Global History Regents Review

Which feature is considered a natural barrier?

• Great Rift Valley
• Aswan Dam
• Panama Canal
• Great Wall of China

A library’s holdings include the following title: A Forgotten Kingdom, Being a Record of the results obtained from the excavation of two mounds, Atchana and Al Mina, in the Turkish Hatay. Which field of study would have been most responsible for conducting the excavation?

• Economics
• Sociology
• Archaeology
• Political Science

Which practice is closely associated with most ancient river valley civilizations?

• recording events in cave paintings
• Using irrigation systems
• developing democratic traditions
• spreading monotheistic religions

Which achievement played an important role in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations?

• Use of gunpowder
• production of corn
• domestication of horses
• development of sugar plantations

One way in which filial piety in Confucian China and citizenship in ancient Athens are similar is that both

• emphasized duties and responsibilities in society
• encouraged the development of advanced technology
• promoted respect for the physical environment
• required that legalist principles be followed

Which group used the stirrup, skilled horsemanship, and siege warfare techniques to conquer much of Asia and part of Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries?

• Japanese
• Vikings
• Persians
• Mongols

Which statement concerning the influence of geography on Japan is most accurate?

• Widespread mineral deposits led Japan to industrialize before England.
• The lack of natural barriers made it easy to conquer Japan
• Large tracts of arable land made Japan a leading agricultural exporter
• Japan's location allowed selective borrowing from China

Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca demonstrates that he practiced

• Animism
• Sikhism
• Islam
• Buddhism

Which geographic region made up much of the Ottoman Empire?

• Scandinavia
• Iberian Peninsula
• Indian Subcontinent
• eastern Mediterranean Basin

During the rise of capitalism in Europe, merchants and bankers began to establish

• systems based on bartering
• rules that forbid loans to wealthy
• quotas to control production
• insurance companies and joint stock companies