Question 1

Increased interconnections among countries that occur with globalization make it:

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A)  easier to detect health problems and diseases with long incubation periods. 
B)  possible to completely contain disease outbreaks in one locality. 
C)  easier to eliminate global diseases. 
D)  increasingly possible for a worldwide modern plague to occur. 
A)  easier to detect health problems and diseases with long incubation periods. 
B)  possible to completely contain disease outbreaks in one locality. 
C)  easier to eliminate global diseases. 
D)  increasingly possible for a worldwide modern plague to occur.

Question 2

Leonard da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello were artists during the:

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A)  Hellenistic Age. 
B)  time of the Caesars. 
C)  Industrial Revolution. 
D)  Renaissance. 
A)  Hellenistic Age. 
B)  time of the Caesars. 
C)  Industrial Revolution. 
D)  Renaissance.

Question 3

How does globalization affect the potential for a modern plague? Note some recent events that suggest this potential threat is a possibility. Discuss at least one measure that we could employ to stop a plague if it were to present itself.

Accepted Answer

Globalization makes it more likely that

Question 4

Throughout the Renaissance, values such as education, religion, and obedience to God were:

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A)  eliminated. 
B)  maintained. 
C)  discovered for the first time. 
D)  unknown. 
A)  eliminated. 
B)  maintained. 
C)  discovered for the first time. 
D)  unknown.

Question 5

In general, life in Europe after the Fall of Rome came to be centered around an agricultural manor called a:

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A)  urban metropolis. 
B)  factory town. 
C)  coastal city. 
D)  feudal estate. 
A)  urban metropolis. 
B)  factory town. 
C)  coastal city. 
D)  feudal estate.

Question 6

The landed nobility lost power as the city merchants gained power during the Middle Ages.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In 1215, King John was forced to agree that free people had rights and liberties in a document called the:

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A)  social contract. 
B)  constitution. 
C)  Declaration of Human Rights. 
D)  Magna Carta. 
A)  social contract. 
B)  constitution. 
C)  Declaration of Human Rights. 
D)  Magna Carta.

Question 8

Edward Gibbon studied the question of, "Why did Rome last so long?"

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Individuals in Rome fell into two categories: patricians and publicans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Industrial Revolution further strengthened the power of the merchants, who at first allied themselves with the:

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A)  feudal nobility. 
B)  lower class. 
C)  scientific elite. 
D)  monarchy. 
A)  feudal nobility. 
B)  lower class. 
C)  scientific elite. 
D)  monarchy.

Question 11

The expansion of Renaissance trade and the creation of a new urban merchant class helped make possible:

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A)  the emergence of feudalism. 
B)  the elimination of competition. 
C)  the emergence of wheeled vehicles. 
D)  the modern state. 
A)  the emergence of feudalism. 
B)  the elimination of competition. 
C)  the emergence of wheeled vehicles. 
D)  the modern state.

Question 12

Mercantilism was an early phase of capitalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Hundred Years' War from 1337 to 1453 was fought between:

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A)  Spain and Italy. 
B)  Germany and Denmark. 
C)  England and France. 
D)  Poland and Russia. 
A)  Spain and Italy. 
B)  Germany and Denmark. 
C)  England and France. 
D)  Poland and Russia.

Question 14

What effort broadened Western development around the world during the Renaissance?

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A)  The voyages in search of better routes to India. 
B)  The growth of feudalism during the Middle Ages. 
C)  The Spanish Inquisition. 
D)  The development of the printing press. 
A)  The voyages in search of better routes to India. 
B)  The growth of feudalism during the Middle Ages. 
C)  The Spanish Inquisition. 
D)  The development of the printing press.

Question 15

As a nation-state, Pakistan has been around for less than a century, but it has origins that predate Islam.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

One of the ways in which the West learned about the culture of the East was through the tales of explorers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Age of Revolutions
(1750-1850) is referred to as such because:

Accepted Answer

A)  some of the bloodiest wars in history occurred during this period. 
B)  there were enormous economic and political changes occurring during this time. 
C)  communism took hold of the Western world. 
D)  Great Britain lost the Industrial Revolution. 
A)  some of the bloodiest wars in history occurred during this period. 
B)  there were enormous economic and political changes occurring during this time. 
C)  communism took hold of the Western world. 
D)  Great Britain lost the Industrial Revolution.

Question 18

How and why were the Age of Revolutions and the Industrial Revolution related?

Accepted Answer

Most importantly, the two ideas are rela

Question 19

The French Revolution changed the political and economic organization of society and embodied the:

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A)  ideal of a completely nonviolent revolution. 
B)  return to medieval institutions. 
C)  ideas of the emerging social sciences. 
D)  triumph of the divine rights doctrine. 
A)  ideal of a completely nonviolent revolution. 
B)  return to medieval institutions. 
C)  ideas of the emerging social sciences. 
D)  triumph of the divine rights doctrine.

Question 20

Describe and discuss the major social, political, and economic developments of the Middle Ages. Why were the church, serfs, merchants, nobles, and monarchs important?

Accepted Answer

After Europe was forced into a form of i

Exam 3: Origins of Western Society

Increased interconnections among countries that occur with globalization make it:

Leonard da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello were artists during the:

How does globalization affect the potential for a modern plague? Note some recent events that suggest this potential threat is a possibility. Discuss at least one measure that we could employ to stop a plague if it were to present itself.

Throughout the Renaissance, values such as education, religion, and obedience to God were:

In general, life in Europe after the Fall of Rome came to be centered around an agricultural manor called a:

The landed nobility lost power as the city merchants gained power during the Middle Ages.

In 1215, King John was forced to agree that free people had rights and liberties in a document called the:

Edward Gibbon studied the question of, "Why did Rome last so long?"

Individuals in Rome fell into two categories: patricians and publicans.

The Industrial Revolution further strengthened the power of the merchants, who at first allied themselves with the:

The expansion of Renaissance trade and the creation of a new urban merchant class helped make possible:

Mercantilism was an early phase of capitalism.

The Hundred Years' War from 1337 to 1453 was fought between:

What effort broadened Western development around the world during the Renaissance?

As a nation-state, Pakistan has been around for less than a century, but it has origins that predate Islam.

One of the ways in which the West learned about the culture of the East was through the tales of explorers.

The Age of Revolutions (1750-1850) is referred to as such because:

How and why were the Age of Revolutions and the Industrial Revolution related?

The French Revolution changed the political and economic organization of society and embodied the:

Describe and discuss the major social, political, and economic developments of the Middle Ages. Why were the church, serfs, merchants, nobles, and monarchs important?

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