Section 3 & 4
According to McCarty's section 1 introduction, decentering history means dividing the world into recognizable, discrete periods.
False
According to lecture, there exists a single history for all of the changes that have occurred over time in the world.
False
In "Recovering the Context" Eric Wolf argued that the modern world, unlike the past, is a totality of interconnected processes.
False
Author Simon Price argued that the conquests of Alexander the Great and the founding of many Greek cities during the Hellenistic period (323 - 146 BC) had a dramatic cultural impact on the regions we know as the Middle East, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan.
In "The Mongols" J.M. Roberts offers an example of the rapid spread of an early and very far reaching empire that the author argues "makes nonsense of chronological and territorial divisions" between societies and cultures.
Christopher Columbus was greatly influenced by:
Marco Polo
In lecture, Dr. McCarty discussed the debate surrounding the issue of defining globalization. Which of the following is an area where there is general agreement about globalization?
None of the above
Author Robert Marks argued that before the 1400's the world was made up of:
Polycentric regions that were somewhat independent but did interact with each other
As was discussed in lecture, rhetoric emulating the Crusades was seen in the modern-day example of the following historical event:
Post-9/11 "War on Terror"
According to your course lectures the globalization of human society started with the:
Rise of the first civilizations
According to Simon Price the fundamental importance of warfare for maintaining larger empires changed the role of the kings and their relationship to local governments.
True
According to lecture Adolf Hitler may have emulated the speed and brutality of Genghis Khan's attacks.
True
In "Recovering the Context" Eric Wolf argued that the human social world is an interconnected totality and that social science disciplines have often tended to ignore those interconnections.
True
In "The History of the Hellenistic Period" author Simon Price noted that democracy was espoused by Alexander the Great and every king of Greece that followed. The paradox is that during the expansion of empire in the Hellenistic period, as Greeks sought to impose their culture on others, the real civic participation by Greek citizens in their own government declined and dominance by the wealthy increased.
True
In "The History of the Hellenistic Period" author Simon Price points out that the Greek monarchies frequently established new cities in conquered areas to ensure the dominance of Greek culture over native cultures. For Price the clear connection between political power and cultural domination in Hellenistic Greece provides an interesting analogy to later European colonial empires.
True
In "The Mongols" J.M. Roberts offers an example of the rapid spread of an early and very far reaching empire that the author argues "makes nonsense of chronological and territorial divisions" between societies and cultures.
True
In "The Mongols" author J.M. Roberts argued that the Mongols learned the use of paper money from the Chinese. The Mongols then introduced the idea to the Persians. From there the practice spread to Europe and continues to this day.
True
In "The Rise of the West?" author Robert Marks argued that a single World Trade Organization meeting can tell us a lot about the way the modern world is organized and the historical processes that led to the current state of affairs.
True
In "The Rise of the West?" author Robert Marks argued that one of the primary intellectual goals of the founders of modern social theory (the eighteenth and nineteenth century classic social theorists such as Adam Smith, Malthus, Ricardo, Marx and Weber) was to explain how Europe came to dominate the rest of world and explain what makes Europeans so exceptional. From the start virtually all of the social sciences included the idea of European exceptionalism as one of their basic assumptions.
True
In "The Rise of the West?" author Robert Marks argued that the seven largest industrial nations (often called the Group of Seven or G7) account for two thirds of the world's economic output and wealth. These countries use their industrial power to set the rules for how the world economy works.
True
In lecture Dr. McCarty argued that several of the world's major religions developed between 300 BCE and 700 CE. The argument was made in lecture that these global religions played a profound role in globalization by spreading not only their beliefs but also a wide array of linguistic, artistic, agricultural, scientific, administrative, and military practices.
True
In lecture the argument was made that the history of civilization is neither "Eastern" nor "Western." A global perspective on the history of civilization reveals a long history of interconnection, trade and cultural exchange that from the beginning shaped the formation of civilization itself.
True
In lecture, neocolonialism was defined as the control of foreign territories and peoples by economic means.
True
In the "Mongols" author J.M. Roberts argued that Mongol leader Genghis Khan was the greatest conqueror the world has ever known.
True
In "Recovering the Context" Eric Wolf argued that concepts such as "nation," "society" and "culture" can be misleading because they:
a. Are abstract bits of disassembled reality b. Represent bundles of relationships c. Threaten to turn relationships into things d. Can only be understood by placing them back into the field of relationships from which they were abstracted e. All of the above answers *correct
In "The History of the Hellenistic Period" author Simon Price argued that by the time the Romans arrived the original democratic government of Greece had already changed in some important and very undemocratic ways. Democracy had become an oligarchy, ade facto restriction of office to the rich. The oligarchs would not tolerate which of the following (pick more than one):
a. Cancellation of debts b. True democracy c. Redistribution of land or homes d. Popular agitation
In "The Mongols" author J.M. Roberts makes which of the following arguments about the rapid spread of the Mongol Empire between 1218-1260.
a. Even though it didn't last long the Mongol Empire was influenced by, and in turn influenced, many different civilizations from China to the Middle East b. Mongol military tactics included careful reconnaissance, a swift moving cavalry, advanced siege tactics, and the use of terror c. Mongol rulers often displaced a kind of religious tolerance not known in Europe until much later d. Mongol leaders made good use of the skills found in the people they conquered e. The Mongol empire gained control of the trade routes between China and the Middle East
In "The Rise of the West?" Robert Marks mentions several events that may have led Europeans to believe they were superior to the rest of the world including (pick more than one):
a. Rapid technological progress in the Industrial Revolution b. Easy conquest of the New World following the introduction of Old World diseases and the Great Dying
Which of the following set the stage for the Age of Exploration, according to McCarty's section 2 introduction: (select all that apply)
a. The desire to find ocean trade routes to the Far East b. A need for European countries to find a new supply of slave labor c. The Ottoman takeover of Constantinople, which cut off Eastern trade routes.
The Silk Road and the Amber Road are significant because? (pick more than one answer).
a. They are early examples of economic globalization b. They were very important long distance trade routes
According to McCarty, thinking globally about history requires us to:
- See modern globalization as a new phase of historical processes that go back into the distant past - Decenter and re-contextualize historical narratives
In "The Rise of the West?" author Robert Marks argued that in just _________ years the European nation-states industrialized and surpassed the great Indian and Chinese agrarian empires that had long been the economic powerhouses of the world.
200 years
In "The Rise of the West?" author Robert Marks argued that "the rise of the West" storyline leads Western nations to think that all the world's problems can be solved with more Western style free market and more Western style government. This leads Marks to describe the "rise of the West" as:
A political agenda
Empires, according to McCarty's section 2 introduction:
Are made up of more than one state and more than one culture
According to McCarty's section 1 introduction, a better understanding of the historical context of globalization:
Can help us better understand how globalization impacts people different around the world
