Question 1

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 2

Which of the following is a valid comparison between the American and the Saint Domingue Revolutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  The American colonists wanted only economic freedom, but the people of Saint Domingue were guided by Enlightenment ideas. 
B)  Both revolutions ended in the abolition of slavery and the establishment of representative rule. 
C)  The leaders of the American Revolution were primarily owners of property, but the leaders of Saint Domingue were primarily slaves. 
D)  Neither revolution was inspired by the Enlightenment. 
A)  The American colonists wanted only economic freedom, but the people of Saint Domingue were guided by Enlightenment ideas. 
B)  Both revolutions ended in the abolition of slavery and the establishment of representative rule. 
C)  The leaders of the American Revolution were primarily owners of property, but the leaders of Saint Domingue were primarily slaves. 
D)  Neither revolution was inspired by the Enlightenment.

Question 3

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.

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, N

Question 5

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 6

Which of the following characterized the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte in France?

Accepted Answer

A)  a respect for the authority of other European leaders 
B)  an increase in popular democracy 
C)  a centralized, efficient state 
D)  a separate legal code for the French colonies and future conquests 
A)  a respect for the authority of other European leaders 
B)  an increase in popular democracy 
C)  a centralized, efficient state 
D)  a separate legal code for the French colonies and future conquests

Question 7

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 Ameri

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

How did the trade relationship between China and Europe change in the early nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  European rulers and upper classes suddenly developed a taste for Chinese silks, teas, jade, tableware, jewelry, paper, and ceramics. 
B)  Westerners consumed less tea, so the overall amount of trade declined. 
C)  The English colonized China. 
D)  The balance of trade between China and Europe was reversed. 
A)  European rulers and upper classes suddenly developed a taste for Chinese silks, teas, jade, tableware, jewelry, paper, and ceramics. 
B)  Westerners consumed less tea, so the overall amount of trade declined. 
C)  The English colonized China. 
D)  The balance of trade between China and Europe was reversed.

Question 10

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 11

Who benefited most from the revolutions against Spanish rule in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

A)  local military chieftains, who formed alliances with land owners 
B)  Simón Bolívar, who went on to found the federation of "Gran Columbia" 
C)  Andean tribes, who were now free from the domination of the peninsulares 
D)  mestizos, who were able to take control of the new republics from the creole elites 
A)  local military chieftains, who formed alliances with land owners 
B)  Simón Bolívar, who went on to found the federation of "Gran Columbia" 
C)  Andean tribes, who were now free from the domination of the peninsulares 
D)  mestizos, who were able to take control of the new republics from the creole elites

Question 12

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 13

Napoleon's invasions repressed attempts to reform society in both Russia and the Ottoman world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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 15

How did the idea that "all men were created equal" affect revolutionary American society?

Accepted Answer

A)  It led to the argument that everyone should pay the same amount in taxes. 
B)  It encouraged people to overturn social hierarchies and stop deferring to those who claimed higher rank. 
C)  It undermined the belief in the importance of private property. 
D)  It led slave owners to use less force in controlling their slaves, eventually even freeing them. 
A)  It led to the argument that everyone should pay the same amount in taxes. 
B)  It encouraged people to overturn social hierarchies and stop deferring to those who claimed higher rank. 
C)  It undermined the belief in the importance of private property. 
D)  It led slave owners to use less force in controlling their slaves, eventually even freeing them.

Question 16

Why did King Louis XVI summon the Estates-General into session in 1788?

Accepted Answer

A)  to improve the status of the French peasantry 
B)  to levy new taxes in order to improve his credit 
C)  to discuss new ways in which France could work against British interests 
D)  to create a more egalitarian legal system in France 
A)  to improve the status of the French peasantry 
B)  to levy new taxes in order to improve his credit 
C)  to discuss new ways in which France could work against British interests 
D)  to create a more egalitarian legal system in France

Question 17

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 18

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.

Question 19

Napoleon's assumption of power marked a return to pre-revolutionary absolute monarchy in France.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The wealth generated by the expansion in trade in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries led to the emergence of which of the following social groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  the bourgeoisie 
B)  the proletariat 
C)  the nobility of the robe 
D)  the yeomanry 
A)  the bourgeoisie 
B)  the proletariat 
C)  the nobility of the robe 
D)  the yeomanry

Exam 15: Reordering the World, 1750-1850

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

Which of the following is a valid comparison between the American and the Saint Domingue Revolutions?

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

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?

What factor contributed most to Mexico's declaration of independence in 1821?

Which of the following characterized the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte in France?

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

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

How did the trade relationship between China and Europe change in the early nineteenth century?

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

Who benefited most from the revolutions against Spanish rule in the Americas?

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

Napoleon's invasions repressed attempts to reform society in both Russia and the Ottoman world.

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

How did the idea that "all men were created equal" affect revolutionary American society?

Why did King Louis XVI summon the Estates-General into session in 1788?

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

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

Napoleon's assumption of power marked a return to pre-revolutionary absolute monarchy in France.

The wealth generated by the expansion in trade in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries led to the emergence of which of the following social groups?

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