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Quiz on Civilisation , created by Sandra S on 04/10/2016.
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Question 1

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What is a space?
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  • An area with unlimited boundaries.
  • A domesticated limited place.
  • An area owned by an entity

Question 2

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What is a place?
Answer
  • An area with unlimited boundaries.
  • An area owned by an entity
  • A domesticated limited place

Question 3

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What is a territory?
Answer
  • An area owned by an entity
  • An area with unlimited boundaries.
  • A domesticated limited place.

Question 4

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Yi-Fu Tuan said that '[blank_start]place[blank_end] is security, [blank_start]space[blank_end] is freedom'
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  • place
  • space

Question 5

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Smith wrote [blank_start]Virgin Land[blank_end] in order to see why Western America was considered as a [blank_start]myth[blank_end] and a [blank_start]symbol[blank_end].
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  • Virgin Land
  • myth
  • symbol

Question 6

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[blank_start]Smith[blank_end] talks about the common idea that the west is [blank_start]wild[blank_end] and how the [blank_start]expansion[blank_end] happened.
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  • wild
  • expansion
  • Smith

Question 7

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Before the [blank_start]independance[blank_end], [blank_start]British[blank_end] were more interested by the [blank_start]east[blank_end]. They saw themselves as the nation which dominates the [blank_start]sea[blank_end], and so a supreme [blank_start]maritime power[blank_end].
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  • independance
  • British
  • east
  • sea
  • maritime power

Question 8

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What is agrarianism ?
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  • A group of thinkers in France.
  • A group of thinkers in the United States.
  • A group arguing that land is essential.
  • A group arguing that sea power is essential

Question 9

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[blank_start]Agrarianism[blank_end] thinks that land is a source of [blank_start]value[blank_end] and [blank_start]worth[blank_end]. [blank_start]Political[blank_end] and [blank_start]geographical[blank_end] interest: to [blank_start]attract[blank_end] people to have [blank_start]high wages[blank_end].
Answer
  • Agrarianism
  • value
  • worth
  • Political
  • geographical
  • attract
  • high wages

Question 10

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For the U.S to be glorious, they have to take control on:
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  • The sea and the land
  • The sea
  • The land

Question 11

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The American West is a [blank_start]myth[blank_end] because everyone has [blank_start]his own vision[blank_end] of it.
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  • myth
  • his own vision

Question 12

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What is a myth ?
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  • For something true
  • For something untrue

Question 13

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What is a symbol ?
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  • An image representing something
  • Something recurrent

Question 14

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What is/are the symbol(s) of the West?
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  • Freedom
  • Individualism
  • Independance
  • Fear

Question 15

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The west is called the [blank_start]Virgin Land[blank_end]. It is seen as a [blank_start]new start[blank_end] but the American got rid of the [blank_start]Natives[blank_end] who were there.
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  • Virgin Land
  • new start
  • Natives

Question 16

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The term free land is borrowed from [blank_start]Turner[blank_end].
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  • Turner

Question 17

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There are always [blank_start]2[blank_end] versions of history. Here it is that the west was a [blank_start]new beginning[blank_end] but also that it [blank_start]killed indians[blank_end].
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  • 2
  • new beginning
  • killed indians

Question 18

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The expansion of the U.S begins [blank_start]in the territory[blank_end] and continues [blank_start]outside the borders[blank_end].
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  • in the territory
  • outside the borders

Question 19

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Nowadays the Indian territory is composed of [blank_start]reservations[blank_end].
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  • reservations

Question 20

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The pride of the [blank_start]American[blank_end] is seen as a great loss for the [blank_start]Indians[blank_end].
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  • American
  • Indians

Question 21

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Lewis and Clark was to make [blank_start]scientific discoveries[blank_end], to [blank_start]map[blank_end] the west, to make [blank_start]fur trade[blank_end], [blank_start]economic and political[blank_end], to obtain the right to navigate on the [blank_start]Mississipi river[blank_end].
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  • scientific discoveries
  • map
  • fur trade
  • economic and political
  • Mississipi river

Question 22

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Jefferson wanted to compete the [blank_start]British[blank_end] near the [blank_start]Canadian[blank_end] borders
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  • British
  • Canadian

Question 23

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There were rivalries in the U.S between the [blank_start]French[blank_end], the [blank_start]British[blank_end], the [blank_start]Spanish[blank_end]...
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  • French
  • British
  • Spanish

Question 24

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In his letter, Jefferson says he wants to [blank_start]double[blank_end] the territory by buying [blank_start]Florida[blank_end] to Spain or [blank_start]exchanging[blank_end] it with [blank_start]Lousiana[blank_end].
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  • Florida
  • exchanging
  • Lousiana
  • double

Question 25

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[blank_start]Mississipi[blank_end] is important because it [blank_start]connects[blank_end] different [blank_start]states[blank_end] and for the [blank_start]importation[blank_end] of [blank_start]goods[blank_end] from the [blank_start]North[blank_end] to the [blank_start]South[blank_end].
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  • Mississipi
  • connects
  • states
  • importation
  • goods
  • North
  • South

Question 26

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[blank_start]Jefferson[blank_end] wanted the U.S to be inhabited by [blank_start]euro-american[blank_end] but not [blank_start]spaniards[blank_end].
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  • euro-american
  • spaniards
  • Jefferson

Question 27

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Quand Lewis et Clark sont morts, on n'a paq publié leurs journaux. Ils ont été publiés en [blank_start]1893[blank_end].
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  • 1893

Question 28

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A website of the Indian movement Ponca asks the question : should we [blank_start]celebrate[blank_end] Lewis and Clark or should we [blank_start]stop[blank_end] them ?
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  • celebrate
  • stop

Question 29

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Lewis and Clark...
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  • Analyse the geography
  • Analyse the fauna and the flora
  • Analyse the Indian routes
  • Analyse the indian individualism

Question 30

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[blank_start]Photographers[blank_end] often accompanied [blank_start]exploratory[blank_end] surveys to take [blank_start]documentation[blank_end] of the places visited.
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  • Photographers
  • exploratory
  • documentation

Question 31

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The issue was not [blank_start]how to enlarge the country[blank_end], but how we can exploit it for [blank_start]industry[blank_end] or [blank_start]economy[blank_end].
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  • how to enlarge the country
  • industry
  • economy

Question 32

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Photographers perpetuate a tradition already present in [blank_start]paintings[blank_end]: to show the [blank_start]beauty[blank_end] witht the idea of [blank_start]vastness[blank_end] and [blank_start]unspoiled nature[blank_end], but also the [blank_start]fear[blank_end] of the Wild west.
Answer
  • beauty
  • vastness
  • unspoiled nature
  • fear
  • paintings

Question 33

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[blank_start]Trachtenberg[blank_end] tells us there is a problem in [blank_start]understanding[blank_end] photos because they have a [blank_start]social[blank_end] function.
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  • Trachtenberg
  • understanding
  • social

Question 34

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History is [blank_start]dynamic[blank_end]: it is complex and evolves according to [blank_start]time[blank_end] and [blank_start]people[blank_end].
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  • dynamic
  • time
  • people

Question 35

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Caution with [blank_start]anachronism[blank_end]: you cannot look at a period with your eyes of nowadays.
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  • anachronism

Question 36

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In [blank_start]1807-1930[blank_end], [blank_start]nature[blank_end] was not the main subject of photography anymore. They wanted to photograph [blank_start]people[blank_end].
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  • 1807-1930
  • nature
  • people

Question 37

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[blank_start]Curtis[blank_end] represents indians [blank_start]at home[blank_end], in [blank_start]staged[blank_end] photographs.
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  • Curtis
  • at home
  • staged

Question 38

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In [blank_start]1980[blank_end], after a massacre, [blank_start]Curtis[blank_end] removes objects of modern life to represent the [blank_start]past[blank_end] of the indians.
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  • 1980
  • Curtis
  • past
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