Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philoso

Question 2

Friedrich Nietzsche proclaimed that democracy and Christianity together could triumph where great men and science had failed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which Progressive-era law went into effect during Woodrow Wilson's presidency?

Accepted Answer

A) Graduated federal income tax 
B) Pure Food and Drug Act 
C) Interstate Commerce Act 
D) Meat Inspection Act 
E) Social Security Act 
A) Graduated federal income tax 
B) Pure Food and Drug Act 
C) Interstate Commerce Act 
D) Meat Inspection Act 
E) Social Security Act

Question 4

About what did Max Planck's quantum theory of energy raise fundamental questions?

Accepted Answer

A) The structure of stars 
B) Acceptance of medieval theories of chemical reaction 
C) The subatomic realm of the atom and the basic building blocks of the material world 
D) The safe transmission of electrical energy for powering modern economies 
E) The electro-dynamics of moving bodies 
A) The structure of stars 
B) Acceptance of medieval theories of chemical reaction 
C) The subatomic realm of the atom and the basic building blocks of the material world 
D) The safe transmission of electrical energy for powering modern economies 
E) The electro-dynamics of moving bodies

Question 5

Herbert Spencer was the chief propagandist for German volkish thought at the turn of the twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which institution's power was radically curtailed by David Lloyd George in order to implement the Liberal Party's social reform program?

Accepted Answer

A) The military 
B) The Bank of England 
C) The monarchy 
D) The House of Commons 
E) The House of Lords 
A) The military 
B) The Bank of England 
C) The monarchy 
D) The House of Commons 
E) The House of Lords

Question 7

The worst treatment of Jews at the turn of the century occurred in eastern Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

British rule brought all of the following to India in the late nineteenth century EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) political democracy. 
B) western-style secondary schools. 
C) western technology, such as railroads and medical knowledge. 
D) great security and order. 
E) relatively honest and efficient government. 
A) political democracy. 
B) western-style secondary schools. 
C) western technology, such as railroads and medical knowledge. 
D) great security and order. 
E) relatively honest and efficient government.

Question 9

By the early twentieth century, was the Ottoman Empire still a major force in Western civilization?

Accepted Answer

By the early twentieth century, the Otto

Question 10

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Balkans' Crises

Accepted Answer

The Balkans' Crises refer to a series of

Question 11

The October Manifesto of Nicholas II

Accepted Answer

A) immediately led to the storming of the Winter Palace. 
B) prompted the event known as "Bloody Sunday." 
C) led to the creation a legislative assembly known as the Duma. 
D) incensed the middle-class moderates. 
E) provoked Japan into declaring war on Russia. 
A) immediately led to the storming of the Winter Palace. 
B) prompted the event known as "Bloody Sunday." 
C) led to the creation a legislative assembly known as the Duma. 
D) incensed the middle-class moderates. 
E) provoked Japan into declaring war on Russia.

Question 12

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring

Accepted Answer

Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is

Question 13

Social Darwinism was

Accepted Answer

A) the application of the principle of organic evolution to the social order. 
B) an effort to explain the problems of society by psychological means. 
C) an explanation, sociologically, of Darwin's biological ideas. 
D) advocated by Nietzsche. 
E) condemned by Freud. 
A) the application of the principle of organic evolution to the social order. 
B) an effort to explain the problems of society by psychological means. 
C) an explanation, sociologically, of Darwin's biological ideas. 
D) advocated by Nietzsche. 
E) condemned by Freud.

Question 14

What led to the conflict between modernization and traditionalism in William's Germany?

Accepted Answer

The conflict between modernization and t

Question 15

What was the first professional occupation opened up to women?

Accepted Answer

A) Efficiency expert 
B) Lawyer 
C) Business management 
D) Engineering 
E) Teaching 
A) Efficiency expert 
B) Lawyer 
C) Business management 
D) Engineering 
E) Teaching

Question 16

How did Modernism in literature and the arts represent a break with the styles of past? How did Modernism represent the attempt of writers and artists to seek new means of expression to comment upon and reflect their changing world?

Accepted Answer

Modernism in literature and the arts rep

Question 17

What were the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution of 1905?

Accepted Answer

The Russian Revolution of 1905 was cause

Question 18

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Sun Yat-sen

Accepted Answer

Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary

Question 19

Russia's disastrous defeat in the Russo-Japanese War led to

Accepted Answer

A) The dismissal of Count Witte 
B) The loss of all of Siberia to Japan 
C) The enlargement of the Duma 
D) An unsuccessful coup by the Tsar 
E) The Revolution of 1905 
A) The dismissal of Count Witte 
B) The loss of all of Siberia to Japan 
C) The enlargement of the Duma 
D) An unsuccessful coup by the Tsar 
E) The Revolution of 1905

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

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

Friedrich Nietzsche proclaimed that democracy and Christianity together could triumph where great men and science had failed.

Which Progressive-era law went into effect during Woodrow Wilson's presidency?

About what did Max Planck's quantum theory of energy raise fundamental questions?

Herbert Spencer was the chief propagandist for German volkish thought at the turn of the twentieth century.

Which institution's power was radically curtailed by David Lloyd George in order to implement the Liberal Party's social reform program?

The worst treatment of Jews at the turn of the century occurred in eastern Europe.

British rule brought all of the following to India in the late nineteenth century EXCEPT

By the early twentieth century, was the Ottoman Empire still a major force in Western civilization?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Balkans' Crises

The October Manifesto of Nicholas II

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring

Social Darwinism was

What led to the conflict between modernization and traditionalism in William's Germany?

What was the first professional occupation opened up to women?

How did Modernism in literature and the arts represent a break with the styles of past? How did Modernism represent the attempt of writers and artists to seek new means of expression to comment upon and reflect their changing world?

What were the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution of 1905?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Sun Yat-sen

Russia's disastrous defeat in the Russo-Japanese War led to

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

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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