Practice Test Two h 303
philosophy advocating strong central, and often
monarchical, government (A), whereas liberal-
ism advocated political rights and parliamentary
government (C). Romanticism was a literary and
artistic movement that valued emotion in its
presentations (B).
- D—Footbinding and corsets restricted female
activity by making activity pain ful. Both were
more common among women of elite classes (A)
and gave women a privileged status (B). Women
who participated in these customs were incapa-
ble of working in the fields (C).
- C—Patterns of language diffusion are the most
accurate tool to trace the paths of migratory peo-
ples. The transmission of agricultural methods
(A), trade artifacts (B), and disease (D) is less
likely to occur as a result of migration.
- D—The U.S. expedition to Japan and its pow-
erful gunboats convinced Japan that long-dis-
tance trade was in its best economic and political
interests. Rather than fearing Great Britain,
Japan purchased modern warships from the
British (A), which it then used to impose its
power on Korea (B). Japanese leaders in the
Meiji government restored its imperial rulers
and set up a parliament (C).
- B—The Incas were not skilled in ironworking.
The Kushites of Meröe were among the first
people to understand ironworking (A). Both the
Bantu peoples (C) and the Aryans (D) spread
the knowledge of iron metallurgy.
- D—Extraterritoriality granted foreigners exemp-
tion from the laws of the land where they lived.
The other choices do not define an element of
extraterritoriality.
- D—The size of the AIDS patient in relation to
the WHO physician suggests the enormity of
the disease in relation to the effectiveness of the
treatment. The patient is accepting the treat-
ment willingly (A). The cartoon does not suggest
the existence of moral judgments (B). The size of
the AIDS figure suggests that the WHO is not
winning the AIDS war (C).
- B—Colonialism increased nationalist senti-
ments among subject peoples. Global trade (A)
and migration (C) increased tremendously. An
example of choice (D) is British transformation
of cotton production into a major cash crop.
- C—Although Haiti in Latin America (B) has a
high incidence of AIDS, sub-Saharan Africa is
most widely affected by the disease. The other
choices have a lower incidence of the disease (A,
D).
- B—The Vietnamese were immediately drawn
into the Cold War, with the northern govern-
ment backed by Communist China and the
South by the United States. The French hoped
to use its colony to regain the status it had lost
through the German occupation of France
during World War II (A). The Vietnamese
under Ho Chi Minh issued a declaration of
independence modeled after that of the United
States (C). Diem’s government, backed by the
United States, was un popular with the South
Vietnamese (D).
- B—The former Ottoman territories became
mandates, largely under British control. Europe’s
colonists supported the war in hopes of gain-
ing independence afterward (A). The follow-
ing empires fell as a result of the war: Russia,
Austria–Hungary, Ottoman, and Germany’s
Second Reich (C). Europe’s economic decline
led to a decline in world power (D).
- D—Colonialism destroyed local econ omies.
Globalization, not resistance to it, had generated
incredible wealth for some nations (A). There
has been a depletion of resources worldwide (B).
The Green Revolution has increased agricultural
productivity, especially in Asian nations (C).
- A—Malay merchants journeyed across the
Indian Ocean, transmitting their language and
the cultivation of the banana in East Africa.
Central Asians participated in Silk Roads trade
(B), and sea routes connected Egypt with Silk
Roads trade (D). There was a trade imbalance
between Rome and China, with the Romans
more interested in Chinese trade items than
China was in Roman goods (C).
- B—The map illustrates the location of spheres of
influence in China in the nineteenth century. The
Qing dynasty had been overthrown by the 1930s,
making response (A) incorrect. The Taiping
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