Test Bank for World History, 8th Edition

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From the dawn of civilization to the modern dilemmas of nation building in Africa
and the Middle East, WORLD HISTORY takes a fascinating look at the common
challenges and experiences that unite the human past and inform the future.
Authors William J. Duiker and Jackson J. Spielvogel's best-selling book uses
colorful visuals, maps, and dramatic first-hand historical accounts to give readers
a powerful perspective on the human experience over time. The easy-to-read
narrative is organized around seven major themes (Science and Technology; Art
and Ideas; Family and Society; Politics and Government; Earth and the
Environment; Religion and Philosophy; and, Interaction and Exchange), important
to all cultures from all time periods, to help readers understand the course of
world history and make connections across chapters.
About the Author
William J. Duiker is liberal arts Professor Emeritus of East Asian studies at The
Pennsylvania State University. A former U.S. diplomat with service in Taiwan,
South Vietnam, and Washington, D.C., he received his doctorate in Far Eastern
history from Georgetown University in 1968, where his dissertation dealt with the
Chinese educator and reformer Cai Yuanpei. At Penn State, he has written
extensively on the history of Vietnam and modern China, including the highly
acclaimed COMMUNIST ROAD TO POWER IN VIETNAM (revised edition, Westview
Press, 1996), which was selected for a Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award
in 1982�1983 and 1996-1997. Other recent books are CHINA AND VIETNAM: THE
ROOTS OF CONFLICT (Berkeley, 1987), U.S. CONTAINMENT POLICY AND THE
CONFLICT IN INDOCHINA (Stanford, 1995), SACRED WAR: NATIONALISM AND
REVOLUTION IN A DIVIDED VIETNAM (McGraw-Hill, 1995), and HO CHI MINH
(Hyperion, 2000), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. While his
research specialization is in the field of nationalism and Asian revolutions, his
intellectual interests are considerably more diverse. He has traveled widely and
has taught courses on the history of communism and non-Western civilizations at
Penn State, where he was awarded a Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding
Achievement in the spring of 1996. In 2002, the College of Liberal Arts honored
him with an Emeritus Distinction Award.
• ISBN-10 : 1305091205
• ISBN-13 : 978-1305091207
Table contents:
Part I: The First Civilizations and the Rise of Empires (Prehistory to 500 C.E.)
Ch 1: Early Humans and the First Civilizations
The First Humans
The Emergence of Civilization
Civilization in Mesopotamia
Egyptian Civilization: "The Gift of the Nile"
New Centers of Civilization
The Rise of New Empires
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 2: Ancient India
The Emergence of Civilization in India: Harappan Society
The Aryans in India
Escaping the Wheel of Life: The Religious World of Ancient India
The Exuberant World of Indian Culture
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 3: China in Antiquity
The Dawn of Chinese Civilization
The Zhou Dynasty
The First Chinese Empire: The Qin Dynasty
The Glorious Han Dynasty (202 B.C.E.-221 C.E.)
Daily Life in Ancient China
Chinese Culture
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 4: The Civilization of the Greeks
Early Greece
The Greek City-States (c. 750-c. 500 B.C.E.)
The High Point of Greek Civilization: Classical Greece
The Rise of Macedonia and the Conquests of Alexander
The World of the Hellenistic Kingdoms
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 5: The Roman World Empire
Early Rome and the Republic
The Roman Empire at Its Height
Crisis and the Late Empire
Transformation of the Roman World: The Development of Christianity
A Comparison of the Roman and Han Empires
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Part II: New Patterns of Civilization (500-1500 C.E.)
Ch 6: The Americas
The Peopling of the Americas
Early Civilizations in Central America
The First Civilizations in South America
Stateless Societies in the Americas
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 7: Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam
The Rise of Islam
The Arab Empire and Its Successors
Islamic Civilization
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 8: Early Civilizations in Africa
The Emergence of Civilization
The Coming of Islam
States and Noncentralized Societies in Central and Southern Africa
African Society
African Culture
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 9: The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia
The Silk Road
India after the Mauryas
The Arrival of Islam
Society and Culture
The Golden Region: Early Southeast Asia
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 10: The Flowering of Traditional China
China after the Han
China Reunified: The Sui, the Tang, and the Song
Explosion in Central Asia: The Mongol Empire
The Ming Dynasty
In Search of the Way
The Apogee of Chinese Culture
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 11: The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
Japan: Land of the Rising Sun
Korea: Bridge to the East
Vietnam: The Smaller Dragon
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 12: The Making of Europe
The Emergence of Europe in the Early Middle Ages
Europe in the High Middle Ages
Medieval Europe and the World
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 13: The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West
From Eastern Roman to Byzantine Empire
The Zenith of Byzantine Civilization (750-1025)
The Decline and Fall of the Byzantine Empire (1025-1453)
The Crises of the Fourteenth Century in the West
Recovery: The Renaissance
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Part III: The Emergence of New World Patterns (1500-1800)
Ch 14: New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market
An Age of Exploration and Expansion
The Portuguese Maritime Empire
The Conquest of the "New World"
Africa in Transition
Southeast Asia in the Era of the Spice Trade
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 15: Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building
The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
Europe in Crisis, 1560-1650
Response to Crisis: The Practice of Absolutism
England and Limited Monarchy
The Flourishing of European Culture
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 16: The Muslim Empires
The Ottoman Empire
The Safavids
The Grandeur of the Mughals
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 17: The East Asian World
China at Its Apex
Changing China
Tokugawa Japan
Korea and Vietnam
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 18: The West on the Eve of a New World Order
Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: An Intellectual Revolution in the West
Economic Changes and the Social Order
Colonial Empires and Revolution in the Americas
Toward a New Political Order and Global Conflict
The French Revolution
The Age of Napoleon
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Part IV: Modern Patterns of World History (1800-1945)
Ch 19: The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the
Nineteenth Century
The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact
The Growth of Industrial Prosperity
Reaction and Revolution: The Growth of Nationalism
National Unification and the National State, 1848-1871
The European State, 1871-1914
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 20: The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Latin America in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
North American Neighbors: The United States and Canada
The Emergence of Mass Society in the West
Cultural Life: Romanticism and Realism in the Western World
Toward the Modern Consciousness: Intellectual and Cultural Developments
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 21: The High Tide of Imperialism
The Spread of Colonial Rule
The Colonial System
India under the British Raj
Colonial Regimes in Southeast Asia
Empire Building in Africa
The Emergence of Anticolonialism
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 22: Shadows over the Pacific: East Asia under Challenge
The Decline of the Manchus
Chinese Society in Transition
A Rich Country and a Strong State: The Rise of Modern Japan
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 23: The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution
The Road to World War I
The Great War
War and Revolution
An Uncertain Peace
In Pursuit of a New Reality: Cultural and Intellectual Trends
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 24: Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin
America from 1919
The Rise of Nationalism
Revolution in China
Japan between the Wars
Nationalism and Dictatorship in Latin America
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 25: The Crisis Deepens: World War II
Retreat from Democracy: Dictatorial Regimes
The Path to War
World War II
The New Order
The Home Front
Aftermath of the War
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Part V: Toward a Global Civilization? The World since 1945
Ch 26: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War
The Collapse of the Grand Alliance
Cold War in Asia
From Confrontation to Coexistence
An Era of Equivalence
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial
The Postwar Soviet Union
The Disintegration of the Soviet Empire
The East is Red: China under Communism
"Serve the People": Chinese Society under Communism
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 28: Europe and the Western Hemisphere since 1945
Recovery and Renewal in Europe
Emergence of the Superpower: The United States
The Development of Canada
Latin America since 1945
Society and Culture in the Western World
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 29: Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East
Uhuru: The Struggle for Independence in Africa
The Era of Independence
Continuity and Change in Modern African Societies
Crescent of Conflict
Society and Culture in the Contemporary Middle East
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 30: Toward the Pacific Century?
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Japan: Asian Giant
The Little Tigers
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Epilogue: A Global Civilization
Glossary
Index