Contemporary World Civilizations Ara 5. Deneme Sınavı
Toplam 20 Soru1.Soru
“Big civilizations leave big footprints.”
According to the reading, in what ways can anthropological and sociological characteristics not be observed in a civilization?
Family formation
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Manners of expression
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Physical appearance
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Patterns of recruitment |
Division of gender roles |
Indicators of anthropological and sociological characteristics become visible in the societal manners of survival, family formation, and manners of expression, such as songs, arts, dances, and linguistic patterns. Patterns of age recruitment, division of gender roles, and manners of worship are important indicators.
2.Soru
Which development is one of the most important historical events for the first phase of the Islamization of Africa?
Conquest of Egypt
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War of Poitiers
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Conquest of pharaonic Egypt
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Emergence of the caravan trade routes |
Integration of south and north Africa |
The first phase of the Islamization of Africa began after North Africa was Islamized, beginning with the conquest of Egypt by Arab forces around 639-641 CE. These historical developments were an aspect of the eruption of the global Islamic revolution, when Islam was on a march of conquest.
3.Soru
When did The Cold War between the West and East begin?
1940
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1942
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1945
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1950 |
1952 |
The Cold War began in 1945.
4.Soru
In Hinduism, what is the name given to the creator deity, which is believed to be one of the forms of universal force?
Shiva
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Vishnu
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Brahma
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Trimurti |
Dyaus |
Hinduism tends to be more polytheistic (belief in many gods), but it maintains belief in one universal force, absolute monism, which however appears in three major forms — Brahma, the creator deity; Vishnu, the Preserver; and Shiva, the Destroyer.
5.Soru
Who thinks the Jews do not compose a long-lasting civilization but rather a “fossilized relic” of the Syriac society now extinct, people still far from complete in terms of moral emancipation?
Weber
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Nelson
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Toynbee
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Eisenstadt |
Targowski |
Among the many scholarly opponents of the Jews stands Arnold Toynbee, a founder of the discipline of the comparative study of civilizations. To him, the Jews do not compose a long-lasting civilization but rather a “fossilized relic” of the Syriac society now extinct, people still far from complete in terms of moral emancipation.
6.Soru
Which of the following is correct about Chinese civilization?
- Buddhism-oriented Chinese civilization has strong impact on Hong Kong sub-civilization
- Singaporean civilization is included in Chinese civilization
- Burman or Myanmar Civilization with some Chinese and British influence is included in Chinese civilization
Only I
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Only II
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Only III
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I and II |
I, II and III |
7.Soru
“… directed attention to new scholarship and increased curiosity for beauty and innovations.”
What does the following information refer to?
The American Revolution
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The French Revolution
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The Italian Renaissance
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Glorious Revolution |
Reformation |
The Italian Renaissance directed attention to new scholarship and increased curiosity for beauty and innovations. During this period, a rigorous way of seeing at the world, which today we label “science,” arose. This drove unmatched technological development, and with it, economic progress.”
8.Soru
Which of the following statements about the Cold War is false?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1955 in response to the Warsaw Pact. |
As an unanticipated consequence of developments in military aviation, high volume civilian air travel and mass tourism have been developed. |
A space race, triggered by the American and Russian efforts to expand arsenals of long-range nuclear missiles, concluded with the Americans transporting a man to the moon in 1969. |
Cold War led to the placement of many satellites in orbit around the globe, laying the foundations for historic progress in civilian communications and navigation. |
Military enmity also resulted in astonishing developments in electronics and computing, laying the foundations for a revolution in automation in the workplace in the 1980s. |
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1955 in response to the Warsaw Pact.
9.Soru
Which of the following countries cannot be included in the Sinic Sphere?
Indonesia |
Taiwan |
Cambodia |
Singapore |
Vietnam |
Indonesia
10.Soru
According to the Chinese belief, what is the utmost power ruling over minor gods and human beings?
Tian
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Shangdi
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Tiwaz
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Zhou |
Ji |
The way for the Chinese to get along with each other is to find a way to deal with the most pressing questions faced by humanity, the relationship between humans, nature and “Tian.” “Tian” is the utmost power ruling over minor gods and human beings. (The word tian may denote a divinity, impersonal nature, or both). This leads to developing “kindness in human nature.”
11.Soru
According to the Indian caste system................ belong to the Kshatriya caste.
soldiers |
peasants |
priests |
scholars |
untouchables |
soldiers
12.Soru
Which language is a Jewish adaptation of Middle High German?
Hebrew
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Aramaic
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Yiddish
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Ladino |
Persian |
Western culture has some Jewish roots. the principal language of the Jews has been Hebrew. At first, they spoke a form of Aramaic. Before the end of the Second Temple period, Jews tended to speak Greek, and then Latin; the latter language gave birth to fully six Jewish languages. One, Ladino (Jewish Spanish) has played an especially important part in Jewish culture, as has Yiddish (a Jewish adaptation of Middle High German).
13.Soru
Which of the following is NOT a part of the Western-Central civilization?
Lithuanian culture
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Polish culture
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Hungarian culture
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Chilean culture |
Slovenian culture |
Chilean culture is a part of Western-Latin civilization.
14.Soru
When Pax Romana started, which Roman Emperor was ruling?
Caesar
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Augustus
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Tiberius
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Caligula |
Claudius |
When Augustus (63 BCE-14 CE) became the ruler of the Roman Empire, fully 200 years of peace called Pax Romana commenced. The Romans built networks of good roads and aqueducts for supplying water. Unfortunately, in the third century CE the ordered civilization of the Pax Romana ended. The Roman Empire was plunged into military anarchy. German tribesmen from Vistula river broke through the deteriorating border defenses to raid, loot, and destroy.
15.Soru
Theravada Buddhism maintains that only a relatively few people can reach the final
stage of release from the cycle of birth or rebirth which is also known as.............. .
nirvana |
dharma |
karma |
samsara |
moksha |
nirvana
16.Soru
Which of the following are correct according to the information in the reading about China?
- It has about 30% of the world’s population.
- Family planning has been a core state policy since 1978.
- China is a multiracial state consisting of 56 ethnic groups.
- Primary school is tuition-free in China.
- China is the second-largest economy according to the IMF.
I, II, III |
I, III, V |
II, III, IV |
I, III, IV |
II, IV, V |
China has about 20% of the world’s entire population. To control the rapid population growth rate and to ensure the quality of life, Family Planning has been a core state policy since 1978. China is a multiracial state consisting of 56 ethnic groups. Under China’s “Law on Nine-Year Compulsory Education,” primary school is tuition-free. China’s “socialist” market economy is the world’s second-largest economy by nominal GDP after the United States. However, according to the IMF, it is the world’s biggest economy in terms of PPP, purchasing power parity (basket of goods for daily local living).
17.Soru
Which of the following is the Legacy of Liberal European(English, French) culture?
Which of the following is the Legacy of Liberal European(English, French) culture?
liberty and equality |
state religion |
absolute monarchy |
traditional conservatism |
hereditary privilege |
liberty and equality
18.Soru
Which of the following is a reason for grouping Hindu and Buddhist civilizations?
- They are derived from the same area
- Their first dispersion was through East Asia
- They share many of the same concepts
- They continue to influence other world civilization
I and II
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I and III
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II, III and IV
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I, II and IV |
I, II, III and IV |
All of the above are reasons for grouping Hindu and Buddhist civilizations together.
19.Soru
Who is the sociologist that saw the Jews entering history as a tribal confederacy of peasants and husbandmen in quest of land and described them as ‘pariah people’?
Rabbi Kaplan |
Max Weber
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Arnold Toynbee
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Benjamin Nelson |
S.N. Eisenstadt |
The German sociologist Max Weber saw the Jews entering history as a tribal confederacy of peasants and husbandmen in quest of land and described them as ‘pariah people’.
20.Soru
Which of the following achievements is the long-lasting achievement of the Indian culture?
Application of astronomy
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Ordinal numbers from 1 to 9.
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Coinage based on weights |
Building of temple |
Development of textile industry |
The most long-lasting achievement of India during the Mauryan and Gupta period was in the creation of ordinal numbers from 1 to 9.
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