Question 1

What are the defining characteristics of modernism?

Accepted Answer

Modernism is a cultural, artistic, and l

Question 2

Growing tensions in modern German society were exemplified by

Accepted Answer

A) rapidly rising suicide rates, especially in cities. 
B) refusals by German leaders to enact new welfare legislation. 
C) the use of military forces to put down urban riots. 
D) the proliferation of ultra-nationalist right-wing political groups with anti-Semitic, racist, and imperialist beliefs. 
E) peasant rebellions, particularly in the Rhineland region. 
A) rapidly rising suicide rates, especially in cities. 
B) refusals by German leaders to enact new welfare legislation. 
C) the use of military forces to put down urban riots. 
D) the proliferation of ultra-nationalist right-wing political groups with anti-Semitic, racist, and imperialist beliefs. 
E) peasant rebellions, particularly in the Rhineland region.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Zionism is a political and cultural move

Question 4

Einstein concluded that matter was

Accepted Answer

A) not really real. 
B) just another form of energy. 
C) fundamentally different than energy. 
D) indestructible. 
E) a form of time. 
A) not really real. 
B) just another form of energy. 
C) fundamentally different than energy. 
D) indestructible. 
E) a form of time.

Question 5

Who wrote the best example of naturalistic literature?

Accepted Answer

A) Victor Hugo 
B) Charles Dickens 
C) Albert Camus 
D) Émile Zola 
E) Gustave Flaubert 
A) Victor Hugo 
B) Charles Dickens 
C) Albert Camus 
D) Émile Zola 
E) Gustave Flaubert

Question 6

In what two areas of science did Marie Curie win Nobel prizes?

Accepted Answer

A) Cellular biology and chemistry 
B) Physics and cellular biology 
C) Physics and chemistry 
D) Geology and physics 
E) Chemistry and astronomy 
A) Cellular biology and chemistry 
B) Physics and cellular biology 
C) Physics and chemistry 
D) Geology and physics 
E) Chemistry and astronomy

Question 7

According to relativity theory

Accepted Answer

A) space is absolute but time is relative to the observer. 
B) time is absolute but space is relative to the observer. 
C) neither time nor space is absolute but relative to the observer. 
D) time and space are both absolute. 
E) both time and space had an existence independent of human experience. 
A) space is absolute but time is relative to the observer. 
B) time is absolute but space is relative to the observer. 
C) neither time nor space is absolute but relative to the observer. 
D) time and space are both absolute. 
E) both time and space had an existence independent of human experience.

Question 8

Artists embracing ____ used geometric designs as visual stimuli to re-create reality in the viewer's mind.

Accepted Answer

A) Surrealism 
B) Cubism 
C) Impressionism 
D) Neo-Romanticism 
E) Post-Impressionism 
A) Surrealism 
B) Cubism 
C) Impressionism 
D) Neo-Romanticism 
E) Post-Impressionism

Question 9

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
the "new woman"

Accepted Answer

The term "new woman" refers to a feminis

Question 10

What did nineteenth-century women's rights activists hope to achieve?

Accepted Answer

Nineteenth-century women's rights activi

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Modernism refers to a cultural and artis

Question 12

Marie and Paul Curie discovered

Accepted Answer

A) platinum. 
B) radium. 
C) xenon. 
D) krypton. 
E) helium. 
A) platinum. 
B) radium. 
C) xenon. 
D) krypton. 
E) helium.

Question 13

The Symbolists were primarily associated with which of the following types of writing?

Accepted Answer

A) novels 
B) poetry 
C) critical essays 
D) letters 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) novels 
B) poetry 
C) critical essays 
D) letters 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 14

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Indian National Congress

Accepted Answer

The Indian National Congress (INC) is a

Question 15

How do the philosophical trends of the late nineteenth century compare to the same era's artistic achievements?

Accepted Answer

The philosophical trends of the late nin

Question 16

Where did the British fight in the Boer War?

Accepted Answer

A) Australia 
B) China 
C) Zimbabwe 
D) Botswana 
E) South Africa 
A) Australia 
B) China 
C) Zimbabwe 
D) Botswana 
E) South Africa

Question 17

What was a chief belief of Symbolists?

Accepted Answer

A) The supremacy of science over religion 
B) The fundamental rationality of existence 
C) The inability to obtain objective knowledge of the world 
D) The functionality of art 
E) The futility of art 
A) The supremacy of science over religion 
B) The fundamental rationality of existence 
C) The inability to obtain objective knowledge of the world 
D) The functionality of art 
E) The futility of art

Question 18

Clara Barton embodied the concept of the "new woman," having attended medical school and pioneered a new form of childhood education.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Compare and contrast the responses of China and Japan to European and American imperialism?

Accepted Answer

China and Japan both responded to Europe

Question 20

Who gained fame for her actions during the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A) Clara Barton 
B) Florence Nightingale 
C) Amalie Sieveking 
D) Emmeline Pankhurst 
E) Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
A) Clara Barton 
B) Florence Nightingale 
C) Amalie Sieveking 
D) Emmeline Pankhurst 
E) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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

What are the defining characteristics of modernism?

Growing tensions in modern German society were exemplified by

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

Einstein concluded that matter was

Who wrote the best example of naturalistic literature?

In what two areas of science did Marie Curie win Nobel prizes?

According to relativity theory

Artists embracing ____ used geometric designs as visual stimuli to re-create reality in the viewer's mind.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. the "new woman"

What did nineteenth-century women's rights activists hope to achieve?

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

Marie and Paul Curie discovered

The Symbolists were primarily associated with which of the following types of writing?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Indian National Congress

How do the philosophical trends of the late nineteenth century compare to the same era's artistic achievements?

Where did the British fight in the Boer War?

What was a chief belief of Symbolists?

Clara Barton embodied the concept of the "new woman," having attended medical school and pioneered a new form of childhood education.

Compare and contrast the responses of China and Japan to European and American imperialism?

Who gained fame for her actions during the American Civil War?

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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