Question 1

What is the most significant limiting factor on empires?

Accepted Answer

A)   shrinking world effect
B)   environmental diversity
C)   distance decay effect
D)   poor transportationE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 2

What describes the political economy of most early modern empires?

Accepted Answer

A)   equal interaction and cross-cultural borrowing
B)   core-periphery imperial relationships
C)   free markets open to competition
D)   well-integrated trade networksE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 3

During the Cold War, countries that aligned with the United States pledged their anti-_____ and those allying with the Soviet Union emphasized their anti-_____.

Accepted Answer

A)   neoliberalism; socialism
B)   communism; capitalism
C)   imperialism; Westernism
D)   capitalism; socialismE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 4

What region of the world is most associated with first wave of decolonization?

Accepted Answer

A)   Africa
B)   Asia
C)   North America
D)   South AmericaE) A) and D)
F) B) and D) B

Question 5

What describes the situation in a democratic society where a regime begins to lose public support, perhaps due to extended military campaigns and other unpopular imperial endeavors?

Accepted Answer

A)   information overload
B)   strategic limits
C)   fiscal limits
D)   legitimation crisisE) B) and C)
F) C) and D) D

Question 6

Where in the world was the scramble for territory most pronounced during the age of imperialism?

Accepted Answer

A)   Africa
B)   Asia
C)   North America
D)   South AmericaE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 7

What statement best describes the problem with information overload in an extensive empire?

Accepted Answer

A)   the larger the empire, the more information there is to examine
B)   when the empire modernizes, information travels too fast to control
C)   the larger the empire, the more languages the information must be offered in
D)   when the empire diversifies, information must be appealing to each audienceE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 8

Where did the ancient city of Uruk emerge around six thousand years ago?

Accepted Answer

A)   between the Tigris and Euphrates
B)   in the Ganges River Valley
C)   between the White and Blue Nile
D)   in the Indus River ValleyE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Which of Samuel Huntington's "civilizations" coincided with the later boundaries of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   Confucian
B)   Islamic
C)   Orthodox
D)   AfricanE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 10

What is an advantage of the US as a global superpower for other centers of power in the world economy?

Accepted Answer

A)   The world economy would be firmly capitalist and only market economies will succeed
B)   The economic success of a peaceful world is underwritten by US military expenditures
C)   The world economy would be bolstered by the requirements of any military campaigns
D)   The political success of a prosperous world is underwritten by US economic developmentE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

What event revealed that Huntington's characteristics for the Islamic world were more the product of specific regimes and historical contexts?

Accepted Answer

A)   The September 11, 2001 attacks
B)   The collapse of the Soviet Union
C)   Arab Spring
D)   DecolonizationE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

What distinguishes the collapse of the Soviet Union from other historical examples of imperial decline?

Accepted Answer

A)   it was brought about by regime change in Moscow
B)   it occurred without any tensions over borders
C)   it was brought about by popular uprisings
D)   it occurred rapidly with the fall of the Berlin WallE) B) and D)
F) B) and C) C

Question 13

What is the most significant legacy of colonialism for present-day African nation-states?

Accepted Answer

A)   arbitrary imperial borders
B)   well-developed infrastructure
C)   economic dependence
D)   undeveloped infrastructureE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 14

What was NOT a driver of the global integration of space by early modern empires?

Accepted Answer

A)   growing international trade
B)   diffusion of technology
C)   decline of religious power
D)   cross-cultural borrowingE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 15

What country did ISIS or Daesh come from?

Accepted Answer

A)   Iran
B)   Syria
C)   Iraq
D)   Saudi ArabiaE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Evaluating the case of the Soviet Union's collapse, what type of imperial decline best characterizes the ultimate undoing of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   information overload
B)   strategic limits
C)   fiscal limits
D)   legitimation crisisE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 17

What religious affiliation do the fundamentalists that enlist in ISIS hold?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sunni
B)   Christian
C)   Shiite
D)   MuslimE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Which was NOT one of the Soviet Socialist Republics that formed the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   Estonia
B)   Poland
C)   Belarus
D)   GeorgiaE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

What resulted from the core-periphery spatial structure of the colonial world economy?

Accepted Answer

A)   globally uneven development
B)   wealth of the core
C)   poverty of the periphery
D)   all of theseE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

What political entity has emerged in the last thirty years out of poverty to become one of the world's top economies, and now is building up its military and making territorial claims that incite conflict among its neighbors?

Accepted Answer

A)   USA
B)   Russia
C)   EU
D)   ChinaE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Exam 14: World Orders

What is the most significant limiting factor on empires?

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What describes the political economy of most early modern empires?

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During the Cold War, countries that aligned with the United States pledged their anti-_____ and those allying with the Soviet Union emphasized their anti-_____.

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What region of the world is most associated with first wave of decolonization?

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What describes the situation in a democratic society where a regime begins to lose public support, perhaps due to extended military campaigns and other unpopular imperial endeavors?

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Where in the world was the scramble for territory most pronounced during the age of imperialism?

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What statement best describes the problem with information overload in an extensive empire?

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Where did the ancient city of Uruk emerge around six thousand years ago?

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Which of Samuel Huntington's "civilizations" coincided with the later boundaries of the Soviet Union?

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What is an advantage of the US as a global superpower for other centers of power in the world economy?

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What event revealed that Huntington's characteristics for the Islamic world were more the product of specific regimes and historical contexts?

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What distinguishes the collapse of the Soviet Union from other historical examples of imperial decline?

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What is the most significant legacy of colonialism for present-day African nation-states?

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What was NOT a driver of the global integration of space by early modern empires?

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What country did ISIS or Daesh come from?

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Evaluating the case of the Soviet Union's collapse, what type of imperial decline best characterizes the ultimate undoing of the Soviet Union?

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What religious affiliation do the fundamentalists that enlist in ISIS hold?

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Which was NOT one of the Soviet Socialist Republics that formed the Soviet Union?

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What resulted from the core-periphery spatial structure of the colonial world economy?

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What political entity has emerged in the last thirty years out of poverty to become one of the world's top economies, and now is building up its military and making territorial claims that incite conflict among its neighbors?

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