Question 1

Most governments imposed few restrictions on immigration before 1914.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

As large banks and huge industrial corporations gained control of the international economy, most critics called for a return to free market capitalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Red Lantern women lived and fought alongside their male counterparts in the Boxer Rebellion in order to prevent the Boxers being swayed by Christian women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following factors challenged the nineteenth-century idea of "separate spheres" for women and men?

Accepted Answer

A)  the cult of domesticity 
B)  the movement of more women into the paid labor force 
C)  the Red Lantern movement 
D)  the participation of large numbers of women in electoral politics 
A)  the cult of domesticity 
B)  the movement of more women into the paid labor force 
C)  the Red Lantern movement 
D)  the participation of large numbers of women in electoral politics

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 its 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 its 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.

Question 6

Al-Afghani called upon Shia and Sunni to overcome their religious divides and confront the west together.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to Sun Yat-sen, what was demonstrated by the existence of different racial or ethnic groups in China?

Accepted Answer

A)  China would be made stronger by having different groups, such as the Tibetans or Muslims, as part of their society. 
B)  It showed incomplete assimilation into Han culture. 
C)  Chinese nationalism was based on expelling the Manchus while accepting all other peoples within China's borders. 
D)  It showed that the Manchus had failed to completely conquer China. 
A)  China would be made stronger by having different groups, such as the Tibetans or Muslims, as part of their society. 
B)  It showed incomplete assimilation into Han culture. 
C)  Chinese nationalism was based on expelling the Manchus while accepting all other peoples within China's borders. 
D)  It showed that the Manchus had failed to completely conquer China.

Question 8

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, id

Question 9

In the period from 1845 to 1900, what factors in China led large numbers of people to immigrate to the Americas and Oceania?

Accepted Answer

A)  expulsion of dissidents by the Qing government 
B)  population pressure and a shortage of cultivatable land 
C)  promises of freedom from oppressive rule 
D)  the one-child policy 
A)  expulsion of dissidents by the Qing government 
B)  population pressure and a shortage of cultivatable land 
C)  promises of freedom from oppressive rule 
D)  the one-child policy

Question 10

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 11

In what way did pan-Germanism differ from German nationalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  German nationalism rejected the inclusion of German-speaking people outside of Prussian national borders, but all German-speakers were included in pan-Germanism. 
B)  German nationalism, unlike pan-Germanism, created a vibrant political and social movement. 
C)  Pan-Germanism motivated people to define their identity by race or blood instead of national boundaries. 
D)  Pan-Germanism only existed in eastern Europe, in areas not under the control of the German state. 
A)  German nationalism rejected the inclusion of German-speaking people outside of Prussian national borders, but all German-speakers were included in pan-Germanism. 
B)  German nationalism, unlike pan-Germanism, created a vibrant political and social movement. 
C)  Pan-Germanism motivated people to define their identity by race or blood instead of national boundaries. 
D)  Pan-Germanism only existed in eastern Europe, in areas not under the control of the German state.

Question 12

Define the concept of cultural modernism in the context of the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century challenges to the existing worldview.

Accepted Answer

Modernism arose in a milieu that challen

Question 13

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 14

Which of the following was a response to the rise of giant banks and industrial corporations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many economists and politicians wanted the state to manage national economies. 
B)  Many economists and politicians wanted a return to truly free markets. 
C)  International financial integration decreased. 
D)  Support for zaibatsu decreased. 
A)  Many economists and politicians wanted the state to manage national economies. 
B)  Many economists and politicians wanted a return to truly free markets. 
C)  International financial integration decreased. 
D)  Support for zaibatsu decreased.

Question 15

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 16

What did Darwinist theory mean when it spoke of "degeneration"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Modernist art demonstrated a degeneration from classical styles. 
B)  Colonial uprisings revealed the degeneration of supposedly rational colonial policies. 
C)  Race-mixing was leading to the degeneration of the superior white race and nations. 
D)  International trade was causing the degeneration of nation-states. 
A)  Modernist art demonstrated a degeneration from classical styles. 
B)  Colonial uprisings revealed the degeneration of supposedly rational colonial policies. 
C)  Race-mixing was leading to the degeneration of the superior white race and nations. 
D)  International trade was causing the degeneration of nation-states.

Question 17

Why was the Mexican Revolution considered to be the most successful turn-of-the-twentieth-century revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  It transformed the country and forced later politicians to respect peasants' rights and land reform. 
B)  The country finally threw off colonial control and joined the other independent nations in Latin America. 
C)  The economic strength of Mexican ranchers was left intact, while more political power was given to the middle classes. 
D)  Peasants gained complete control of the economy and political system after purging the rich land owners. 
A)  It transformed the country and forced later politicians to respect peasants' rights and land reform. 
B)  The country finally threw off colonial control and joined the other independent nations in Latin America. 
C)  The economic strength of Mexican ranchers was left intact, while more political power was given to the middle classes. 
D)  Peasants gained complete control of the economy and political system after purging the rich land owners.

Question 18

What military tactics, which became more common during the twentieth century, were implemented during the Anglo-Boer War?

Accepted Answer

A)  concentration camps and guerrilla campaigns 
B)  machine guns and cavalry 
C)  poison gas and machine guns 
D)  spotter balloons and guerrilla campaigns 
A)  concentration camps and guerrilla campaigns 
B)  machine guns and cavalry 
C)  poison gas and machine guns 
D)  spotter balloons and guerrilla campaigns

Question 19

At the turn of the twentieth century, "modernism" reflected which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intellectuals, artists, and scientists sensed that traditional answers were no longer adequate to explain the changes in society. 
B)  Confidence that nineteenth-century economic and social progress would extend into the twentieth century. 
C)  Enlightenment ideals and trust in reason were extended into a new intellectual environment. 
D)  Intellectuals were unwilling to look beyond Europe for cultural and intellectual inspiration. 
A)  Intellectuals, artists, and scientists sensed that traditional answers were no longer adequate to explain the changes in society. 
B)  Confidence that nineteenth-century economic and social progress would extend into the twentieth century. 
C)  Enlightenment ideals and trust in reason were extended into a new intellectual environment. 
D)  Intellectuals were unwilling to look beyond Europe for cultural and intellectual inspiration.

Question 20

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 announcement of 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 announcement of the closing of the American frontier 
D)  increasing industrialization

Exam 18: An Unsettled World, 1890-1914

Most governments imposed few restrictions on immigration before 1914.

As large banks and huge industrial corporations gained control of the international economy, most critics called for a return to free market capitalism.

Red Lantern women lived and fought alongside their male counterparts in the Boxer Rebellion in order to prevent the Boxers being swayed by Christian women.

Which of the following factors challenged the nineteenth-century idea of "separate spheres" for women and men?

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

Al-Afghani called upon Shia and Sunni to overcome their religious divides and confront the west together.

According to Sun Yat-sen, what was demonstrated by the existence of different racial or ethnic groups in China?

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?

In the period from 1845 to 1900, what factors in China led large numbers of people to immigrate to the Americas and Oceania?

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

In what way did pan-Germanism differ from German nationalism?

Define the concept of cultural modernism in the context of the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century challenges to the existing worldview.

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?

Which of the following was a response to the rise of giant banks and industrial corporations?

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

What did Darwinist theory mean when it spoke of "degeneration"?

Why was the Mexican Revolution considered to be the most successful turn-of-the-twentieth-century revolution?

What military tactics, which became more common during the twentieth century, were implemented during the Anglo-Boer War?

At the turn of the twentieth century, "modernism" reflected which of the following?

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

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