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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Spanish- American War which broke out in 1898 centered on | Cuba |
| The Berlin conference in 1884-1885 established | that, if a European power indicated its intention to colonize and then proceeded to occupy an African territory, it could claim that colony |
| What German conservative was responsible for the unification of Germany in 1871? | Otto Von Bismarck |
| Manifest destiny referred to | the belief that the US was destined to rule the North American continent from coast to coast |
| Cecil Rhodes was | a leading British imperialist active in south Africa |
| Nabobs were | representatives of the British East India Company who went out to secure sudden wealth, often through corruption |
| Under British imperial rule, India was governed | directly, with British bureaucrats and officers |
| In what way was Latin America different from the other regions that remained outside the direct control of Western imperialism | During the century of Imperialism, Latin America cast off previous colonial controls through revolution |
| Who was responsible for managing the unification of Italy? | Count Camillo di Cavour |
| The leader of the slave independence movement on the island of Haiti was | Toussaint L'Overture |
| What was the name of the constitutional decree issued by Tsar Nicholas II in April 1906 | The Fundamental Law |
| The consitiution of 1906 in Russia gave rights to its people including freedom of speech , freedom of assembly, freedom of a press and duma. this document if refereed to as: | the Fundamental Law of 1906 |
| On July 14th in the first year of the French Revolution, the storming of what political prison provided a revolutionary symbol | Bastille |
| The colonization of the Belgian Congo is noted for | the brutal treatment of the Congolese people by King Leopold ll |
| The United States expressed its attitude toward Latin American independence in 1823 with the issuance of the | Monroe Doctrine |
| Which of the following statements concerning the political philosophy of the Enlightenment is most accurate | Enlightenment thinkers challenged regimes that did not grant full religious freedom or that insisted on aristocratic privilege |
| In 1820, Greece fought for its independence from | The Ottoman Empire |
| Nationalism | served as both a unifying and divisive force |
| Above all, population pressure in the 18th century | drove many people into the working-class proletariat |
| Which of the following facilitated European Expansion in Asia in the 19th Century | Europe's development of new military techonologies |
| Which of the following is NOT one of the beliefs that Latin America shared with the West during the 19th Century | Belief in absolute monarchy |
| What was the critical battle in which the British defeated a combined force of Indians and French | Plassey |
| Louis Pasteur was responsible for the | Discovery of germs |
| Balkan Nationalism in the 19th century initially exacerbated deteriorating relationships between what two powers with interests in the region? | Russia and Austria-Hungary |
| Madras, Bombay, and ______ were the administrative centers of the three presidencies in India | Calcutta |
| In the 19th Century, India's economy was forced to | abandon much of its food production in favor of expanding the production of textiles and cash crops |
| For whom in Latin American did the independence of Haiti serve as a symbol of freedom and hope | The Slaves |
| What family had ruled Russia for 300 years | Romanovs |
| What two countries signed the Portsmouth treaty to end a war | Russia and Japan |
| All of the following were reforms introduced in Russia in the 1860s and 1870s EXCEPT | the creation of the Duma, national parliament |
| The Taiping Rebellion | crushed with brutal force leading to the deaths of millions |
| The Boxer Rebellion of 1900 was an attempt to remove | The Europeans from China |
| Failure in what war led to the Russian Revolution of 1905 | Russo-Japanese |
| The Duma | a national parliament created in the aftermath of the 1905 revolution |
| Who won the Noble Peace Prize for helping to negotiate an end to the Russo-Japanese War | Theodore Roosevelt |
| The Taiping Rebellion | was led by a former clerk who believed he was Jesus Christ's younger brother |
| The Muslim Sudanese revolted under the Mahdi for all of these reasons EXCEPT | opposition to the effort to end the slave trade |
| Who led the march seeking change to freedoms | Father Gapon |
| Which of the following resulted from the Opium Wars | I and III: China granted outside powers greater access to its port cities and China ceded Hong Kong to Great Britian |
| What disease did Alexei suffer from | Hemophilia |
| What was the impact of the British Opium trade on China | Within the years China's favorable balance of trade was reversed and silver began to flow out of the country. |
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