Assignment
Question 1
How did King Leopold's actual motives for occupying the Belgian Congo differ from the motives he portrayed to the public?
1) King Leopold's goal in the Congo was brutal economic exploitation, but he pretended to be motivated by humanitarian concern for Africans.
2) King Leopold's goal in the Congo was to provide a better life for Africans, although he told the public that his main goal was to enhance the Belgian economy.
3) King Leopold's goal in the Congo was to abolish slavery, although he told the public that his main goal was to supply Belgium with a steady source of African slaves.
4) King Leopold's goal in the Congo was to supply Belgium with a steady source of African slaves, although he told the public that his main goal was to abolish slavery.
Question 2
What important role did the print diagram of the Brookes slave ship play in the abolitionist movement?
1) It became the most widely circulated image demonstrating the horrific conditions of the Middle Passage.
2) It motivated the establishment of the Underground Railroad.
3) Upon seeing it, Abraham Lincoln began drafting the Emancipation Proclamation.
4) Its circulation resulted in a slave uprising.
Question 3
What motivated Pope Leo XIII to issue the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum?
1) the many social and economic changes brought about by industrialization
2) the unprecedented growth of the British Empire
3) the rise of socialism
4) the noticeable decline in practicing Catholics
Question 4
The battle of Omdurman was noteworthy because it ________.
1) was a victory for an African coalition
2) showed the lethal power of new European weapons
3) ended in British defeat
4) was the first major war between European powers in
Question 5
How did the actions of the Young Turks influence the beginning of World War I?
1) The Young Turk's financial support of Bosnian extremist groups enabled these groups to successfully assassinate the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an action which initiated the war.
2) The Young Turks establishment of a communist state in what was formerly known as the Ottoman Empire brought on the first of a series of Balkan crises that would eventually lead to war.
3) The Young Turks seizure of the Ottoman Empire brought on the first of a series of Balkan crises that would eventually lead to war.
4) The Young Turk's assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand initiated the start of the war.
Question 6
Which of these played a much larger role in the Second Industrial Revolution than in the earlier phase of industrialization?
1) engineers
2) inventors
3) metal workers
4) chemists
Question 7
The new nations of Brazil and Mexico were alike in being _______.
1) liberal democracies
2) the product of bloody civil wars
3) former Spanish colonies
4) monarchies
Question 8
Who was the British prime minster during the Seven Years' War?
1) Benjamin Disraeli
2) William Pitt the Elder
3) Lord Grenville
4) Robert Walpole
Question 9
The ulterior motive of the Battle of Britain was ________.
1) gaining the support of Spain against France
2) an attack on American shipping
3) destruction of the British fleet
4) an invasion of Britain
Question 10
Which of these has put the greatest strain on the European welfare system in the last decade?
1) mass emigration
2) the Thatcher revolution
3) falling birth rates
4) Muslim immigration
Question 11
As a result of the spread of the factory system, which of these resulted?
1) Men's work was isolated from the family.
2) Public education for children disappeared.
3) Family life disintegrated.
4) Women lost their ability to earn wages.
Question 12
The alliance between Frederick William II and Leopold II in 1791 was which common interest?
1) suppressing the Reign of Terror
2) preserving royal power
3) defeating Poland
4) defense against France
Question 13
The work of Charles Lyell in the field of geology meshed with the ideas of ________.
1) Matthew Arnold
2) Friedrich Nietzsche
3) Otto von Bismarck
4) Jules Ferry
Question 14
Which of these was generally true of family life in the 1800s?
1) The domestic economy was little affected by industrialization.
2) Families became smaller.
3) Family structure changed little.
4) Peasant family life underwent broad changes.
Question 15
How did the Gotha Program impact Western European Socialism in the early twentieth century?
1) The Gotha Program provided the founding manifesto for the anti-Socialist movement, successfully inhibiting the growth of the German Social Democratic Party, until its rise to power after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
2) The Gotha Program successfully brought the German Social Democratic Party to power after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
3) The Gotha Program provided the founding manifesto of the German Social Democratic Party, the organization that would dominate Western European socialism until the Russian Revolution of 1917.
4) The Gotha Program successfully disassembled the German Social Democratic Party, the first organization to dominate Western European socialism.
Question 16
By 1790, about what percentage of published books were on secular subjects?
1) 10
2) 35
3) 90
4) 70
Question 17
Hitler's goals were based primarily on his ________.
1) racial theories
2) political ideology
3) religious views
4) animosity towards capitalism
Question 18
Cubism can be seen as a development of impressionism in its focus on ________.
1) abstract concepts
2) close observation of nature
3) perception
4) landscapes
Question 19
What was the Middle Passage?
1) the slave caravans that crossed the Sahara
2) the sale of slaves in the Americas
3) slaves' voyage across the Atlantic
4) the capture of slaves in Africa
Question 20
In which of the following cities did serfs comprise over 55 percent of the population?
1) Moscow
2) Volgograd
3) St. Petersburg
4) Chelyabinsk
Question 21
David Ben-Gurion was the first prime minister of which nation?
1) Israel
2) Bosnia
3) Yugoslavia
4) Poland
Question 22
Which of these prompted Napoleon to abandon Louisiana to the U.S.?
1) the defeat at Trafalgar
2) the impossibility of holding the territory
3) gratitude for American assistance in the French Revolution
4) the Haitian revolt
Question 23
Which of these was the last to occur?
1) American slaves are emancipated.
2) The United States outlaws the slave trade.
3) Slaves are emancipated in Brazil.
4) The British slave trade ends.
Question 24
Hitler's invasion of the Rhineland can be seen as a ________.
1) test of the Allies resolve
2) pointless maneuver
3) first move in occupying the Sudetenland
4) concession to his allies
Question 25
What role did the French government play in the publication of The Encyclopedia?
1) They defended the work from the Catholic Church who attempted to suppress its publication.
2) They attempted to censor some volumes critical of the monarchy and Catholic Church.
3) They funded the work in its entirety because they felt it would benefit the French people.
4) They provided some financial support to the work initially, but upon viewing its content attempted to halt its publication.
Question 26
Which of these was a major English victory of 1805?
1) Jena
2) Waterloo
3) Tilsit
4) Trafalgar
Question 27
How did Olympe de Gouges interpret the meaning of the word "man" in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
1) as referring only to members of the revolution
2) as gender-specific
3) as referring only to white, Catholic aristocrats
4) as referring to humankind
Question 28
Which of these was one of the most influential salon hostesses?
1) Mary Wortley Montagu
2) Marie-Thérèse Geoffrin
3) Emilie Du Châtelet
4) Mary Wollstonecraft
Question 29
Bela Kun's overthrow illustrates which of these?
1) the impact of the Great Depression on European politics
2) the instability of most eastern European democratic governments
3) the end of the independent successor states in eastern Europe
4) the fear of the spread of communism in the interwar period
Question 30
Which of the following areas joined with Prussia to form the German Empire in 1871?
1) Bavaria
2) Bohemia
3) Holstein
4) Alsace
Question 31
Which of these best describes Stalin's first five-year plan?
1) a move towards capitalism
2) the basis of the Stalinist purges
3) a blueprint for rapid, state-controlled industrialization
4) the reorganization of the Communist Party
Question 32
The liberal direction of the Third Republic resulted from the ________.
1) division among monarchists
2) success of the Paris Commune
3) 1848 revolutions
4) election of the liberal Patrice MacMahon
Question 33
By 1900, France controlled these Asian nations: ________.
1) Thailand
2) Burma and Thailand
3) Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
4) Vietnam and India
Question 34
The participation of Piedmont in the Crimean War was an example of _______.
1) early European imperialism
2) Italian hostility towards Russia
3) Cavour's political maneuvering
4) the last occurrence of the 1848 revolutions
Question 35
According to the writings of David Hume, what motivates the progress of mankind?
1) an individual's own concern for himself
2) competition among the nations with the most power
3) a societal structure based on equality and justice for all citizens
4) an individual's desire to contribute to the common good
Question 36
The Commonwealthmen were influenced most by ________.
1) Puritan radicals
2) John Locke
3) Thomas Hobbes
4) John Adams
Question 37
In the 1700s, imperialism depended on ________.
1) closer control of native groups
2) the European balance of power
3) merchant marines
4) development of colonial infrastructure
Question 38
Which of these tended to create new urban centers?
1) factories
2) commerce
3) the putting-out system
4) increased agricultural productivity
Question 39
The Holocaust is which of these?
1) Hitler's attempted annihilation of European Jewry
2) Hitler's racial policy
3) the Nazi theory of racial supremacy
4) Hitler's war aims
Question 40
Which of these made electricity far superior to traditional power sources?
1) It did not depend on fossil fuels.
2) It could be easily transporte
3) It required no infrastructure.
4) It was free.
Question 41
Why was the fez eventually outlawed by the Young Turks?
1) They wanted the citizenry to adopt a more modern, Western style of dress.
2) It inhibited a soldier's ability to see clearly during battle.
3) It became a marker of the old regime.
4) It became a symbol of the communist revolution.
Question 42
Which of these withdrew from the League of Nations in 1933?
1) Germany
2) Italy
3) Russia
4) France
Question 43
Which of these ruled Brazil in 1830?
1) Agustín de Iturbide
2) Simón Bolívar
3) Dom Pedro
4) King Joâo VI
Question 44
Which of these was the leading figure in the Indian independence movement?
1) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
2) Mahatma Gandhi
3) Indira Gandhi
4) Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 45
What does the inclusion of an adoring black woman in "The Founder of the Fatherland" imply about the black population in Brazil?
1) that black Brazilians "looked up" to their white compatriots
2) that black Brazilians were viewed as weak and submissive by their white compatriots
3) that black Brazilians were more respected than Brazilian Native Americans
4) that black Brazilians were idolized and revered in Brazilian society
Question 46
Which of these was the most burdensome condition of emancipation for Russian serfs?
1) religious oppression
2) redemption payments
3) military service
4) continuing labor rents
Question 47
In what way does Lenin add urgency to his message in his speech calling for the electrification of Russia?
1) by documenting the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and its threat to communism
2) by emphasizing the hostility of the capitalist world toward the land of the Soviets
3) by emphasizing the inevitability of a World War and Russia's need for preparedness
4) by highlighting the relationship between imperialism and capitalism
Question 48
Which of these men is considered the dominant philosophe of the 1700s?
1) Hume
2) Voltaire
3) Adams
4) Montesquieu
Question 49
What was the responsibility of the Gosplan?
1) increasing industrial production
2) gathering intelligence on possible dissidents
3) reporting on the progress of collectivization
4) maintaining the Communist Party register
Question 50
How did the European Community Information Service justify the need for an economic common market in Europe?
1) by emphasizing the post-World War II weakness of Western Europe, the death of colonialism, and the need for new ideas and methods to strengthen Europe
2) by highlighting the powerful rise of the United States and the threat it poses to European power, status, and economics
3) by emphasizing the political unrest of the lower class and minority groups and highlighting the need for extensive social reforms
4) by using the fall of communism as an example of what could happen to European capitalism if changes were not made
Question 51
What motivated Adelheid Popp to become involved in the Social Democratic Party in Austria?
1) her powerful and prestigious family background, which caused her to become disillusioned with the greed and callousness of the upper class
2) her impoverished background and her entry into the workforce at a young age
3) her long-standing relationship with Karl Marx
4) her fear that acts of violence would be perpetrated against her and her family if she did not join the movement
Question 52
Which of these countries did NOT participate in industrialization prior to World War I?
1) France
2) Portugal
3) Austria
4) Italy
Question 53
European memories of war were either of ________ or ________ conflicts.
1) recent; quick
2) Russian; Austrian
3) horrific; prolonged
4) distant; brief
Question 54
According to Vladimir Lenin, what did imperialism indicate about the state of European capitalism?
1) It indicated the desperate state that European capitalism had reached as it moved into an era dominated by financial monopolies.
2) It indicated the absolute strength of European capitalism as it moved into an era dominated by financial monopolies.
3) It indicated the inevitability of capitalist cycles of boom and bust.
4) It indicated European capitalism's potential for unprecedented growth in the upcoming century.
Question 55
Margaret Thatcher was the British prime minister in which decade?
1) 1940s
2) 1980s
3) 2000s
4) 1960s
Question 56
According to Immanuel Kant, how do the theories of Isaac Newton compare to the theories and methods of René Descartes?
1) Both the theories of Descartes and the theories of Newton were based on simple reason that was intelligible to all.
2) Both the theories of Descartes and the theories of Newton were complicated and grounded in scientific and mathematical inquiry.
3) Descartes' theories were based on simple reason that was intelligible to all, whereas Newton's theories were more complicated and grounded in scientific and mathematical inquiry.
4) Descartes' theories were complicated and grounded in scientific and mathematical inquiry, whereas Newton's theories were based on simple reason that was intelligible to all.
Question 57
What aspect of Jorg Haider's personal history may have influenced his xenophobic political agenda?
1) his Middle Eastern descent
2) his family's history as leaders in the Freedom Party
3) his parents' participation in the Nazi Party
4) his travels across Africa and Asia
Question 58
What philosophical concepts did French writer Emile Zola explore in his literature?
1) the value of religion versus the value of science
2) the effects of socially oppressive constructs on human behavior and character
3) the effects of heredity and environment on human behavior and character
4) the effects of cultural norms on human development and happiness
Question 59
What denomination is generally represented by Christian democratic parties?
1) Eastern Orthodox
2) Lutheran
3) Anglican
4) Catholic
Question 60
The Romantic Movement continued the work of the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment in which of these ways?
1) publishing works through learned societies
2) an interest in learning from foreign cultures
3) a continuing emphasis on the supremacy of reason
4) publication of encyclopedias