A or B
The wealthy in Victorian era believed their success came from:
a. strong character
b. luck, connections, and hard work
a. strong character
Under Social Darwinism, which behaviors and identities were considered unfit?
Those who were promiscuous, unwed mothers, criminals, the developmentally disabled, and those with congenital disabilities
True or false? Literacy increased dramatically in the Victorian era.
True
Why was the Militia United in Righteousness known as the Boxers?
Many of their members had practiced Chinese martial arts, also referred to in the Western world at the time as Chinese Boxing
What was the single most significant background factor to WWI?
The rivalry that existed between Europe’s “great powers” by the beginning of the twentieth century
Did Darwin say that evolutionary adaptations are
a. random b. systematic?
random
What old order was a casualty of World War I?
Monarchy and nobility
True or false? The Taiping Rebellion ranks as one of the bloodiest wars in human history, the bloodiest civil war, and the largest conflict of the 19th century.
True
Why was Africa sometimes referred to as the “white man’s graveyard”?
Europeans who travelled there to trade or try to conquer territory often died within a year.
What was called for under the Schlieffen Plan?
A rapid advance into France to knock the French forces out of the war within six weeks
Who came up with the phrase “survival of the fittest”?
a. Darwin b. Arthur de Gobineau
b. Arthur de Gobineau
What event caused the East India Company to be disbanded by British parliament and India to be placed under direct rule from London?
The Sepoy Rebellion
True or false? The Meiji Restoration restored power to the shogun.
False
Why did European business interests pressure their governments to seize as much territory overseas as possible?
The raw material of the Second Industrial Revolution was mostly located outside of the older areas under European control.
On the Western Front of the war, it was the ______ that defined almost everything in the lives of the soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
trenches
Hong Xiuquan said, “I am the brother of
a. Jesus Christ
b. Hong Xiujohn
Jesus Christ
Even though the US did not join in the Scramble for Africa or assert direct control of East Asian territories, fear of American what was a major factor driving European imperialism forward.
economic strength
True or false? Japan became the first Asian industrialized nation.
True
Why did the U.S. enter WWI despite being dominated by an isolationist sentiment?
A German U-Boat attacked and sunk ships carrying American civilians in 1917
The Turks sided with which country?
Germany
The Qajar dynasty coincided with a dismal period in Persian history in which what continent’s powers called the shots both politically and economically?
a. European b. Asian
European
How did the British obtain Hong Kong as part of the British Empire?
It was a result of winning the 1st Opium War.
True or false? Most people anticipated a lengthy war when WWI broke out.
False
Why were time zones invented?
To coordinate railroad departures and arrivals
Politically, WWI spelled the end of three of the most venerable, and historically powerful, empires of the early modern period. List those empires:
The Russian Empire, the Habsburg Empire of Austria, and the Ottoman Empire of the