ECONOMY, CULTURE & IMPERIALISM

Question 1

Social Darwinists viewed imperialism as

A. the duty ofWestern nations to liberate oppressed peoples in Africa and Asia
B. a collective endeavor byWestern nations to eradicate disease
C. an action justified by theWestern nations’ need for raw materials
D. a method to allow less privileged nations to survive
E. a natural consequence of human evolution

Answer 1

E. a natural consequence of human evolution

Question 2

Historical explanations for nineteenth-century European imperialism include all of the following EXCEPT

A. a need to discover new sources of raw materials
B. a need to find new markets for manufactured goods
C. a need to invest excess financial resources
D. a desire to establish world government
E. a desire to maintain the European balance of power

Answer 2

D. a desire to establish world government

Question 3

Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity proposed

A. a new structure for the atom
B. a new conception of space and time
C. the fundamental concepts for developing the computer
D. the origin of the universe from the explosion of a single mass
E. the particulate nature of light

Answer 3

B. a new conception of space and time

Question 4

The dictum “form follows function” is associated with which of the following trends in the arts?

A. Neoclassicism 
B. Modernism 
C. Humanism 
D. Romanticism 
E. Realism

Answer 4

B. Modernism

Question 5

Pablo Picasso is credited with founding the twentieth-century art movement called

A. fauvism 
B. expressionism 
C. cubism 
D. futurism 
E. baroque

Answer 5

C. cubism

Question 6

“Separate spheres” refers to which of the following in nineteenth-century Europe?

A. The post-1789 legal relationship between the Catholic Church and the civil authority
B. The division of domestic and foreign policy making in modern constitutional states
C. Different roles of men and women in Victorian society
D. Parts of the human psyche as defined by Sigmund Freud
E. Gregor Mendel’s techniques for determining heredity

Answer 6

C. Different roles of men and women in Victorian society

Question 7

The writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud were similar in that both argued that

A. individuals should always submit to the needs of society
B. individuals are strongly influenced by subjective, often irrational forces
C. universal truths can be ascertained through analysis and experiment
D. traditional religion provides the surest guide to understanding the universe
E. humankind will continue to progress toward perfection

Answer 7

B. individuals are strongly influenced by subjective, often irrational forces