Unit 5 Practice Quiz

The Australian catalog page of 1929 shown above shows women primarily as

• consumers in a world economy

• participants in competitive sports

• patriots

• executives

• mothers

Which of the following is a significant result of the late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century revolutions in both Europe and the Americas?

• The theory of divine right monarchy dominated intellectual discourse in both Europe and the Americas.

• People throughout Europe and the Americas rejected the concept of popular sovereignty.

• Nation-states emerged as the principal form of political organization in both Europe and the Americas.

• Philosophical liberalism as a force in political life declined throughout Europe and the Americas.

The disputes over women’s rights alluded to in the letter best reflect which of the following late-nineteenth-century changes in Middle Eastern societies?

• The abolition of the veil following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire

• The expansion of mass public education for both boys and girls

• The growing popular support for parliamentary forms of governance

• The spread of intellectual and political debates informed by Enlightenment ideas

The industrialization of Great Britain’s economy in the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is most directly explained by which of the following?

• Britain had large reserves of petroleum.

• British scientists were the first to discover electricity.

• Britain had large reserves of coal.

• British engineers developed new methods of producing cheaper steel.

Great Britain’s development of the industry referred to in the first paragraph during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is best explained by the fact that British factories were the first to

• use steam-powered machines for large-scale economic production

• use natural resources from colonies to create finished products

• use coerced labor for producing manufactured goods

• take advantage of mercantilist economic policies to protect themselves from foreign competition

Which of the following developments in the nineteenth century would most likely help explain the size and composition of the workforce at the Bayer plant as described in the second paragraph?

• The construction of railroads facilitated the migration of people to interior regions.

• The invention of steamships facilitated the migration of colonial subjects to imperial metropoles.

• The invention of the telegraph made it easier for companies to recruit educated workers from across the world.

• The discovery of electricity made rural communities more attractive places to live for wealthy urbanites.

Which of the following developments in the period 1878–1922 best explains the change in Japanese trade patterns shown in the graphs above?

• Japanese manufacturing output decreased because Japanese leaders restricted commercial ties.

• Export of manufactured goods declined because United States tariffs on Japanese goods increased.

• Japanese manufacturing output rose as a consequence of industrialization.

• Japanese imports of raw materials increased as a consequence of extensive immigration to Japan.

In what way did the Haitian Revolution differ from the French Revolution?

• The French Revolution was inspired by Enlightenment ideas while the Haitian Revolution was not.

• The Haitian Revolution began because of unfair taxation by the French king.

• The leaders of the Haitian Revolution came from a different social class than did the leaders of the French Revolution.

• The leaders of the French Revolution wanted religious freedom while the leaders of the Haitian Revolution wanted equal representation.

The sketch shows the artist’s son Johnny and Flora, an enslaved Indonesian household servant.

Which of the following would most directly challenge the labor system portrayed in the sketch?

• Trade unionism

• The Enlightenment

• Social Darwinism

• Marxism

The Meiji government’s “emulation of foreign ways” was most directly a response to which of the following nineteenth-century developments?

• The Qing Empire forcing Japan to accept tributary relations

• Western states forcing Japan to open itself to trade

• The Qing Empire requiring Japan to make territorial concessions following the Sino-Japanese War

• Western states requiring Japan to accept Western advisers at the imperial court following the Opium Wars