Question 1

define the following term:
-volkish thought

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Volkish thought refers to a cultural and

Question 2

The Meiji Restoration in Japan

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A) successfully accomplished the expulsion of all foreigners from the country. 
B) created a political system rigidly authoritarian in both form and practice. 
C) concentrated on the reestablishment of feudal principles of decentralized government and native Japanese values. 
D) sent many Japanese abroad to be educated in the ways of the west and adopted many western reforms in political and military organization. 
E) forcefully rejected westernization and looked instead to China as its model. 
A) successfully accomplished the expulsion of all foreigners from the country. 
B) created a political system rigidly authoritarian in both form and practice. 
C) concentrated on the reestablishment of feudal principles of decentralized government and native Japanese values. 
D) sent many Japanese abroad to be educated in the ways of the west and adopted many western reforms in political and military organization. 
E) forcefully rejected westernization and looked instead to China as its model.

Question 3

The "open door" policy was to allow more freedom of trade in so-called spheres of influence in

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A) India. 
B) China. 
C) Japan. 
D) the Philippines. 
E) the Congo. 
A) India. 
B) China. 
C) Japan. 
D) the Philippines. 
E) the Congo.

Question 4

define the following term:
-Pablo Picasso and Cubism

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Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, scu

Question 5

define the following term:
-Houston Stewart Chamberlain

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Houston Stewart Chamberlain was a Britis

Question 6

The October Manifesto of Nicholas II

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A) immediately led to the storming of the Winter Palace. 
B) prompted the event known as "Bloody Sunday". 
C) the creation a representative assembly known as the Duma. 
D) incensed the middle-class moderates. 
E) the murder of his advisor Peter Stolypin by the secret police. 
A) immediately led to the storming of the Winter Palace. 
B) prompted the event known as "Bloody Sunday". 
C) the creation a representative assembly known as the Duma. 
D) incensed the middle-class moderates. 
E) the murder of his advisor Peter Stolypin by the secret police.

Question 7

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

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The Russian Revolution of 1905 was cause

Question 8

Using Darwin's terminology, Herbert Spencer argued that

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A) no progress in human society was now possible and decadence had set in everywhere. 
B) no rational justification could be given to "natural selection." 
C) peaceful progress was inevitable. 
D) evolution could never be reversed. 
E) human societies were organisms evolving through time by struggling with their environments. 
A) no progress in human society was now possible and decadence had set in everywhere. 
B) no rational justification could be given to "natural selection." 
C) peaceful progress was inevitable. 
D) evolution could never be reversed. 
E) human societies were organisms evolving through time by struggling with their environments.

Question 9

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?

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Modernism in literature and the arts rep

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

Maria Montessori exemplifies the "new woman" of modern times in that

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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

define the following term:
-anticlericalism

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Anticlericalism refers to a historical a

Question 13

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

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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 14

define the following term:
-Maria Montessori

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Maria Montessori was an Italian physicia

Question 15

define the following term:
-the ego, the id, and the superego

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The ego, the id, and the superego are th

Question 16

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

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A) England, Germany, Italy. 
B) Russia, England, France. 
C) Italy, Turkey, England. 
D) Germany, Austria, Ottoman Empire. 
E) Germany, Austria, Italy. 
A) England, Germany, Italy. 
B) Russia, England, France. 
C) Italy, Turkey, England. 
D) Germany, Austria, Ottoman Empire. 
E) Germany, Austria, Italy.

Question 17

define the following term:
-The 1905 Revolution and "Bloody Sunday"

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The 1905 Revolution in Russia was a majo

Question 18

define the following term:
-Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors

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The Syllabus of Errors (Latin: Syllabus

Question 19

Which of the following Progressive-era laws went into effect during Woodrow Wilson's tenure as president in the United States?

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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 20

define the following term:
-Commodore Matthew Perry

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Commodore Matthew Perry was a prominent

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

define the following term: -volkish thought

The Meiji Restoration in Japan

The "open door" policy was to allow more freedom of trade in so-called spheres of influence in

define the following term: -Pablo Picasso and Cubism

define the following term: -Houston Stewart Chamberlain

The October Manifesto of Nicholas II

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

Using Darwin's terminology, Herbert Spencer argued that

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?

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

Maria Montessori exemplifies the "new woman" of modern times in that

define the following term: -anticlericalism

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

define the following term: -Maria Montessori

define the following term: -the ego, the id, and the superego

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

define the following term: -The 1905 Revolution and "Bloody Sunday"

define the following term: -Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors

Which of the following Progressive-era laws went into effect during Woodrow Wilson's tenure as president in the United States?

define the following term: -Commodore Matthew Perry

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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