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What word is used to describe the strong influence exerted over others by a dominant
group:
Paradigm
Hegemony
Discourse
Industrialization - Answer Hegemony
World History is characterized by
Eurocentrism
Psychological Exploration
Sinocentrim
The use of larger units of analysis - Answer The use of larger units of analysis
Which of the following is not part of the historian's "skillset"
Historical Empathy
Evidence-based Argumentation
Experimental Design
Source analysis - Answer Experimental Design
Cultural historians analyze historical societies in terms of:
Discourse, Paradigms, and Power Structures
Population Demographics
Military strategies
Medical advances - Answer Discourse, Paradigms, and Power Structures
Which of the following is considered a higher order thinking skill, according to Bloom's
Taxonomy?
,Remember
Understand
Evaluate
Apply - Answer Evaluate
What is the term used to describe the accumulated knowledge produced by historians
(aka different arguments about the past) and the ways in that knowledge shapes and
changes our understanding of the past?
Wikipedia
Encyclopedias
Historiography
Discourse - Answer Historiography
Historian rely on what two types of sources for understanding the past?
Primary & Secondary Sources
Reliable & Unreliable Sources
Primary Sources & Textbooks
Textbooks & Encyclopedias - Answer Primary & Secondary Sources
World History (as a distinctive historiographical approach) includes
Historical biographies
The study of diverse transnational factors
A focus on narrow timeframes
Detailed histories of individual battles - Answer The study of diverse transnational
factors
Approaches to World History include
National histories
Cross-cultural encounters
A focus on the working-class
Battle histories - Answer Cross-cultural encounters
Central themes in World History include
,Diffusion of technology
Non-human factors
Environmental history
All of the above - Answer All of the above
Social history include the study of all of the following except:
The lives of everyday people
The patterns that structure populations
"Big men and big ideas"
Social relations - Answer "Big men and big ideas"
Which of the following approaches to history involves the study of femininity and
masculinity as social and cultural constructs?
Gender History
Social History
Political History
Cultural History - Answer Gender History
What is meant by the phrase "multiple pasts"?
Historical knowledge is based on the "multiverse" theory in physics
Historical knowledge is produced through interpretation of incomplete evidence, and
historians don't always agree on what that evidence means.
Historical knowledge lacks any credibility
Historical knowledge is completely subjective and open to any interpretation - Answer
Historical knowledge is produced through interpretation of incomplete evidence, and
historians don't always agree on what that evidence means.
Which of the following would not be an example of a primary source that historians use
to study the past?
Newspapers
Encyclopedias
Memoirs
Diaries - Answer Encyclopedias
, Objections to World History as a separate field of study include which of the following?
It over-emphasizes Africa
It focuses only the Western Hemisphere
It neglects the modern world
It neglects the importance of the nation-state - Answer It neglects the importance of the
nation-state
Most historians believe that smallpox originated where?
Asia
North America
Europe
Africa - Answer Africa
The Qing dynasty (1644-1912) in China:
Was established by Manchu invaders, with China's population greatly increasing under
the Qing due to the introduction of crops from the Americas and Chinese territorial
gains
Fought several destructive wars with Japan for control of Korea
Was noted for adopting European technology brought by Matteo Ricci such as clocks
Refused to trade with outside nations, especially Europeans - Answer Was established
by Manchu invaders, with China's population greatly increasing under the Qing due to
the introduction of crops from the Americas and Chinese territorial gains
Dominant themes of this period include
The Human Web expands
World Religions spread
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