People
One contribution that John Locke made to Enlightenment philosophy was the idea that
A) absolute monarchies should continue
B) governments should be based on the consent of the people
C)the punishment should fit the crime
governments should be based on the consent of the people
Which period of history had the greatest influence on the Enlightenment ideas of natural law and reason?
A)Pax Romana
B)Middle Ages
C)Age of Exploration
D)Scientific Revolution
D) Scientific Revolution
The Enlightenment and the American Revolution were both major influences on 19th century uprisings in
A) Latin America
B) the Middle East
C) Vietnam
D) Japan
A) Latin America
One effect of industrialization on Meiji Japan was that it?
A)strengthened the power of the Shogunate
B)decreased the level of pollution
C)modernized transportation
D)increased the number of small farms
modernized transportation
Which statement would Social Darwinists most likely support?
A) universal suffrage is a basic human right
B) political equality strengthens the effectiveness of government
C) stronger groups have the right to tule and control weaker groups
D)public education should be guaranteed to all members of a society
C) stronger groups have the right to tule and control weaker groups
One similarity in the actions of Simón Bolívar and Napoleon Bonaparte is that both leaders
A) encouraged nationalism
B)relied on diplomatic negotiations
C)stablished a representative form of government
D)rebelled against imperialism
A) encouraged nationalism
The breakdown of traditions, increased levels of pollution, and the expansion of slums are negative aspects of
A) militarism
B) collectivism
C) pogroms
D) Urbanization
Urbanization
What was a major cause of the French Revolution?
A) inequalities in the tax structure
B) economic success of mercantilism
C) failure of the Congress of Vienna
A) Inequalities in tax structure
Which situation best illustrates the concept of isolationism?
A)The Spanish government required that gold found in its colonies be brought directly to Spain
B)Japan closed its ports to trade with other nations
C)France, Germany, Belgium and Great Britain negotiated to divide various areas of Africa into colonies
D)The British ruled much of India through the control of local rulers
B) Japan closed its ports to trade with other nations
Which statement best expresses the motive for 19th-century European imperialism?
A)living space was needed for the excess population in western Europe
B)European leaders believed imperialism was an effective method of reducing the number of wars
C)European nations would benefit from some aspects of the conquered nation's culture
D)Imperialism would benefit the economics of the colonial powers
D)Imperialism would benefit the economics of the colonial powers
Which statement best expresses the Western perspective regarding Rudyard Kipling’s “white man’s burden”?
A) Europeans had a duty to introduce the benefits of their civilization of non-European peoples
B) Europeans should preserve traditional cultures in Africa and Asia.
C)Europeans suffered great hardships in exploring new trade routes to Asia.
D)Europeans must protect existing African and Asian economies.
Europeans had a duty to introduce the benefits of their civilization of non-European peoples
A major reason the Industrial Revolution began in England was that England possessed
A) smooth coastline
B) abundant coal and iron resources
C) waterfalls
D) mountain ranges
B) abundant coal and iron resources
What was one effect of the French Revolution?
A) Difference between ethnic groups were eliminated
B)communism became popular
C) militarism was discouraged
D)Nationalistic feelings were stimulated
D)Nationalistic feelings were stimulated
Which statement best describes events in Japan during the period of the Meiji Restoration?
A)Japan sough to isolate itself from the world affairs
B)Rapid industrialization and economic growth occurred
C)local lords increased their power over the Japanese emperor
D)agriculture was taken over by the government
Rapid industrialization and economic growth occurred
Which region was most affected by decisions made at the Berlin Conference of 1884?
A) Latin America
B) South Asia
C) Africa
D) East Asia
Africa
One political objective of both Otto von Bismarck and Giuseppe Garibaldi was to
A) overthrow divine right monarchies
B) Unify
C)establish communist systems
D)form an alliance with Great Britain
Unify
The main cause of the mass starvation in Ireland during the 19th century was the
A)British blocaked of Irish ports
B)environmental damage caused by coal mining
C) British and French war
D)failure of potato crop
failure of potato crop
One similarity between the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution and the Cultural Revolution in China was that both
A)limited the power of absolute leaders
B)illustrated the power of public opinion in forming national policy
C)established social stability and economic growth
D)used violent methods to eliminate their opponents
D)used violent methods to eliminate their opponents
Which statement about government during the Tokugawa period in Japan is most accurate?
A)the power of the emperor was absolute and supreme
B)the real power was held by foreign countries
C)actual power was held by the shogun
D)political power was in the hands of the merchant class
C) actual power was held by the shogu
During the late 19th century, which geographic factor helped attract European investors to southern Africa and southeast Asia?
Natural Resources
Laissez-faire capitalism as attributed to Adam Smith called for
A)heavy taxation of manufacturers
B)strict government control of the economy
C)minimal government involvement in the economy
D)government investments in major industries
minimal government involvement in the economy
The replacement of the bourgeois by the proletarian state is impossible without a
violent revolution. The abolition of the proletarian state, i.e., of all states, is only possible
through ‘withering away.’ . . .” — V.I.Lenin, State and Revolution, 1917
This quotation is associated with the principles of
communism
One of the main purposes of the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815) was to
A)promote the unification of Italy
B)preserve the German territories gained by Otto von Bismarck
C)restore the power of the Holy Roman Empire
D)establish a balance of power in Europe after the defeat of Napoleon
D)establish a balance of power in Europe after the defeat of Napoleon
The term feudalism is best defined as a
use of land for the exchange with protection from the military
One of the most important motives for the European “Scramble for Africa” in the late 1800s was that Africa provided a source of
A) raw materials
B) religious inspiration
C)free labor for the Americas
D)technologically innovative practices
A) raw materials