WorksheetsWestern Civilization Final Exam
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 37mins
The French king, Louis XIV, built this palace not so much as a residence but more as anabsolutist show-place for foreign and domestic enemies?
Mercantilism
Versailles
Free Market
Parliament
___________ was a set of economic policies that seemed thoroughly enlightened, actually did more in support of absolutism
Jacobins
Versailles
Free Market
Mercantilism
Many Roman Catholic churchmen viewed the "New Science," especially as typified by Copernican Theory
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
God created the universe, but no longer took any active interest in it
as a direct threat to Church doctrine
that power in government should be separate and balanced
In the "New Science" and in the Enlightenment, the men of knowledge expressed belief that:
that power in government should be separate and balanced
inductive reasoning (In the text book) Deductive reasoning (Marked as correct on exam)
as a direct threat to Church doctrine
God created the universe, but no longer took any active interest in it
This Enlightenment Philosophe wrote "The Wealth of Nations" in response to mercantilism.
Adam Smith
Jacobins
Bourgeoisi
Descartes
In 1789, the newly formed National Assembly issued this statement with the slogan"Liberty, Equality and Fraternity."
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Reign of Terror
that power in government should be separate and balanced
Bolshevik
Robespierre rule was known as
The Directorate
Freedom from the constraints of religion
Monarchy
The Reign of Terror
The dominant party of the French Revolution was the
Dictorates
Republicans
Jacobins
Democrats
Napoleon replaced mercantilism with
Jacobins
Free Markets
Parliament
Bourgeoisie
In the Spirit of the Laws, Baron de Montesquieu expressed his connection to the French Revolution with the argument:
that power is irrelevant to the balance the government holds
that power in government should be separate and balanced
that government should have no say in society
that power must be unequally balanced
This approach to knowledge, advocated by Sir Francis Bacon, utilized the method of amassing evidence from specific observations in order to draw general conclusions is known as:
Persuasive reasoning
Copernicus Theory
Inductive reasoning (In the text book) Deductive reasoning (Marked as correct on exam)
Hypothesis
The theory of absolutism became popular in the seventeenth century in response to:
a desire for order after the chaos and war of the previous century.
the complete ruling from the Reign of Terror.
the desire for power from representatives.
seeking approval after the chaos from the war.
The most profitable French colonies were located in:
Caribbean
Barbados
France
Brazil
The successors to French government after the collapse of the first French Republic.
The Jacobins
The Directorate
The Democracy
The Bourgeoisie
Napoleon was overwhelmingly popular with the people of the French Revolution following reason EXCEPT
His role in society
His dedication to republican principles
His dedication to democratic principles
His creation of the Free Market
In England, Charles II triggered a crisis not unlike that produced by his father's rule when he:
saw his position as a way to get back at those who wronged him.
created a corrupted society for England, leaving people in poverty.
was banished from Enlgand.
began modeling his kingship on the absolutism of Louis XIV.
Whose new found economic muscle depended upon individual freedom and property rights?
Parliament
Bourgeoisie
Jacobins
Descartes
This French Philosophe sought to discover divine order through his paired coordinate system (x,y) and ultimately decided, "I think, therefore I am"
Napolean
Copernicus
Bolshevik
Descartes
England's Glorious Revolution created the necessary climate to increase the power of the:
Parliament
Bourgeoisie
Women
Copernicus
Which Enlightenment liberalism is best demonstrated by the documents of the American Revolution?
The creation of constrains of religion
Freedom from the constraints of religion
The openness to people who were previously "unaccepted" by society
The acceptance of the Rebels
According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau freedom meant:
citizens who have a say in what is right and wrong in society.
government having full control over citizens.
equal citizens obeying the laws they had made themselves.
doing whatever you want to do, regardless of the consequences.
In the theory of absolutism found in Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, people give up liberties to the sovereign state which, in turn is obligated to:
to make living more difficult for the rest of society but more beneficial for themselves
to damage another persons life
preserve ones own life
preserve people's lives
In his Two Treatises of Government, John Locke argued that
legitimate government authority is conditional and contractual.
government is unconditional.
everyone has the right to have a say in the government.
no one has a right to have a say in the government.
The Peace of Westphalia was a watershed in European History as it marked the rise of this country as the predominant power of Europe.
England
France
Germany
Berlin
Polish astronomer who advanced the idea that the earth revolves around the sun.
Phillipe
Napolean
Copernicus
Descartes
The French Revolution of 1848 resulted in
The creation of an absolutist society
The assassination of King Louis Philippe
The building of King Louis Philippe's government
The toppling of the government of King Louis Philippe
By 1884, Germany, France, and Britain had extended voting rights most broadly, but even in those countries the members of society who continued to be denied the vote as a group were:
Women
African Americans
Native Americans
Elders
Democrats under Andrew Jackson campaigned for
Universal suffrage for women
Universal suffrage for white males
Universal suffrage for African Americans
Universal suffrage for everyone
The Opium Wars began when
the Chinese traded opium with Britain illegally
opium became an addiction in England
the Chinese banned opium imports
the Chinese illegally began selling opium
Which potential party became the model Marxist party in the late nineteenth century?
The Marxist Party 2.0
Jacobins
The German Working Party
The German Social Democratic Party
The Russian soviets realized leadership by Vladimir Lenin and the _________ Party in the October Revolution of 1917
Bolshevik
Jacobin
The German Social Democratic Party
Brest-Levest
As a result of the 1905 revolution, Tsar Nicholas II issued the October Manifesto, which:
destroyed all liberties granted to citizens.
guaranteed individual liberties, more liberal franchise for the election of Dumas, and veto powers for the Dumas all of which Nicholas repealed over the next two years.
vetoed every law that would support their society in October of 1905.
began conflicts that killed thousands of citizens and began WWI.
Prior to the Great Mutiny of 1857, all Indian trade was held as a monopoly by the British
South India Company
West India Company
East India Company
British Tea Company
Liberalism's fundamental principles in the aftermath of the French Revolution included all of the below except:
republic
absolutism
monarchy
direct democracy
This nineteenth century form of economic development was based on the concentration of labor and production.
Industrialization
Steel
Civilization
The second Industrial Revolution
The basis of nineteenth-century conservatism was a belief in political stability, which the conservatives thought would be guaranteed by the
Absolutist rule
Direct Democracy
Monarchy
Democracy
In the aftermath of the 1848 revolution, Frederick William of Prussia rejected a new constitution. Two years later he accepted a constitution that allowed for the election of a Parliament with voting based on:
Universal white suffrage although votes were weighted based on taxes paid
Universal African American suffrage although votes were weighted based on taxes paid
Universal women suffrage although votes were weighted based on taxes paid
Universal male suffrage although votes were weighted based on taxes paid
Middle-class "respectability" in industrialized society required
hard work, character, and financial independence
slavery and serfdom
moving up in class
being the best of the best, no exceptions
In the nineteenth century both the U.S and Russia shared a similar problem in building their respective nations which was:
The destruction of universal male suffrage
Universal male suffrage
slavery and serfdom
hard work, character, and financial independence
The "new imperialism" of the late nineteenth century was distinctive in that:
Americans believed that their commerce, science, and technology would bring progress to the rest of the world.
Europeans assumed that their commerce, science, and technology would bring progress to the rest of the world.
there was no distinction.
it began a time of build up to the Industrial Revolutions.
By the mid-nineteenth century, the world economy had divided into two major groups:
those who produced and those who consumed.
those who are industrialized and those who are farmers.
those who believe and those who do not believe.
those who produced manufactured goods and those who supplied the necessary raw materials.
In 1867. the conservative government of Great Britain passed the Great Reform Bill which
doubled the franchise by extending the vote, in general, to all skilled workers.
tripled the franchise by extending the vote, in general, to all skilled workers.
did nothing to the franchise by extending the vote, in general, to all skilled workers.
damaged the societal franchise by extending the vote, in general, to all skilled workers.
The principal ideology that guided the Congress of Vienna was
principle of mans rights
principle of legitimacy
principle of discipline
principle of ideology
The Berlin Conference of 1884
Made a new phase of world civilization
Created world wide conflict
established the ground rules for a new phase of European expansion
Created build up towards the French Revolution
The first technological innovation of the second industrial revolution was with:
Platinum
Iron
Aluminum
Steel
European liberal politics of the mid-nineteenth century relied for its power on:
upper class
middle class
working class
Bourgeoisie
The initial expectations of the Schlieffen plan of World War I were reversed by:
the French victory at the Marne and the British victory at Tannenberg
the French victory at the Marne and the German victory at Tannenberg
the French victory at the Tannenberg and the German victory at Marne
the British victory at the Marne and the French victory at Tannenberg
At the Paris Peace Conference beginning in 1919, each of the so-called Big Four was represented by their political leaders, with Italy being represented by:
Copernicus
Sofia and Leonardo
Vittorio Orlando
Ryan Reynolds
One explanation for Britain's lead in the Industrial Revolution was that
the government listened to everything its citizens needed.
the stock market was more alive than ever.
the aristocracy crashed.
the majority of its entrepreneurs were from the aristocracy.
The Treaty that officially announced Russia's withdrawal from World War 1 was the
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Versailles
The Schieffler Plan
The Treaty of Berlin
Globalization has generated discussions concerning all of the following except:
the impact on society
the environment
the citizens
the effect on citizens
Following Mussolini's economic policies of the 1920s, Italy's plight during the Great Depression was:
take over Russia.
fix the stock market.
no different than any other country in Europe during the 1930s.
to make as much money as they could.
In a 1947 speech to Congress, President Harry. Truman set out his policy of support for the resistance of "free peoples" to communism by tying politics to economics; it would be a choice between "two ways of life." This policy was known as the
Marshall Plan
Truman Plan
Marshall Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Which of the following was NOT a result of to the dissolution of the Soviet Union?
The removal of the Warsaw Pact.
The creation of the Warsaw Pact.
The invasion of Russia.
The Treaty of Versialles.
The arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union began in 1949 when the Soviet Union tested its own _________ a weapon on which the United States had a monopoly until that time.
Atomic bomb
Nuclear warfare
Guerilla warfare
Big ol' bombs
Although the collapse of prices on the New York Stock Exchange in October 1929 caused severe problems in the United States, it had immediate and disastrous consequences in Europe because:
Germany had become a primary international creditor during World War I.
the United States had become a primary international creditor during World War I.
the USSR had become a primary international creditor during World War I.
France had become a primary international creditor during World War I.
The strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific campaign consisted of attacking strategic Japanese bases was referred to as:
Pearl Harbor
Hoppers
Island hopping
Cherry picking
The event in 1933 that led to Hitler being given unlimited power was the:
The Night of Broken Glass
Hitler's craving of power
Terrorist attack
Reichstag Fire
Which of the following describes a way in which Stalin's "Great Terror" undermined its own successes?
In trying to take direct control over economic and political life, Stalin managed to eliminate many of his most talented subordinates.
Stalin did not care about his country and let it fall apart.
Stalin was assassinated by someone jealous of his power.
Stalin could not control the country as well as he thought he could, eventually having what he had created to turn against him.
The Second World War differed from the First World War in many ways that did Not include:
the improvement of guerilla warfare.
the improvement of trench warfare.
the improvement of atomic bombs.
the improvement of nuclear warfare.
The new culture of mass consumption in Western Europe was marked by all of the following except:
more positions open for emloyees.
more pay.
extended work weeks.
shortened work weeks.
The first troops to enter and occupy Berlin at the end of the war were:
Axis
Allies
USSR
Soviet
In the summer of 1943, the largest battle of the Second World War, and perhaps of all history, was fought at:
Kursk
Kerrig
Kiosk
Bulshivik
Which of the following helped foster the establishment of communist states in Eastern Europe after 1945?
Ethnic acceptance.
Persistent ethnic conflict, exacerbated by the earlier Nazi occupation.
The desire to win a war they could not win.
Destruction and rebuilding that needed to take place after WWII.
The economic boom that Europe enjoyed following World War II was fueled by all of the following except:
technological advancements
more positions for employees
trade protectionism
trade ignorance
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 by the United States and representatives of Western European states for the purpose of:
attack their allies.
defend against other NATO organizations.
protect the coast of their countries.
providing mutual defense: an attack against one was an attack against all.
In 1955, the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe responded to the formation of NATO with the:
Warsaw Pact
Treaty of Versialles
Kursk
Bolshevik
Which of the following was NOT an important element of the Marshall Plan?
the establishment of uncharacteristic political movements.
the inability to represent what you believe in.
The restriction of Catholic political movements that tended toward an inherent suspicion of American culture and political motives.
the increasing danger of protesting.
The British had been in political control of Palestine since World War I, but promised a portion of the land as a Jewish homeland with is 1917;
NATO.
Treaty of Jerusalem.
Treaty of Versailles.
Balfour Declaration.
The tenets of Marxism called for a revolution by the proletariat, the industrial workers, but China in the 1940s was a nation of peasants, so an adaptation of Marxism was provided by:
Jean-Paul Sartre
Mao Dongdong
Mao Zedong
Jiang Qing
During the German occupation of Eastern Europe and the campaign of extermination they carried out, only in the __________ did the Jewish inhabitants attempt significant resistance
Warsaw Ghetto
Berlin Ghetto
Bulshevik Ghetto
Jewish Ghetto
Several consequences of the Great Depression of the 1930s led to the Second World War. Among these was:
Starvation.
Russian poverty.
The recovery of Russian agriculture to prewar levels of prosperity
The destruction of Russian agriculture from prewar levels of prosperity
The Russian term perestroika refers to a:
program of social restructuring in the Soviet Union.
program of economic restructuring in Russia.
program of social restructuring in the USSR.
program of economic restructuring in the Soviet Union.
Although Lenin wanted to establish, for the short term, a state-capitalist economic system in Russia, which resembled the successful European wartime economies, the necessities of the civil war pushed the government to a more radical economic system known as:
War Communism
Post-War Communism
The Communist Regime
Established Communism
