Question 1

Define the following terms: Primrose League

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The Primrose League was an organization

Question 2

Freud thought that the source of psychological problems was

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A)  biological disorders. 
B)  inner conflict and irrational forces. 
C)  diabolical possession. 
D)  too little positive thinking. 
E)  related to heredity. 
A)  biological disorders. 
B)  inner conflict and irrational forces. 
C)  diabolical possession. 
D)  too little positive thinking. 
E)  related to heredity.

Question 3

Which of the following was not a European public reaction to expansion?

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A)  The public was violently opposed to the exploitation of weaker nations. 
B)  A strong belief that it was their duty to civilize the inferior races 
C)  A belief that all Europeans had a common cause and common destiny that separated them from savagery 
D)  Creating colonial societies in support of expansion 
E)  Producing a steady stream of propaganda in support of expansion 
A)  The public was violently opposed to the exploitation of weaker nations. 
B)  A strong belief that it was their duty to civilize the inferior races 
C)  A belief that all Europeans had a common cause and common destiny that separated them from savagery 
D)  Creating colonial societies in support of expansion 
E)  Producing a steady stream of propaganda in support of expansion

Question 4

Define the following terms: Gaetano Mosca

Accepted Answer

Gaetano Mosca (1858–1941) was an Italian

Question 5

How did Europe, with its unprecedented prosperity and power, descend into the First World War?

Accepted Answer

Students should show an apprec

Question 6

With the retirement of Bismarck, the German Empire

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A)  slowly abandoned its Weltpolitik . 
B)  was led by Wilhelm II, who apparently believed himself to be infallible. 
C)  managed to neutralize the popularity of the socialists. 
D)  experienced a lessening of labor unrest. 
E)  was held up as a nation to copy. 
A)  slowly abandoned its Weltpolitik . 
B)  was led by Wilhelm II, who apparently believed himself to be infallible. 
C)  managed to neutralize the popularity of the socialists. 
D)  experienced a lessening of labor unrest. 
E)  was held up as a nation to copy.

Question 7

Eduard Bernstein's revisionism held that

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A)  history could be accelerated and the socialist revolution could occur in his lifetime. 
B)  a disciplined party of professional revolutionaries should lead an alliance of peasants and workers to overthrow capitalism. 
C)  the working class could peacefully build socialism by using existing bourgeois political institutions. 
D)  only a general strike could significantly challenge capitalism. 
E)  the ideals of Marxism were too radical. 
A)  history could be accelerated and the socialist revolution could occur in his lifetime. 
B)  a disciplined party of professional revolutionaries should lead an alliance of peasants and workers to overthrow capitalism. 
C)  the working class could peacefully build socialism by using existing bourgeois political institutions. 
D)  only a general strike could significantly challenge capitalism. 
E)  the ideals of Marxism were too radical.

Question 8

Define the following terms: Triple Alliance

Accepted Answer

The Triple Alliance was a military allia

Question 9

Define the following terms: Emmeline Pankhurst

Accepted Answer

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928) was a Bri

Question 10

Use the map (or maps) referenced in each question for your answer. Compare the maps of Africa shown on Map 24.1. Which European states had territory in Africa in 1878? Which nation controlled the most African land by 1914? Locate the only two independent African countries left in 1914. What is the significance of Adowa? Do you know anything about Liberia and why it would have remained independent?

Accepted Answer

In 1878, European states with territory

Question 11

Define the following terms: Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Accepted Answer

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was an Austro-H

Question 12

Discuss the challenges facing the Russian Empire at the turn of the twentieth century, and explain how the tsarist government attempted to meet them. How could this situation set the stage for revolution?

Accepted Answer

An autocracy with a multinatio

Question 13

Define the following terms: Leopold of Belgium

Accepted Answer

Leopold of Belgium typically refers to o

Question 14

What were some points at which liberalism failed to provide answers to important social questions? What alternative ideologies developed in the early twentieth century? What role did racism play in some ideologies?

Accepted Answer

Students should list the specific proble

Question 15

Beneath the surface of the age of optimism and la belle époque lay growing discontent and tensions. These included

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A)  increased difficulty in achieving political consensus. 
B)  growing international competition and suspicions. 
C)  a deepening disillusionment of the intelligentsia. 
D)  growing militarism. 
E)  All of these 
A)  increased difficulty in achieving political consensus. 
B)  growing international competition and suspicions. 
C)  a deepening disillusionment of the intelligentsia. 
D)  growing militarism. 
E)  All of these

Question 16

"White Man's Burden" refers to

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A)  the growing awareness and guilt European and American men felt for limiting the life choices of women. 
B)  a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta about colonial life. 
C)  the conviction that Westerners had a duty to their colonial subjects. 
D)  a section of the manifesto of the Indian Congress Party. 
E)  the competition between European nations to subdue Africa. 
A)  the growing awareness and guilt European and American men felt for limiting the life choices of women. 
B)  a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta about colonial life. 
C)  the conviction that Westerners had a duty to their colonial subjects. 
D)  a section of the manifesto of the Indian Congress Party. 
E)  the competition between European nations to subdue Africa.

Question 17

Problems for the French Third Republic included all of the following except

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A)  violent actions by women suffragists. 
B)  rural and worker agitation and repression. 
C)  the Dreyfus case. 
D)  antagonistic relations with the Catholic Church. 
E)  a lack of strong leadership in the French government. 
A)  violent actions by women suffragists. 
B)  rural and worker agitation and repression. 
C)  the Dreyfus case. 
D)  antagonistic relations with the Catholic Church. 
E)  a lack of strong leadership in the French government.

Question 18

Define the following terms: home rule

Accepted Answer

Home rule refers to the authority grante

Question 19

The controversy over Ireland included all of the following in the decades before World War I except

Accepted Answer

A)  the implementation of home rule. 
B)  a call by the Conservative Party for Irish Protestants to use extralegal means to oppose concessions to the Catholics. 
C)  a worsening conundrum in Ulster. 
D)  a fateful interruption due to World War I. 
E)  the behavior of the conservatives and the army indicated a breakdown of order and authority. 
A)  the implementation of home rule. 
B)  a call by the Conservative Party for Irish Protestants to use extralegal means to oppose concessions to the Catholics. 
C)  a worsening conundrum in Ulster. 
D)  a fateful interruption due to World War I. 
E)  the behavior of the conservatives and the army indicated a breakdown of order and authority.

Question 20

Summarize the political and economic problems faced by Great Britain, France, and Italy, and discuss how they contributed to governmental weakness and instability. Did Germany suffer from any of the same troubles?

Accepted Answer

All these countries suffered to some deg

Exam 24: Imperialism and Escalating Tensions, 1880-1914

Define the following terms: Primrose League

Freud thought that the source of psychological problems was

Which of the following was not a European public reaction to expansion?

Define the following terms: Gaetano Mosca

How did Europe, with its unprecedented prosperity and power, descend into the First World War?

With the retirement of Bismarck, the German Empire

Eduard Bernstein's revisionism held that

Define the following terms: Triple Alliance

Define the following terms: Emmeline Pankhurst

Define the following terms: Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Discuss the challenges facing the Russian Empire at the turn of the twentieth century, and explain how the tsarist government attempted to meet them. How could this situation set the stage for revolution?

Define the following terms: Leopold of Belgium

What were some points at which liberalism failed to provide answers to important social questions? What alternative ideologies developed in the early twentieth century? What role did racism play in some ideologies?

Beneath the surface of the age of optimism and la belle époque lay growing discontent and tensions. These included

"White Man's Burden" refers to

Problems for the French Third Republic included all of the following except

Define the following terms: home rule

The controversy over Ireland included all of the following in the decades before World War I except

Summarize the political and economic problems faced by Great Britain, France, and Italy, and discuss how they contributed to governmental weakness and instability. Did Germany suffer from any of the same troubles?

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

The Age of Optimism, 1850-1880

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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