Question 1

define the following term:
-Charles Darwin

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin (1809–1882) was an Englis

Question 2

Which of the following statements 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 3

define the following term:
-Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

Accepted Answer

The Emancipation Proclamation was a hist

Question 4

In 1871, William I was proclaimed kaiser, or emperor, of the Second Reich in

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A) Berlin. 
B) Frankfort. 
C) Paris. 
D) Versailles. 
E) Rome. 
A) Berlin. 
B) Frankfort. 
C) Paris. 
D) Versailles. 
E) Rome.

Question 5

In addition to examining everyday life, the literary Realists of the mid-nineteenth century were also interested in

Accepted Answer

A) completely avoiding romantic imagery, as shown in the works of Charles Dickens. 
B) employing emotional and poetic language to cause social reform. 
C) avoiding sentimental language by using careful observation and description. 
D) showing the positive values of middle-class life. 
E) using "stream of consciousness" techniques. 
A) completely avoiding romantic imagery, as shown in the works of Charles Dickens. 
B) employing emotional and poetic language to cause social reform. 
C) avoiding sentimental language by using careful observation and description. 
D) showing the positive values of middle-class life. 
E) using "stream of consciousness" techniques.

Question 6

define the following term:
-On the Origin of Species

Accepted Answer

On the Origin of Species is a groundbrea

Question 7

Prussian leadership of German unification meant that

Accepted Answer

A) a new era of peaceful European interstate relations had begun. 
B) 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) a new era of peace had arrived in Europe. 
A) a new era of peaceful European interstate relations had begun. 
B) 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) a new era of peace had arrived in Europe.

Question 8

Women were given the right to take qualifying exams for medical school in Britain in 1876 by

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A) a resolution of Royal College of Physicians in London. 
B) a proclamation of Queen Victoria. 
C) the deans of Oxford. 
D) an act of Parliament. 
E) the faculty of Cambridge University. 
A) a resolution of Royal College of Physicians in London. 
B) a proclamation of Queen Victoria. 
C) the deans of Oxford. 
D) an act of Parliament. 
E) the faculty of Cambridge University.

Question 9

The Crimean War was caused primarily by the Ottoman Empire's attempt to destroy the Christian holy places in Jerusalem and Palestine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Auguste Comte was responsible for

Accepted Answer

A) posing an evolutionary theory akin to Darwin's. 
B) founding the discipline of sociology. 
C) helping to remove theology as a subject from university curricula. 
D) integrating science with religion. 
E) establishing a utopian community just outside Paris. 
A) posing an evolutionary theory akin to Darwin's. 
B) founding the discipline of sociology. 
C) helping to remove theology as a subject from university curricula. 
D) integrating science with religion. 
E) establishing a utopian community just outside Paris.

Question 11

define the following term:
-Vera Zasulich

Accepted Answer

Vera Zasulich was a Russian revolutionar

Question 12

define the following term:
-joint-stock investment banks

Accepted Answer

Joint-stock investment banks are financi

Question 13

define the following term:
-Mexico and Emperor Maximilian

Accepted Answer

Mexico and Emperor Maximilian have a com

Question 14

define the following term:
-Dominion of Canada

Accepted Answer

The Dominion of Canada was established o

Question 15

The dispute that sparked the Franco-Prussian War concerned

Accepted Answer

A) the candidacy of a member of the Hohenzollern dynasty to the Spanish throne. 
B) Bismarck's decision to invade Luxembourg. 
C) the French invasion of Alsace and Lorraine. 
D) Napoleon III's annexation of Schleswig and Holstein. 
E) the French seizure of Alsace and Lorraine. 
A) the candidacy of a member of the Hohenzollern dynasty to the Spanish throne. 
B) Bismarck's decision to invade Luxembourg. 
C) the French invasion of Alsace and Lorraine. 
D) Napoleon III's annexation of Schleswig and Holstein. 
E) the French seizure of Alsace and Lorraine.

Question 16

By 1870, by far the largest producer of pig iron was

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A) the United Sates. 
B) Great Britain. 
C) Imperial Germany. 
D) France. 
E) Russia. 
A) the United Sates. 
B) Great Britain. 
C) Imperial Germany. 
D) France. 
E) Russia.

Question 17

define the following term:
-battles of Magenta and Solferino

Accepted Answer

The battles of Magenta and Solferino wer

Question 18

The Zollverein describes

Accepted Answer

A) the German states' customs union dominated by Prussia. 
B) a conservative German nationalist group bent on unification of the country. 
C) the lower house of the Prussian parliament. 
D) Bismarck's liberal reform program. 
E) Prussian Black Shirts, who led the German unification movement. 
A) the German states' customs union dominated by Prussia. 
B) a conservative German nationalist group bent on unification of the country. 
C) the lower house of the Prussian parliament. 
D) Bismarck's liberal reform program. 
E) Prussian Black Shirts, who led the German unification movement.

Question 19

Of the following, under the Second Empire, Napoleon III was most interested in

Accepted Answer

A) the industrial development of France. 
B) avoiding wars and foreign adventures. 
C) enhancing civil liberties like free speech. 
D) encouraging people to get involved in politics. 
E) enhancing the position of the Catholic Church in French culture. 
A) the industrial development of France. 
B) avoiding wars and foreign adventures. 
C) enhancing civil liberties like free speech. 
D) encouraging people to get involved in politics. 
E) enhancing the position of the Catholic Church in French culture.

Question 20

The Ausgleich of 1867 failed to grant minorities in Austria and Hungary equal rights and status.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

define the following term: -Charles Darwin

Which of the following statements best applies to Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory?

define the following term: -Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

In 1871, William I was proclaimed kaiser, or emperor, of the Second Reich in

In addition to examining everyday life, the literary Realists of the mid-nineteenth century were also interested in

define the following term: -On the Origin of Species

Prussian leadership of German unification meant that

Women were given the right to take qualifying exams for medical school in Britain in 1876 by

The Crimean War was caused primarily by the Ottoman Empire's attempt to destroy the Christian holy places in Jerusalem and Palestine.

Auguste Comte was responsible for

define the following term: -Vera Zasulich

define the following term: -joint-stock investment banks

define the following term: -Mexico and Emperor Maximilian

define the following term: -Dominion of Canada

The dispute that sparked the Franco-Prussian War concerned

By 1870, by far the largest producer of pig iron was

define the following term: -battles of Magenta and Solferino

The Zollverein describes

Of the following, under the Second Empire, Napoleon III was most interested in

The Ausgleich of 1867 failed to grant minorities in Austria and Hungary equal rights and status.

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

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

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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