Question 1

The first professional occupation to be opened up to women was

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A)  factory worker. 
B)  the legal profession. 
C)  business management. 
D)  engineering. 
E)  teaching. 
A)  factory worker. 
B)  the legal profession. 
C)  business management. 
D)  engineering. 
E)  teaching.

Question 2

The Boer War was fought by the British in

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

Question 3

Theodor Herzl, the leader of the Zionist movement,

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A)  advocated the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine. 
B)  advocated the development of separate Jewish communities in European cities. 
C)  argued that Jewish assimilation into western European society would only be complete when Jews renounced their religious beliefs. 
D)  argued that living conditions for Jews were better in eastern Europe than in western Europe. 
E)  demanded that war be declared against the Ottoman Empire. 
A)  advocated the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine. 
B)  advocated the development of separate Jewish communities in European cities. 
C)  argued that Jewish assimilation into western European society would only be complete when Jews renounced their religious beliefs. 
D)  argued that living conditions for Jews were better in eastern Europe than in western Europe. 
E)  demanded that war be declared against the Ottoman Empire.

Question 4

What was the "white man's burden," and what does the concept reveal about European attitudes toward non-Europeans?

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The "white man's burden" was a concept p

Question 5

Talk about:
-"open door" policy

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The "open door" policy refers to a manag

Question 6

What was the Dreyfus affair, and how did it symbolize European anti-Semitism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

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The Dreyfus affair was a political scand

Question 7

Talk about:
-Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors

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The Syllabus of Errors (Latin: Syllabus

Question 8

Talk about:
-David Lloyd George

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David Lloyd George was a prominent Briti

Question 9

Talk about:
-Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologis

Question 10

The best example of Naturalism in literature can be found in the novels of

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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 11

Talk about:
-Boxer Rebellion

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The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the B

Question 12

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 13

Talk about:
-the Symbolists

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The Symbolists were a group of late 19th

Question 14

Talk about:
-revolutionary socialism

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Revolutionary socialism is a political i

Question 15

Talk about:
-the "new woman"

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The "new woman" refers to a feminist ide

Question 16

Post-Impressionist painters such as Cezanne and van Gogh differed from the Impressionists in shifting from an objective reality to a subjective reality, thus abandoning the artist's traditional task of portraying the external world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The event which exemplified renewed anti-Semitism in France in the late nineteenth century was the

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A)  Boulanger coup. 
B)  Sorel uprising. 
C)  Dreyfus affair. 
D)  Zola capitulation. 
E)  the fall of the Third Republic. 
A)  Boulanger coup. 
B)  Sorel uprising. 
C)  Dreyfus affair. 
D)  Zola capitulation. 
E)  the fall of the Third Republic.

Question 18

Talk about:
-suffragists

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Suffragists were individuals, mostly wom

Question 19

In Freud's theory of psychoanalysis, the seat of reason is the

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A)  ego. 
B)  superego. 
C)  pleasure principle. 
D)  id. 
E)  dream. 
A)  ego. 
B)  superego. 
C)  pleasure principle. 
D)  id. 
E)  dream.

Question 20

Talk about:
-Maria Montessori

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Maria Montessori was an Italian physicia

The first professional occupation to be opened up to women was

The Boer War was fought by the British in

Theodor Herzl, the leader of the Zionist movement,

What was the "white man's burden," and what does the concept reveal about European attitudes toward non-Europeans?

Talk about: -"open door" policy

What was the Dreyfus affair, and how did it symbolize European anti-Semitism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Talk about: -Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors

Talk about: -David Lloyd George

Talk about: -Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis

The best example of Naturalism in literature can be found in the novels of

Talk about: -Boxer Rebellion

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

Talk about: -the Symbolists

Talk about: -revolutionary socialism

Talk about: -the "new woman"

Post-Impressionist painters such as Cezanne and van Gogh differed from the Impressionists in shifting from an objective reality to a subjective reality, thus abandoning the artist's traditional task of portraying the external world.

The event which exemplified renewed anti-Semitism in France in the late nineteenth century was the

Talk about: -suffragists

In Freud's theory of psychoanalysis, the seat of reason is the

Talk about: -Maria Montessori

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Exam 12: An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The first professional occupation to be opened up to women was

The Boer War was fought by the British in

Theodor Herzl, the leader of the Zionist movement,

What was the "white man's burden," and what does the concept reveal about European attitudes toward non-Europeans?

Talk about: -"open door" policy

What was the Dreyfus affair, and how did it symbolize European anti-Semitism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Talk about: -Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors

Talk about: -David Lloyd George

Talk about: -Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis

The best example of Naturalism in literature can be found in the novels of

Talk about: -Boxer Rebellion

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

Talk about: -the Symbolists

Talk about: -revolutionary socialism

Talk about: -the "new woman"

Post-Impressionist painters such as Cezanne and van Gogh differed from the Impressionists in shifting from an objective reality to a subjective reality, thus abandoning the artist's traditional task of portraying the external world.

The event which exemplified renewed anti-Semitism in France in the late nineteenth century was the

Talk about: -suffragists

In Freud's theory of psychoanalysis, the seat of reason is the

Talk about: -Maria Montessori

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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