Section I Time—55 minutes 70 Questions Directions: Each of the incomplete statements or questions below is followed by five answer choices. Choose the answer that is best. 1.Which of the following belief systems emerged from political disorder, did not worship a deity, and remained primarily regional beliefs? a.Buddhism and Confucianism. b.Buddhism and Hinduism. c.Confucianism and Islam. d.Judaism and Islam. e.Confucianism and Daoism. 2.Which of the following is true of both the Roman Empire and the Gupta Empire? a.Both had centralized governments with established infrastructures. b.Both depended on long-distance maritime trade. c.Both relied heavily on forced labor. d.Both were followed by centuries of global rule. e.Both fell to nomadic tribes pushed in their direction by migratory Huns. 3.Which of the following statements draws an accurate similarity between early agricultural societies in the Americas and those in the Eastern Hemisphere? a.American societies were matriarchal, while those in the Eastern Hemisphere were patriarchal. b.Agricultural societies in both hemispheres were polytheistic. c.Both groups of societies relied on human muscle rather than on technology to carry out manual labor. d.Societies in the Western Hemisphere relied more on the flooding patterns of rivers than did those in the Eastern Hemisphere. e.Societies in the Americas had larger beasts of burden than societies in the Eastern Hemisphere did. 4.Which of the following concepts was introduced after the other four? a.The Four Noble Truths. b.The Way.
b.they were polytheistic. c.natives of southwest United States traded with Mesoamerican civilizations. d.both built massive ceremonial structures. e.while most of the natives of Mesoamerica had a written language, those north of the Rio Grande did not. 21.Slavery and Russian serfdom were similar in that a.they were both forms of bondage. b.both were denied personal freedoms. c.they were both tied to economic decline in the regions where they were utilized as a labor force. d.neither offered a way to escape conditions of servitude. e.they were both based on skin color. 22.Which of the following did NOT contribute to the fall of the Aztec Empire to the Spaniards? a.Military assistance of Mesoamerican peoples. b.Epidemic disease. c.Mesoamerican traditions. d.The economic weakness of the Aztecs. e.Superior weaponry of the Spaniards. 23.The first successful revolution of black slaves in world history occurred in a.Mexico. b.Haiti. c.Brazil. d.Venezuela. e.Puerto Rico. 24.Karl Marx's use of the term "bourgeoisie" to refer to factory management was also used to describe a.the ancient regime in France. b.the Western-educated leaders against the Qing Chinese. c.the free black society of Haiti. d.the initiators of the French Revolution. e.British sympathizers during the American Revolution. 25."Take up the White Man's burden—The savage wars of peace—Fill full the mouth of Famine And bid the sickness cease." (Source: Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man's Burden") Kipling's poem received its rationale from which of the following nineteenth-century philosophies? a.Laissez-faire economics. b.Conservatism. c.Romanticism. d.Liberalism. e.Social Darwinism.
d.the overall failure of the Green Revolution. e.the effects of colonialism. 37.During classical times a.individuals did not travel the full extent of the Silk Roads. b.Malay merchants sailed from Southeast Asia to East Africa. c.central Asians guarded trade routes but did not participate in trade themselves. d.there was a favorable balance of trade between Rome and China. e.North Africa was bypassed by Silk Roads trade. 38.The map above illustrates a.areas of Japanese occupation in the 1930s. b.spheres of influence. c.locations of the Taiping Rebellion. d.locations of European colonies. e.locations of battles of the Opium War. 39.Which of the following religions is suggested by the symbols above? a.Hinduism. b.Christianity. c.Buddhism. d.Islam. e.Judaism. 40.Hinduism a.developed many of its ideas from the Vedas. b.developed the caste system about the time of the birth of Jesus. c.believed that reincarnation could move a person to only a higher caste. d.allowed wide mobility between castes. e.developed its caste system based on economic status. 41.Which of the following best describes patriarchal relationships? a.They involve abuse of female family members. b.They prevent women from engaging in commercial activity in public. c.Women are secluded behind veils. d.Women's inferior status places them under the protection of male family members. e.Women are denied an education. 42.The altar pictured above is found in a.India. b.China. c.Latin America. d.Southeast Asia. (E) Russia.
d.Its economy was unable to manage the tsar's desire for expansion. e.Its technological advances made it the equal of France and Great Britain. 61.Which of the following is NOT true of imperialism in Southeast Asia in the period 1750 to 1914? a.Much of central Asia was brought under Russian control. b.By 1900, all of Southeast Asia was under colonial rule. c.The Roman Catholic Church became prominent in Vietnam. d.British-controlled Singapore became an active trade center. e.Great Britain controlled Malaysian tin and rubber. 62.In the nineteenth century, the Ottoman and Russian empires were examples of a.nation-states. b.socialist empires. c.religious toleration. d.religious diversity. e.republican governments. 63.By the middle of the eighteenth century, both China and Great Britain a.experienced population decline. b.had a network of banks and financial institutions. c.had accessible deposits of coal. d.lacked accessible water transportation. e.possessed colonies to supply raw materials. 64.Which of the following was true of Latin American society in the period 1750 to 1914? a.Society was egalitarian. b.Few migrants came to Latin America. c.Intellectuals produced works based on Latin American values. d.Women's role in society was one of basic equality with men. e.The Argentine gaucho enjoyed a type of admiration equal to that of the U.S. cowboy. 65."I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." The quotation above is taken from a.the Monroe Doctrine. b.the Roosevelt Corollary. c.the Balfour Declaration. d.the Truman Doctrine. e.the Brezhnev Doctrine. 66.The statement in the quotation from Question 65 illustrates the policy of a.nonalignment.