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Which of the following was NOT a change made by the British in their approach to ruling India after 1857?

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The British began to use railroads, roads, and telegraph lines to link the region together and make it easier to govern effectively.

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When the Mayans of the Yucatan peninsula revolted against the Mexican government in 1847, what was their initial demand?

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They wanted political equality with other Mexicans.

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The Shawnee Prophet addressed his message of renewal to:

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members of many Indian tribes.

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In the Caste War, the Mayan cause was damaged by its lack of a full-time army. (True or False)

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True

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How did the Greeks use nationalist arguments in support of their fight for independence during the 1820s?

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They cited the classical tradition and their membership in the community of Christians.

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What happened in the aftermath of the Shawnee rebellion?

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The U.S. government relocated most Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.

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How did the Mayan rebels express their increasing desire for cultural autonomy?

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by creating a new political, moral, and religious system that was almost entirely divorced from the rest of Mexico

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Nineteenth-century liberals differed from socialists in their rejection of the need for economic reform. (True or False)

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True

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All of the following groups supported Usman dan Fodio's revolt against the Hausa city-states EXCEPT:

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Hausa landlords.

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Utopian socialist thinkers believed in creating change by using _______.

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planning

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For Marx and Engels, the key conflict in nineteenth-century European society was between:

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workers and capitalists.

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What change did the British East India Company make in its approach to ruling India during the 1840s?

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It annexed more land and stripped native aristocrats of their privileges.

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Charles Fourier can best be described as a(n) _______.

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utopian socialist

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Which of the following did NOT contribute to social and political instability in China after the Opium War?

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increased standards of living among the peasantry

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Tenskwatawa advised his followers to do all of the following EXCEPT:

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stop fighting battles.

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Chinese peasant rebellions were often inspired by popular religious movements. (True or False)

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True

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Charles Fourier's phalanxes excluded which of these groups?

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merchants

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Generally speaking, the Taiping Rebellion failed because:

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it failed to attract strong support from the landed gentry and other elite groups.

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In which area did liberal thinkers fail to exert influence?

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the Austrian Empire

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What was the outcome of the 1848 revolutions in Europe?

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a crackdown by reactionary governments

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Which indigenous group benefited from the British East India Company's changing policies in the years leading up to the 1857 Indian Rebellion?

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moneylenders

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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 comprised many small, locally oriented revolts. (True or False)

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True

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Why did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels call their theories "scientific" socialism?

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because their arguments were rooted in a materialist view of history

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When the Shawnee and other Native Americans wanted to cooperate with U.S. government officials and Christian missionaries, they were asked to do all of the following EXCEPT:

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abandon their native language.

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The goals of reactionaries in Europe during the Restoration period included all of the following EXCEPT:

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reversal of the beginnings of industrialization.

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What did Marx and Engels believe would be the outcome of the conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat?

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a victory by the proletariat that would result in the destruction of capitalism, the end of private property, and the eventual withering away of the state

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How did the status of Islam in West Africa change after the establishment of the Sokoto caliphate?

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It changed from a minority religion to the majority religion in the region.

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What event sparked the Indian Mutiny of 1857?

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a rumor that cow and pig fat had been used to grease the cartridges used in soldiers' rifles

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What form of government was most common in post-Napoleonic Europe?

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conservative monarchy

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Wahhabi Islam was a threat to the political power of _______.

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the Ottoman Empire

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The leaders of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Islamic revitalization movements sought to reestablish the glory of Islam through which new practice?

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creating full-scale theocratic polities

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Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Islamic reform movements were encouraged by proximity to major trade routes and the growth of capitalism. (True or False)

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False

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Peasant participation in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 was characterized by:

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attacks on people and places that represented their oppression, both Indian and British.

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Viewed collectively, the actions of rebels and dissidents in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries reflected:

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both local traditions and levels of contact with global trade networks and European power.

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Which of the following groups of people was most attracted to Wahhabi Islam?

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people who felt threatened by the increasing pace of commerce and intellectual change

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Islamic reformers in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were inspired by:

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the life of Muhammad and early Islamic practice.

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The destruction of Prophet's Town harmed the credibility of Tenskwatawa as a prophet. (True or False)

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True

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How did non-Indian Mexicans view the Mayan rebellion they called the Caste War?

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as a battle between forward-looking Mexican liberals and backward-looking Indians

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What did the Islamic revitalization movements of the early nineteenth century have in common with the Taiping movement in China?

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Both provided new opportunities to claim political and spiritual legitimacy.

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The international order that began to emerge during the nineteenth century was based on all of the following EXCEPT:

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the emergence of international law.

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How did nationalist thinkers define "the nation"?

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in terms of a common language and common history

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Which of the following was NOT a characteristic shared among the Shawnee, Maya, and Indian rebellions against colonial control?

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the use of prophecy to encourage resistance

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The Taiping movement permanently reshaped Chinese government and society. (True or False)

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False

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What message did Tecumseh spread among the Indians of the Great Lakes region?

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They should unify and stop selling land to the Americans.

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All of the following contributed to the beliefs and goals of the Taiping Rebellion EXCEPT:

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Orthodox Confucian beliefs.

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Why did small-scale settlements in southern Africa give way to larger states during the early nineteenth century?

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Larger states were better equipped to compete for limited resources and defend against their enemies.

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Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Islamic reform movements were popular among social and economic elites. (True or False)

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False

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Hong Xiuquan believed that he was:

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Jesus's younger brother sent to rid the world of evil.

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