Unit 5-6 Test

35. The ideology reflected in the poster was most directly the result of which of the following developments in the nineteenth century?

A. Growing discontent with traditional forms of government led to the development of new political ideas.

7. Based on the passage, the author would most likely have agreed with which of the following statements?

C. Britain had contributed to human progress by taking over new colonies in Africa.

50. The establishment of Dutch economic and political influence in Southeast Asia as shown in Map 1 was most directly a result of which of the following?

C. Joint-stock trading companies.

15. The author's political point of view can be most clearly seen in the way in which the passage

C. Omits any mention of the economic exploitation and resource extraction practiced by the British in India.

17. A historian analyzing the lecture would most likely argue that the audience of Chakravarti's lecture is significant because it shows the most direct contrast with which of the following developments in the nineteenth century?

C. Religious movements often inspired rebellions against imperial rule.

38. The primary rationale for Japan's territorial acquisitions in Southeast Asia during the period 1933-1942, as reflected in Map 2, was most similar to the primary rationale for which of the following?

C. The British East India Company's takeover of other European states' colonial possessions in India.

22. Which of the following European developments is most closely associated with the revolution in Haiti?

C. The French Revolution.

41. The trade patterns shown on the map above depict

A. British imports of raw cotton and exports of finished cotton in the 1850s.

1. The quotation above best supports which of the following conclusions about the author's motives for resistance to Spanish colonial rule in Latin America?

B. Bolivar rejected Spanish mercantilist policies that restricted free trade in Latin America.

49. The trade patterns shown on the map above depict.

A. British imports of raw materials and exports of finished goods during the nineteenth century.

31. Japan's industrialization during the Meiji period and the Soviet Union's industrialization during the 1920s and 1930s had which of the following characteristics in common?

A. Industrialization in both countries was achieved largely through state direction rather than through private initiative.

44. Which of the following best explains why spices, such as cloves, became a LESS important component of colonial trade during the nineteenth century?

A. Industrialization increased the demand for manufactured goods relative to the demand for spices.

36. The high proportion of women and children among the workers reflected in the table is best seen in the context of the

A. Low wages of workers in industrial societies.

3. The letter's reference in the third paragraph to the claims of "our doctors and scientists" is best understood in the context of which of the following late nineteenth-century processes?

A. Physical differences between genders and racial groups were used to justify the denial of rights to women and non-Europeans.

34. Marx's statement in the passage above is best understood in the context of which of the following responses to the development and spread of global capitalism in the nineteenth century?

B. A movement to articulate an alternate vision of society.

48. In the passage above, Lin Zexu is asking that the British do which of the following?

B. Ban the sale of opium by British merchants in China.

19. Which of the following scientific concepts had the greatest role in providing a justification for imperialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

B. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

20. Which of the following most accurately describes the interactions between China and Europe in the nineteenth century?

B. China effectively lost its economic independence to Europe as a result of military losses to European forces.

25. The Indian liberal view of women discussed in the passage is best understood in the context of which of the following?

B. Emerging women's suffrage and feminist movements.

5. Bolivar was describing the effects of which of the following economic policies?

B. Mercantilism.

11. The Australian catalog page of 1929 shown above shows women primarily as

E. Consumers in a world economy.

32. The policies of the Meiji reformers brought about which of the following in Japan?

E. The promotion of rapid industrialization.

14. Which of the following best explains the changes in the population of the Hawaiian Islands from 1872 to 1878?

A. The increased presence of Asian indentured servants on Hawaiian plantations.

28. Which of the following was the most immediate effect of the processes illustrated in the images?

C. A decline in Asian countries' share of world manufacturing as Asian goods lost ground to European imports.

47. Based on an analysis of the Japanese currency used during the Meiji period (1868—1912) shown above, which of the following is the primary message conveyed by the engraving?

C. The Japanese government saw itself as a major pacific power.

33. Which of the following best explains the general increase in the living standards of industrial workers between 1800 and 1914?

C. The increased supply of inexpensive consumer goods.

24. The domestic labor of the enslaved woman in the sketch is most similar to the predominant form of slavery in which of the following regions?

A. Africa.

21. A historian researching the effects of Christian missionaries' activities on local social structures in late-nineteenth-century Africa would probably find which of the following sources most useful?

A. African accounts of converting to Christianity.

43. The numbers in column B are most likely a reflection of which trend that affected many migrants in the late nineteenth century?

A. Migrants often lacked opportunities for economic and social advancement as a result of anti-immigrant prejudice and racism in the receiving societies.

9. A historian might argue that the trade described in the passage reflected a turning point in world history primarily because the opium trade

A. Shifted the pattern of historic European trade imbalances with China.

16. The arguments expressed in the passage are significant because they help explain why

A. Social divisions within colonial societies often hindered the efforts of anticolonial movements to overthrow imperial rule.

46. Which of the following resulted from Europe's expansion overseas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

B. European countries acquired colonies and dominated world trade.

6. The founding of "the Australian nation," as alluded to in the passage, was part of which of the following processes?

B. European states' establishment of settler colonies.

39. The developments depicted in Map 2 most directly emerged from which of the following developments in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

B. Government-sponsored industrialization as part of the Meiji reforms.

40. Which of the following was among the first results of the European Industrial revolution in other parts of the world?

B. Increased demand for commodities such as cotton and palm oil.

37. Which of the following best describes how nineteenth-century European industrialization affected European women's lives?

B. Married women found it increasingly difficult to balance wage work and family responsibilities.

12. In the excerpt, Bolivar expresses which of the following?

B. Outrage at the effects of mercantilist policies.

23. Which of the following would most directly challenge the labor system portrayed in the sketch?

B. The Enlightenment.

13. The changes in the distribution of cities in the period 1800 to 1900 C.E. best illustrate the impact of

B. The Industrial Revolution.

26. Which of the following contributed the most to the growth of the movement to abolish slavery in the Atlantic world?

B. The adaptation of Enlightenment ideas challenging established social hierarchies.

45. Based on the chart and your knowledge of world history, which of the following most directly enabled the Dutch to establish and enforce a monopoly on the Southeast Asian clove trade in the seventeenth century?

B. The development of powerful joint-stock commercial companies.

29. The gender and age makeup of the workforce shown in Image 2 best illustrates which of the following phenomena in mid-nineteenth-century European society?

B. Within factories, skilled workers continued to be predominantly male, while women and children continued to perform mostly unskilled factory work.

42. On a global scale, the gender makeup of the migrants referred to in the second paragraph best helps to explain which of the following social changes in home societies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

B. Women taking on new roles that had been formerly occupied by men.

4. Which of the following groups was Bolivar most trying to influence with this letter?

D. Creole Elites.

30. In contrast to initial industrialization, the second Industrial Revolution in the last half of the nineteenth century was particularly associated with the mass production of which of the following?

D. Electricity, steel, and chemicals.

2. The adoption of the new flag is an example of which of the following processes?

D. Governmental efforts of multinational states to promote a new nationalist identity that would help prevent the emergence of ethnic separatism.

18. Which of the following was a major unintended effect of the publication of Charles Darwin's 1859 work "On the Origin of Species"?

D. It became the basis of various theories asserting that Europeans were naturally superior to other peoples.

10. The economic success of businesses such as the British South Africa Company was in part dependent on which of the following developments in the late-nineteenth century?

D. The adoption of innovative practices in banking and finance.

27. Which of the following nineteenth century developments would best support this contention?

D. The decline of the Indian textile industry's share of global manufacturing.

8. The trade described in the passage is best seen as an early example of which of the following?

D. The use of economic imperialism by European merchants and states.