1750-1900 World History

In the nineteenth century, the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires were two examples of... 

• nationalistic empires
• multi-national empires
• nation-states
• colonial empires

Which of the following was among the first results of the European Industrial Revolution in other parts of the world?

• The beginning of the transatlantic slave trade
• Increased demand for commodities such as cotton and palm oil
• The search for oil in Africa, Asia and Latin America
• Construction of textile factories in Africa and Asia

Which of the following was not an economic advantage enjoyed by Britain in the eighteenth century?  

• Abundant and accessible coal deposits
• Abundant skilled and unskilled labor
• Local sources of raw cotton
• Access to water transportation

Improvements in transportation, such as the railroads and steamships…

• lowered transportation costs
• linked industrial centers with overseas resources
• integrated new states such as Germany
• all of the above

From the perspective of the worker, the factory system meant…   

• better working conditions than piecework done at home
• better pay for skilled work
• greater opportunities for advancement within a free market system
• harsh discipline and close supervision

The Enlightenment was the intellectual movement in which...  

• the methods and questions of the Scientific Revolution were applied to human society
• the methods and questions of the Confucian examination system were applied to society
• the methods and ideology of the Protestant Reformation were applied to society
• the ideas of the Renaissance were applied to society

Which of the following could be considered an expression of enlightened ideas about government?

• Stamp Act of 1708
• Quartering Act
• Declaration of Independence
• Committee of Public Safety

Which of the following was not one of the causes of the French Revolution of 1789?

• A staggering national debt
• Accusation of treason against Louis XVI
• Resentment at the privileges of the aristocracy
• The extravagance of Marie Antoinette and the court at Versailles

Napoleon became Europe’s first popular dictator because he...

• threatened to overpower the French people
• held the promise of a new French empire
• promised order to an exhausted society
• was strikingly tall and handsome (and Ms. Levi’s boyfriend)

Revolutions in Latin America were frequently a power struggle between what two groups? 

• Masters and slaves
• Peninsulares and creoles
• European and indigenous peoples
• Europeans and mestizos