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The new Italian kingdom established in 1861

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was, to a significant degree, the result of the diplomatic and political work of Cavour and the military actions of Garibaldi.

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By 1871, all of the following are correct about great Britain except:

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the largest political party was the Labour Party.

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The first Mexican emperor was

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Agustín de Iturbide.

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Fought between 1858 and 1861, Mexico's War of Reform was a conflict between

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a liberal government and an entrenched Catholic clergy.

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Emiliano Zapata

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was second husband of Florence Nightingale.

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By 1900, the world's richest nation and greatest industrial power was

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the United States.

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The basis of Latin American wealth, social prestige, and power throughout the nineteenth century was

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land.

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After the nations of Latin America gained their independence in the nineteenth century, their economies became dominated by the

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British.

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An example of a Post-Impressionist painter is

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Vincent van Gogh.

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Which of the following was not an incentive to promote mass education?

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The German policy of restricting literacy to the upper and middle classes.

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The following were true about compulsory elementary education except that it

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sparked revolution in Germany against Otto von Bismarck.

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Charles Darwin presented a theory of evolution that

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stated that all living things are involved in a struggle to survive.

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Among the first British colonies in West Africa was

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Gold Coast.

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The Tokugawa Shogunate maintained formal diplomatic relations only with

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the Dutch.

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China's last emperor was

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Puyi.

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Which of the following pairs, naming the European power and its African holding, is not correct?

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Germany - Congo.

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In assessing the impact of nineteenth-century imperialism, it can accurately be said that

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the consequences of imperialism are more complex than was earlier believed

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All of the following statements about Zanzibar are true except that it was

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the main African port in the early 19th century. ???DUTCH IDK???????

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Imperialistic activity in Africa

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caused a good deal of international rivalry as illustrated by Union and South Africa

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The "spheres of influence"

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were in part the result of local Chinese strongmen selling exclusive economic privileges to foreign gov and their merchants.

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As a result of German acquisition of the Shandong Peninsula, all of the following occurred except

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it was obvious that the dismemberment of China was impossible.

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The leader of the Meiji restoration accomplished all of the following except

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gave the emperor absolute power since he was a divine descendant of the sun goddess.

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The Russo-Japanese war

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was initiated by a Japanese surprise attack on the Russian naval base at Port Arthur.

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Which of the following could be considered the most striking difference between the French and British political systems between 1875 and 1914?

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The multi-party system under the Third Republic produced much less political stability than the two-party system in Britain.

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The cities whose populations grew from 17,300 to 1,700,000 and from 960,000 to 6,500,000 during the 1800s were

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Berlin and London

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Sigmund Freud

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challenged the 19th century belief in progress with his stress on irrational and unconscious.

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Japanese culture during the Meiji Restoration

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was characterized by a period of fascination with western art followed by a period of reaction, during which artists searched for for authentic Japanese modes of statement.

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In the second half of the 19th century

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a Frenchman built the Suez Canal, but it ultimately came under British control.

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The most multinational state in Europe in the nineteenth century and thus the one most threatened by the new ideology of nationalism was

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Austria.

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The "Eastern Question" in the nineteenth century concerned the fate of

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Ottoman Empire.

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Which of the following did not play a crucial role in making Britain the site of the first Industrial Revolution?

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Over ninety-five percent of the population was literate.

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Industrial development in the United States before 1870

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included an efficient transportation network.

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The key figure of Russian industrialization was

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Sergei Witte.

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Marxist revisionists believe that

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workers should organize mass political parties.

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A country which was forced to reduce its industrial production by a more powerful competitor was

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India.

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The emancipation of the Russian serfs

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required that the former serfs pay for their freedom in installments.

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By prudently purchasing European arms, the king of this African state was able to soundly defeat the Italian attempt at colonial takeover

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Ethiopia.

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Steam power

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was originally used to pump water from mines.

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Karl Marx believed that all of human history was the story of

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the class struggle.

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The most multinational state in Europe in the nineteenth century, and thus the one most threatened by the new ideology of nationalism, was

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Austria.

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The basic purpose of the Concert of Europe was to

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maintain conservative political control over Europe.

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The Meiji Constitution of 1890, with placed authority within the executive branch of the government, was modeled on the government of

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Germany

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European nations sought to obtain the following products from their colonies in Africa and Asia in the 19th century

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oil, tin and rubber.

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Colonial policies reflecting a relative lack of racist attitudes, and the revolutionary belief in the universality of human nature, were practiced by

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France.

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The Boer War

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was the result of the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer-held Transvaal region.

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Sun Yat-Sen

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created the Tongmenghui/Revolutionary Alliance.

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