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Exam #3
World History Since 1500
Question | Answer |
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Which of the following did all Enlightenment thinkers share? | the belief in progress and reason |
Which of the following was a reaction to the reliance on human reason during the eighteenth century in Europe? | romanticism |
Which of the following reflects the Enlightenment view of the innate qualities of the individual? | thoughtful, rational, and independent |
The chief beneficiaries of all but one of the Atlantic revolutions were | propertied white men of middle class |
In contrast to the American Revolution, the French Revolution | sought to recreate society from scratch |
Which of the following was an outcome of the American Revolution? | |
In which of the countries shown on Map 16.3 did the only completely successful slave revolt in world history occur? | haiti |
Which of the following is an example of the influence of nationalism outside the Euro-American world in the nineteenth century? | the "egypt for the egyptians" movement |
In response to Napoleon's conquest and reform of European lands outside France, the people in the conquered lands | accepted many of the reforms, but revolted against the French control |
Which of the following was an effect of the Haitian Revolution throughout the Atlantic world? | slave owners and whites were filled with a deep caution and fear |
In Latin America, creole elites pursued independence and political change out of a fear that | social unrest from the lower classes and nonwhites would get out of control |
Which of the following arguments made the cause of abolition widely acceptable in the nineteenth century? | slavery was not necessary for economic progress |
What did the leaders of the various independence movements in Latin America do to gain the support of the general population? | appeal to activist feelings by defining all those born in the americas as "Americanos" |
How did the Atlantic revolutions influence subsequent movements that spread throughout Europe? | all were committed to republicanism and social equality |
Which of the following was a result of the end of slavery in the Atlantic world? | new forms of dependent labor like sharecropping emerged |
What common set of circumstances contributed to the abolition of slavery in the Atlantic world and the end of serfdom in Russia in the nineteenth century? | fear of rebellion, economic inefficiency, and moral concerns |
Which of the following reflects an understanding of the nation in the nineteenth century? | a diverse group of people who assimilate into the dominant culture of a particular territory |
Which of the following represents the influence of nationalism in the nineteenth century? | the political unification of Germany and Italy |
Which of the following was used by intellectuals in nineteenth-century Europe to argue for women's rights? | maternal feminism |
In countries outside of Western Europe and the United States, arguments for women's rights were often linked with | modernization and nation strengthening |
The Atlantic revolutions challenged the absolute and divine authority of | monarchies |
Some feminists based their arguments for women's rights on the role of women as | mothers |
The Atlantic revolutions were inspired by the Enlightenment belief that political and social arrangements | could be improved by human action |
The American Revolution erupted as a response to increasing | British control over the economic affairs of the colonies |
Which of the following is true about women's participation in the French Revolution? | women of all classes joined in the major events in the revolution |
Which of the following elements of the French Revolution did Napoleon preserve? | secular legal code |
Which of the following was an outcome of the Haitian Revolution? | definition of political citizen as "black" |
Medieval Europe had three recognized social groups. Which of these groups was NOT included as a recognized social group | wasn't the clergy, nobles, or peasants. they were the three social groups |
What 19th Century ideology helped create national cohesion | nationalism |
Followers of the Enlightenment believed that | human reason could be used to combat ignorance, superstition, and tyranny and to build a better world |
The most influential economist of the Enlightenment was | Adam Smith |
The concept of a social contract between the government and the people was first proposed by | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
Who was the father of Socialist theory | Karl Marx |
Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into which groups | social groups called "estates." the first estate included the clergy, second included the nobles, and the third included the commoners |
The fall of the Bastille | |
The “great fear” was | |
The slogan of the French Revolution was | liberty, equality, fraternity |
What French political party began the “reign of terror” | jacobins |
Napoleon Bonaparte’s biggest mistake was | when Napoleon decided to break his alliance with Russia and invade it 1812 |
Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Congress of Vienna | |
John Locke argued that the people can overthrow a government if it violated the people’s natural rights. | true |
Industrial capitalism developed first in France in the 19th Century. | false |
Karl Marx’s greatest work was Das Kapital | true |
The economist Adam Smith was born in Scotland | true |
Adam Smith argued that government oversight was required for capitalism to function | false |
The execution of Robespierre ended “the terror” | true |
Napoleon Bonaparte was born just outside of Paris | false |
Napoleon Bonaparte’s began his military career began at the age of nine | true |
During Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, the French army failed to capture Moscow | false |
After his second defeat, Napoleon was exiled to the island of St. Helena | true |