Question 1

Explain the persistence and growth of anti-Semitism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Accepted Answer

The persistence and growth of anti-Semit

Question 2

What were some of the underlying causes for the Great War that broke out in 1914?

Accepted Answer

The Great War, also known as World War I

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Cecil Rhodes

Accepted Answer

Cecil Rhodes was a British businessman,

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the Symbolists

Accepted Answer

The Symbolists were a group of late 19th

Question 5

Which revolutionary leader helped overthrow the Manchu dynasty of China in 1912?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mao Tse-tung 
B)  Chou En-lai 
C)  Sun Yat-sen 
D)  Chiang Kai-shek. 
E)  Mutsushito 
A)  Mao Tse-tung 
B)  Chou En-lai 
C)  Sun Yat-sen 
D)  Chiang Kai-shek. 
E)  Mutsushito

Question 6

Evaluate the Russian Revolution of 1905, as to its causes, course of events, and results.

Accepted Answer

The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a sig

Question 7

How do the philosophical trends of the late nineteenth century compare to the same era's artistic achievements?

Accepted Answer

The philosophical trends of the late nin

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Alfred Dreyfus

Accepted Answer

Alfred Dreyfus was a French artillery of

Question 9

The first professional occupation to be opened up to women was

Accepted Answer

A)  factory worker. 
B)  the legal profession. 
C)  business management. 
D)  engineering. 
E)  teaching. 
A)  factory worker. 
B)  the legal profession. 
C)  business management. 
D)  engineering. 
E)  teaching.

Question 10

The experimental work of early twentieth-century physicists challenged and ultimately invalidated

Accepted Answer

A)  the chemical theories of Paracelsus. 
B)  Newton's rational, mechanical conception of the universe. 
C)  the heliocentric theory of Galileo. 
D)  Harvey's arguments on circulation. 
E)  Kepler's theory on elliptical orbits 
A)  the chemical theories of Paracelsus. 
B)  Newton's rational, mechanical conception of the universe. 
C)  the heliocentric theory of Galileo. 
D)  Harvey's arguments on circulation. 
E)  Kepler's theory on elliptical orbits

Question 11

By the end of the nineteenth century, the United States had become the world's third richest nation and greatest industrial power, behind Great Britain and Imperial Germany.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Marie Curie won two Nobel prizes for her achievements in

Accepted Answer

A)  cellular biology and chemistry. 
B)  physics and cellular biology. 
C)  physics and chemistry. 
D)  geology and physics. 
E)  chemistry and astronomy. 
A)  cellular biology and chemistry. 
B)  physics and cellular biology. 
C)  physics and chemistry. 
D)  geology and physics. 
E)  chemistry and astronomy.

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the ego, the id, and the superego

Accepted Answer

The ego, the id, and the superego are th

Question 14

What did women hope to achieve in the feminist movement? To what extent were women successful by 1914? Today?

Accepted Answer

In the feminist movement, women hoped to

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Max Planck and quanta

Accepted Answer

Max Planck was a German physicist who is

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet

Accepted Answer

Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet were b

Question 17

The Meiji Restoration in Japan

Accepted Answer

A)  successfully accomplished the expulsion of all foreigners from the country. 
B)  created a political system democratic in form but rigidly authoritarian in practice. 
C)  concentrated on the reestablishment of feudal principles of decentralized government and native Japanese values. 
D)  sent many Japanese abroad to be educated in the ways of the west and adopted many western reforms in political and military organization. 
E)  b and d 
A)  successfully accomplished the expulsion of all foreigners from the country. 
B)  created a political system democratic in form but rigidly authoritarian in practice. 
C)  concentrated on the reestablishment of feudal principles of decentralized government and native Japanese values. 
D)  sent many Japanese abroad to be educated in the ways of the west and adopted many western reforms in political and military organization. 
E)  b and d

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors

Accepted Answer

The Syllabus of Errors (Latin: Syllabus

Question 19

Which of the following was not a pioneer in the field of nursing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clara Barton 
B)  Florence Nightingale 
C)  Amalie Sieveking 
D)  Emmeline Pankhurst 
E)  c and d 
A)  Clara Barton 
B)  Florence Nightingale 
C)  Amalie Sieveking 
D)  Emmeline Pankhurst 
E)  c and d

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Wassily Kandinsky

Accepted Answer

Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter

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

Explain the persistence and growth of anti-Semitism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

What were some of the underlying causes for the Great War that broke out in 1914?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Cecil Rhodes

IDENTIFICATIONS -the Symbolists

Which revolutionary leader helped overthrow the Manchu dynasty of China in 1912?

Evaluate the Russian Revolution of 1905, as to its causes, course of events, and results.

How do the philosophical trends of the late nineteenth century compare to the same era's artistic achievements?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Alfred Dreyfus

The first professional occupation to be opened up to women was

The experimental work of early twentieth-century physicists challenged and ultimately invalidated

By the end of the nineteenth century, the United States had become the world's third richest nation and greatest industrial power, behind Great Britain and Imperial Germany.

Marie Curie won two Nobel prizes for her achievements in

IDENTIFICATIONS -the ego, the id, and the superego

What did women hope to achieve in the feminist movement? To what extent were women successful by 1914? Today?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Max Planck and quanta

IDENTIFICATIONS -Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet

The Meiji Restoration in Japan

IDENTIFICATIONS -Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors

Which of the following was not a pioneer in the field of nursing?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Wassily Kandinsky

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