Question 1

By 1900, ____ percent of Americans lived in cities.

Accepted Answer

A) 20 
B) 40 
C) 60 
D) 80 
E) 90 
A) 20 
B) 40 
C) 60 
D) 80 
E) 90

Question 2

What led to the scramble for Africa? How did the colonization of Africa affect relations between the European powers?

Accepted Answer

The scramble for Africa was primarily dr

Question 3

The worst treatment of Jews at the turn of the century occurred in eastern Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Social Darwinists argued that

Accepted Answer

A) each human being was absolutely unique. 
B) much more should be done to help the poor. 
C) interracial marriage was essential to human progress. 
D) race was a human construct, not a biological reality. 
E) human societies were organisms that changed over time. 
A) each human being was absolutely unique. 
B) much more should be done to help the poor. 
C) interracial marriage was essential to human progress. 
D) race was a human construct, not a biological reality. 
E) human societies were organisms that changed over time.

Question 5

Why does Maria Montessori exemplify the "new woman" of modern times?

Accepted Answer

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 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

What is the superego, according to Freud's theory of psychoanalysis?

Accepted Answer

A) The center of moral conscience 
B) The center of rational calculation 
C) The center of animal drives 
D) The center of creative imagination 
E) The center of troubles 
A) The center of moral conscience 
B) The center of rational calculation 
C) The center of animal drives 
D) The center of creative imagination 
E) The center of troubles

Question 8

Compare and contrast political developments in Britain and France in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. How would you explain the differences you note?

Accepted Answer

In the late nineteenth and early twentie

Question 9

What was one of the notable achievements of the British Liberals under David Lloyd George?

Accepted Answer

A) Unilateral British disarmament and world peace proposals 
B) Creation of an system of unemployment insurance 
C) Nationalization of all private industry in Britain 
D) Reductions in the size of the British colonial empire 
E) Dramatic across-the-board tax cuts 
A) Unilateral British disarmament and world peace proposals 
B) Creation of an system of unemployment insurance 
C) Nationalization of all private industry in Britain 
D) Reductions in the size of the British colonial empire 
E) Dramatic across-the-board tax cuts

Question 10

Which countries were part of the Triple Entente before 1914?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

What did Émile Zola say to explain his use of naturalism in his novels and his depiction of characters?

Accepted Answer

A) "I have never given up on nature and the uplifting lessons it can teach us." 
B) "I have simply done on living bodies the work of analysis which surgeons perform on corpses." 
C) "People are naturally bad and all my fictions are truths." 
D) "My stories tell of a new Enlightenment." 
E) "All life is a wasteland." 
A) "I have never given up on nature and the uplifting lessons it can teach us." 
B) "I have simply done on living bodies the work of analysis which surgeons perform on corpses." 
C) "People are naturally bad and all my fictions are truths." 
D) "My stories tell of a new Enlightenment." 
E) "All life is a wasteland."

Question 12

Who gained fame for her actions during the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A) Clara Barton 
B) Florence Nightingale 
C) Amalie Sieveking 
D) Emmeline Pankhurst 
E) Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
A) Clara Barton 
B) Florence Nightingale 
C) Amalie Sieveking 
D) Emmeline Pankhurst 
E) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 13

Which organization was responsible for subjugating much of India?

Accepted Answer

A) The British East India Company 
B) The British West India Company 
C) The British Royal Marines 
D) The British Royal Infantry 
E) The British Royal Africa Company 
A) The British East India Company 
B) The British West India Company 
C) The British Royal Marines 
D) The British Royal Infantry 
E) The British Royal Africa Company

Question 14

Where did the British fight in the Boer War?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

The British industrialization of India

Accepted Answer

A) brought little improvement for most Indians. 
B) created a large and growing middle class. 
C) was directed by Indian technocrats. 
D) never really materialized. 
E) eliminated malnutrition in India. 
A) brought little improvement for most Indians. 
B) created a large and growing middle class. 
C) was directed by Indian technocrats. 
D) never really materialized. 
E) eliminated malnutrition in India.

Question 16

Who wrote the best example of naturalistic literature?

Accepted Answer

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 17

German polices after 1890

Accepted Answer

A) made the Americas a new imperialist battle ground. 
B) created friendship between Germany and England. 
C) brought Russia and Germany closer together. 
D) drew France and Britain closer together. 
E) eased tensions in the Balkans.?roug 
A) made the Americas a new imperialist battle ground. 
B) created friendship between Germany and England. 
C) brought Russia and Germany closer together. 
D) drew France and Britain closer together. 
E) eased tensions in the Balkans.?roug

Question 18

By 1820, Europeans controlled 90 percent of Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

By 1914, ____ had become the strongest military and industrial power on the continent.

Accepted Answer

A) Russia 
B) Austria 
C) the Netherlands 
D) Germany 
E) France 
A) Russia 
B) Austria 
C) the Netherlands 
D) Germany 
E) France

Question 20

What did Theodor Herzl, the leader of the Zionist movement, seek?

Accepted Answer

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

By 1900, ____ percent of Americans lived in cities.

What led to the scramble for Africa? How did the colonization of Africa affect relations between the European powers?

The worst treatment of Jews at the turn of the century occurred in eastern Europe.

Social Darwinists argued that

Why does Maria Montessori exemplify the "new woman" of modern times?

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

What is the superego, according to Freud's theory of psychoanalysis?

Compare and contrast political developments in Britain and France in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. How would you explain the differences you note?

What was one of the notable achievements of the British Liberals under David Lloyd George?

Which countries were part of the Triple Entente before 1914?

What did Émile Zola say to explain his use of naturalism in his novels and his depiction of characters?

Who gained fame for her actions during the American Civil War?

Which organization was responsible for subjugating much of India?

Where did the British fight in the Boer War?

The British industrialization of India

Who wrote the best example of naturalistic literature?

German polices after 1890

By 1820, Europeans controlled 90 percent of Africa.

By 1914, ____ had become the strongest military and industrial power on the continent.

What did Theodor Herzl, the leader of the Zionist movement, seek?

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Europe and the World: New Encounters 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

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 2

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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Exam 11: An Age of Modernity Anxiety and Imperialism 1894-1914

By 1900, ____ percent of Americans lived in cities.

What led to the scramble for Africa? How did the colonization of Africa affect relations between the European powers?

The worst treatment of Jews at the turn of the century occurred in eastern Europe.

Social Darwinists argued that

Why does Maria Montessori exemplify the "new woman" of modern times?

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

What is the superego, according to Freud's theory of psychoanalysis?

Compare and contrast political developments in Britain and France in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. How would you explain the differences you note?

What was one of the notable achievements of the British Liberals under David Lloyd George?

Which countries were part of the Triple Entente before 1914?

What did Émile Zola say to explain his use of naturalism in his novels and his depiction of characters?

Who gained fame for her actions during the American Civil War?

Which organization was responsible for subjugating much of India?

Where did the British fight in the Boer War?

The British industrialization of India

Who wrote the best example of naturalistic literature?

German polices after 1890

By 1820, Europeans controlled 90 percent of Africa.

By 1914, ____ had become the strongest military and industrial power on the continent.

What did Theodor Herzl, the leader of the Zionist movement, seek?

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

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 2

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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