World Civilization II - Midterm

Which of the following statements is supported by John Locke's notion of the "social contract"?

A government operates with the goal of promoting human rights.

Wahhabi Islam was a direct threat to the political power of which of the following? A) the Ottoman Empire B) the British Empire C) the Napoleonic Empire D) the House of Saud

A) The Ottoman Empire

How did the literacy culture of late Ming and early Quig China affect elite women's lives?

Because elite women could now write it changed the way men thought about them. Not only could women be great wives but they could also be great writers and even publishers.

Which of the following is a similarity between the ways that the rulers of Muslim and Chinese Empires used the new wealth circulating in global trade? A) Chinese and Muslim rulers lowered taxes on their peasant populations. B) Chinese and Muslim rulers established new universities to teach Western knowledge. C) Chinese and Muslim rulers glorified their regimens through magnificent architecture and art. D) Chinese and Muslim ruler's financial pure scientific research.

C) Chinese and Muslim rulers glorified their regimens through magnificent architecture and art.

Which of the following reflects a difference between China and the Islamic Empires?

China's internal market fueled its growth and culture, instead of the foreign trade that provided wealth to the Islamic Empires

Which of the following explains why Creoles in Spanish and Portuguese colonies were drawn to Enlightenment ideas? A) they were popular in Portugal and Spain B) they wanted to imitate their English counterparts in North America C) they believed in the equality of all humankind D) Enlightenment ideas helped to justify their dissatisfaction with colonial rule.

D) Enlightenment ideas helped to justify their dissatisfaction with colonial rule

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, what led the Japanese to consider how to control and integrate foreign learning (especially from China and Europe)?

Earlier, foreign ideas rarely traveled beyond coastal regions, but by the 18th century, expanded networks of exchange facilitated their spread throughout the country.

Which of the following was a consequence of Napoleon's failed attempt to create a French continental empire?

Europe was divided between those who wanted to restore the status quo and those who wanted to create a society based on individual rights and limited government.

True/False - Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Islamic reform movements were encouraged by proximity to major trade routes and the growth of capitalism?

False

True/False - Napoleon's invasions repressed attempts to reform society in both Russia and the Ottoman world.

False

In which of the following situations were factors like a shared language insufficient to create a national bond?

Great Britain's relationship with Ireland

Which of the following best describes the short-term effects of King Leopold's acquisition of the Belgian Congo?

Half the villagers died from punishment or malnutrition

Which of the following methods was used by Tsar Nicholas I to maintain absolute rule in Russia?

He expanded the secret police and enforced censorship.

Which of the following shows the early Mughal Empire's attitude toward the culture of South Asia?

Hindus and Muslims shared the flourishing of art, architecture, and music.

How did nationalist thinkers define "the nation"?

In terms of a common language, culture, and history

How did the Franco-Prussian War encourage the growth of French nationalism in the late nineteenth century?

It encouraged the French to unify around their hatred of the Germans.

What was an important unintended consequence of the European partition of Africa in the late nineteenth century?

Nearly 70% of the newly drawn borders didn't match to older demarcations of ethnicity, language, culture, and commerce.

Which of the following explains in part why China did not become the epicenter of the industrial revolution?

The Quig did not foster experimentation or create the links between thinkers and inventors.

Which of the following is often seen as the epitome of the blending of Persian, Islamic, and Indian traditions?

The Taj Mahal

The wealth generated by the expansion in trade in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries led to the emergence of which of the following social groups?

The bourgeoisie

Which of the following was a product of radical French revolutionaries who controlled the French government during the 1790s?

They established the world's largest army.

True/False - After the 1857 Indian Rebellion, Queen Victoria promised a range of policies, including religious toleration, the honoring of treaties, and permitting Indians to serve in government.

True

True/False - By the 1850s, India has changed its exports to Britain from fine textiles to raw cotton.

True

True/False - The industrial revolution's new division of labor produced both greater wealth and increased inequality.

True

True/False - The unifications of Germany and Italy in the late nineteenth century was facilitated by the homogeneous religious and social makeup of the countries.

True

Large Russian landowners failed to support the Decembrists for which of the following reasons?

because they did not want serfdom abolished

What did Bismarck of Germany and Cavour of Italy have in common?

both were conservative prime ministers who exploited liberal national sentiment to promote unification.

Which of the following contributed to the end of Brazil's rubber boom?

increased production outside of Brazil led to more competition and lowered prices.

Which of the following was a consequence of the Opium Wars?

increased tax burden and led to a series of rebelions

Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, how did the Mayan experience of colonial rule differ from that of other indigenous Mexican peoples?

lack of minerals or fertile land meant that Mayans escaped from forced labor recruitment and social disruptions.

What factor contributed most to Mexico's Declaration of Independence in 1821?

loss of faith in spanish king's ability to rule

After Britain replaced the East India Company's rule with the crown government, what were its most urgent tasks?

modernizing India's transportation and communication systems and transforming the country into an integrated colonial state.

Which of the following accurately describes global trade in the mid-nineteenth century?

people increasingly worked to produce goods they could sell in the global market instead of producing subsistence crops.

What type of significant artwork was produced by the Oyo Empire and Benin?

sophisticated bronzes

According to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, history consisted of ________________________________________.

successive forms of exploited production and rebellions against them

Which of the following rebellions lacked a charismatic leader yet, in the short term, successfully united adherents of different social classes and religions?

the Indian Rebellion of 1857

What were some of the long-term consequences of the Enlightenment in the West?

the expansion of literacy and spread of critical thinking

In early nineteenth-century industrial societies, why did migration to urban areas increase so rapidly?

there was a growing need for a wage labor in the cities

How did social Darwinists use the idea of "survival of the fittest"?

to justify strong nations' domination of weaker ones