Regents Review #16

What is a valid conclusion based on the information shown on this map? 

• 1. Russia had the largest number of trading stations in Asia.

• 1. Most European trading stations and empires were located along the coast.

• 1. France controlled more ports in India than Britain did.

• 1. Each European power represented had possessions in the East Indies.

Which claim can best be supported by this passage?

• 1. The more independent the nobles were the higher their status.

• 1. Nobles maintained their authority by remaining isolated.

• 1. Rulers controlled their nobles by influencing where they lived.

• 1. Spending time in segregated sectors guaranteed nobles the support of their ruler.

Which document did this passage most heavily influence? 

• 1. Edict of 1635 Ordering the Closing of Japan 

• 1. Communist Manifesto

• 1. Magna Carta

• 1. Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen 

What is the point of view of the author of this drawing?

• One group paid heavy taxes that supported the other two groups. 

• Hard work, prayer, and a good example allowed for a stable government in France. 

• Peasants and professionals in this society were gaining political and economic power.

• French society emphasized the importance of natural law and social equality.

Which event occurred after the circumstances illustrated in this map? 

• National Assembly meets for the first time

• 1. Fall of the Roman Empire 

• 1. Congress of Vienna

• 1. The Age of Enlightenment 

In this letter, Simón Bolívar’s goal is to 

• 1. break off diplomatic relations with Europe

• 1. form one nation that unifies all of South America

• 1. convince Mexico to join in his fight against Spain

• 1. become monarch of the strongest country in South America 

Identify one effect of the actions taken by wealthy landowners described in the passage. 

• 1. Decrease in the amount of food produced on farms in England

• 1. Enclosure Acts and consolidation of small farms into large ones owned by a few farmers

• 1. Wealthy landowners lost the money they invested in farming innovations

• 1. Small farmers gained power in Parliament

According to Andrew Ure, what was one effect of the use of steam engines in the 19th century? 

• 1. Greater employment

• 1. Slowed industrial growth

• 1. An increase in the price of goods

• 1. Food scarcity

Which characteristic of the Industrial Revolution most directly contributed to the health concern highlighted in this illustration and excerpt?

• urban population growth

• improved communication

• new power sources

• trade union movement

Identify the best use of this document for a historian.

• To understand the perspective of Dutch sailors 

  living in Japan.

• To explore how some Japanese viewed their 

  country’s process of modernization

• To evaluate arguments for and against 

  industrialization in Japan in the 19th century

• To understand why the American military was in 

  Japan