EXAM REVIEW: Review questions Flashcards
Thomas Malthus wrote __________.
An Essay on the Principle of Population
Which of these writers has often been criticized as a “tool of British imperialism”?
Rudyard Kipling
The British government decided to take direct control of the administration of British India following the __________.
Sepoy Rebellion
Marxist history is predicated on the belief that __________.
history is one constant struggle between the economic classes
A chief cause of the Thermidorian Reaction during the French Revolution was __________
the personal unpopularity of Maximilien Robespierre.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is most famous for his work on __________.
microscopes
Christopher Columbus’ famous voyage to the New World in 1492 was funded by which European monarch(s)?
Isabella and Ferdinand
The so-called “Auld Alliance” against the Kingdom of England in the early modern period refers to the formal and informal friendly relations between __________.
France and Scotland
The Chios Massacre enflamed the nationalist ambitions of which of the following groups?
The Greeks
The German policy of Kulturkampf, initiated during the rule of Otto von Bismarck, was designed to __________.
dramatically weaken the influence of the Catholic church in Germany
A key distinction between the February Revolution and the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 was __________.
the February Revolution resulted in a democratic government and the October Revolution resulted in a communist government
The Kellogg-Briand Pact __________.
formally outlawed war as a means of settling international disputes
KELLOGG OUTLAWED WAR???
The fall of Constantinople occurred in which century?
The fifteenth century
The Continental System set up by Napoleon was designed to __________.
blockade the British islands and force Britain to surrender
BLOCKADED THE CONTINENT
Which of the following individuals is well-known for popularizing the use of turnips to keep soil fertile during the British Agricultural Revolution?
Charles Townshend
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris on June 28, 1919, exactly five years after what momentous event?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The primary argument of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication on the Rights of Woman is that __________.
Women only appear less capable than men because they are denied the same access to education.
A “hacienda” is __________.
a large plantation run by Spanish colonists in the New World
Which conflict resulted in the first trial and execution of a reigning monarch in European history?
The English Civil War
The emanciation of Russian serfs took place during the reign of __________.
Alexander II
The 1825 Decembrist Uprising in Russia was largely led by __________.
military officers wishing to eliminate the Tsarist monarchy
The Edict of Fontainebleau of 1685 was specifically targeted against the group known as __________.
Huguenots
The ideology known as Jacobitism was centered on the belief that___
The male line heirs of James II were the rightful monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland
In the encomienda system, Spanish colonial administrators were expected to provide what service to the native population?
Educate them in the Christian faith
Cyrus Field is notable for ____
founding the company that laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable
In which of the following is a work in which Voltaire mocks religion and the established social and political institutions of the time period?
Candide
