Battle Royale Review
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1750-1900 Battle Royale
Revolutions
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Industrial
Revolution
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Imperialism
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Reforms and
Resistance
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1. One characteristic that the American Declaration of
Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights
of Man and the Citizen had in common was that both
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
emphasized liberty more than equality.
denounced nationalism.
affirmed the natural rights of citizens.
affirmed the rights of hereditary monarchs.
endorsed equal rights for women.
2. The American colonists defeated the British in
their war for independence because
a) they waged a lengthy and persistent war that
wore down the support of the people in
England.
b) they enlisted the assistance of the French,
Spanish, and Dutch in the fighting.
c) they were fighting on familiar territory and
used non-traditional tactics.
d) they maintained effective military leadership.
e) all of the above
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true
of the French and American Revolutions?
a) Both were based on rights they believed to be
granted by natural law.
b) Both created a new system of equality among all
inhabitants.
c) Both began over protests concerning taxation.
d) Both movements resulted in the end of monarchies
e) During the early phases of each revolution, the
parliaments or representative bodies in both areas
refused to cooperate with the demands of their
respective monarchs.
4. Which of the following BEST explains why personalist
politicians were more important in shaping Latin
America than in North America?
a) Most Latin American countries had parliamentary
systems; North American countries had presidential
systems.
b) Stable political institutions were slower to develop in
Latin America than in North America.
c) More charismatic men came to leadership in Latin
America than in North America.
d) The rule of law was well in place in Latin America, and
was not very effective in North America.
e) Latin American countries did not set up legislatures;
North American countries set up strong legislatures.
5. The first successful revolution of black slaves
in world history occurred in
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Venezuela.
Mexico.
The United States.
Brazil.
Saint Domingue (Haiti).
1. Which of the following was NOT one of the
five revolutionary innovations that were
involved in industrialization?
a) A great increase in the supply of iron.
b) New machines and mechanization.
c) The invention of the time clock to replace the
water clock.
d) The steam engine and resulting changes.
e) Mass production through the division of
labor.
2. What did Adam Smith propose in The
Wealth of Nations?
a) The government has a major stake in business,
and should take over business.
b) The government is corrupt and should be
overthrown and replaced by the working class.
c) The government should interfere as often as
possible in business to assure its success.
d) All property should be owned collectively by the
people.
e) The government should refrain from interfering
in business.
3. The enclosure movement in Britain most directly
impacted the development of the Industrial Revolution
by providing
a) access to natural resources.
b) a ready labor supply for factories and
businesses.
c) political and economic support for
entrepreneurs.
d) railroad transportation to shipping points.
e) ready cash supplies for funding new industries.
4. During the nineteenth century, Asian and
African rulers usually desired transfer of which
of the following western goods the most?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Medicines
Weapons
Chemical fertilizers
Navigational instruments
Textile manufacturing equipment
5. Which of the following is NOT consistent
with the “cult of domesticity?”
a) Middle-class women became solely
responsible for the home.
b) Middle-class women managed the servants.
c) Middle-class women educated the children.
d) Middle-class women ran the family’s social
life.
e) Middle-class women ran the family business.
1. Which of the following best explains why Japan was
more successful than China in resisting imperialist
encroachments in the nineteenth century?
a) Abundant natural resources
b) The willingness of Japan’s elite to sponsor
reform
c) The introduction of democracy by the Meiji
Restoration
d) Japan’s manipulation of the rivalries among
western governments
e) Lack of interest in Japanese markets
2. What led to Egypt’s partial
occupation by the French and British?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Egypt’s invasion of Algeria.
Muhammad Ali’s aggressive modernization.
Debt incurred in the building of the Suez Canal.
Isma’il’s failed alliance with India to end
European colonization.
e) The collapse of the market for Egyptian cotton,
which made it impossible for Egypt to pay its
debts.
3. Which of the following countries or regions in Africa
escaped European domination during the nineteenth
century?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Sudan
Liberia
Rhodesia
The Congo
Both a) and c)
4. “... this poison has spread far and wide in all the provinces.
You, I hope, will certainly agree that people who pursue material
gains to the great detriment of the welfare of others can be
neither tolerated by heaven nor endured by men...”
The “poison” that Lin Zexu refers to in his 1838 letter to Queen
Victoria excerpted above was
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
the plague.
food from the Americas.
toxic gases from factories.
Democratic ideals.
opium.
5. Which of the following characterized political
systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast
Asia during the late 19th century?
a) They were almost all ruled by hereditary
monarchs.
b) Most had established democracies.
c) Most were authoritarian, but had legislatures
that shared some powers with the chief
executive.
d) Most were under colonial rule.
e) They were characterized by weak central
governments that tried to exert power over
fragmented groups.
1. Anticolonial movements like the Congress Party in
India and the Young Turks agreed on which of the
following?
a) Their emphasis on purely linguistic nationalism.
b) Their intent to engage in territorial expansion at
the expense of their weaker neighbors.
c) The need to persuade all anticolonial
movements to cooperate with European
socialist parties.
d) The need for reform in order to resist European
imperialism.
e) The desire to return their societies to an earlier
preindustrial age.
2. During the period from 1750 to 1900, which of the
following movements for change was LEAST successful
in reaching its goals?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
the abolitionist movement.
independence movements in Latin America.
the abolition of absolute monarchy in France.
the women’s rights movement.
more political rights for the middle class.
3. A significant social reform that took place in
Russia during the 19th century was the
a) emancipation of the serfs.
b) large-scale redistribution of land to peasants.
c) recognition of political rights of the
bourgeoisie.
d) recognition of women’s suffrage rights.
e) restriction of the rights of nobility to claim
hereditary lands.
4. “The transformation of the country was complete, involving
dramatic economic, political, social, cultural, and educational
changes, and the program was imposed from the top rung of
government-- the oligarchs.”
The statement above accurately describes late 19th century
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Ottoman Empire.
Russia.
China.
Germany.
Japan.
5. Which broad ideology in 19th-century Europe was
reinforced by the action of the Congress of Vienna in
1815, upon the removal of Napoleon?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Liberalism
Marxism
Nationalism
Regionalism
Conservatism