Global NYS Regents Review #1

What was one long-term impact of Marco Polo’s visit to China?

Market system, Profit incentive, Entrepreneurs matches which heading

What was the primary reason that large numbers of people left Ireland in the 1840s and 1850s?

Which statement about the geography of Japan is most accurate?

One way in which Peter the Great and Atatürk (Mustafa Kemal) are similar is that they sought to

Which statement best expresses an idea held by many Renaissance humanist philosophers?

One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to

What was one goal of mercantilism?

What is considered one of the Byzantine Empire’s contributions to western European society?

In China, Deng Xiaoping’s Four Modernizations led to

Which nation had the most influence on the colonization of Latin America in the 1500s?

What effect did the geography of ancient Greece have on its early development?

One contribution of ancient Roman culture was the development of

One similarity between the ancient civilizations in Egypt and in China is that they developed

One reason that totalitarian dictatorships gained power in Europe between WWI & WW2

The policy of appeasement helped cause World War II because this policy

One effect of industrialization on Meiji Japan was that it

Which factor best characterizes the art of both ancient Greece and the Renaissance?

Which document limited the power of the English monarchy during the Middle Ages?

Porfirio Díaz, Francisco “Pancho” Villa& Emiliano Zapata are all associated w/the revolution in

What was a major cause of World War I?

One reason Mikhail Gorbachev (USSR) implemented the policies of glasnost and perestroika was to

Which geographic factor played the greatest role in preventing Russia from being conquered?

Which statement can best be supported by the information shown on this map

Who used political purges as a means of maintaining control of the government?

Which aspect of social science would a geographer most likely study in depth?

The ancient cultures of both the Incas and the Chinese adapted to the physical geography by

What was a direct result of the Opium War in 19th-century China?

Which type of political and social order is shown in this diagram?

Which country was Mohandas Gandhi from?

Which circumstance best describes a long-term result of the Crusades?

The unification of Germany and the breakup of Yugoslavia both illustrate the influence of

Which slogan best reflects the point of view of Cecil Rhodes as shown in this cartoon?

Which cause-and-effect relationship is accurate?

Which description best characterizes the city of Timbuktu?

In England, which circumstance was a result of the other three?

According to John Locke, the chief role of government was to

An argument used to support the building of the Suez & Panama Canals was these waterways would

Which problem faces many of the least developed nations today?

During the 19th century, European nations established spheres of influence in China mainly to