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Technology and the State in World History
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what was the scientific revolution?
movement where people thought about things in a logical way
People didn't want to go to church on Sunday.
mixture of logical realization about scientific discoveries
branched off enlightenment, as another movement.
2
What caused the industrial revolution??
Never happened
Not discovreed yet
Farming Advancements
Food Production
3
Which achievements are most closely associated with the Golden Age of Islamic culture?
columns, pillars, and democracy
aqueducts, roads, and polytheism
mosques, medical books, algebra
gunpowder, pagodas, and silk
4
When the people of a nation show pride in their shared history and loyalty to their nation
Sovereignty
Nationalism
5
What were the Tanzimat Reforms
New laws that limited the power of European traders.
A series of taxes preventing corruption.
New edicts for a newly militarized society against Europe.
A new base of reforms for a new centralized state,
6
What was the maxim gun?
The first bayonet
The first airplane
The first machine gun
The first tank
7
What’s the difference between innovations and inventions??
Invention=a teacher Innovation=a lion that ate my girlfriend
Invention= a philosophy Innovation= a book
Invention= a creation innovation= an improvement on creation
Invention=An improvement Inovation=A creation
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Who was the reigning caliph during the start of the Islamic Golden Age?
Bashar al-Assad
Omar al-Farouk
Jafar Madabi
Harum al-Rashid
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Atomic bombs
Italy
Japan
Germany
Soviet Union
10
Which of the following is true about the spread of Chinese innovations?
Compass from China rarely helped the Afro-Eurasian trading world
Gunpowder from China influenced the “gunpowder revolution” in Europe
Porcelain was not demanded by other neighboring countries
Europe did not adopt printing
11
Quinine, the Maxim Gun, steam ships, and telegraphs all...
were breakthroughs shared with Asian and African societies
enabled Europeans to exploit foreign peoples and resources
were obsolete by the outbreak of World War I
enabled greater cooperation among the European states
12
Which of the following are NOT innovations of ship designs in the early 16th century?
Caravel
Steam Ships
Carrack
Fluyt
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The Industrial Revolution led to
a decrease in non-point source pollution
the increase of cottage industries
stage 3 of the demographic transition
a decrease in labor unions
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What made major improvements during the Industrial Revolution?
Women's Rights
Factories
Transportation
Agriculture
15
What was the role of Swahili civilization in the world of Indian Ocean commerce?
B-b-b-b-b-bantu!!!
Swahili cities adopted Buddhism from Ocean traders
Connected interior Africa with Indian Ocean Trade Network
Swahili is fun to say
16
Why is the Enlightenment considered a turning point in world history?
The Columbian exchange occurred.
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
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She oversaw China's Self Strengthening Movement and the Boxer Rebellion.
Fixi
Dixi
Cixi
Bixi
18
What contributed to the growth of cities in the Islamic world?
Paper manufacturing
Increased agric. production
Industrial production
All of the Above
19
Lateen Sail from here
B
D
C
A
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The House of Wisdom was pivotal in advancing innovations and scientific thinking becuase
Had no future impact on the European Renaissance and Scientific Revolution
Scholars translated works from Greek to Persian and Arabic
It preserved the original versions of the Quran and the Hadith
It preserved the lost works of the Library of Alexandria
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Examples of technological innovations (1200-1900 CE) include
gunpowder, firearms, cows
silk, silver, and tobacco
paper, printing press and devshirme
assembly line, crop rotation and lateen sails
22
The Chinampas were examples of
colonial economic policies
ability of civilization to adapt to their physical geography
slash and burn farming techniques
mesoamerican art forms
23
What don't Inventions and Innovations help do?
Improve safety
Speed up processes
Make us more comfortable
Increase IQ
24
Why did the industrial revolution start?
the lost of farms and crops
population caused demand in goods meaning factories gotbuilt
people were fed up by jobs not being available
the availability of food and living supplies
25
Why did pastoral societies emerge only in the Afro-Eurasian world and not in the Americas?
The environments in the Americas were not suitable
There were no agricultural societies with which to trade
Settled societies in the Americas lack military prowess
There was a lack of large animals that could be domesticated
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The innvention pictured below changed the world in every way EXCEPT
It led to the quicker diffusion of people, ideas and goods
It led to the formation of standardized time zones
It led to drastically higher mortality rates
It led to the emergence and grwoth of a market economy
27
What was another technology the explorers from the old world used to get to the new world ?
Snapchat
Computers
Compass
Binoculars
28
Why are cities important in World History
Surplus grains are grown in cities
For most of human history, most people live in cities
They serve as centers of culture, trade & political admin.
They are not important
29
What is the digital divide?
Only people with iPhones have access to the internet
Everyone has internet access except old people
Some people have access to the internet and others do not
8/2=4
30
Which mathematic accomplishment came from the Islamic Golden Age?
Algebra
Addition
Newtonian Physics
Geometry
31
What goods do container ships usually carry?
Foods
Vechicles
All of the above
Furniture
32
What was the maxim gun?
The first machine gun
The first tank
The first airplane
The first bayonet
33
What is the primary purpose of Silk Roads in World History?
Created many forms of trade like the Colombian exchange etc.
An era of many break throughs of new technologies
Was a new form of trade that transported silk across the sea
Provided unity for people of different cultures to collide
34
What 20th century discovery was made by Crick & Watson?
ABO blood groups
Structure of DNA
Antibiotics
Viruses
35
Which of the following is not one of the Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century?
Radio and Television
Apple iPhone
Electrification
Internet
36
Why are the late 1400s considered to be a "turning point" in world history?
The first widespread epidemic diseases started.
The first Native American empires arose.
The Eastern and Western hemispheres traded on a large scale.
There were new religious movements for the first time.
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What was the Scientific Revolution?
A time where science became more popular
A time where more research was being done on science
the Scientific Revolution never happened
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Technological innovations were more likely to be adopted in...
Societies with a strong guild system
Weakly guilded societies
39
What century did vaccines become mainstream on a global scale?
20th century
17th century
19th century
21st century
40
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
Applying paper technology to maritime maps
Creating ways that lateen sails could move with square sails.
An understanding of seasonal monsoon wind patterns
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What were some Chinese practices/products adapted by Europeans?
Salt, Spices, & Pottery
Gunpowder, Paper making, & Printing
Textiles & Fireworks
Painting, Writing, & Silver
42
The High Speed Rail offers an ____ for commuters who dislike the cramped cargo of the train and bus.
transparency
alternative
sanitation
turmeric
43
What was the dhow ship significantly known for?
Becoming a permanent home for children
Carrying an average of 200 tons of products a time
Sailing quickly across shallow waters
The use of the lateen sail to go along strong winds
44
What disease does quinine treat?
Cancer
Measles
Malaria
Leukaemia
45
The majority of the slaves in the Islamic world were
soldiers or house servants
able to return to their homes for special occasions
mistresses kept in harems
converts to Islam
46
How did the industrial Revolution encourage imperialism?
It made westerners feel obligated to improve human species
It created a need for raw materials and markets
It created a need for land
It made Europeans feel sorry the their "little brothers"
47
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
48
By 1830 revolutions in the Atlantic world resulted in which of the following changes?
The creation of a politically unified South America
The emancipation of slaves everywhere in the Atlantic world
Political and econ domination of the W Hemisphere by the US
The political independence of colonies in both N & S America
49
Innovations spread from the place they originated, called…
Origins
Space
Hearths
Heads
50
Efforts at industrialization in Russia and Japan were similar in that
Both countries adopted Western practices
Both depended on the textile industry
Both countries developed more centralized governments
Both began in the late 19th century
51
What was the effect of the Three field system?
Cinnamon buns
They all get food equally
Food is great
Farmers produces more food and villagers had more to eat
52
The biggest change in world labor systems during the period 1450-1750 was
increasingly sharecropper or tenant farmer asscociated
the use of non-indigenous slaves
the use of local slave labor
increasingly capitalist with wages paid for in work
53
Insulin is a drug discovered in 20th century to treat:
infection
pneumonia
diabetes
smallpox
54
Time of Peace, Prosperity, Stability and Innovations in Science, Arts and Technology
Silk Road
Golden Age
Legalism
Darma
55
The Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution contributed AOTF innovations to Europe EXCEPT
the concept of the Social Contract
Diderot's Encyclopedia
movable type
heliocentrism
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What are some innovations that encouraged trade on the Silk Road?
Paper money
Caravanserai
All of the above
Bills of exchange
57
Which of the following is NOT true about technological innovations helping societies grow and prosper?
Printing of paper for money and taxes in China
Telescope for astronomical discoveries
Saddles for transportation along the Silk Roads
Improvements in sails for transportation along the Sea Roads
