Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Maria Montessori

Accepted Answer

Maria Montessori was an Italian physicia

Question 2

Define Social Darwinism. How did this interpretation of human existence shape late nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European society? In what sections of modern society today do we see the persistence of this philosophy?

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism is a belief system that

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Indian National Congress

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Indian National Congress...

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Post-Impressionism

Accepted Answer

Post-Impressionism was an art movement t

Question 5

Pablo Picasso was instrumental in the development of Cubism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The event which exemplified renewed anti-Semitism in France in the late nineteenth century was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Boulanger coup. 
B)  Sorel uprising. 
C)  Dreyfus affair. 
D)  Zola capitulation. 
E)  the fall of the Third Republic. 
A)  Boulanger coup. 
B)  Sorel uprising. 
C)  Dreyfus affair. 
D)  Zola capitulation. 
E)  the fall of the Third Republic.

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Balkans' Crises

Accepted Answer

The term "Balkans' Crises" refers to a s

Question 8

The Bismarckian System had the ultimate result of

Accepted Answer

A)  bringing peace to Europe for over fifty years. 
B)  creating friendship between Germany and England. 
C)  easing tensions between France and Germany. 
D)  dividing Europe into two opposing groups of nations making war more likely. 
E)  ensuring peace in the Balkans. 
A)  bringing peace to Europe for over fifty years. 
B)  creating friendship between Germany and England. 
C)  easing tensions between France and Germany. 
D)  dividing Europe into two opposing groups of nations making war more likely. 
E)  ensuring peace in the Balkans.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"open door" policy

Accepted Answer

The "open door" policy refers to a manag

Question 10

Which of the following can be attributed to William Booth?

Accepted Answer

A)  blaming poor people for their own predicaments. 
B)  trying to ban the Catholic church in the United States. 
C)  criticizing capitalism for the seeming demise of religiosity. 
D)  founding the Salvation Army. 
E)  assassinating President Abraham Lincoln. 
A)  blaming poor people for their own predicaments. 
B)  trying to ban the Catholic church in the United States. 
C)  criticizing capitalism for the seeming demise of religiosity. 
D)  founding the Salvation Army. 
E)  assassinating President Abraham Lincoln.

Question 11

What did the New Physics and concepts of psychoanalysis contribute to Modernism?

Accepted Answer

The New Physics and concepts of psychoan

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Triple Entente

Accepted Answer

The Triple Entente was a military allian

Question 13

The "open door" policy was to allow more freedom of trade in so-called spheres of influence in

Accepted Answer

A)  India. 
B)  China. 
C)  Japan. 
D)  the Philippines. 
E)  the Congo. 
A)  India. 
B)  China. 
C)  Japan. 
D)  the Philippines. 
E)  the Congo.

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-New Imperialism

Accepted Answer

New Imperialism refers to the period of

Question 15

Which of the following Progressive-era laws went into effect during Woodrow Wilson's tenure as president in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  graduated federal income tax 
B)  Pure Food and Drug Act 
C)  Interstate Commerce Act 
D)  Meat Inspection Act 
E)  Social Security Act 
A)  graduated federal income tax 
B)  Pure Food and Drug Act 
C)  Interstate Commerce Act 
D)  Meat Inspection Act 
E)  Social Security Act

Question 16

Define Modernism. What are its intellectual and aesthetic preoccupations? How did this movement affect literature? Art? Music?

Accepted Answer

Modernism was a cultural movement that e

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Suez Canal

Accepted Answer

The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway

Question 18

Among the notable achievements of the British Liberals under Lloyd George was

Accepted Answer

A)  unilateral British disarmament and world peace proposals. 
B)  passage of the National Insurance Act of 1911 providing sickness and unemployment benefits to workers. 
C)  nationalization of all private industry in Britain. 
D)  reductions in the size of the British colonial empire. 
E)  to implement a policy of laissez-faire in economic and welfare matters. 
A)  unilateral British disarmament and world peace proposals. 
B)  passage of the National Insurance Act of 1911 providing sickness and unemployment benefits to workers. 
C)  nationalization of all private industry in Britain. 
D)  reductions in the size of the British colonial empire. 
E)  to implement a policy of laissez-faire in economic and welfare matters.

Question 19

The continent of Africa was largely spared from the imperial ambitions of the European nations during the period after 1880, as the West focused instead upon the societies and states of Asia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the Pankhursts and the "suffragettes"

Accepted Answer

The Pankhursts were a British family who

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Maria Montessori

Define Social Darwinism. How did this interpretation of human existence shape late nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European society? In what sections of modern society today do we see the persistence of this philosophy?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Indian National Congress

IDENTIFICATIONS -Post-Impressionism

Pablo Picasso was instrumental in the development of Cubism.

The event which exemplified renewed anti-Semitism in France in the late nineteenth century was the

IDENTIFICATIONS -Balkans' Crises

The Bismarckian System had the ultimate result of

IDENTIFICATIONS -"open door" policy

Which of the following can be attributed to William Booth?

What did the New Physics and concepts of psychoanalysis contribute to Modernism?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Triple Entente

The "open door" policy was to allow more freedom of trade in so-called spheres of influence in

IDENTIFICATIONS -New Imperialism

Which of the following Progressive-era laws went into effect during Woodrow Wilson's tenure as president in the United States?

Define Modernism. What are its intellectual and aesthetic preoccupations? How did this movement affect literature? Art? Music?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Suez Canal

Among the notable achievements of the British Liberals under Lloyd George was

The continent of Africa was largely spared from the imperial ambitions of the European nations during the period after 1880, as the West focused instead upon the societies and states of Asia.

IDENTIFICATIONS -the Pankhursts and the "suffragettes"

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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