Question 1

The French Revolution and Napoleonic wars shattered the ties between Spain and Portugal and their American colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Calls for political revolution in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world relied on which of the following new ideas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nationalism and democracy 
B)  Absolutism and capitalism 
C)  Nationalism and mercantilism 
D)  Absolutism and socialism 
A)  Nationalism and democracy 
B)  Absolutism and capitalism 
C)  Nationalism and mercantilism 
D)  Absolutism and socialism

Question 3

During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries,economic and political developments centered in Western Europe required responses in other parts of the world.Compare how Russia,China,and West Africa were affected by changes originating in Western Europe,and explain why each region responded as it did.

Accepted Answer

During the late eighteenth and early nin

Question 4

Compare the responses of the Ottoman sultans and the Egyptians to the growing European presence in the Ottoman world during the nineteenth century.Why did each group respond as it did,and what tactics did each pursue? How successful were they?

Accepted Answer

At the turn of the nineteenth century,Na

Question 5

Why were elite Iberian-Americans initially reluctant to embrace the idea of independence?

Accepted Answer

A)  They feared that it might generate revolts among slaves or Amerindians. 
B)  They feared that cooperation among the various colonies of the Spanish empire would undermine their positions of wealth and power. 
C)  They feared that without a strong monarchy,the Catholic Church would gain too much influence. 
D)  They feared that independence would lead peninsulares to return to Europe. 
A)  They feared that it might generate revolts among slaves or Amerindians. 
B)  They feared that cooperation among the various colonies of the Spanish empire would undermine their positions of wealth and power. 
C)  They feared that without a strong monarchy,the Catholic Church would gain too much influence. 
D)  They feared that independence would lead peninsulares to return to Europe.

Question 6

Which of the following best explains the rise of Orientalist scholarship?

Accepted Answer

A)  Asian intellectuals' influence on academia after they migrated to Britain 
B)  British imperialists' desire to understand their subject populations 
C)  European intellectuals' opposition to British Empire in Asia 
D)  European colonizers' discovery of forgotten Sanskrit and Persian texts 
A)  Asian intellectuals' influence on academia after they migrated to Britain 
B)  British imperialists' desire to understand their subject populations 
C)  European intellectuals' opposition to British Empire in Asia 
D)  European colonizers' discovery of forgotten Sanskrit and Persian texts

Question 7

Which document resulted from elite Americans' fear that their revolution was becoming too radical and threatened to plunge the nation into anarchy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Constitution 
B)  The Bill of Rights 
C)  The Declaration of Independence 
D)  The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen 
A)  The Constitution 
B)  The Bill of Rights 
C)  The Declaration of Independence 
D)  The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

Question 8

Which of the following accurately describes global trade in the mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The global trade of luxury goods,such as silk and porcelain,profoundly changed the societies that produced them. 
B)  People increasingly worked to produce goods they could sell in the global market instead of producing subsistence crops. 
C)  Most goods were carried overland by railroad instead of by sea on sailing ships. 
D)  The people in the agricultural hinterlands were largely unaffected by changing global markets. 
A)  The global trade of luxury goods,such as silk and porcelain,profoundly changed the societies that produced them. 
B)  People increasingly worked to produce goods they could sell in the global market instead of producing subsistence crops. 
C)  Most goods were carried overland by railroad instead of by sea on sailing ships. 
D)  The people in the agricultural hinterlands were largely unaffected by changing global markets.

Question 9

What was the primary goal of liberal European reformers,such as Lord Macaulay,concerning changes to India's educational and cultural systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  To continue the orientalists' respect for India's classical languages,philosophies,and cultures 
B)  To increase education in science and engineering 
C)  To create a class that was Indian in blood but English in taste and culture 
D)  To end the exploitation of India's rural people 
A)  To continue the orientalists' respect for India's classical languages,philosophies,and cultures 
B)  To increase education in science and engineering 
C)  To create a class that was Indian in blood but English in taste and culture 
D)  To end the exploitation of India's rural people

Question 10

Napoleon's assumption of power marked a return to prerevolutionary absolute monarchy in France.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In the eighteenth century,which of the following was an argument made against the mercantile system?

Accepted Answer

A)  The mercantile system did not support mining bullion in the Americas. 
B)  The mercantile system promoted free trade between American colonies. 
C)  The mercantile system kept people from sharing in the wealth that was circulating around the Atlantic world. 
D)  The mercantile system decreased the power of kings and aristocrats. 
A)  The mercantile system did not support mining bullion in the Americas. 
B)  The mercantile system promoted free trade between American colonies. 
C)  The mercantile system kept people from sharing in the wealth that was circulating around the Atlantic world. 
D)  The mercantile system decreased the power of kings and aristocrats.

Question 12

On which of the following premises does the concept of popular sovereignty depend?

Accepted Answer

A)  A nation's goal is to maximize its economic efficiency. 
B)  A nation equally represents all inhabitants within its territory. 
C)  A nation is a people sharing a common culture,language,and history. 
D)  A nation carries out a divinely sanctioned plan for its growth and development. 
A)  A nation's goal is to maximize its economic efficiency. 
B)  A nation equally represents all inhabitants within its territory. 
C)  A nation is a people sharing a common culture,language,and history. 
D)  A nation carries out a divinely sanctioned plan for its growth and development.

Question 13

Which of the following accurately indicates the process by which the slave trade was ended in the North Atlantic?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Dutch persuaded the French and other European governments to prohibit the slave trade. 
B)  The United States was the first North Atlantic power to prohibit the slave trade,and others followed its lead. 
C)  Countries gradually prohibited the slave trade,and Britain posted a naval squadron off the coast of West Africa to prevent any slave trade north of the equator. 
D)  European and American revolutionaries all agreed that free wage labor was inherently more productive than forced labor. 
A)  The Dutch persuaded the French and other European governments to prohibit the slave trade. 
B)  The United States was the first North Atlantic power to prohibit the slave trade,and others followed its lead. 
C)  Countries gradually prohibited the slave trade,and Britain posted a naval squadron off the coast of West Africa to prevent any slave trade north of the equator. 
D)  European and American revolutionaries all agreed that free wage labor was inherently more productive than forced labor.

Question 14

Which of the following was a product of radical French revolutionaries who controlled the French government during the 1790s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They established the world's largest army. 
B)  They abolished religion in all forms. 
C)  They created a legal system based on reforming criminals instead of punishing them. 
D)  They declared France to be a constitutional monarchy. 
A)  They established the world's largest army. 
B)  They abolished religion in all forms. 
C)  They created a legal system based on reforming criminals instead of punishing them. 
D)  They declared France to be a constitutional monarchy.

Question 15

Compare the impact of the Industrial Revolution in China and Great Britain.Why did Great Britain move toward industrialization while China did not?

Accepted Answer

Both Great Britain and China were partic

Question 16

Why did King Pedro separate Brazil from Portuguese rule and declare Brazil to be a constitutional monarchy?

Accepted Answer

A)  He did not want Brazil to fall under Napoleon's control. 
B)  He feared an uprising among the local elites. 
C)  Only a monarchy could organize a strong army to protect Brazil from invasion by Simón Bolívar. 
D)  There was a rebellion among Amerindians in the Amazon region,but Portugal refused to send troops. 
A)  He did not want Brazil to fall under Napoleon's control. 
B)  He feared an uprising among the local elites. 
C)  Only a monarchy could organize a strong army to protect Brazil from invasion by Simón Bolívar. 
D)  There was a rebellion among Amerindians in the Amazon region,but Portugal refused to send troops.

Question 17

Which of the following accurately describes a reason cited by the colonists for the North American War of Independence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Britain's North American colonies were impoverished and would not be able to prosper as long as Britain retained control. 
B)  Many Amerindians turned to the American revolutionaries to help them resist the aggressive advances of the land-hungry British. 
C)  King George III insisted that colonists help pay for Britain's war with France and for the benefits of being subjects of the British Empire. 
D)  North American colonists did not have local assemblies,which they required to be democratic. 
A)  Britain's North American colonies were impoverished and would not be able to prosper as long as Britain retained control. 
B)  Many Amerindians turned to the American revolutionaries to help them resist the aggressive advances of the land-hungry British. 
C)  King George III insisted that colonists help pay for Britain's war with France and for the benefits of being subjects of the British Empire. 
D)  North American colonists did not have local assemblies,which they required to be democratic.

Question 18

Europe's industrial revolution eliminated the desire for slave labor elsewhere in the Atlantic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The industrial revolution brought more demanding work routines to Africa and Asia as well as to Europe and North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following accurately characterizes both the American and French Revolutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both introduced republican forms of government. 
B)  Both granted political equality to all people. 
C)  Both avoided written documents,preferring informal agreements on fundamental rights. 
D)  Both emancipated slaves in their territories as part of the revolution. 
A)  Both introduced republican forms of government. 
B)  Both granted political equality to all people. 
C)  Both avoided written documents,preferring informal agreements on fundamental rights. 
D)  Both emancipated slaves in their territories as part of the revolution.

The French Revolution and Napoleonic wars shattered the ties between Spain and Portugal and their American colonies.

Calls for political revolution in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world relied on which of the following new ideas?

Compare the responses of the Ottoman sultans and the Egyptians to the growing European presence in the Ottoman world during the nineteenth century.Why did each group respond as it did,and what tactics did each pursue? How successful were they?

Why were elite Iberian-Americans initially reluctant to embrace the idea of independence?

Which of the following best explains the rise of Orientalist scholarship?

Which document resulted from elite Americans' fear that their revolution was becoming too radical and threatened to plunge the nation into anarchy?

Which of the following accurately describes global trade in the mid-nineteenth century?

What was the primary goal of liberal European reformers,such as Lord Macaulay,concerning changes to India's educational and cultural systems?

Napoleon's assumption of power marked a return to prerevolutionary absolute monarchy in France.

In the eighteenth century,which of the following was an argument made against the mercantile system?

On which of the following premises does the concept of popular sovereignty depend?

Which of the following accurately indicates the process by which the slave trade was ended in the North Atlantic?

Which of the following was a product of radical French revolutionaries who controlled the French government during the 1790s?

Compare the impact of the Industrial Revolution in China and Great Britain.Why did Great Britain move toward industrialization while China did not?

Why did King Pedro separate Brazil from Portuguese rule and declare Brazil to be a constitutional monarchy?

Which of the following accurately describes a reason cited by the colonists for the North American War of Independence?

Europe's industrial revolution eliminated the desire for slave labor elsewhere in the Atlantic.

The industrial revolution brought more demanding work routines to Africa and Asia as well as to Europe and North America.

Which of the following accurately characterizes both the American and French Revolutions?

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Exam 15: Reordering the World 1750-1850

The French Revolution and Napoleonic wars shattered the ties between Spain and Portugal and their American colonies.

Calls for political revolution in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world relied on which of the following new ideas?

Compare the responses of the Ottoman sultans and the Egyptians to the growing European presence in the Ottoman world during the nineteenth century.Why did each group respond as it did,and what tactics did each pursue? How successful were they?

Why were elite Iberian-Americans initially reluctant to embrace the idea of independence?

Which of the following best explains the rise of Orientalist scholarship?

Which document resulted from elite Americans' fear that their revolution was becoming too radical and threatened to plunge the nation into anarchy?

Which of the following accurately describes global trade in the mid-nineteenth century?

What was the primary goal of liberal European reformers,such as Lord Macaulay,concerning changes to India's educational and cultural systems?

Napoleon's assumption of power marked a return to prerevolutionary absolute monarchy in France.

In the eighteenth century,which of the following was an argument made against the mercantile system?

On which of the following premises does the concept of popular sovereignty depend?

Which of the following accurately indicates the process by which the slave trade was ended in the North Atlantic?

Which of the following was a product of radical French revolutionaries who controlled the French government during the 1790s?

Compare the impact of the Industrial Revolution in China and Great Britain.Why did Great Britain move toward industrialization while China did not?

Why did King Pedro separate Brazil from Portuguese rule and declare Brazil to be a constitutional monarchy?

Which of the following accurately describes a reason cited by the colonists for the North American War of Independence?

Europe's industrial revolution eliminated the desire for slave labor elsewhere in the Atlantic.

The industrial revolution brought more demanding work routines to Africa and Asia as well as to Europe and North America.

Which of the following accurately characterizes both the American and French Revolutions?

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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

Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Nations and Empires 1850-1914

An Unsettled World 1890-1914

Of Masses and Visions of the Modern 1910-1939

The Three-World Order 1940-1975

Globalization 1970-2000

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