World History - Regents 08/06

Which activity would be most characteristic of people in a traditional society?
1. serving in government assemblies
2. working in an industrialized city
3. having the same occupation as their parents
4. establishing a mercantile system of trade
What is the main reason the Neolithic Revolution is considered a turning point in world history?
1. Fire was used as a source of energy for the first time.
2. Spoken language was used to improve communication.
3. Domestication of animals and cultivation of crops led to settled communities.
4. Stone tools and weapons were first developed.
1. Economic Development in Ancient Egypt
2. Cultural Diffusion in Mohenjo-Daro
3. Features of the Old Stone Age
4. Characteristics of Civilizations
One similarity between animism and Shinto is that people who follow these belief systems
1. practice filial piety
2. worship spirits in nature
3. are monotheistic
4. are required to make pilgrimages
One of the major achievements of Byzantine Emperor Justinian was that he
1. established a direct trade route with Ghana
2. defended the empire against the spread of Islam
3. brought Roman Catholicism to his empire
4. preserved and transmitted Greek and Roman culture
Both European medieval knights and Japanese samurai warriors pledged oaths of
1. loyalty to their military leader
2. devotion to their nation-state
3. service to their church
4. allegiance to their families
A direct impact that the printing press had on 16th-century Europe was that it encouraged the
1. spread of ideas
2. beginnings of communism
3. establishment of democracy
4. development of industrialization
Cervantes’ literary classic Don Quixote, the rule of Isabella and Ferdinand, and the art of El Greco are associated with the
1. Golden Age in Spain
2. Hanseatic League in Germany
3. Glorious Revolution in England
4. Renaissance in Italy
Which statement best describes a result of the encounter between Europeans and native populations of Latin America?
1. Native societies experienced rapid population growth.
2. European nations lost power and prestige in the New World.
3. Large numbers of natives migrated to Europe for a better life.
4. Plantations in the New World used enslaved Africans to replace native populations.
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
1. Russia
2. France
3. Spain
4. England
The Bolshevik Party in 1917 gained the support of the peasant class because they promised them
1. "Peace, Land, and Bread”
2. “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
3. abolition of the secret police
4. democratic reforms in all levels of government
Which area was once controlled by Britain, suffered a mass starvation in the 1840s, and became an independent Catholic nation in 1922?
1. Scotland
2. India
3. Ghana
4. Ireland
1. Atatürk [Mustafa Kemal]
2. Ho Chi Minh
3. José de San Martín
4. Kwame Nkrumah
In the 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev’s attempts to change the Soviet Union resulted in
1. an increase in tensions between India and the Soviet Union
2. a strengthening of the Communist Party
3. a shift from producing consumer goods to producing heavy machinery
4. a series of economic and political reforms
1. experiencing massive floods that might destroy the nation
2. struggling with the arrival of large numbers of freedom-seeking refugees
3. facing several dangers that threaten its existence as a new nation
4. celebrating its success as an independent nation
One way in which the Tang dynasty, the Gupta Empire, and the European Renaissance are similar is that they all included periods of
1. religious unity
2. democratic reforms
3. economic isolation
4. cultural achievements
What was one similar goal shared by Simón Bolívar and Mohandas Gandhi?
1. ending foreign control
2. promoting religious freedom
3. establishing a limited monarchy
4. creating collective farms
The Armenian Massacre, the “killing fields” of the Khmer Rouge, and Saddam Hussein’s attacks against the Kurds are examples of
1. apartheid
2. enslavement
3. human rights violations
4. forced collectivization
In western Europe, the Middle Ages began after the collapse of which empire?
1. Mughal
2. Roman
3. Ottoman
4. Byzantine
1. French
2. Russian
3. Chinese
4. Cuban
1. Clergy were spared from the Reign of Terror.
2. The Reign of Terror affected all classes equally.
3. The Reign of Terror crossed social and economic boundaries.
4. Peasants were the most frequent victims of the Reign of Terror.
1. Crusades
2. Age of Reason
3. Commercial Revolution
4. Scientific Revolution
1. beginning of World War I
2. outbreak of the Cold War
3. development of communist rule in Europe
4. strengthening of European monarchies

World History - Regents 08/06

Which activity would be most characteristic of people in a traditional society?

What is the main reason the Neolithic Revolution is considered a turning point in world history?

One similarity between animism and Shinto is that people who follow these belief systems

One of the major achievements of Byzantine Emperor Justinian was that he

Both European medieval knights and Japanese samurai warriors pledged oaths of

A direct impact that the printing press had on 16th-century Europe was that it encouraged the

Cervantes’ literary classic Don Quixote, the rule of Isabella and Ferdinand, and the art of El Greco are associated with the

Which statement best describes a result of the encounter between Europeans and native populations of Latin America?

The Bolshevik Party in 1917 gained the support of the peasant class because they promised them

Which area was once controlled by Britain, suffered a mass starvation in the 1840s, and became an independent Catholic nation in 1922?

In the 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev’s attempts to change the Soviet Union resulted in

One way in which the Tang dynasty, the Gupta Empire, and the European Renaissance are similar is that they all included periods of

What was one similar goal shared by Simón Bolívar and Mohandas Gandhi?

The Armenian Massacre, the “killing fields” of the Khmer Rouge, and Saddam Hussein’s attacks against the Kurds are examples of

In western Europe, the Middle Ages began after the collapse of which empire?

**Cervantes’ literary classic Don Quixote, the rule of Isabella and Ferdinand, and the art of El Greco are associated with the**