Question 1

In which African colonies was resistance to colonial rule the strongest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Colonies where Europeans ruled autocratically 
B)  Colonies in which Europeans had conquered African peoples,regardless of the manner in which Europeans ruled 
C)  Colonies where Europeans left African traditional leadership in place 
D)  Colonies where the arrival of railroads and telegraph lines bisected traditional ethnic boundaries 
A)  Colonies where Europeans ruled autocratically 
B)  Colonies in which Europeans had conquered African peoples,regardless of the manner in which Europeans ruled 
C)  Colonies where Europeans left African traditional leadership in place 
D)  Colonies where the arrival of railroads and telegraph lines bisected traditional ethnic boundaries

Question 2

Which of the following was often cited by Western imperialists as evidence for the improvement of women's lives under colonial rule?

Accepted Answer

A)  Colonial laws prohibited sati and female genital mutilation. 
B)  Colonial laws required equal pay for women employed in plantation agriculture. 
C)  Women had equal access to education in missionary and colonial schools. 
D)  Women were freed from homesteading chores when African gold and silver mines opened. 
A)  Colonial laws prohibited sati and female genital mutilation. 
B)  Colonial laws required equal pay for women employed in plantation agriculture. 
C)  Women had equal access to education in missionary and colonial schools. 
D)  Women were freed from homesteading chores when African gold and silver mines opened.

Question 3

Progressive reformers' goals included which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Recognizing cultural diversity and the protection of workers' ways of life 
B)  Protesting colonial rule and promoting independence for the world's peoples 
C)  Creating a more efficient society and correcting the undesirable outcomes of urbanization and industrialization 
D)  Encouraging industrial progress and developing financial centralization 
A)  Recognizing cultural diversity and the protection of workers' ways of life 
B)  Protesting colonial rule and promoting independence for the world's peoples 
C)  Creating a more efficient society and correcting the undesirable outcomes of urbanization and industrialization 
D)  Encouraging industrial progress and developing financial centralization

Question 4

Which of the following was the most enduring legacy of the Mexican Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emphasis on preserving racial hierarchy in the Mexican population 
B)  The development of new national myths based on the bravery of the creole elite 
C)  Ideological appeals made to the Mexican middle class 
D)  The creation of communal landholdings for Mexican peasants 
A)  Emphasis on preserving racial hierarchy in the Mexican population 
B)  The development of new national myths based on the bravery of the creole elite 
C)  Ideological appeals made to the Mexican middle class 
D)  The creation of communal landholdings for Mexican peasants

Question 5

The Boxer Rebellion was similar to the earlier Taiping Rebellion in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both were composed primarily of Chinese scholar elites. 
B)  Both included a pro-Christian component in their ideology. 
C)  Both responded to hardship and poor economic conditions in China. 
D)  Both remained loyal to the Qing and vented their anger against foreigners. 
A)  Both were composed primarily of Chinese scholar elites. 
B)  Both included a pro-Christian component in their ideology. 
C)  Both responded to hardship and poor economic conditions in China. 
D)  Both remained loyal to the Qing and vented their anger against foreigners.

In which African colonies was resistance to colonial rule the strongest?

Which of the following was often cited by Western imperialists as evidence for the improvement of women's lives under colonial rule?

Progressive reformers' goals included which of the following?

Which of the following was the most enduring legacy of the Mexican Revolution?

The Boxer Rebellion was similar to the earlier Taiping Rebellion in which of the following ways?

Becoming Human

Rivers,cities,and First States 3500-2000 Bce

Nomads,territorial States,and Microsocieties 2000-1200 Bce

First Empires and Common Cultures in Afro-Eurasia 1250-325 Bce

Worlds Turned Inside Out 1000-350 Bce

Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World 350-100 Bce

Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome 300 Bce-300 Ce

The Rise of Universalizing Religions 300-600 Ce

New Empires and Common Cultures 600-1000 Ce

Becoming the World 1000-1300 Ce

Crisis and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia 1300-1500

Contact,commerce,and Colonization 1450-1600

Worlds Entangled 1600-1750

Cultures of Splendor and Power 1500-1780

Reordering the World 1750-1850

Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Nations and Empires 1850-1914

Of Masses and Visions of the Modern 1910-1939

The Three-World Order 1940-1975

Globalization 1970-2000

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Exam 18: An Unsettled World 1890-1914

In which African colonies was resistance to colonial rule the strongest?

Which of the following was often cited by Western imperialists as evidence for the improvement of women's lives under colonial rule?

Progressive reformers' goals included which of the following?

Which of the following was the most enduring legacy of the Mexican Revolution?

The Boxer Rebellion was similar to the earlier Taiping Rebellion in which of the following ways?

Becoming Human

Rivers,cities,and First States 3500-2000 Bce

Nomads,territorial States,and Microsocieties 2000-1200 Bce

First Empires and Common Cultures in Afro-Eurasia 1250-325 Bce

Worlds Turned Inside Out 1000-350 Bce

Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World 350-100 Bce

Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome 300 Bce-300 Ce

The Rise of Universalizing Religions 300-600 Ce

New Empires and Common Cultures 600-1000 Ce

Becoming the World 1000-1300 Ce

Crisis and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia 1300-1500

Contact,commerce,and Colonization 1450-1600

Worlds Entangled 1600-1750

Cultures of Splendor and Power 1500-1780

Reordering the World 1750-1850

Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Nations and Empires 1850-1914

Of Masses and Visions of the Modern 1910-1939

The Three-World Order 1940-1975

Globalization 1970-2000

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