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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| he First World War challenged and changed the West in each of the following ways, EXCEPT | It ended European ethnic fractions and divisions |
| The most important feature of the Industrial Revolution was | the use of machines |
| dramatically increased the amount of cotton thread that could be spun | the spinning jenny |
| According to economist Thomas Malthus, individuals could reduce the economic impact of the poor on society by all of the following, EXCEPT: | Depending on government assistance |
| The _______ was a precursor of the factory that was typically established in urban environments and focused on the employment of skilled artisans who worked in an assembly-line format. | Handicraft Shop |
| The Austrian Empire ultimately collapsed due to: | Ethnic diversity and unrest |
| By the 1840s, English advocacy laws limiting the labor of women and children in the Industrial workplace resulted in some unexpected social shifts, including: | The segregation of tasks, jobs, and careers by gender. |
| While Great Britain’s industrial revolution began in the 1760s, industrialization on the continent remained relatively underdeveloped or non-existent until 1815. What 1815 event permitted continental Europe to embrace industrial change? | The final defeat of Napoleon |
| The League of Nations ultimately failed because | It had little if any military and economic strength/influence |
| "The Watch on the Rhine," a song that expressed deep patriotism and the heroism of fighting men, was a favorite tune of the | Germans |
| Women workers in factories, almost always, belonged to which of the following social groups? | young single women |
| The Communist Manifesto of Marx and Engels | based all historical development on class struggle. |
| Under which act did the eagle in the Austrian state seal acquire two heads? | The Magyar Concession |
| The Boer War foreshadowed the atrocities of World War II in which of the following ways: | Each of these |
| Led by Theodor Herzl, one of this ideology’s core platforms was the creation of a distinctly Jewish state in Palestine. | zionism |
| Ultimately, Taylorization of factories resulted in: | All of the above |
| John Wesley’- s religious adaptation that emphasized inward, heartfelt religion (driven by dramatic and enthusiastic conversion experiences) and the possibility of Christian perfection in this life by following faith-based “methods” for living was: | Methodism |
| Anti-Semitism is defined by an intense dislike for and prejudice against: | jewish people |
| In Essay on the Principle of Population (1798): _______ railed against government and private welfare for Europe’s poor, arguing that charity only served to make the poor more destitute. | Thomas Malthus |
| The reaction against Enlightenment philosophy of rationalism and order that insisted on the primacy of emotion, feeling, imagination, and intuition as supplements to reason in the human quest to understand the world. | Romanticism |
| Anti-Semitism, in practice (i.e. not necessarily in theory) describes intense dislike for and prejudice against: | Jewish people |
| Rocket, Blucher, and Puffing Devil were all names of what industrial-era invention | locomotives |
| The vehicle for evolution, as proposed by Darwin, is known as: | Natural Selection |
| Louis Blanc’- s nineteenth century phrase: “From each according to his abilities; to each according to his needs” is most reflective of what political philosophy? | socialism |
| Realpolitik involved | using any political means necessary to achieve a desired en |
| ismarck’s culture struggle or Kulturkampf to define Germany’s internal makeup was a | Response to a perceived threat to German political unity from the Roman Catholic Church |
| The architect of German Unification was: | Otto Von Bismarck |
| Who coined the phrase “Survival of the Fittest.” | Herbert Spenser |
| All of the following are true of Romanticism except | Romantic works of literature were frequently set in ancient Rome |
| Who wrote The Communist Manifesto? | Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels |
| All of the following contributed to the success of the factory except | dependency on skilled laborers |
| Period of Western Civilization marked by spread of powered machinery in manufacturing: | Industrial Revolution |
| The first steam engine was invented in 1709 by | Thomas Newcomen |
| The fuel of the industrial revolution was: | coal |
| The industrial revolution began in: | England |
| The new textile machines led to a dramatic increase in the supply of | cotton cloth |
| The Id, Ego, and Superego were fundamental components of whose theory of psychoanalysis? | Sigismund Freud |
| Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of Communism? | right to own private property |
| A "conscientious objector" during the Great War | officially refused to bear arms on the grounds of religious believes or personal dedication to pacificism. |
| A frequent method employed to make the many very young boys and girls working in new British industries obey the owner's factory discipline was | repeated beatings. |
| A primary reasons for the use of children as a source of labor in the Industrial Revolution was | low-paid children could more easily move around large industrial equipment |
| A result of Bismarck's Austro-Prussian War was | he exclusion of Austria from the North German Confederation. |
| According to Houston Stewart Chamberlain, the Aryans were | the real creators of western culture. |
| According to Karl Marx, the final result of the struggle between bourgeoisie and proletariat would be | a classless society. |
| According to Sigmund Freud, behavior was | determined by one's unconscious and by inner drives of which people were generally unaware. |
| After Napoleon's defeat, the Quadruple Alliance | restored the old Bourbon monarchy to France in the person of Louis XVIII |
| After seizing power in October 1917, Lenin | repudiated the democratic elections which had given the Bolsheviks only a minority of delegates. |
| After the Austro-Prussian War, Otto von Bismarck successfully included Austria in the future affairs of Germany. | False |
| All of the following influenced the U.S. decision to enter the war against Germany EXCEPT: | unrestricted submarine warfare by the British government |
| All of the following states were created out of the Austro-Hungarian Empire following World War I except | Poland |
| All of the following were characteristics of Romanticism except | the rejection of the supernatural and unfamiliar |
| All of these innovations changed warfare during World War I EXCEPT | blockades |
| Although his domestic accomplishments were significant, Napoleon III's foreign policy was much less successful, as exemplified in his failed attempt to install Archduke Maximilian of Austria as emperor of Mexico. | true |
| Among Napoleon III's great domestic projects was | a reconstruction of Paris with broad boulevards, public squares, and municipal utilities |
| Among nineteenth-century European political movements, the one most responsible for triggering World War I was | nationalism |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated while on official business in the Bosnian city of | Sarajevo |
| As a result of World War I, Eastern Europe | witnessed the emergence of many new nation-states. |
| As a result of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia: | the country concluded a separate peace with Germany |
| As a statesman, Bismarck can best be appreciated as | a consummate politician and opportunist capitalizing on unexpected events and manipulating affairs to his favor. |
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