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Technology and the State in World History
Technology and the State in World History
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1
What disease does quinine treat?
Malaria
Leukaemia
Cancer
Measles
2
Why is the Enlightenment considered a turning point in world history?
Martin Luther broke away from the Roman Catholic Church
The Columbian exchange occurred.
The factory system was used to mass-produce goods.
Europeans changed their thinking about therole of government
3
Which of the following is not one of the Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century?
Radio and Television
Electrification
Apple iPhone
Internet
4
The biggest change in world labor systems during the period 1450-1750 was
the use of non-indigenous slaves
increasingly capitalist with wages paid for in work
increasingly sharecropper or tenant farmer asscociated
the use of local slave labor
5
Which achievements are most closely associated with the Golden Age of Islamic culture?
aqueducts, roads, and polytheism
columns, pillars, and democracy
gunpowder, pagodas, and silk
mosques, medical books, algebra
6
What was the role of Swahili civilization in the world of Indian Ocean commerce?
Swahili is fun to say
Swahili cities adopted Buddhism from Ocean traders
B-b-b-b-b-bantu!!!
Connected interior Africa with Indian Ocean Trade Network
7
What goods do container ships usually carry?
Vechicles
All of the above
Furniture
Foods
8
What was the maxim gun?
The first airplane
The first bayonet
The first tank
The first machine gun
9
What was the effect of the Three field system?
Cinnamon buns
Farmers produces more food and villagers had more to eat
They all get food equally
Food is great
10
What were the Tanzimat Reforms
New edicts for a newly militarized society against Europe.
A series of taxes preventing corruption.
A new base of reforms for a new centralized state,
New laws that limited the power of European traders.
11
What century did vaccines become mainstream on a global scale?
20th century
17th century
21st century
19th century
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what was the scientific revolution?
People didn't want to go to church on Sunday.
mixture of logical realization about scientific discoveries
movement where people thought about things in a logical way
branched off enlightenment, as another movement.
13
Which mathematic accomplishment came from the Islamic Golden Age?
Newtonian Physics
Addition
Geometry
Algebra
14
Why did pastoral societies emerge only in the Afro-Eurasian world and not in the Americas?
Settled societies in the Americas lack military prowess
There were no agricultural societies with which to trade
The environments in the Americas were not suitable
There was a lack of large animals that could be domesticated
15
What’s the difference between innovations and inventions??
Invention= a philosophy Innovation= a book
Invention= a creation innovation= an improvement on creation
Invention=An improvement Inovation=A creation
Invention=a teacher Innovation=a lion that ate my girlfriend
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The Chinampas were examples of
ability of civilization to adapt to their physical geography
colonial economic policies
slash and burn farming techniques
mesoamerican art forms
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Time of Peace, Prosperity, Stability and Innovations in Science, Arts and Technology
Silk Road
Legalism
Golden Age
Darma
18
What was the Green Revolution?
it sought to limit the use of nuclear energy
it prevented oil exploration in endangered species' habitats
It restored tropical forests destroyed by slash-and-burn
It used new tech. to increase agric. yields in dev. regions
19
What 20th century discovery was made by Crick & Watson?
Structure of DNA
Viruses
ABO blood groups
Antibiotics
20
The innvention pictured below changed the world in every way EXCEPT
It led to the emergence and grwoth of a market economy
It led to drastically higher mortality rates
It led to the formation of standardized time zones
It led to the quicker diffusion of people, ideas and goods
21
The High Speed Rail offers an ____ for commuters who dislike the cramped cargo of the train and bus.
alternative
sanitation
turmeric
transparency
22
What is the primary purpose of Silk Roads in World History?
An era of many break throughs of new technologies
Created many forms of trade like the Colombian exchange etc.
Was a new form of trade that transported silk across the sea
Provided unity for people of different cultures to collide
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Technological innovations were more likely to be adopted in...
Weakly guilded societies
Societies with a strong guild system
24
The majority of the slaves in the Islamic world were
converts to Islam
mistresses kept in harems
soldiers or house servants
able to return to their homes for special occasions
25
What contributed to the growth of cities in the Islamic world?
Increased agric. production
Paper manufacturing
All of the Above
Industrial production
26
She oversaw China's Self Strengthening Movement and the Boxer Rebellion.
Bixi
Dixi
Cixi
Fixi
27
When the people of a nation show pride in their shared history and loyalty to their nation
Sovereignty
Nationalism
28
Which of the following is NOT true about technological innovations helping societies grow and prosper?
Improvements in sails for transportation along the Sea Roads
Saddles for transportation along the Silk Roads
Telescope for astronomical discoveries
Printing of paper for money and taxes in China
29
What don't Inventions and Innovations help do?
Improve safety
Speed up processes
Make us more comfortable
Increase IQ
30
The Industrial Revolution led to
stage 3 of the demographic transition
a decrease in labor unions
a decrease in non-point source pollution
the increase of cottage industries
31
What were some Chinese practices/products adapted by Europeans?
Salt, Spices, & Pottery
Gunpowder, Paper making, & Printing
Painting, Writing, & Silver
Textiles & Fireworks
32
The House of Wisdom was pivotal in advancing innovations and scientific thinking becuase
Scholars translated works from Greek to Persian and Arabic
Had no future impact on the European Renaissance and Scientific Revolution
It preserved the lost works of the Library of Alexandria
It preserved the original versions of the Quran and the Hadith
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Which of the following is true about the spread of Chinese innovations?
Porcelain was not demanded by other neighboring countries
Gunpowder from China influenced the “gunpowder revolution” in Europe
Compass from China rarely helped the Afro-Eurasian trading world
Europe did not adopt printing
34
Why are cities important in World History
They serve as centers of culture, trade & political admin.
They are not important
For most of human history, most people live in cities
Surplus grains are grown in cities
35
Why did the industrial revolution start?
population caused demand in goods meaning factories gotbuilt
the availability of food and living supplies
the lost of farms and crops
people were fed up by jobs not being available
36
What was the maxim gun?
The first bayonet
The first tank
The first machine gun
The first airplane
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Innovations spread from the place they originated, called…
Hearths
Space
Heads
Origins
38
Who was the reigning caliph during the start of the Islamic Golden Age?
Bashar al-Assad
Harum al-Rashid
Jafar Madabi
Omar al-Farouk
39
Examples of technological innovations (1200-1900 CE) include
paper, printing press and devshirme
gunpowder, firearms, cows
silk, silver, and tobacco
assembly line, crop rotation and lateen sails
40
What caused the industrial revolution??
Not discovreed yet
Farming Advancements
Food Production
Never happened
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Atomic bombs
Japan
Soviet Union
Germany
Italy
42
Lateen Sail from here
C
D
B
A
43
By 1830 revolutions in the Atlantic world resulted in which of the following changes?
The political independence of colonies in both N & S America
Political and econ domination of the W Hemisphere by the US
The emancipation of slaves everywhere in the Atlantic world
The creation of a politically unified South America
44
What is the digital divide?
8/2=4
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
45
What made major improvements during the Industrial Revolution?
Women's Rights
Transportation
Agriculture
Factories
46
The Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution contributed AOTF innovations to Europe EXCEPT
heliocentrism
Diderot's Encyclopedia
movable type
the concept of the Social Contract
47
Which of the following are NOT innovations of ship designs in the early 16th century?
Carrack
Fluyt
Caravel
Steam Ships
48
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
49
How did the industrial Revolution encourage imperialism?
It created a need for land
It created a need for raw materials and markets
It made westerners feel obligated to improve human species
It made Europeans feel sorry the their "little brothers"
50
What was the Scientific Revolution?
the Scientific Revolution never happened
A time where science became more popular
A time where more research was being done on science
51
Why are the late 1400s considered to be a "turning point" in world history?
There were new religious movements for the first time.
The Eastern and Western hemispheres traded on a large scale.
The first widespread epidemic diseases started.
The first Native American empires arose.
52
What was the dhow ship significantly known for?
Sailing quickly across shallow waters
Carrying an average of 200 tons of products a time
The use of the lateen sail to go along strong winds
Becoming a permanent home for children
53
What was another technology the explorers from the old world used to get to the new world ?
Compass
Binoculars
Computers
Snapchat
54
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
55
Insulin is a drug discovered in 20th century to treat:
infection
smallpox
diabetes
pneumonia
56
Which of the following environmental innovations was UNIQUE to the challenges of sailing in the
Indian Ocean
?
An understanding of seasonal monsoon wind patterns
Creating ways that lateen sails could move with square sails.
Learning about magnetic poles & latitude to create the astrolabe & compass
Applying paper technology to maritime maps
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What are some innovations that encouraged trade on the Silk Road?
All of the above
Caravanserai
Paper money
Bills of exchange
