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WorksheetsMid Term Honors-2018
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Indigenous peoples are people who are native to a region.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Napoleon’s Civil Code treated women
a)
as less equal than men.
b)
as co-owners of property with their husbands.
c)
equally in divorce proceedings
d)
as legal equals to men.
3.
Deism was a religious philosophy based on faith and the rule of God.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Many intellectuals of the 1500s and 1600s did not take Margaret Cavendish’s work seriously because
a)
she was a woman
b)
she did not believe in rationalism
c)
her work was not signed
d)
her work was not logical
5.
After U.S. Commodore Perry’s second visit, Japan signed the Treaty of Kanagawa, which
a)
opened two ports to Western traders.
b)
established that the United States would protect Japan from invaders.
c)
created a trading route between Japan and England.
d)
declared the independence of Korea.
6.
One reason Great Britain led the way in the Industrial Revolution was that it
a)
practiced laissez-faire economics.
b)
was ruled by a constitutional monarchy.
c)
had a lot of money and natural resources.
d)
disregarded the dignity of factory workers.
7.
Although the Meiji Constitution gave most authority to the executive branch, in practice most of the power resided with
a)
the shogun.
b)
the emperor.
c)
the legislative branch.
d)
the Meiji leaders.
8.
Napoleon’s agreement with the Catholic Church
a)
recognized Catholicism as the majority religion of France.
b)
returned church lands to the pope and clergy.
c)
did not satisfy the priests and lower classes
d)
created more stability within France.
9.
Britain bought Egypt’s share in the Suez Canal because it would connect Britain with its interests in India.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The Indian National Congress
a)
asked to share the governing process with the British.
b)
fought the Hindus.
c)
was a railroad connection between Nepal and Bombay
d)
demanded immediate independence from Britain.
11.
The 1848 revolution in France resulted in
a)
new opportunities for workers
b)
creation of the Second Empire.
c)
restoration of the monarchy.
d)
middle-class uprisings.
12.
Unlike baroque style, rococo art depicted
a)
social struggle.
b)
the pursuit of pleasure, happiness, and love.
c)
grandeur and power.
d)
religious figures.
13.
The factory created a new labor system in which
a)
products were produced by an assembly line of workers and animals.
b)
workers had to adjust to periods of hectic work followed by idle periods.
c)
workers had to work regular hours and perform repetitive tasks
d)
machines were valued more highly than the workers who ran them
14.
During most of the French Revolution (1789–1799), Napoleon was
a)
serving in the French military.
b)
codifying the French laws.
c)
negotiating with the Catholic Church.
d)
studying in a military school.
15.
Which of the following was a benefit of British rule?
a)
universal education
b)
economic growth
c)
equal rights
d)
political stability
16.
Francis Bacon believed that scientists should
a)
rely on ancient authorities.
b)
study philosophy.
c)
use reasoning.
d)
develop their own scientific methods.
17.
Promotion within Napoleon’s new bureaucracy was
a)
based on height and weight.
b)
based on ability only, not rank or birth.
c)
given to those Napoleon favored but taken away when they fell out of favor.
d)
designed to benefit the nobility and keep the middle class in its place.
18.
In which of the following ways did the coming of Westerners affect the Chinese economy?
a)
by building a large middle class
b)
by bringing democracy to the rural areas
c)
by redistributing the land
d)
by introducing modern means of transportation
19.
Henry Stanley stayed in Africa after David Livingstone died because
a)
he had planned to stay when he first made the trip.
b)
he believed that Livingstone’s work was important.
c)
Livingstone paid him to stay.
d)
there was no transportation back to his home.
20.
Montesquieu studied a system of government in which separation of powers caused the parts of the government to control and limit each other.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
21.
Many aristocrats and members of the bourgeoisie were attracted to _____, some of which criticized France’s absolutist system.
a)
Enlightenment philosophies
b)
the ideas of the National Assembly
c)
the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
d)
the Tennis Court Oath
22.
One economic cause of the French Revolution was an increase in prices, which
a)
channeled more money to merchants and salesmen.
b)
depleted the government’s monetary reserves
c)
led to an equivalent increase in wages among the nobility.
d)
left people with the inability to purchase essential goods, such as food
23.
The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute
a)
Robespierre’s followers.
b)
Austrian prisoners
c)
the sans-culottes and other members of the Paris Commune.
d)
counterrevolutionaries and traitors.
24.
What were the key functions of the newly elected National Convention?
a)
It drafted a new constitution and served as the governing body.
b)
It tried and persecuted counterrevolutionaries and traitors.
c)
It collected taxes and built bridges.
d)
It reasoned with radicals and rallied for peasants.
25.
Under Robespierre, the Convention pursued a policy of de-Christianization because its members believed that
a)
religion supported the monarchy.
b)
church and state should be separate.
c)
other religions should be represented in France.
d)
religion encouraged superstition, rather than the use of reason.
26.
After the Boxer Rebellion, the Qing dynasty attempted reforms in
a)
education.
b)
tax laws.
c)
he military.
d)
the press.
27.
The greatest threat to American unity in the mid-1800s was
a)
ndustrialization.
b)
slavery.
c)
British imperialism.
d)
religious intolerance.
28.
Annex means to form a new country with its own government.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Laissez-faire is an economic doc2trine that says the state should control the economy.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
After the Boxer Rebellion, change was greatest in the urban areas.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
The goal of the Enlightenment thinkers was to use the scientific method to keep society the same.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Rousseau argued that society should be governed by the military.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
Which of the following renewed interest in India?
a)
easy access to museums and historical sites
b)
newspapers and books written in Indian languages
c)
he emergence of English as the only official language
d)
a new commissioner of Cultural Affairs
34.
What happened as a result of the large Boer farming settlements in South Africa?
a)
war with Britain in which Britain won the territory
b)
Zulus’ defeat by the British
c)
Boer farmers’ takeover of Rhodes’s diamond and gold mines
d)
Europeans’ loss of all holdings in South Africa
35.
The 1904–1905 war between Russia and Japan resulted in
a)
a humiliating defeat for Russia.
b)
greater respect for Russia around the world.
c)
more Japanese immigration into the United States.
d)
Russian control of Korea.
36.
Which countries formed a coalition against France after the execution of Louis XVI?
a)
Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Britain, and the Dutch Republic
b)
Italy, Spain, and the Ottoman Empire
c)
pain, Portugal, the United States of America, and the Dutch Republic
d)
Britain and the United States of America
37.
Education spread widely during the enlightenment because
a)
books were written by the elite.
b)
churches promoted education.
c)
chools were free for everyone.
d)
reading material was aimed at the masses
38.
By 1925 many urban, middle-class Chinese people
a)
rejected all Western influence.
b)
mbraced Western art and literature.
c)
celebrated the past.
d)
rote their own novels.
39.
Mary Wollstonecraft’s ideas about the rights of women were based on
a)
the government’s unfair ideas about women’s rights.
b)
women’s need to live the same conditions as men.
c)
the unfairness of women not having the same rights as men.he idea that women have reason, like men.
d)
the idea that women have reason, like men
40.
The Frankfurt Assembly failed to achieve
a)
peace with France.
b)
universal male suffrage.
c)
German unification.
d)
religious reforms.
41.
Why did Descartes decide to set aside everything that he had learned and begin again?
a)
There were no science books.
b)
Science was based on new information only.
c)
He doubted everything he had learned
d)
Everything he had learned was wrong.
42.
Europeans were interested in West Africa especially for its
a)
rivers.
b)
independence.
c)
size
d)
raw materials
43.
How did European imperialism give rise to African nationalism?
a)
Educated Africans rebelled because they recognized the hypocrisy of the Europeans’ treatment of them.
b)
istreated Africans on plantations rose up because they were underpaid and treated cruelly
c)
African nationalists wanted to imitate the way the Europeans governed African colonies.
d)
European governors of African colonies helped the Africans learn how to govern themselves.
44.
How did new technology such as the telescope and new theories such as Pascal’s Law lay the foundation of the Scientific Revolution?
a)
Philosophers used them to think about ancient Greek ideas.
b)
Ordinary people used them in their everyday life.
c)
Scientists used them to create more new inventions and theories.
d)
he government used them to make scientific laws
45.
The social change brought about by the Industrial Revolution was evident in the
a)
famines caused by families abandoning their farms.
b)
mergence of the middle class and the working class.
c)
mergence of the middle class and the working class. c. cloud of air pollution that choked the British Isles.
d)
growing death rates from accidents on the roads
46.
What is one important reason that European nations met at the Berlin Conference?
a)
European countries wanted to settle conflicting claims for lands in East Africa.
b)
East Africa had the most natural resources of all of Africa.
c)
Otto von Bismarck wanted to be the leader of the European nations.
d)
The African countries wanted to be colonized by the European nations.
47.
Which of the following statements about Napoleon is true?
a)
In his empire Napoleon ignored principles of the French Revolution.
b)
apoleon was admired and adored by everyone.
c)
Napoleon set out to conquer Egypt, but ended up abandoning his troops there.
d)
Napoleon was feared and supported by his troops.
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