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

Marie and Pierre Curie formulated the relativity theory.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Commodore Matthew Perry

By the late nineteenth century, the worst treatment of Jews occurred in which area?

What did the New Physics and concepts of psychoanalysis contribute to Modernism?

What were the causes of the "New Imperialism" of the late nineteenth century? What were some of the arguments to justify this imperialism? What were the results or consequences of this imperialism?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Suez Canal

According to Nietzsche, ____ was/were decadent and incapable of cultural creativity.

What was one of the notable achievements of the British Liberals under David Lloyd George?

Amalie Sieveking was a pioneer in the field of nursing.

What did the Pan-German League advocate?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Triple Alliance

Florence Nightingale gained fame for her work during

Zola compared the work of the artist to that of a biologist.

By the early twentieth century, British liberalism had abandoned laissez-faire in favor of governmental activism and social reform.

Whose quantum theory raised fundamental questions about the subatomic realm of the atom?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Boxer Rebellion

The Triple Alliance before 1914 included which of the following countries?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Social Darwinism

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. psychoanalysis

Using Darwin's terminology, Herbert Spencer argued that