APWH- Fisher/Wood- Unit 5

Which of the following is the best description of trade patterns between Africa and Europe during the mid-19th century?

• Slaves were the most important trading good that Europeans wanted from Africa.
• Most parts of Africa were colonies of European nations that supplied raw materials for industrial production.
• Europeans traded manufactured goods to independent African states for gold, ivory, and palm oil.
• Trade between Africa and Europe only took place in a few places among the coastlines in west Africa and the tip of the African continent.

What is the demographic transition?

• the shift in population concentrations from Eurasia to the Americas
• the movement of populations from rural to urban areas
• the shift from high birth rates to low in industrialized countries
• a rise in the proportion of females to males in any given population area

Between 1750 and 1914 the "cult of domesticity" defined the lives of 

• middle class women in industrialized countries
• lower class women in industrial cities 
• elite women in China
• Muslim families in the Ottoman Empire

Use the following quote to answer question 4:
"There are three major races that historically have developed on earth: the Mongoloid, the Caucasian, and the Negroid. After careful research, it has been determined that the average brain size of the Caucasian is significantly larger than that of the Negroid."
The statement above most directly reflects the 19th century philosophy of

• Social Darwinism
• Marxism
• Scientific racism
• Positivism

The Sepoy Rebellion was a turning point in India because

• The Indian National Congress, which organized the revolt, gained considerable legitimacy.
• Antagonism between Muslims and Hindus became violent for the first time in Indian history.
• The Mughal dynasty was forced to accept British control over trading terms that were dictated by the British East India Company.
• The British government established direct colonial rule over India as a result.

What type of government was instituted in Japan by the Meiji Restoration?

• a shogunate
• a military dictatorship
• an oligarchy
• a constitutional monarchy

Which of the following developments in the Western Hemisphere most directly resulted from the French Revolution?

• the expansion of the slave trade in the Americas
• the colonization of Brazil
• the British conquest of Quebec
• the successful slave rebellion in Haiti

The Haitian and the Mexican Revolutions of the 19th century were similar in that both

• were inspired by, and made successful through, the efforts of creole elites
• resulted in the continuation of slavery, despite their idealistic aims
• had leaders with popular appeal who called for social change to benefit the masses
• were really more of a civil war than a revolutionary war

The concept of the European balance of power, as it emerged by the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries, had which of the following as its most fundamental aim?

• the elimination of war as an instrument of international relations
• the prevention of the preponderance of one power in Europe
• an approximate balance between the land and the sea powers
• the division of Europe into two groups of states, both approximately equal in potential military power

Which of the following pairs INCORRECTLY matches an area with its experience under growing European dominance in the late 19th century?
Response: R
Area: A

• R; incorporated to become part of "the west"; A: United States, Australia, Canada
• R: Imitated selectively, but remained independent; A: Meiji Japan and Russia
• R: Gained independence, but under growing US influence; A: Ottoman Empire
• R: Controlled outright by colonial powers; A: South and Southeast Asia, Africa