Question 1

Which of the following statements does NOT correctly describe Russian literature and their writers of the time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Writers came primarily from the Russian educated intelligentsia. 
B)  Russian writers were considered provincial and narrow in their experiences and travel. 
C)  Most writers still possessed a Russian Soul. 
D)  Many writers aspired to Pan Slavism. 
E)  Many hoped to achieve a Russian culture and nation that was superior to the West. 
A)  Writers came primarily from the Russian educated intelligentsia. 
B)  Russian writers were considered provincial and narrow in their experiences and travel. 
C)  Most writers still possessed a Russian Soul. 
D)  Many writers aspired to Pan Slavism. 
E)  Many hoped to achieve a Russian culture and nation that was superior to the West.

Question 2

Which of the following increased the strategic value of Egypt to Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 
B)  The rulership of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 
C)  The construction of a railroad to link Egypt and Sudan 
D)  The introduction of cotton production in Egypt 
E)  The Muslim holy war against Egypt 
A)  The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 
B)  The rulership of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 
C)  The construction of a railroad to link Egypt and Sudan 
D)  The introduction of cotton production in Egypt 
E)  The Muslim holy war against Egypt

Question 3

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Emmeline Pankhurst

Accepted Answer

Emmeline Pankhurst was a British politic

Question 4

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-Explain what is meant by the Second Industrial Revolution. To what degree was it involved with technological and scientific developments?

Accepted Answer

The Second Industrial Revolution refers

Question 5

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-Designate, on a world map, those areas you associate with these places: Meiji Empire, the Congo Free State, and Muslim Pakistan.

Accepted Answer

Meiji Empire: The Meiji Empire was the h

Question 6

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Benjamin Disraeli

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesma

Question 7

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Russo-Japanese War

Accepted Answer

The Russo-Japanese War was a military co

Question 8

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-suffragette

Accepted Answer

The term "suffragette" refers to a woman

Question 9

​What did Queen Victoria call "that mad, wicked folly"?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Paris Commune 
B)  Irish Home Rule 
C)  ​Women's suffrage 
D)  ​Dreyfus Affair 
E)  ​Marxism 
A)  ​Paris Commune 
B)  Irish Home Rule 
C)  ​Women's suffrage 
D)  ​Dreyfus Affair 
E)  ​Marxism

Question 10

Which area was divided by Russia and Britain at the turn of the century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Egypt 
B)  India 
C)  Korea 
D)  Turkey 
E)  Persia 
A)  Egypt 
B)  India 
C)  Korea 
D)  Turkey 
E)  Persia

Question 11

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Alexander II

Accepted Answer

Who?
Alexander II was a Russian emperor,

Question 12

​The first president of the new republic of China in 1911 was ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Sun Yatsen.​ 
B)  ​Chiang Kai-shek.​ 
C)  ​Mao Zedong.​ 
D)  ​Empress Tzuhsi.​ 
E)  ​Kemal Ataturk. 
A)  ​Sun Yatsen.​ 
B)  ​Chiang Kai-shek.​ 
C)  ​Mao Zedong.​ 
D)  ​Empress Tzuhsi.​ 
E)  ​Kemal Ataturk.

Question 13

Which of the following Russian tsars liberated the serfs in 1861?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alexander I 
B)  Alexander II 
C)  Alexander III 
D)  Nicholas I 
E)  Nicholas II 
A)  Alexander I 
B)  Alexander II 
C)  Alexander III 
D)  Nicholas I 
E)  Nicholas II

Question 14

In describing the impact of industrialization after 1890, which of the following statements is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The shift from hand to machine production accelerated. 
B)  The standard of living for most workers actually dropped. 
C)  Unions were successful as more workers became concentrated in industrial centers. 
D)  Early laws at urban development and sanitation aimed at improving living conditions. 
E)  More women were forced out of the factories. 
A)  The shift from hand to machine production accelerated. 
B)  The standard of living for most workers actually dropped. 
C)  Unions were successful as more workers became concentrated in industrial centers. 
D)  Early laws at urban development and sanitation aimed at improving living conditions. 
E)  More women were forced out of the factories.

Question 15

At the Berlin Conference, rule of the Congo Free State was given to

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry Stanley. 
B)  Bismarck. 
C)  the Third French Republic. 
D)  Cecil Rhodes. 
E)  Leopold II of Belgium. 
A)  Henry Stanley. 
B)  Bismarck. 
C)  the Third French Republic. 
D)  Cecil Rhodes. 
E)  Leopold II of Belgium.

Question 16

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Empress Tzu-hsi

Accepted Answer

Empress Tzu-hsi, also known as Empress D

Question 17

Mohandas Gandhi advocated

Accepted Answer

A)  the Congress Party's policy of refusing entrance to Muslims. 
B)  the use of terrorism to oppose British rule in India. 
C)  non-violent resistance to British rule as a method to gain the independence of India. 
D)  the partition of India into Hindu and Muslim sections. 
E)  a civil war to overthrow English rule of India. 
A)  the Congress Party's policy of refusing entrance to Muslims. 
B)  the use of terrorism to oppose British rule in India. 
C)  non-violent resistance to British rule as a method to gain the independence of India. 
D)  the partition of India into Hindu and Muslim sections. 
E)  a civil war to overthrow English rule of India.

Question 18

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Reform Bill of 1867

Accepted Answer

The Reform Bill of 1867, also known as t

Question 19

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Battle of Adowa

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Adowa, also known as the B

Question 20

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-The Anglo-Boer War

Accepted Answer

The Anglo-Boer War, also known as the So

Exam 16: Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism

Which of the following statements does NOT correctly describe Russian literature and their writers of the time?

Which of the following increased the strategic value of Egypt to Britain?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Emmeline Pankhurst

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -Explain what is meant by the Second Industrial Revolution. To what degree was it involved with technological and scientific developments?

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -Designate, on a world map, those areas you associate with these places: Meiji Empire, the Congo Free State, and Muslim Pakistan.

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Benjamin Disraeli

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Russo-Japanese War

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -suffragette

​What did Queen Victoria call "that mad, wicked folly"?

Which area was divided by Russia and Britain at the turn of the century?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Alexander II

​The first president of the new republic of China in 1911 was ____________.

Which of the following Russian tsars liberated the serfs in 1861?

In describing the impact of industrialization after 1890, which of the following statements is NOT true?

At the Berlin Conference, rule of the Congo Free State was given to

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Empress Tzu-hsi

Mohandas Gandhi advocated

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Reform Bill of 1867

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Battle of Adowa

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -The Anglo-Boer War

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

Rome: From City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution

Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, Positivism, Darwinism, and Social Criticism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

World War 2: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War 2: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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What did Queen Victoria call "that mad, wicked folly"?

The first president of the new republic of China in 1911 was ____________.