EXAM REVIEW: Review questions

Question 1

Thomas Malthus wrote __________.

Answer 1

An Essay on the Principle of Population

Question 2

Which of these writers has often been criticized as a “tool of British imperialism”?

Answer 2

Rudyard Kipling

Question 3

The British government decided to take direct control of the administration of British India following the __________.

Answer 3

Sepoy Rebellion

Question 4

Marxist history is predicated on the belief that __________.

Answer 4

history is one constant struggle between the economic classes

Question 5

A chief cause of the Thermidorian Reaction during the French Revolution was __________

Answer 5

the personal unpopularity of Maximilien Robespierre.

Question 6

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is most famous for his work on __________.

Answer 6

microscopes

Question 7

Christopher Columbus’ famous voyage to the New World in 1492 was funded by which European monarch(s)?

Answer 7

Isabella and Ferdinand

Question 8

The so-called “Auld Alliance” against the Kingdom of England in the early modern period refers to the formal and informal friendly relations between __________.

Answer 8

France and Scotland

Question 9

The Chios Massacre enflamed the nationalist ambitions of which of the following groups?

Answer 9

The Greeks

Question 10

The German policy of Kulturkampf, initiated during the rule of Otto von Bismarck, was designed to __________.

Answer 10

dramatically weaken the influence of the Catholic church in Germany

Question 11

A key distinction between the February Revolution and the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 was __________.

Answer 11

the February Revolution resulted in a democratic government and the October Revolution resulted in a communist government

Question 12

The Kellogg-Briand Pact __________.

Answer 12

formally outlawed war as a means of settling international disputes

KELLOGG OUTLAWED WAR???

Question 13

The fall of Constantinople occurred in which century?

Answer 13

The fifteenth century

Question 14

The Continental System set up by Napoleon was designed to __________.

Answer 14

blockade the British islands and force Britain to surrender

BLOCKADED THE CONTINENT

Question 15

Which of the following individuals is well-known for popularizing the use of turnips to keep soil fertile during the British Agricultural Revolution?

Answer 15

Charles Townshend

Question 16

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris on June 28, 1919, exactly five years after what momentous event?

Answer 16

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 17

The primary argument of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication on the Rights of Woman is that __________.

Answer 17

Women only appear less capable than men because they are denied the same access to education.

Question 18

A “hacienda” is __________.

Answer 18

a large plantation run by Spanish colonists in the New World

Question 19

Which conflict resulted in the first trial and execution of a reigning monarch in European history?

Answer 19

The English Civil War

Question 20

The emanciation of Russian serfs took place during the reign of __________.

Answer 20

Alexander II

Question 21

The 1825 Decembrist Uprising in Russia was largely led by __________.

Answer 21

military officers wishing to eliminate the Tsarist monarchy

Question 22

The Edict of Fontainebleau of 1685 was specifically targeted against the group known as __________.

Answer 22

Huguenots

Question 23

The ideology known as Jacobitism was centered on the belief that___

Answer 23

The male line heirs of James II were the rightful monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Question 24

In the encomienda system, Spanish colonial administrators were expected to provide what service to the native population?

Answer 24

Educate them in the Christian faith

Question 25

Cyrus Field is notable for ____

Answer 25

founding the company that laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable

Question 26

In which of the following is a work in which Voltaire mocks religion and the established social and political institutions of the time period?

Answer 26

Candide