Question 1

The "open door policy" for access to China included which of the following concomitant attacks on traditional Chinese culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ending foot binding 
B)  Forcing all publications to be printed in English 
C)  Imposing Western-style music 
D)  Support for Christian missionaries 
A)  Ending foot binding 
B)  Forcing all publications to be printed in English 
C)  Imposing Western-style music 
D)  Support for Christian missionaries

Question 2

Which of the following caused some Americans to fear the loss of their pioneering individualism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increased immigration from Central and South America 
B)  The growth of cities 
C)  The 1890 census announcement about the closing of the American frontier 
D)  Increasing industrialization 
A)  Increased immigration from Central and South America 
B)  The growth of cities 
C)  The 1890 census announcement about the closing of the American frontier 
D)  Increasing industrialization

Question 3

Advocates for imperialism reacted to news of the turmoil in the Belgian and German African colonies with sentiments reflected by which statement below?

Accepted Answer

A)  The specific situation that had led to the unrest was an exception to the enlightened rule of most European countries. 
B)  European countries should grant their colonies independence as soon as the people were ready to assume self-government. 
C)  African colonial subjects were too difficult to continue to control. 
D)  Colonial subjects had been enthralled by hostile religious leaders. 
A)  The specific situation that had led to the unrest was an exception to the enlightened rule of most European countries. 
B)  European countries should grant their colonies independence as soon as the people were ready to assume self-government. 
C)  African colonial subjects were too difficult to continue to control. 
D)  Colonial subjects had been enthralled by hostile religious leaders.

Question 4

In the early twentieth century,women exercised no means of control over reproduction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

How did the assumptions made by scientists in the modernist era differ from those of Enlightenment-era scientists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Modernist scientists believed they had found the key to controlling nature. 
B)  Modernist scientists thought in terms of probabilities rather than certainties. 
C)  Modernist scientists relied more on received tradition than had Enlightenment scientists. 
D)  Modernist scientists found their inspiration within the theories of Newton and Galileo. 
A)  Modernist scientists believed they had found the key to controlling nature. 
B)  Modernist scientists thought in terms of probabilities rather than certainties. 
C)  Modernist scientists relied more on received tradition than had Enlightenment scientists. 
D)  Modernist scientists found their inspiration within the theories of Newton and Galileo.

Question 6

By the end of the nineteenth century,how did European and American nationalist and racial ideas compare to those of the rest of the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Westerners,because of immigration,became more comfortable with multiethnic societies,while people in other parts of the world were drawn more to define themselves in terms of racial and ethnic purity. 
B)  Westerners were increasingly concerned with protecting their national and racial purity,while discussions of identity in other parts of the world were part of the opposition to Western domination. 
C)  Westerners became increasingly fascinated with their own racial identity and cultural past,while people in Africa and Asia maintained their own sense of racial identity but were drawn to Western culture,which they felt was more modern. 
D)  Westerners rejected ethnic nationalism as unworkable in the modern world,but people in Africa and Asia clung to nationalism as a way to reject colonization. 
A)  Westerners,because of immigration,became more comfortable with multiethnic societies,while people in other parts of the world were drawn more to define themselves in terms of racial and ethnic purity. 
B)  Westerners were increasingly concerned with protecting their national and racial purity,while discussions of identity in other parts of the world were part of the opposition to Western domination. 
C)  Westerners became increasingly fascinated with their own racial identity and cultural past,while people in Africa and Asia maintained their own sense of racial identity but were drawn to Western culture,which they felt was more modern. 
D)  Westerners rejected ethnic nationalism as unworkable in the modern world,but people in Africa and Asia clung to nationalism as a way to reject colonization.

Question 7

The United States proposed the "open door" policy in China to enable both its commercial and religious aspirations there.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why did Indian nationalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries pose a different challenge to British rule than had the 1857 Indian Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  The nationalist leaders imagined an Indian national community that encompassed the whole of British India rather than defending local identities. 
B)  The nationalists' anarchic beliefs meant that their actions could not often be predicted. 
C)  The nationalists had much stronger ties to India's peasant majority than had the 1857 rebels. 
D)  The nationalists relied on religious symbolism,which the 1857 rebels had ignored. 
A)  The nationalist leaders imagined an Indian national community that encompassed the whole of British India rather than defending local identities. 
B)  The nationalists' anarchic beliefs meant that their actions could not often be predicted. 
C)  The nationalists had much stronger ties to India's peasant majority than had the 1857 rebels. 
D)  The nationalists relied on religious symbolism,which the 1857 rebels had ignored.

Question 9

Modern artists,such as Picasso and Schönberg,turned increasingly to traditional realism in order to appeal to the masses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In contrast to Western Europe at the turn of the twentieth century,East Asian economic sectors were not dominated by major companies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which best characterizes the changing conditions for women in Europe and European colonies,respectively,around the turn of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increasing political rights in Europe and increasing work burdens in European colonies 
B)  Decreasing access to the labor market in Europe and increasing labor mobility in European colonies 
C)  Increasing fertility rates in Europe and decreasing civic responsibilities in European colonies 
D)  Increasing of "separate spheres" between genders and decreasing of "separate spheres" between genders 
A)  Increasing political rights in Europe and increasing work burdens in European colonies 
B)  Decreasing access to the labor market in Europe and increasing labor mobility in European colonies 
C)  Increasing fertility rates in Europe and decreasing civic responsibilities in European colonies 
D)  Increasing of "separate spheres" between genders and decreasing of "separate spheres" between genders

Question 12

Assess the ways in which the concept of nationalism was used outside of established nation-states.Who were its proponents? What were their goals,and to what degree were these goals successful?

Accepted Answer

By the end of the nineteenth century,ide

Question 13

Which of the following contributed to the Qing dynasty's downfall?

Accepted Answer

A)  Manchu military victories 
B)  The Qing court's refusal to admit that reforms were needed 
C)  Peasants and laborers resented the high cost of reform 
D)  Direct intervention by European military forces 
A)  Manchu military victories 
B)  The Qing court's refusal to admit that reforms were needed 
C)  Peasants and laborers resented the high cost of reform 
D)  Direct intervention by European military forces

Question 14

On what was Sun Yat-sen's version of Chinese nationhood based?

Accepted Answer

A)  Han Chinese nationalism 
B)  The modernization of the Qing military establishment 
C)  The strength of China's multinational,multicultural population 
D)  Communist political philosophy 
A)  Han Chinese nationalism 
B)  The modernization of the Qing military establishment 
C)  The strength of China's multinational,multicultural population 
D)  Communist political philosophy

Question 15

In Europe at the turn of the twentieth century,which of the following was a manifestation of anxiety about race?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increased anti-American sentiment 
B)  Greater government regulation of foreign banks 
C)  The spread of the franchise to the working class 
D)  The growth of anti-Semitic thought and behavior 
A)  Increased anti-American sentiment 
B)  Greater government regulation of foreign banks 
C)  The spread of the franchise to the working class 
D)  The growth of anti-Semitic thought and behavior

Question 16

Which of the following was a consequence of the 1907 financial crisis in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  It proved that government regulation did not work. 
B)  American investors fled U.S.banks and turned to Europe as a place to invest their funds. 
C)  Investment in railroads declined drastically. 
D)  It showed how quickly national financial matters could become international affairs. 
A)  It proved that government regulation did not work. 
B)  American investors fled U.S.banks and turned to Europe as a place to invest their funds. 
C)  Investment in railroads declined drastically. 
D)  It showed how quickly national financial matters could become international affairs.

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of the foreign pressure that led to the decline of Qing dynastic authority?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Sino-Japanese War 
B)  The Maji Maji Revolt 
C)  The Self-Strengthening Movement 
D)  The Taiping Rebellion 
A)  The Sino-Japanese War 
B)  The Maji Maji Revolt 
C)  The Self-Strengthening Movement 
D)  The Taiping Rebellion

Question 18

How did German chancellor Otto von Bismarck seek to defuse socialist activism in his country?

Accepted Answer

A)  By infiltrating radical groups with secret state agents 
B)  By enacting social welfare measures 
C)  By deporting known pro-revolutionary activists to Russia 
D)  By starting his own revolution and overthrowing the Kaiser 
A)  By infiltrating radical groups with secret state agents 
B)  By enacting social welfare measures 
C)  By deporting known pro-revolutionary activists to Russia 
D)  By starting his own revolution and overthrowing the Kaiser

Question 19

In Latin America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,which of the following upset traditional racial hierarchies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Theories of evolution that implied all humans had shared origins 
B)  The growth of industries that valued cheap Amerindian labor over higher-priced European labor 
C)  The arrival to the region of large numbers of poor immigrants from Europe 
D)  The growth of a large,wealthy class of mestizo entrepreneurs 
A)  Theories of evolution that implied all humans had shared origins 
B)  The growth of industries that valued cheap Amerindian labor over higher-priced European labor 
C)  The arrival to the region of large numbers of poor immigrants from Europe 
D)  The growth of a large,wealthy class of mestizo entrepreneurs

Question 20

By the turn of the twentieth century,Adam Smith's vision of laissez-faire capitalism had come to fruition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 18: An Unsettled World 1890-1914

The "open door policy" for access to China included which of the following concomitant attacks on traditional Chinese culture?

Which of the following caused some Americans to fear the loss of their pioneering individualism?

Advocates for imperialism reacted to news of the turmoil in the Belgian and German African colonies with sentiments reflected by which statement below?

In the early twentieth century,women exercised no means of control over reproduction.

How did the assumptions made by scientists in the modernist era differ from those of Enlightenment-era scientists?

By the end of the nineteenth century,how did European and American nationalist and racial ideas compare to those of the rest of the world?

The United States proposed the "open door" policy in China to enable both its commercial and religious aspirations there.

Why did Indian nationalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries pose a different challenge to British rule than had the 1857 Indian Rebellion?

Modern artists,such as Picasso and Schönberg,turned increasingly to traditional realism in order to appeal to the masses.

In contrast to Western Europe at the turn of the twentieth century,East Asian economic sectors were not dominated by major companies.

Which best characterizes the changing conditions for women in Europe and European colonies,respectively,around the turn of the twentieth century?

Assess the ways in which the concept of nationalism was used outside of established nation-states.Who were its proponents? What were their goals,and to what degree were these goals successful?

Which of the following contributed to the Qing dynasty's downfall?

On what was Sun Yat-sen's version of Chinese nationhood based?

In Europe at the turn of the twentieth century,which of the following was a manifestation of anxiety about race?

Which of the following was a consequence of the 1907 financial crisis in the United States?

Which of the following is an example of the foreign pressure that led to the decline of Qing dynastic authority?

How did German chancellor Otto von Bismarck seek to defuse socialist activism in his country?

In Latin America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,which of the following upset traditional racial hierarchies?

By the turn of the twentieth century,Adam Smith's vision of laissez-faire capitalism had come to fruition.

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