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Middle Kingdom of Assyria is located southwest ____

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Asia

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The Middle Kingdom of Assyria was located in an area also known as the

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Fertile Crescent

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China, Russia and Iran are all areas the ______ conquered and incorporated into their empire

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Mongols

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The development of financial institutions is a result of the _________ revolution

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comercial

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_____ _____ believes that the chief problem with the Roman Catholic Church is the practice of selling indulgences. The only way for Christians to receive salvation is through faith alone

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Martin Luther

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_____ _____ believes that is true that the bible, and not members of the clergy, is the ultimate source of religious truth. However God has already decided who will be saved and who will not

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John Calvin

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Labor unions were formed as a result of the _______ revolution

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industrial

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According to Thomas ______ , famine and war were natural checks on population growth

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Malthus

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Turkish leader Kemal Atatürk is associate with the adoption of _______ culture

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Western

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Athens and Gupta both promoted

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art and literature

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In the early 1930s, millions of Ukrainians died as a result of a forced ______

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famine

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topographic maps shows _______ features

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physical

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The ancient Sumerians modified their environment to increase food production by

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digging irrigation canals

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Which region had the greatest influence on the historical and cultural development of the Byzantine Empire?

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Rome

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The rule of Akbar the Great is important because he accepted _______ and practiced religious toleration

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diversity

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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was formed with the intent of controlling the supply of oil to ____ prices

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raise

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Which factor contributed to the fall of the Han dynasty, the fall of the Roman Empire, and the fall of the Abbasid Empire? invasions by ______ peoples from Central Asia

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nomadic

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Which empires gained wealth by controlling the trade of gold, ivory, and salt across the Sahara Desert?

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Mali and Songhai

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The encomienda system, the latifundia form of land ownership, and the office of viceroy are all closely associated with ______ rule in Latin America

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Spanish

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Knowing the latitude of a location would be most helpful in determining

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temperature

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During the European Middle Ages, guilds were created to

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standardize goods and prices

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Both Ibn Battuta and Mansa Musa demonstrated their religious values by

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making a pilgrimage to Mecca

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WhichreformwasincludedinAtatürk'seffortsto modernize Turkey?

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granting women the right to vote

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WhathavemembersoftheEuropeanUnion(EU) and countries of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) both attempted to do?

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reduce regional trade barriers

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A goal of modern-day religious fundamentalism is to

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maintain traditional religious values in society

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Which leader is most closely associated with Desmond Tutu and F. W. de Klerk?

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Jomo Kenyatta

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Which philosophy is most closely associated with the development of the Chinese civil service system?

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Confucianism

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13 One way Japanese feudalism during the Tokugawa shogunate was different from European feudalism is that during this period of Japanese feudalism

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political power was more centralized

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The kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai prospered primarily due to their

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control of trade routes

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One similarity in the policies of Louis XIV and of Suleiman the Magnificent is that both leaders

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increased the power of their central governments

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What is a major belief associated with Marxism?

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The proletariat would rise up and overthrow the bourgeoisie.

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The Berlin Conference in 1884 was significant because it

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established rules for the European division of Africa

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One way in which Kemal Atatürk of Turkey and Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran are similar is that both leaders

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implemented programs to modernize their nations

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FidelCastrowassuccessfulatleadingarevolution in Cuba because he gained the support of

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peasant farmers

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The policies of the European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have both resulted in

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an increase in interdependence

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One way in which the Atlantic slave trade and the Jewish diaspora are similar is that both

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forced people to migrate

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Which achievements are most closely associated with the Tang and Song dynasties of China?

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gunpowder and movable wooden type

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The trans-Saharan trade carried out by West African civilizations was primarily based on an exchange of

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gold and salt

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13 China's image of itself as the Middle Kingdom is associated with

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controlling how contact occurs with other cultures

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One reason the Suez Canal has been of strategic importance to countries other than Egypt was that the canal

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allowed for faster movement between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean

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A similarity between the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China is that both were

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attempts to remove foreign influence

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Japan's invasion of China in 1937 and Germany's attack on Poland in 1939 led directly to

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the beginning of World War II in Asia and Europe

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Which document is most closely associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict?

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Balfour Declaration

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One way in which the actions of Alexander the Great, Saladin, and Shaka Zulu are similar is that each implemented

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military strategies to defeat opponents

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One way in which the travels of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta are similar is that each

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stimulated interest in other cultures

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Characteristics of the Inca Golden Age

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political stability, achievement in arts, science and technology, archeticture and transportation

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How did the geography of the Italian peninsula influence the development of the Roman Empire?

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The location of the peninsula contributed to Roman control of the Mediterranean region.

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TechnologicalachievementsmadeduringtheTang and Song dynasties were important because they

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contributed to economic growth and cultural advancement

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One way in which the Great Leap Forward and the Four Modernizations are similar is that each was an attempt to

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increase farm and factory output

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The Boxer Rebellion and the work of Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) are most closely associated with the

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rise of nationalism in china

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Polesin1918andJewspriorto1948areexamplesof

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peoples without their own state

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Which body of water is located between Southwest Asia and Southeast Asia?

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indian ocean

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Which civilization most influenced the style of Russian architecture shown in this photograph? Cathedral of st. something 1017-1036

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byzantine empire

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One important impact of the Mongol expansion across Asia and Europe was the

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rise in trade along the Silk Roads

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In The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli was most concerned with

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the use of political power

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Which situation was an immediate cause for the collapse of the Aztec civilization?

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conquest by foreigners

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involved with renaissance?

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Galileo Galilei published information about a heliocentric universe.

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Before1914,nationalismintheBalkanPeninsula contributed to

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resistance by ethnic groups to Austrian rule

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Which action was taken by the Bolsheviks under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin?

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eliminating political opposition

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An economic change introduced in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin would include

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collectivizing agriculture

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AgoalofboththeEuropeanUnion(EU)andthe North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is to

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reduce trade barriers between member nations

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Which condition, in combination with drought, has most directly forced the migration of people out of the southern regions bordering the Sahara?

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desertification

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The Nuremberg laws are best described as

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anti-Semitic laws of 20th-century Germany

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In studying the United Nations, an example of a secondary source would be

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a description in an encyclopedia of the first session of the United Nations Security Council

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A study of the achievements of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures would show that they

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sustained dense populations through intensive agriculture

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DuringtheIndustrialRevolution,whichdevelop- ment resulted from the other three?

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formation of labor unions

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According to Thomas Malthus, the rate of increase for human populations in relation to the rate of increase for food production was a problem. Malthus believed that

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famine and war were natural checks on population growth

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During the Cold War, which event occurred last

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destruction of berlin wall

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