Why is "big history" significant?
a. Human history is best understood in a comprehensive ecological and cosmic framework.
b. It isn't; only humans themselves have impacted human history.
c. Only recently have humans begun to discuss humanity's place in the cosmos.
d. It is the sole way humans understand the flow of events.
e. "Big" events are the ones worth studying.
a
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What led to the end of Egypt's existence as an independent civilization?
A) absorbed by the Phoenician economic enterprises B) conquered by the Hittites C) influenced by the Kushites D) invaded by Sudanese insurgents E) conquered by the Persians
Approximately what fraction of Germany's Jewish population fled Germany by the start of World War II?
A) one-half B) one-third C) one-quarter D) three-quarters E) one-tenth
As a result of the War on Poverty,
a. the number of elderly Americans living in poverty declined dramatically. b. rural poverty was practically eliminated. c. health-care costs began a slow but steady decline. d. poverty in households headed by women steadily declined over a period of ten years.
During the 1970s and 1980s, chicha songs typically
A) explored the everyday lives of poor, hard-working urban provincianos. B) celebrated the cultural traditions of the Andean highlands. C) reinforced modern cultural values imported from the United States. D) memorialized heroic historic indigenous rebellions against criollo culture.