World History Test 5 Multiple Choice

mulitple choice and vocab

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

Conflict between Catholics and Protestants

After realizing that they would continously be outvoted by the 1st and 2nd Estates, the 3rd estate declared itself the National Assembly and said they would draft a constitution.  They swore an oath that they would continue meeting until a new constitution was drafted.  What was the oath they swore known as?

Tennis Court Oath

This document was adopted by the National Assembly on August 26, 1789.  It was a charter of basic rights including liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression.

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

Which of the following was a reason for reform of the Catholic Church by the revolutionaries?

both are reasons

Which country did the Legislative Assembly attack in the spring of 1792 because they were afraid this country would use force to restore the absolute power of Louis XVI?

Austria

King Louis XVI was executed on January 21, 1793.  What new "humane" method was used?

Guillotine

Who was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety who organized the French Reign of Terror during 1793 and 1794?

Maximilien Robespierre

The National Convention pursued a policy of de-Christianization, changed the calendar to eliminate religious holidays and Sundays, and designated the Notre Dame Cathedral as a "temple of reason".  They were successful in making France a secular (non-religious) country.

false

Why was Robespierre executed by guillotine on July 28, 1794?

he was obsessed with ridding France of corrupt elements and members of the National Convention were afraid they would be next 

In 1799 this man overthrew the Directory in a coup d'etat and took power.

Napoleon Bonaparte

What is considered Napoleon's most important domestic achievement?

codifying the laws

Napoleon was never able to conquer Great Britain.  How did he attempt to conquer them?

Continental System 

Napoleon's attempt to invade this country led to a military disaster and Napoleon's exile on the island of Elba.

Russia

This meeting of European powers rearranged territories in order to maintain a balance of power.

Congress of Vienna

The idea that people should identify with a community that is defined by language, common institutions and customs arose in Europe after the French Revolution.  What is this called?

Nationalism

Which of the following is NOT a reason the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?

better education system

Which form of transportation was developed to efficiently move goods during the Industrial Revolution?

Trains

Which natural resource was necessary for the development of industrialization?

coal

The Factory Act of 1833 made this the minimum age for working in a factory in Britain.

9

The pitiful conditions created by the Industrial Revolution led to this movement.

socialism

What was considered to be the chief force in the 1830s revolutions of Belgium, Poland, and Italy?

Nationalism

An empire in which people of many nationalities live.

multinational empire 

The Concert of Europe was the agreement that sought to keep peace and a balance of power in Europe.  Which war ended it?

crimean war

Who raised an army of men called Red Shirts and fought until Italy was completely independent?

Guiseppe Garibaldi

What was the MAIN cause of the US Civil War?

Slavery

This island nation became the first independent state in Latin America when more than 100,000 enslaved people overthrew the government.

Haiti

Which of the following men did NOT lead a revolution in Latin America?

Agustin de Iturbide

This was a declaration that the Americas were off limits for any colonial efforts, and strongly warned against any European intervention in the Americas.

Monroe Doctrine

An intellectual movement that emerged at the end of the 18th century in reaction to the ideas of the Enlightenment.  It stressed feelings, emotion, and imagination as sources of knowing.

romanticism

A mid 19th century movement that rejected romanticism and sought to portray lower and middle class life as it actually was.

realism

Which of the following was a new form of energy, first utilized in the 1870s,  that was converted into heat, light, and motion?

electricity

According to Karl Marx these two groups were hostile camps pitted against each other.

bourgeoisie and proletariat

Which of the following was a positive development in city life in Europe in the mid to late 1800s?

all are correct

In Britain in 1900 1 out of every 7 people worked in which profession?

domestic servant

Why was public education developed?

all are correct

Which country gave men over 21 and women over 30 the right to vote by 1918?

Great Britain

This empire became the strongest military and industrial power in Europe by the early 1900s. The leaders worked to maintain their own power and not allow democracy.

German Empire

The United States acquired through force which of the following islands?

All of there are correct

Which of these countries made up the Triple Alliance, which was a defensive alliance against France?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

The Triple Entente was an alliance opposed to the Triple Alliance.  Which countries were part of the Triple Entente?

Great Britain, France, Russia

This was an artistic movement in the 1870s in which artists rejected indoor studios and went to the countryside to paint nature directly.

Impressionism

This scientist discovered that atoms give off radiation.

Marie Curie

This person developed the method known as psychoanalysis which probes into a patient's memory to discover why they behave the way they do.

Sigmund Freud

Some people believed that the theory of natural selection could be applied to people and nations.  This led to extreme nationalism and an unwillingness to take care of the poor.  What is this theory called?

Social Darwinism

Jewish people were persecuted in Russia.  About 25,000 immigrated to this area of the Ottoman Empire and started a movement to turn it into a Jewish homeland.

Palestine

Which of the following was NOT a reason for imperialism?

teach about European art

Which of the following southeast Asian countries managed to maintain their freedom from European rule?

siam (Thailand)

Which of the following was considered the MAIN goal of colonial empires? 

exploit natural resources of the lands and open up markets for manufactured goods

In the early 1900s people in this class in southeast Asia began leading protests against imperialism.

Westernized intellectuals in the cities

Which African country successfully defeated a European country and avoided being colonized?

Ethiopia

Which European country was the first to colonize central Africa? 

Belgium

European countries met at this conference to settle conflicting claims in Africa.  No African leaders were invited.

Berlin conference

Which of the following European countries used indirect rule in Africa?

Britain

Which of the following were complaints Africans had about European rule?

all of these are correct

Which of the following was a reason for the Great Rebellion in India?

rifle cartridges were greased with cow and pig fat which was taboo to Muslims and Hindus

This man became active in the Indian independence movement and brought the idea of nonviolent resistence to India.

Mohandas Gandhi

The claim by the US that they could intervene in any Latin American nation guilty of "chronic misconduct".

Monroe Doctrine

The building of this canal connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Panama Canal

This man ruled Mexico from 1877 to 1911 and created a conservative, centralized government.

Porfirio Diaz

What item did Britain begin trading to China in order to improve Britain's trade deficit?

opium

Which of the following was NOT something the Chinese government agreed to in the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842?

ban the sale of opium

Proposed by the US secretary of state in 1899, this policy said that all powers within spheres of influence in China would respect equal trading opportunities with China and not set tariffs giving an unfair advantage to citizens of their own country.

open door

An uprising by a group of Chinese men who wanted to push out foreigners because of the foreigners' threat to Chinese religion and traditions.

Boxer Rebellion

Which of the following was NOT one of Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Principles?

pursuit of happiness

Who was China's "last emperor"?

Henry Pu Yi

Who was president of the new Chinese republic in 1911?

Yuan Shigai

Which of the following was a change that Westerners in China brought about to China's economy?

all are correct

As China began to become more westernized everyone in China agreed that this was for the best.

false

The Treaty of Kanagawa, which opened two Japanese ports to Western traders, was between Japan and what country?

United States

When the shogunate system ended in 1868 a period of reform which transformed Japan into a modern industrial nation began.  What was that time period called?

Meiji Restoration

Why did many Japanese farmers not support the new land reform system?

they had to pay a land tax regardless of whether the harvest was good or bad

Which of the following was NOT one of the "three obediences" a Japanese woman had?

widow to daughter

What major power did Japan defeat in 1905, stunning the world?

Russia

Which of the following were the members of the Triple Alliance formed in 1882?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Which of the following were the members of the Triple Entente formed in 1907?

France, Great Britain, Russia

Which of the following was not one of the MAIN causes of World War I?

interest rates

The assassination of this political leader was the spark that set off World War I.

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Germany planned to carry out a two front war against France and Russia.  They planned to hold Russia while invading France and after France was defeated move against Russia.  What was this plan called?

Schlieffen Plan

Which front of World War I was engaged in trench warfare?

western

Which of the following are NOT an example of technology used in World War I?

nuclear bombs

Which of the following events led to the United States becoming involved in World War I?

 sinking of the Lusitania and other boats by German submarines

World War I was a war that involved the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefield.  What is this kind of war called?

total war

In 1918 this illness spread and became a deadly epidemic.

influenza

Which of the following was a factor that led to the Russian Revolution?

all are correct

In World War I Russian government controlled banks and most industries, seized grain from peasants, and centralized state administration under Communist control.  What was this practice called?

war communism

World War I resulted in the break up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire into various countries.  Which of the following was NOT once part of the empire?

Poland

This peacekeeping organization was created after World War I with the hope that it could prevent future wars.

League of Nations

This treaty was signed at the end of World War I by Germany.  Germany was not happy with the treaty because it made them accept responsibility for starting the war and made them pay reparations for damages from the war.

Treaty of Versailles