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  Flashcards by arik1

Question 1 

How did European governments apply economic policy to their colonial possessions?
 
  A) Colonies were captive markets for the home country and provided raw materials.
  B) Allowed merchant shippers to pirate other countries' cargos.
  C) Allowed colonies a certain amount of political independence.
  D) They practiced a form of free trade.
  E) There was an equal exchange of products and resources between home country and colony.

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Question 2 

________ allows a state to expand its territory much further than a chiefdom can.
 
  A. Bureaucracy
  B. An army
  C. A strong leader
  D. Long-distance trade
  E. Loose, informal leadership

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Question 3 

Which country was the world's dominant economic power in the 1920s?
 
  A) Great Britain
  B) the United States
  C) France
  D) Japan

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Question 4 

What two countries challenged the relative power of the U.S. as a world economic and political leader beginning in the 1970s?
A) India and Pakistan
B) South Korea and Hong Kong
C) China and Taiwan
D) Germany and Japan
E) Iraq and Afghanistan

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Question 5 

Increased economic and political power has resulted in ________ in today's world.
A) a decrease in uncertainty
B) an increase in uncertainty
C) a decrease in jobs
D) an increase in jobs

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Question 6 

A social system in which men occupy positions of social, economic, and political power from which women are excluded.
a. matriarchy
b. patriarchy
c. double descent groups
d. parallel descent groups

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Question 7 

European population expansion during the 18th century was caused by all of the following EXCEPT
A) the decline of the middle class.
B) a decrease in mortality rates.
C) extensive migrations of populations.
D) an increase in fertility rates. 
E) more productive agriculture.

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Question 8 

As compared to its experience in the early Middle Ages, Europe in the High Middle Ages was
   a.    more decentralized.   c.    less militaristic.
   b.    less isolated.       d.    more religiously diverse.

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Question 9 

Which of the following is a common characteristic of both traditional Asian and Latin American families?
a.   both groups hold respect and obedience for parents in high regard
b.   for both groups, the female is the head of the household
c.   both groups have an overwhelmingly large number of parents who hold an indulgent parental approach
d.   within both groups, children are taught to be autonomous, to stand on their own two feet, and to put their own best interest before the needs of the family

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Question 10 

__________ studies observe different individuals at different ages at a single point in time to track age differences.
A) Sectional
B) Cross-sequential
C) Sequential
D) Cross-sectional

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