History CQ Questions
Which nationalities are represented in this doc set's writers?
-German -American -Canadian
The following colonies all were involved in World War I:
-New Zealand -Australia -West Africa -India
In their speeches, Hitler and Mussolini inspired great energy among their listeners; for the same reasons, what artistic movements might those same audiences have disliked?
-Surrealism -Cubism -Dadaism
The Eiffel Tower and Columbian Exposition are results of ____.
-industrial revolution -nationalism -mass society
The primary reason(s) the United States did not enter World War I until 1917 was (were) that:
-isolationist arguments were that the war was Europe's problem -the brutality of the war made Americans reluctant to join it
Which were causes for the new imperialism of the late 19th century?
-missionary zeal to spread civilization -national pride and competition -new demand for new raw materials
After World War I, the Treaty of Locarno _____.
-secured Germany's western borders -resulted in a Nobel Peace Prize -did not result in reduced armaments globally
What factors made the Vietnam war so jarring for the American public?
-the length of the war -the age of those killed -the outcome of the war as an American loss
The Reformation depended upon and was fueled by these two criteria.
-widespread salvation anxiety -the printing press for dissemination of ideas
World War I began with ____, but ultimately involved ____ nations
3 people; 40
There were over ___ main extermination camps in and near Nazi Germany
300
Why were there so many German citizens around when the concentration camps were liberated?
Allied troops forced them to tour the camps and see what had gone on there
Akbar's humane policies of leadership in India were very like whose in HI 103?
Asoka
The furthest west and east that the Triple Entente extended was to:
Canada and Alaska to the west and New Zealand to the east
What clock-wielding Europeans both fascinated Ming emperors and offended the Tokugawa shogunate?
Christian missionaries
What exhibition did the Soviets open to counter the image of the American National Exhibition?
Everything for the Soviet Man
After the horrors of World War I, world leaders were careful to play down national sympathies and grievances in their speechless and policies
False
American investment in Germany in the late 1920s was so heavy that it drained the life out of the American stock market and caused it to crash in 1929.
False
Based on this doc set, it is clear that empires were the most impenetrable form of government, well protected from dissenters, crime, and discontent.
False
Enlightened absolutism negated free speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of labor.
False
For men like Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton, it was vital that science and religion be separate entities.
False
Imperialism brought unmitigated disaster to areas like India and Africa.
False
King Henry VII and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V both sought Protestant allies to defeat Catholicism in their lands
False
The Catholic Inquisition wrote the "Hammer of Witches" as a way to trap Luther, Calvin, and other Protestants into admitting heresy.
False
The open sewers and horrid smells of the industrial cities--though foul--really only impacted or were noticed by the poor living in slums
False
Though Germany was ok with paying reparations to France, it vehemently refused to become part of the League of Nations
False
Though unique from those in the East, the European empires were pretty much the same in terms of their goals, economies, and demographics.
False
When European women like Lady Montagu traveled in the Ottoman world, they were appalled by the coarse manners and lack of style of even the sultan's home and family.
False
The _____ was the most significant of the wars of religion, but the ____ represents the culmination of them.
French Wars of Religion; Thirty Years War
"Off with their heads!" would be a favorite line of:
French revolutionaries
Of all the European states trying for national unification, the last to succeed was:
Germany
North American nationalism patterns were basically:
Independence led to new, smaller states in Canada and growing domestic unity + international presence in the USA
The elaborate aquifers and sewage systems created in the Long 19th Cy were a reaction to problems highlighted by:
John Snow and Michael Faraday
The Congress of Vienna in 1814 laid a foundation for international peace in theory, but was tested by three competing forces:
Liberalism, conservatism, and nationalism
What Reformation-era scholar/thinker would have been most likely to have agreed with Don Quixote's worlds "I should have already chastised thy folly and rashness, miserable creature?"
Michael de Montaigne
The Kitchen Debate involved what two high-ranking officeholders?
Nixon and Khrushchev
A Christmas Carol has most in common with:
Octavia Hill's housing movement
The "Eastern Question" concerned the ____, but the ____ it sparked was disatrous
Ottoman Empire; Crimean War
In what order did Russian government evolve in this period?
Reformed tsarist rule, then reinstatement of autocracy
Most of those killed in the Battle of Stalingrad were:
Russian civilians
The ____ is both a testament to love and to economic hardship
Taj Mahal
Where did the interwar global economic crash begin?
The United States
Romanticism was a late 19th century artistic movement that celebrated the past, pastoralism, and the senses.
True
Outside of Great Britain, the Industrial Revolution was largest in _____
United States
The "Christmas Truce" was:
a spontaneous cease fire between primarily German and British troops on Christmas Eve 1914
According to Paine in Common Sense, the best approach to revolution is to:
act now and act boldly
To get a sense of the scale of The Great War, the approximate numbers 1.3 million, 900,000, and 500,000 might refer equally to:
army sizes, capitol city populations, and battle deaths
What animal was caught in the middle of the conflict between the Huron, Iroquois, French, and Dutch?
beaver
Latin America's and France's movements for nationalism and independence had what in common?
both swing between dictators and constitutions
In the United States, textile mills were manned largely by unmarried rural women not yet ready to marry; why did women become about 50% of the work force in textile mills in places like Britain?
child labor laws limited the age and working hours of children, creating the need for adult laborers
The Ottoman sultans and London elites likely would have agreed that what beverage needed to banned in their respective cities?
coffee
The premise of rationalism was to:
distrust the sense and rely on the mind.
The Virginia House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, and Puritan theocracy were all:
forms of colonial government
Clean liners, purposeful use, and geometric shapes were hallmarks of the ___ movement.
functionalism
Candide's decision to take a walk was inspired by the same discussion of natural rights that we see int he Enlightenment. He took a walk because he:
had two legs
One question it seemed many powers asked in World War II was:
how many lives are an appropriate means to an end?
The laws of gravitation were important in the 18th century because:
it inspired an argument for rational, universal laws
Kennedy's address at Rice University argued that Americans should pursue a space program because:
it was hard to do
Which statement below best describes the fighting in the Pacific?
it was more laborious and costly than in Europe because of the island terrain and Japanese mindset
The Starry Messenger departed from its predecessors because:
it was more magical and emotional in its descriptions
What feature of late 19th century life also might have enabled serial killers to thrive?
mass society
Based on their ideas of a good ruler in an enlightened society, would the philosophies have approved of Napoleon's choices and laws?
maybe---some yes and some no
"institutes of the Christian Religion," "The Spiritual Exercises," and "Malleus Maleficarum" all indicate a need and desire for _____ in the Early Modern West
order and stability
Which of the following weapons was outlawed after The Great War, though its use in warfare did continue among some combatants?
poison gas
The outcome of the Thirty Years War indicates that:
political alliances could trump religious ones
Socially, Einstein's theory of relativity best matches the premise(s) of which artistic movement?
romanticism
What Japanese elite might have issued the personal ad below? "Capable young man seeks work. Can fight in armor, write poetry, and enhance any lord's status. Please call 1-555-55R-ONIN"
samurai during the Tokugawa shogunate
Of the various ideas floating around during the Enlightenment, one that had a crucial impact on political theory was the concept of:
social compact
"Shell shock" was a term first used by:
soldiers fighting in the trenches
Martin Luther's primary goal in posting his 95 Theses was to:
spark a debate within the Church
The 1967 Outer Space Treaty was intended to prevent something like _____ happening.
the "scramble for Africa"
The suez Canal, rubber plantations, and the establishment of Singapore as a colony all were fueled by:
the Industrial Revolution
As conditions in Germany worsened, many Germans gravitated toward the policies of:
the Nazis
New laws limiting child labor were a reaction to items like:
the Sadler report
George Marshall won the Nobel Peace Prize; what Cold War development bore out his point that hunger was a path to war?
the Soviet wheat crisis
In industrial London, what had become a "fermenting sewer" by 1856
the Thames
The motive for many colonists to give up a known life and embark one an unknown on was the search for ______.
the commons
The cholera outbreak around the Broad Street pump and the Irish Potato Famine both reveal:
the dangers of overpopulation without the means to support it
Despite the odds of a catastrophic failure, the Allies had two elements in their favor in the D-Day invasion, including:
the element of surprise and massive numbers
Based on the alliances and wars of the mid-late 19th century, the old adage that ____ rang true as fuel for and result of nationalism.
the enemy of my enemy is my friend
Across the documents in The Kitchen Debate, a major theme of communist criticism was that:
the exhibition did not represent "typical" American homes or life
The crises of the late 1930s came partially because:
the peace and prosperity of the 1920s were quite fragile
Five Women Who Loved Love and Luther's 95 Theses have what Early Modern innovation in common?
the printing press
5 mph, 16 mph, and 50 mph each refer to
the speed of trains built during the Industrial Revolution
Based on contemporary accounts, what single element was most dangerous for industrial cities?
the water supply
Why might the audiences have disliked those/that movement(s)?
they offered chaos and abnormality
Your seemingly crackpot professor showed Charlie Chaplin clips at the beginning and end of this exploration of the interwar world to demonstrate that:
though the world was dramatically different after World War I, the tone of the world evolved from widespread optimism to pervasive fear and worry by 1940.
Why did factory owners insist on long hours, rigid shifts, and repetitive tasks for workers?
to maintain profits and productivity, machines had to be kept running continuosly
What is the point of this grouping of documents?
to show the universality of the war experience
Historians often consider Barbarossa, Stalingrad, and Germany's Declaration of War on the United States to be:
turning points in World War II
What did Allied troops have to do to dispose of the hundreds of dead bodies at Belsen (and elsewhere)?
use a bulldozer to shovel them into mass graves
