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Who said "Cogito Ergo Sum"
Pizarro conquered the Aztecs
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1
Pizarro conquered the Aztecs
False
True
2
Who said "Cogito Ergo Sum"
Descartes
Newton
Kant
Voltaire
3
Who developed the Theory of Relativity
Max Planck
Albert Einstein
Ernest Rutherford
Louis Pasteur
4
Which was not a hallmark of the Renaissance
Classicism
Humanism
Individualism
Secularism
5
Who didn't live during the German peasants revolt?
Thomas Muntzer
Immanuel Kant
Martin Luther
Charles V
6
What did Lenin promise to the Russian people
Life, liberty, property
Peace, bread, land
Equality, freedom, prosperity
War, victory, domination
7
Which country did NOT have serfdom in 1700
Russia
Austria
France
Prussia
8
Which was not a principle of mercantilism?
Colonies for raw materials
Labor has value
Positive Trade balance
Accumulate specie
9
The Portuguese were the first European power to reach India
False
True
10
What did the Navigation Acts do
Banned pollution from water-powered factories
Banned labor unions
Forced colonies to only trade with the mother country
Restricted spending on luxury goods to specific groups
11
The Revolutions of 1848 started with the overthrow of Louis Philippe
True
False
12
What best explains a difference between the Tsarist and Soviet regimes
The Soviets controlled the peasants' lives while the Tsars didn't
Soviets treated everyone equally, while the Czarist nobles were privileged
The Tsars relied on Orthodoxy while the Soviets were atheist
The Tsars had a secret police, while the Soviets didn't
13
What did the Great Reform Bill of 1832 do?
Gave the vote to some middle-class men
Made all electoral districts equal
Gave 20% of British citizens the ability to vote
Let big cities elect members of the House of Lords
14
Which is not a responsibility of the government in capitalism
Law and Order
Infrastructure
Regulating Trade
Defense
15
What is true about the Northern Renaissance compared to the Italian Renaissance
It was more secular and focused on humanism
It glorified the individual
It emphasized religion
Its art focused more on abstract ideals
16
What is revisionist socialism?
That socialist change should be made through the existing system
That the socialist revolution should only occur in Germany
That the free market is necessary for economic growth
That the peasants will lead the Revolution
17
Which was not part of the Treaty of Versailles
Germany accepted guilt for the war
France's annexation of the Rhineland
The formation of the League of Nations
Reparations paid by Germany
18
The English Civil War started because the King tried to make Catholicism the official religion of England
False
True
19
Louis XIV reigned from 1755-1815
True
False
20
Which is NOT a reason for the stalemate on the Western Front
Invention of machine guns
Old generals and strategy
Insufficient number of troops
Inadequate mechanization
21
Which policy would a Social Darwinist support
More funding for scientific expeditions to the Galapagos
Progressive Taxation
Social Security
Imperialism
22
The Luddites supported new technology
True
False
23
What was a main purpose of state centralization in the 1600s
To create a strong standing army
To place limits on monarchical authority
To increase public education and freedom of the press
To grant more autonomy to the nobles
24
The Meiji Restoration took place in which country?
Vietnam
Korea
China
Japan
25
The Bessemer Process created steel
False
True
26
The Thermidorian Reaction occurred right after the Reign of Terror
False
True
27
What was the main manufactured good during the First Industrial Revolution
Steel
Sugarcane
Steam Engines
Textiles
28
Which country was the Babylonian Captivity in?
Babylon
Italy
Holy Roman Empire
France
29
Charles X wanted to keep France as a constitutional monarchy in 1830
False
True
30
What system was designed to suppress revolution in Europe?
Concert of Europe
Carlsbad Decrees
Congress of Vienna
League of Shadows
31
Which was NOT a major theme of European domestic politics between 1871-1914
Increasing emphasis on free trade and economic integration
Social Security and welfare legislation
Growth of revisionist socialist parties
Rise of anti-semitism and persecution of minorities
32
How did Northern Renaissance art differ from Italian Renaissance art
Northern Renaissance art was more symbolic
Northern Renaissance art showed more anatomical detail
Italian Renaissance featured no religious subjects
Italian Renaissance featured more mythological scenes
33
Kepler discovered that planets rotated in ellipses
False
True
34
Laissez-Faire means mercantilist
True
False
35
Social Darwinism most likely influenced which event
Austria crushing Hungary's revolt in 1848
Adam Smith's composition of the Wealth of Nations
The British invasion of Egypt in 1879
The reinstitution of serfdom by Leopold II in Austria in 1791
36
U-Boats are a synonym for submarines
True
False
37
Which country was partitioned by Austria, Prussia and Russia
Ukraine
Silesia
Hungary
Poland
38
Which was NOT a reason for the Industrial Revolution
The discovery of the existence of coal
Enclosure and Agricultural Revolution
Increasing amounts of available capital and trade
Cottage Industries
39
Which country's king declined the "Crown from the Gutter"
Netherlands
Prussia
Bavaria
Austria
40
Zionism expressed the desire for Jewish autonomy within European nations
False
True
41
Which is NOT one of Adam Smith's key ideas
The government should provide defense and infrastructure
Gold reserves are less important than human capital
The government needs to create the invisible hand
Trade benefits both parties
42
What most directly led to the Cottage Industry
Guild system
Industrial Revolution
Enclosure
Spread of Protestantism
43
The Auxiliary Service Law forced all men and women not in the army to:
Work in industries supporting the war effort
Double the taxes they paid
Start military training to join the army
Produce anti-German propaganda
44
The Continental System banned European nations from trading with Britain
False
True
45
Which art movement was most directly shaped by European colonization
Orientalism
Expressionism
Impressionism
Cubism
46
Why did Socialists most criticize imperialism
It represented a form of capitalism and resource exploitation
It created national unity
It did not grant rights to workers at home
The Soviet Union had no colonies
47
Which was NOT a British law that helped working class people
Mines Act
Repeal of Corn Laws
Factory Act
Combination Acts
48
After Nicholas II abdicated, which individual took power
Kerensky
Lenin
Rasputin
Tsarevitch Alexis
49
Which was not an independent country in 1914
Romania
Bulgaria
Serbia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
50
What was not a contributing factor to the beginning of the Renaissance
The founding of universities by the Catholic Church that emphasized logic
The increasing wealth of the Italian city-states
The rediscovery of classical texts from the Islamic World
The presence of public elementary schools throughout Italy
51
Who updated Marxism to reflect the idea that peasants could lead the Revolution
Vladimir Lenin
Edouard Bernstein
Leon Trotsky
Friedrich Engels
52
Which idea does not appear in the Communist Manifesto?
History is a series of class struggles
Dialectical Materialism
Peasants will lead the Revolution
Communism is inevitable
53
The railroad was invented during the Second Industrial Revolution
True
False
54
Which is NOT a classical liberal idea
Freedom of expression & the press
The Government should provide support for injured workers
The right to a fair trial
The formation of constitutional monarchies
55
The Bourgeoisie own the means of production
True
False
56
Brandenburg is a synonym for Russia
False
True
57
Which best describes the Crimean War
It started because Russia wanted a port on the Mediterranean
It's fake and never happened
It displayed an alliance of European states against the Ottomans
It represented the first stage of German unification
58
Which of the following thinkers did not support absolutism?
Cardinal Mazarin
William Laud
Baron Montesquieu
Bishop Bossuet
59
Which is not a contributing factor to Nationalism
Linguistic connections
Loyalty to your feudal lord
Ethnic identity
Shared folklore and stories
60
What was NOT an element of the Counter-Reformation
Index of Prohibited Books
Council of Trent
Jesuits
Diet of Worms
61
The Zollverein was a custom union that was a preliminary step towards German unification
True
False
62
Which quotes does not embody Realpolitik
Power is key
Ends justify the means
Always keep two irons in the fire
Treat others with respect
63
Camilo Cavour was the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
True
False
64
Which country did not colonize in the Scramble for Africa
Czechoslovakia
Portugal
France
Belgium
65
Consumer Culture was driven by increasing European overseas trade
False
True
66
Trialism offered political rights to which minority group
Italians
Jewish People
Hungarians
Slavs
67
Lenin seized power from Kerensky after World War I ended
False
True
68
Who did NOT fight a war against Prussia as part of German Unification
Austria
France
Denmark
Russia
69
Who wrote "Reflections on the Revolutions in France" and is the father of modern conservatism
Mary Wollstonecraft
Edmund Burke
Milton Friedmann
Abbe Sieyes
70
Calvin came up with Predestination
True
False
71
Which was not a popular sport in the 18th century
Cricket
Boxing
Bullbaiting
Cockfighting
72
What was NOT a key element in spreading Enlightenment thought
Monasteries
Lending librariees
Coffeehouses
Salons
73
What is a reason for Spain's decline in the 1600s
Its resistance to the Industrial Revolution
Religious division between Catholics and Protestants
Lack of a strong middle class
The chaos of the War of Spanish Succession
74
Which of the following rulers was a politique
Philip II
Louis XIV
Mary I
Elizabeth I
75
The debate over which law sparked the English Civil War
Petition of Right
Navigation Acts
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
76
Which nation did not have a colony in the Americas
Spain
Holy Roman Empire
France
England
77
Bismarck only pursued policies that the Reichstag passed into law
True
False
78
Which was not a cause of the French Revolution
The calling of the Estates General
Spiraling Debt
A bad harvest in 1788
Military defeat against the Netherlands
79
Which institution did Austria and Hungary NOT share in the Dual Monarchy that started in 1867
Parliament
Emperor
Foreign Affairs
Military