Question 1

Which of the following was not an anarchist act?

Accepted Answer

A) the Haymarket bombing 
B) the bombing of a Corpus Christi celebration 
C) the expulsion of Mikhail Bakunin 
D) the shooting of President McKinley 
E) the assassination of Empress Elizabeth 
A) the Haymarket bombing 
B) the bombing of a Corpus Christi celebration 
C) the expulsion of Mikhail Bakunin 
D) the shooting of President McKinley 
E) the assassination of Empress Elizabeth

Question 2

The Treaty of Kanagawa of 1854

Accepted Answer

A) was modeled on the unequal treaties that the West had with China. 
B) opened Japan and Korea to the United States. 
C) settled the Opium War. 
D) put an end to the Taiping Rebellion. 
E) put an end to the Sepoy Mutiny. 
A) was modeled on the unequal treaties that the West had with China. 
B) opened Japan and Korea to the United States. 
C) settled the Opium War. 
D) put an end to the Taiping Rebellion. 
E) put an end to the Sepoy Mutiny.

Question 3

The most important duty of middle class women was considered

Accepted Answer

A) teaching. 
B) supporting her husband by creating a happy domestic sphere. 
C) maintaining moral and spiritual purity. 
D) raising children. 
E) contributing to the household economy. 
A) teaching. 
B) supporting her husband by creating a happy domestic sphere. 
C) maintaining moral and spiritual purity. 
D) raising children. 
E) contributing to the household economy.

Question 4

Describe the origins and aims of labor movements and socialist politics in the late nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A combination of industrialization and r

Question 5

Describe the lives of upper-, middle-, and working-class women in English-speaking countries between 1850 and 1914.

Accepted Answer

Women in English-speaking countries were

Question 6

Nitroglycerin turned into a stable solid was called

Accepted Answer

A) hydrogen. 
B) napalm. 
C) gunpowder. 
D) dynamite. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) hydrogen. 
B) napalm. 
C) gunpowder. 
D) dynamite. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 7

Which of the following was not a suffragist?

Accepted Answer

A) Emmeline Pankhurst 
B) Susan B. Anthony 
C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
D) Queen Victoria 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) Emmeline Pankhurst 
B) Susan B. Anthony 
C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
D) Queen Victoria 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 8

Industrialization in Russia took significantly longer because

Accepted Answer

A) wealthy landowners blocked most reforms in Russia. 
B) Tsars were suspicious and conservative. 
C) there was almost no commercial middle class in Russia. 
D) serfdom was the predominant labor model until 1861. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) wealthy landowners blocked most reforms in Russia. 
B) Tsars were suspicious and conservative. 
C) there was almost no commercial middle class in Russia. 
D) serfdom was the predominant labor model until 1861. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 9

Knowledge sought from around the world was the foundation of which country's imperial policy?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Knowledge sought from around the world was...

Question 10

Leaders of Meiji Japan planned to remain free from Western imperialism by centralization, imperialism, and

Accepted Answer

A) negotiating with Western diplomats. 
B) restricting Western access to Japan. 
C) keeping out all foreign influences. 
D) becoming a world-class industrial power. 
E) using propaganda to make Japanese people hostile to Westerners. 
A) negotiating with Western diplomats. 
B) restricting Western access to Japan. 
C) keeping out all foreign influences. 
D) becoming a world-class industrial power. 
E) using propaganda to make Japanese people hostile to Westerners.

Question 11

Which of the following are ways that working-class women earned money to support the family?

Accepted Answer

A) doing piecework such as sewing and making lace, hats, or gloves 
B) doing laundry for people 
C) taking in boarders 
D) doing domestic service or factory work 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) doing piecework such as sewing and making lace, hats, or gloves 
B) doing laundry for people 
C) taking in boarders 
D) doing domestic service or factory work 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 12

The increase in the number of Europeans overseas was largely due to

Accepted Answer

A) a drop in the death rate. 
B) epidemic disease in Europe. 
C) famine and starvation. 
D) plague spreading in Europe. 
E) the abolition of serfdom in Russia. 
A) a drop in the death rate. 
B) epidemic disease in Europe. 
C) famine and starvation. 
D) plague spreading in Europe. 
E) the abolition of serfdom in Russia.

Question 13

Explain the reasons for mass migrations during the late nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

Some of the major reasons for immigratio

Question 14

Care and support of the new infrastructure by municipal governments included which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) police protection 
B) fire protection 
C) garbage removal 
D) health inspectors 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) police protection 
B) fire protection 
C) garbage removal 
D) health inspectors 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 15

What ideology questioned the sanctity of private property?

Accepted Answer

A) capitalism 
B) socialism 
C) manichaeism 
D) mercantilism 
E) liberalism 
A) capitalism 
B) socialism 
C) manichaeism 
D) mercantilism 
E) liberalism

Question 16

Compare and contrast the influence of Europe and the United States on China and Japan between 1850 and 1914.

Accepted Answer

Students should recognize that the West

Question 17

Which of the following are ways that cities in industrial nations changed their character in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Railroads with regular schedules brought food and commuters into the cities to work. 
B) Police and fire departments were created. 
C) Sanitation improved and death rates decreased. 
D) City planning was used. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) Railroads with regular schedules brought food and commuters into the cities to work. 
B) Police and fire departments were created. 
C) Sanitation improved and death rates decreased. 
D) City planning was used. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 18

According to Marx, the end of worker exploitation would occur when

Accepted Answer

A) "scientific socialism" was proven by the intellectuals. 
B) war broke down barriers of nationalism and included colonist countries. 
C) free democracy replaced all entrenched monarchies in Europe. 
D) workers would revolt and create a dictatorship of the proletariat. 
E) war broke out and the Western industrialized, Christian world conquered the East. 
A) "scientific socialism" was proven by the intellectuals. 
B) war broke down barriers of nationalism and included colonist countries. 
C) free democracy replaced all entrenched monarchies in Europe. 
D) workers would revolt and create a dictatorship of the proletariat. 
E) war broke out and the Western industrialized, Christian world conquered the East.

Question 19

One of the most significant reforms undertaken by Japan's Meiji oligarchs was

Accepted Answer

A) building a military aristocracy. 
B) opening schools to train Japanese students in Western science and technology. 
C) limiting the power of the emperor. 
D) adopting Marxist economic policies. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) building a military aristocracy. 
B) opening schools to train Japanese students in Western science and technology. 
C) limiting the power of the emperor. 
D) adopting Marxist economic policies. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 20

Who called his ideology "scientific socialism"?

Accepted Answer

A) Charles Darwin 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Albert Einstein 
D) Mikhail Bakunin. 
E) Friedrich Engels 
A) Charles Darwin 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Albert Einstein 
D) Mikhail Bakunin. 
E) Friedrich Engels

Exam 27: The New Power Balance

Which of the following was not an anarchist act?

The Treaty of Kanagawa of 1854

The most important duty of middle class women was considered

Describe the origins and aims of labor movements and socialist politics in the late nineteenth century.

Describe the lives of upper-, middle-, and working-class women in English-speaking countries between 1850 and 1914.

Nitroglycerin turned into a stable solid was called

Which of the following was not a suffragist?

Industrialization in Russia took significantly longer because

Knowledge sought from around the world was the foundation of which country's imperial policy?

Leaders of Meiji Japan planned to remain free from Western imperialism by centralization, imperialism, and

Which of the following are ways that working-class women earned money to support the family?

The increase in the number of Europeans overseas was largely due to

Explain the reasons for mass migrations during the late nineteenth century.

Care and support of the new infrastructure by municipal governments included which of the following?

What ideology questioned the sanctity of private property?

Compare and contrast the influence of Europe and the United States on China and Japan between 1850 and 1914.

Which of the following are ways that cities in industrial nations changed their character in the nineteenth century?

According to Marx, the end of worker exploitation would occur when

One of the most significant reforms undertaken by Japan's Meiji oligarchs was

Who called his ideology "scientific socialism"?

Nature, Humanity, and History

The First River-Valley Civilizations

The Mediterranean and Middle East

New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area

Greece and Iran

An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China

India and Southeast Asia

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas

Networks of Communication and Exchange

The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam

Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

Inner and East Asia

Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath

Latin Europe

Southern Empires, Southern Seas

The Maritime Revolution

Transformations in Europe

The Diversity of American Colonial Societies

The Atlantic System and Africa

Between Europe and China

East Asia in Global Perspective

The Early Industrial Revolution

Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World

Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism

Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas

Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

The Crisis of the Imperial Order

The Collapse of the Old Order

Revolutions in Living

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The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration

New Challenges in a New Millennium

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