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Final Exam review, with emphasis on the 19th Century
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1
Which is NOT a definition of Absolutism?
System of government
Decentralization
Autocracy
Strong monarchy
2
Who believed that people are bad and cannot overthrow a strong monarchy?
Locke
Louis XIV
Hobbes
Rousseau
3
Which English king died in January, 1066?
Edward the Confessor
William I
John I
Harold II
4
Which is true about Aristotle's Golden Mean?
Humanities are the model for education
Why do you keep asking me these questions?
Everything is an imperfect copy of a perfect one in heaven
A virtue is the midpoint between two vices
5
Which is one animal that
The Prince
claims a good leader must be like?
Lion
Duck-billed platypus
Bull
Horse
6
People who held this ideology liked monarchies and disliked constitutions.
Conservatism
Realpolitik
Liberalism
Nationalism
7
What does "Renaissance" refer to?
Rebirth of prehistoric poetry
Rebirth of Classical Greek Olympics
Rebirth of Classical Greek learning
Rebirth of Classical Greek religion
8
Which of the following is Alexander the Great's most important legacy?
Creating land-bridges
Macedonia taking over Europe
Spreading Greek culture and language
Becoming a god
9
Which German musician used nationalist themes in his operas?
Clemens von Metternich
Otto von Bismarck
Camillo Cavour
Richard Wagner
10
Who posted 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Saxony?
St. Augustine
Martin Luther
Johann Tetzel
Fra Angelico
11
What type of government did most ancient civilizations begin as?
Aristocracy
Republic
Oligarchy
Monarchy
12
What is important about the annual Nile River floods?
Waters the rice fields
Deposits sulfur throughout the delta
Deposits delta throughout the silt
Deposits silt throughout the delta
13
Which led to Italian unification?
History
Language
Heritage
Dual Monarchy
14
Who believed that people are good and have the right to overthrow a bad government?
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Locke
Hobbes
15
Which of the following 19th century movements most directly affected events after 1914?
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Unificationism
Nationalism
Capitalism
16
Prince Metternich of Austria said, "When ______ sneezes, Europe catches cold."
Austria
France
Germany
England
17
What city-state required all males to enter military training at age 7?
Athens
Rome
Florence
Sparta
18
What river did Julius Caesar cross to invade Rome?
Red
Rhine
Marne
Rubicon
19
What is the Gilded Cage?
New style of architecture`
System of controlling nobility
Nicholas' son
New style of jail
20
Who wrote, "Man is free and everywhere he is in chains"?
Montesquieu
Kant
Voltaire
Rousseau
21
What is the Renaissance idea of the Dignity of Man?
People have an incorporeal component that survives death
People are the high point of creation
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All true philosophies, religions, science, etc. agree
22
Who wrote, "Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage."
Voltaire
Kant
Descartes
Montesquieu
23
What was Allah's message to Muhammad?
To move to Medina, because Mecca was too dangerous
To tell people that tomatoes are really fruit
To live in a cave and wait for more messages
To tell people that Allah would soon judge the world
24
What is the Renaissance idea of the Unity of Truth?
People have an incorporeal component that survives death
A Depeche Mode song
All true philosophies, religions, sciences, etc. agree
People are the high point of creation
25
What is Divine Right?
Rule by God's power
Republic
Democracy
Rule by one person
26
People who held this ideology liked traditions, wanted self-government, and hated empires.
Conservatism
Republican
Liberalism
Nationalism
27
Which was a significant cause of death in the 14th century?
Premature burial
99 Years' War
Unusually high temperatures
Plague
28
Which was Bismarck's "battle for civilization" against the Catholic church?
Tierra del Fuego
Reichstag
Realpolitik
Kulturkampf
29
What is a martyr?
Half man, half donkey, all fun
Someone who dies for his/her beliefs
New style of Renaissance art
Ancient Mesopotamian priest
30
Which phrase describes the serious situation in part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
Balkan Powder Keg
Shock and Awe
Austrian Can o'Worms
Hungarian Battleground
31
What did the Protestant Reformation want to accomplish at first?
Build a new church at the Vatican
Protest the election of a new church
Protest corruption and reform the church
Protest changes within the church
32
What type of building was the Biblical Tower of Babel?
Step pyramid
Ziggurat
Pyramid
Syndicate
33
Who was a Utilitarian (believed the government should only interfere in economy when necessary)
Adam Smith
John Stuart Mill
Jeremy Bentham
Karl Marx
34
Which king did William the Conqueror defeat at the Battle of Hastings?
Egbert
Harald Hardrada
Harold II
Edward the Confessor
35
What is a fresco?
Painting on wet plaster
Painting of a group of people
Painting of a table scene
Painting on a canvas
36
Which of the following revolutions was unsuccessful?
Belgium, 1830
France, 1830
Poland, 1830
America, 1776
37
Which prime minister of Sardinia oversaw the unification of Italy?
John Paul II
Camillo Cavour
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Mazzini
38
How did the Renaissance paintings differ from Medieval paintings?
Less detail
More gold
None of these
Less perspective
39
What did Giuseppe Garibaldi do after conquering most of the Italian peninsula?
Became the first president of Italy
Gave it to Sardinia
Went to EuroDisney
Became the first king of Italy
40
Which estate owned about 10% of all land in 18th century France?
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
41
Which Ancient Sumerian writing used pictures as symbols for objects?
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphs
Pictograms
Ideograms
42
Who did the Egyptians make a god, shortly after he conquered them in 332 BC?
Osiris
Ptolemy
Sargon
Alexander
43
Which one of Alexander's generals took control of Egypt after Alexander's death?
Licander
Persus
Ptolemy
Seleucus
44
Two Euro leaders used Realpolitik. What is Realpolitik focus on?
Real politics, duh
Two words: lasers
Creation of an empire by military force
Stability and strength of the state
45
_____ ruled a kingdom in present-day France and assembled the Holy Roman Empire.
Charlemagne
William I
Louis XIV
Francis II
46
Who built the Palace of Versailles and used it as the Gilded Cage?
Napoleon
Louis XVI
Henry VIII
Louis XIV
47
What was the purpose of the 1st Crusade?
Massacre Jews in Germany
Take Constantinople from Muslims
Retake Jerusalem
Defeat the Franks
48
What was Francesco Petrarch known as?
First Renaissance pope
Father of the Renaissance
Writer of the Divine Comedy
Writer to dead people
49
Approximately what part of Europe's population died from Yersinia Pestis?
One-half
Four-thirds
One-seventeenth
One-third
50
People who held this ideology wanted government to protect citizens but hated kings.
Conservatism
Nationalism
Liberalism
Republicans
51
What is arguably the most important invention in human history?
Cold fusion
Printing Press
Water
Hadron Collider (CERN)
52
How did Bismarck entice France to declare war on Prussia?
Kulturkampf
Reichstag
Ems Dispatch
Realpolitik
53
What was Plato's idea of the Forms?
Everything is an imperfect copy of a perfect one in heaven
I know it when I see it
A virtue is the middle point between two vices
Humanities are the model for all education
54
Why did Florentines believe in participating in government?
Each citizen wanted power for himself
They did not trust each other with power
They wanted to conquer other city-states
They needed a distraction from their daily lives
55
Which increased in the 18th century?
Illiteracy in the 3rd estate
None of these
Percentage of religious texts printed
Literacy in women
