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In addition to access to markets and natural resources, another reason for Europe's interest in dominating Africa and Asia was to

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seek profitable investment opportunities for surplus capital

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European nations were NOT satisfied with establishing free trade with Africa and Asia during the era of imperialism because

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European nations wanted monopoly control of markets and resources

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Which group in Europe generally OPPOSED imperialist ventures in other parts of the world?

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the working class

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A justification rather than a basic cause of European imperialism was the

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moral obligation to bring Western civilization to less developed areas

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France wanted to acquire colonies to soothe French national pride after its humiliating defeat in the 1870 war with

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Prussia

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Who established British dominance in India in the 18th century?

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Robert Clive

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The control of India was transferred from the British East India Company to the government of Great Britain after the

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Sepoy Mutiny

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The Sepoy Mutiny in India is MOST similar to which event in China?

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Boxer Rebellion

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The British were able to conquer and control the much larger country of India because

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India was composed of hundreds of feuding independent states instead of one nation

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Which area of Asia did Great Britain acquire for strategic reasons in order to protect its trade routes between India and China?

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Singapore

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The British attacked China in the Opium War (1839-1842) because

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Chinese officials tried to stop them from bringing opium into China

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By 1900, all of the following nations established spheres of influence in enclaves on the coast of China EXCEPT

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United States

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Extraterritoriality meant that

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Europeans living in treaty ports were subject only to European law

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The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 resulted in the

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transfer of Russian spheres of influence in China to Japan

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Which members of the British Empire had the GREATEST degree of independence by 1914?

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Dominions

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Germany established a colony

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on the island of New Guinea

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British imperialist interests in Persia and Afghanistan were challenged by

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Russia

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The importance of the Suez Canal is that it

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connects the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea

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Great Britain gained control of the Suez Canal in 1875 by

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buying a majority of shares of the investment

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Great Britain had long-range plans to build a railroad from Cairo in Egypt

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to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa

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Which European country is CORRECTLY paired with its colony in Africa?

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France -- Madagascar

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The Fashoda Affair is an example of

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The clash of European powers in controlling Africa

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A MAJOR cause of imperialism in Africa after 1870 was Europe's desire

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for access to raw materials

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Europe wanted access to markets in Asia in the 19th century to sell

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products of Europe's factories

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Where had the British begun colonizing before 1800?

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India

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The Opium War of 1839-1842 resulted in

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opening China for increased trade with Great Britain

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The nation that became "The Britain of the Orient" late in the 19th century was

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Japan/////Vietnam

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Which region in Asia remained free of imperialist control between 1870 and 1914?

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Siam

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Which current Asian nation is CORRECTLY paired with its 19th-century name?

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Sri Lanka -- Ceylon

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The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising in China favoring

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The elimination of foreign influences

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The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 took place in

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India

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The African nation of Liberia was settled by

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freed slaves from the United States

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Which current African nation is CORRECTLY paired with its 19th-century name?

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Zimbabwe -- Southern Rhodesia

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Those Europeans who spoke of imperialism as the "white man's burden" claimed that Europeans

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had a responsibility to spread the benefits of Western civilization

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By the early 20th century, which European country controlled the MOST land in Africa?

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France

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Which British colony in Asia was returned to the People's Republic of china in 1997?

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Hong Kong

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France gained control of all of the following countries in North Africa, EXCEPT

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Libya

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An American journalist who located Dr. David Livingstone in Africa and then made extensive explorations in East Africa and along the Congo River was

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Henry Stanley

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An important factor in the development of the British Empire in the 19th century was its

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naval supremacy

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The British expansion in southern Africa was actively promoted by

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Cecil Rhodes

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By 1914, which European nation had the LARGEST colonial empire in Africa?

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France

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Large numbers of Europeans resettled in Africa to establish farms in all of the following areas, EXCEPT

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Nigeria

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During the era of imperialism, the islands at location 9 on the map were controlled by

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the Netherlands

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The most important French colony in Asia was Indochina, at

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location 8

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location 7

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India

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location Z

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Korea

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One of the two nations in Africa to remain independent in 1914 is

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nation 1

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The colony at location 6 on the map is

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the Belgian Congo

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The current nations of Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger, and Mali were formed from the former French colony at location

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4

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Portugal

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8

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These first white settlers came from

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the Netherlands

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The European "scramble for Africa" developed in the mid-to-late

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19th century

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By 1914, which of the following African countries were still independent

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Ethiopia and Liberia

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When did the Taiping Rebellion occur?

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1850-1864

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The Austro-Sardinian War of 1859 resulted in

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the defeat of Sardinia-Piedmont by Austria

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Nationalism is MOST similar to

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patriotism

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The person MOST responsible for bringing about the unification of German was

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Otto von Bismarck

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The LARGEST of the German states before unification was

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Prussia

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A MAJOR factor in bringing about the unification of Germany was

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Prussian military power

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The Seven Weeks War in 1866 ended in defeat for

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Austria

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Prussia was anxious to go to war with France in 1870 because it

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hoped that war against a common enemy would unite Germans

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A direct consequence of the unification of Germany was that

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Italy completed its unification by annexing Rome

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The ambitions of which leader were exploited to bring about the unification of both Italy and Germany?

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emperor of France

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Who was NOT opposed to the unification of Italy?

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king of Prussia

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The tactics for bringing about the unification of Italy were devised by

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Camillo Cavour

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In 1860, Garibaldi and the Red Shirts invaded and conquered

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the kingdom of Two Sicilies

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Rome became the capital of the kingdom of Italy after

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French troops were withdrawn from the city

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The unification movements in both Germany and Italy were led by leaders who opposed

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democracy

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Between 1870 and 1900, a number of new nations were created from

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the Ottoman Empire

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The Hungarian parliament in Austria-Hungary governed

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domestic affairs

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In the latter part of the 19th century, Turkish nationalism led to the

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massacre of the Americans

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The Amritsar massacre was an event that

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sparked the movement for independence in India

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In what century did both Germany and Italy achieve unification?

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19th century

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1. Zollverein 2. North German Confederation 3. Frankfurt Assembly 4. Confederation of the Rhine

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4, 1, 3, 2

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Germany was unified as a result of a series of wars. Which of the following wars was the LAST and resulted in the formation of the German Empire?

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Franco-Prussian War

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1. Cavour's Army Defeats Austria 2. Mazzini Founds Young Italy 3. Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia Assumes Lead in Italian Unification 4. Garibaldi's Red Shirts Gain military Victories in the Kingdom of Two Sicilies

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2, 3, 1, 4

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6

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Norway

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2

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Sardinia-Piedmont

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Austria-Hungary

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4

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Nationalist opposition to domination by Great Britain led to a movement for home rule by the people of the territory on the map with the

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number 9

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1

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Prussia

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Territory number 2 on the map, taken from Denmark as part of the plan to unify Germany, is named

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Schleswig-Holstein

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3

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Alsace-Lorraine

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Germany unification was achieved by provoking wars with nation

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6 and 7

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The nation in Europe that was the GREATEST obstacle to both German and Italian unification was

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Austria

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Which BEST describes both Bismarck and Cavour?

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Machiavellian

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Which political arrangement made by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 lasted the LONGEST?

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union of Sweden and Norway

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After the revolutions of 1848, the nationalist movement in Europe was no longer paired with a movement for

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democracy

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Which came FIRST in the sequence of events that brought about the unification of Germany?

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the Danish War

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The Zollverein was

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an economic union of German states

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"Not by speeches and majority resolutions are the great questions of the day to be decided, but by blood and iron" refers to the unification of Germany by

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war

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"Not by speeches and majority resolutions are the great questions of the day to be decided, but by blood and iron" comes from a speech made by

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Otto von Bismarck

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Prussia went to war against Denmark jointly with

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Austria

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As a result of the Seven Weeks War,

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the German Confederation was dissolved

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The south German states differed from the north German states in that they were

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Roman Catholic

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France declared war on the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation because

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Napoleon III felt insulted by a telegram altered by Bismarck

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The royal family line of the king of Prussia, who later became emperor of Germany, was the

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Hohenzollern

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Italian nationalism was inspired in the 1830s and 1840s by the writings of

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Mazzini

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Cavour convinced France to join Sardinia-Piedmont in a war against Austria in 1859 by

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giving Nice and Savoy to France

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Garibaldi contributed to the unification of Italy by invading

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the kingdom of Two Sicilies

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Italy became a kingdom in 1861 under Victor Emmanuel II of the royal house of

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Savoy

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Germany and Italy became unified under a policy of Realpolitik, a German expression that means that the goals of government policy should be accomplished by

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the calculated use of power

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Italian unification was advanced in 1866 by the annexation of

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Venetia

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When Rome became the capital of Italy in 1871, the pope of the Roman Catholic Church

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remained hostile to the government of Italy

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Following unification, the kingdom of Italy

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suffered poor economic conditions

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The Ausgleich refers to the

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establishment of the Dual Monarchy in Austria

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Franz Joseph, emperor of Austria, agreed to the creation of the Dual Monarchy to

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satisfy the demands of Hungarian nationalists

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Which of the following ethnic groups was NOT a subject minority in Austria-Hungary?

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Greeks

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Nationalism succeeded in Eastern Europe in the latter half of the 19th century with the establishment of an independent

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Serbia

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Nationalism in the Balkans in the late 19th century led to a number of nations gaining their independence from the

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Ottoman Empire

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By 1914, all men had received the right to vote regardless of income in the following nations of Europe, EXCEPT

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3

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In what year did the right to join a trade union become legal?

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1825

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In what year were women first granted the right to vote?

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1918

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In what year did the House of Commons become supreme?

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1911

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Which of the following events occurred LAST in 19th century France?

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the Third Republic is established

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Calls the two houses of its legislature the House of Commons and the House of Lards is nation

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number 3

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Still did not have an elected parliament by 1900 was nation

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number 10

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The title of the head of government of nation 5 on the map was, in 1914, and still is,

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chancellor

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Ended its monarchy by 1914 is

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number 6

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Was NOT a monarchy in 1914

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nation 4

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As the 20th century began, the title of the chief of state of nation number 6 on the map of Europe was

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president

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Provided the greatest degree of economic security for its citizens by the year 1900

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nation 5

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A republic is a form of government

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by elected representatives

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Which is NOT a feature of an economic democracy?

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The people have a right to an equal, nationwide income

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Social democracy implies

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freedom from discrimination based on race, religion, ethnicity, or sex

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The British parliamentary system differs from most other parliamentary governments in that Great Britain

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has no formal, written constitution

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The voters in the British parliamentary system elect

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the House of Commons

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A prime minister in the British parliamentary system receives a vote of no confidence when

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he or she loses the support of a majority of the House of Commons

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The Reform Bill of 1884 in Great Britain extended the right to vote to

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rural farmers and farm workers with low incomes

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The "Australian ballot" adopted in Great Britain in 1872 was

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a form of a secret ballot in voting

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Benjamin Disraeli was a 19th-century leader of the

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Conservative Party

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British political leaders believed that the Parliament Act of 1911 was necessary because the House of Lords

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blocked reforms supported by the House of Commons

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Most parliamentary democracies in Europe without a hereditary monarch

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choose a president to serve as chief of state

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What is the most likely consequence if an election to the legislature of a parliamentary system has the following results?

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Two parties will form a coalition to create a majority

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The Paris Commune was formed in France in 1871 to

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support the republic by opposing the National Assembly

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The Third French Republic was NOT established until four years after the Franco-Prussian War ended because

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Monarchists were in the majority in the National Assembly

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The Dreyfus Affair sent shock waves throughout France because it showed the extent of

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anti-Semitism in the nation

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The conviction of Dreyfus was reversed primarily because of the efforts of

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Emile Zola

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In the first decade of the 20th century, the Third French Republic succeeded in

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establishing a separation between church and state

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The legislature of the German Empire in the 19th century was dominated by the

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chancellor

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Bismarck supported social insurance legislation in the German parliament to

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weaken support for socialist parties

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Thiers, MacMahon, and Gambetta were all associated with the government of

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France

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Anti-clericalism, a factor in the politics of a number of nations in Europe, refers to

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opposition to the role of the Roman Catholic Church in political affaris

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The effectiveness of the parliamentary government of Italy was weakened by all of the following factors, EXCEPT

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the failure to adopt social insurance legislation

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Social democrats rejected the part of Marxist philosophy that called for

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the revolutionary overthrow of existing governments

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Pope Leo XIII of the Roman Catholic Church issued a document called Rerum Novarum in 1891 that supported

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the policies of social democrats

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the only one of the following nations that was a republic in 1914 was

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Portugal

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In the 19th century, rights for women were

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demanded by a growing number of people

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Women gained the right to vote by 1914 in

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Norway

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Which of the following is NOT a commonly accepted feature of a democratic nation?

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Income taxes are eliminated

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The chief of state in parliamentary democracies serves as

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a unifying symbol representing the entire nation

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The title of the chief policy-maker and leader of the government of Great Britain is

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prime minister

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The chief of state in Great Britain in the last half of the 19th century was

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Queen Victoria

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The British Reform Bill of 1867 extended the right to vote to

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city workers

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The British Parliament Act of 1911

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limited the power of the House of Lords

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A person becomes the head of government in a parliamentary system if he or she is

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the leader of the majority party in the legislature

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Coalition governments in parliamentary systems become necessary when

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no one party has a majority of seats in the legislature

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The FIRST nation in Europe to give all men the right to vote was

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France

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Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone were both

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prime ministers of Great Britain

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The government established in France after the Franco-Prussian War was called the

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Third French Repulic

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Which nation is correctly matched with the name of its elected legislative body as of 1914?

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Germany -- Reichstag

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Social democratic political parties in Europe were an outgrowth of the philosophy of

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Karl Marx

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Which of the following nations was the LAST to establish an elected legislature?

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Russia

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In the 1880s, Otto von Bismarck led the legislature of Germany to pass laws to

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provide workers with financial security during illness and old age

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The nation with the MOST democratic government by 1914 was

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France

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Who was the 19th century Mexican national hero known for his liberal reforms?

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Benito Juarez

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These men were all involved in which complicated revolution?

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Mexican Revolution of 1910

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Private property was abolished

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Private property was abolished

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For Latin America, one similarity between the Mexican-American War of 1846 and the Spanish-American War of 1898 was that in both cases the U.S.

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gained control over additional territory in Latin america

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Under its foreign policy of containment, the U.S. promised to

answer

prevent further expansion of Soviet dominationstir up revolution

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All of the following nations received Marshall Plan aid from the U.S., EXCEPT

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Poland

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President Tito of Yugoslavia resisted pressures from the Soviet Union in 1948

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there were no Soviet troops in Yugoslavia

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The only non-communist nation in the Balkans in 1948 was

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Greece

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