EUH 1001 Final Exam

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the target of the first of two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 was

Hiroshima

in his essay "Concerning Human Understanding", John Locke claimed

human development is determined by education and society

after WWII the Soviet Union

reestablished a harsh dictatorship

The guiding force behind Cardinal Richelieu's domestic policies

The subordination of all institutions to the monarchy

why did Klemens von Metternich, as Austrian foreign minister, have to oppose the spread of nationalism in Europe?

Austria was a multiethnic empire, and the spread of nationalism among its different ethnic groups threatened to dissolve the empire.

throughout WWI what mistake did military commanders repeatedly make

attempted to mount massive offensives designed to break through entrenched lines

what characteristics did Communist and fascist dictatorships share

both engaged in state controlled social engineering projects meant to replace individualism with a unified "people"

the National Assembly that ruled France from 1789-1791 passed laws that?

broadened women's rights to seek divorce and inherit property

in 1848, what reform did the French government refuse that created a sense of class injustice

electoral reform

what two fundamental principles of the French Revolution were incorporated into the Napoleonic code?

equality of all male citizens before the law and absolute security of wealth and private property

what was the goal of Prussian parliament in the 1850's and 1860's

establish that it held final political authority and that the army was responsible to it

what was the result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85

established high tariffs to protect German industry

the primary cause of the English Glorious Revolution was

fear of establishment of Catholic absolutism by James II

although perhaps best known for longtime companion of Voltaire, Gabriel-Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du chatelet, published

first translation of Newtons Principia into French

the Allies adopted the principle of the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan in order to

further encourage mutual trust among the Allies

what did Richard Nixon do following his election to the US presidency in 1968

gradually reduce American involvement in the Vietnam War

what did the Schlieffen Plan call for in 1914

lightning attack through Belgium and a quick defeat of France before turning on Russia

what did the theories of Albert Einstein assert

matter and energy are interchangeable, linking the apparently infinite universe with the subatomic world

what was the core concept of the Enlightenment

methods of natural science should be used to examine all aspects of life

how did the process of Italian unification survive the betrayal of Sardinia in its effort to unify Italy

nationalist leader in central Italy overthrew their local princes and merges with Sardinia despite the displeasure of Great Powers

how did France and Belgium react when Germany refused to make its second reparations payment

occupied the Ruhr districe

Copernicus's theory of the universe

postulated a sun centered view of the universe

why were Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary the most successful Eastern European nations at economic modernization

they were flexible in the adoption of economic policies and had an enthusiastic entrepreneurial class

which of the following describes Eastern Bloc living standard in the 1970's

well below those who in the West but well above those in the developing world

Rudyard Kipling's "white man's burden" referred to

white race's supposed duty to civilize inferior, non white races

which of the following characterizes the support in Great Britain for the war with Iraq that began in 2003

British Prime Minister Tony Blair supported the war, but the majority of the population was opposed.

as practiced in the 1930's, appeasement was

British policy that aimed to I've Hitler whatever he wanted in order to avoid war

in 1954, Vietnam obtained independence from

France

why was France unable to manage its debt in the eighteenth century, even though that debt was much smaller, relative to its population, than the debt of either Great Britain or Holland

France lacked a central bank and paper currency

what was the immediate cause of British entry into the WWI

German invasion into Belgium

the European voyages of the fifteenth century were derived from a desire to share in the wealth of?

Indian Ocean Trade

What did Columbus believe he had found when he arrived in the Caribbean?

Islands off the coast of Japan

How did the peace of Westphalia mark a turning point in European history?

Large scale armed conflicts over religious faith came to an end

how did the European response to terrorism differ from the US response

US emphasized the need for warfare, Europe emphasized that terrorism was best resolved through police and intelligent measures.

what was the long established customs union among the German states

Zollverein

in the wake of the Great Fear in the summer of 1789, the National Assembly restored order by what?

abolishing all of the old noble and church privileges

when did Jews in Palestine proclaim the state of Isreal

after the British withdrew from Palestine in 1948

Louis XV damaged the sense of his sacred authority by

allowing his common born mistress to exercise tremendous influence culturally and politically

the American stock market crash of October 1929 was primarily the result of

an imbalance between real investment and speculation

what was the February Revolution in Russia in 1917

an unplanned uprising of hungry and angry people in the capital

how did Isaac Newton's law of universal bring the Scientific Revolution to maturity?

synthesized mathematics with physics and astronomy to demonstrate that the entire universe was unified into one coherent system

the Great Depression did not hit Britain as hard as the US and Germany why?

the British economy had moved away form international markets and toward goods for the domestic market

Germany's intial offensive was stopped on the outskirts of Paris at the Battle of

the Marne

what aspect of American foreign policy under President George W. Bush most trouble leaders of the European Union

the US increasingly ignored international opinion and pursued its own interest unilaterally

the Persian Gulf War in 1991 clearly demonstrated

the effort of the US and Western Europe to promote international consensus under US guidance

in his writings on human psychology, Sigmund Freud asserted that

the id is the unconscious source of sexual and aggressive instincts

what reform did France's Second Republic institute in 1841

the right to vote for all adult men

how did the urban working class change in the latter half of the nineteenth century

the sharp distinction between highly skilled artisans and unskilled manual workers broke down as semiskilled groups of workers became more prevalent

what was the Holocaust

the syst​emat​ic effort of the Nazi state to exterminate all European Jews during WWII

what did Kemlens von Metternich and Alexander I proclaim at the Troppau Conference in 1820

their support for the principle of active intervention to maintain all autocratic regimes whenever threatened


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