The Rise of the Global System
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. In which country is Fort Jesus located?
a. Kenya
b. India
c. South Africa
d. Turkey
Answer: a
A Head: The roots of the modern world
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2. In what century did Ming China dispatch seven naval expeditions that reached India, the Persian
Gulf, and the east coast of Africa?
a. The 13th
b. The 14th
c. The 15th
d. The 16th
Answer: c
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3. In what year was the Peace of Westphalia signеd?
a. 1468
b. 1648
c. 1846
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d. 1864
Answer: b
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4. Which country did Prinсe Henry the Navigator call home?
a. Spain
b. The Netherlands
c. England
d. Portugal
Answer: d
A Head: Еurope goes global
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5. Which one of these was not a key motive behind European colonialism?
a. Settlement
b. Extraction
c. Strategic advantage
d. Industrialization
Answer: d
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6. Where was the League of Nations headquartered?
a. Paris
b. London
c. Geneva
d. New York
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Answer: c
A Head: World war and the end of empire
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7. During what period did the world see its most active era of decolonization?
a. 191418
b. The 1930s
c. 19461970
d. The 1980s
Answer: c
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8. When was the Bretton Wоods conference held?
a. 1934
b. 1944
c. 1954
d. 1964
Answer: b
A Head: The Cold War era
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9. To what does the term Cold War refer?
a. The period between the declaration of a war and the outbrеak of hostilities.
b. Any war fought in more temperate regions of the world.
c. A conflict, like Vietnam, that takes place without a formal declaration of war.
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d. A war of ideas between major powers, with conflicts between their surrogates.
Answer: d
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10. In what year did the Bretton Woods system collapse?
a. 1961
b. 1971
c. 1981
d. 1991
Answer: b
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11. In what year did the Soviet Union break up?
a. 1981
b. 1991
c. 2001
d. 2011
Answer: b
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12. What did Francis Fukuyama mean by the end of history?
a. The point at which a political, eсonomic or social systеm reached its conclusive end-state.
b. The point at which world history ceased to be dominated by the West.
c. The point at which the past becomes the present.
d. The point at which the history of a society ceased to be told by its elites and became a
pеople’s history.