Question 1

Liberalism was strongly influenced by

Accepted Answer

A)  Canon law. 
B)  theories of absolute monarchy. 
C)  Italian humanism. 
D)  the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. 
E)  the Romantic movement. 
A)  Canon law. 
B)  theories of absolute monarchy. 
C)  Italian humanism. 
D)  the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. 
E)  the Romantic movement.

Question 2

Children were discouraged from working in cotton mills because their smaller size did not allow them to move among the machines and they were too difficult to train to do complex factory work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Early factory workers

Accepted Answer

A)  were recruited from among the urban poor. 
B)  came from rural areas. 
C)  were almost all convicted criminals. 
D)  were all adult men. 
E)  found their work extremely rewarding. 
A)  were recruited from among the urban poor. 
B)  came from rural areas. 
C)  were almost all convicted criminals. 
D)  were all adult men. 
E)  found their work extremely rewarding.

Question 4

The ability to make yarn at a much faster pace

Accepted Answer

A)  was achieved by the development of George Stephenson's Rocket. 
B)  was retarded by adoption of the Lysenko Doctrine in 1808. 
C)  became necessary after the development of the flying shuttle. 
D)  depended upon the inventions of Charles Seurat. 
E)  was the result of new resources of cotton from South America. 
A)  was achieved by the development of George Stephenson's Rocket. 
B)  was retarded by adoption of the Lysenko Doctrine in 1808. 
C)  became necessary after the development of the flying shuttle. 
D)  depended upon the inventions of Charles Seurat. 
E)  was the result of new resources of cotton from South America.

Question 5

Population in Europe during the nineteenth century

Accepted Answer

A)  remained steady until the 1830s, and then began to decrease steadily. 
B)  was notable for rapid overall growth and a far more rapid increase in city populations. 
C)  was dramatically reduced when the Great Famine killed thirty-five percent of the Russian, Irish, and Prussian populations. 
D)  decreased as peasants, reassured by falling death rates, reduced the rural birth rate by over sixty percent due to their adoption of birth control. 
E)  was numerically dominated by the landed aristocracy. 
A)  remained steady until the 1830s, and then began to decrease steadily. 
B)  was notable for rapid overall growth and a far more rapid increase in city populations. 
C)  was dramatically reduced when the Great Famine killed thirty-five percent of the Russian, Irish, and Prussian populations. 
D)  decreased as peasants, reassured by falling death rates, reduced the rural birth rate by over sixty percent due to their adoption of birth control. 
E)  was numerically dominated by the landed aristocracy.

Question 6

A country which was forced to reduce its industrial production by a more powerful competitor was

Accepted Answer

A)  Argentina. 
B)  India. 
C)  Prussia. 
D)  Russia. 
E)  the United States. 
A)  Argentina. 
B)  India. 
C)  Prussia. 
D)  Russia. 
E)  the United States.

Question 7

Between 1870 and 1914, Germany replaced Great Britain as the industrial leader of Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the 1830s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Steam power

Accepted Answer

A)  could be used anywhere there was a river of sufficient size. 
B)  was limited by the ability of the horses to keep the generators turning. 
C)  required no maintenance once the original pistons were operational. 
D)  was originally used to pump water from mines. 
E)  was restricted to coastal areas and rapidly rushing rivers. 
A)  could be used anywhere there was a river of sufficient size. 
B)  was limited by the ability of the horses to keep the generators turning. 
C)  required no maintenance once the original pistons were operational. 
D)  was originally used to pump water from mines. 
E)  was restricted to coastal areas and rapidly rushing rivers.

Question 10

By aiming at establishing legitimacy and a traditional balance of power in European political affairs, Metternich and his associates at the Congress of Vienna were advocates of the ideology known as

Accepted Answer

A)  nihilism. 
B)  liberalism. 
C)  conservatism. 
D)  nationalism. 
E)  socialism. 
A)  nihilism. 
B)  liberalism. 
C)  conservatism. 
D)  nationalism. 
E)  socialism.

Question 11

The new, industrial middle class was

Accepted Answer

A)  actually not new at all, but was a propaganda term created by Napoleon III. 
B)  the term used to describe the European proletariat after 1810. 
C)  composed of people who were often the children of industrial workers or rural gentry. 
D)  composed of increasingly wealthy individuals who wanted political status and power. 
E)  equivalent to the older landed class. 
A)  actually not new at all, but was a propaganda term created by Napoleon III. 
B)  the term used to describe the European proletariat after 1810. 
C)  composed of people who were often the children of industrial workers or rural gentry. 
D)  composed of increasingly wealthy individuals who wanted political status and power. 
E)  equivalent to the older landed class.

Question 12

What played a crucial role in making Britain the site of the first Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Over ninety-five percent of the population was literate. 
B)  The nation produced a surplus of food, thus allowing its people extra buying power to purchase manufactured products. 
C)  The nation had a small and declining population. 
D)  British manufactures enjoyed large government subsidies. 
E)  Britain imported most of its natural resources. 
A)  Over ninety-five percent of the population was literate. 
B)  The nation produced a surplus of food, thus allowing its people extra buying power to purchase manufactured products. 
C)  The nation had a small and declining population. 
D)  British manufactures enjoyed large government subsidies. 
E)  Britain imported most of its natural resources.

Question 13

What did the dramatic increase in the size and number of European cities in the first half of the 19th century result in?

Accepted Answer

A)  Improved living conditions 
B)  Increased sanitation 
C)  Reduced income disparities 
D)  Increase in the industrial middle class 
E)  Lower death rates among industrial workers 
A)  Improved living conditions 
B)  Increased sanitation 
C)  Reduced income disparities 
D)  Increase in the industrial middle class 
E)  Lower death rates among industrial workers

Question 14

Marxist revisionists believe that

Accepted Answer

A)  violent revolution was inevitable. 
B)  the bourgeoisie would inevitably triumph. 
C)  were advocates of revolutionary socialism. 
D)  workers should organize mass political parties. 
E)  revolution would be led by the peasants. 
A)  violent revolution was inevitable. 
B)  the bourgeoisie would inevitably triumph. 
C)  were advocates of revolutionary socialism. 
D)  workers should organize mass political parties. 
E)  revolution would be led by the peasants.

Question 15

The principle that guided the victors at the Congress of Vienna was the principle of

Accepted Answer

A)  nationalism 
B)  legitimacy. 
C)  liberalism. 
D)  realism. 
E)  romanticism. 
A)  nationalism 
B)  legitimacy. 
C)  liberalism. 
D)  realism. 
E)  romanticism.

Question 16

The new Italian kingdom established in 1861

Accepted Answer

A)  was created as a result of the Italo-Prussian Treaty of Halberstam in 1853. 
B)  was, to a significant degree, the result of the diplomatic and political work of Cavour and the military actions of Garibaldi. 
C)  was created as a result of the mass uprising of 1860 and 1861, when Russian and French troops were driven out. 
D)  seized Greece as soon as the Ottoman Empire withdrew from it. 
E)  owed its final success to the diplomatic and military success of Alexander II. 
A)  was created as a result of the Italo-Prussian Treaty of Halberstam in 1853. 
B)  was, to a significant degree, the result of the diplomatic and political work of Cavour and the military actions of Garibaldi. 
C)  was created as a result of the mass uprising of 1860 and 1861, when Russian and French troops were driven out. 
D)  seized Greece as soon as the Ottoman Empire withdrew from it. 
E)  owed its final success to the diplomatic and military success of Alexander II.

Question 17

The steam engine was developed by

Accepted Answer

A)  Edmund Cartwright. 
B)  James Hargreaves. 
C)  Henry Cort. 
D)  James Watt. 
E)  Hans Krieger. 
A)  Edmund Cartwright. 
B)  James Hargreaves. 
C)  Henry Cort. 
D)  James Watt. 
E)  Hans Krieger.

Question 18

Great Britain managed to avoid the revolutionary upheavals of the first half of the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The policies of Otto von Bismarck before 1871

Accepted Answer

A)  were based on the practice of Idealpolitik. 
B)  ignored domestic opposition and concentrated on foreign affairs. 
C)  used warfare as an instrument of policy, regardless of its consequences. 
D)  used parliament to endorse the policy of increased taxes, and used the new revenues collected to reorganize the Prussian military. 
E)  led to Prussia dominating the Second Austrian Reich. 
A)  were based on the practice of Idealpolitik. 
B)  ignored domestic opposition and concentrated on foreign affairs. 
C)  used warfare as an instrument of policy, regardless of its consequences. 
D)  used parliament to endorse the policy of increased taxes, and used the new revenues collected to reorganize the Prussian military. 
E)  led to Prussia dominating the Second Austrian Reich.

Exam 19: The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

Liberalism was strongly influenced by

Children were discouraged from working in cotton mills because their smaller size did not allow them to move among the machines and they were too difficult to train to do complex factory work.

Early factory workers

The ability to make yarn at a much faster pace

Population in Europe during the nineteenth century

A country which was forced to reduce its industrial production by a more powerful competitor was

Between 1870 and 1914, Germany replaced Great Britain as the industrial leader of Europe.

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the 1830s.

Steam power

By aiming at establishing legitimacy and a traditional balance of power in European political affairs, Metternich and his associates at the Congress of Vienna were advocates of the ideology known as

The new, industrial middle class was

What played a crucial role in making Britain the site of the first Industrial Revolution?

What did the dramatic increase in the size and number of European cities in the first half of the 19th century result in?

Marxist revisionists believe that

The principle that guided the victors at the Congress of Vienna was the principle of

The new Italian kingdom established in 1861

The steam engine was developed by

Great Britain managed to avoid the revolutionary upheavals of the first half of the nineteenth century.

The policies of Otto von Bismarck before 1871

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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What did the dramatic increase in the size and number of European cities in the first half of the 19^th century result in?