Quiz 26b - People

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1 Which step did Catherine the Great take that is consistent with Enlightenment ideas?

	ordering the burning of books
	strengthening the institution of serfdom
	expanding Russian territory into Ukraine
	considering a law code that would treat all citizens equally

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The clothes worn by Mohandas Gandhi of India and by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk of Turkey indicate the desire of these leaders to

	conform to traditional religious beliefs
	adapt to the cultural norms of urban life
	protest the oppression of communist rule
	make a political statement to their respective nations

3 In which geographic region has Aung San Suu Kyi labored to bring about democratic reform?

	Southeast Asia
	Middle East
	Central Asia
	West Africa

4 One way in which Hammurabi and Justinian are similar is that they successfully

	established public education systems
	codified the laws of their empire
	instituted democratic governments
	separated church and state

5 One way in which Miguel Hidalgo, Ho Chi Minh, and Jomo Kenyatta are similar is that they all were

	leaders of independence movements
	communist dictators
	enlightened despots
	advocates of liberation theology

6 Which form of government is associated with the reigns of Suleiman the Magnificent, Akbar the Great, and Peter the Great?

	constitutional monarchy
	direct democracy
	theocracy
	absolute monarchy
	Poland and Russia
	Spain and Portugal
	France and Germany
	Ireland and the United Kingdom

7 For which achievement is Suleiman the Magnificent best known?

	building the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
	spreading Christianity into the Balkan Peninsula
	conquering the Russian capital of Moscow
	uniting the Ottoman Empire under an efficient government structure

8 What happened in Russia as a result of actions taken by Peter the Great?

	Russia was weakened by French invasions.
	Catholicism was adopted as the state religion.
	The Duma was reformed and the serfs were freed.
	Russia borrowed Western ideas and expanded its territories.

9 One way in which Robespierre and Louis XVI of France are similar is that both

	were removed from power during the French Revolution
	adopted ideas of the Congress of Vienna
	implemented policies of religious tolerance
	decreased government control of the economy

10 One way in which Toussaint L'Ouverture, Simón Bolívar, and José de San Martín are similar is that they all were

	supporters of mercantile policies
	leaders of independence movements
	democratically elected leaders
	industrial labor reformers

11 One way in which Emperor Meiji of Japan and Kemal Atatürk of Turkey are similar is that they both

	crushed secessionist movements
	worked to modernize their nations
	conquered eastern neighboring territories
	protested against economic sanctions

12 The economic policies of Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union and of Deng Xiaoping of China included

	elements of capitalism
	boycotts of foreign products
	a one-child policy
	a reliance on agricultural self-sufficiency

13 One similarity in the rule of Akbar the Great and the rule of Elizabeth I is that both leaders implemented policies that encouraged

	compulsory education
	military disarmament
	voter participation
	religious toleration

14 Forced famine in Ukraine (1932-1933) was a direct result of

	Czar Nicholas's involvement in World War I
	Vladimir Lenin's New Economic Policy
	Joseph Stalin's collectivization
	Nikita Khrushchev's removal from power

15 Hammurabi's Code, the Twelve Tables, and the Justinian Code are examples of early developments in the area of

	literature
	law
	engineering
	medicine