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Unit 8 Threshold 8: Expansion & Interconnection
Unit 8 Threshold 8: Expansion & Interconnection
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What is the Modern Revolution?
Economic, demographic, cultural, and political expansions
The expansion of exchange networks
Technological advancement beginning in the late 18th century
The name for the transformations of the modern world
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A region is
The people who inhabit a territory or state
An are where groups of people live
An extended spacial location of something
A place where humans settled with high degree of contact
3
What caused a population increase after the "great dying?"
Creating industry with safe working conditions
Europeans creating a cure for Smallpox for the natives
Better medicines which caused increases in child birth
Europeans colonizing America and bringing African slaves
4
The maximum number of individuals that a regions resources can support or sustain is the
Resources per Capita
Maximum life support
Total Population
Carrying Capacity
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The trade route that connected Europe to the Middle East and China is known as the
Silk Road
Colombian Exchange
Cotton Trail
Spice Route
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A geographical region with exceptional amounts of exchange of people, ideas, and goods is...
Globalization
The Silk Road
A Hub Region
A region
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What are the characteristics of the industrial Revolution?
All of the answers are correct
Started in England in the late 18th Century
Resulted in a change in the way goods are produced
Caused a shift in global economics
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Which of the following is not one of the world zones?
The Pacific
Afro-Eurasia
Australasia
North America
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Which of the following was not a good traded during the Colombian Exchange?
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Corn
Horses
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Which of the following was considered a luxury item that was heavily traded on the silk road?
Ships
Silk
Cotton
Salt
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Large empires declined and fell after taking over large pieces of land because
They could not maintain enough resources to feed everyone
They had grown too large, making it difficult to control
All of the answers are correct
They were conquered in return
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50-90% of native populations in the Americas died after meeting Europeans because of...
Europeans bringing over crops poisonous to the natives
An all out war between native tribes
The Europeans bringing over diseases like smallpox
Europeans conquering native land
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Cycles of economic, cultural, and political expansion generally followed by crisis is known as
Exchange Networks
The Anthropocene Epoch
The Malthusian Cycle
The Modern Revolution
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A period of 100 years is known as
An Era
A millennium
A Century
A Decade
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An alternative to raising taxes in agrarian societies that expanded civilizations would be
Increasing birth rates for more workers
Making more money through trade
Increasing taxes is the best option to expand
Conquering neighboring lands
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The Silk Road, Columbian Exchange, and trade along the Indian Ocean are examples of
Disease Centers
Exchange Networks
Trade Routes
Expansion
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The Bubonic Plague that broke out in 14th century Europe was also known as
The Third Plague Pandemic
The Black Death
Flea Disease
The Plague of Justinian
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An epoch not formally accepted by geologists in which our species has become the dominant force
Holocene Epoch
Anthropocene Epoch
Paleocene Epoch
Miocene Epoch
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How did the camel contribute to the expansion of the silk road?
They made travel easier that increased the use of the route
The spread of diseases like the bubonic plague
Camels were considered luxury items to be traded
They were used as currency to trade along the silk road
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An interconnected system of things or people is known as a
Broadcast
Population
Network
Culture
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A Dynasty is
Strong family ties that create a noble class
A sequence of powerful Mothers in the same family
A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
Powerful kings that rule over a certain area
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Which of the following are transportation systems that helped speed up interconnection?
Trains
Automobiles
Planes
Road systems
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Which of the following describes trade in the world zones before the late 15th century?
Separated
Exchange Networks
Combined
Conclusive
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The epoch that began after the last ice age and ended roughly 200 years ago
Holocene Epoch
Paleocene Epoch
Miocene Epoch
Athropocene Epoch
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To make something new such as a product or creation is the definition of
Develop
Shape the future
Gain
Happen
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This world zone developed the largest agrarian civilization before 1492
Australasia
Afro-Eurasia
The Americas
Pacific Islands
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The interconnecting between the world zones helped stimulate what?
Resources
Agrarian Society
Collective Learning
Trade