western civ ch 22-25
Which statement describes the result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
It set up the terms for the division of most of Africa among European colonial powers.
Which medication proved to be effective in controlling malaria and allowing Europeans to venture into the mosquito-infested interior of Africa?
Quinine
As a result of the idea of separate spheres, middle-class married women who sought to work outside the home
found that they could not get well-paying jobs.
the immediate cause of british entry into the first world war was the
german invasion of neutral belgium
The Meiji Restoration restored the Japanese emperor to power in 1867 and
initiated a series of reforms to modernize Japan.
The national unification processes of Germany, Italy, and the United States in the middle of the nineteenth century were similar in that they all You Answered
involved violence and warfare
approximately how many people died on the battlefields of the first world war?
8 million
Which new model for European expansion did Britain establish in Egypt?
A combination of military force, political domination, and an ideology of beneficial reform
Why did socialist parties become more moderate by the late 1800s?
As socialist parties attracted larger numbers of members and won concessions, they looked more toward gradual change and less toward revolution.
How did Louis Napoleon believe that the people should be represented in government?
By a strong national leader whose reforms would aid all the people
Which statement describes the breakthrough implication of Louis Pasteur's work?
Diseases were caused by specific living organisms that could be controlled.
Who were the Red Shirts in the nineteenth century?
Giuseppe Garibaldi's guerrilla army involved in the invasion of Sicily in 1860
Which statement best characterizes Count Leo Tolstoy's central message in War and Peace?
Human love, trust, and everyday family ties are life's enduring values.
Which effect did the Dreyfus affair have on late-nineteenth-century France?
It revived republican distrust of the Catholic Church.
How did the British obtain the opium that they smuggled into China?
Opium was grown legally in British-occupied India.
Who were the Young Turks?
Ottoman patriots who seized power in the revolution of 1908
Which statement best describes the core concept of Social Darwinism?
The human race was driven by unending economic competition that would determine the survival of the fittest.
Which definition best describes the Second Industrial Revolution?
The burst of industrial creativity and technological innovation that promoted strong economic growth toward the end of the nineteenth century
Which belief drove native opposition to European colonial rule?
The nationalist ideal of self-determination
How were governments able to use empires to ease social tensions and domestic political conflicts in the nineteenth century?
They presented imperialism as a necessity and foreign victories as examples of national glory and prestige.
Which characteristic set white-collar workers apart from other elements of the lower middle class?
They were dedicated to the middle-class ideal of upward social mobility.
How did some British women seek to affect British colonialism in India in the nineteenth century?
They worked to improve the lives of Indian women through education and legislation.
The October Manifesto in the Russian revolution of 1905 granted full civil rights and promised
a popularly elected parliament.
in 1914, the schlieffen plan called for
a rapid invasion of france through neutral belgium before turning on russia
which statement best describes the content of the balfour declaration of november 1917, written by british foreign secretary arthur belfour?
britain supported the creation of a national homeland for the jewish people in palestine
One of the most important scientific and technological developments in the nineteenth century was a form of commercial energy developed from
electricity
In the United States, the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865
ended slavery and involuntary servitude
The clearest sign that a family was middle class was
having servants
After the Franco-Prussian War, Prussia
imposed severe peace terms on France.
which statement best describes the principle of national self-determination that was promoted by US president woodrow wilson?
peoples should be able to choose national governments through a democratic process and live free from outside interference
The Boxer Rebellion was a(n)
rebellion of traditionalist Chinese patriots who wished to expel all Westerners from China.
The greatest impediment to nation building in the United States was
regional differences exacerbated by slavery.
Middle-class fathers in the late nineteenth century, as opposed to their fathers and grandfathers, were expected to
spend some time playing with their children.
how did lenin's and the bolsheviks' view of the marxist party in russia differ from the mensheviks' view of the party?
the bolsheviks wanted a small disciplined party while the mensheviks wanted a democratic party with mass membership
Utilitarianism was Jeremy Bentham's idea that social policies should promote
the greatest good for the greatest number.
Why were the Balkans considered the "powder keg" of Europe?
the ottoman empire had been forced to give up its territory in the region, leading to growing ethnic nationalism
which statement describes what happens happened to armenian inhabitants of the ottoman empire during world war I?
the ottoman empire ordered their mass deportation from their homeland, resulting in about a million armenian deaths from murder starvation and disease
Throughout the First World War, what mistake did military commanders repeatedly make?
they attempted to launch massive offensives designed to breakthrough entrenched lines
The goal of the New Imperialism of the late nineteenth century was
to create large political empires in the new imperial lands.
in 1917, the germans aided vladimir lenn in overthrowing alexander kerensky's governmant by
transporting him across germany in a sealed train