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World History: Modern Times
World History: Modern Times
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Review of Modern World History from the Renaissance to WWI.
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His assassination sparked World War I.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Czar Nicholas III
Otto Von Bismarck
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Extension of a nation's power over other lands.
Nationalism
Alliances
Militarism
Imperialism
3
Idea that social progress comes from survival of the strong.
Social Darwinism
Natural Selection
Dog-eat-dog economics
Socialism
4
This family controlled the government of Florence from behind the scenes.
Savonarola
da Vinci
Machiavelli
de Medici
5
Colonial powers harmed their colonies by...
keeping wages low and taxes high.
creating an entrepreneurial class.
building railroads and highways.
allowing some sharing of profits.
6
Made up nearly 80% of the European population in the early 1900s.
Working Class
Women
Aristocracy
Noble Class
7
John Locke's idea of "tabula rasa" suggest that people are...
naturally inclined to be stupid.
born either good or evil.
inherently self-centered.
molded by their experiences.
8
The ______ was most important to Britain's Industrial Revolution.
steam engine
the flying shuttle
bicycle
water-powered loom
9
In 1857 a growing Indian distrust of the British led to...
the British establishing a fort at Kanpur.
a treaty restoring independence to India.
the British replacing indirect rule with divine rule.
the First War of Independence called the Sepoy Mutiny.
10
The word secular means _______.
worldly
circular
spiritual
selfish
11
Which one of the following is NOT considered a major cause of World War I?
Impressionism
Imperialism
Militarism
Nationalism
12
A payment made to gain a release from all or part of the punishment for sin.
Predestination
Liberty
Indulgence
Salvation
13
The internal-combustion engine gave rise to...
automobiles, airplanes, and improved ocean liners.
streetcars and subways powered by electricity.
a true American economy.
conveyor belts and factory lights.
14
Galileo's observations seemed to indicate that...
Copernicus and Kepler were wrong about the moon goddess.
heavenly bodies were made of materials much like Earth.
the Catholic Church's beliefs about heavens were correct.
Plato was correct about the way the planets were arranged.
15
The primary contributor to the spread of the Protestant Reformation was the...
Printing Press
Salons
Spanish Inquisition
Holy Wars
16
What was the "White Man's Burden"?
the crowded urban living conditions created poverty.
the idea that blacks should serve whites.
belief in a moral obligation to civilize primitive peoples.
Bigger, stronger Europeans could carry more baggage.
17
Under the leadership of _____, the Bolsheviks became a party dedicated to violent revolution.
Lincoln
Bismarck
Metternich
Lenin
18
Which meeting resulted in the "carving up of the African Interior?"
Council of Trent
Berlin Conference
Congress of Vienna
Meiji Restoration
19
Applying the scientific method and using reason to explain human nature logically.
deductive reasoning
rationalism
justifying
experimenting
20
Wrote the influential political book "The Prince?"
da Vinci
Savonarola
Machiavelli
de Medici
21
The final decrees of the Council of Trent...
stated that Christians should be nice people.
empowered the Jesuits to find and try heretical Protestants.
were ultimately meaningless and never put into practice.
reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings.
22
The belief that people should be as free as possible from government restraints?
militarism
liberalism
nationalism
conservatism
23
Workers without training or experience.
Unfit workers
Unskilled Workers
Unemployed
Union Workers
24
Helped workers achieve better working conditions.
Trade Cooperatives
Trade Unions
Socialism
Government
25
What leader was vital to German Unification?
Otto von Bismarck
Martin Luther
Catherine the Great
King Louis XIV
26
The leader of India's nonviolent struggle for independence from Great Britain was...
Balwantrao Talik
Queen Victoria
Mahatma Gandhi
Rabindranath Tagore
27
Major goals of David Livingstone's explorations were to...
free and give African Countries their Independence
find a trade route into Africa and lead people to Christ.
convert and control the main African Chiefs to Christianity.
find Gold and resources in the African Mountains.
28
What elements made possible the Second Industrial Revolution?
steel, chemicals, electricity, petroleum
concrete, timber, silk, spices
earth, air, fire, water
textiles, railroads, iron, coal
29
The under-industrialized nations of southern and eastern Europe...
reverted to monarchism.
provide food and raw materials for the industrial countries.
embraced the teaching of Marx.
built automobiles for the Americas.
30
The publication of Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses...
was largely ignored until decades after Luther's death.
became the central text for Anglicanism.
was immediately seen as a threat by local businesses.
attacked the abuses in the sale of indulgences.
31
Why were liberal studies at the core of a humanist curriculum?
To create great scholars
To promote advances in science
To enable more people to read Latin
To provide practical preparation for life
32
System in which society, or government, owns and controls the means of production.
Humanism
Socialism
Liberalism
Conservatism
33
To maintain high morale and support for World War I among their citizens,
Advertisements
Patriotic Music
Propaganda
Saying the Pledge of Allegience
34
He created the scientific method.
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
Francis Bacon
Charles Darwin
35
Colonial powers stressed the ________ of raw materials to keep control of territories.
import
export
waste
balance of trade
36
Women believed that ______, the right to vote, was the key to improving their overall position.
sufficiency
suffrage
suffocating
suffering
37
The High Renaissance in Italy is associated with which three artists?
Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo
Raphael, Donatello, and Jose Suarez
Masaccio, Donatello, Filippo Brunelleschi
Leonardo da Vinci, Jan van Eyck, and Albrecht Durer
38
Belief that people owe loyalty their country.
Alliances
Patriotism
Nationalism
Militarism
39
What viral epidemic killed approximately 50 million people worldwide during 1918-1919?
Influenza
Cholera
Polio
Bubonic Plague
40
_____is when local elites were replaced by officials from the mother country.
indirect rule
direct rule
divine rule
absolutism
41
Established the Church of England in 1534.
Ulrich Zwingli
John Calvin
Henry VIII
Martin Luther
42
______, the aggressive preparation for war, was growing along with nations' armies.
Militarism
Nationalism
Imperialism
Alliances
43
World War I was a ______ ______, meaning a complete mobilization of resources and people.
total war
trench war
skirmish
mobilized conflict
44
Belief that God has already determined who is saved or damned, emphasized by John Calvin.
Liberalism
Indulgences
Predestination
Salvation
45
What became a motive for the new imperialism of the late nineteenth century in Asia and Africa?
To control large territories directly.
To create peace around the world.
Easier trade rules.
To control other people.
46
Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed a ______ _____ is where people can choose their own government.
social contract
social liberalism
social unrest
social revolution
47
Political philosophy based on tradition and social stability.
Liberalism
Conservatism
Socialism
Humanism
48
Based on the study of the literary works of Greece and Rome.
Conservatism
Humanism
Liberalism
Nationalism
49
Plants and animals evolved over a long period of time from simpler forms of life is called...
natural selection.
creationism
theory of relativity
organic evolution
50
Which of the following was the first to argue that the Sun was the center of the universe?
Ptolemy
Johannes Kepler
Martin Luther
Nicholas Copernicus
