WH final

Question 1

Why were the Latin American revolutions not revolutionary?

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

Skepticism argues that

Answer 2

only observation and reason can reveal truth.

Question 3

The revolutions at the turn of the 19th century are called liberal because

Answer 3

they sought to overthrow governments, not to preserve them.

Question 4

Although James Oglethorpe’s vision for Georgia called for alcohol and slavery to banned in the colony, those who relocated to Georgia from this colony in particular disregarded these prohibitions.

Answer 4

South Carolina

Question 5

During the Enlightenment, women such as Olympe de Gouges and Mary Wollstonecraft advocated

Answer 5

for women’s and men’s rights.

Question 6

William Harvey observed and studied the

Answer 6

circulatory system.

Question 7

Voltaire criticized

Answer 7

the Catholic Church and its corruption.

Question 8

Natural laws

Answer 8

could be tested and observed empirically.

Question 9

The Enlightenment developed from all of the following except

Answer 9

the Hundred Years’ War.

Question 10

The Enlightenment was a period

Answer 10

of new ideas and ways of thinking that began in Europe.

Question 11

Which Pacific coast state rapidly urbanized as a result of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

Answer 11

California

Question 12

In the early years of the Industrial Revolution, factory work was characterized by

Answer 12

long hours, no breaks, and no food.

Question 13

Japan used the political and industrial model of which nation to avoid the fate that had befallen China?

Answer 13

Germany

Question 14

This modern nation was born in 1871 with the unification of a number of previously confederated states.

Answer 14

Germany

Question 15

The second country to experience the Industrial Revolution and the first in continental Europe to industrialize was

Answer 15

Belgium.

Question 16

Which of the following statements about the development of the germ theory of medicine is correct?

Answer 16

John Snow’s efforts to fight cholera in London challenged the miasma theory of medicine and suggested germs caused illness.

Question 17

With the Meiji Restoration, oligarchs came to power in this nation who were determined to compete with Europe and the United States.

Answer 17

Japan

Question 18

As expressed by Adam Smith, capitalism

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argued that consumption was an important part of a healthy economy.

Question 19

The use of cottage industry in Great Britain influenced

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early industrialization.

Question 20

The second stage of industrialization

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included advancements in chemicals, steel making, petroleum, and communications.

Question 21

President William McKinley’s attitude towards the Philippines demonstrates that the United States’ decision to acquire the Philippines

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was based on the desire to civilize the Philippines and imperialist motivations.

Question 22

How did ideas of imperialism and state superiority change during the 19th century?

Answer 22

They enhanced European governments’ senses of superiority over non-Europeans.

Question 23

In the nineteenth century, the French conquered Algeria, which previously was ruled by

Answer 23

The Ottoman Empire

Question 24

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 resulted in

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the British government taking over areas that had been under the control of the British East India Company.

Question 25

All of the following statements about the British rule of India were true except

Answer 25

The British ruled India with the consent of the Indian people.

Question 26

The Opium Wars were

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fought to force China to open to trade with Europe and the United States.

Question 27

Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion of this nation was a great shock to the Ottoman Empire.

Answer 27

Egypt

Question 28

After the completion of the Panama Canal,

Answer 28

the canal became the property of the United States and was an important strategic asset.

Question 29

Which of the following territories did the United States not acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War?

Answer 29

Panama.

Question 30

Prior to the Indian Rebellion of 1857,

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the British East India Company ran India as a private, for-profit venture.

Question 31

Why did the United States open diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1972?

Answer 31

Tensions between the PRC and the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin made a new PRC-United States relationship possible.

Question 32

The Solidarity movement in Poland

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was extremely popular and was closely associated with trade unions and the Roman Catholic Church, including Pope John Paul II.

Question 33

The communist government of this Latin American nation was a major thorn in the side of the United States during the Cold War.

Answer 33

Cuba

Question 34

German civil servants and Nazi officials put into motion the “Final Solution” to the Jewish question at the

Answer 34

Wannsee Conference

Question 35

During the First World War,

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the Western Front was characterized by trench warfare, bloody battles, and stalemate, with little ground gained throughout the war.

Question 36

Which of the following statements best describes the establishment of communist rule in China and Vietnam?

Answer 36

It was a decades-long violent struggle.

Question 37

What were the goals of the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan?

Answer 37

To provide United States with loans to Germany to help pay Germany’s debts and war reparations.

Question 38

Under the concept of Lebensraum, the Nazis aspired to

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conquer Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and settle these lands with Germans.

Question 39

Which factor caused the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 to become a global pandemic?

Answer 39

Travel towards the end of the World War I, the lack of a vaccine, and immune systems weakened by years of war.

Question 40

Membership in which organization committed the United States to the defense of Europe during the Cold War?

Answer 40

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Question 41

The Algerian War ended with

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Algerian independence and the departure of one million Europeans from Algeria to France.

Question 42

In 1992, participating nations set standards to reduce their impact on the environment by reducing their greenhouse emissions by signing the

Answer 42

Kyoto Protocol.

Question 43

Which event precipitated the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the division of its territories among Great Britain and France?

Answer 43

World War I

Question 44

What does the word apartheid mean?

Answer 44

The separation of races in South Africa.

Question 45

The state of Georgia is connected to globalization in all of the following ways except

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football teams such as the University of Georgia Bulldogs and Atlanta Falcons

Question 46

Since 1991, globalization has included all of the following except

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the dissolution of international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Union.

Question 47

Such Arab nationalist leaders as Hafez al-Assad of Syria and Saddam Hussein of Iraq

Answer 47

detested radical Islamic movements, which they saw as rivals and used brutal violence to suppress them.

Question 48

In 1947, British India was partitioned into India and

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Pakistan.

Question 49

In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the United States

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invaded Afghanistan and Iraq.

Question 50

The People’s Republic of China has acquired territory in Tibet and Xinjiang while claiming that this land belongs to it as well.

Answer 50

Taiwan

Question 51

In 1772, Granville Sharp succeeded in passing a law stating that

Answer 51

West Indian planters could not hold slaves in Britain since slavery was contrary to English law.

Question 52

Montesquieu argued that the division (separation) of powers in government was good because

Answer 52

it balanced power in government.

Question 53

The French Revolution was less about Enlightenment ideals and more about

Answer 53

a lack of food and a political system that oppressed the poor.

Question 54

The American Revolution had its roots in what conflict?

Answer 54

Seven Years’ War

Question 55

The Reign of Terror in France was sensational due to

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the number of people killed.

Question 56

John Green suggests that the process of creating an independent identity in the American colonies was completed prior to the War of Independence for all of the following reasons except

Answer 56

the colonies had a single flag.

Question 57

Why was Saint-Domingue valuable to France?

Answer 57

It produced important commodities such as sugar.

Question 58

The Haitian Revolution was important due to all of the following except

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it showed the ease with which slave revolts could be put down.

Question 59

The French Revolution was different from the American Revolution due to all of the following except

Answer 59

The French Revolution successfully abolished the monarchy in France.

Question 60

John Locke’s social contract

Answer 60

suggested that government and citizens had specific duties.

Question 61

Which of the following statements is correct about nineteenth century anarchists?

Answer 61

The anarchist movement was an international movement that criticized both strong state power and industrial capitalism, occasionally using violence to oppose them.

Question 62

Industrialization included a revolution in all of the following except

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folklore.

Question 63

Socialism is a

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social and economic theory based on class struggle.

Question 64

France’s industrial development was spurred by raw materials from its colony of Indochina, which included all of the following except

Answer 64

Thailand.

Question 65

In many ways, the industrialization of this empire differed from that of any other nation as described in Unit 5.

Answer 65

Russian

Question 66

During the nineteenth century, railroads in industrialized nations

Answer 66

experienced tremendous expansion and attracted a great deal of investments.

Question 67

Karl Marx faced fierce criticism and debate during his lifetime from

Answer 67

Mikhail Bakunin, an anarchists who predicted that Marx’s ideas would result in an oppressive, centralized state.

Question 68

Which new device during the nineteenth century originally used a system of communication known as Morse code?

Answer 68

telegraph

Question 69

Nationalism traced its origins to

Answer 69

the liberal political revolutions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.