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Global History and Geography

Strategies for Multiple Choices Questions

Positive/Negative: (REVIEW WORKSHEET ON THE RRL WEBSITE) first determine whether the question is looking for a positive or a negative answer.  

Example: Which basic belief characterized the totalitarian governments of Joseph Stalin and Saddam Hussein?

1.  Nations must have written constitutions

2.  All religions are accepted

3.  The needs of the state are more important than individual rights

4.   Representatives of the people make the laws

Go With What You Know: Look for clues within the question that you know something about. 

Examples: King Louis XIV of France, Peter the Great of Russia and Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire were all considered absolute rulers because they…

1.      broke from the Roman Catholic Church

2.      helped feudal lords build secure castles

3.      instituted programs that provided more power to their parliaments

4.      determined government policies without consent of the people

Zheng He contributed to the prosperity of China under the Ming dynasty by

1.                  defeating the Manchu invaders

2.                  constructing the Great Wall along the northern frontier

3.                  expanding trade with nations of Asia and Africa

4.                  adopting the policy of isolation

Archaeological studies of the Indus Valley cities of Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro show evidence of  

1.      dynastic rule

2.      monotheism

3.      social equality

4.      urban planning

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