Senior Seminar in Western Civilization Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Senior Seminar in Western Civilization is a capstone course designed to provide students with an in-depth exploration of key themes, ideas, and turning points that have shaped Western culture from antiquity to the present. Through rigorous analysis of primary and secondary sources, students critically examine major intellectual, political, and social developments, engaging with influential texts, notable figures, and significant movements within the Western tradition. The course emphasizes scholarly research, advanced writing skills, and collaborative discussion, culminating in a substantial research project or thesis that demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of Western civilizations legacy and contemporary relevance.
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The Western Heritage Combined Volume 11th Edition by Donald M. Kagan
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Chapter 1: The Birth of Civilization
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Q1) The ________ and the Medes attacked Assyria so thoroughly in 612 b.c.e.that Assyria never recovered.
A)Israelites
B)Mitannians
C)Hittites
D)Babylonians
Answer: D
Q2) Egyptian history is traditionally divided into thirty-one royal dynasties,starting with that of Menes and ending with the one established by ________.
Answer: Alexander the Great
Q3) What factor contributed most to the success of the Second Assyrian Empire?
A)the establishment of a non-centralized government
B)the policy of accepting and adopting conquered cultures
C)the creation of a large,well-disciplined army
D)the creation of a formidable navy
Answer: C
Q4) Through his prophet ________,the Hebrew god provided humans with regulations that would enable them to live in peace and justice.
Answer: Moses
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Chapter 2: The Rise of Greek Civilization
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Q1) The ruling aristocrats barred ________ from political power,religious privileges,and social acceptance,creating a crisis in many states.
A)women
B)slaves
C)peasants
D)the new rich
Answer: D
Q2) Crete was the site of the earliest Bronze Age settlement,and modern scholars have called the civilization that arose there ________ after the legendary king of Crete.
Answer: Minoan
Q3) Which of the following was a result of the First Messenian War?
A)Messenians were reduced to the status of serfs.
B)Spartans were reduced to the status of serfs.
C)Messenians did not need to work the land that supported them.
D)Spartans lost land to the Messenians.
Answer: A
Q4) The highest virtue in Homeric society was ________.
Answer: arete
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Chapter 3: Classical and Hellenistic Greece
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Q1) King Philip II of Macedon took advantage of his appointment as regent to become king by ________.
A)overthrowing his infant nephew
B)making promises of future power to the nobility
C)receiving support from the surrounding aristocracy
D)making deals with the city managers to pressure the throne
Answer: A
Q2) A Hellenistic scientist named ________ was able to calculate the circumference of the earth within two hundred miles.
A)Eratosthenes
B)Thucydides
C)Hipparchus
D)Aristarchus
Answer: A
Q3) The architecture of Periclean Athens emphasized ________.
A)Athenian glory
B)lightness and subtlety
C)military and naval power
D)function over form
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Rome: From Republic to Empire
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Q1) The text suggests that Sulla's greatest legacy was his use of military power,not the constitutional reforms he enacted.Do you agree? Explain how Sulla influenced the politics of Rome in the decades following his rule.
Q2) Do you believe Caesar wanted to be king? What are the implications of your answer?
Q3) No one considers themselves a villain of their own history.How would Julius Caesar tell his story? How would the conspirators who assassinated him explain their side of the story?
Q4) Where did the Etruscans originally come from?
A)Rome
B)Etruria,north of Rome
C)Sicily,south of Rome
D)Cannae,east of Rome
Q5) How did the civil war following Julius Caesar's death finally end?
A)in battle between Octavian and Mark Antony
B)through the personal negotiations of the Second Triumvirate
C)with a restoration of the Republic
D)through a Senate decree
Q6) Was Rome part of the Hellenistic world? Support your answer with details.
Q7) One of the rewards held out to defeated enemies in Italy was Roman ________.
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Chapter 5: The Roman Empire
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Q1) The fourth- and fifth-century "decline and fall of the Roman Empire" refers to the diminishing fortunes of ________.
A)the frontier provinces
B)Rome and the Italian peninsula
C)the eastern empire
D)the western empire
Q2) Diocletian divided the empire into four parts,led by a quartet known as the ________.
Q3) Hadrian's wall represented a solidified,rigid defensive perimeter.Once a border demarcation was established,however,________.
A)negotiations were irrelevant
B)it required passport control stations
C)initiative passed to the barbarians
D)Romans lost the will to conquer
Q4) After Rome's destruction of Jerusalem,Christians congregated in ________.
A)Carthage
B)Constantinople
C)Judea
D)Rome
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Chapter 6: Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages:
Creating a New European Society and Culture 4761000
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Q1) Imagine you are a peasant living in the year 798.You have been given a choice as to where to live: Constantinople,Aachen,or Cordoba,Spain.Where would you live? Why? Argue against the other choices.
Q2) Emperor Heraclius defeated the Sassanid king Khosro II and recovered ________.
A)John the Baptist's head
B)the crown of thorns
C)a piece of Christ's cross
D)the shroud of Turin
Q3) How did relations with Christianity's top religious officials affect the ambitions of political leaders? Give two examples citing different religious traditions.
Q4) As the Western empire declined and governors withdrew from the cities,________ were left as the centers of urban culture.
A)schools
B)market squares
C)amphitheaters
D)cathedrals
Q5) For centuries,the major texts on medicine in the Western world were compilations of work by ________ scholars.
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Chapter 7: The High Middle Ages: the Rise of European Empires
and States (1000-1300)
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Q1) The Concordat of Worms in 1122 required that the ________.
A)clergy give up their lands and worldly goods
B)emperor himself become a candidate for bishop
C)emperor invest bishops with fiefs
D)emperor formally renounce his power to invest bishops with the ring and staff of office
Q2) Pope Leo IX promoted regional synods to oppose clerical marriage and ________,the selling of spiritual things,especially church offices.
Q3) On July 27,1214,the first great European battle occurred at ________ in Flanders.
Q4) Why were the Crusades so important to the people of Europe? Do you think that the Crusades accomplished things that could not have been achieved otherwise?
Q5) Which of the following groups potentially had the most to gain from the lay investiture edict?
A)bishops
B)laity
C)the College of Cardinals
D)princes
Q6) What factors influenced the move from Romanesque to Gothic art and architecture?
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Chapter 8: Medieval
Society: Hierarchies, towns, universities, and Families (1000-1300)
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Q1) ________ outlived Abelard by twenty years and devoted herself to reforming the rules of women's cloisters.
A)Eleanor
B)Héloïse
C)Sorbonne
D)Louise
Q2) Which of the following was an advantage for a woman living in a nunnery?
A)A woman could acquire the money saved from forgoing a wedding.
B)A woman could rise to a position of leadership.
C)A woman could speak publicly in worship and political events.
D)A woman could get completely away from male authority.
Q3) Which of the following were least likely to be taxed by secular rulers?
A)laity
B)clergy
C)theologians
D)merchants
Q4) In the later Middle Ages,serfs started paying their dues in ________ payments.
Q5) How did economic and intellectual change introduce challenges to the traditional concept of medieval society? How did elites respond to these challenges?
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Chapter 9: The Late Middle Ages: Social and Political Breakdown
(1300-1453)
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Q1) What happened to Europe's population between 1000 and 1300,and why?
A)It was stagnant,because warfare prevented the population from experiencing natural growth.
B)It fell 20 percent because of widespread famine.
C)It doubled due to increased food supply.
D)It fell slightly due to outbreaks of disease.
Q2) What finally resolved the Great Schism?
A)the resignation of Clement VII
B)the abdication of Urban VI
C)the simultaneous imprisonment of both current popes
D)the Council of Constance
Q3) What were the causes of the Hundred Years' War? Could any of these factors have been avoided or was war inevitable? Explain.
Q4) Wealthy landowners in medieval Russia were known as _______.
A)serfs
B)streltsy
C)boyars
D)cossacks
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Q5) After ____________ fell to the Turks in 1453,Moscow became,in Russian eyes,the "third Rome."
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Chapter 10: Renaissance and Discovery
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Q1) An agreement called the ________,reached in 1356 by Emperor Charles IV and the major German territorial rulers,established a seven-member electoral college to administer the German empire.
Q2) In 1500,the title "duke of Romagna" was given to ________.
A)French King Charles VIII
B)Ferdinand of Aragon
C)French King Louis XII
D)Cesare Borgia
Q3) Renaissance art was much more likely than medieval art to attempt to represent
A)what we see
B)the cosmic order
C)an abstract concept of the world
D)imaginary worlds
Q4) By the time of the Spanish conquest,the Aztecs ruled almost all of ________.
A)eastern Peru
B)present-day California
C)Central Mexico
D)Cuba
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Chapter 11: The Age of Reformation
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Q1) The address On Improving the Studies of the Young was written by _______.
Q2) William Tyndale is known for ________.
A)being the chief minister of King Henry VIII
B)leading the royal opposition to English Protestantism
C)being the recipient of the title "Defender of the Faith" from Pope Leo X
D)being the man who translated the New Testament into English
Q3) The Roman Catholic Church recognized the need for reform and met from 1545-1563 at the _______.
A)Peace of Augsburg
B)Marburg Colloquy
C)Council of Trent
D)Diet of Worms
Q4) The West European family was ____________,or nuclear,consisting of a father and a mother and two to four children.
Q5) The Act of Succession ________.
A)made James VI of Scotland Henry VIII's heir
B)made the heir to the throne the first-born child of a king regardless of gender
C)made Anne Boleyn's children the legitimate heirs to the throne
D)gave Parliament the right to choose the next monarch of England
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Chapter 12: The Age of Religious Wars
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Q1) What were Elizabeth I's reasons for ordering the execution of Mary,Queen of Scots? Do you think Elizabeth I had any other options in the matter? Why or why not?
Q2) How did Spain come to control Portugal's overseas empire in Africa,Brazil,and India?
A)Spain took over the trading network when the Portuguese faced steep inflation in their homeland.
B)Portuguese merchants began using Spanish ports and paid heavy taxes to Spain.
C)Philip II inherited the throne of Portugal.
D)Philip II attacked Portugal and overcame its military forces.
Q3) What was the reaction from Europe when the Turks invaded Austria?
A)The Spanish under Philip II allied with Venice,Genoa,and the Pope to defend Europe against the Turks.
B)Europeans largely ignored the invasion and allowed Austria to be taken over.
C)The Greeks stepped up to defend Austria and defeat the Turks.
D)The Huguenots came to the aid of Austria in hopes of gaining momentum for their resistance movement.
Q4) These more extreme English Puritans,known as ____________,wanted every congregation to be autonomous,a law unto itself,with neither Episcopal nor Presbyterian control.
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Chapter 13: European State Consolidation in the
Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Centuries
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Q1) The revocation of the Edict of Nantes is best seen in the context of Louis XIV's policy of
A)religious persecution
B)unifying France under an absolute monarchy
C)alliance with the Catholic church
D)making war on Catholics
Q2) Refer to the passage "Encountering the Past: Early Controversy over Tobacco and Smoking." What were James's specific objections to tobacco? Do you think he was ahead of his time in his stance on tobacco? In present-day society "sin taxes" still thrive.Identify at least three industries in which the government imposes sin taxes today.Do you agree or disagree with this type of legislation? Explain.
Q3) Which of the following events completed the Glorious Revolution?
A)Charles I was executed.
B)William and Mary were proclaimed English monarchs.
C)George II became king of Great Britain.
D)The Secret Treaty of Dover was signed between England and France.
Q4) Under Hohenzollern rule,________ were allowed almost complete control over the serfs on their estates.
Q5) The Hohenzollern capital was at ________.
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Chapter 14: New Directions in Thought and Culture in the
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
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Q1) In his Discourse on Method,Descartes attacked ________.
A)Locke's method
B)the use of reason alone
C)the church
D)received truths
Q2) Baroque art aligned with the ideas of the scientific revolution because it ________.
A)paralleled the interest in human anatomy and the natural world
B)departed from classic religious scenes
C)depicted largely mathematical ideas
D)was commissioned by the leaders of the new scientific world
Q3) ___________ popularized the Copernican system,but also articulated the concept of a universe subject to mathematical laws.
Q4) Baroque painters depicted their subjects in a thoroughly _____________,rather than an idealized,manner.
Q5) Bernini was hired by Urban VIII to decorate ________.
Q6) ____________ was one of the first major European writers to champion innovation and change.
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Chapter 15: Society and Economy Under the Old Regime in the Eighteenth Century
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Q1) In the years between 1600 and 1750,the cities that grew most vigorously were
A)capitals and ports
B)military forts and capitals
C)industrial cities and ecclesiastical cities
D)ports and cities bordering the national line
Q2) The bourgeoisie was the ________ class.
A)urban middle
B)rural middle
C)urban elite
D)laboring
Q3) How were Jewish children singled out for persecution?
A)Their goods were confiscated.
B)They could not go to school.
C)They were not permitted to follow their religious traditions.
D)They could be taken from their homes and given Christian instruction.
Q4) Explain the impact of enclosure laws on the growth of agriculture in England at the start of the Industrial Revolution.Explain the causes of the legal changes as well as the social and economic effects on the country.
Q5) Jewish districts in European cities were called ________.
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Chapter 16: The Transatlantic Economy, trade Wars, and Colonial Rebellion
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Q1) What were the main points of conflict between Spain and other European nations in the mid-1700s? What policies exacerbated those conflicts,and how did the policies create a benefit to Spain?
Q2) What two areas were often the source of conflict and wars between the great powers in the mid-eighteenth century?
A)China and the access to the Mediterranean Sea
B)the African coast and access to the Mediterranean Sea
C)overseas empires and central and eastern Europe
D)overseas empires and western Europe
Q3) According to the text,which of the following were closely related?
A)warfare in West Africa and slavery in the Americas
B)warfare in Latin America and the political development of the Ohio River valley
C)warfare in Eastern Europe and the political development of the American colonies
D)warfare in Western Europe and the economic development of Indian commerce
Q4) Great Britain lost its control of the American colonies in the 1783 ________.
Q5) A fundamental element in the first two periods of European imperial ventures in the Americas was the presence of ________.
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Chapter 17: The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth-Century Thought
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Q1) Catherine the Great's reforms were ultimately dampened by which of these considerations?
A)the vastness of Russia
B)the expense of war with Austria
C)a number of religious uprisings
D)the need to placate the nobility
Q2) Adam Smith advocated ________.
A)a large role for government in the economy
B)ending England's mercantile system
C)the elimination of England's navy and army
D)that government take no part in the economy
Q3) _____________ architecture and decoration originated in early eighteenth-century France,but was adapted to many public buildings and churches across Europe.
Q4) ________,an eighteenth-century philosopher,was known as the "Jewish Socrates."
A)Thomas Hobbes
B)Baruch Spinoza
C)René Descartes
D)Moses Mendelssohn
Q5) Emilie du Châtelet was influential in popularizing the ideas of ________.
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Chapter 18: The French Revolution
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Q1) What revenue was to back up the value of the assignats?
A)new taxes on the nobility
B)taxes on the Third Estate
C)wealth captured after the monarchy was executed
D)the sale of church property
Q2) The Tennis Court Oath refers to an oath taken by the ________.
A)National Assembly to give France a constitution
B)monarchy of Louis XVI to bring France's people together as one C)sans-culottes,pushing the revolution in a more radical direction
D)monarchy of Louis XVI to squelch any hint of possible rebellion with the utmost severity
Q3) In 1792,the Paris Commune compelled the Legislative Assembly to call for the election of a new assembly,called the ________,to write a democratic constitution.
Q4) What was the period called that saw the execution of those people who had been involved in the Reign of Terror?
A)the Thermidorian Reaction
B)the September Massacres
C)the Cult of Reason
D)the white terror
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Chapter 19: The Age of Napoleon and the Triumph of Romanticism
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Q1) The Confederation of the Rhine is just one example of _______.
A)nationalistic responses to Napoleon's conquests
B)Napoleon's interference in political affairs across Europe
C)the devastation of the Napoleonic wars
D)coalitions that sprang up in defense against Napoleon's invasions
Q2) Jean-Jacques Rousseau laid out how to live a good life without being adversely influenced by society in _________.
A)Constitutional Project for Corsica
B)The Social Contract
C)Letters Written from the Mountain
D)Émile
Q3) The Second Coalition against France was made up of ________.
A)Russia,Austria,the Ottoman Empire,and Britain
B)Russia,Austria,Italy,and Britain
C)Russia,Belgium,the Ottoman Empire,and Britain
D)Egypt,Austria,the Ottoman Empire,and Britain
Q4) The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Josephine is by ________.
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Q5) ___________ and ___________ believed that adults should allow childlike sentiments to flourish.
Q6) Napoleon invited Pope ___________ to take part in his coronation.
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Chapter 20: The Conservative Order and the Challenges of Reform (1815-1832)
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Q1) What event sparked movements for independence from European domination throughout Latin America?
A)the wars of the French Revolution,particularly those of Napoleon
B)the French and Indian War
C)the American Revolution
D)the Crimean War
Q2) What type of person joined the Burschenschaften?
A)professionals
B)students
C)merchants
D)government officials
Q3) What did Louis XVIII hope to achieve in his constitution called the Charter?
A)He hoped to suppress the Roman Catholic Church.
B)He hoped to improve trade.
C)He hoped to bring about the policies of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
D)He hoped to reconcile with the aristocracy and the church.
Q4) "The independence of Latin America was a direct consequence of European events."
Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer,using specific information from the text.
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Chapter 21: Economic Advance and Social Unrest
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Q1) The theory of _____ was based on the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
Q2) Criminal activity in Europe steadily escalated before reaching a plateau around
A)1820
B)1840
C)1860
D)1880
Q3) The French Revolution and the wars of Napoleon influenced the development of the Industrial Revolution by ________.
A)destroying French Atlantic trade and disrupting continental economic life
B)inspiring the working class to attain the material wealth and comforts of the middle class
C)increasing trade and the demand for goods between Britain and other countries
D)setting back the French economy and French industrialization
Q4) The English Factory Act of 1833 made the factory owner responsible for providing _____ hours of education for children age nine to thirteen.
Q5) The practice of sending prisoners overseas was called _____.
Q6) Ships used as prisons were called _______.
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Chapter 22: The Age of Nation-States
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Q1) By the late nineteenth century,the single most important factor in defining a nation was ________.
Q2) Why was 1860 considered a turning point during the reign of Napoleon III?
A)It marked the shift from a liberal empire to an authoritative empire.
B)It marked the shift from an authoritative empire to a liberal empire.
C)It was the year Napoleon III gained control of the legislature.
D)It was the year Napoleon III permitted labor unions.
Q3) Discuss reforms in Britain during Benjamin Disraeli's terms.Who benefited from them and how did they extend the rights of the government,business,and workers?
Q4) The Hatt-i Hümayun ________.
A)gave non-Muslims equal opportunities for state employment and state schools
B)excluded non-Muslims from state employment
C)excluded non-Muslims from state schools
D)excluded non-Muslims from military obligations
Q5) The Paris Commune was dominated by ________.
A)genuine proletarians
B)radicals and socialists
C)strict communists
D)socialists and anarchists
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Chapter 23: The Building of European Supremacy: Society
and Politics to World War
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Q1) The Second Industrial Revolution was associated with ________.
A)textiles,plastics,and railroads
B)steel,chemicals,and electricity
C)steam,iron,and electricity
D)iron,chemicals,and railroads
Q2) Following the revolutions of 1848,the experience of and opportunities for Jews in Europe ________.
A)generally improved
B)worsened slightly
C)worsened significantly
D)underwent no change
Q3) European migration ________ Europe because ________.
A)hurt;it created a labor shortage
B)hurt;it created a brain drain of highly skilled workers
C)shamed;it undercut its image of superiority
D)benefited;it relieved social and population pressures
Q4) ________ was a wealthy Jewish man from London who was elected to Parliament several times but who failed to be seated because he would not take the Christian oath.
Q5) ________ steel production eclipsed that of Britain in 1893.
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Chapter 24: The Birth of Modern European Thought
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Q1) Which of the following modern-day practices would the social Darwinists of the nineteenth century be most likely to support?
A)UN peacekeeping troops in war-torn countries
B)welfare states
C)universal health care
D)price wars between competitors
Q2) The primary reason churches opposed state-financed schools was that they feared
A)future generations educated in state-financed schools would lack religious training
B)losing students to state-financed schools would result in their demise
C)states would require them to improve their educational standards
D)states would limit the churches' power to control all aspects of the schools' operation
Q3) Who believed that struggle against one's fellow human beings was an ethical imperative?
A)Julius Wellhausen
B)Sigmund Freud
C)Charles Darwin
D)Herbert Spencer
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Chapter 25: The Age of Western Imperialism
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true concerning colonization in Asia from 1880-1914?
A)French influence in Vietnam declined by 1914.
B)Japanese influence in Asia declined by 1914.
C)British dominance in Asia declined by 1914.
D)American influence in southern Asia increased by 1914.
Q2) The Europeans' power attempt to maximize their strategic control of African territory,markets,and raw materials was known as ________.
A)the Scramble for Africa
B)the Amazing Race
C)Realpolitik
D)Machiavellianism
Q3) What ended the United States' passive role in foreign affairs?
A)Russian-British rivalry in Asia
B)Cuba's revolt against Spain
C)the Boxer Rebellion in China
D)the sepoy mutiny in India
Q4) The most extensive resistance to European imperial power in the nineteenth century,the ________,broke out against British rule in India in 1857.
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Chapter 26: Alliances, War, and a Troubled Peace
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A)failed to formalize a permanent government
B)ordered the army to fire on demonstrators
C)failed to control the army and purge reactionaries from the government
D)banned worker collectives,or councils
Q2) Mainly due to the British forces,by October 30,1918,________ was out of the war.
A)Palestine
B)Turkey
C)Iraq
D)Iran
Q3) The covenant of the League of Nations sought to establish ________.
A)one world government
B)the elimination of barriers to free trade
C)international bans on the production of machine guns,tanks,and submarines
D)a system for resolving international conflicts
Q4) William II believed that dismissing Bismarck in 1890 would help him secure Germany's deserved "place in the ________."
Q5) The pro-German ________ overthrew the Ottoman government and had control of the government in 1909.
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Chapter 27: The Interwar Years: the Challenge of Dictators and Depression
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Q1) Which of these increased the impact of the Great Depression in Europe?
A)the Russian Revolution
B)war reparations
C)the failure of Germany to make reparations
D)close financial ties between the U.S.and Europe
Q2) The Italian cabinet's resignation en masse in 1922 resulted in ________.
A)the monarch asking Mussolini to become prime minister
B)Mussolini's election to the cabinet
C)the abolition of all political parties other than the Fascists in Italy
D)the creation of a single-party dictatorial state
Q3) The ________ dominated the government of Yugoslavia.
Q4) The 1932 German presidential elections resulted in ________.
A)a Nazi victory in the runoff election
B)Hindenburg's dismissal of Brüning
C)Hindenburg's failure to win reelection
D)Hitler's election as president
Q5) The victorious powers demanded that the Treaty of Versailles be ________;the other side demanded that it be ________.
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Q6) The replacement of private peasant farms with huge state-run and state-owned farms was called ________.
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Chapter 28: World War Ii
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Q1) Even after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ________,the Japanese would have continued fighting if Emperor Hirohito had not intervened.
Q2) Hitler's vision for a new Germany included more living space,known as ________,which would be taken from the Slavs.
Q3) Residents of ________ paid with their lives for counting on Russia to liberate their city before turning south to the Balkans.
A)Warsaw
B)Dresden
C)Hamburg
D)Danzig
Q4) In 1942,President Roosevelt stated,"In some communities employers dislike to hire women.In others they are reluctant to hire Negroes.We can no longer afford to indulge such ________."
Q5) Before the war was over,perhaps six million Jews had died in what has come to be called the ________.
Q6) The League of Nations demonstrated weakness in its response to Japan's occupation of ________.
Q7) The Big Three for most of the war were _________.
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Chapter 29:
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Q1) The Persian Gulf War of 1991 started when ________.
A)Iraq invaded Kuwait
B)Kuwait invaded Iraq
C)Islamic extremists bombed U.S.bases in Saudi Arabia
D)the United States invaded Kuwait
Q2) Trace the changing world dynamics in the last half of the twentieth century that led to the development of radical Islamism.
Q3) Following the breakup of the Soviet Union,the Commonwealth of Independent States formed to loosely join how many of the resulting republics?
A)6
B)11
C)17
D)3
Q4) Afghanistan was like Greece,Turkey,and Vietnam,in being a _________.
A)communist nation
B)Muslim nation
C)member of NATO
D)scene of Cold War confrontations
Q5) Serbian leader ________ was finally removed from power in 2000.
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Chapter 30: Social, cultural, and Economic Challenges in the West Through the Present
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Q1) Between 1945 and 1960,approximately ________ Europeans left Europe each year.
A)250,000
B)500,000
C)750,000
D)1,000,000
Q2) Which word or phrase characterizes how many Europeans viewed the election of Barack Obama to the U.S.presidency?
A)angry
B)anxious
C)optimistic
D)discouraged
Q3) When did modestly-priced computers become available for personal use in individuals' offices and homes?
A)late 1960s
B)mid-1970s
C)mid-1980s
D)early 1990s
Q4) The European Community's common currency is called the ________.
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Q5) The European Economic Community (EEC)was also called the ________.
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