World History Midterm

Read the quotation from a noted historian and then answer the question below.

"History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity." —Robert Penn Warren, The Legacy of the Civil War, 1961 According to this quotation, this is why people study history.

• History teaches us to avoid mistakes of the past.

• History helps us become better thinkers.

• History makes us better informed.

• History helps us develop empathy.

These are not 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.

A book about the war where the author says things like “I was drafted at age 18…”, “I flew to Vietnam a few months later…”, “We fought in five battles…” would be considered what type of source?

• secondary source

• primary source

• biased source

• none of these answers are correct.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share this belief.

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Reincarnation

• Resurrection

This topic would fall under the theme of social structures.

• rise of industry.

• gender roles and relations.

• forms of government.

• development of religion.

This is why the Silk Road was important between 300 to 1500 C.E.:

• It crossed the Indian Ocean.

• It was launched by the Vikings.

• It was made up of water routes to Europe.

• It was the world’s largest trading network.

Muslims spiritual and political leaders were called:

• khans.

• caliphs.

• traders.

• scholars.

The Aztecs adapt this achievement from the Maya.

• floating gardens

• use of causeways

• chariots with wheels

• system of two calendars

One reason why the Battle of 1429 had a different outcome from the Battle of 1364 during the Hundred Years Was this.

• Joan of Arc led the French.

• The English had heavy armor.

• The French used the crossbow.

• Peasants fought for the English.

This was the Justinian’s Code.

• A new form of writing.

• A school of philosophy.

• An improved library system.

• An organized set of laws.