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World History Semester #2 Exam Review

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Differential treatment based on social class or perceived social class

a)

Classism

b)

Racism

c)

Sexism

d)

Oprression

2.

The system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on social or economic status

a)

Oppression

b)

Class

c)

Privilege

d)

Race

3.

A system that maintains advantage and disadvantage base on social group memberships

a)

Privilege

b)

Oppression

c)

Class

d)

Identity

4.

Unearned access to resources only readily available to some people as a result of the advantaged social group membership

a)

Classism

b)

Power

c)

Identity

d)

Privilege

5.

The systematic assignment of characteristics of worth and ability based on social class

a)

Oppression

b)

Sexism

c)

Racism

d)

Classism

6.

The ability to decide who will have access to resources; the capacity to direct or influence the behavior of others, oneself, and/or the course of events.

a)

Privilege

b)

Power

c)

Identity

d)

Social Construct

7.

The following are examples of, what?


Members of the LGBTQIA+ community; women; Mexican-Americans; disabled persons

a)

Social Norm or Construct

b)

Social Group

c)

Classism

d)

Class

8.

The following are examples of, what?


having a 'fit' body-type; speaking English without an accent; men being 'providers' and women being 'mothers'; heterosexual

a)

Social Norm or Construct

b)

Social Class

c)

Classism

d)

Class

9.

A negative outlook toward a person or group; based on perceived status or characteristics of that person or group

a)

Prejudice

b)

Discrimination

c)

Racism

d)

Sexism

10.

An action or practice that excludes, disadvantages, or merely differentiates between individuals and groups on the basis of some ascribed or perceived trait

a)

Prejudice

b)

Discrimination

c)

Racism

d)

Sexism

11.

Why is it hard to always see the existence of oppression? (Select ALL that apply!)

a)

when it becomes apart of our legal system

b)

when it becomes apart of our institutions--like education, judicial, and governmental

c)

when we normalize it through cultural norms

d)

All of the above

12.

Which of the following is a "subordinated" group member?

a)

Ruling-class

b)

Working-class

c)

Middle-class

d)

Owning-class

13.

When considering classism, which of the following is a more "dominant" group member?

a)

a person who is homeless

b)

an undocumented worker

c)

a teenager working two jobs while attending school

d)

the adult child of a wealthy family

14.

The acceptance and justification of classism by working class and poor people.

a)

Internalized Classism

b)

Internalized Superiority

c)

Class privilege

d)

Intersectionality

15.

All of the following are examples of Internalized Classism, EXCEPT?

a)

feelings of inferiority to higher-class people

b)

disdain or shame about traditional patterns of class in one's family or a denial of heritage

c)

hostility or blame towards other working-class people

d)

belief that classist institutions are NOT fair

16.

The acceptance and justification of class privilege by middle-class and wealthy people

a)

Internalized classism

b)

Internalized superiority

c)

Intersectionality

d)

Power

17.

Examples of class privilege include all of the following, EXCEPT

a)

Personal contacts with employers

b)

"legacy admissions" to higher education

c)

Inherited money, good childhood healthcare and education

d)

speaking in a different dialect and accent as people with power

18.

A person whose attitudes and behaviors are anti-classist

a)

Identity

b)

Power

c)

Privilege

d)

Class ally

19.

All of the following would be behaviors of class ally, EXCEPT

a)

doing nothing when noticing an injustice

b)

becoming educated on issued related to classism

c)

actively increases their understanding of issues related to classism

d)

works to eliminate classism from all laws and institutions

20.

The potential that a person has to change their social class

a)

classism

b)

Social power

c)

Social mobility

d)

Intersectionality

21.

Based on what you know: which grouping of intersecting identities would, most likely, face the most societal oppression?

a)

A homosexual, middle-class, white man

b)

A wealthy, immigrant, woman from India

c)

A black male, who is heterosexual and wealthy

d)

A mixed-raced female, who is a member of the LGBTQIA+ and currently without a permanent home.

22.

Based on what you know: which grouping of intersecting identities would, most likely, face the most societal oppression?

a)

A homosexual, middle-class, white man

b)

A wealthy, immigrant, woman from India

c)

A black male, who is heterosexual and wealthy

d)

A mixed-raced female, who is a member of the LGBTQIA+ and currently without a permanent home.

23.

All of the following had to happen before humans started to have classist ideas and practices; EXCEPT

a)

Agriculture

b)

Civilization

c)

Industrialization

d)

Job Specialization

24.

A form of social stratification where a person's social class was determined by birth and the work that one's parents did.

a)

caste system

b)

estates system

c)

classism

d)

internalized superiority

25.

The Ancient Indian caste system affected all of the following, EXCEPT

a)

where they could live and work

b)

who they could marry

c)

where and who they could eat with

d)

what gods they had to worship

26.

Under the structure of the Ancient Indian caste system, How were individuals able to experience social mobility?

a)

by studying dharma

b)

by fulfilling one's karma and being reincarnated into a higher caste

c)

being educated and specializing in a certain job

d)

by marrying someone of a higher caste

27.

In the events leading up the French Revolution, which group paid the majority of the taxes?

a)

The First Estate; because the Catholic Church owned the majority of valuable farm land

b)

The Second Estate; because they were nobility and had the most money to spare

c)

The Third Estate; because they were the biggest and, therefore, had the most power

d)

The Third Estate; because they had no political power to make the 1st and 2nd groups pay their fair-share

28.

Which of the following classist idea is associated with the antisemitism (prejudice and discrimination against people of Jewish descent) that was present in Medieval Europe?

a)

Jewish people couldn’t own land and could only perform certain jobs within societies

b)

Jewish people had their possessions taken away in order to enforce communist ideas

c)

Jewish people were forced to pay the majority of the taxes and Christians didn’t have to

d)

A Jewish woman’s social status was directly associated with the status of her husband

29.

The social structure in Ancient China was a little different than most social structures that are associated with occupation, in that…?

a)

Women had a higher social status than men

b)

Farmers were of higher social status than merchants

c)

Artisans were the most respected group

d)

They did not have an emperor or ruling class

30.

The following are characteristics of capitalism, EXCEPT

a)

Lack of government intervention

b)

Means of production owned by private firms

c)

Goods and services distributed according to price mechanism

d)

Government controlled housing

31.

The following are all PROs of capitalism, EXCEPT

a)

incentives encourage innovation

b)

incentives encourage efficiency

c)

prevents large governments

d)

consumers have few choices in products

32.

Capitalism is associated with all the following CONs, EXCEPT?

a)

firms can gain monopoly power

b)

externalities damage the environment

c)

firms are known to pay employees fair, living wages

d)

tends to lead to large inequalities

33.

When considering the 3 G's of colonization, social and political motivations for colonization most closely aligns with...?

a)

Glory

b)

Gravy

c)

Gold

d)

God

34.

When considering the 3 G's of colonization, economic motivations for colonization most closely aligns with...?

a)

Golf

b)

Glory

c)

Gold

d)

God

35.

When considering the 3 G's of colonization, the motivation to spread culture as an aspect of colonization most closely aligns with...?

a)

Glory

b)

Gaga, Lady

c)

Gold

d)

God

36.

Identify whether the following geographical region is apart of the "New World" or the "Old World":


South America

a)

New World

b)

Old World

37.

Identify whether the following geographical region is apart of the "New World" or the "Old World":


Western Europe

a)

New World

b)

Old World

38.

Identify whether the following geographical region is apart of the "New World" or the "Old World":


Southeast Asia

a)

New World

b)

Old World

39.

Identify whether the following geographical region is apart of the "New World" or the "Old World":


Western Africa

a)

New World

b)

Old World

40.

Identify whether the following item is native to the "New World" or the "Old World":


corn (maize)

a)

New World

b)

Old World

41.

Identify whether the following geographical region is apart of the "New World" or the "Old World":


the Caribbean

a)

New World

b)

Old World

42.

Identify whether the following item is native to the "New World" or the "Old World":


potatoes

a)

New World

b)

Old World

43.

The following are all cash crops, EXCEPT...

a)

tobacco

b)

sugar

c)

cotton

d)

grapes

44.

The Congo was a colony of what European nation?

a)

Britian

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Belgium

45.

What was responsible for killing the majority of native Americans after European colonization

a)

slavery

b)

death in battle

c)

Old World diseases

d)

starvation from poor harvests

46.

What was Columbus trying to do when he sailed west from Spain in 1492?

a)

Find a shorter route to India

b)

Sent out to discover the known American continents

c)

Enslave the Taino people

d)

Conquer and control the Silk Road through Asia and the Middle East

47.

All of the following countries were former Spanish colonies, EXCEPT...

a)

Mexico

b)

Brazil

c)

Cuba

d)

Columbia

48.

All of the following countries were former British colonies, EXCEPT...

a)

The United States

b)

India

c)

Australia

d)

Japan

49.

All of the following are steps in the Triangular Slave Trade, EXCEPT...

a)

Valuable natural resources are transported to Europe to be sold directly for profit or turned into manufactured goods

b)

Old World diseases killed a large number of African slaves before they could make the trip across the Atlantic Ocean

c)

Manufactured goods and valuable natural resources are sold and/or exchanged for African slaves destined to work on New World plantations

d)

Slave labor is used in New World plantations extracting valuable natural resources

50.

Why did some African emperors willing participate in the Slave Trade during the 16th, 17, and 18th centuries?

a)

Because they wanted European goods and guns to support and protect their own Empires

b)

Because they were especially cruel and knew the horrors involved in the Atlantic Slave Trade

c)

Because Africa was under complete control by different European nations

d)

Because the trade benefited them as much as it benefited Europeans

51.

Which of the following ideologies was used as justification for historical prejudice and discrimination against people of African descent?

a)

Africans could be enslaved because they were not Christians

b)

Africans could be kept in slavery because of their race

c)

Africa should be colonized in order to bring proper European civilization to the African people

d)

All of the above

52.

This country had the only successful slave revolt and established its independence in 1804

a)

Dominican Republic

b)

Haiti

c)

Jamaica

d)

The United Sates

53.

What below is NOT associated with the process of colonization

a)

Sending in settlers

b)

Imperialism as the driving idea behind colonization

c)

Protecting native culture and customs

d)

Enforcing the colonizer's political and economic ideals

54.

Why did the Industrial Revolution provide additional motivation for imperialism in the 19th century?

a)

Because certain important resources can only be found on certain locations of the planet

b)

Because European nations were completing with each other to be the most powerful nation and resources were important in this goal

c)

Because with the new technology that was created out of the Industrial Revolution, colonization of Africa and Asia was much easier.

d)

All of the above

55.

TRUE/FALSE:


The effects of colonization can still been seen today with the economic prosperity of many European nations and over that of most South America, Africa, and many Asian nations.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

Complete the Prompt:


Colonialism is the action. ________________________ is the idea driving the action.

a)

Rasicm

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Oppression

57.

The Curse of Ham was used for justification of the enslavement of Africans for a time. This story can be found in what book of the Bible?

a)

Genesis

b)

Exodus

c)

Matthew

d)

John

58.

Slavery has existed...

a)

since the time of colonization

b)

since the earliest civilizations

c)

since the 15th century

d)

since the Roman empire

59.

TRUE/FALSE:


The memoir of Olaudah Equiano transformed the abolitionist movement in Europe by being one of the first accounts of what slavery and colonization was like from the viewpoint of a former slave.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

60.

TRUE/FALSE:


The ideas and influence of several great Enlightenment Thinkers were never used to justify the practice of slavery nor race-based discrimination and prejudice.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

61.

Which of the following is an example of suffrage?

a)

Women in the USA earning the right to vote in 1920

b)

The pain that women in Ancient Rome felt as they were believed to be solely responsible for not being able to have children

c)

Women in Ancient Greece suffering under the control of their Kyrios

d)

The Revolutionary War cry of "no taxation without representation"

62.

When considering the following historical empires, in which empire did women have relative equality with men?

a)

Ancient Egypt

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Ancient Israel

63.

People who are Athenian are from the city of Athens. Athens is a city in what ancient empire?

a)

Egypt

b)

Greece

c)

Rome

d)

Israel

64.

A dowry is...

a)

Money or property brought to a husband from the bride's family

b)

Money or property brought to a wife from the husband's family

c)

The price that a husband pays to his wife's family

d)

The price that a brides's family pays to her husband in set installments for the rest of her life

65.

True/False: Of the graves and skeletal remains discovered in China, those that were from hunter-gathering times showed clear differences between the lives of men and women

a)

True

b)

False

66.

All of the following are CONs of the Agricultural Revolution, EXCEPT...

a)

wars over resources

b)

creation of power structures and governments

c)

creation of social divisions based on class, race, and sex

d)

surplus of food

67.

All of the following are CONs of the Agricultural Revolution, EXCEPT...

a)

wars over resources

b)

creation of power structures and governments

c)

creation of social divisions based on class, race, and sex

d)

surplus of food

68.

TRUE/FALSE: There is an abundance of ancient texts that were written by women, demonstrating that they were educated equally along with their males peers

a)

True

b)

False

69.

What contributed to the undernourishment of women in China after the Agricultural Revolution?

a)

They started doing harder labor

b)

They started eating food that was not as nutritious

c)

Many women died during childbirth

d)

Women were only given meat to eat

70.

kyrios is a Greek term for a woman's...

a)

husband

b)

father

c)

gaurdian

d)

dowry

71.

Much of what we know of the lives of women in Ancient Israel comes from what source?

a)

the Bible

b)

Greek comedies and tragedies

c)

a variety of ancient texts written by women

d)

Ancient art works

72.

True/False: Billy Jean King threatened to boycott the US Open unless women received equal prize money

a)

True

b)

False

73.

Rosalind Franklin used xray technology to capture the first images of, what?

a)

DNA's double helix structure

b)

The human blood cell

c)

the theory of relativity

d)

the human brain

74.

True/False: Globally, women attended school less frequently and for less time than their male peers

a)

True

b)

False

75.

All of the following have had a historical impact a woman's ability to build wealth, EXCEPT...

a)

access to land ownership

b)

equal educational opprotunities

c)

societal norms concerning a women's role in raising children

d)

All of the above

76.

TRUE/FALSE: Women are underrepresented in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields

a)

True

b)

False

77.

All of the following are TRUE regarding the position of women in the Ancient World, EXCEPT?

a)

Single women had a hard time making an independent living

b)

the majority of women were forced to marry in order have access to necessary land and resources

c)

a women's role in the house was unimportant during during Ancient time

d)

though literacy was not widespread, women were just as literate as men during ancient times

78.

A dowry can include all of the following, EXCEPT

a)

Money

b)

Food

c)

Animals

d)

Children

79.

True/False: Although it was rare, women could become Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt

a)

True

b)

False

80.

True/False: Europeans NEVER used differences in sexual behavior and gender roles as the justification for colonizing various places in the world

a)

True

b)

False

81.

True/False: Despite relatively equal status, women did not occupy many high ranking Egyptian positions in government or society and they did not seem to be as literate as men of similar status

a)

True

b)

False

82.

True/False: Much of what we know of Athenian women was written by Athenian men

a)

True

b)

False

83.

TRUE/FALSE: In Ancient Israel, daughters and sons were loved equally but daughters were preferred because boys left the household to start their own family

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

84.

In colonial Spain, women were forbidden to read anything that was considered to be secular. Secular is best defined as...

a)

teachings that are based on Christian ideas

b)

something that doesn't concern religion or isn't spiritually based

c)

information about equal rights and the right to vote

d)

something that was written by a women

85.

TRUE/FALSE: When women participate in peace agreements, there is a greater likelihood the treaty will last

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE