Regents Review (January 2017)

The idea that all people are born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and property is most directly associated with the writings of

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

• John Locke

What influence did the Scientific Revolution have on the Enlightenment in Europe?

• Natural laws were used to explain human affairs.

• Economic growth was slowed by the lack of useable technology.

• Scientific truths were used to justify absolute monarchies.

• The emphasis on religious doctrine led to the rejection of scientific ideas.

Which geographic feature aided industrialization in Great Britain?

• good harbors

• large forests

• highland climate

• monsoon winds

Capitalism is to private ownership as communism is to

• supply and demand

• laissez-faire

• state control

• self-determination

The terms of the Treaty of Nanjing and of the Treaty of Kanagawa demonstrate the

• unequal relationships that characterized imperialism

• humanitarian ideals that accompanied missionary activity

• importance of technology in developing economies

• changing roles of men and women associated with modernization

Friedrich Engels is using these examples to draw attention to the

• efficiency of the factory system

• working conditions in factories

• living conditions in cities

• quality of care in urban hospitals

The Parliamentary response to circumstances like these was to

• ship most manufacturing overseas

• take over poorly run businesses

• offer support to striking workers

• adopt safety reforms

These events reflect the growing power of Japan and its desire to

• spread Shinto

• acquire warm-water ports

• obtain natural resources

• suppress the Boxer Rebellion

The situation shown in this 1919 cartoon is most directly associated with

• efforts to stabilize the global economy

• the removal of Lenin from power

• widespread German victories

• the aftermath of war

Which conflict is directly associated with these events?

• Austro-Prussian War

• Boer War

• WWI

• WWII