GLOBAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY - Regents Examinations

1 The University of the State of New YorkREGENTS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATIONGLOBAL HISTORYAND GEOGRAPHYT uesday, June 21, 2005 9:15 to 12:15 , onlyStudent Name _____School Name _____Print your name and the name of your school on the lines above. Then turn to the lastpage of this booklet, which is the answer sheet for Part I. Fold the last page along theperforations and, slowly and carefully, tear off the answer sheet. Then fill in the heading ofyour answer sheet. Now print your name and the name of your school in the heading ofeach page of your essay examination has three parts.

2 You are to answer allquestions in all parts. Use blackor dark-blue ink to write your I contains 50 multiple-choice questions. Record your answers to these questionson the separate answer II contains one thematic essay question. Write your answer to this question inthe essay booklet, beginning on page 1. Part III is based on several documents:Part III Acontains the documents. Each document is followed by one or morequestions. In the test booklet, write your answer to each question on the linesfollowing that question.

3 Be sure to enter your name and the name of your school onthe first page of this III B contains one essay question based on the documents. Write youranswer to this question in the essay booklet, beginning on page 7. When you have completed the examination , you must sign the statement printed onthe Part I answer sheet, indicating that you had no unlawful knowledge of the questions oranswers prior to the examination and that you have neither given nor received assistance inanswering any of the questions during the examination .

4 Your answer sheet cannot beaccepted if you fail to sign this use of any communications device is strictly prohibited when taking thisexamination. If you use any communications device, no matter how briefly, yourexamination will be invalidated and no score will be calculated for NOT OPEN THIS examination BOOKLET UNTIL THE SIGNAL IS IN GLOBAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHYREGENTS IN GLOBAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY1 During which period did the domestication ofanimals and growing of crops first occur?

5 (1) Iron Age(2) Old Stone Age(3) Neolithic Revolution(4) Scientific RevolutionBase your answer to question 2 on the statementsbelow and on your knowledge of social studies. The fertile soil of river valleys allowed earlycivilizations to develop and flourish. In the 1500s and 1600s, control of the Strait ofMalacca determined who traded in the SpiceIslands. Because Japan is an island that is mostly moun-tainous, people live in densely populated areasalong the conclusion is best supported by thesestatements?

6 (1) Major urban centers are found only alongrivers.(2) The GEOGRAPHY of a nation or region influ-ences its development.(3) Without mountains and rivers, people cannotdevelop a culture.(4) The spread of new ideas is discouraged bytrade and statement about cultural diffusion in Asiais most accurate?(1) Byzantine traders brought the Justinian Codeto China.(2)Roman legions introduced Christianity toIndia.(3) Indian monks brought Islam to the MiddleEast.(4)Chinese ideas and practices spread intoKorea and statement about Greek civilization is anopinion rather than a fact?

7 (1) Boys in Sparta were trained to be soldiers.(2) Athens had a better culture than that ofSparta.(3) Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were Greekphilosophers.(4) Many adults in Athens did not have the rightto your answers to questions 5 and 6 on thediagram below and on your knowledge of concept is illustrated in the diagram?(1) manorialism(3) caste(2) apartheid(4) encomienda6 Which religion or belief system is most closelyassociated with the social class system illustratedin the diagram?

8 (1) Hinduism(3) Catholicism(2) Daoism(4) animismGlobal Hist. & Geo. June 05[2]Part I Answer all questions in this (1 50): For each statement or question, write on the separate answer sheet the numberof theword or expression that, of those given, best completes the statement or answers the technology of papermaking traveled from China to Baghdad along the(1) Saharan caravan trails(3) Silk Roads(2) Trans-Siberian Railway(4) Suez Canal8 .. Let the king and his ministers labor with amutual sympathy, saying, We have received thedecree of Heaven and it shall be great as the long-continued years of Hsia; yea, it shall not fail of thelong-continued years of Yin.

9 I wish the king,through the attachment of the lower people, toreceive the long-abiding decree of Heaven.. Clae Waltham, ed., Shu Ching, Book of HISTORY ,Henry Regnery CompanyWhich concept is being referred to in thispassage?(1) dynastic cycle(3) natural rights(2) matriarchal society(4) monotheism9 The religious terms Four Noble Truths, EightfoldPath,and nirvanaare most closely associated with(1) Judaism(3) Shintoism(2) Islam(4) Buddhism10 The Golden Age of Muslim culture was best knownfor its(1) attempts to colonize North America(2) frequent conflicts between Christians andJews(3)advances in mathematics, science, andmedicine(4)

10 Policies to reduce trade between the MiddleEast and China11 The Commercial Revolution helped lead to theIndustrial Revolution because during the Com-mercial Revolution(1) the barter system was instituted(2) new forms of business were developed(3) socialism was introduced to europe (4) subsistence agriculture was promotedGlobal Hist. & Geo. June 05[3][OVER]Loulan(300s)CENTRAL CHINA(100s BC)Dunhuang(366 and later)JAPAN(619)KOREA(ca. 600)Pendzhikent(722 23)Samarkand(before 700)IRAN(700s)Baghdad(ca.)