War I

Question 12

Which of the following was the most significant long-term impact of the Crusades?

A)The disruption of Ottoman society
B)Demand for goods from the East
C)The death of European knights
D)The spread of Islam into Europe

Question 13

Which factor contributed to the flourishing of the Renaissance in Northern Italy?

A)Liberal laws that promoted free expression
B)Loyalty to the Byzantine Church
C)The presence of democratic city-states
D)A wealthy elite who supported the arts

Question 14

Bushido, the code of conduct followed by Japanese samurai, most closely parallels which other ethical system?

A)The Ten Commandments
B)Medieval chivalry
C)Buddhist pacifism
D)Enlightenment-era humanism

Question 15

Which is a necessary prerequisite for industrialization?

A)A food surplus
B)The protection of human rights
C)A democratic government
D)Universal education

Question 16

Which social group gained the most power from the French Revolution of 1789?

A)The Catholic Church
B)The royal family
C)The military
D)The middle class

Question 17

Which of the following was one of the effects of Stalin's agricultural collectivization programs?

A)Food surpluses
B)Food shortages
C)A switch from expensive foods to staple food production
D)Increased reliance on the fishing industry

Question 18

Which of the following did not contribute to the outbreak of World War I?

A)Religious violence
B)A complex web of alliances
C)Increased nationalism
D)Increased militarism

Question 19

What event forced the Emperor of Japan to declare that he was "only human?"

A)The opening of Japan
B)The bombing of Pearl Harbor
C)The bombing of Hiroshima
D)The loss of World War II

Question 20

After World War II, which novel provision was included, at the insistence of the US, in Japan's new constitution?

A)A limitation on the size of the Japanese military
B)A section banning the practice of Shinto by Japanese lawmakers
C)Permanent acceptance of a US military base in Okinawa
D)A free trade treaty with the US

Question 21

Which of the following is a trait shared by Nazi Germany before World War II and Communist Russia?

A)One-party control of the government
B)A command economy
C)The protection of the right to property
D)Independent media

Question 22

What is the name of Gorbachev's policy of openness in the 1980s?

A)Perestroika
B)Collectivization
C)Glasnost
D)Bolshevism

Question 23

Which of the following countries does not describe itself as communist?

A)Cuba
B)North Korea
C)Laos
D)Vietnam

Question 24

The fall of the Roman Empire was immediately followed by:

A)Decentralization of power to organized city-states
B)The emergence of democratic nations
C)A balance of power between royal families
D)General chaos and weak central governments

Question 25

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle all taught philosophy in what ancient city?

A)Cairo
B)Rome
C)Athens
D)Sparta

Question 26

The Fatimids, the Ayyubids and the Mamluks were all rulers of which modern-day nation?

A)Syria
B)Egypt
C)Lebanon
D)Kuwait

Question 27

How does Andalusia, the region in the south of Spain, differ from the rest of Spain?

A)It was under Islamic rule for about 700 years.
B)It was regularly attacked by Norse invaders.
C)The people followed the Byzantine Church.
D)The flat landscape differs from the mountainous North.

Question 28

Who was the first European to find North America?

A)Christopher Columbus
B)Leif Ericson
C)Ferdinand Magellan
D)Amerigo Vespucci

Question 29

During Apartheid, what was the primary goal of the African National Congress?

A)To establish a system of one person, one vote
B)To create a federated state, with each race getting its own homeland
C)To drive Afrikaaners out of South Africa
D)To free Nelson Mandela

Question 30

Which of the following was not a similarity between Gamal Nasser and Kemal Ataturk?

A)Both tried to modernize their nations.
B)Both consolidated control in the hands of a single political party.
C)Both attempted to secularize their nations.
D)Both had strong relationships with the West.