World History II Final Exam Study Guide Set 1

Which of the following was an unintended consequence of the British Raj in India?

A new Indian identity emerged, despite the lack of a common language or political sovereignty.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the effect of missionaries' attempts to forcibly convert both Amerindians and Africans to Christianity during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Africans and Amerindians used Christianity to supplement their existing beliefs, not replace them.

Which of the following was a consequence of the U.S. conquest of the Philippines?

An agreement between Americans and Filipinos to move toward Philippine independence.

Which of the following accurately characterizes both the American and the French Revolutions?

Both introduced republican forms of government.

Which of the following is an explanation of why Chinese scientists were at a disadvantage compared to Europeans during the Enlightenment?

Chinese scientists focused almost exclusively on practical applications and did not fully understand the experimental method.

Which of the following attitudes created tension between the nation-state and its colonial empire?

Colonies were seen as subordinate to their mother countries, often with no representation in their government.

Which of the following was a consequence of the Little Ice Age for Eurasian economies?

Economic hardship.

After revolts in several of their African colonies, what changes did Europeans make in their colonial structures?

Establishment of more effective administrations to give better health care and education to the settled peoples.

How did the industrial revolution affect Europe's relationships with other parts of the world?

Europe became more powerful by exporting more goods than it imported.

Which of the following was used by Tokugawa Ieyasu to secure relative peace, which lasted for two centuries after his death?

He gave more power to the daimyo to control rogue samurai called Ronin.

What allowed King Menelik II of Ethiopia to defeat Italian forces?

He was able to equip his armies with European weapons and technology.

What was the political rationale for monarchs such as Louis XIV and Charles II to support scientific academies?

If the crown was seen to support scientific progress, the great minds of the academies would also be seen to support the crown.

After the Civil War, how did the United States encourage the incorporation of its western territories?

It encouraged settlers to move to the hinterlands with promises of cheap land for homesteading.

In what way was American imperialism in the 1890s different from earlier forms of U.S. expansionism?

It took control of new territories without seeking to incorporate them into the national political body.

What can historians use as evidence that the ideals of the Enlightenment were not universally accepted?

Many governments employed censors and punished radical thinkers.

How did the European missionary presence in the Americas differ from that in East Asia before 1800?

Missionaries to the Americas were backed up by colonial officials and military power.

Calls for political revolution in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world relied on which of the following new ideas

Nationalism and Democracy.

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.

How did the development of nation-states contribute to the spread of imperialism?

Possession of an empire was seen as a measure of a nation-state's strength.

According to political arrangements that Americans made during the War of Independence, who constituted "the people"

Propertied White Men.

Which of the following is a way that the English Navigation Act of 1651 promoted the economic policy of mercantilism?

Required colonies to do most of their trade with England.

What effect did the end of the Atlantic slave trade have in Africa?

Slavery increased within Africa to provide labor for commercial crops such as palm oil and peanuts.

Which of the following developments contributed heavily to the growth of nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe?

The expansion of literacy and the periodical printing press.

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

The expansion of literacy and the spread of critical thinking.

Which of the following is a valid comparison between the American and the Saint-Domingue Revolutions?

The leaders of the American Revolution were primarily owners of property, but the leaders of Saint Domingue were primarily were primarily slaves.

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

There was a growing need for wage labor in the cities.

In the United States, how did Americans of European descent justify expanding their territory westward?

They claimed that their expansion across the North American continent was God's will.

What ideas did European Enlightenment thinkers hold in common?

They wanted to improve their societies and search for universal, objective knowledge..

Which of the following was a reason why Europeans colonized Africa?

To acquire personal power and imperial glory.

What was the general goal of imperial powers, such as Great Britain, in the late nineteenth century?

To force their colonies to buy their manufactured goods while exporting staple raw materials.

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

To justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality

By the 1850s, India had changed its exports to Britain from fine textiles to raw cotton.

True

Imperial expansion often met with resistance from communities being incorporated into new empires. T/F

True

The American Revolution was the first of a series of revolutions inspired by new ideas of freedom to shake the Atlantic world. T/F

True

The industrial revolution's new division of labor produced both greater wealth and increased inequality. T/F

True

Tropical commodities from their colonies enriched industrialized imperial states. T/F

True

In general, the slave trade helped shift wealth toward which African social group?

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