Question 1

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 D

Question 2

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. A

Question 3

In early nineteenth-century industrial societies, why did migration to urban areas increase so rapidly?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cities offered more comfortable and modern housing. 
B)  There was a growing demand for factory workers in the cities. 
C)  Peasants wanted to avoid the rigid work discipline of the rural farms. 
D)  Cities provided free public education to their residents. 
A)  Cities offered more comfortable and modern housing. 
B)  There was a growing demand for factory workers in the cities. 
C)  Peasants wanted to avoid the rigid work discipline of the rural farms. 
D)  Cities provided free public education to their residents. B

Question 4

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 5

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 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 laissez-faire philosophy. 
D)  India became an importer of British goods such as cotton textiles, and an exporter of raw materials.

Question 6

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 7

Which of the following explains why China did NOT become the epicenter of the industrial revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Qing did not foster experimentation or create the links between thinkers and investors. 
B)  The Qing put too much emphasis on overseas trade, draining capital needed to industrialize. 
C)  The Qing believed that science was against the principles of Confucianism. 
D)  The Qing passed protective tariffs to protect local merchants, which stifled trade and innovation. 
A)  The Qing did not foster experimentation or create the links between thinkers and investors. 
B)  The Qing put too much emphasis on overseas trade, draining capital needed to industrialize. 
C)  The Qing believed that science was against the principles of Confucianism. 
D)  The Qing passed protective tariffs to protect local merchants, which stifled trade and innovation.

Question 8

Which of the following accurately indicates part of 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)  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)  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 9

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 land-owning 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 land-owning nobility to grow crops for food for the working class population. 
D)  It restricted access to rapidly expanding international and internal markets.

Question 10

Which of the following factors helped create the "industrious" revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Households were moved by revivalist preachers to work harder to avoid time for sinning. 
B)  Because of changing climates, households had to work much longer hours to grow enough food. 
C)  Because of competition with slave and other forms of forced labor, most households had to include their children in laboring to provide enough income to survive. 
D)  Households gave up leisure time to produce more goods for the market in order to buy products produced elsewhere. 
A)  Households were moved by revivalist preachers to work harder to avoid time for sinning. 
B)  Because of changing climates, households had to work much longer hours to grow enough food. 
C)  Because of competition with slave and other forms of forced labor, most households had to include their children in laboring to provide enough income to survive. 
D)  Households gave up leisure time to produce more goods for the market in order to buy products produced elsewhere.

Question 11

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 12

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 13

In the eighteenth century, global trade was stimulated by poor people in western Europe consuming which of the following products?

Accepted Answer

A)  tea, rum, and beef 
B)  coffee, chocolate, and vodka 
C)  coffee, tea, and sugar 
D)  tea, sugar, and turnips 
A)  tea, rum, and beef 
B)  coffee, chocolate, and vodka 
C)  coffee, tea, and sugar 
D)  tea, sugar, and turnips

Question 14

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 15

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 16

What did Europeans mean when they proposed that Africans should engage in "legitimate" trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  Africans should stop using mercantilist forms of protectionism, and engage in free trade. 
B)  Africans should only sell slaves to European traders who had been licensed by their home governments. 
C)  Africans should begin to produce goods on an industrial scale for sale in the world market. 
D)  Africans should sell raw materials instead of slaves, and buy manufactured goods from Europe. 
A)  Africans should stop using mercantilist forms of protectionism, and engage in free trade. 
B)  Africans should only sell slaves to European traders who had been licensed by their home governments. 
C)  Africans should begin to produce goods on an industrial scale for sale in the world market. 
D)  Africans should sell raw materials instead of slaves, and buy manufactured goods from Europe.

Question 17

Which of the following was a consequence of Napoleon's failed attempt to create a French continental empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nationalism was crushed once and for all, leaving Europe at the mercy of large, multiethnic states ruled by foreign monarchs. 
B)  The huge French army defeated the Ottoman Empire and provided freedom for oppressed minorities in North Africa and the Middle East. 
C)  The reforms of the French Revolution were totally wiped out after Napoleon's defeat and an absolutist monarchy was reinstituted. 
D)  Europe was divided between those who wanted to restore the status quo and those who wanted to create a society based on individual rights and limited government. 
A)  Nationalism was crushed once and for all, leaving Europe at the mercy of large, multiethnic states ruled by foreign monarchs. 
B)  The huge French army defeated the Ottoman Empire and provided freedom for oppressed minorities in North Africa and the Middle East. 
C)  The reforms of the French Revolution were totally wiped out after Napoleon's defeat and an absolutist monarchy was reinstituted. 
D)  Europe was divided between those who wanted to restore the status quo and those who wanted to create a society based on individual rights and limited government.

Question 18

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 19

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

Question 20

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

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

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

In early nineteenth-century industrial societies, why did migration to urban areas increase so rapidly?

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

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

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

Which of the following explains why China did NOT become the epicenter of the industrial revolution?

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

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

Which of the following factors helped create the "industrious" revolution?

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

In the eighteenth century, global trade was stimulated by poor people in western Europe consuming which of the following products?

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

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

What did Europeans mean when they proposed that Africans should engage in "legitimate" trade?

Which of the following was a consequence of Napoleon's failed attempt to create a French continental empire?

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

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

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

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Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World, 350 Bce-250 Ce

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An Unsettled World, 1890-1914

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Exam 15: Reordering the World, 1750-1850

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

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

In early nineteenth-century industrial societies, why did migration to urban areas increase so rapidly?

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

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

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

Which of the following explains why China did NOT become the epicenter of the industrial revolution?

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

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

Which of the following factors helped create the "industrious" revolution?

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

In the eighteenth century, global trade was stimulated by poor people in western Europe consuming which of the following products?

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

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

What did Europeans mean when they proposed that Africans should engage in "legitimate" trade?

Which of the following was a consequence of Napoleon's failed attempt to create a French continental empire?

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

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

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

Becoming Human

Rivers, Cities, and First States, 3500-2000 Bce

Nomads, Chariots, 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 Bce-250 Ce

Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome, 300 Bce-300 Ce

The Rise of Universal Religions, 300-600 Ce

New Empires and Common Cultures, 600-1000 Ce

Becoming the World, 1000-1300 Ce

Crises 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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