AP World History 1750-1914 Test – Flashcards
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Who were the chief beneficiaries of all of the Atlantic revolution, except Haiti?
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propertied white men of the "middling classes"
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Why was the cause of abolition widely acceptable in the 19th century?
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serfdom and indentured servitude became cheaper and more efficient
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What great fear drove the Latin American Creole elites to pursue independence and political change?
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social unrest from the lower classes getting out of control
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When compared to the American Revolution, what was a distinguishing characteristic of the French Revolution regarding liberties?
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it created society from scratch
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What did the American Revolution do to the established democratic tendencies of the colonial societies?
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accelerate them
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Which Atlantic Revolution had the only successful slave revolt in world history?
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Haitian Revolution
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How were Napoleon's conquests and reforms of European lands received outside of France? Did they accept many of the reforms? Did they revolt against French control?
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the conquered accepted many of the reforms but revolted against French control
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Throughout the Atlantic world, how did slave owners and whites react to the Haitian Revolution?
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slave owners and whites were filled with fear and trepidation
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What was a reason why the Spanish American revolutions took longer and were more difficult than the North American Revolution?
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divisions of class, race, and region
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When did large number of working class women gain entrance to universities?
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In the most industrialized countries of the West, women's movements by the early 1900s had become a mass movement.
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Okay.
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As an experience of women in 19th century Britain, did working-class women usually leave outside paid employment after they were married?
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yes; however, middle-class women did not
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Why was the working-class movement less-overtly revolutionary than its Russian counterpart?
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generally better living conditions, labor unions
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Because of the Scientific Revolution, was Great Britain able to foster technological innovation and industrialize?
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yes
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One explanation for Europe's Industrial Revolution:
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its unique features of European society, economy, or history
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What helped Europe to industrialize first?
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unusually close alliances with the merchant class
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What was a reason for the failure of Marxist socialism to take root in the US?
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conservatism of unions, religious, ethnic, and racial divisions , higher quality of life, cheaper land
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Why was industrialization more state-directed in Russia than in Britain?
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Where was the only violent social revolution leading to industrialization?
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Russia
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Why did Europe draw disproportionately on the world's resources?
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contact with many other civilizations
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Why was there only a very limited market for manufactured goods developed in Latin America?
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In the 19th century Europe, what led to technological innovations and a military advantage?
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Industrial Revolution
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Before the 19th C., were Asians and Africans seen as "heathens" because they weren't Christian?
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yes
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In what areas was the Industrial Revolution seen as a failure?
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it seriously damaged the environment; it damaged the traditional cultural heritage
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How devastating was the Taiping conflict relative to other 19th C. conflicts in the world?
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extremely (20-30 million deaths)
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Which nations carved out "spheres of influence" in China by the end of the 19th C?
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Western nations, Russia, and Japan
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What was the attitude of many of China's Qing Dynasty leadership towards the modern, industrialized societies of the West?
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cautious; the took mild measures to adopt Western innovations
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In an effort modernize, what did the Ottoman Empire do with its ambassadors? Did China do this, too?
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sent ambassadors to study European methods; yes
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The Young Turks advocated...
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...a militantly secular Turkish national state.
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Regarding Japanese colonial policies in Taiwan and Korea, were the Japanese just as cruel toward their subjects as the Europeans were to theirs?
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yes, or crueler
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Was there a long-range plan of the British government for taking control over India?
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NO
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The small kingdoms and chiefdoms of West Africa...
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faced protracted, brutal warfare since they were decentralized and did not have strong rulers.
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Why did Europeans become the vast majority of the population in New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaii?
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they killed off most of the native populations
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The responses of most Asian and African societies to European conquests in the nineteenth century...
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... covered a wide range from active resistance to accommodation.
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Did the arrival of colonial rule change the working lives of colonial subjects by requiring that they devote at least some of their energies to working for wages or selling what they produced for case income?
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yes
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How were such small numbers of Europeans able to govern such huge and populous territories?
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by reinforcing the power of local rulers and thus earning their loyalty
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In areas where men worked far from home, did the women of impoverished families become heads of households?
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yes
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How did European colonial rule transform its colonies?
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by conveying some elements of Europe's modernizing process
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What relationship existed between the number of white settlers and the degree of racial segregation and discrimination in African and Asian colonies?
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the more white settlers in a colony, the more racial discrimination there was
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Before European colonialism, African peoples...
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... recognized differences among themselves but didn't clearly define them.
