Practice Test 2

Before 800 B.C.E., what was the primary difference in settlement patterns between Indo-European steppe tribes and the societies in China, India, and the Middle East?

What was the main purpose of developing the Cyrillic alphabet in the late 800s?

Which ethnic group was dominant in Eastern Europe during the Medieval period?

During the twentieth century, genocide occurred in all of the following nations EXCEPT:

The fragmentation of central government units led directly to the rise of feudal states in which two regions?

What was the one outcome that China aimed for but FAILED to achieve as a result of the Opium Wars?

What is the key difference between the systems of feudalism and manorialism in medieval Europe?

The medical procedure of inoculation, as witnessed by Lady Montagu in the Ottoman Empire in 1717, was a precursor to what major medical advance?

What was the fundamental cause of the split between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims?

As of the time of the exam's publication, which of these nations is NOT a declared nuclear state?

What was the 'Eastern Question' in European politics during the decline of the Ottoman Empire?

European imperialism in the 19th century was driven by all of the following factors EXCEPT:

Which of the following statements about slavery in the pre-modern world is INACCURATE?

What was a significant difference between the Aztec and Incan civilizations?

What was a common outcome of the revolutionary independence movements in Latin American colonies?

The political and economic changes in Russia during the 1990s demonstrated which of the following?

The Columbian Exchange involved the transfer of which of the following?

How did the foreign policy of the Tokugawa Shogunate differ from that of the Ottoman Empire?

Which trio of cities were the major mercantile city-states in medieval Italy?

All of the following were outcomes of World War I EXCEPT: