WorksheetsChapter 22 test
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
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1.
The revolutions of 1848 led to all of the following developments except
a)
the rise of nationalism.
b)
the emergence of Realpolitik.
c)
the fall of the Second Empire.
d)
the ousting of Klemens von Metternich from power.
2.
The closing of cafés where politics might be discussed was an example of
a)
a Europe-wide crackdown on critics of the established order and balance of power.
b)
Napoleon III's willingness to wantonly and ruthlessly suppress all political dissent and critical public dialogue regarding his government.
c)
Bismarck's Realpolitik solution to stifling dissent in order to bring about German unity.
d)
Cavour's policy of replacing provincial opinion with a new “national”––but largely Piedmontese––political paradigm through his newspapers.
3.
The Crimean War began as a war between
a)
Russia, Walachia, and Moldavia.
b)
France and Russia.
c)
England and Russia.
d)
Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
4.
The Crimean War (1853–1856) accomplished Napoleon III's goal of
a)
severing the alliance between the Austrian Habsburgs and Russia.
b)
expanding French territory in the Balkans.
c)
augmenting Prussia's power to further undermine Austria.
d)
uniting the French people in nationalist support of his dictatorial regime.
5.
In the Crimean War of 1853–1856, Britain and France fought to
a)
save Greece from the Ottoman Empire.
b)
defend the Ottoman Empire from dismemberment by Russia.
c)
protect the Bulgarians from Austro-Hungary massacres.
d)
stop Prussia from annexing parts of Denmark.
6.
Florence Nightingale became famous in the mid-nineteenth century as
a)
a composer.
b)
a suffragist.
c)
an abolitionist.
d)
a nurse.
7.
Alexander II's Great Reforms inspired unrest and ethnic nationalism in the Russian Empire; the great irony of this situation is that the reforms were intended to
a)
give greater democracy to the people and thus avoid any upheaval.
b)
preserve the social hierarchy and maintain the status quo in Russia.
c)
act as a first step in giving proportional representation to ethnic groups within the state.
d)
strengthen the power of the monarchy so much that no one would challenge the state.
8.
Although Tsar Alexander II freed the serfs, a free, mobile labor force was stymied by
a)
lengthy military conscription that kept men in the army for twenty-five years.
b)
a lack of roads and rail transport.
c)
the fact that zemstvos (local councils) often denied former serfs' requests for permission to move.
d)
the fact that former serfs remained tied to a system of communal landowning and decision making.
9.
Italian unification in 1861 was led by the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia because
a)
it had industry, a good economy, a strong army, and the backing of France.
b)
the pope would work only with prime minister Camillo di Cavour and no one else.
c)
it was the home of Giuseppe Garibaldi and most of his “Red Shirts.”
d)
its strategic location meant that unification would be impossible without its support.
10.
Bismarck sought to convince William I and the Junkers that a more powerful Germany could be built
a)
“by convincing Germans in Austria and elsewhere that we are all German brothers.”
b)
not “by speeches and majority decisions . . . but by iron and blood.”
c)
by “continuing . . . the congress system so effectively pioneered by our Austrian brother Count Metternich.”
d)
“by showing . . . a firm hand to our neighbors, . . . and a generous hand to our citizens.”
11.
Which of the following was not a reform granted by Emperor Francis Joseph in Austria-Hungary?
a)
Ethnic minorities could receive an education.
b)
Ethnic minorities could use their own language to communicate with officials.
c)
Internal trade barriers were lifted.
d)
Compulsory military service ended for nobles and peasants.
12.
Following Austria's defeat in the Austro-Prussian War, Francis Joseph reluctantly agreed to the establishment of a “dual monarchy,” which granted Magyars
a)
the right to marry into the Habsburg royal family.
b)
a separate Hungarian legislature whose approval would be required for all future declarations of war.
c)
the right to compete on an equal basis with Austrians for posts in the imperial civil service.
d)
a restored Hungarian parliament with control over domestic matters in Hungary.
13.
In Victorian Britain, a law was passed by Parliament that enabled women to
a)
enter medical schools.
b)
own property or keep wages they earned.
c)
vote.
d)
appear in public at night without a male companion.
14.
Joseph Lister applied Louis Pasteur's germ theory to
a)
London's slums, and he purified the water supply.
b)
medicine, and he developed antiseptics.
c)
sociology, and he developed improved migration patterns.
d)
battlefields, and he convinced generals to build hospital ships.
15.
Georges-Eugène Haussmann, who designed urban changes for Paris,
a)
worked to pipe clean water from the countryside to every dwelling in Paris.
b)
established public bathhouses in every section of the city.
c)
installed public toilets for men and women in business districts.
d)
built multifamily dwellings for workers adjoining factories and railway stations.
16.
Demands for educational reform from the mid-century developed primarily out of the concerns of
a)
the clergy.
b)
factory owners.
c)
book publishers.
d)
governments.
17.
Laws requiring education for children were difficult to enforce because
a)
most governments feared that educated citizens would be converted to socialism.
b)
families of farm laborers and unskilled urban workers were too mobile.
c)
many poorer parents needed their children's help with farm work or domestic tasks.
d)
churches pressured families to send their children to church-run schools instead of state schools.
18.
East Indian troops of the British army launched the Indian Rebellion in 1857 because they were angered by tightening British control and by
a)
the British command's decision to separate Muslim from Hindu soldiers and train them as special highly paid guard units.
b)
Britain's imposition of direct political rule on India, rather than ruling indirectly through the East India Company, which had been relatively lax.
c)
the army's decision to require an oath of loyalty to a woman, Queen Victoria.
d)
British insistence that the soldiers use cartridges greased with cow and pig fat, which violated Hindu and Muslim religious rules, respectively.
19.
The Suez Canal, opened in 1869, connected the
a)
Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea.
b)
Black Sea with the Mediterranean Sea.
c)
Red Sea with the Indian Ocean.
d)
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
20.
Many Europeans thought that they could solve all social problems by a scientific analysis of facts known as
a)
Marxism.
b)
Liberalism.
c)
Positivism.
d)
Social Darwinism.
21.
The declining power of (a) led this empire to be called the "sick man of Europe".
22.
Cavour, prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia" was the architect of a new (a) .
23.
The Ems Telegram was distorted and made public by (a) .
24.
(a) advocated the germ theory and that foods might be contaminated by dangerous organisms.
25.
The Asian country of (a) was able to escape Western imperialism by combining an enthusiasm for European industrial, military, and commercial innovations with national values.
26.
Charles Darwin's notion of nature evolving through a constant struggle to survive was central to his sensational 1859 book, (a) .
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