Chapter 28-27 Test

Question 0

Meiji Restoration

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• political program following destruction of Kugawa shogunate
• focused on modernizing

Question 1

Empress Dowager Cixi

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• empress of China
• 1800’s
• resisted reforms of the Chinese gov.

Question 2

New Imperialism

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• wave of conquests by european powers

* followed by exploitation of newly conquered territories

Question 3

Panama Canal

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• ship canal cut across isthmus of Panama

* shortened sea voyage between east and west coast of North America

Question 4

Otto Von Bismarck

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• Chancellor of Prussia

* unifies Germany

Question 5

Berlin Conferance

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• conference called to separate Africa

* led to the creation of the Congo free state

Question 6

Emilio Aquinaldo

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• Leader of Philippino independence movement

* movement was crushed

Question 7

Most railways were built by european or american engineers with equipment from the west. The exception to this was in

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Japan

Question 8

One of the most significant environmental effects of building railroads was

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Vast consumption of lumber

Question 9

Industrial chemistry was a great advantage to Germany because Germany

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Had the most advanced scientific institutions

Question 10

According to Marx, the end of worker exploitation would occur when

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Workers tired of being “have-nots” and rose up in violent opposition to their oppressors

Question 11

Who was the most famous early 19th century nationalist

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Giuseppe Mazzini

Question 12

The revolutions of 1848 convinced politicians that

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Hey couldn’t keep the people out of politics forever

Question 13

The Suez Canal inadvertently assisted imperialism by

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Creating lower shipping costs, stimulating ships and construction of steam ships for those with overseas trade

Question 14

The colonies offered job opportunities to european women, who often

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Became missionaries, teachers, and nurses

Question 15

The power of western technology convinced many euro-americans that

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Weastern ideas, customs, and culture were superior. To nonweastern lifestyles

Question 16

Egyptian modernization brought an accumulation of foreign debt, which caused

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A,b,and c

Question 17

Te increase in the number of Europeans overseas was largely due to

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A drop in death rate

Question 18

Which of the following is not on way that cities in industrial nations changed their character in the 19th century?

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Poverty virtually disappeared

Question 19

The most important urban technological innovation was

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Pipes for water and sewage

Question 20

The British 19th century attitude toward Europe had been called a policy of

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Splendid isolation

Question 21

The decision to grant colonies “home rule” or the autonomy to elect their own parliaments, usually depended upon

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The presence or absence of European settlers

Question 22

French initially planned to open the interior trade of Senegal by

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Building a railroad to connect with river traffic

Question 23

The Ethiopian victory over Italy at adores was due to

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The Ethiopians being armed with rifles, machine guns, and artillery

Question 24

The side effect of the two benefits of colonial rule to Southeast Asia (peace and food) was

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A massive population increase

Question 25

The platt amendment

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Gave the United States the right to intervene to maintain “order” in the Caribbean

Question 26

Three main classes

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• rich
• middle- working
• poor -working

Question 27

Womens knowledge of technology compared to men was

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Greater

Question 28

Surplus value

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The capability system allowed the bourgeoisie to extract surplus value of workers labor (the difference between their wages and the value of the goods they manufactured)

Question 29

British don’t have as many

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Revolutions

Question 30

Russian “puma” government _____ after Russo-Japan war

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Draws up new constitution

Question 31

Russia had no ____ and was trying to

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Middle class
Jump classes

Question 32

After Europeans go into Africa they,

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Die of malaria

Question 33

What does silver do to economies

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Destroys