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Technology and the State in World History
Technology and the State in World History
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Why are the late 1400s considered to be a "turning point" in world history?
The first Native American empires arose.
The Eastern and Western hemispheres traded on a large scale.
The first widespread epidemic diseases started.
There were new religious movements for the first time.
2
The High Speed Rail offers an ____ for commuters who dislike the cramped cargo of the train and bus.
alternative
transparency
turmeric
sanitation
3
Which of the following is true about the spread of Chinese innovations?
Porcelain was not demanded by other neighboring countries
Europe did not adopt printing
Gunpowder from China influenced the “gunpowder revolution” in Europe
Compass from China rarely helped the Afro-Eurasian trading world
4
Which of the following are NOT innovations of ship designs in the early 16th century?
Fluyt
Caravel
Steam Ships
Carrack
5
What don't Inventions and Innovations help do?
Increase IQ
Improve safety
Make us more comfortable
Speed up processes
6
Who was the reigning caliph during the start of the Islamic Golden Age?
Omar al-Farouk
Harum al-Rashid
Bashar al-Assad
Jafar Madabi
7
What 20th century discovery was made by Crick & Watson?
ABO blood groups
Antibiotics
Structure of DNA
Viruses
8
The Chinampas were examples of
ability of civilization to adapt to their physical geography
slash and burn farming techniques
colonial economic policies
mesoamerican art forms
9
What goods do container ships usually carry?
Foods
All of the above
Vechicles
Furniture
10
What contributed to the growth of cities in the Islamic world?
Industrial production
Increased agric. production
All of the Above
Paper manufacturing
11
Why are cities important in World History
They are not important
For most of human history, most people live in cities
Surplus grains are grown in cities
They serve as centers of culture, trade & political admin.
12
Insulin is a drug discovered in 20th century to treat:
diabetes
smallpox
pneumonia
infection
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What was the maxim gun?
The first machine gun
The first airplane
The first bayonet
The first tank
14
When the people of a nation show pride in their shared history and loyalty to their nation
Nationalism
Sovereignty
15
What century did vaccines become mainstream on a global scale?
20th century
17th century
19th century
21st century
16
What’s the difference between innovations and inventions??
Invention= a philosophy Innovation= a book
Invention= a creation innovation= an improvement on creation
Invention=a teacher Innovation=a lion that ate my girlfriend
Invention=An improvement Inovation=A creation
17
What is the digital divide?
Only people with iPhones have access to the internet
Some people have access to the internet and others do not
8/2=4
Everyone has internet access except old people
18
Quinine, the Maxim Gun, steam ships, and telegraphs all...
enabled Europeans to exploit foreign peoples and resources
were obsolete by the outbreak of World War I
were breakthroughs shared with Asian and African societies
enabled greater cooperation among the European states
19
Why did the industrial revolution start?
people were fed up by jobs not being available
population caused demand in goods meaning factories gotbuilt
the lost of farms and crops
the availability of food and living supplies
20
Examples of technological innovations (1200-1900 CE) include
silk, silver, and tobacco
assembly line, crop rotation and lateen sails
paper, printing press and devshirme
gunpowder, firearms, cows
21
Time of Peace, Prosperity, Stability and Innovations in Science, Arts and Technology
Legalism
Silk Road
Darma
Golden Age
22
Which achievements are most closely associated with the Golden Age of Islamic culture?
gunpowder, pagodas, and silk
aqueducts, roads, and polytheism
columns, pillars, and democracy
mosques, medical books, algebra
23
what was the scientific revolution?
branched off enlightenment, as another movement.
mixture of logical realization about scientific discoveries
People didn't want to go to church on Sunday.
movement where people thought about things in a logical way
24
What made major improvements during the Industrial Revolution?
Women's Rights
Factories
Transportation
Agriculture
25
Which of the following is NOT true about technological innovations helping societies grow and prosper?
Telescope for astronomical discoveries
Saddles for transportation along the Silk Roads
Printing of paper for money and taxes in China
Improvements in sails for transportation along the Sea Roads
26
Which of the following environmental innovations was UNIQUE to the challenges of sailing in the
Indian Ocean
?
Learning about magnetic poles & latitude to create the astrolabe & compass
Creating ways that lateen sails could move with square sails.
An understanding of seasonal monsoon wind patterns
Applying paper technology to maritime maps
27
What were the Tanzimat Reforms
New laws that limited the power of European traders.
New edicts for a newly militarized society against Europe.
A new base of reforms for a new centralized state,
A series of taxes preventing corruption.
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Technological innovations were more likely to be adopted in...
Weakly guilded societies
Societies with a strong guild system
29
What was the Green Revolution?
It restored tropical forests destroyed by slash-and-burn
it sought to limit the use of nuclear energy
It used new tech. to increase agric. yields in dev. regions
it prevented oil exploration in endangered species' habitats
30
Why did pastoral societies emerge only in the Afro-Eurasian world and not in the Americas?
There was a lack of large animals that could be domesticated
The environments in the Americas were not suitable
Settled societies in the Americas lack military prowess
There were no agricultural societies with which to trade
31
The majority of the slaves in the Islamic world were
mistresses kept in harems
converts to Islam
able to return to their homes for special occasions
soldiers or house servants
32
Which of the following is not one of the Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century?
Internet
Electrification
Radio and Television
Apple iPhone
33
By 1830 revolutions in the Atlantic world resulted in which of the following changes?
The political independence of colonies in both N & S America
The emancipation of slaves everywhere in the Atlantic world
The creation of a politically unified South America
Political and econ domination of the W Hemisphere by the US
34
What was the dhow ship significantly known for?
Becoming a permanent home for children
The use of the lateen sail to go along strong winds
Sailing quickly across shallow waters
Carrying an average of 200 tons of products a time
35
How did the industrial Revolution encourage imperialism?
It made Europeans feel sorry the their "little brothers"
It created a need for raw materials and markets
It created a need for land
It made westerners feel obligated to improve human species
36
What are some innovations that encouraged trade on the Silk Road?
Bills of exchange
All of the above
Paper money
Caravanserai
37
The Industrial Revolution led to
stage 3 of the demographic transition
the increase of cottage industries
a decrease in labor unions
a decrease in non-point source pollution
38
What was the Scientific Revolution?
A time where science became more popular
the Scientific Revolution never happened
A time where more research was being done on science
39
What was the role of Swahili civilization in the world of Indian Ocean commerce?
Connected interior Africa with Indian Ocean Trade Network
Swahili cities adopted Buddhism from Ocean traders
B-b-b-b-b-bantu!!!
Swahili is fun to say
40
What was the effect of the Three field system?
They all get food equally
Farmers produces more food and villagers had more to eat
Cinnamon buns
Food is great
41
Efforts at industrialization in Russia and Japan were similar in that
Both countries adopted Western practices
Both countries developed more centralized governments
Both began in the late 19th century
Both depended on the textile industry
42
She oversaw China's Self Strengthening Movement and the Boxer Rebellion.
Fixi
Dixi
Bixi
Cixi
43
The innvention pictured below changed the world in every way EXCEPT
It led to the formation of standardized time zones
It led to the quicker diffusion of people, ideas and goods
It led to the emergence and grwoth of a market economy
It led to drastically higher mortality rates
44
What was the maxim gun?
The first tank
The first bayonet
The first airplane
The first machine gun
45
What were some Chinese practices/products adapted by Europeans?
Salt, Spices, & Pottery
Painting, Writing, & Silver
Gunpowder, Paper making, & Printing
Textiles & Fireworks
46
The Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution contributed AOTF innovations to Europe EXCEPT
heliocentrism
movable type
the concept of the Social Contract
Diderot's Encyclopedia
47
Innovations spread from the place they originated, called…
Hearths
Space
Heads
Origins
48
The House of Wisdom was pivotal in advancing innovations and scientific thinking becuase
It preserved the lost works of the Library of Alexandria
Scholars translated works from Greek to Persian and Arabic
Had no future impact on the European Renaissance and Scientific Revolution
It preserved the original versions of the Quran and the Hadith
49
The biggest change in world labor systems during the period 1450-1750 was
increasingly capitalist with wages paid for in work
the use of non-indigenous slaves
the use of local slave labor
increasingly sharecropper or tenant farmer asscociated
50
What caused the industrial revolution??
Farming Advancements
Never happened
Food Production
Not discovreed yet
51
Lateen Sail from here
D
A
B
C
52
Why is the Enlightenment considered a turning point in world history?
The factory system was used to mass-produce goods.
Martin Luther broke away from the Roman Catholic Church
Europeans changed their thinking about therole of government
The Columbian exchange occurred.
53
What disease does quinine treat?
Leukaemia
Measles
Cancer
Malaria
54
What was another technology the explorers from the old world used to get to the new world ?
Compass
Snapchat
Binoculars
Computers
55
Atomic bombs
Japan
Italy
Soviet Union
Germany
56
What is the primary purpose of Silk Roads in World History?
Created many forms of trade like the Colombian exchange etc.
Provided unity for people of different cultures to collide
An era of many break throughs of new technologies
Was a new form of trade that transported silk across the sea
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Which mathematic accomplishment came from the Islamic Golden Age?
Geometry
Newtonian Physics
Algebra
Addition
