Question 1

Which scientist provided a working foundation for the use of electricity?

Accepted Answer

A) Friedrich Engels 
B) Louis Pasteur 
C) Michael Faraday 
D) Charles Darwin 
E) Charles Dickens 
A) Friedrich Engels 
B) Louis Pasteur 
C) Michael Faraday 
D) Charles Darwin 
E) Charles Dickens

Question 2

Marx saw his own times as a period in which the bourgeoisie faced off against the

Accepted Answer

A) church. 
B) monarchists. 
C) trade unionists. 
D) proletariat. 
E) nobility. 
A) church. 
B) monarchists. 
C) trade unionists. 
D) proletariat. 
E) nobility.

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
-Benjamin Disraeli

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesma

Question 4

Discuss the reform efforts in Great Britain, Russia and the Austrian Empire from 1850 to 1870. How successful were they?

Accepted Answer

During the mid-19th century, Great Brita

Question 5

Which statement best applies to Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory?

Accepted Answer

A) His ideas were readily accepted by religious fundamentalists and cultural conservatives. 
B) His works were truly revolutionary in that they were the first to propose a theory of evolution. 
C) His theory emphasized the idea of the "survival of the fit" in which advantageous natural variants and environmental adaptations in organisms determine their survival. 
D) His On the Origin of Species described man's evolution from animal origins through natural selection. 
E) He envisioned utopian evolution, unlike Marx who predicted materialistic revolution. 
A) His ideas were readily accepted by religious fundamentalists and cultural conservatives. 
B) His works were truly revolutionary in that they were the first to propose a theory of evolution. 
C) His theory emphasized the idea of the "survival of the fit" in which advantageous natural variants and environmental adaptations in organisms determine their survival. 
D) His On the Origin of Species described man's evolution from animal origins through natural selection. 
E) He envisioned utopian evolution, unlike Marx who predicted materialistic revolution.

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Austro-Prussian War

Accepted Answer

The Austro-Prussian War, also known as t

Question 7

How did the role of science in society change over the course of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The role of science in society underwent

Question 8

Compare and contrast Cavour and Garibaldi's vision of a united Italy, as well as Bismarck's goal of a unified Germany. What steps did Cavour, Garibaldi, and Bismarck take to bring about unification in Italy and Germany?

Accepted Answer

Cavour and Garibaldi both had a vision o

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Dmitri Mendeleyev

Accepted Answer

Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist w

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-Ausgleich

Accepted Answer

The Ausgleich, also known as the Comprom

Question 11

After emancipation, who was responsible for paying for the land given to freed serfs?

Accepted Answer

A) The tsar's government 
B) The Russian people as a whole 
C) The former landowner 
D) The village commune 
E) Individual landowners 
A) The tsar's government 
B) The Russian people as a whole 
C) The former landowner 
D) The village commune 
E) Individual landowners

Question 12

According to Marx, the history of all previous societies is the history of

Accepted Answer

A) slow decline. 
B) blood and iron. 
C) enlightenment. 
D) progress. 
E) class struggle. 
A) slow decline. 
B) blood and iron. 
C) enlightenment. 
D) progress. 
E) class struggle.

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-natural selection

Accepted Answer

Natural selection is a fundamental mecha

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Giuseppe Garibaldi

Accepted Answer

Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian genera

Question 15

Who was the prime minister of Piedmont who organized the Italian unification movement?

Accepted Answer

A) Giuseppe Mazzini 
B) Giuseppe Garibaldi 
C) Camillo di Cavour 
D) Victor Emmanuel 
E) the Duke of Alba 
A) Giuseppe Mazzini 
B) Giuseppe Garibaldi 
C) Camillo di Cavour 
D) Victor Emmanuel 
E) the Duke of Alba

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Count Otto von Bismarck

Accepted Answer

Count Otto von Bismarck, also known as O

Question 17

Who was the leading realist novelist of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Rudyard Kipling 
B) Gustave Flaubert 
C) Thomas Gainsborough 
D) Gustave Courbet 
E) Anthony Powell 
A) Rudyard Kipling 
B) Gustave Flaubert 
C) Thomas Gainsborough 
D) Gustave Courbet 
E) Anthony Powell

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Count Camillo di Cavour

Accepted Answer

Count Camillo di Cavour, born in 1810, w

Question 19

What was the historical significance of Prussian leadership during German unification?

Accepted Answer

A) It marked a new era of peaceful European interstate relations. 
B) It marked the triumph of authoritarian and militaristic values over liberal and constitutional values in the new German state. 
C) Austrian bureaucrats would have new opportunities to shape the political culture of the new German Empire. 
D) True parliamentary democracy would triumph in the new German state. 
E) It marked a new era of peace in Europe. 
A) It marked a new era of peaceful European interstate relations. 
B) It marked the triumph of authoritarian and militaristic values over liberal and constitutional values in the new German state. 
C) Austrian bureaucrats would have new opportunities to shape the political culture of the new German Empire. 
D) True parliamentary democracy would triumph in the new German state. 
E) It marked a new era of peace in Europe.

Question 20

What were the consequences of the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861? What were the limits of their newly acquired freedom?

Accepted Answer

The emancipation of Russia's serfs in 18

Exam 22: An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Which scientist provided a working foundation for the use of electricity?

Marx saw his own times as a period in which the bourgeoisie faced off against the

Please define the following key terms. -Benjamin Disraeli

Discuss the reform efforts in Great Britain, Russia and the Austrian Empire from 1850 to 1870. How successful were they?

Which statement best applies to Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory?

Please define the following key terms. -Austro-Prussian War

How did the role of science in society change over the course of the nineteenth century?

Compare and contrast Cavour and Garibaldi's vision of a united Italy, as well as Bismarck's goal of a unified Germany. What steps did Cavour, Garibaldi, and Bismarck take to bring about unification in Italy and Germany?

Please define the following key terms. -Dmitri Mendeleyev

Please define the following key terms. -Ausgleich

After emancipation, who was responsible for paying for the land given to freed serfs?

According to Marx, the history of all previous societies is the history of

Please define the following key terms. -natural selection

Please define the following key terms. -Giuseppe Garibaldi

Who was the prime minister of Piedmont who organized the Italian unification movement?

Please define the following key terms. -Count Otto von Bismarck

Who was the leading realist novelist of the nineteenth century?

Please define the following key terms. -Count Camillo di Cavour

What was the historical significance of Prussian leadership during German unification?

What were the consequences of the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861? What were the limits of their newly acquired freedom?

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The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

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Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

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Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

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