June 08 World History

<p>yup. this is it</p>

<p>I thought it was alright, about the same difficulty as the AP questions, which weren't that bad. Is it really true that 15 blank/12 wrong equate to an 800?</p>

<p>yeah normally.
I'm gonna witness the effect of 8-days-of-working-my-ass-off
session on Barron's. I finished the entire book btw</p>

<p>I did Barron's too, but I'm not sure I did so well. :( I chalk it up to nerves.</p>

<p>I thought it was easier than the practice exams I took.</p>

<p>I picked up my Barrons in the car to cram this morning and I was suprised to see how many of the random sections of the book that I skimmed ended up on the test. I can't imagine how much better I would've done had I read the entire book.</p>

<p>I <3 BARRONS.</p>

<p>wat did u guys get for the question that about the last country to give universal women's suffrage or was it abolish slavery... btw i thought it was ok</p>

<p>It was about slavery and the answer was Brazil</p>

<p>Here are some answers I remember:</p>

<p>Third Rome: Moscow
Limited Women's rights: Ayatollah Khomeini
Countries w/ female leaders: India, Pakistan, Philippines
United Fruit company: Central America
Panama Canal: Panama was free from Colombian rule
Hunter-Gather societies: Relatively free of labor specialization (or something like that)
Last S.American country to ban slavery: Brazil
Civs that lived at the same time, but had no contact: Mayans and the Romans
Most common jobs in the late 20th century: Services
The Popul Vuh was a Mayan creation myth
Civ that used knotted string as a method communication: Inca (quipu)</p>

<p>Why were alphabets better than hieroglyphs/ideograms? I said because they didn't require people to memorize as many letters... but I wasn't sure...</p>

<p>What else was there?</p>

<p>Also: What was not a factor for starting WW1? Was it American imperialism?</p>

<p>I put the same thing for the alphabet. The phoenician alphabet had only like 22 letters, while extensive training was needed to become a scribe in other languages.</p>

<p>Gandhi used the spinning wheel as a symbol of India's struggle for self sufficiency. Don't remember the answer choices.</p>

<p>Hunter-Gather societies: Relatively free of labor specialization (or something like that)
----I don't even remember a choice like that. Was that the first question?</p>

<p>Anyways, are we allowed to discuss these questions?</p>

<p>how about the one saying which region do the europeans possess influence/dominance/power (something like that) in 2000? central america, i hope?</p>

<p>In another post the mod said it was OK.</p>

<p>Ragstoriches:
I thought Third Rome was Kiev (Kievan Rus)?
And for the Panama Canal, I thought Panama gained its independence after the canal started building?
But I agree with your other answers.</p>

<p>For the alphabet one, I put it was easier to memorize. Written Chinese uses glyph-characters, and it is a pain to learn and remember. </p>

<p>America had nothing to do with the start of either of the World Wars; it joined later on.</p>

<p>rechin01717:how about the one saying which region do the europeans possess influence/dominance/power (something like that) in 2000? central america, i hope?</p>

<p>I think I remember putting Caribbean for that one</p>

<p>Why did Japan allow the Dutch to stay, while expelling other nations? I put because the Dutch were only interested in trade, not in religion.</p>

<p>The image with the Jesuit Matteo Ricci in China: I put that some missionaries had to adopt Chinese customs to appeal to more people (or something like that)</p>

<p>the Dr. Seuss cartoon: If India continued its policies of non-involvement, then Japan would easily take it over (something similar)</p>

<p>Which country was falling while the Dutch were prospering? I said Portugal</p>

<p>There was something about iron in Sub-Saharan Africa... I said that iron working preceded bronze working in Sub-Saharan Africa... not sure though</p>

<p>China was interested in showing its power during the Ming Dynasty expeditions</p>

<p>The scramble for Africa began with the Berlin Conference</p>

<p>There was a question about the effect of industrialism... I said that women bore more children during that time... not sure about that one either...</p>

<p>What else was there?</p>

<p>yeah i put caribean for that one..i omitted 3, prob missed like 15-20. Is that an 800?</p>

<p>Yeah I think its the Carribean, because if you remember the Natalie Holloway case the Netherlands still has jurisdiction over Aruba... and then theres the British Virgin Islands...</p>

<p>Oh, and what about the question with the United States relationship with Mexico during the '30s? </p>

<p>The animosity was over the Mexicans granting Trostky asylum, I hope?</p>

<p>ragstoriches, i got al ur answers, but for the iron one, i put something else, it said EXCEPT, and bronze preceding iron was true..wait..nvm. it said iron preceding bronze?? i thought i said bronze preceding iron..oh well.</p>