Exam 27: The New Power Balance

Why did the populations of Euro-American cities grow so fast between 1850 and 1914, and how did technological transformation in those cities affect urban life?

Instructions: Answer the following question(s). New technologies in the latter half of the nineteenth century revolutionized everyday life and transformed the world's economy. What were some of those new technologies, and how did they affect society?

Describe the role of nationalism in the creation of Germany, both before and after 1871. Include a summary of liberal and conservative nationalism in your answer.

In Tokugawa Japan, the served a largely religious function and had no effective political power.

The southern Japanese provincial leaders of Choshu and Satsuma found the most effective strategy to protect Japan against foreigners was

Nationalism weakened rather than strengthened which of the following countries in the late nineteenth century?

The early-twentieth-century Chinese plan for reform, though tried in vain, was the

The nineteenth-century movement that defended workers against their employers was

Until the 1860s nationalism was closely associated with

Why was it so difficult for Russia to achieve industrialization and reform?

As a result of immigration, between 185 and 1910, the population of northern America increased by almost

Late-nineteenth-century Victorian morality dictated that men and women

The "annihilation of time and space," extolled by the public and the press, referred especially to

Who demanded that Japan open its ports for refueling of and trade with American shipping?

A significant point of dispute between France and Germany was

Urban planning methods in replacing old, crowded cities included

How was ocean shipping transformed by the mid-nineteenth century?

Which of the following was not a result of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905?

The most successful leader of Italian unification efforts was the fiery revolutionary

Suffragists lobbied for which reform of women's lives?