Week 5 Quiz

Question 1

Military technology innovations like the machine gun helped European nations deter armed rebellions by native peoples, as seen in its use by the British army in Africa –True or False?

Answer 1

-True

Question 2

The Dominant trend in business during the second industrial revolution was decreasing cooperation btw governments and industries. – True or False?

Answer 2

-False

Question 3

The Third Republic in France was Shaken in 1894 by the “Dreyfus Affair,” Which witnessed the rise of ______ in French society.

Answer 3

• anti-Semitism

Question 4

Sigmund Freud argued that mental disorders are caused by:

Answer 4

• conflict btw natural drives and cultural restraints

Question 5

The United States became an imperial power following its victory in the “splendid little war” against:

Answer 5

• Spain

Question 6

Technological advances in Europe, matched by advances in medicine and agriculture, brought about a period of renewed growth in the nineteenth century known as the :

Answer 6

• second industrial revolution

Question 7

European women in the late nineteenth century, having attained the right to control their own property, viewed ______ as the symbol of full legal personhood.

Answer 7

• enfranchisement

Question 8

The abuses of the Congo Free states were publicized by European writers such as Joseph Conrad in his book:

Answer 8

• The Heart of Darkness

Question 9

The Opium Wars begun when:

Answer 9

• Chinese banned opium imports

Question 10

In 1896, Emperor Menelik II Ethiopia defeated an invading army from:

Answer 10

• Italy