Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Friedrich Nietzsche's "slave morality"

Accepted Answer

Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of "slave

Question 2

Who said, "All this colonial business is a sham, but we need it for the elections."

Accepted Answer

A)  David Lloyd George 
B)  Cecil Rhodes 
C)  Otto von Bismarck 
D)  Leopold II 
E)  Henry Stanley 
A)  David Lloyd George 
B)  Cecil Rhodes 
C)  Otto von Bismarck 
D)  Leopold II 
E)  Henry Stanley

Question 3

What were the causes of the "New Imperialism" of the late nineteenth century? What were some of the arguments to justify this imperialism? What were the results or consequences of this imperialism?

Accepted Answer

The "New Imperialism" of the late ninete

Question 4

By the early twentieth century, was the Ottoman Empire still a major force in Western Civilization?

Accepted Answer

By the early twentieth century, the Otto

Question 5

Camille Pissarro should be associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  Expressionism. 
B)  Romanticism. 
C)  Post-Impressionism. 
D)  Impressionism 
E)  Dadaism. 
A)  Expressionism. 
B)  Romanticism. 
C)  Post-Impressionism. 
D)  Impressionism 
E)  Dadaism.

Question 6

Russia's disastrous defeat in the Russo-Japanese war indirectly led to the

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A)  the dismissal of Count Witte. 
B)  the loss of all of Siberia to Japan. 
C)  the enlargement of the Duma. 
D)  an unsuccessful coup by the Tsar. 
E)  the Revolution of 1905. 
A)  the dismissal of Count Witte. 
B)  the loss of all of Siberia to Japan. 
C)  the enlargement of the Duma. 
D)  an unsuccessful coup by the Tsar. 
E)  the Revolution of 1905.

Question 7

Social Darwinists such as Herbert Spencer argued that to ensure the survival of the fittest, the state should abandon laissez-faire and intervene to fix and preserve existing economic and social societal relationships.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Pan-German League

Accepted Answer

The Pan-German League (Alldeutscher Verb

Question 9

The Boer War was fought by the British in

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 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Emile Zola and Leo Tolstoy

Accepted Answer

Emile Zola and Leo Tolstoy were both pro

Question 11

In Foundations of the Nineteenth Century (1899), Houston Stewart Chamberlain predicted that Germany was destined to

Accepted Answer

A)  lead the world in high-tech manufacturing. 
B)  lead the Aryan race to the conquest of Europe. 
C)  be the European leader in music and the arts. 
D)  generate the next great world religion. 
E)  failure if they did not accept Jews as the originators of Western civilization. 
A)  lead the world in high-tech manufacturing. 
B)  lead the Aryan race to the conquest of Europe. 
C)  be the European leader in music and the arts. 
D)  generate the next great world religion. 
E)  failure if they did not accept Jews as the originators of Western civilization.

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

Explaining his use of naturalism in his novels and his depiction of characters, Emile Zola said

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 14

Inquiry into the disintegrative processes within atoms became a central theme in the new physics in part due to the experimental work of

Accepted Answer

A)  Einstein on cosmic rays and gravity. 
B)  Marie and Pierre Curie on radium and radiation. 
C)  Planck on quanta. 
D)  Pasteur on microbes and infection. 
E)  Bergson on time and the "life force." 
A)  Einstein on cosmic rays and gravity. 
B)  Marie and Pierre Curie on radium and radiation. 
C)  Planck on quanta. 
D)  Pasteur on microbes and infection. 
E)  Bergson on time and the "life force."

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"white man's burden"

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-"white man's burden"...

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Houston Stewart Chamberlain

Accepted Answer

Houston Stewart Chamberlain was a Britis

Question 17

Growing tensions in modern German society were exemplified by

Accepted Answer

A)  rapidly rising suicide rates especially in cities. 
B)  refusals by German leaders to enact new welfare legislation. 
C)  the use of military forces to put down urban riots. 
D)  the proliferation of ultra-nationalist right-wing political groups with anti-Semitic, racist, and imperialist beliefs. 
E)  peasant rebellions, particularly in the Rhineland region. 
A)  rapidly rising suicide rates especially in cities. 
B)  refusals by German leaders to enact new welfare legislation. 
C)  the use of military forces to put down urban riots. 
D)  the proliferation of ultra-nationalist right-wing political groups with anti-Semitic, racist, and imperialist beliefs. 
E)  peasant rebellions, particularly in the Rhineland region.

Question 18

In Freud's theory of psychoanalysis, the superego is the center of our

Accepted Answer

A)  moral conscience. 
B)  rational calculation. 
C)  animal drives. 
D)  creative imagination. 
E)  troubles. 
A)  moral conscience. 
B)  rational calculation. 
C)  animal drives. 
D)  creative imagination. 
E)  troubles.

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Impressionism

Accepted Answer

Impressionism was an art movement that o

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Commodore Matthew Perry

Accepted Answer

Commodore Matthew Perry was a prominent

Exam 24: an Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

IDENTIFICATIONS -Friedrich Nietzsche's "slave morality"

Who said, "All this colonial business is a sham, but we need it for the elections."

What were the causes of the "New Imperialism" of the late nineteenth century? What were some of the arguments to justify this imperialism? What were the results or consequences of this imperialism?

By the early twentieth century, was the Ottoman Empire still a major force in Western Civilization?

Camille Pissarro should be associated with

Russia's disastrous defeat in the Russo-Japanese war indirectly led to the

Social Darwinists such as Herbert Spencer argued that to ensure the survival of the fittest, the state should abandon laissez-faire and intervene to fix and preserve existing economic and social societal relationships.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Pan-German League

The Boer War was fought by the British in

IDENTIFICATIONS -Emile Zola and Leo Tolstoy

In Foundations of the Nineteenth Century (1899), Houston Stewart Chamberlain predicted that Germany was destined to

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

Explaining his use of naturalism in his novels and his depiction of characters, Emile Zola said

Inquiry into the disintegrative processes within atoms became a central theme in the new physics in part due to the experimental work of

IDENTIFICATIONS -"white man's burden"

IDENTIFICATIONS -Houston Stewart Chamberlain

Growing tensions in modern German society were exemplified by

In Freud's theory of psychoanalysis, the superego is the center of our

IDENTIFICATIONS -Impressionism

IDENTIFICATIONS -Commodore Matthew Perry

the Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

the Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

the Civilization of the Greeks

the Hellenistic World

the Roman Republic

the Roman Empire

late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

european Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

the Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

the Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

the Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

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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