Themes of World History

Which theme covers the topics human migration, disease, population growth and patterns of settlement?

• Development of Political Institutions and Ideas

• Growth and Changes in Societies

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Belief Systems

• Rise of Civilizations

What is Human-Environment Interaction?

• The effect the natural world has on people and societies

• The effect humans have on the natural world

• That idea that different environments cause different societies

• The idea that all societies develop no matter the enviroment

Which of following is NOT an example of the theme Human-Environment Interaction?

• disease

• farming techniques

• source of energy

• migration of animals

In America, our government is called a:

• Democratic-Republic

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

A good feature of our government is that:

• citizens vote for people to make laws for them

• voting is infrequent

• rights and responsibilities are assigned to citizens

• a single person is in charge of making laws

What is a Monarchy?

• When a country is ruled by a King or Queen

• When a country is ruled by a Dictator

• When a country is ruled by everyone

• When a country is ruled by a few rich people

The shared ethnicity, religion, language, traditions, holidays, clothing, etc. of a group of people is known as…

• Diversity

• Culture

• History

• Ancestry

Why do historians apply various approaches to the study of world history?

• to ensure complete coverage of such a deep and wide subject

• to narrow the focus of their subject as much as possible

• to manage the study of such a deep and wide subject

• to connect subjects across time and place

Which is true of the "big picture" view of the world?

• It approaches history as a study of separate regions with few interconnections.

• It examines history from a global perspective and identifies common patterns.

• It focuses on history based on the influence of classical civilizations of the Mediterranean world.

• It values global connections and patterns over events on the national and regional levels.

Historians often divide history into periods of time based on

• major turning points.

• historical patterns.

• historical connections.

• spatial frames.