AP World History Unit 5

The ideas of the Enlightenment challenged the long-term assumptions about sovereignty, and instead proposed that

• true government stems from religious authority

• the best form of government is a democracy.

• governments are bound to the will of the people

• all government is inherently unjust; humans are better off living in a state of nature

Which of the following was NOT one of the causes of the French revolution of 1789?

• a staggering national debt

• resentment at the privileges of the aristocracy

• the extravagance of Marie Antoinette and the court at Versailles

• accusation of treason against Louis XVI

In leading the revolutions of South America, Simón Bolívar advocated

• that Spanish colonial rule be replaced with an indigenous monarchy.

• that ethnic nationalism be the basis of the new states

• popular sovereignty

• the abolition of slavery and full male suffrage.

A political conservative in the nineteenth century would be likely to advocate

• limiting suffrage to men of property

• censorship as a reasonable means of preventing social unrest

• the restoration of the French monarchy after the defeat of Napoleon

• All these answers are correct

A political liberal in the nineteenth century would be likely to advocate

• returning freed slaves to Africa.

• written constitutions and representative government.

• universal suffrage for all men and women, regardless of race

• the confiscation of church property by the state

Which of the following was NOT a significant labor-saving invention in the production of cotton cloth?

• the flying shuttle

• chemical dyes

• the power loom

• the cotton gin

From the perspective of the worker, the factory system meant

• harsh discipline and close supervision.

• better pay for skilled work

• an opportunity for families to work together

• better working conditions than piecework done at home

The Luddites were threatened by industrialization of what industry in particular?

• textiles

• steel works

• iron work

• railroads

Which of the following best summarizes the driving impulses behind most movement of national unification?

• Similar political structures and solidarity among the noble classes led to imposition of national unification from above

• Popular feelings of similarity, driven by a shared language and culture, led to pressure for national unification from below

• Economic arguments about larger common markets and the value of currency unions swayed bourgeois opinion, and brought about unification

• Nations, like empires, were conquered; national unification in Europe was driven primarily by warfare

Nineteenth-century modernization in Egypt began with

• Creating schools for peasants

• building modern militaries with European weapons

• creating state-owned farm cooperatives

• growing staple crops for agricultural export