Deck 8: From National Unification to Religious Revivial, 1850-1880

Question 1

Maria Montessori was the first Italian woman to become a

A) doctor
B) nurse
C) teacher
D) engineer

Answer 1

doctor

Question 2

Maria Montessori first developed her teaching methods by teaching

A) gifted children
B) developmentally delayed children
C) wealthy children
D) her own children

Answer 2

developmentally delayed children

Question 3

Montessori challenged scientific theories that 'proved' women's inferiority to men in a lecture entitled

A) The Cult of Domesticity
B) The New Feminist
C) The New Woman
D) The Bourgeois Woman

Answer 3

The New Woman

Question 4

During the Long Depression, the European economy actually grew, but growth primarily benefited

A) farmers
B) the landed aristocracy
C) small businesses
D) large businesses

Question 5

Which of the following is not a popular new invention of the late nineteenth century?

A) internal combustion engine
B) radio
C) telephone
D) television

Question 6

Britain's liberal democracy expanded in the late 19th century through a series of Reform Acts, which

A) gave women the right to vote
B) created universal male suffrage
C) gave working men the right to vote
D) limited the right to vote

Question 7

Bismarck's constitution for the new German Empire invested the most power in

A) the Kaiser
B) the Junkers
C) the Reichstag
D) the serfs

Question 8

Bismarck enacted social reform legislation in Germany because

A) he wanted workers' support
B) he held socialist beliefs
C) he was a true liberal
D) he wanted to improve the lives of workers

Question 9

One of the primary motives for imperialism after 1880 was

A) a crusade against Islam
B) the desire to spread liberal government
C) growing anti-Semitism
D) competition among European states

Question 10

The "white man's burden" was used as a justification for

A) World War I
B) imperialism
C) missionary work
D) industrialization

Question 11

Problems in the Balkans began in the late 19th century because of the weakness of

A) Great Britain
B) the Ottoman Empire
C) the German Empire
D) China

Question 12

Georg von Schönerer and the Pan-German Party blamed Austria's problems on

A) Jews
B) empire
C) liberals
D) Catholics

Question 13

Captain Alfred Dreyfus was accused of selling French military secrets to the Germans because he was

A) German
B) working class
C) Jewish
D) French

Question 14

Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union fought for women's rights

A) via establishment politics
B) politely, like ladies
C) through journalism
D) using militant tactics

Question 15

What were the causes of World War I? Was war inevitable by 1914?

Question 16

How did the Balkans become the most volatile region in Europe? How did the Great Powers play a role in this?

Question 17

What were the causes of renewed imperialism after 1880? How did imperialism play a role in the outbreak of World War I?