Final Exam: World History Study Guide Part 1

45. What is NOT a reason Africa was vulnerable to imperial rule?

Africans had very few resources Europeans wanted.

9. What allowed the Qing dynasty's population to increase?

Agricultural Improvements

12. To what did the French Revolution look for its ideals?

American Revolution

25. Which of the following best describes the relationship between England and the American colonists before the French & Indian War?

American colonists made their own laws in self-governing assemblies

19. A political and symbolic act of revolution occurred when citizens of Paris stormed and captured the fortress called the

Bastille

10. At what battle did Napoleon's troop loose to the British under Lord Wellington

Battle of Waterloo

42. Which was NOT a result of the Opium Wars?

Britain stopped selling opium to China.

31. Which of the following did Karl Marx write?

Communist Manifesto

26. Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Industrial revolution began in England?

England assumed control over the British East India Company early on, which allowed the government to regulate prices and redistribute wealth.

What was not a force behind Imperialism?

Equality

44. What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?

Europeans divided Africa into colonies without consulting African leaders.

What is the goal behind mercantilism?

Export more than Import

22. The defeat of what country led to the Congress of Vienna in 1815?

France

29. Which European country quickly industrialized and built powerful, modern armies?

Germany

As Emperor, Napoleon made all of the following changes EXCEPT

Government Run public schools

What was the main goal of the Congress of Vienna

Have a balance of power in Europe

36. The slogan "The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire," illustrates which principle?

Imperialism

33. What does Japan do during the Industrial Revolution to counter Western influence?

It modernizes.

27. Which of the following is a reason why the Agricultural Revolution was necessary for the Industrial Revolution to occur?

It provided an increase in the food supply for urban populations

47. What is the importance of the Franco-Prussian War to Germany?

It was the final stage in German unification.

48. What was the significance of the results of the Meiji Restoration in Japan?

Japan Modernized their Military, Government, and Economy

23. The Napoleonic Code was a comprehensive set of

Laws

Who was known as the Sun King because he was the focal point of his government?

Louis XIV

14. The Independence movement in Mexico was led, in part, by a priest named

Miguel Hidalgo

7. The Tokugawa Shogunate was a type of

Military Government

3. Which Enlightenment thinker was responsible for proposing the separation of powers theory, an underlying structure of the United States government?

Montesquieu

20. Why did Louis call a meeting of the Estates General, which had not met in more than 150 years?

Needed new taxes to raise money

8. Who was the first ruler to use firearms effectively in battle in Japan?

Oda Nobunaga

35. How does Britain's economy affect the process of industrialization?

Positively, by Britain's highly developed banking system, availability of loans, and climate of progress

28. Henry Bessemer was influential in the _________ industry due to his innovations

Steel

37. Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the impact of German unification on France?

The French were forced to pay high war reparations to Germany.

40. What was the United States' motivation behind the Open Door Policy?

The U.S. was afraid of being shut out of trade with China

32. Which of the following is a major principle of Communism?

The government controls major industries and redistributes wealth to the working class.

15. He led Haiti in gaining its independence

Toussaint L'Ouverture

5. Which Enlightenment thinker fought for tolerance and reason and whose ideas of freedom of speech and religion were included in the U.S. Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man?

Voltaire

13. The Bill of Rights was influenced by

Voltaire, John locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau

Which of the following best describes a constitutional monarchy

a monarch whose power is limited by law

What is Socialism

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

What is Communism

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

What is Capitalism

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

What is Anarchism

belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion.

Napoleon tried to weaken Britain through his Continental System by

blocking Britain's exports

21. When the Estates General met in 1789, the Third Estate....

demanded equal voting

6. John Locke believed that citizens had the right to overthrow a government if the government

did not protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and property

4. To use their power for the good of the people they ruled, was a belief held by

enlightened despots

34. Which of the following was a negative aspect of the Industrial Revolution?

factory working conditions

30. What is the philosophy of the government when "laissez-faire" is applied?

leave businesses alone

39. What impact did technological advances have on industry?

production of goods increased, quality of products decreased, number of factory workers decreased

43. Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Taiping Rebellion?

small population

41. Which of the following was a result of Imperialism?

tensions increased in europe

38. Japan's victory over Russia in the Russo—Japanese War shocked Westerners because they believed

whites were racially superior

11. At the meeting of the Estates General, the Third Estate was locked out of the meeting to form the National Assembly. Then they took the Tennis Court Oath in which they vowed they would not adjourn until they had

written a constitution