Question 1

What aspect of his reputation did Abd al-Qadir rely upon while organizing resistance to the French in Algeria?

Accepted Answer

A)  His military prowess 
B)  His anti-European geopolitical vision 
C)  His religious and scholarly credibility 
D)  His artful display of wealth 
A)  His military prowess 
B)  His anti-European geopolitical vision 
C)  His religious and scholarly credibility 
D)  His artful display of wealth

Question 2

What did the groups that led the 1848 revolutions in Europe have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They shared a desire for independent nations and to overthrow the existing elites. 
B)  They shared a belief in the triumph of the proletariat. 
C)  The groups were all middle class,such as doctors,university professors and students,and lawyers. 
D)  The groups were all working class,such as artisans,printers,and peasants. 
A)  They shared a desire for independent nations and to overthrow the existing elites. 
B)  They shared a belief in the triumph of the proletariat. 
C)  The groups were all middle class,such as doctors,university professors and students,and lawyers. 
D)  The groups were all working class,such as artisans,printers,and peasants.

Question 3

The impetus of Mohammad Ibn al-Wahhab's Islamic reform movement was a reaction to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The presence of multiple Islamic empires such as the Mughals and the Ottomans 
B)  The tendency of some Muslims to experiment with European ideas and technologies 
C)  Polytheistic beliefs that had taken root among some Muslims 
D)  Debates among representatives of different religions at the Mughal court 
A)  The presence of multiple Islamic empires such as the Mughals and the Ottomans 
B)  The tendency of some Muslims to experiment with European ideas and technologies 
C)  Polytheistic beliefs that had taken root among some Muslims 
D)  Debates among representatives of different religions at the Mughal court

Question 4

How did the British change their approach to ruling India after 1857?

Accepted Answer

A)  The British began to use railroads,roads,and telegraph lines to link the region together. 
B)  India came under the British crown's direct control. 
C)  The British stopped allowing Indians to serve in the British army. 
D)  The British restored control of cotton manufacturing to India. 
A)  The British began to use railroads,roads,and telegraph lines to link the region together. 
B)  India came under the British crown's direct control. 
C)  The British stopped allowing Indians to serve in the British army. 
D)  The British restored control of cotton manufacturing to India.

Question 5

Compare the Caste War in Mexico with the Rebellion of 1857 in India.What alternative visions of social order did the indigenous peoples of these areas propose,and how similar were they? What was the fate of each movement,and why?

Accepted Answer

In both cases,the rebellions began as re

Question 6

Describe and compare the religious doctrines put forth by Tenskwatawa and al-Wahhab.To what forces was each reacting? How did they draw on traditional ideas within their societies?

Accepted Answer

Al-Wahhab was a Muslim who was reacting

Question 7

Why did American officials fear Tecumseh's message even more than his brother's?

Accepted Answer

A)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's support of the ghost dance would draw away workers for American farms. 
B)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's large army would be able to attack Washington,D.C.and other eastern cities. 
C)  Officials feared that Christians would begin to convert to the visionary future preached by Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa. 
D)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's attempt to create a confederation of Native American tribes could lead to a nation comparable to that of the Aztecs. 
A)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's support of the ghost dance would draw away workers for American farms. 
B)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's large army would be able to attack Washington,D.C.and other eastern cities. 
C)  Officials feared that Christians would begin to convert to the visionary future preached by Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa. 
D)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's attempt to create a confederation of Native American tribes could lead to a nation comparable to that of the Aztecs.

Question 8

Which of the following characterized the British counterinsurgency effort in India?

Accepted Answer

A)  The British bribed rebel leaders to stop the uprising. 
B)  The British responded brutally; villages were destroyed and leaders were tied to cannons and executed. 
C)  The British expended a great deal of effort to preserve Indian lives and property to avoid alienating the population. 
D)  As a gesture of goodwill,the British returned the land that they had previously annexed. 
A)  The British bribed rebel leaders to stop the uprising. 
B)  The British responded brutally; villages were destroyed and leaders were tied to cannons and executed. 
C)  The British expended a great deal of effort to preserve Indian lives and property to avoid alienating the population. 
D)  As a gesture of goodwill,the British returned the land that they had previously annexed.

Question 9

Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh failed because most American Indians preferred to assimilate into U.S.culture rather than reassert their native identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In what way did the Mayans who followed José María Barrera resemble the Chinese who followed Hong in the Taiping Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were driven by hunger to surrender to work on plantations. 
B)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were led by ruling elites who sympathized with the plight of the peasants. 
C)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese followed visionaries who formed alternative religions that combined Christian beliefs,symbols,and rituals with traditional beliefs and legends. 
D)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were able to create enduring semiautonomous states within the larger nation. 
A)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were driven by hunger to surrender to work on plantations. 
B)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were led by ruling elites who sympathized with the plight of the peasants. 
C)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese followed visionaries who formed alternative religions that combined Christian beliefs,symbols,and rituals with traditional beliefs and legends. 
D)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were able to create enduring semiautonomous states within the larger nation.

Question 11

Which of the following contributed to social and political instability in both China and Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Decreasing opium consumption 
B)  Declining involvement in foreign trade 
C)  Pressure from a growing population 
D)  Increased standards of living among the peasantry 
A)  Decreasing opium consumption 
B)  Declining involvement in foreign trade 
C)  Pressure from a growing population 
D)  Increased standards of living among the peasantry

Question 12

The British avoided the use of technologies like the railroad and telegraph in India because they feared that rebels could turn their tools against them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Examine the development of Usman dan Fodio's Sokoto caliphate.In addition to Islamic revival,what factors encouraged the growth of this kingdom?

Accepted Answer

The roots of the Sokoto caliphate lay in

Question 14

During the early nineteenth century,which of the following led to a crisis in southern Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Outbreaks of epidemic disease that depleted the population 
B)  The introduction of opium by the British 
C)  Overpopulation that strained the region's resource base 
D)  Islamic reform movements challenging existing rulers 
A)  Outbreaks of epidemic disease that depleted the population 
B)  The introduction of opium by the British 
C)  Overpopulation that strained the region's resource base 
D)  Islamic reform movements challenging existing rulers

Question 15

Which of the following nineteenth-century principles derived from the revolutions of the late eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mercantilism 
B)  Government by and for property-holding citizens 
C)  The emergence of international law 
D)  Monarchical absolutism 
A)  Mercantilism 
B)  Government by and for property-holding citizens 
C)  The emergence of international law 
D)  Monarchical absolutism

Question 16

How would life in Fourier's phalanx qualify as a reform of Restoration Europe's economic order?

Accepted Answer

A)  All members would work at diverse tasks,for short periods of time. 
B)  All members would receive the same pay for their work. 
C)  All members would learn how to do all of the necessary tasks to keep the phalanx running. 
D)  All members would do what they could,and take what they needed from the community. 
A)  All members would work at diverse tasks,for short periods of time. 
B)  All members would receive the same pay for their work. 
C)  All members would learn how to do all of the necessary tasks to keep the phalanx running. 
D)  All members would do what they could,and take what they needed from the community.

Question 17

In what way did nineteenth-century nationalist goals prove destructive in the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nationalist goals led to class warfare. 
B)  Nationalist goals conflicted with economic modernization. 
C)  The nationalist goals of different groups proved incompatible with one another. 
D)  The nationalist goals of the nineteenth century limited twentieth-century cultural and literary experimentation. 
A)  Nationalist goals led to class warfare. 
B)  Nationalist goals conflicted with economic modernization. 
C)  The nationalist goals of different groups proved incompatible with one another. 
D)  The nationalist goals of the nineteenth century limited twentieth-century cultural and literary experimentation.

Question 18

What change did the British East India Company make in its approach to ruling India during the 1840s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It ceded its control of India to the British crown. 
B)  It annexed more land and stripped native aristocrats of their privileges. 
C)  It encouraged the Mughal emperor to rule as an absolute monarch. 
D)  It banned the practice of the Hindu religion in India. 
A)  It ceded its control of India to the British crown. 
B)  It annexed more land and stripped native aristocrats of their privileges. 
C)  It encouraged the Mughal emperor to rule as an absolute monarch. 
D)  It banned the practice of the Hindu religion in India.

Question 19

Which of the following groups was most attracted to Wahhabi Islam?

Accepted Answer

A)  People who believed their current version of Islam was too restrictive and needed to compromise with local cultural traditions 
B)  People who felt threatened by new commercial activities and the increasing pace of intellectual change 
C)  People who belonged to Sufi sects and devoted themselves to Muslim saints 
D)  People who supported the power of the Ottoman Empire in the Arabian Peninsula 
A)  People who believed their current version of Islam was too restrictive and needed to compromise with local cultural traditions 
B)  People who felt threatened by new commercial activities and the increasing pace of intellectual change 
C)  People who belonged to Sufi sects and devoted themselves to Muslim saints 
D)  People who supported the power of the Ottoman Empire in the Arabian Peninsula

Question 20

In Restoration-period Europe,which of the following was a goal of liberal thinkers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Returning to prerevolutionary patterns of political and economic authority 
B)  Supporting individuals' right to speak,think,and act as they chose 
C)  Exporting European innovations to other parts of the world 
D)  Continuing to pursue political reforms without attempting economic reforms 
A)  Returning to prerevolutionary patterns of political and economic authority 
B)  Supporting individuals' right to speak,think,and act as they chose 
C)  Exporting European innovations to other parts of the world 
D)  Continuing to pursue political reforms without attempting economic reforms

Exam 16: Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

What aspect of his reputation did Abd al-Qadir rely upon while organizing resistance to the French in Algeria?

What did the groups that led the 1848 revolutions in Europe have in common?

The impetus of Mohammad Ibn al-Wahhab's Islamic reform movement was a reaction to which of the following?

How did the British change their approach to ruling India after 1857?

Compare the Caste War in Mexico with the Rebellion of 1857 in India.What alternative visions of social order did the indigenous peoples of these areas propose,and how similar were they? What was the fate of each movement,and why?

Describe and compare the religious doctrines put forth by Tenskwatawa and al-Wahhab.To what forces was each reacting? How did they draw on traditional ideas within their societies?

Why did American officials fear Tecumseh's message even more than his brother's?

Which of the following characterized the British counterinsurgency effort in India?

Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh failed because most American Indians preferred to assimilate into U.S.culture rather than reassert their native identity.

In what way did the Mayans who followed José María Barrera resemble the Chinese who followed Hong in the Taiping Rebellion?

Which of the following contributed to social and political instability in both China and Africa?

The British avoided the use of technologies like the railroad and telegraph in India because they feared that rebels could turn their tools against them.

Examine the development of Usman dan Fodio's Sokoto caliphate.In addition to Islamic revival,what factors encouraged the growth of this kingdom?

During the early nineteenth century,which of the following led to a crisis in southern Africa?

Which of the following nineteenth-century principles derived from the revolutions of the late eighteenth century?

How would life in Fourier's phalanx qualify as a reform of Restoration Europe's economic order?

In what way did nineteenth-century nationalist goals prove destructive in the twentieth century?

What change did the British East India Company make in its approach to ruling India during the 1840s?

Which of the following groups was most attracted to Wahhabi Islam?

In Restoration-period Europe,which of the following was a goal of liberal thinkers?

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