Question 1

Reason for the increase in population in China during the Ming and Qing

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improvements in the food supply

Question 2

How did Zheng He helped to expand China's influence?

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He led seven sea voyages to far away land

Question 3

Define bushido

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Was a warrior code similar to the code of chivalry that European kings lived by

Question 4

What contributed to the failure of kublai khans invasion of Japan in 1281

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a massive typhoon, called Kamikaze, destroyed most of the invading fleet

Question 5

What did Peter the great of Russia and King Louis XIV of France have in common

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both were absolute monarchs who claimed Divine Right of Rule

Question 6

One result for Gutenbergs printing press

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Far more books became readily available

Question 7

Factor in Ottomans capture of Constantinople

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Gunpowder weapons

Question 8

How did the Ottomans deal with different cultures within their empire?

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They were generally tolerant

Question 9

Religious division when Mughals established dynasty in India

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Hindu and Muslim

Question 10

Compare India's economy under Mughals with that of Europe

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India's economy was larger than any European nation

Question 11

Why was Leonardo da Vinci an example of renaissance Italy's social ideal

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He was a painter, sculpture, architect, inventor, and mathematician

Question 12

Effect of humanism on society during the renaissance

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it allowed social mobility into the middle class

Question 13

Adam Smith's argument in the wealth of nations

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A free market based on competition

Question 14

Describe the English Bill of Rights

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It essentially created a social contract between the monarch and his subjects

Question 15

Proclamation in the United States, Constitution, and declaration of rights of man

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Equal rights for all men, no political rights for women

Question 16

Describe Napoleonic code

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upheld the equality of citizens

Question 17

What was the first black republic in modern history?

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Haiti

Question 18

Describe principle of intervention

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send armies into countries where there were revolutions in order to restore legitimate monarchs to power

Question 19

Which revolution encouraged the growth of nationalism

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French Revolution

Question 20

What did the British want China to do in the opium wars?

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permit the import of opium

Question 21

What was the goal of boxer rebellion

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To rid china of foreigners

Question 22

Why was the textile industry the first industry to be transformed by mechanization

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cloth making was very laborious and time consuming

Question 23

Why did Japan begin industrializing in the late 1800s?

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The new Meiji government pursued a course of modernization

Question 24

What was one factor that allowed for the development of mass production

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the specialization of workers in a single step of the manufacturing process

Question 25

Reasons why working conditions in the factories were so poor

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Low wages; dangerous conditions; long hours

Question 26

What is not a reason why working conditions in the factories were so poor

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Workers having a large variety of tasks

Question 27

What was Marx's political theory that advocated ownership of the means of production

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Socialism

Question 28

Describe the concept of the Laissez-faire

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government should not interfere with the economy

Question 29

What was the white man's burden?

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The belief that Europeans had a moral responsibility to civilize primitive peoples

Question 30

Explain why industrialization encouraged imperialism

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Growing industries needed larger markets for their manufactured goods

Question 31

What economic affected European imperialist rule have on the regions they took over

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Resources were exploited for European profit

Question 32

What was the consequence of European imperialism in Africa?

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Disregarded traditional African boundaries and culture

Question 33

Why did many Latin American countries fail to industrialized in the 19th century?

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The depended on the industrialized nations to buy their cash crops and raw materials

Question 34

Nation that destabilized Europe before WW1 with its military and industrial might

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Germany

Question 35

Results of fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula

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Turkish forces defeated the allies

Question 36

What eventually drew the US into World War I

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The use of submarines against merchant ships

Question 37

What did the treaty of Versailles require of Germany?

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To accept responsibility for starting the war

Question 38

How did the league of nations deal with territorial possessions lost by Germany and Ottoman Empire?

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These territories became mandates under League supervision

Question 39

Describe Gandhis satyagraha movement

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civil disobedience

Question 40

What contributed to the rise of fascism in Europe between WWI and WWII

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Leaders using propaganda to promote ideals, emphasizing the state, establishment of a strong government, we economies due to great depression

Question 41

What did not contribute to the rise of fascism in Europe between WWI and WW2

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Is strong economy with a well-established democratic government

Question 42

Why did so many Germans except Hitler and the Nazis?

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The believe that Hitler had ended Germany's economic depression

Question 43

Focus on Stalin's first five-year plan

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Modernizing, agriculture, and industry

Question 44

Type of regimes in Soviet Union under Stalin, in Italy, under Mussolini, and in Germany, under Hitler, and in Spain under Franco

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totalitarian

Question 45

Strategy that allows Germans to achieve military success at the beginning of WWII

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Blizkrieg

Question 46

What did US do after Japan's attack on its pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor?

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Entered World War II on side of the allies

Question 47

Why did Hitler plan to conquer the Soviet union?

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To Secure land and resources

Question 48

What was the Nazis "final solution"

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To exterminate the Jews of Europe

Question 49

Why did Japan surrender in August, 1945

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Dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 50

What was the Marshall plan?

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A financial aid plan for postwar recovery in Europe

Question 51

Define Cold War

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the period of political tension following World War II

Question 52

Define Truman doctrine

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Legislation outlining the US containment policy

Question 53

Truman, believe in the best way to stop communism

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Supporting freely, elected governments, monetary aid, and rebuilding European economies

Question 54

What was the Warsaw Pact?

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Create military alliance between Soviet Union and eastern European nations

Question 55

Why was Berlin wall built?

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prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany

Question 56

What were Soviet satellites?

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Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe

Question 57

What was the purpose of the great leap forward?

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increase agricultural and industrial production

Question 58

What was the result of the great leap forward?

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It led to the largest famine in human history

Question 59

Purpose of the policy of perestroika

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restructure the economy through reforms

Question 60

Purpose of policy of galsnot

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Allows some freedom of speech and expressions

Question 61

How was the nation Israel created?

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By the United Nations partition in 1948

Question 62

Define apartheid

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Segregationist policy in South Africa that implemented following independence

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