Global History I

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

• Elements of Geography

• Levels of Technological Development

• Classifications of Economic Activities

• Models of Government

• Connections between places and regions

• Patterns of population distribution

• Urban land use patterns

Which social science would most likely focus on the study of these topics from a spatial perspective?

• anthropology

• human geography

• political science

• psychology

A social studies teacher cautions students to be careful when using primary sources in their study of history. The teacher makes this statement because all primary sources

• are fragile and easily damaged

• require analysis and interpretation

• present accurate and balanced views

• serve as a means of propaganda and distortion

Which evidence could best be used to indicate that a diverse population lives in Paris, France?

• national government buildings

• public gardens

• transportation centers

• neighborhood places of worship

Periods of famine, warfare, and religious persecution have most often influenced people's decisions to

• collectivize their farms

• migrate from a region

• expand their territory

• industrialize an area

These cartoons suggest that the government of Egypt reacted to the situation by

• discouraging technological advances

• suppressing dissenting points of view

• eliminating most acts of terrorism

• rejecting the use of foreign military aid

Studies systems of government

Formulates public policy proposals

Analyzes election polls and results

A person who specializes in these activities is called

• an economist

• a political scientist

• a sociologist

• an anthropologist

Historians rely on primary sources because these sources

• are more detailed than secondary sources

• provide eyewitness accounts of events

• have the approval of religious authorities

• establish rules for writing history

Historians follow rules to help them analyze primary sources. Some of the rules they use are:

• Every piece of evidence and every source must be read or viewed skeptically and critically.

• Each piece of evidence and source must be cross-checked and compared with related sources and pieces of evidence.

-Library of Congress

These rules are designed to help historians determine the

• reliability of document information

• popularity of a publication

• differences in belief systems

• laws of a civilization

A library's holdings include the following titles:

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