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03/17/2011

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difference between buddhism and hinduism
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buddhism-nirvana
hinduism-moksha and caste
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bantu speakers did not go to
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west africa
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japan did not adopt what from china
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civil service examination
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Both the delhi sultanate and aztec had
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tribute systems
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why didn't the delhi sultanate have priests
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it's an islamic nation and islam has no priests
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how is the fall of roman empire similar to the fall the ottoman empire
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both did not have a clear policy of the succession of the emperor thus leading to civil war
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the period of 1450 - 1700 differentiates itself from earlier period by
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the inclusion of the americas in the global trade
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the ottomans rose around
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1200s
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young turks attempted _______ in the ottoman empire
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reforms
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t/f: one of the factors contributing to the fall of rome was a discontented urban population
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true
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expansion of the cotton agriculture in what is know as the deep south in america began during the
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nineteenth century
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which developments in the americas accounted for the growth of slave trades
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establishment of sugar plantations in carribeans and brazil
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one of the major ideas that the d of ind writers borrowed from the enlightenment was
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idea of a federal republic
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"due process" originates from
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the magna carta
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"liberty, equality, fraternity
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french slogan
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social contract
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idea between the governor and the governed
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urbanization was a _______ of the industrial revolution
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effect
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montesquie's idea
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division of governmental roles
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t/f: one of the problems facing newly independent african countries was the lack of cash crops
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false, they became dependent and retained traditional economies
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direct results of the crusades
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* growth of money economy in europe
* growth of european trading centers
* increase in the power of the papacyy and monarchies
* expossure to middle east
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t/f: the decline in feudalism was a direct result of the crusades
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false
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the sudanic empires of africa and inca and aztecs both
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used military power for expansion
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t/f:one of the effects that the age of exploration had on europeans was that the feudal nobility class lost power and wealth to the merchant class. the monarchies exploited this to increase their own power.
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true
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who said "history is the history of class struggles"?
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karl marx
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under the meiji restoration movement in japan, women's status...
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didnt get any better
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zaibatsu
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industrial and banking conglomerates concentrated in the hands of single families
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u.s. foreign policy at the end of nineteenth century was motivated by what four things? (hint, one is patriotism)
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*patriotism
*profit move
*social darwinism
*desire for trading rights in china
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t/f: u.s. foreign policy at the end of nineteenth century was motivated by the gospel of wealth
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false
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gospel of wealth
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andrew carnegie articulated this to say that the wealthy had a responsibility to help the poor
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what country answered Sun-yat-sen's request for aid against the chinese warlords and why?
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russia because of their recently successful communist movement. they were the only ones to.
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the major reason why pastoral nomadism did not develope in the americas was because
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lack of large domesticated animals such as the cattle
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t/f: the roman empire did not rely a lot on slave labor
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false, it did and that was one of the reasons that led to its decline
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the celtic, slavic, and germanic peoples...around 200 c.e.
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small regional kingdoms
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did islam have a legal code
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yes it did and it was called the sharia
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the abbasid empire's natural trading partners were located
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the mediterranean region and china
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the legacy of the vikings was most notable in
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france
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nations that acquired territory in asia (NOT JUST INDIA) through the initiative agents that worked for joint-stocked companies?
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Britain and netherlands (remember the british and dutch east india companies?)
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difference between marx and lenin's views
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marx: a proleterian revolution can't occur without an industrial revolution and a middle class
lenin- the same thing can occur in an essentially agriculural economy without a middle class
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difference in the fundamentals of woodrow wilson and the allies after world war 1?
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wilson wanted peace while the allies wanted revenge on germany
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t/f: women in developing nations readily take advantage of newly gain legal rights and education
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false, they don't necessariliy have the resources
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the world economy in the late twentieth century was dominated by...
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united states and europe
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t/f: pastoral nomadic societies had a lot of intertribal warfare
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true
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pastoral nomadic socieites (four things)
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* little social stratification
* a lot of intertribal warfare
* patrilineal kinship
* women lives with husband's families
* dependednt relationship between those w/ resources and those who needed it
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according to confucuis the most important role of the scholar-gentry class was to
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maintain harmony between the classes by administering the state and advising the ruler wisely
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difference between roman empire and byzantine
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byzantine had bureaucratic system
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at the end of the middle ages, which european nation had a centralized monarchy?
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spain
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a major difference between the north american amerindians and the aztecs prior to the arrival of the europeans was
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importance of kinship as the unit of organization among the north americans
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which of the following was instrumental in making europeans the leaders of global trade in the 1400s?
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the ming ended all chinese ventures to india, middle east, and africa and closed off ports, opening the way for others
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t/f: a result of the protestant reformation was PERSONAL religious freedom
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false, people were expected to follow the religion of their rulers
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in the 1600s the expansions of the _______ and __________ empires had ended invasions from central asia
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russian and ottoman empires; they claimed those areas for themselves
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t/f: the u.s. voted to admit the people's republic of china to the united nations
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false, they did not support it
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difference between inca and aztec civlizations
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the incas practiced limited pastoralism due to the availability of the illamas
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t/f: in europe, all classes were better off than they had been in the industrial revolution
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true
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t/f: both the u.s. and soviet union advocated the partitioning of palestine after WWII
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true
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what is a major problem that pits developing countries against developed countries?
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deforestation
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2 main capitals in ancient egpyt
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thebes and memphis
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Egyptian divine order of the universe
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ma'at
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T/F: Egypt was devoid of resources and therefore had to invade and conquer other regons
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f, egypt was endowed with many natural resources
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What made the building of pyramids possible?
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almost unlimited human muscle power
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in contrast to mesopotamia, a class system in egypt
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did not emerge even though there was social stratification
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t/f: slavery was important to ancient egypt
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false
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