Modern Era Quiz
The Russian Empire was defeated in the Crimean War because
Britain and France joined forces to prevent Russian expansion into the Ottoman empire
Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
Exported primary goods but also underwent economic development and industrialization
The Young Ottomans (Young Turks) promoted
Nationalism and modernization
The term Great Game refers to
The Russian push into Central Asia
Which of the Young Turk proposals caused the most dissension in the empire?
Turkish as the official language of the empire
The Russian intelligentsia promoted terrorism as a strategy for political reform because
their attempts at more peaceful reform were crushed by the tsarist authorities
Napoleon's Civil Code
Affirmed the political and legal equality of all men
The Ottoman military had declined by the nineteenth century because
All of the answers are correct
Which of the following could not be considered a contributing cause of the Russian Revolution of 1905?
All of the answers are correct
By 1913, all of the following provinces gained either independence or autonomy from Ottoman control except
Anatolia
The leaders of the French Revolution
Called for a complete reorganizing of French political, social, and cultural structures
The conditions described in the passage were most closely associated with the development of which trend in European thought?
Classical liberalism
All of the following were efforts at reforming the Ottoman Empire EXCEPT
Creating a more effective millitary
The most significant achievement of the sultan Mahmud II was
Creation of a modern army
Most of Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa
Did not industrialize and depended on exporting primary products
The Monroe Doctrine
Ensured that neither the Europeans nor the Americans would ever interfere in Western Hemispheric affairs
The Ottoman Empire began a reform campaign to modernize its military after its defeat in which war?
Greek War for Independence
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?
He was the leader of the slave rebellion in Saint Domingue that turned into a revolution for an independent nation-state
The British insisted on their right to trade opium with China because
It was the only trade good that they could sell in China at a profit
The guiding principles of the French Revolution can be summed up in the phrase
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Based on the depiction of immigrants as shown in the image and your knowledge of world history, which of the following can be inferred regarding migrant settlement patterns?
Migrants often settled in ethnic enclaves in urban areas as a means to gain support networks
The Taiping Rebellion was defeated when
Nanjing was defeated by a combined force of imperial and European soldiers
Which of the following was not part of Count Witte's policy of industrialization?
Nationalization of key industries such as coal and steel
In regard to imperialism, the Japanese and Americans
Proved to be just as racist as the Europeans
Beginning in the nineteenth century, this movement argued against private property and in support of the workers and their demands
Socialism
The Tokugawa shogunate was overthrown because
The Japanese were outraged by the unequal treaty forced on them by Commodore Perry
The United States occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in
The Spanish-American war
The developments described in the letter regarding trade between Great Britain and China is contributed to which of the following?
The expansion of the global economy during the nineteenth century
The dominant form of industrial organization in Europe, the United States, and Japan by the end of the nineteenth century was
The factory system
The most dramatic environmental change that took place in industrializing European nations was
The growth of large cities
At the end of the nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, Qing dynasty, and Tokugawa Japan were "societies at crossroads" because
They discovered through wars and confrontations that they were militarily much weaker than the western powers
In Japan, Industrialization took place
With the active support of imperial authorities
By 1900, the world's four biggest steel producers were
the United States, Germany, Britain, and Russia