Question 1

Why did American officials fear Tecumseh's message even more than his brother's?

Accepted Answer

A)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's support of the ghost dance would draw away workers for American farms. 
B)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's large army would be able to attack Washington, D.C. and other eastern cities. 
C)  Officials feared that Christians would begin to convert to the visionary future preached by Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa. 
D)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's attempt to create a confederation of Native American tribes could lead to a nation comparable to that of the Aztecs. 
A)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's support of the ghost dance would draw away workers for American farms. 
B)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's large army would be able to attack Washington, D.C. and other eastern cities. 
C)  Officials feared that Christians would begin to convert to the visionary future preached by Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa. 
D)  Officials feared that Tecumseh's attempt to create a confederation of Native American tribes could lead to a nation comparable to that of the Aztecs.

Question 2

Which of the following was the most important device used by Mexicans to lure Mayans into plantation labor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Debt peonage forced fathers and sons to work for low wages on sugar plantations. 
B)  The imposition of the new caste of "Indians" meant Mayans had few political rights and could be forced into plantation servitude. 
C)  Mexicans lured Mayans with promises of teaching them new agricultural techniques that would enrich Mayan villages. 
D)  Mayans were forced to work on plantations to free their wives and children who had been taken hostage by the plantation owners. 
A)  Debt peonage forced fathers and sons to work for low wages on sugar plantations. 
B)  The imposition of the new caste of "Indians" meant Mayans had few political rights and could be forced into plantation servitude. 
C)  Mexicans lured Mayans with promises of teaching them new agricultural techniques that would enrich Mayan villages. 
D)  Mayans were forced to work on plantations to free their wives and children who had been taken hostage by the plantation owners.

Question 3

According to Marx, how is the "epoch of the bourgeoisie" different from other epochs of class antagonism?

Accepted Answer

A)  The relations between classes are less violent in this period. 
B)  The relations between classes in this period are simplified. 
C)  Society encounters fewer economic crises in this period. 
D)  There is less likelihood of revolution during this period. 
A)  The relations between classes are less violent in this period. 
B)  The relations between classes in this period are simplified. 
C)  Society encounters fewer economic crises in this period. 
D)  There is less likelihood of revolution during this period.

Question 4

In what way did nineteenth-century nationalist goals prove destructive in the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nationalist goals led to class warfare. 
B)  Nationalist goals conflicted with economic modernization. 
C)  The nationalist goals of different groups proved incompatible with one another. 
D)  The nationalist goals of the nineteenth century limited twentieth-century cultural and literary experimentation. 
A)  Nationalist goals led to class warfare. 
B)  Nationalist goals conflicted with economic modernization. 
C)  The nationalist goals of different groups proved incompatible with one another. 
D)  The nationalist goals of the nineteenth century limited twentieth-century cultural and literary experimentation.

Question 5

In what way did the Mayans who followed Jose Mana Barrera resemble the Chinese who followed Hong in the Taiping Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were driven by hunger to surrender to work on plantations. 
B)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were led by ruling elites who sympathized with the plight of the peasants. 
C)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese followed visionaries who formed alternative religions that combined Christian beliefs, symbols, and rituals with traditional beliefs and legends. 
D)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were able to create enduring semiautonomous states within the larger nation. 
A)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were driven by hunger to surrender to work on plantations. 
B)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were led by ruling elites who sympathized with the plight of the peasants. 
C)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese followed visionaries who formed alternative religions that combined Christian beliefs, symbols, and rituals with traditional beliefs and legends. 
D)  Both the Mayans and the Chinese were able to create enduring semiautonomous states within the larger nation.

Question 6

In the Caste War, the Maya were finally defeated because the Mexican war with the United States ended in 1848.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

How did the status of Islam in West Africa change after the establishment of the Sokoto caliphate?

Accepted Answer

A)  It changed from a minority religion to the majority religion in the region. 
B)  It changed from an urban religion to the religion of rural pastoralists. 
C)  It changed from a polytheistic religion to a monotheistic religion. 
D)  It changed from a warlike religion to a peaceful religion. 
A)  It changed from a minority religion to the majority religion in the region. 
B)  It changed from an urban religion to the religion of rural pastoralists. 
C)  It changed from a polytheistic religion to a monotheistic religion. 
D)  It changed from a warlike religion to a peaceful religion.

Question 8

Which of the following was required of Shawnee culture if they were to be able to cooperate with U.S. government officials?

Accepted Answer

A)  That men rather than women take over farming 
B)  That they commit to communal life, similar to Fourier's phalanxes 
C)  That men move to urban areas and take jobs for cash payments 
D)  That they abandon their native language 
A)  That men rather than women take over farming 
B)  That they commit to communal life, similar to Fourier's phalanxes 
C)  That men move to urban areas and take jobs for cash payments 
D)  That they abandon their native language

Question 9

Both Chinese and Native American rebellions were inspired by popular religious movements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Use the map below to answer all parts of the question that follows.
Native American Revolts in the United States and Mexico   (A) Identify ONE way the United States gained territory in the nineteenth century.
(B) Identify ONE additional way the United States gained territory in the nineteenth century.
(C) Explain ONE indigenous response to the expansion of United States territory in the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

(A) A good answer would name one way the

Question 11

Questions refer to the passage below.
Section II-Regarding Merchants. It is plain that the infidel and treacherous British government have monopolized the trade of all the fine and valuable merchandise, such as indigo, cloth, and other articles of shipping, leaving only the trade of trifles to the people. . . . When the Badshahi Government is established, all these aforesaid fraudulent practices shall be dispensed with, and the trade of every article, without exception, both by land and by water, shall be open to the merchants of India.
The Azamgarh Proclamation (1857), Bahadur Shah, last Mughal emperor
-The proclamation is issued in which of the following historical contexts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Movements to revitalize Islam on the periphery of empires 
B)  The Mfecane movement in northern Africa 
C)  The caste wars in South America 
D)  Anti-imperial resistance to the expansion of colonizing states 
A)  Movements to revitalize Islam on the periphery of empires 
B)  The Mfecane movement in northern Africa 
C)  The caste wars in South America 
D)  Anti-imperial resistance to the expansion of colonizing states

Question 12

Which of the following characterized the British counterinsurgency effort in India?

Accepted Answer

A)  The British bribed rebel leaders to stop the uprising. 
B)  The British responded brutally; villages were destroyed and leaders were tied to cannons and executed. 
C)  The British expended a great deal of effort to preserve Indian lives and property to avoid alienating the population. 
D)  As a gesture of goodwill, the British returned the land that they had previously annexed. 
A)  The British bribed rebel leaders to stop the uprising. 
B)  The British responded brutally; villages were destroyed and leaders were tied to cannons and executed. 
C)  The British expended a great deal of effort to preserve Indian lives and property to avoid alienating the population. 
D)  As a gesture of goodwill, the British returned the land that they had previously annexed.

Question 13

Which of the following was a common factor in the Shawnee, Maya, and Indian rebellions against colonial control?

Accepted Answer

A)  A rejection of traditional cultural and political resources 
B)  Nonviolent resistance against colonial power 
C)  The use of prophecy and charismatic leadership 
D)  Reliance on Christian traditions taught by missionaries 
A)  A rejection of traditional cultural and political resources 
B)  Nonviolent resistance against colonial power 
C)  The use of prophecy and charismatic leadership 
D)  Reliance on Christian traditions taught by missionaries

Question 14

Questions refer to the passage below.
[O]ne of the ways of their government is the building of their sovereignty upon three things: the people's persons, their honor, and their possessions; and whomsoever they wish to kill or exile or violate his honor or devour his wealth they do so in pursuit of their lusts, without any right in the Shari'a. One of the ways of their government is their imposing on the people monies not laid down by the Shari'a. One of the ways of their government is their intentionally eating whatever food they wish, whether it is religiously permitted or forbidden, and wearing whatever clothes they wish, whether religiously permitted or forbidden, and drinking what beverages they wish, whether religiously permitted or forbidden, and riding whatever riding beasts they wish, whether religiously permitted or forbidden, and taking what women they wish without marriage contract, and living in decorated palaces, whether religiously permitted or forbidden, and spreading soft carpets as they wish, whether religiously permitted or forbidden.
Usman dan Fodio, critique of the Hausa state, 1806
-What is the historical situation in which the author was writing?

Accepted Answer

A)  A period of Islamic revitalization caused partly by the flow of religious ideas from outside the region 
B)  A period in which new ideas of nationalism led people to rebel against multinational states 
C)  The creation of new classes of people caused by the spread of the Industrial Revolution 
D)  The desire to restore the previous ruling family to the throne 
A)  A period of Islamic revitalization caused partly by the flow of religious ideas from outside the region 
B)  A period in which new ideas of nationalism led people to rebel against multinational states 
C)  The creation of new classes of people caused by the spread of the Industrial Revolution 
D)  The desire to restore the previous ruling family to the throne

Question 15

Which of the following contributed to social and political instability in both China and Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Decreasing opium consumption 
B)  Declining involvement in foreign trade 
C)  Pressure from a growing population 
D)  Increased standards of living among the peasantry 
A)  Decreasing opium consumption 
B)  Declining involvement in foreign trade 
C)  Pressure from a growing population 
D)  Increased standards of living among the peasantry

Question 16

How did the outcome of the War of 1812 hasten the ethnic cleansing of Native Americans east of the Mississippi?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both the British and the French slaughtered large numbers of Native Americans in the conflict. 
B)  The Shawnee migrated to Canada, leaving the lands south of the Great Lakes free of Native American tribes. 
C)  The British withdrew their support from south of the Great Lakes, leaving the Shawnee at the mercy of land-hungry American settlers. 
D)  Other tribes west of the Mississippi who had sided with the Americans supported the removal of the eastern tribes. 
A)  Both the British and the French slaughtered large numbers of Native Americans in the conflict. 
B)  The Shawnee migrated to Canada, leaving the lands south of the Great Lakes free of Native American tribes. 
C)  The British withdrew their support from south of the Great Lakes, leaving the Shawnee at the mercy of land-hungry American settlers. 
D)  Other tribes west of the Mississippi who had sided with the Americans supported the removal of the eastern tribes.

Question 17

Questions refer to the passage below.
[O]ne of the ways of their government is the building of their sovereignty upon three things: the people's persons, their honor, and their possessions; and whomsoever they wish to kill or exile or violate his honor or devour his wealth they do so in pursuit of their lusts, without any right in the Shari'a. One of the ways of their government is their imposing on the people monies not laid down by the Shari'a. One of the ways of their government is their intentionally eating whatever food they wish, whether it is religiously permitted or forbidden, and wearing whatever clothes they wish, whether religiously permitted or forbidden, and drinking what beverages they wish, whether religiously permitted or forbidden, and riding whatever riding beasts they wish, whether religiously permitted or forbidden, and taking what women they wish without marriage contract, and living in decorated palaces, whether religiously permitted or forbidden, and spreading soft carpets as they wish, whether religiously permitted or forbidden.
Usman dan Fodio, critique of the Hausa state, 1806
-What point is the author trying to make about the rulers of the Hausa?

Accepted Answer

A)  He envied the rulers' wealth and power. 
B)  He denied any right of the government to tax the people. 
C)  He condemned the rulers for not remaining celibate. 
D)  He criticized the rulers for only following their lusts. 
A)  He envied the rulers' wealth and power. 
B)  He denied any right of the government to tax the people. 
C)  He condemned the rulers for not remaining celibate. 
D)  He criticized the rulers for only following their lusts.

Question 18

In which of the following ways did the Zuku leader, Shaka, resemble Mongol leaders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both used cavalry and archers as the core of their military forces. 
B)  Both had the ability to incorporate defeated communities into the state. 
C)  Both were known for their ability to tolerate challenges from within their state. 
D)  Both came from peasant roots, rising to positions of authority based on their prowess as warriors. 
A)  Both used cavalry and archers as the core of their military forces. 
B)  Both had the ability to incorporate defeated communities into the state. 
C)  Both were known for their ability to tolerate challenges from within their state. 
D)  Both came from peasant roots, rising to positions of authority based on their prowess as warriors.

Question 19

What did the groups that led the 1848 revolutions in Europe have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They shared a desire for independent nations and to overthrow the existing elites. 
B)  They shared a belief in the triumph of the proletariat. 
C)  The groups were all middle class, such as doctors, university professors and students, and lawyers. 
D)  The groups were all working class, such as artisans, printers, and peasants. 
A)  They shared a desire for independent nations and to overthrow the existing elites. 
B)  They shared a belief in the triumph of the proletariat. 
C)  The groups were all middle class, such as doctors, university professors and students, and lawyers. 
D)  The groups were all working class, such as artisans, printers, and peasants.

Question 20

Questions refer to the passage below.
The basis of irreligious criticism is this: man makes religion; religion does not make man. Religion is indeed man's self-consciousness and self-awareness so long as he has not found himself or has lost himself again. But man is not an abstract being, squatting outside the world. Man is the human world, the state, society. This state, this society, produce religion which is an inverted world consciousness, because they are an inverted world. Religion is the general theory of this world, its encyclopedic compendium, its logic in popular form. . . . The struggle against religion is, therefore, indirectly, a struggle against that world whose spiritual aroma is religion.
Religious suffering is at the same time an expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of men, is a demand for their real happiness.
Karl Marx, critique of religion, 1843
-What does the author believe about the struggle against religion?

Accepted Answer

A)  The struggle against religion is destined to fail because religion provides hope for those who are suffering. 
B)  True faith existed before the coming of man, so man cannot struggle against it. 
C)  The struggle against religion is a struggle against the society that oppresses the masses. 
D)  Religious man exists outside of society, and therefore cannot be engaged in the dialectic. 
A)  The struggle against religion is destined to fail because religion provides hope for those who are suffering. 
B)  True faith existed before the coming of man, so man cannot struggle against it. 
C)  The struggle against religion is a struggle against the society that oppresses the masses. 
D)  Religious man exists outside of society, and therefore cannot be engaged in the dialectic.

Why did American officials fear Tecumseh's message even more than his brother's?

Which of the following was the most important device used by Mexicans to lure Mayans into plantation labor?

According to Marx, how is the "epoch of the bourgeoisie" different from other epochs of class antagonism?

In what way did nineteenth-century nationalist goals prove destructive in the twentieth century?

In what way did the Mayans who followed Jose Mana Barrera resemble the Chinese who followed Hong in the Taiping Rebellion?

In the Caste War, the Maya were finally defeated because the Mexican war with the United States ended in 1848.

How did the status of Islam in West Africa change after the establishment of the Sokoto caliphate?

Which of the following was required of Shawnee culture if they were to be able to cooperate with U.S. government officials?

Both Chinese and Native American rebellions were inspired by popular religious movements.

Which of the following characterized the British counterinsurgency effort in India?

Which of the following was a common factor in the Shawnee, Maya, and Indian rebellions against colonial control?

Which of the following contributed to social and political instability in both China and Africa?

How did the outcome of the War of 1812 hasten the ethnic cleansing of Native Americans east of the Mississippi?

In which of the following ways did the Zuku leader, Shaka, resemble Mongol leaders?

What did the groups that led the 1848 revolutions in Europe have in common?

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

Reordering the World 1750-1850

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 9: Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Why did American officials fear Tecumseh's message even more than his brother's?

Which of the following was the most important device used by Mexicans to lure Mayans into plantation labor?

According to Marx, how is the "epoch of the bourgeoisie" different from other epochs of class antagonism?

In what way did nineteenth-century nationalist goals prove destructive in the twentieth century?

In what way did the Mayans who followed Jose Mana Barrera resemble the Chinese who followed Hong in the Taiping Rebellion?

In the Caste War, the Maya were finally defeated because the Mexican war with the United States ended in 1848.

How did the status of Islam in West Africa change after the establishment of the Sokoto caliphate?

Which of the following was required of Shawnee culture if they were to be able to cooperate with U.S. government officials?

Both Chinese and Native American rebellions were inspired by popular religious movements.

Which of the following characterized the British counterinsurgency effort in India?

Which of the following was a common factor in the Shawnee, Maya, and Indian rebellions against colonial control?

Which of the following contributed to social and political instability in both China and Africa?

How did the outcome of the War of 1812 hasten the ethnic cleansing of Native Americans east of the Mississippi?

In which of the following ways did the Zuku leader, Shaka, resemble Mongol leaders?

What did the groups that led the 1848 revolutions in Europe have in common?

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

Reordering the World 1750-1850

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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