Question 1

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 2

Questions refer to the passage below.
The following is the response given by Chinese emperor Qianlong following the first British envoy to China, known as the Macartney Embassy.
"As to your entreaty to send one of your nationals to be accredited to my Celestial Court and to be in control of your country's trade with China, this request is contrary to all usage of my dynasty and cannot possibly be entertained. It is true that Europeans, in the service of the dynasty, have been permitted to live at Peking, but they are compelled to adopt Chinese dress, they are strictly confined to their own precincts and are never permitted to return home. You are presumably familiar with our dynastic regulations. Your proposed Envoy to my Court could not be placed in a position similar to that of European officials in Peking who are forbidden to leave China, nor could he, on the other hand, be allowed liberty of movement and the privilege of corresponding with his own country; so that you would gain nothing by his residence in our midst.
It may be, O King, that the above proposals have been wantonly made by your Ambassador on his own responsibility, or peradventure you yourself are ignorant of our dynastic regulations and had no intention of transgressing them when you expressed these wild ideas and hopes. . . . If, after the receipt of this explicit decree, you lightly give ear to the representations of your subordinates and allow your barbarian merchants to proceed to Chêkiang and Tientsin, with the object of landing and trading there, the ordinances of my Celestial Empire are strict in the extreme, and the local officials, both civil and military, are bound reverently to obey the law of the land. Should your vessels touch the shore, your merchants will assuredly never be permitted to land or to reside there but will be subject to instant expulsion. In that event your barbarian merchants will have had a long journey for nothing. Do not say that you were not warned in due time! Tremblingly obey and show no negligence! . . ."
Emperor Qianlong: Letter to George III, 1793
-What is the purpose of this letter from Emperor Qianlong to King George III of England?

Accepted Answer

A)  To warn the British about interference in Chinese affairs 
B)  To welcome the British to the lands in Asia 
C)  To offer trade advice to the British about the economy of Asia 
D)  To create an alliance between the two empires 
A)  To warn the British about interference in Chinese affairs 
B)  To welcome the British to the lands in Asia 
C)  To offer trade advice to the British about the economy of Asia 
D)  To create an alliance between the two empires

Question 3

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 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which document resulted from elite Americans' fear that their revolution was becoming too radical and threatened to plunge the nation into anarchy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Constitution 
B)  The Bill of Rights 
C)  The Declaration of Independence 
D)  The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen 
A)  The Constitution 
B)  The Bill of Rights 
C)  The Declaration of Independence 
D)  The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

Question 6

In what way did the newly independent United States and revolutionary France differ?

Accepted Answer

A)  France sought to spark revolution in other countries, and the United States did not. 
B)  The United States experienced an outpouring of retributive violence, and France did not. 
C)  The United States swiftly built up its military, and France did not. 
D)  French women successfully acquired a central role in its political sphere, and American women did not. 
A)  France sought to spark revolution in other countries, and the United States did not. 
B)  The United States experienced an outpouring of retributive violence, and France did not. 
C)  The United States swiftly built up its military, and France did not. 
D)  French women successfully acquired a central role in its political sphere, and American women did not.

Question 7

Which of the following accurately indicates 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)  Countries gradually prohibited the slave trade, and 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)  Countries gradually prohibited the slave trade, and 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 8

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 9

How did the industrial revolution affect Europe's relationships with other parts of the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Europe became more powerful economically by exporting more goods than it imported. 
B)  Europe pulled back from its earlier interest in overseas colonization. 
C)  Europe became more dependent on other parts of the world for financial support. 
D)  Europe became vulnerable to trade embargoes by Asian empires. 
A)  Europe became more powerful economically by exporting more goods than it imported. 
B)  Europe pulled back from its earlier interest in overseas colonization. 
C)  Europe became more dependent on other parts of the world for financial support. 
D)  Europe became vulnerable to trade embargoes by Asian empires.

Question 10

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 11

Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The representatives of the French people, organized as a National Assembly, believing that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public calamities and of the corruption of governments, have determined to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, unalienable, and sacred rights of man, in order that this declaration, being constantly before all the members of the Social body, shall remind them continually of their rights and duties; in order that the acts of the legislative power, as well as those of the executive power, may be compared at any moment with the objects and purposes of all political institutions and may thus be more respected, and, lastly, in order that the grievances of the citizens, based hereafter upon simple and incontestable principles, shall tend to the maintenance of the constitution and redound to the happiness of all. Therefore the National Assembly recognizes and proclaims, in the presence and under the auspices of the Supreme Being, the following rights of man and of the citizen:
Articles:
1.  Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good.
2.  The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
3.  The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation. No body nor individual may exercise any authority which does not proceed directly from the nation.
Approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789
(A)  Identify ONE Enlightenment ideology referenced in the passage.
(B)  Explain ONE cause of the French Revolution of 1789 that is addressed in the document.
(C)  Explain ONE effect the document above had on the events of the French Revolution.

Accepted Answer

(A) A good answer will be able to use pr

Question 12

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 13

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 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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 16

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

Question 17

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 18

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 19

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 20

Questions refer to the passage below.
Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) was an early supporter of the French Revolution. The 1791 constitution extended male suffrage, but that right was not granted to women. De Gouges responded in the following passage:
"Women, wake up; the tocsin of reason is being heard throughout the whole universe; discover your rights. The powerful empire of nature is no longer surrounded by prejudice, fanaticism, superstition, and lies . . . Oh, women, women! When will you cease to be blind? What advantage have you received from the Revolution? A more pronounced scorn, a more marked disdain . . . Regardless of what barriers confront you, it is in your power to free yourselves; you have only to want to. . . .
I offer a foolproof way to elevate the soul of women; it is to join them in all activities of man; if man persists in finding this way impractical, let him share his fortune with woman, not at his caprice, but by the wisdom of laws. Prejudice falls, morals are purified, and nature regains all her rights."
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791), Olympe de Gouges
-De Gouges was MOST likely influenced by which of the following historical developments?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Industrial Revolution 
B)  The Enlightenment 
C)  The Scientific Revolution 
D)  The suffrage movement 
A)  The Industrial Revolution 
B)  The Enlightenment 
C)  The Scientific Revolution 
D)  The suffrage movement

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

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

Which document resulted from elite Americans' fear that their revolution was becoming too radical and threatened to plunge the nation into anarchy?

In what way did the newly independent United States and revolutionary France differ?

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

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

How did the industrial revolution affect Europe's relationships with other parts of the world?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Exam 8: Reordering the World 1750-1850

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

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

Which document resulted from elite Americans' fear that their revolution was becoming too radical and threatened to plunge the nation into anarchy?

In what way did the newly independent United States and revolutionary France differ?

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

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

How did the industrial revolution affect Europe's relationships with other parts of the world?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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