{{#professor:Regents Exam #5 - January 2014}}
1
These headlines all relate to the economic concept of
2 Which nation is located on a peninsula?
3 The Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra were important to ancient India because they were
4 What was one of the most important contributions of the Greek city-state of Athens?
5 Which belief system was the basis of the civil service exams given during the Han, Tang, and Song dynasties?
6 Base your answer to the following question on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Charlemagne's 9th century empire covered territory which today would include the countries of
7 Which statement about the Islamic Golden Age is a fact rather than an opinion?
8 The early eastern European Slavic civilization at Kiev adopted the Eastern Orthodox religion, the Cyrillic alphabet, and certain styles of art and architecture as a result of
9 China, Korea, and Japan share cultural similarities in part due to their
10 The development of banking during the Commercial Revolution in western Europe was significant because it
11 In general, in which direction did the Black Death spread during the 14th century?
12 One result of the Protestant Reformation was
13 For which achievement is Suleiman the Magnificent best known?
14 Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.
...In the 1930s, Slyvanus G. Morley of Harvard, probably the most celebrated Mayanist of his day, espoused [argued for] what is still the best-known theory: The Maya collapsed because they overshot the carrying capacity of their environment. They exhausted their resource base, began to die of starvation and thirst, and fled their cities en masse, leaving them as silent warnings of the perils of ecological hubris [overconfidence]... -Charles C. Mann, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
According to this passage, what was a major question Morley was trying to answer about the Mayas in the 1930s?
15 Which technological development enabled European navigators to determine their location during the Age of Exploration?
16 The Encounter occurred as a result of European explorers crossing the
17 In colonial Spanish America, which system was developed by the Spanish to support plantation agriculture?
18 What happened in Russia as a result of actions taken by Peter the Great?
19 Base your answer to the following question on the outline below.
Which heading best completes the partial outline on British history?
20 Why is the Enlightenment considered a turning point in world history?
21 One way in which Robespierre and Louis XVI of France are similar is that both
22 One way in which Toussaint L'Ouverture, Simón Bolívar, and José de San Martín are similar is that they all were
23 Which geographic feature most aided England during the Industrial Revolution?
24 Mass starvation in Ireland in the 1840s led directly to the
25 One major reason European countries engaged in imperialism in the late 19th century was to
26 One way in which Emperor Meiji of Japan and Kemal Atatürk of Turkey are similar is that they both
27 Base your answer to the following question on the poster below and on your knowledge of social studies.
This World War I poster is an example of
28 Which development occurred in Germany as a result of the terms imposed by the Treaty of Versailles?
29 The original goal of Pan-Africanism was to
30 The establishment of the independent countries of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia was the result of
31 Which goal was most important to the Indian nationalist movement?
32 Which geographic factor was most significant in helping the Soviet Union withstand German attacks in World War II?
33 Which geographic region has the greatest number of members in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
34 The economic policies of Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union and of Deng Xiaoping of China included
35 What was the main reason refugees fled Rwanda in the 1990s?
36 Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Which concept is being shown by this 2005 diagram?
37 What is one way the conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East are similar?
38 The creation of the European Union (EU) and of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) were efforts to
39
The data on this map suggests that HIV/AIDS
40 Since 1999, what has been the primary role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in world affairs?
41 Which current global problem was initiated with the development of atomic weapons?
42 The Neolithic Revolution is most closely associated with
43 Which sequence places these laws in the correct chronological order?
44 Which philosophy that was developed during the Renaissance is associated with a shift in focus away from religious subjects toward more secular subjects?
45 Base your answer to the following question on the statement below and on your knowledge of social studies.
... I conclude, then, returning to being feared and loved, that since men love at their convenience and fear at the convenience of the prince, a wise prince should found himself on what is his, not on what is someone else's; he should only contrive to avoid hatred, as was said.
This statement is taken from the written work of
46 One similarity in the rule of Akbar the Great and the rule of Elizabeth I is that both leaders implemented policies that encouraged
47 One way in which the caste system in traditional India and the Estates system of pre-revolutionary France are similar is that
48
This series of events is most closely associated with the
49 Forced famine in Ukraine (1932-1933) was a direct result of
50
These newspaper headlines describe the effects of the geography on the people of