Multiple-Choice Exercise From the New York State Education Department. Regents High School Examination Internet. Available from http://www.nysedregents.nysed.gov/; accessed January 11, 2012.; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.
Choose the correct answer for each question.
Which social scientists are best known for studying the physical artifacts of a culture?
geographers
archaeologists
economists
sociologists
One way in which the Five Relationships, the Ten Commandments, and the Eightfold Path are similar is that they
promote polytheism
establish gender equality
provide codes of behavior
describe secularism
baptism
karma
monotheism
animism
Which accomplishments are associated with the Gupta Empire?
adoption of democracy and construction of the Pantheon
defeat of the Roman Empire and adoption of Christianity
establishment of Pax Mongolia and founding of a Chinese dynasty
use of Sanskrit language and development of the concept of zero
Which statement about the Golden Age of Islam is a fact rather than an opinion?
Islamic art was more abstract than Greek art.
Muslims were the best early mathematicians.
Islamic society preserved Greek and Roman culture.
Muslim artists had more talent than European artists.
Which two cultures most influenced the development of early Japan?
Greek and Roman
Chinese and Korean
Egyptian and Mesopotamian
Indian and Persian
direct democracy
imperialism
socialism
divine right
Ivan the Terrible
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Louis XIV
Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, and Johannes Kepler are all directly associated with the
Industrial Revolution
Scientific Revolution
English Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their
education level
geographic region
social class
religious beliefs
One similarity in the leadership of Jomo Kenyatta, José de San Martín, and Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) is that they
supported nationalistic movements
organized communist rebellions
opposed trade with other nations
established democratic rule in their countries
One reason for the outbreak of World War II was the
ineffectiveness of the League of Nations
growing tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
conflict between the Hapsburg and the Romanov families
refusal of the German government to sign the Treaty of Versailles
Proliferation of military weapons could destroy the world.
The world’s population is growing faster than its food supply.
The land masses of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are shifting.
Military technology is making the world a smaller place.
free trade
collective security
self-determination
peaceful coexistence
The policy of strict racial separation and discrimination that was implemented in the Republic of South Africa is called
collectivization
apartheid
apartheid
communism
Which statement best describes a problem facing India today?
Democracy has failed to gain popular support.
Religious and ethnic diversity has continued to cause conflict.
A decrease in population has led to labor shortages.
Lack of technology has limited military capabilities.
Sepoy Mutiny
Kashmir crisis
Green Revolution
Computer Revolution
Elements of Belief Systems
Characteristics of Classical Civilizations
Benefits of the Counter Reformation
Changes during the Neolithic Revolution
The treatment of the Armenians by Ottoman Turks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the treatment of Muslims by the Serbs of Yugoslavia in the 1990s are both examples of
coalition rule
liberation theology
universal suffrage
human rights violations
The doctrines of the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant churches are all based on the
