Final Exam
Mercantilist theory postulated that a. a government should not interfere in the economy b. imports and exports should be equally balanced c. economic activity should be regulated by and for the state d. free trade would maximize the wealth of nations
c
One of the largest rebellions in the 17th century Russia was led by a. Michael Romanov b. Ivan the Terrible c. Stenka Razin d. Peter the Great
c
People of Spanish ancestry born in the Americas were referred to as a. Mestizos b. Mulattoes c. Creoles d. Peninsulares
c
What was companionate marriage? a. marriage for the sake of convenience b. marriage for social and economic reasons c. Marriage based on romantic love and middle class family values d. marriage chosen by the parents of the couple
c
What was the greatest achievement of 18th century medical science? a. control of venereal disease b. elimination of the bubonic plague c. conquest of smallpox d. invention of anesthesia for surgery
c
Who was Theodore Herzl? a. the speaker of the Reichstag during much of Bismark's tenure b. the creator of modern psychoanalysis c. The founder of the Zionist Jewish national movement d. the German socialist author of Evolutionary Socialism
c
France's strong economy was created by the mercantilist policies of a. the duke of saint Simon b. cardinal Mazarin c. count duke of Olivares d. Jean-Baptiste Colbert
d
In 19th century Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi was a a. Hardline Socialist b. Liberal technocrat c. visionary industrialist d. romantic nationalist
d
In their war for independence against the Ottoman Empire, the Greeks ultimately won the support of a. Austria, Prussia, and Russia b. Austria c. The Netherlands, Great Britain d. Great Britain, France, and Russia
d
What nations joined the war on the side of the Central Powers? a. Bulgaria and Greece b. The Ottomon Empire and Spain c. Spain and Greece d. Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
d
In the 18th century, European public health measures a. improved water supply and sewage systems b. completely eradicated famine owing to the increase supply lines c. banned foreign soldiers from entering towns d. blocked off roads and canals to prevent the spread of disease
a
In the 19th century, what did Eugene Delacroix's work typically feature? a. dramatic, colorful scenes b. portraits of the rich and powerful c. the transforming power industrialization d. Gentle wordsworthian landscapes
a
Portugal's participation in European expansion was given critical support by a. Prince Henry b. Prince Mark c. Prince Juan d. Prince Phillip
a
Which battle was the decisive turning point in the clash between the Soviet Union and Germany? a. Stalingrad b. Leningrad c. Moscow d. Kiev
a
What was the long established customs union among the German states? a. Zemstvo b. Zollverin c. Reichstag d. North German Confederation
b
In 1954, Vietnam obtained its independence from a. China b. The U.S. c. Great Britain d. France
France
Who assassinated Grigori Rasputin in 1916? a. Bolshevik revolutionaries b. agents of the tsarist police force c. german mercenaries d. natinalistic aristocrats
d
According to Hitler's New Order, which European race was considered subhuman along with the Jews? a. the latin race b. the slavic race c. the Nordic race d. the anglo-Saxon Race
b
During a young man's period of apprenticeship, he would a. face the same sexual exploitation that threatened girls b. be permitted to marry while training c. earn little money and work hard d. become a master after seven years of training
c
Galileo was placed in trial for heresy owing to publication of a. The sidereal messenger b. on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres c. Dialogue on the Chief systems of the world d. Principia Mathematicia
c
Germany's initial offensive was stopped on the outskirts of Paris in the Battle of a. Verdun b. the Somme c. the Marne d. Ypres
c
In the 18th century, the West's largest and richest city was a. Paris b. Berlin c. London d. Vienna
c
The Quadruple Alliance, the nations that defeated Napoleon, included a. Russia, Prussia, Poland, and Italy b. Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Spain c. Prussia, Russia, Spain, and Great Britain d. Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Great Britain
d
What Florentine artist was commissioned by pope Julius II to build his tomb and paint the Sistine chapel? a. Botticelli b. Da Vinci c. Raphael d. Michaelangelo
d
What battle provided the English and King Edward III a tremendous victory over mounted French knights in 1347? a. Orleans b. Normandy c. Avignon d. Crecy
d
What caused the pattern of late marriage in early modern Europe? a. the prevalence of the extended family structure b. the fear of overpopulation c. the availability of premarital sex d. It was necessary precondition of economic independence
d
What did Germany's Auxiliary Service require a. that colonial people serve in support roles in the German army b. the soldiers who had served their draft requirement reenlist in the military after a 3 month break if they were healthy and fit for battle c. that unmarried woman join the medical corps to help take care of wounded soldiers d. That all men between the 17 and 60 work at jobs considered critical to the war effort
d
What educational book by Baldassare Castiglione provided treatise on training young men in the discipline and fashion needed for the courtly ideal of being a gentleman? a. The Prince b. Education of a Christian Prince c. Utopia d. The coutier
d
Who was the only Communist leader to successfully resist Soviet domination? a. Josip Broz Tito b. Imre Nagy c. Wladislaw Gomulka d. Antonin Novotny
a
According to Joseph Proudhon in the 19th century, property was a. a natural right b. profit stolen from workers c. a gift from God d. a sign of the owners virtue and conscientiousness
b
In addition to supervising labor and birth, what was the typical task of the midwife? a. treating mental patients b. treating female medical difficulties c. assisting physicians d. selling contraceptives
b
In general during the plague, the clergy a. an influx of peasants in the countryside b. cared for the sick and buried the dead c. refused to administer sacraments to plague victims d. let nuns take care of the sick
b
In general, what was Voltaire's attitude towards government? a. he believed in democracy, like most philosophes b. He believed that a good monarch was the best one could hope for in government c. He saw the despot or autocrat as designed by God d. He believed in enlightened despotism as long as he could be the despot
b
In the 18th century, the biggest increase in British foreign trade was with a. France b. The british colonial empire c. the European continent d. Asia
b
In the 19th century, Edwin Chadwick gained fame as a. a trade union leader b. An advocate of improved public sanitation c. a prominent of mass migration to the country side d. an influential follower of Karl Marx
b
Karl Marx argues that socialism would be established a. thorough electoral victories and control legislatures b. by violent revolution c. by the cooperation of all classes to alleviate poverty and exploitation d. through the efforts of enlightened rulers
b
Otto von Bismark's kulturkampf refers to his a. drive to make German workers more cultured b. attack on the Catholic Church in the German Empire c. attempt to stamp out anti-German attitudes in France following the Franco-Prussian war d. 1864 war against Denmark
b
The Abbe' Sieyes considered the Third Estate a. a bunch of rabble-rousers b. the true strength of the french nation c. those who adhered to liberalism d. business and professional elites
b
The American stock market crash of October 1929 was primarily a result of a. nationalist economic policies in Europe b. an imbalance between real investment and speculation c. the government's Keynesian economic policies d. the failure of Germany to keep up reparation paymetns
b
The English Navigation Acts mandated that all English imports and exports be transported on English ships, and they also a. restricted English banks from making foreign loans b. gave British merchants a virtual monopoly on trade with the British colonies c. created an alliance with the Dutch against the French d. Prevented the American colonists from building ships
b
The Marshall Plan in 1947 was a response to a. soviet efforts to block access to West Berlin b. a Western Europe on the verge of economic collapse c. the North Korean invasion of South Korea d. the Czech communist stalinization of the Czech government
b
The advancement in military weaponry and space race a. inspired new literacy genre called science fiction b. fostered a revolution in computer technology c. created a sense of the superiority of the U.S. d. Established a confidence in the benefits of scientific discovery
b
The concordat of Bologna, between Francis I of France and Pope Leo X, gave the French monarch the authority to a. administer monasteries in Italy b. select bishops and abbots c.select the pope d. administer Italian city states
b
The highly infectious nature of the plague was enhanced by a. an influx of peasants seeking medical care b. urban congestion and lack of sanitation c. the total absence of health care facilities d. starving peasants consumption of black rats
b
The junkers were a. Dutch merchants who made up the oligarchy that controlled the government of the Netherlands b. Prussian nobles who reluctantly worked with Frederick William to consolidate the Prussian state c. Members of the Janissary corps who filled the post of the Ottoman bureaucracy and military d. Russian administrators who accepted the westernization policies of Peter the Great
b
The primary cause of the English Glorious Revolution was a. conflict between Charles I and Parliament over taxes b. a fear of establishment of Catholic absolutism by James II c. defeat suffered in the War of the Spanish succession d. the 1640 uprising in Ireland
b
Thomas Malthus argued in his Essay on the Principle of Population that a. the productivity of the Industrial Revolution would result in the rise in the standard of living b. population tends to increase beyond the means of subsistence c. Capitalism will prevent distress through an increase in productivity
b
Throughout the 1970's and 1980's, Spain faced terrorist actions by an insurgent movement of a. Catholic radicals b. Basque seoaratists c. muslim revivalists d. formal colonial expatriates
b
What English weapon provided an advantage against the mounted French knights in the battles of Poitiers and Agincourt? a. Battle Axe b. longbow c. sword d. crossbow
b
What agreement did the United States develop to resolve the economic problems of Germany and international tensions in Europe in 1924? a. Agricultural adjustment act b. Dawes Plan c. New Deal d. Locarno Pact
b
What was the immediate cause of British entry into the first World War? a. the sinking of the Lusitania b. The German invasion of neutral Belgium c. The austrian ultimatum of Serbia d. the Algeciras conference
b
What was the result of breaking the Berlin blockade in 1948-1949? a. the formation of the Warsaw pact b. The creation of two separate German states: West Germany and East Germany c. The establishment of the council for mutual economic assistence d. the announcement of the Truman doctrine
b
When did Jews in Palestine proclaim the state of Israel? a. After Germany surrendered in May 1945 b. After the British withdrew from Palestine in 1948 c. After the U.S. proclaimed the truman doctrine in 1947 d. After the U.S. Congress promised assistance in 1949
b
Who forced the king and royal family to abandon Versailles and return to Paris? a. the peasants involved in the Great Fear b. Several thousand Parisian woman c. those who adhered to liberalism d. business and professional athletes
b
Who was the founder for the National Organization for Woman a. Simone de Beauvoir b. Betty Friedan c. Phyllis Schafly d. Gloria Steinem
b
Who was the most prominent metal smith who helped develop metal movable print? a. Leonardo da Vinci b. Johann Gutenberg c. Raphael d. Michaelangelo
b
who was the wealthy Florentine responsible for the vast patronage of Renaissance artist? a. Cesare Borgia b. Cosimo de Medici c. Giovanni Sforza d. Gerolama Orsini
b
why did Japan open its shores to Western trade? a. to enter the world economy b. as a response to American military pressure c. as a result of the Meiji restoration d. to reduce its independence on China
b
What was the result of the Berlin conference 1884-1885? a. it set up the terms for the division of China into economic zones of influence b. It declared Africa off limits to colonization c. It set up the terms for the division of most of Africa among European colonial powers d. it established high tariffs to protect German industry
c
Which countries in August 1939 signed a non-aggression pact that led directly to war? a. Germany and Italy b. Britain and Germany c. Germany and the Soviet Union d. Poland and the Soviet Union
c
Which of the following correctly identifies Napoleon Bonaparte's background? a. he came from an impoverished Sardinian family b. he trained as a lawyer before joining the military c. He won brilliant victories in Italy in 1796 and 1797 d.His campaign in Egypt was a great military success
c
According to Machiavelli, government should be judged on whether it a. provided the necessary public services b. was based on Christian morality c. protected the liberty of its citizens d. provided order, security, and safety of the populace
d
After the Second World War, the Soviet Union a. experienced a period of general freedom b. underwent a consumer revolution c. reintroduced Lenin's revolution d. Reestablished a harsh dictatorship
d
As a result of the Peace of Augsburg, the people of Germany a. remained Catholics b. were able to practice the religion of their choice c. converted to lutheranism d. Became either Lutheran or Catholic, depending on the preference of their prince
d
Britain and France finally confronted Hitler with the threat of war when he a. re-militarized the Rhineland b. Occupied Austria c. Took the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia d. Used the pretext of German minorities in Danzig to threaten Poland
d
France supported the Protestant Princes of Germany in order to a. spread Protestantism b. prevent English influence from increasing in Germany c. contain Protestantism east of the Rhine d. Prevent Charles V from increasing his power
d
How did France and Belgium react when Germany refused to make its second reparations payment? a. they declared war b. they established a naval blockade of German ports c. they appealed to the League of Nations d. They occupied the Ruhr district
d
How did Pico della Mirandola understand the uniqueness of humankind? a. As creatures in the image of God, humans were superior to the rest of creation, including the angels and other heavenly beings b. Humans, lacking a fixed place, were the one part of the created world that could freely choose to rise to the heavens or sink into the realm of animals c. lacking a specific role in God's creation, humans were actually below animals but had the potential for greatness denied to animals d. Humans were established by god as just below the angels and given to rule over everything on earth
d
How did the Peace of Westphalia mark a turning point in European history? a. german lands were finally unified under the German emporer b. religious toleration was adopted throughout the Holy Roman Emporer c. Central Europe emerged as an economic power house d. Large-scale armed conflicts over religious faith came to an end
d
In 1830, an unsuccessful revolution failed to re-create the country of a. Switzerland b. Hungary c. Belgium d. Poland
d
In the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company a. established outposts in New York and elsewhere in the Americas b. Handled the shipment of gold and silver bullion from Spanish America to Spain c. Established bases in the Caribbean d. took over much of the east indies from portugal
d
Martin Luther's first response to the Peasant War's was a. a call to the nobles to crush the peasants b. to undertake penance for the peasants sins c. a call for peasants and nobles to unite in a crusade against the Turks d. to side with the peasants
d
The Calvinist doctrine to predestination led to a a. mood of fatalism among Calvins followers b. withdrawal from the world of business and politics c. mass exodus from the city of Geneva d. confidence among the Calvinists in their own salvation
d
The Edict of Nantes a. permitted French Huguenots to worship wherever they wished as long as they continued to pay taxes to the Catholic Church b. ordered all French Huguenots to to convert to Catholicism or leave France c. required all catholic priests in France to swear an oath of loyalty to the king d. Granted French Huguenots the right to worship in 150 towns
d
What was Hernan Cortes' crucial advantage in his conquest of the Mexica Empire? a. The Mexica were awed by the Spanish technology and submitted to Cortes's will b. The Mexica mistakenly believed that Cortes was a god c. Cortes had a large, well trained spanish army against the untrained and poorly organized Mexica forces d. Cortes was able to exploit internal dissention within the Mexica empire
d
What was the basis of financial support for the evolution of the Renaissance artists? a. monasteries b. art guilds c. universities and academic institutions d. the patronage of wealthy individuals
d
What was the cause of the hundred years war between England and France? a. The French seizure of the port of Calais b. The English execution of Joan of Arc c. King Edward III of England's endorsement of Urban VI as the rightful pope d. King Phillip VI of France's seizure of Aquitaine
d
What was the fate of most people brought before the Inquisition and accused of witchcraft? a. they were found guilty and executed b. they were found innocent and exonerated of any wrong doing c. they were found guilty and their property siezed d. They were sent home with a warning and ordered to do penance
d
Which of the following best describes Martin Luther's doctrine of salvation? a. salvation came through faith in God and works that demonstrated that faith b. salvation came through the performance of the Holy Sacraments c. salvation came through God's predestined selection of those he chose to save d. Salvation came through faith alone as a free gift of God's grace
d
Who invented the spinning Jenny? a. Richard Arkwright b. Samuel Crompton c. Andrew Ure d. James Hargreaves
d
Why was Mussolini expelled from the Italian socialist party? a. he plotted to assassinate its leader b. he denied the necessity of violent revolution to establish a worker dictatorship c. he was working as a secret government informant d. He urged Italian entry into World War I
d
oliver Cromwell's Protectorate was ultimately a a. popular democracy b. parliamentary government c. constitutional monarchy d. military dictatorship
d
After losing access to slave trading from the Black Sea, the Genoese obtained which of the following as slaves? a. Black Africans b. French refugees c. English prisoners d. Portuguese peasants
a
After the Franco-Prussian War, Prussia a. Imposed a harsh peace on France b. imposed a generous peace on France c. asked for international participation in the formation of the peace treaty d. acknowledged its own role in starting the war
a
At the Congress of Vienna, the victorious allies a. Were guided by the principle of the balance of power b. resurrected the Holy Roman Empire c. Treated France harshly d. Established constitutional monarchies in areas conquered by Napoleon
a
In 1848, how did Hungarian revolutionaries envision the future of Hungary? a. as a unified, centralized Hungarian nation b. as a collection of ethnic groups with cultural independence c. as a group of allied states with political autonomy d. as a territory divided into noble domains
a
In music, the Baroque style reached its culmination in the work of a. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart b. Johann Sebastian Bach c. Ferderic Chopin d. Peter Paul Rubens
a
who wrote the Vindication of the Rights of Man and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, the latter a founding text in the feminist movement? a. Olympe de Gouges b. Mary Wollstonecraft c. Abigail Adams d. Emilie du Chalet
a
In the 19th century, Friedrich List believed that industrial development should be pursued a. as a part of the project of economic nationalism led by the state b. only in those regions of the nation where natural resources were easily developed c. through lassiez-faire tradition of free trade and independence from government interference d. as a supplement to agricultural development but never as a goal in itself
a
Johannes Kepler believed that the elliptical orbits of planets a. caused each planet to move at a uniform speed b. demonstrated the presence of Satan's disruptive influence in the universe c. were interspersed with the epicycles and deferents d. produced a musical harmony of heavenly bodies
a
Luther's ideas about Roman exploitation of Germany a. Appealed to the national sentiment of German princes b. were met with dismay by the ruling of elite c. led to administrative reform in the empire d. found an audience only among the peasantry
a
Madame du Chalet, Voltaire's longtime companion a. Believed that woman's limited contribution to science was the result of unequal education b. was the first woman admitted into the Royal Academy of Sciences c. was the powerful mistress of Louis XV d. Inspired Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas on education and emotion
a
The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbs held that a. kings ruled by divine right b. a consistutional monarchy was possible only in England c. mankind is inherently good and requires no formal government d. the power of the ruler was absolute and prevented civil war
a
The European voyages of the 15th century were derived from a desire to share wealth of the a. Indian Ocean Trade b. Mediterranean sea trade c. Baltic sea trade d. Caribbean sea trade
a
The Reformation in England was primarily the result of a. The dynastic and romantic concerns of Henry VIII b. the missionary activity of the Lollards c. The terrible conditions then existing in the English churches d. effort by Luther and his followers
a
The Spanish Inquisition was an attempt to a. target Jewish converts to Christianity who were believed to continue Jewish religious practice b. inventory and secure the wealth of Europe c. regulate university curricula d. counteract the influence of the mendicant orders
a
The cult of the Duce (leader) promoted the image of Mussolini as a. A powerful strongman embodying the best qualities of the Italian people b. a defender of Catholic values c. an intellectual and Scholar d. a strong supporter of democracy
a
The marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and isabella of Castile a. permitted the monarchs to undermine the elite by unifying the two states into a single, unified kingdom b. Unified all of the Iberian Peninsula c. Created a dynastic union but did not unify the separate kingdoms into a single state d. Undermined the claim of the holy roman emporer to be the defender of the church
a
The romantic movement was characterized by a. a belief in emotional exuberance and unrestrained imagination b. the application of the scientific method to the study of nature c. an emphasis on reason d. a life that was restrained and orderly
a
What did Columbus believe he had found when he arrived in the Caribbean? a. islands off the coast of India b. islands off the coast of Japan c. New, unexpected lands d. Islands in the middle of the Atlantic
a
What new religious order for woman emerged in the 16th century? a. Ursuline Order b. Society of Jesus c. Sacred congregation of the holy office d. Colloquy of Marburg
a
What was the competitive advantage of the rural putting out system? a. The rural poor worked for low wages b. production in the countryside could be carefully supervised by merchant capatilists c. Rural workers were highly skilled in a number of crafts d. the workers purchased the raw materials themselves, saving the merchant capitalist money
a
What was the core concept of the Enlightenment? a. The methods of natural science should be used to examine all aspects of life b. understanding nature requires an equal balance of science and faith c. human beings are inherently corrupt d. all of reality can be reduced to mind and matter
a
What was the star chamber? a. a court that dealt with noble threats to royal power in England b. a court dominated by the great noble of England c. a court that was the English equivalent of the Spanish Inquisition d. a court that dealt with the finances of the English government
a
What was the underlying reason for the illegitimacy explosion of 1750-1850? a. Social and economic transformations made it harder for families and communities to supervise behavior b. the decline of traditional moral standards owing to the enlightenment c. decreasing availability of birth control in the countryside d. the sexual exploitation of poor girls by wealthy men
a
Which of the following was a major motivation for European exploration? a. desire for material profit b. fear of invasion of the Americas c. fear of invasion of China d. desire to escape from the black death
a
Which powers participated in the patrician of Poland in the late 18th century? a. Prussia, Russia, and Austria b. The Ottoman Empire, Russia, and Prussia c. Sweden, Prussia, and Russia d. Sweden, Saxony, and Austria
a
Who provided the labor force for Britain's initial colonization of Australia? a. convicted prisoners b. Indentured servants c. Slaves d. Aboriginal people
a
Who was Poland's first non-Communist prime minister in 1989? a. Lech Walesa b. Tadeusz Mazowiecki c. Karol Wojtyla d. Yuri Adndropov
a
Why did Elizabeth I have her cousin and heir Mary, Queen of Scots, executed? a. Mary became implicated in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth b. were met with dismay by the ruling elite c. led to administrative reform in the empire d. found an audience only among the peasantry
a
Why were Jewish immigrants in the 19th century unlikely to return to their native land? a. violent antisemitism in Eastern Europe b. the success they enjoyed in their new homes c. laws against such repatriation d. the high cost of travel back to Europe
a
"fur collar crime" refers to a. peasants who snuck up onto noble lands and killed wild game to bring home to serve their families b. a late reemergence of the Viking style raids by Russian sailors known for their long heavy coats c. groups of nobles who roamed the english countryside stealing from the rich and poor and demanding protection money d. merchants who forged accounts books in order to force peasants and laborers to pay or goods they had never recieved
c
Cardinal Jules Mazarin's struggle to increase royal revenues to meet the cost of war led to the uprisings of 1648-53, known as the a. Jacquerie b. Vendee c. Fronde d. Levee en Masse
c
Composers in the Romantic Movement a. adopted folk music as the foundation for classical symphonies b. decreased the size of orchestras to small, intimate groupings that could better compliment each musician's emotions while performing c. Abandoned well-defined structures and used a wide range of forms to evoke powerful emotions d. developed a series of key models and structures in order to create an emotional repertoire in their music
c
In the 1950's and 1960's, what became the basic objective of all Western European governments? a. economic growth b. political independence form the U.S. influence c. prevention of Soviet expansion d. securing control over colonial lands
c
Rudyard Kipling's "white man's burden" referred to a. the high cost of industrialization b. the difficulties reaching consensus in democratic society c. the white race's supposed duty to civilize inferior, nonwhite races d. the high cost of maintaining colonial rule
c
The British won the American component of the Seven Years War owing to a. Ineffective French military leadership b. France's lack of allies c. The size and strength if British naval power d. the support of all native american tribes to the British cause
c
The enlightened policies of Frederick the Great included a. freeing Prussian serfs b. curtailing the privileges of the nobility c. simplifying Prussia law d. censoring the publications of scholars
c
The guiding force behind Cardinal Richelieu's domestic policies was a. reform the church b. a belief in decentralization c. the subordination of all institutions to the monarchy d. the sovereignty of the people
c
The international tribunal organized by the four allied powers to try the highest ranking Nazi military and civilian leaders was held in the city of a. Munich b. Berlin c. Nuremberg d. Weimar
c
The most important factor in the emergence of the Italian Renaissance was the a. decline of religious feeling b. political disunity in Italy c. Great commercial revival in Italy d. creation of powerful, centralized monarchies
c
The typical European immigrant was a. a middle class professional b. an urban factory worker c. a small farmer of rural crafts person d. a landless peasant
c
Unemployment in the U.S. averaged only 5 percent in the 1920's but in 1933 soared to about a. 10 percent b. 20 percent c. 30 percent d. 40 percent
c
Unlike other political parties, Marxist socialists a. refused to seek electoral office b. rejected all forms of patriotism c. Organized themselves into an international organization d. consistently sought the violent overthrow of the national governments
c
What did the Marshall Plan accomplish? a. it demonstrated to Americans the futility of foreign aid, which enriched the ruler but rarely benefited the local people b. It established the foundations of socialist policies throughout Europe c.It prevented economic collapse in Western Europe d. It undermined the ability off free market capitalism to develop in Europe
c
What did the Schlieffen Plan call for in 1914? a. support of the Austria-Hungary in its attack on Serbia and an invasion in Russia b. a quick defeat of Russia before turning on France c. A lightening attack through neutral Belgium and a quick defeat of France before turning on Russia d. an invasion of Russian together with diplomatic reassurances to France
c
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish? a. It divided the Americas, giving Spain everything South of the Caribbean and England and everything North of the Caribbean b. It divided the Pacific Ocean, giving Spain everything east of India and Portugal everything west of India c. It divided the Atlantic Ocean, giving Spain control of everything west of an imaginary line and Portugal everything east of the line d. It divided the Americas, giving Portugal all of the sugar- producing regions and Spain all of the silver-producing regions
c
What effect did the Dreyfus affair have on 19th century France a. it revived the prestige of the French army b. It drove a wedge between Catholics and anti-Semites c. It revived republican distrust of Catholicism d. It fanned the flames of French imperalism
c
What occurred during the Hundred Days in France? a. the sans culottes committed the September Massacres b. napoleon was driven from Russia c. Napoleon returned from exile to rule France briefly d. The reign of terror executed 30000
c
What was a result of improved economic conditions in the 19th century? a. More job opportunities for woman outside the home b. More woman remained single c. Married woman were not expected to work outside the home d. extension of the vote to women in much of Europe
c
What was the breakthrough implication of Louis Pasteur's work? a. human dietary habits affected immunity to diseases b. diseases passed to humans through airborne agents that could be eliminated by moving sources of filth and decay away from humams c. Diseases were caused by specific living organisms that could be controlled d. most human diseases were the result of molds that occurred naturally in human environments
c
What was the goal of the Committee of Public Safety? a. to build a coalition of provincial leaders in order to suppress rebellions in France b. to establish a secret police force in order to institute the reign of terror c. To use dictatorial powers to respond to threats to France from without and within d. to investigate the army in order to weed out disloyal officers and ensure its obedience to the legislative assembly
c