Question 1

Which of the following was included in 1842 Treaty of Nanjing?

Accepted Answer

A)  The British acquired the right to trade at all Chinese ports. 
B)  The British agreed not to export more opium to China. 
C)  The Chinese ceded the island of Hong Kong to the British. 
D)  The Chinese acquired the right to tax the opium being imported. 
A)  The British acquired the right to trade at all Chinese ports. 
B)  The British agreed not to export more opium to China. 
C)  The Chinese ceded the island of Hong Kong to the British. 
D)  The Chinese acquired the right to tax the opium being imported.

Question 2

Which of John Locke's ideas formed the basis of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberty,equality,and fraternity 
B)  Laissez-faire 
C)  A social contract,binding both ruler and ruled 
D)  Universal suffrage 
A)  Liberty,equality,and fraternity 
B)  Laissez-faire 
C)  A social contract,binding both ruler and ruled 
D)  Universal suffrage

Question 3

What factor contributed most to Mexico's Declaration of Independence in 1821?

Accepted Answer

A)  Calls for redistribution of wealth and property among Amerindians and the poor 
B)  Cooperation between creoles and peninsulares 
C)  Loss of faith in the Spanish king's ability to rule effectively 
D)  Cooperation between Mexican and South American elites 
A)  Calls for redistribution of wealth and property among Amerindians and the poor 
B)  Cooperation between creoles and peninsulares 
C)  Loss of faith in the Spanish king's ability to rule effectively 
D)  Cooperation between Mexican and South American elites

Question 4

Explain how independence movements in the United States,Haiti,and Spanish America understood the concepts of Enlightenment ideology.

Accepted Answer

The American,Haitian,and Spanish America

Question 5

Which of the following methods was used by Tsar Nicholas I to maintain absolute rule in Russia?

Accepted Answer

A)  He claimed that enlightened despotism was the most advanced form of government. 
B)  He attempted to gain the loyalty of the people by abolishing serfdom. 
C)  He expanded the secret police and enforced censorship. 
D)  He bought the loyalty of the Decembrists with gifts of lands and titles. 
A)  He claimed that enlightened despotism was the most advanced form of government. 
B)  He attempted to gain the loyalty of the people by abolishing serfdom. 
C)  He expanded the secret police and enforced censorship. 
D)  He bought the loyalty of the Decembrists with gifts of lands and titles.

Question 6

In what way did Britain's political and social environment contribute to the industrial revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  It encouraged women to participate in creating new technology. 
B)  It allowed merchants and industrialists to invest heavily in such inventions as steam power. 
C)  It encouraged landowning nobility to grow crops for food for the working class population. 
D)  It restricted access to rapidly expanding international and internal markets. 
A)  It encouraged women to participate in creating new technology. 
B)  It allowed merchants and industrialists to invest heavily in such inventions as steam power. 
C)  It encouraged landowning nobility to grow crops for food for the working class population. 
D)  It restricted access to rapidly expanding international and internal markets.

Question 7

Analyze the impact of industrialization in northeastern Europe between 1750 and 1850.What factors encouraged this transformation,and how was society changed?

Accepted Answer

Industrialization resulted from a series

Question 8

The first anti-colonial uprisings in Spanish America were motivated by the example of the French Revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What invention transformed sugar refining,pottery making,and textile making?

Accepted Answer

A)  The cotton gin 
B)  The water frame 
C)  The printing press 
D)  The steam engine 
A)  The cotton gin 
B)  The water frame 
C)  The printing press 
D)  The steam engine

Question 10

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,how did India's traditional trade patterns change?

Accepted Answer

A)  India turned inward and abandoned the Indian Ocean trade in favor of internal trade. 
B)  The East India Company retreated from Bengal,ending years of lucrative tax collection. 
C)  The East India Company sponsored scholarship to encourage Indians to adopt a laissez-faire philosophy. 
D)  India became an importer of British goods such as cotton textiles,and an exporter of raw materials. 
A)  India turned inward and abandoned the Indian Ocean trade in favor of internal trade. 
B)  The East India Company retreated from Bengal,ending years of lucrative tax collection. 
C)  The East India Company sponsored scholarship to encourage Indians to adopt a laissez-faire philosophy. 
D)  India became an importer of British goods such as cotton textiles,and an exporter of raw materials.

Question 11

How did the migration of Qing peasants differ from the migration of workers in Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Qing peasants migrated to the large coastal cities to take part in trade; British agrarian labor moved to the interior of the island. 
B)  Qing peasants were encouraged by the government to migrate westward to secure the frontiers; British agrarian labor moved to cities for factory jobs. 
C)  British agrarian labor voluntarily moved to newly enclosed lands; the movement of Qing peasants was state-sponsored. 
D)  British rural workers moved to work in more profitable agricultural jobs in Australia; the movement of Qing peasants was internal. 
A)  Qing peasants migrated to the large coastal cities to take part in trade; British agrarian labor moved to the interior of the island. 
B)  Qing peasants were encouraged by the government to migrate westward to secure the frontiers; British agrarian labor moved to cities for factory jobs. 
C)  British agrarian labor voluntarily moved to newly enclosed lands; the movement of Qing peasants was state-sponsored. 
D)  British rural workers moved to work in more profitable agricultural jobs in Australia; the movement of Qing peasants was internal.

Question 12

Which of the following is a consequence of the revolution in Saint-Domingue?

Accepted Answer

A)  It discouraged the revolutionaries in Latin America. 
B)  President Thomas Jefferson refused to recognize the new nation,worried that its success might inspire similar revolts in the United States. 
C)  Napoleon,having restored slavery in France,waged a successful war that restored French control and slavery on Saint-Domingue. 
D)  After defeating the French in Saint-Domingue,the revolutionaries offered their assistance to those who wished to rebel in Brazil. 
A)  It discouraged the revolutionaries in Latin America. 
B)  President Thomas Jefferson refused to recognize the new nation,worried that its success might inspire similar revolts in the United States. 
C)  Napoleon,having restored slavery in France,waged a successful war that restored French control and slavery on Saint-Domingue. 
D)  After defeating the French in Saint-Domingue,the revolutionaries offered their assistance to those who wished to rebel in Brazil.

Question 13

Which of the following accurately describes the reactions of Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti and the Haitian Declaration of Independence to French "proclamations"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both criticize the hypocrisy of French claims to Egyptians and Haitians. 
B)  Both accuse the French of being irreligious. 
C)  Both call for their people to violently resist the French. 
D)  Both recognize superior French scientific and industrial strength. 
A)  Both criticize the hypocrisy of French claims to Egyptians and Haitians. 
B)  Both accuse the French of being irreligious. 
C)  Both call for their people to violently resist the French. 
D)  Both recognize superior French scientific and industrial strength.

Question 14

In the Ottoman Empire,why did reform attempts,such as the Tanzimat,ultimately fail to produce revolutionary change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Merchants refused to lend money to the Sultan to finance his reforms. 
B)  Reforms relied too much on the personal whim of rulers. 
C)  The clergy promoted change,but the military resisted it. 
D)  Landowners could not hire enough labor to grow crops for export. 
A)  Merchants refused to lend money to the Sultan to finance his reforms. 
B)  Reforms relied too much on the personal whim of rulers. 
C)  The clergy promoted change,but the military resisted it. 
D)  Landowners could not hire enough labor to grow crops for export.

Question 15

What effect did the end of the Atlantic slave trade have in Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  People no longer needed states to protect them from slave raiders. 
B)  Former victims of the slave trade began to gain strength and attack their neighbors. 
C)  Expertise in slave trading did not prepare states for success in plantation agriculture. 
D)  Slavery increased within Africa to provide labor for commercial crops such as palm oil and cloves. 
A)  People no longer needed states to protect them from slave raiders. 
B)  Former victims of the slave trade began to gain strength and attack their neighbors. 
C)  Expertise in slave trading did not prepare states for success in plantation agriculture. 
D)  Slavery increased within Africa to provide labor for commercial crops such as palm oil and cloves.

Question 16

Why did the slave trade decline over the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plantation owners were swiftly convinced that free labor was more profitable than slave labor. 
B)  The Haitian Revolution greatly discouraged the further importation of slaves. 
C)  Britain refused to trade with countries utilizing slave labor. 
D)  The anti-slavery movement effectively lobbied for bans on the slave trade. 
A)  Plantation owners were swiftly convinced that free labor was more profitable than slave labor. 
B)  The Haitian Revolution greatly discouraged the further importation of slaves. 
C)  Britain refused to trade with countries utilizing slave labor. 
D)  The anti-slavery movement effectively lobbied for bans on the slave trade.

Question 17

Who constituted "the people," according to political arrangements Americans made during the War of Independence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women over 30 years old 
B)  Former slaves who had a trade 
C)  Amerindians who had fought with the colonists 
D)  Propertied white men 
A)  Women over 30 years old 
B)  Former slaves who had a trade 
C)  Amerindians who had fought with the colonists 
D)  Propertied white men

Question 18

Both British-American and Iberian-American elites feared that slave uprisings could take place amid their respective revolutions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following actions was undertaken by Muhammad Ali to attempt to create the most powerful state in the eastern Mediterranean?

Accepted Answer

A)  He used diplomacy,not the army,as the model for modern state-building. 
B)  He sought the advice of the English to reform his government. 
C)  He reduced spending on education,so that more time would be spent on agriculture. 
D)  He deepened irrigation canals and constructed a series of dams across the Nile. 
A)  He used diplomacy,not the army,as the model for modern state-building. 
B)  He sought the advice of the English to reform his government. 
C)  He reduced spending on education,so that more time would be spent on agriculture. 
D)  He deepened irrigation canals and constructed a series of dams across the Nile.

Which of the following was included in 1842 Treaty of Nanjing?

Which of John Locke's ideas formed the basis of the Declaration of Independence?

What factor contributed most to Mexico's Declaration of Independence in 1821?

Explain how independence movements in the United States,Haiti,and Spanish America understood the concepts of Enlightenment ideology.

Which of the following methods was used by Tsar Nicholas I to maintain absolute rule in Russia?

In what way did Britain's political and social environment contribute to the industrial revolution?

Analyze the impact of industrialization in northeastern Europe between 1750 and 1850.What factors encouraged this transformation,and how was society changed?

The first anti-colonial uprisings in Spanish America were motivated by the example of the French Revolution.

What invention transformed sugar refining,pottery making,and textile making?

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,how did India's traditional trade patterns change?

How did the migration of Qing peasants differ from the migration of workers in Britain?

Which of the following is a consequence of the revolution in Saint-Domingue?

Which of the following accurately describes the reactions of Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti and the Haitian Declaration of Independence to French "proclamations"?

In the Ottoman Empire,why did reform attempts,such as the Tanzimat,ultimately fail to produce revolutionary change?

What effect did the end of the Atlantic slave trade have in Africa?

Why did the slave trade decline over the first half of the nineteenth century?

Who constituted "the people," according to political arrangements Americans made during the War of Independence?

Both British-American and Iberian-American elites feared that slave uprisings could take place amid their respective revolutions.

Which of the following actions was undertaken by Muhammad Ali to attempt to create the most powerful state in the eastern Mediterranean?

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Exam 15: Reordering the World 1750-1850

Which of the following was included in 1842 Treaty of Nanjing?

Which of John Locke's ideas formed the basis of the Declaration of Independence?

What factor contributed most to Mexico's Declaration of Independence in 1821?

Explain how independence movements in the United States,Haiti,and Spanish America understood the concepts of Enlightenment ideology.

Which of the following methods was used by Tsar Nicholas I to maintain absolute rule in Russia?

In what way did Britain's political and social environment contribute to the industrial revolution?

Analyze the impact of industrialization in northeastern Europe between 1750 and 1850.What factors encouraged this transformation,and how was society changed?

The first anti-colonial uprisings in Spanish America were motivated by the example of the French Revolution.

What invention transformed sugar refining,pottery making,and textile making?

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,how did India's traditional trade patterns change?

How did the migration of Qing peasants differ from the migration of workers in Britain?

Which of the following is a consequence of the revolution in Saint-Domingue?

Which of the following accurately describes the reactions of Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti and the Haitian Declaration of Independence to French "proclamations"?

In the Ottoman Empire,why did reform attempts,such as the Tanzimat,ultimately fail to produce revolutionary change?

What effect did the end of the Atlantic slave trade have in Africa?

Why did the slave trade decline over the first half of the nineteenth century?

Who constituted "the people," according to political arrangements Americans made during the War of Independence?

Both British-American and Iberian-American elites feared that slave uprisings could take place amid their respective revolutions.

Which of the following actions was undertaken by Muhammad Ali to attempt to create the most powerful state in the eastern Mediterranean?

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

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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