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Which of the following is most likely to have influenced 18th century population trends in both Europe and China?

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Introduction of Western Hemisphere crops

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In 19th century liberal democratic Theory, a woman's role was generally portrayed as that of

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Mother of citizens

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A key issue that historians have debated in explaining the reasons for 19th century slave emancipation involves

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Decline export industries

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Charles Darwin's accomplishments can be summed up as follows:

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He was the first satisfactorily to explain the concept of evolution by means of theory of natural selection.

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The period 1750-1914 is characterized by

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Growing European imperialism

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European and many North American areas were transformed during the period 1750-1914 by

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Industrial revolution and technology

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During this period, the region, which had resisted European penetration from 1450-1750, that was mostly carved up into colonies was

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Africa

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International commercial connections between 1750 and 1914 were enhanced by

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Major technological innovations

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The period 1750-1914 began with

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No particular event

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The period 1750-1914 ended with

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World war 1 broke out

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The demographic transition from 1750-1914 was due to all of these causes:

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Declining birth rates in industrial nations Decreased death rates due to public health measures European percentage of total world population declined

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During the 19th century, mass immigration was generally

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From less developed countries to industrialized nations

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For most non European nations during the period 1750-1914 the major influence on their development was

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Relationship to the west and its political, economic and social values

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The class most responsible for the intellectual ferment and forces of change in Europe between 1750-1914 was

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Middle class or Bourgeoisie

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All of these forces for change in Western Europe during the period 1750-1914

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Ideas of enlightenment Increasing wealth and success of business classes Population pressures caused by demographic shift

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All of the following were causes of the French Revolution

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Wide gap between ordinary citizens and countries elites Unfairness of tax system Middle Class dissatisfaction with present state affairs

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Which social class(es) in France did NOT pay taxes before the Revolution in 1789?

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First and second estates

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The ideas of the French Revolution spread most widely throughout Europe as a result of

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advances of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic army

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The United States Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen reflect a shared concern for

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protection of private property

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All of the following statements are true of the French and American Revolutions

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Both based on rights, believed to be granted natural law Both began over protests converning taxation Both movements resulted in end of monarchies

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The chief intellectual cause of the French and American Revolutions was

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Enlightenment

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All of the following were ways that the reign of the French ruler Napoleon Bonaparte affected Europe and the world:

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System of laws codified by Bonaparte proved influential in legal systems of better nations Bonaparte's need for money to pursue his war aims made possible the United States territorial expansion westward into NA through Louisiana Purchase *Napoleon fought a series of bloody wars with the other powers of Europe, affecting Europe, North Africa, and other regions

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Rebellious ethnic minorities in the Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian Empires during the late 19th century were motivated primarily by

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Nationalism

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The political ideology must favored by the victorious allied powers at the Congress of Vienna was:

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conservatism

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The older European loyalty to the Church and God was often replaced after the French Revolution by

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nationalism and loyalty to nation state

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All of these are ideas favored by 19th century European liberals:

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Limited government interference in individual life Right elected representation and vote by propertied individuals Freedoms of religion, press, and assembly

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All of these demands were advocated by the 1948 revolutionaries:

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End to serfdom and manoralism Nationalist independence and/ or unification Liberal constitution with political rights and protectors

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England was the first country to industrialize because

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It already had a developed trade system Depletion of timber caused it to rely more heabily on coal It had a well developed transportation network

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The Enclosure Acts affected the Industrial Revolution by

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driving peasants off their land and thereby creating workforce needed for factories and mines

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Which of the following statements is true of the First and Second Industrial Revolutions?

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Britain led the 1st industrial Revolution, centered on the production of cotton cloth and use of steam power second, centered on the production of iron and steel for railroads

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All f the following are social and economic changes in Europe in the second half of the 19th century, during the Second Industrial Revolution:

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Marriages were formed out of love and not arranged by parents Compulsory education became more common Mass leisure activities became popular

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The greatest problem of the Industrial Revolution was

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child labor

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Most world historians would agree that the key to European predominance in the world economy during the 19th and early 20th centuries was

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industrial revolution

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Which of the following statements would Marxists oppose?

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It's best to skip the capitalist stage and move straight to communism

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The most significant change caused by the Industrial Revolution was the

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mechanization of production and application of power to maunfacturings

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Which of these statements is a FACT about Europe's Industrial Revolution?

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major feature was high pace of technological change and inventions

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All of these were disruptions caused by the Industrial Revolution:

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cities as populations moved from country to the city Health conditions worsened in cities crime rates rose

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Which revolution(s) was (were) directly influenced by the European Industrial Revlution during the Modern Period?

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European Revolutions of 1848-1849

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The new European power which benefited from industrialization and nationalism, and which came to ribal Great Britain in the 19th century was

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German Empire

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The social questions, demands for reform, and the need for monies to support the construction of railroads during the 19th century led to

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Expansion of and increasing intervention by governments in society

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All of these conditions led to the outbreak of World War 1:

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Rival systems of alliance Increased militarization of societies Rivalry for and expansion of colonial empires

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Darwin's theories were interpreted by Social Dawinists to indicate that

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select human groups would dominate those less fit

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All of the following statements describe the impact of Western imperialism on Africa and Asia

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It brought western education and consequently, later rebellions against European control It effectively kept Africa from industrializing, as Africa was used to grow crops to export and produce raw resources for European industry It had a dramatic effect on India's cottage industries, as India was used to produce raw resources for English manufacturing.

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Which of the following best characterizes Western imperialist expansion in the late 19th century?

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An unprecedented amount of territory colonized in a short period of time

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Global religious diffusion during the 19th century was affected most significantly by

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a surge in global missionary activity among Christians native to North America and WEstern Europe

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Which of the following statements best describes Asia's relations with Europe from 1500-1850?

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European powers defeated China in the Opium Wars, colonized India and large of Southeast Asia but for Thailand, and Japan pursued a policy of isolationism during this period

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All of the following encouraged or enables the new imperialism of the late 1800s

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A sense of racial and cultural superiority Industrial era military technology The need to maintain far off naval bases and refueling stations

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Prior to the Industrial Revolution, most colonial acquisitions by European states

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Tended to be improvised and influenced by local officials and local actions

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The most likely reason for the success of European colonial acquisitions during the 19th century would be

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Superior European military and transportation technologies

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Most European, American, and Japanese colonial possessions could BEST be classified as

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Tropical dependecies

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Generally, European leaders saw colonies as

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Sources for raw minerals and potential markets

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Economically, European colonial powers encouraged their colonies to

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remain dependent on the mother country

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Active colonial policies seemed most popular with European governing officials

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lower middle and working classes

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With regard to social policies towards their colonial peoples, European governing officials

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Legally mandated racial and ethnic segregation

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European style language schools and education had the greatest impact on which colonial people's.

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The children of the elite groups

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The European educated colonial peoples tended to

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Side with traditional ruling elites in the colonies against the colonizers Immigrate to the mother countries, shrug owned the colonies Favor the peasants and poor people of their colonies

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Which of the following best characterizes would trade in the period 1450-1750

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The demand for ASIAN commodities was financed by new world

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In the late 19th century John Hay, Secretary of State for the United States, proposed to all occupying foregut powers in China an Open Door policy that would

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Guarantee the same trading privileges in China to all forge in nations

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He full opening of Japan's and China's markets to trade with (and on the terms of) western powers in the 19th and very early 20th centuries was due to

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Military pressure from European nations and he United States

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During the period 1600-1800 he leaders of China, Korea, and Japan all had policies that

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Regulated interactions with foreigners

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The trade patterns show on the map above depict

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British imports of raw cotton and exports of finished cotton in the 1850s

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Which of the following countries or regions led the world in the production of cotton cloth in 1700?

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India

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What were native troops who served under the British authorities in India called

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Sepoys

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Prior to 1830, the largest European colonial empire was

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Great Britian

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British had first acquire its empire in India during the 18th century

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Following successful wars against France for possessions in South Asia

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Traditionally, British colonial practice in India during the mid 19th century was

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To leave defeated princes on the throne and control them through advisors

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The most important British colonial possession in the 19th and 20th century was

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India

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All of these institutions and technologies were transmitted by the British to India through their colonial rule:

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Telegraph and railroad Western style education Social reforms including the end of sati

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Following the first Industrial Revolution, all of these nations challenged Britain traditional leadership:

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United States, Germany, and France

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By the 1914, these nations remained independent of European control

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Ethiopia, Persia, and Japan

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French educational policies of its colonial peoples were designed to

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Assimilate French speaking Asians, Africans, and Pacific Islanders as citizens to offset Germany's higher birthrate

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Which is the most accurate statement European colonization in Africa during the 1800s?

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Despite controlling only 10 percent of Africa as late as 1880, European powers had conquered almost the entire continent shortly after the new century began.

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Which European nation, by exploiting the Cong horribly, gained a reputation as one of the cruelest colonial powers of the imperial era?

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Belgium

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Which group in South Africa embarked on the "Great Trek" during the early 1800s?

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Boers

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The discovery of what resource in South Africa during the last half of the 1800s greatly altered political and economic life there?

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Diamonds

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Which African nation survived the entire 19th century as an independent Christian kingdom?

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Ethiopia

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From the following, identify what 19th century Egypt, under Mohammed Ali, and the Zulu people in the last half of the 19th century, had in common:

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Both sought to build empires in Africa through conquest

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African colonization change after 1880 in these ways:

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The competition among Western powers to colonize the continent intensitfied Western powers at the Berlin Conference agreed to certain basic rules Diplomatic crises between colonizing states persisted into the twentieth century

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Before 1870, the European presence in Africa was characterized primarily by

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coastal enclaves for trade and a few settlements

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Which of the following occurred in the 19th century Africa as a result of the end of the transatlantic slave trade>?

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Increased use of slave labor within Africa

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Late 19th century, European imperialism in both Africa and China was characterized by

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competition among imperialist powers

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Three centuries after Columbus' voyages, most o fthe poeple who came to the Western Hemisphere originated in which of the fllowing regions>?>

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Western Africa

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What even directly contributed to the Creoles in South America declaring independence from Spain in the early 19th century?

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Napoleon deposed the king of Spain, resuling in the formation of an elected congress in New Granadda that declared independence

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Independent movements in 19th century Latin America were generally spearheaded by

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Well to do aristocrats

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The North and South American independence movements of the late 18 century and early 19th shared what?

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Limitation of civil rights to a minority of the populations

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Which of the following describes the effect of skin color, ethnicity, and former slave status in Latin America in the late 19th century?

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Cont. of discrimination on the basis of all three factors

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As part of his strategy for gaining independence in Northern provinces of South America, Simon Bolivar

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fought for the rights of mixed race people and freeing the slaves

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Which group led the independence movements in most of Latin America

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American born whites or creoles

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All of these events helped cause Latin American indepedence

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French Rev American Rev Slave revolt in Haiti

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Leaders of Latin American independence revolts were generally

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Moderates, who wanted some democratic institutions but feared the masses

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Throughout Latin America, the Indian population

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Remained largely outside the national political life

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The new maps and divisions of Latin American countries after 1820 reflected

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Geographic barriers, the great distances, and isolated regions

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In many 19th century Latin American nations, gov were in the hands of

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Independent leaders or army commanders who rules regions by force

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The 19th century economies of Latin America can be described as largely

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dependent on the export of primary products such as coffee and minerals

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The Roman Catholic Church in Latin Ameria

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sided with the ruling elites and usually opposed liberal reforms

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Socially, after independence Latin America nations

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ended legal systems of discrimination but strong social barriers persisted

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Brazil's independence differed from the rest of LAtin America in that it was

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Declared and led by the Portuguese regent in Brazil, who became emperor.

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Brazil was difference that most Latin American nations in the 19th century for all of these reasons:

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It was a monarchy until 1889 Africans, Mestizos, and mulattos outnumbered people of European descent

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Which of the following developments in the Western Hemisphere most directly resulted from the French Revolution>

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Creation of the first independent Black republic in the Americas

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What impact did the HAitian Rebellion have on the outside world?

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inspired rebellions elsewhere in Latin America and caused France to abandon its main colonies in the New World

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Haitit's independence differed from other Latin American movements in that

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began as a slave revolt against slabe owners and led to independence

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The country which had the greatest commercial and financial investments and interests in Latin America in the 19th century was

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Great Britain

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The Monroe Doctrine

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proclaimed bu the US and supported by British navies

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The economic resurgence in Latin America at the end of the 19th century

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Encouraged liberal reforms modeled after American or European examples

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All of these led to increased American (United States) interest in Central American and the Caribbean:

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American acquisition of Puerto Rice following the Spanish American War The desire for Latin American imports (sugar, coffee, and oil) Investments in Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean economies

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1869 completion of which of the follwing vastly increased the geopolitical importance of Egypy

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Suez Canal

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Muhammad Alis attempts to reform Egypt in the 19th century failed because

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he spent too much time attempting to conquer lands and failed to implement reforms

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The strategic importance of Egypt was changed by

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building the suez canal

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Muslim Sudanese revolted under the Mahdi for all of these reasons:

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Opposition to the British led effort to end the slave trade pposition to british influence in the area A desire to purge Islam of western influences

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Actions of Muhammad ALi had what effect on the Ottoman Empire

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conquered North Africa for the sultan

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What internal factors or forces weakened the Ottoman Empire beginning in the 1600s?

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weak rulers and state corruption

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... about the relationships b/w gender and politics in several societies from 1450-1750 is correct?

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Ottoman empire had royal women were sequesters in harems, yet played critical roles behind the scenes in politics and court intrigues nontheless

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Which of the fllowing was a major source of weakness in the Ottoman Empire in the 17th and 18th centuries

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Lack of nationalist sentiment causing fissures within the infrastructure of the EMpire

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Decline of Ottoman Empire in 18th and 19th century can be traced to all of these reasons:

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Sultans, who were weak or inept rulers Frequent defeat of the Ottoman Empire and annexations of its land Decline in the productivity of peasants and artisans

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Which of these statements is a fact about Turkish foreign relations between 1850-1914>

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Turkey forgot frequent wars with Russia and lost

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The group which opposed most internal Ottoman reforms was the

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Ruling religious, political, and social elites

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The Tanzimat reforms in Ottoman Empire

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Improved the empire's ability to fend off foreign aggressors

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Reforms under the late Ottoman sultans and Young Turk leaders

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Emphasized westernization and copied western models openly

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