Question 1

Social Darwinists argued that

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A) each human being was absolutely unique. 
B) much more should be done to help the poor. 
C) interracial marriage was essential to human progress. 
D) race was a human construct, not a biological reality. 
E) human societies were organisms that changed over time. 
A) each human being was absolutely unique. 
B) much more should be done to help the poor. 
C) interracial marriage was essential to human progress. 
D) race was a human construct, not a biological reality. 
E) human societies were organisms that changed over time.

Question 2

What did Houston Stewart Chamberlain argue in his 1899-publication Foundations of the Nineteenth Century?

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A) Germany would lead the world in high-tech manufacturing. 
B) Germany would lead the Aryan race to the conquest of Europe. 
C) Germany would be the European leader in music and the arts. 
D) Germany would generate the next great world religion. 
E) Germany would fail if they did not accept Jews as the originators of Western civilization. 
A) Germany would lead the world in high-tech manufacturing. 
B) Germany would lead the Aryan race to the conquest of Europe. 
C) Germany would be the European leader in music and the arts. 
D) Germany would generate the next great world religion. 
E) Germany would fail if they did not accept Jews as the originators of Western civilization.

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
-Albert Einstein's E=mc2

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Albert Einstein's equation E=mc^2 is one

Question 4

Which countries were part of the Triple Entente before 1914?

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A) Great Britain, France, and Russia 
B) Austria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire 
C) Turkey, Russia, and Germany 
D) France, Spain, and Great Britain 
E) Great Britain, France, and Italy 
A) Great Britain, France, and Russia 
B) Austria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire 
C) Turkey, Russia, and Germany 
D) France, Spain, and Great Britain 
E) Great Britain, France, and Italy

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-Triple Entente

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The Triple Entente was a military allian

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-George Eastman

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George Eastman was an American entrepren

Question 7

Late nineteenth-century imperialism was closely tied to

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A) trade unionism. 
B) communism. 
C) liberalism. 
D) nationalism. 
E) socialism. 
A) trade unionism. 
B) communism. 
C) liberalism. 
D) nationalism. 
E) socialism.

Question 8

With what artistic movement was Camille Pissarro associated?

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A) Expressionism 
B) Romanticism 
C) Post-Impressionism 
D) Impressionism 
E) Dadaism 
A) Expressionism 
B) Romanticism 
C) Post-Impressionism 
D) Impressionism 
E) Dadaism

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Cecil Rhodes

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Cecil Rhodes was a British businessman,

Question 10

Alfred Dreyfus sold army secrets to German and Austrian intelligence agents.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Why does Maria Montessori exemplify the "new woman" of modern times?

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A) She became a leading advocate of the vote for women. 
B) She entered Italian politics as a liberal. 
C) She created the International Women's League for Peace and Freedom. 
D) She obtained a professional degree and applied her expertise to new fields of inquiry like early childhood development. 
E) She was the first professional woman who received equal pay for equal work. 
A) She became a leading advocate of the vote for women. 
B) She entered Italian politics as a liberal. 
C) She created the International Women's League for Peace and Freedom. 
D) She obtained a professional degree and applied her expertise to new fields of inquiry like early childhood development. 
E) She was the first professional woman who received equal pay for equal work.

Question 12

What happened at the premier of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring?

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A) It drew great public acclaim as a modern masterwork. 
B) It inspired many authors to write poems using the music. 
C) It caused a riot by the audience because of its sharp dissonance and blatant sensuality. 
D) It restored audiences' faith in music as a rational and soothing art. 
E) It was ignored when first performed and only became recognized as a classic several decades later. 
A) It drew great public acclaim as a modern masterwork. 
B) It inspired many authors to write poems using the music. 
C) It caused a riot by the audience because of its sharp dissonance and blatant sensuality. 
D) It restored audiences' faith in music as a rational and soothing art. 
E) It was ignored when first performed and only became recognized as a classic several decades later.

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-David Lloyd George

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David Lloyd George was a prominent Briti

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Alfred Dreyfus

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Alfred Dreyfus was a French artillery of

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Suez Canal

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The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway

Question 16

Mutsuhito was

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A) the first Japanese person to visit the United States. 
B) an author, painter, and poet. 
C) a peasant farmer who led the Meiji forces. 
D) a political radical. 
E) the first Meiji emperor. 
A) the first Japanese person to visit the United States. 
B) an author, painter, and poet. 
C) a peasant farmer who led the Meiji forces. 
D) a political radical. 
E) the first Meiji emperor.

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Meiji Restoration

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The Meiji Restoration was a period in Ja

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Sun Yat-sen

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Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925) was a Chinese re

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-Cubism

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Cubism is an art movement that emerged i

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-Boxer Rebellion

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The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the B

Exam 24: An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

Social Darwinists argued that

What did Houston Stewart Chamberlain argue in his 1899-publication Foundations of the Nineteenth Century?

Please define the following key terms. -Albert Einstein's E=mc2

Which countries were part of the Triple Entente before 1914?

Please define the following key terms. -Triple Entente

Please define the following key terms. -George Eastman

Late nineteenth-century imperialism was closely tied to

With what artistic movement was Camille Pissarro associated?

Please define the following key terms. -Cecil Rhodes

Alfred Dreyfus sold army secrets to German and Austrian intelligence agents.

Why does Maria Montessori exemplify the "new woman" of modern times?

What happened at the premier of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring?

Please define the following key terms. -David Lloyd George

Please define the following key terms. -Alfred Dreyfus

Please define the following key terms. -Suez Canal

Mutsuhito was

Please define the following key terms. -Meiji Restoration

Please define the following key terms. -Sun Yat-sen

Please define the following key terms. -Cubism

Please define the following key terms. -Boxer Rebellion

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

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.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

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

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

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

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

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

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

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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