Question 1

Professionalization and specialization of the sciences and social sciences led to all of the following except

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A)  the fragmentation and compartmentalization of knowledge. 
B)  significant advances in several disciplines. 
C)  greater interaction and cooperation across disciplines. 
D)  a decline in the role of the amateur. 
E)  the inclusion of religious studies in the sciences. 
A)  the fragmentation and compartmentalization of knowledge. 
B)  significant advances in several disciplines. 
C)  greater interaction and cooperation across disciplines. 
D)  a decline in the role of the amateur. 
E)  the inclusion of religious studies in the sciences.

Question 2

Had you lived in the late nineteenth century, would you have favored an optimistic or a pessimistic view of society? Give reasons for your position and mention some people of the time with whom you would have agreed.

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There is substantial material

Question 3

The first state to offer a comprehensive welfare program including health insurance and old-age pensions was

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A)  Bismarck's Germany. 
B)  the French Third Republic. 
C)  Disraeli's Britain. 
D)  the United States. 
E)  Australia. 
A)  Bismarck's Germany. 
B)  the French Third Republic. 
C)  Disraeli's Britain. 
D)  the United States. 
E)  Australia.

Question 4

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Catholic Church

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A)  condemned "progress," "liberalism," and "Western civilization." 
B)  allied itself politically with reactionary forces. 
C)  officially adopted the doctrine of papal infallibility in matters of faith and morals. 
D)  attempted to regain power it had lost as a result of the unrest of 1848. 
E)  All of these 
A)  condemned "progress," "liberalism," and "Western civilization." 
B)  allied itself politically with reactionary forces. 
C)  officially adopted the doctrine of papal infallibility in matters of faith and morals. 
D)  attempted to regain power it had lost as a result of the unrest of 1848. 
E)  All of these

Question 5

Describe and explain the middle class's worldview and lifestyle.

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Essays should synthesize knowledge accum

Question 6

All of the following are features of the middle-class lifestyle except

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A)  the work ethic. 
B)  Victorian morality. 
C)  respect for diversity. 
D)  consumerism. 
E)  opposition to women working outside the home. 
A)  the work ethic. 
B)  Victorian morality. 
C)  respect for diversity. 
D)  consumerism. 
E)  opposition to women working outside the home.

Question 7

Consider the disadvantages suffered by urban workers and the measures taken by governments to alleviate them. Discuss urban living conditions, problems of the work environment, and educational and cultural issues.

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Material for this assignment can be foun

Question 8

Define the following terms: Social Catholics

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Social Catholics refer to a movement wit

Question 9

The most flourishing area of nineteenth-century social science was

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A)  psychology. 
B)  ethnology. 
C)  history. 
D)  sociology. 
E)  geography. 
A)  psychology. 
B)  ethnology. 
C)  history. 
D)  sociology. 
E)  geography.

Question 10

As science advanced and living standards improved, the West

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A)  embraced positivism. 
B)  remained strongly influenced by religion. 
C)  increasingly turned to religion and rejected modernism. 
D)  resolved most of the contradictions between modern science and traditional religion. 
E)  eliminated church power over education. 
A)  embraced positivism. 
B)  remained strongly influenced by religion. 
C)  increasingly turned to religion and rejected modernism. 
D)  resolved most of the contradictions between modern science and traditional religion. 
E)  eliminated church power over education.

Question 11

Define the following terms: professionalization

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Professionalization refers to the proces

Question 12

Define the following terms: Madame Bovary

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Madame Bovary is a novel by French write

Question 13

Define the following terms: Dmitri Mendeleev

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Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist a

Question 14

Amusement and the need to escape crowded cities created all of the following for the middle class except

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A)  problems in traveling from country to country as visas and passports were hard to come by. 
B)  water cure spas that gave special health benefits. 
C)  tours organized by Thomas Cook. 
D)  gambling casinos. 
E)  resort towns. 
A)  problems in traveling from country to country as visas and passports were hard to come by. 
B)  water cure spas that gave special health benefits. 
C)  tours organized by Thomas Cook. 
D)  gambling casinos. 
E)  resort towns.

Question 15

The author who described his own work as similar to "the analysis that surgeons make on cadavers" was

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A)  Emile Zola. 
B)  Charles Dickens. 
C)  Feodor Dostoyevsky. 
D)  Victor Hugo. 
E)  Ku Hung-Ming. 
A)  Emile Zola. 
B)  Charles Dickens. 
C)  Feodor Dostoyevsky. 
D)  Victor Hugo. 
E)  Ku Hung-Ming.

Question 16

Define the following terms: Baron Georges Haussmann

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Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly

Question 17

Define the following terms: Darwinism

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Darwinism is a term that refers to the e

Question 18

Present Darwin's theory of evolution, and discuss its impact on nineteenth-century society.

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Objectivity, accuracy, and tho

Question 19

In Great Britain, government attempts to regulate public health was opposed by

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A)  Queen Victoria. 
B)  Annie Wood Besant. 
C)  Thomas Cook. 
D)  the Socialist Party. 
E)  Pope Leo XIII. 
A)  Queen Victoria. 
B)  Annie Wood Besant. 
C)  Thomas Cook. 
D)  the Socialist Party. 
E)  Pope Leo XIII.

Question 20

Define the following terms: Crystal Palace

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The term "Crystal Palace" primarily refe

Exam 23: The Age of Optimism, 1850-1880

Professionalization and specialization of the sciences and social sciences led to all of the following except

Had you lived in the late nineteenth century, would you have favored an optimistic or a pessimistic view of society? Give reasons for your position and mention some people of the time with whom you would have agreed.

The first state to offer a comprehensive welfare program including health insurance and old-age pensions was

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Catholic Church

Describe and explain the middle class's worldview and lifestyle.

All of the following are features of the middle-class lifestyle except

Consider the disadvantages suffered by urban workers and the measures taken by governments to alleviate them. Discuss urban living conditions, problems of the work environment, and educational and cultural issues.

Define the following terms: Social Catholics

The most flourishing area of nineteenth-century social science was

As science advanced and living standards improved, the West

Define the following terms: professionalization

Define the following terms: Madame Bovary

Define the following terms: Dmitri Mendeleev

Amusement and the need to escape crowded cities created all of the following for the middle class except

The author who described his own work as similar to "the analysis that surgeons make on cadavers" was

Define the following terms: Baron Georges Haussmann

Define the following terms: Darwinism

Present Darwin's theory of evolution, and discuss its impact on nineteenth-century society.

In Great Britain, government attempts to regulate public health was opposed by

Define the following terms: Crystal Palace

The Ancestors of the West

The Ship, the Sword, and the Book: Western Asia, C.A 1500-400 B.C

The Greeks in the Polis to CA 350 B.C

Alexander the Great and the Spread of Greek Civilization, Ca 350-30 Bc

Rome, From Republic to Empire

Imperial Rome, 31 Bc-Ad 284

The World of Late Antiquity, 284-CA 600

Early Medieval Civilizations, 600-900

The Expansion of Europe in the High Middle Ages, 900-1300

Medieval Civilization at Its Height, 900-1300

Crisis and Recovery in Late Medieval Europe, 1300-1500

The Renaissance

European Overseas Expansion to 1600

The Age of the Reformation

Europe in the Age of Religious Wars, 1560-1648

Europe in the Age of Louis Xiv, CA 1640-1715

A Revolution in Worldview

Europe on the Threshold of Modernity, CA 1715-1789

An Age of Revolution, 1789-1815

The Industrial Transformation of Europe, 1750-1850

Restoration, Reform, and Revolution, 1814-1848

Nationalism and Political Reform, 1850-1880

Imperialism and Escalating Tensions, 1880-1914

War and Revolution, 1914-1919

The Illusion of Stability, 1919-1930

The Tortured Decade, 1930-1939

The ERA of the Second World War, 1939-1949

An Anxious Stability: The Age of the Cold War, 1949-1989

A Continuing Experiment: The West and the World Since 1989

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