The Rise of the West - Green Reading

What was the context in which William McNeill wrote his article?

• The collapse of the Soviet Union

• The rise of Japan as the second biggest industrial producer

• The increasing industrial growth in Asia

• All of the above

What did McNeill imply about the future of the world in his article?

• The future of the world is purely Western

• The future of the world is purely Asian

• The future of the world is uncertain and no longer purely Western

• The future of the world is uncertain and no longer purely Asian

What did McNeill acknowledge about the industrial growth in Asia?

• It was solely based on Western developments

• It was not influenced by Western developments

• It was partly based on Western developments

• It had no connection to Western developments

What questions did McNeill raise about understanding the making of the contemporary world?

• The role of labor and intellectual ideas of Africans

• The importance of ideas from the Islamic world

• The resources and technologies of the people of the Americas

• All of the above

What does the author suggest about the history of the last two and a half centuries?

• It is a complex and more global history

• It is solely a history of Western dominance

• It is a history of Asian dominance

• It is a history of African dominance

What were some important contributions of the West to the creation of modernity?

• Enlightenment ideas of personal and national sovereignty

• Political revolutions in the United States and France

• The Industrial Revolution

• All of the above

What did the idea of the 'West' help to define in many western countries during the 20th century era?

• The systemization of race and categorization of people as greater and lesser.

• The systems of religion and spirituality

• The systems of education and healthcare

• The systems of trade and commerce