World History - Regents 08/07

Which source of information is considered a primary source?
1. travel diary of Ibn Battuta
2. modern novel about the Golden Age of Islam
3. textbook on the history of North Africa
4. dictionary of English words adapted from Arabic
1. religion and government
2. transportation and trade
3. diet and shelter
4. climate and topography
1. filial piety
2. cultural diffusion
3. scientific research
4. ethnocentrism
Which belief system is most closely associated with the terms Eightfold Path, Four Noble Truths, and nirvana?
1. Buddhism
2. Christianity
3. Judaism
4. Shinto
Confucianism had a strong impact on the development of China mainly because this philosophy
1. established a basic structure for military rule
2. provided a basis for social order
3. contained the framework for a communist government
4. stressed the importance of the individual
The terms masters, apprentices, and journeymen are most closely associated with the
1. encomienda system of Latin America
2. guild system of Europe in the Middle Ages
3. civil service system of China during the Tang dynasty
4. caste system of India
One major characteristic of the Renaissance period is that the
1. Catholic Church no longer had any influence in Europe
2. manor became the center of economic activity
3. classical cultures of Greece and Rome were revived and imitated
4. major language of the people became Latin
1. Age of Exploration
2. Scientific Revolution
3. Crusades
4. Protestant Reformation
A major reason for Zheng He’s voyages during the 15th century was to
1. promote trade and collect tribute
2. establish colonies in Africa and India
3. seal off China’s borders from foreign influence
4. prove the world was round
From the 15th to the 18th centuries, absolute monarchs of Europe and Asia sought to
1. increase the power of the Catholic Church
2. centralize their political power
3. redistribute land to the peasants
4. strengthen feudalism
Seventeenth-century scholars Galileo Galilei and René Descartes faced serious challenges to their scientific theories because their ideas
1. were based on the Bible
2. contradicted traditional medieval European beliefs
3. relied only on teachings from non-Christian cultures
4. Formation of Democratic Governments
1. Reasons For Communist Revolutions
2. Effects of Nationalism
3. Methods of Propaganda
4. Formation of Democratic Governments
1. The British made no promises to either the Arabs or the Jews.
2. The Arab-Israeli conflict can be traced in part to British promises.
3. The United Nations did not try to prevent conflict in the Middle East.
4. Only the Jews were promised an independent state in Palestine.
1. Czar Nicholas II
2. Nikita Khrushchev
3. Vladimir I. Lenin
4. Mikhail Gorbachev
1. guerilla
2. nuclear
3. biological
4. trench
1. threats to the environment by developed and developing economies
2. differences between command and market economies
3. economic costs of World War II
4. dangers of the Cold War
1. had formed an alliance for peace
2. were determined to defeat communism
3. had supported a peaceful international solution
4. were committed to aggression
One way in which Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, and Kim Jong Il are similar is that each
1. set up democratic governments
2. used Marxist political principles
3. overthrew a ruling monarch
4. promoted Confucian principles
1. The original causes of apartheid have not been eliminated.
2. Apartheid improved race relations in South Africa.
3. Peace can be achieved by nonviolence.
4. Hate is caused by poverty.
Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, the killing fields of Cambodia (Kampuchea), and the dirty war in Argentina are all examples of
1. nationalist revolts
2. human rights violations
3. international terrorism
4. religious conflicts
Studying the architectural features of the Parthenon, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Taj Mahal provides information about the
1. beliefs and values of a given culture
2. climatic changes in an area
3. 19th-century use of technology
4. influence of Chinese design
1. Puritan (1642)
2. French (1789)
3. Mexican (1910)
4. Russian (1917)
The golden ages of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires can be attributed in part to
1. cultural isolation
2. stable governments
3. command economies
4. distinct social classes
One way in which Simón Bolívar, Jomo Kenyatta, and Mohandas Gandhi are similar is that each
1. led a nationalist movement
2. used nonviolent tactics
3. supported imperialism
4. opposed communism
One way in which the Sepoy Mutiny in India, the Zulu resistance in southern Africa, and the Boxer Rebellion in China are similar is that each resulted from
1. government policies of ethnic cleansing
2. attempts by democratic forces to overthrow the monarchy
3. native reaction to foreign interference in the region
4. government denial of access to fertile farmland

World History - Regents 08/07

Which source of information is considered a primary source?

**Which belief system is most closely associated with the terms Eightfold Path, Four Noble Truths, and nirvana?**

Confucianism had a strong impact on the development of China mainly because this philosophy

**The terms masters, apprentices, and journeymen are most closely associated with the**

One major characteristic of the Renaissance period is that the

A major reason for Zheng He’s voyages during the 15th century was to

From the 15th to the 18th centuries, absolute monarchs of Europe and Asia sought to

Seventeenth-century scholars Galileo Galilei and René Descartes faced serious challenges to their scientific theories because their ideas

One way in which Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, and Kim Jong Il are similar is that each

Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, the killing fields of Cambodia (Kampuchea), and the dirty war in Argentina are all examples of

Studying the architectural features of the Parthenon, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Taj Mahal provides information about the

The golden ages of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires can be attributed in part to

One way in which Simón Bolívar, Jomo Kenyatta, and Mohandas Gandhi are similar is that each

One way in which the Sepoy Mutiny in India, the Zulu resistance in southern Africa, and the Boxer Rebellion in China are similar is that each resulted from