Unit 5 Revolutions Essentials

Slavery and serfdom were abolished in the 1860s in

• Great Britain and Brazil

• the United States and Russia

• France and Algeria

• Austria-Hungary and India

• China and the Ottoman Empire

After the abdication of the last Qing emperor in China in 1912, the new republican government adopted a new national flag (the so-called five-races-together-in-harmony flag) in which five stripes represented the five main ethnic groups: the Han Chinese, the Manchus, the Tibetans, the Uighurs, and the Mongols. The adoption of the new flag is an example of which of the following processes?

• Governmental efforts of new states to undo the tolerant ethnic and religious policies of their imperial predecessors in order to promote greater uniformity

• Governmental efforts of new states to reduce their political and economic dependence on former colonial powers

• Efforts by authoritarian governments to mobilize all segments of society for a conflict with foreign powers

• Governmental efforts of multinational states to promote a new nationalist identity that would help prevent the emergence of ethnic separatism

The information on the map most strongly suggests which of the following about Argentina’s railways in the late nineteenth century?

• They were built with direct financing from the Argentinian government.

• They contributed to economic activity by connecting interior regions to the coast.

• They were primarily used to bring imported raw materials to Argentina’s industrial steel mills.

• They followed previously established caravan trade routes.

During the nineteenth century, Asian and African rulers usually desired transfer of which of the following western technologies most?

• Medicines

• Weapons

• Navigational instruments

• Textile manufacturing equipment

• Chemical fertilizers

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the data in the table?

• Traditional elites introduced complex financial practices.

• Financial practices facilitated deeper global economic integration.

• Transnational businesses incorporated local merchants into their companies.

• Governments sought to stimulate economic activity through lending.

The author’s argument regarding the effects of Western philosophy on the world is likely based on which of the following?

• The technological innovations of Greece and Rome

• Financial practices facilitated deeper global economic integration.

• The adoption of European Enlightenment political and scientific principles worldwide

• The globalization of popular European postmodern philosophy

The author’s argument regarding the effects of Western philosophy on the world is likely based on which of the following?

• The technological innovations of Greece and Rome

• The global spread of Christianity as a result of European trade and conquest

• The adoption of European Enlightenment political and scientific principles worldwide

• The globalization of popular European postmodern philosophy

The letter’s reference in the second paragraph to the claims of “our doctors and scientists” is best understood in the context of which of the following late-nineteenth-century processes?

• Physical differences between genders and racial groups were used to justify the denial of rights to women and non-Europeans.

• The achievements of medieval Muslim science became known in the West, stimulating new interest in biology and medicine.

• Bourgeois ideas of cultural and literary refinement became prevalent in many parts of the world.

• The scientific method stressing experimentation and the collection of empirical evidence was discovered and first used.

The high proportion of women and children among the workers reflected in the table is best seen in the context of the

• low wages of workers in industrial societies

• resistance of older male workers to being displaced by younger workers

• persistence of guild regulations and other traditional restrictions on labor practices

• decrease in family size associated with greater income

The beginning of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain was most influenced by which of the following factors?

• The amount and location of British petroleum reserves

• The location and large number of British coal deposits

• The aggressive promotion of industrialization by George III

• The spread of cotton cultivation in southern England