Assignment
Question 1
Which of the following nationalities was NOT represented in the Austrian-Hungary Empire in 1867?
1) Serbian
2) Italian
3) Romanian
4) Bulgarian
Question 2
Which of these best describes the SA (the Sturm Abteilung)?
1) the military arm of the Nazi Party
2) the German officer corps
3) a radical political party
4) the militarized socialist party
Question 3
Napoleon's campaign in Egypt resembled the medieval crusades in what way?
1) Both increased contact between Western Europe and the Islamic world.
2) Both were motivated primarily by religious ideals.
3) Both represented a period of Christian tolerance for other religions.
4) Neither had a long-term cultural impact.
Question 4
Recruitment for Hitler's SA was greatly simplified by which of these?
1) massive unemployment
2) the use of convicts
3) the Bolshevik Revolution
4) the 1923 inflation
Question 5
Which of these correctly pairs a Romantic figure and his or her field?
1) William Wordsworth : poetry
2) Johan Wolfgang von Goethe : folklore
3) John Constable : drama
4) Mary Godwin Shelley : painting
Question 6
About what percentage of French citizens spoke the official French language in 1850?
1) 50
2) 90
3) 75
4) 25
Question 7
Which of these describes the general direction of Ottoman reform in the later 1800s?
1) radical, fundamentalist
2) militarization
3) Westernizing, secularizing
4) fragmentation
Question 8
Why did European aristocrats push to make it harder to gain a noble title?
1) to distinguish nobles from others more clearly
2) to eliminate competition among the nobles for royal favors
3) to free the nobility from the vingtième
4) to make such titles more marketable
Question 9
What was ultimately accomplished through the revolutions in Latin American?
1) the granting of citizenship rights to indigenous people
2) the establishment of new forms of government
3) the granting of citizenship rights to women
4) the abolishment of slavery
Question 10
Who joined the Dual Alliance in 1882, creating the Triple Alliance?
1) Italy
2) the Ottoman Empire
3) Austria
4) Germany
Question 11
Hitler's assault on the Slavic peoples indicates that his attacks on the Jews were more about ________ than ________.
1) racism; religion
2) culture; religion
3) history; revenge
4) religion; nationalism
Question 12
How did the interpretation of the Russian Magna Carta change over time?
1) The Russian Magna Carta was initially perceived as providing privileges and principles of self-organization, but was eventually perceived as providing political and corporate rights.
2) The rights it outlined were initially only intended to apply to Russian nobility, but were eventually extended to other Russians as well.
3) The Russian Magna Carta was initially perceived as providing political and corporate rights, but was eventually perceived as providing privileges and principles of self-organization.
4) The rights it outlined were initially applied to all Russians, but eventually came to apply only to Russian nobility.
Question 13
Which of these world regions took virtually no part in the slave trade of the 1700s?
1) Asia
2) Africa
3) North America
4) Europe
Question 14
The lives of women in Western Europe in the late 1900s and early 2000s and the lives of women in the Soviet Union ________.
1) remained fundamentally different
2) moved closer together
3) diverged radically
4) never resembled each other.
Question 15
In the formation of the conservative order in Europe, which of these played the largest part?
1) nationalism
2) the end of the nobility
3) the French Revolution
4) the demise of the Holy Roman Empire
Question 16
Newer historical interpretations of the Industrial Revolution tend to focus on ________.
1) the role of Italy
2) the role of consumers
3) increased industrial output
4) new industrial machinery
Question 17
The term "total war" refers to what aspect of warfare in World War I?
1) mobilization of all of a nation's resources
2) the large numbers of combatants
3) its global scope
4) the use of chemical and traditional weapons
Question 18
How does Andrew Ure's view of the factory system compare to John Ruskin's view of the factory system?
1) Ure views the factory as a destructive influence on society that is stripping away the humanity of its workers, whereas Ruskin views the factory as a benevolent influence on society that provides work for the lower classes and financial gain for the upper classes.
2) Both Ure and Ruskin view the factory as a benevolent influence on society that provides work for the lower classes and financial gain for the upper classes.
3) Both Ure and Ruskin view the factory as a destructive influence on society that is stripping away the humanity of its workers.
4) Ure views the factory as a benevolent influence on society that provides work for the lower classes and financial gain for the upper classes, whereas Ruskin views the factory as a destructive influence on society that is stripping away the humanity of its workers.
Question 19
Hitler's invasion of the Rhineland can be seen as a ________.
1) concession to his allies
2) test of the Allies resolve
3) first move in occupying the Sudetenland
4) pointless maneuver
Question 20
Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Nazi ________.
1) Party organization
2) SS (Schutzstaffel)
3) propaganda effort
4) SA (Sturm Abteilung)
Question 21
Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin disagreed about which of these in 1990-1991?
1) who should be the next party chairman
2) the survival of the Communist Party
3) the pace of reform
4) the response to the Cuban missile crisis
Question 22
How did the advent of steam power affect sugar cane production?
1) Steam power decreased the cost of sugar cane production, causing a financial boom among plantation owners.
2) Steam power increased the cost of sugar cane production, causing many plantation owners to go bankrupt.
3) Upon the advent of steam power, some plantations replaced horses and mules with steam engines.
4) Plantations opted not to use steam power in favor of the continued use of cheap labor provided by animals and slaves.
Question 23
Which of these oversaw many liberal reforms in Britain in the late 1800s?
1) Alfred Balfour
2) William Pitt
3) Benjamin Disraeli
4) William Gladstone
Question 24
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle was a direct blow to _______.
1) scientific assumptions
2) Darwin's explanation of evolution
3) the authority of the Catholic Church
4) Einstein's relativity theory
Question 25
Ibsen's A Doll's House shares the same theme as ________.
1) In Search of Time Past
2) Eminent Victorians
3) Mrs. Warren's Profession
4) A Room of One's Own
Question 26
Francis Palacky was successful in the same realm as _______.
1) William Lovett
2) Robert Owen
3) Giuseppe Garibaldi
4) Karl Marx
Question 27
Who dominated Latin American politics in the 1800s?
1) the Catholic clergy
2) urban craftsmen
3) powerful Creoles
4) peninsulares
Question 28
The steam engine revolutionized manufacturing because it was basically ________.
1) an inexhaustible power source
2) made to run anywhere
3) free to run
4) not dependent on a fuel source
Question 29
The Falangists were Spanish ________.
1) communists
2) fascists
3) socialists
4) anarchists
Question 30
With of the following areas joined with Prussia to form the German Empire in 1871?
1) Hanover
2) Alsace
3) Bavaria
4) Schleswig
Question 31
The author of the seven-volume In Search of Time Past was ________.
1) Henrik Ibsen
2) George Bernard Shaw
3) Marcel Proust
4) Lytton Strachey
Question 32
Which nation became independent under the Treaty of London of 1830?
1) Brazil
2) Poland
3) Greece
4) Belgium
Question 33
Why did smallpox have such a devastating effect on Native American populations?
1) because they lacked the Western medicines necessary to fight it
2) because they had never been exposed to it and lacked the immune defenses necessary to fight it
3) because they were genetically more prone to illness and disease than European populations
4) because their immune systems had been weakened by the stress of warding of the encroaching settlers
Question 34
In the 1970s, feminism in Europe focused on which of these?
1) women's place in society
2) political equality
3) legal reform
4) welfare reform
Question 35
Which of these was addressed by the Factory Act of 1833?
1) labor unions
2) child labor
3) wage controls
4) dangerous working conditions
Question 36
How did Immanuel Kant's ideas compare to the philosophy of rationalism that was prevalent during the enlightenment?
1) He embraced rationalism and denied the existence of human freedom, immortality, God.
2) He accepted rationalism, but still believed in human freedom, immortality, and the existence of God.
3) He denied rationalism in favor of a belief in human freedom, immortality, and the existence of God.
4) He believed that rationalism was the only component necessary to achieve enlightenment.
Question 37
What response did Napoleon have regarding his exile to St. Helena?
1) an adoption of a catatonic state
2) a complete acceptance of the repercussions of his actions
3) a level of delusion about his continued maintenance of absolute power
4) a level of astonishment at the English's choice of punishment and his dramatic loss of power
Question 38
Which of these men ruled in France during the Crimean and Franco-Prussian wars?
1) Napoleon III
2) Louis XVIII
3) Louis Napoleon
4) Louis-Philipp
Question 39
In the mid-1800s, women working in factories were most commonly _______.
1) in their twenties and married
2) young and single
3) over thirty and widowed
4) divorced and in their twenties
Question 40
In Jacques-Louis David's Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I, the scene is ________.
1) full of symbolism of the French Revolution
2) divided between royalists and republicans
3) more reminiscent of medieval monarchy than republican France
4) makes clear the debt of Napoleon to the papacy
The Eiffel Tower, like the Crystal Palace, was built as ________.
1) the centerpiece of an international exposition
2) a transportation center
3) monument to French imperialism
4) an experiment for the use of elevators
Question 42
Pursuing a kleindeutsch policy meant that Bismarck would _________ in his planned German state.
1) include all German-speaking lands
2) include only Prussia
3) not aim to include Austria
4) join Austria and Prussia
Question 43
Which of these made electricity far superior to traditional power sources?
1) It could be easily transporte
2) It required no infrastructure.
3) It did not depend on fossil fuels.
4) It was free.
Question 44
In Morocco, the French governed ________.
1) directly
2) through a French governor
3) as though Morocco was part of France
4) through a puppet monarch
Question 45
The water frame was special among the various innovations in the cloth industry because it ________.
1) moved cloth manufacturing to factories
2) could be used in homes
3) was a British invention
4) mechanized a step in cloth production
Question 46
Which of these is illustrated by the Polish Patriots?
1) a Polish alliance with Russia
2) conservative reaction to revolutionary movements
3) a Polish Protestant resurgence
4) the spread of revolutionary ideas through Europe
Question 47
A key reason that Hitler was made chancellor in 1933 was that he ________.
1) had already clearly defied the Versailles Treaty
2) was committed to socialism
3) appeared less of a threat than the far right or far left
4) had proved to be good at building coalitions
Question 48
Which of the following areas was still part of the Ottoman Empire as of 1913?
1) Sudan
2) Serbia
3) Syria
4) Libya
Question 49
Blitzkrieg was successful because it was fast and ________.
1) baffling
2) unexpected
3) relied on naval power
4) based on secrecy
Question 50
What does Voltaire assert about the role of social classes in society?
1) that social classes are an archaic tradition that needs to be examined through the lens of modern philosophical inquiry
2) that social classes are a mental construct that can easily be abolished in society
3) that social classes are inevitable in a society where men desire domination, wealth, pleasure, and idleness
4) that social classes are of the utmost importance to a balanced, successful, modern society
Question 51
What can be determined about this eighteenth-century political cartoon based upon the positioning of King Louis XVI?
1) that it was drawn after the third partition of Poland
2) that it was drawn after the calling of the Estates General
3) that it was drawn before the second partition of Poland
4) that is was drawn before the calling of the Estates General
Question 52
What negative environmental repercussion resulted from English Rule in India?
1) The British people's love of big game hunting resulted in the near extinction of India's big cats and bears.
2) British efforts to develop an atomic bomb resulted in the pollution of India's waterways with chemical and nuclear waste.
3) British determination to industrialize India and introduce India to mills and factories resulted in terrible air pollution across much of India.
4) British encouragement of large-scale commercial logging resulted in deforestation and ecological destruction across much of India.
Question 53
The Declaration of the Rights of Woman is the earliest example of the _______.
1) success of women's calls for enfranchisement
2) successes of the National Constituent Assembly
3) impact of the American Revolution
4) usefulness of the Declaration of the Rights of Man to disenfranchised groups
Question 54
If there was one moment when the French Revolution can be said to have become inevitable, it is the _______.
1) fall of the Bastille
2) Tennis Court Oath
3) calling of the Estates General
4) Reign of Terror
Question 55
The storming of the Tuileries is an example of a(n) ________.
1) aristocratic reaction
2) émigré
3) journée
4) cahier de doléances
Question 56
To what extent was the Paris Commune successful?
1) The new president MacMahon was from the ranks of the communards.
2) The Commune protected Paris from the Prussian invasion.
3) It created a symbol of the possibilities of socialist insurrections.
4) The Third Republic was a socialist government.
Question 57
Which of these was added to Italy as a result of the Austro-Prussian War?
1) Rome
2) Sardinia
3) Venetia
4) Sicily
Question 58
According to the work of Karl Pearson, what is necessary in order for mankind to attain a state of higher civilization?
1) competition and a struggle between the races
2) the abandonment of nationalist ideals
3) the application and enforcement of inscrutable human ethics
4) the use of military force in uncooperative nations
Question 59
What belief contributed to the propagation of Christian missionary movements?
1) the belief that imperialism could only really be successful if the colonial territories adopted the religion and customs of their motherland
2) the belief held by many Christians that they could not go to heaven unless they converted at least five people to Christianity during their lifetime
3) the belief held by many Christians that they dwelled in a providential moment of history for the expansion of Christianity
4) the belief held by many Christians that if they did not convert foreigners to Christianity these foreigners might eventually try to force their blasphemous religions on them
Question 60
For Montesquieu, the British Parliament, king, and courts acted as ______.
1) the general will
2) brakes on each other's power
3) a joint executive
4) a means of oppressing the people.