Question 1

The Enlightenment was the intellectual movement in which

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the methods and questions of the Scientific Revolution were applied to human society

Question 2

One of the most radical ideas established in the Enlightenment era was that government

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authority rested on the consent of the governed.

Question 3

The Enlightenment’s intellectual ferment most deeply influenced

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the middle class

Question 4

. At the time of the American Revolution, the British king was

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George III.

Question 5

The first U.S. constitution, the Articles of Confederation, failed because

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its powers were too limited.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true of the French Revolution?

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It did not create an enduring form of representative democracy.

Question 7

The French Revolution was triggered by a fiscal crisis, created in large measure by the costs of

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the Seven Years War, the War of Austrian Succession and the American Revolution.

Question 8

The new French constitution

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limited the power of the monarchy.

Question 9

The event that cost King Louis XVI his remaining popular support was his effort to

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find foreign allies to help restore the throne.

Question 10

Napoleon rose to power because his military leadership

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promised order to a tired society.

Question 11

After his escape from Elba, Napoleon was defeated at

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the Battle of Waterloo.

Question 12

The revolutions of 1848

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led to the Second French Republic.

Question 13

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, the population grew because of

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reliable food supplies resistance to disease.

Question 14

Aware that Britain had a head start, other countries of Europe

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eliminated internal tariff and opened technical schools.

Question 15

England began importing raw cotton because

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the wool lobby banned importation of cotton cloth

Question 16

Among the new inventions developed to weave cotton textiles was

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the spinning jenny and the water frame

Question 17

The most revolutionary invention of the Industrial Revolution was James Watt’s

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steam engine.

Question 18

Continental European industries such as iron and machinery were stimulated by

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first building a railroad network.

Question 19

In America, the ecological changes brought about by industrialization can be described as

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deforestation.

Question 20

Factory work provided families with

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not making enough money to make ends meet.

Question 21

Much of the industrial workforce was composed of child labor. Children workers

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worked fourteen to sixteen hours a day and were beaten to stay awake.

Question 22

Although the Industrial Revolution is generally viewed as a period of progress, economic growth and prosperity was

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not steady, swinging between hard times and recovery.

Question 23

What does Adam Smith propose in The Wealth of Nations?

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The government should refrain from interfering in business.

Question 24

To address the misery of the poor, French socialists proposed that workers form communities under the protection of business leaders, known as

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positivism.

Question 25

Latin American revolutions were initially triggered by

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Napoleon’s invasions of Spain and Portugal.

Question 26

The overthrow of the Venezuelan, Mexican, and Bolivian colonial governments was initially led by

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local elites.

Question 27

In his revolution, Simón Bolívar was aided by

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enlisting English veterans to his cause and a military revolt in Spain.

Question 28

Simón Bolívar created Gran Colombia, which was to unify

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Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador into one nation.

Question 29

After declaring independence in 1822, Brazil’s new government was a

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constitutional monarchy.

Question 30

The similarities between Venezuelan leader José Antonio P ez and American Andrew Jackson were

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that both challenged constitutional limits to their power, that both were successful military leaders and that both had uneducated and poor beginnings

Question 31

A French army was driven out of Mexico by

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Benito Juárez.

Question 32

The U.S. war with Mexico in 1846 was provoked by

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the United States making Texas a state in 1845.

Question 33

One advantage that Amerindians in Argentina and Chile had in checking settlers’ southern expansion was an unlimited food supply from

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wild cattle.

Question 34

The Maya rose in rebellion when

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Mexico was at war with the United States.

Question 35

The Women’s Rights Convention was held in

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Seneca Falls, New York.

Question 36

The cattle industry in Argentina grew rapidly at the end of the nineteenth

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when refrigeration became available, because of the steam ship andwith the invention of barbed wire.

Question 37

Internal pressures in Africa between 1750 and 1870 resulted in

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the creation of new states.

Question 38

The Zulu kingdom arose primarily from

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internal conflicts over grazing and farm lands.

Question 39

The most powerful and most feared fighters in southern Africa were

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the Zulu.

Question 40

Muhammad Ali’s creation of modern Egypt was shaped by the shock of

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Napoleon’s occupation of Egypt.

Question 41

After the consolidation of Ethiopia, the Emperor Tewodros made _________ a top priority.

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the purchase of European weapons and local production of weapons

Question 42

. Ironically, the British were the world’s greatest slave traders and later

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became the most aggressive suppressers of the slave trade.

Question 43

The most successful export from West Africa after abolition was

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palm oil

Question 44

Sepoys were Indian troops

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who were hired and trained by European East India companies.

Question 45

The East India Company’s rule of India took off after the

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victory at Bengal in 1765.

Question 46

The British attitude toward Indian tradition and ceremony was generally to

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encourage and reform them.

Question 47

Why was the Sepoy Rebellion a turning point in the history of India?

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India came to be ruled directly by the British government.

Question 48

The former British North American colonies and Australia were similar in that

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British colonists displaced native indians in both places.

Question 49

The earliest reforms of the Ottoman Empire were made to

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control the provincial governors, standardize taxation and make the military more effective.

Question 50

The most persistent opponents of early Ottoman reforms were

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the Janissaries.

Question 51

. In 1805, the threat of Russian intervention had forced the Ottomans to accede to independence for

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Serbia

Question 52

The war for Greek independence resulted in

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the defeat of the Ottomans by the combined Russian, British, and French fleets.

Question 53

The indication of the reforms in Ottoman military and society was

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change to European style dress.

Question 54

What was the impact of Ottoman reforms on women?

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Reforms decreased the influence of women in society.

Question 55

During the Crimean War, Russia

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seized territories in the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Middle East, claimed to protect Christians in the Ottoman Empire and exploited the weakness of the Ottoman Empire.

Question 56

The significance of the Crimean War was

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that it marked the transition to modern warfare with the use of breech-loading rifles.

Question 57

. The first large rebellion in nineteenth-century China to gain international attention was the

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White Lotus Rebellion.

Question 58

. The Opium War exposed the fact that the Qing land forces, the Bannermen, were

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obsolete.

Question 59

The British and French were at first reluctant to help end the Taiping Rebellion because

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it appeared to be an appealing Christian movement.

Question 60

In 1858, the Treaty of Kanagawa

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opened Japan to the United States.

UNIT 6 AP EXAM

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