Question 1

As large banks and huge industrial corporations gained control of the international economy,most critics called for a return to free market capitalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

What did Pan-Islamism ask of Muslims?

Accepted Answer

A)  To withdraw from political concerns and focus on their religious activities 
B)  To support the multiethnic empires in which they lived 
C)  To create nation-states with majority Muslim populations 
D)  To put aside differences between Shiite and Sunni and work against European aggression 
A)  To withdraw from political concerns and focus on their religious activities 
B)  To support the multiethnic empires in which they lived 
C)  To create nation-states with majority Muslim populations 
D)  To put aside differences between Shiite and Sunni and work against European aggression D

Question 3

In the period from 1845 to 1900,what factors in China led large numbers of people to emigrate to the Americas and Oceania?

Accepted Answer

A)  Expulsion of dissidents by the Qing government 
B)  Population pressure and a shortage of cultivatable land 
C)  Promises of freedom from oppressive rule 
D)  The one-child policy 
A)  Expulsion of dissidents by the Qing government 
B)  Population pressure and a shortage of cultivatable land 
C)  Promises of freedom from oppressive rule 
D)  The one-child policy B

Question 4

Indian intellectuals used Western culture to promote Indian nationalism in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  They set up schools to ensure that Indians of all classes could read and understand important documents such as the Jamaica Letter. 
B)  They created a unifying national language and religion so all Indians could concentrate on expelling the British. 
C)  They facilitated the spread of nationalist ideas throughout British India by creating modern cultural forms such as newspapers,pamphlets,and journals. 
D)  They popularized and translated into Hindi and Urdu stories about Western heroes of independence such as Rob Roy and William Tell. 
A)  They set up schools to ensure that Indians of all classes could read and understand important documents such as the Jamaica Letter. 
B)  They created a unifying national language and religion so all Indians could concentrate on expelling the British. 
C)  They facilitated the spread of nationalist ideas throughout British India by creating modern cultural forms such as newspapers,pamphlets,and journals. 
D)  They popularized and translated into Hindi and Urdu stories about Western heroes of independence such as Rob Roy and William Tell.

Question 5

Which of the following questions challenged Chinese intellectuals at the turn of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whether to support the Boxer Rebellion 
B)  How to blend popular culture with elite culture 
C)  How to reduce emigration from China 
D)  How to balance Western thought and traditional Chinese culture 
A)  Whether to support the Boxer Rebellion 
B)  How to blend popular culture with elite culture 
C)  How to reduce emigration from China 
D)  How to balance Western thought and traditional Chinese culture

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of a form of entertainment appealing to the masses that emerged at the end of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Opera 
B)  Novels 
C)  Sports 
D)  Dancing 
A)  Opera 
B)  Novels 
C)  Sports 
D)  Dancing

Question 7

Which of the following was an exception to the general rule of unrestricted migration during the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Chinese Exclusion Act in the United States 
B)  The Japanese Exclusion Act in Canada 
C)  The German Exclusion Act in France 
D)  The Korean Exclusion Act in China 
A)  The Chinese Exclusion Act in the United States 
B)  The Japanese Exclusion Act in Canada 
C)  The German Exclusion Act in France 
D)  The Korean Exclusion Act in China

Question 8

Compare the ways in which people in India,sub-Saharan Africa,and China fought against Western pressure during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Accepted Answer

In India,where the British had consolida

Question 9

In what way did the upward pressure of social movements influence policymaking by elites around the turn of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anti-imperial social movements in Europe halted the spread of new colonies. 
B)  Peasant uprisings in Brazil led to increased local autonomy. 
C)  The emergence of a durable Socialist party restructured politics in the United States. 
D)  Journalistic attention to unhygienic consumer products prompted new government regulations. 
A)  Anti-imperial social movements in Europe halted the spread of new colonies. 
B)  Peasant uprisings in Brazil led to increased local autonomy. 
C)  The emergence of a durable Socialist party restructured politics in the United States. 
D)  Journalistic attention to unhygienic consumer products prompted new government regulations.

Question 10

One effect of the Anglo-Boer War was that the horrors the British perpetrated led them to question their belief in themselves as enlightened colonial rulers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

One result of the emergence of popular culture was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the decline of institutions such as art museums and opera houses. 
B)  increased cultural unity,as everyone read the same books and newspapers. 
C)  the growth of the fashion industry. 
D)  the use of cultural choices to assert social or class identity. 
A)  the decline of institutions such as art museums and opera houses. 
B)  increased cultural unity,as everyone read the same books and newspapers. 
C)  the growth of the fashion industry. 
D)  the use of cultural choices to assert social or class identity.

Question 12

How did the Anglo-Boer War differ from other anticolonial wars in Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was the only such war to win autonomy from a European power before World War II. 
B)  It was the only avowedly Marxist anticolonial struggle in this period. 
C)  It was the only anticolonial war in which two white regimes were the main combatants. 
D)  It was the only anticolonial war to make Europeans increase their investment in colonialism. 
A)  It was the only such war to win autonomy from a European power before World War II. 
B)  It was the only avowedly Marxist anticolonial struggle in this period. 
C)  It was the only anticolonial war in which two white regimes were the main combatants. 
D)  It was the only anticolonial war to make Europeans increase their investment in colonialism.

Question 13

In order to establish a modern national identity,both Indian and Latin American intellectuals turned to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  They turned to universalizing religion to create a common bond. 
B)  They rewrote the histories of ancient empires and kingdoms to create a cultural basis for national identity. 
C)  They created a new literary tradition in indigenous languages. 
D)  They disavowed all Western education and returned to traditional forms of knowledge. 
A)  They turned to universalizing religion to create a common bond. 
B)  They rewrote the histories of ancient empires and kingdoms to create a cultural basis for national identity. 
C)  They created a new literary tradition in indigenous languages. 
D)  They disavowed all Western education and returned to traditional forms of knowledge.

Question 14

Define the concept of cultural modernism in the context of the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century challenges to the existing worldview.

Accepted Answer

Modernism arose in a milieu that challen

Question 15

Which of the following was the destination of most South Asian emigrants?

Accepted Answer

A)  The commercial centers of Western Europe,where they could work as bankers 
B)  Other British colonies,where they could work as laborers 
C)  Port cities,where they established new trading houses 
D)  Gold rushes in California and Brazil,where they profited from mining 
A)  The commercial centers of Western Europe,where they could work as bankers 
B)  Other British colonies,where they could work as laborers 
C)  Port cities,where they established new trading houses 
D)  Gold rushes in California and Brazil,where they profited from mining

Question 16

What role did the Red Lanterns play in the Boxer Uprising?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their scholarly and theological accomplishments complemented the Boxers' martial skill. 
B)  Their purity and loyalty to the Boxers' cause seemed to counteract the threat posed by Christianity. 
C)  Their contacts with the Qing ruling family enhanced the Boxers' access to resources. 
D)  Their relationships with Christian missionaries helped the Boxers to target foreigners. 
A)  Their scholarly and theological accomplishments complemented the Boxers' martial skill. 
B)  Their purity and loyalty to the Boxers' cause seemed to counteract the threat posed by Christianity. 
C)  Their contacts with the Qing ruling family enhanced the Boxers' access to resources. 
D)  Their relationships with Christian missionaries helped the Boxers to target foreigners.

Question 17

What military tactics,which became more common during the twentieth century,were implemented during the Anglo-Boer War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Concentration camps and guerrilla campaigns 
B)  Machine guns and cavalry 
C)  Poison gas and machine guns 
D)  Spotter balloons and guerrilla campaigns 
A)  Concentration camps and guerrilla campaigns 
B)  Machine guns and cavalry 
C)  Poison gas and machine guns 
D)  Spotter balloons and guerrilla campaigns

Question 18

Compare the overthrow of the Diaz government in Mexico with the overthrow of the Qing dynasty in China.What were the circumstances of each revolution,and what ideas drove them? What role did nationalism play in each case?

Accepted Answer

The Mexican Revolution began in 1910.The

Question 19

Of the many factors that contributed to the unsettled nature of the turn of the twentieth-century world,which of the following led most directly to the Maji Maji Revolt?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increasing anticolonial sentiments 
B)  Global labor migration 
C)  Increasing economic inequality despite growth in production 
D)  Urbanization and industrialization 
A)  Increasing anticolonial sentiments 
B)  Global labor migration 
C)  Increasing economic inequality despite growth in production 
D)  Urbanization and industrialization

Question 20

Which of the following was a response to the rise of giant banks and industrial corporations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many economists and politicians wanted the state to manage national economies. 
B)  Many economists and politicians wanted a return to truly free markets. 
C)  International financial integration decreased. 
D)  Decreasing support for zaibatsu 
A)  Many economists and politicians wanted the state to manage national economies. 
B)  Many economists and politicians wanted a return to truly free markets. 
C)  International financial integration decreased. 
D)  Decreasing support for zaibatsu

Exam 18: An Unsettled World 1890-1914

As large banks and huge industrial corporations gained control of the international economy,most critics called for a return to free market capitalism.

What did Pan-Islamism ask of Muslims?

In the period from 1845 to 1900,what factors in China led large numbers of people to emigrate to the Americas and Oceania?

Indian intellectuals used Western culture to promote Indian nationalism in which of the following ways?

Which of the following questions challenged Chinese intellectuals at the turn of the twentieth century?

Which of the following is an example of a form of entertainment appealing to the masses that emerged at the end of the nineteenth century?

Which of the following was an exception to the general rule of unrestricted migration during the late nineteenth century?

Compare the ways in which people in India,sub-Saharan Africa,and China fought against Western pressure during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

In what way did the upward pressure of social movements influence policymaking by elites around the turn of the twentieth century?

One effect of the Anglo-Boer War was that the horrors the British perpetrated led them to question their belief in themselves as enlightened colonial rulers.

One result of the emergence of popular culture was:

How did the Anglo-Boer War differ from other anticolonial wars in Africa?

In order to establish a modern national identity,both Indian and Latin American intellectuals turned to which of the following?

Define the concept of cultural modernism in the context of the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century challenges to the existing worldview.

Which of the following was the destination of most South Asian emigrants?

What role did the Red Lanterns play in the Boxer Uprising?

What military tactics,which became more common during the twentieth century,were implemented during the Anglo-Boer War?

Compare the overthrow of the Diaz government in Mexico with the overthrow of the Qing dynasty in China.What were the circumstances of each revolution,and what ideas drove them? What role did nationalism play in each case?

Of the many factors that contributed to the unsettled nature of the turn of the twentieth-century world,which of the following led most directly to the Maji Maji Revolt?

Which of the following was a response to the rise of giant banks and industrial corporations?

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