European global imperialism from the 1880s to 1914 included all of the following except A) massive migrations. B) growing cooperation among European powers. C) political control of much of the world. Show growing cooperation among European powers. Which of the following was not a European public reaction to expansion? A) The public was violently opposed to the exploitation of weaker nations. B) A strong belief that it was their duty to civilize the inferior races C) A belief that all Europeans had a common cause and common destiny that separated them from The public was violently opposed to the exploitation of weaker nations. Motives for the new imperialism included all of the following except A) hopes for new markets abroad. B) strategic concerns. C) religious and humanitarian aims. a need to defend Europe against more advanced Asian and African states. One of the causes of the Boxer Rebellion included A) the determination of the Qing Dynasty to get a bigger share of colonial profits. B) the clamor from the Chinese public to go to war with Japan. C) the demand from the Chinese public to westernize. D) the actions of the “Righteous and Harmonious Fists.” E) Chinese acceptance of Christianity. the actions of the “Righteous and Harmonious Fists.” “White Man's Burden” refers to A) the growing awareness and guilt European and American men felt for limiting the life choices of the conviction that Westerners had a duty to their colonial subjects. An exception to the success of European colonial armies was A) the continued freedom of the Congo from European domination. B) defeat of the Italians by an Ethiopian army. C) the successful revolt of Morocco against British rule. D) the permanent independence of Indochina. E) the defeat of England in Egypt. defeat of the Italians by an Ethiopian army. The general success of the new imperialism was due primarily to A) the eagerness of non-Europeans for European culture. B) advanced European military weapons and techniques. C) mass migration of Europeans to the new colonies. advanced European military weapons and techniques. Which of the following, regarding expansion and colonialism, was not portrayed as a sign of virility? A) Actions were contrasted with the effeminacy of the colonized peoples. B) The manliness of expansion was compared to the domestic passivity of European females. C) Missionaries were usually men who brought their wives. By 1900, liberalism began to abandon which of its original tenets? A) Government should not play an active role in society. B) The inalienable right to life, liberty, and property C) Government adherence to constitutions, written and unwritten D) The treatment of labor was the responsibility of employers. E) All of these Government should not play an active role in society. Eduard Bernstein's revisionism held that A) history could be accelerated and the socialist revolution could occur in his lifetime. B) a disciplined party of professional revolutionaries should lead an alliance of peasants and workers to the working class could peacefully build socialism by using existing bourgeois political institutions. Which of the following is not true? A) Anti-Semitism persisted in the late 1800s even though emancipation of the Jews had begun during the Anti-Semitism was limited to Russia and eastern Europe. Brutal insensitivity to the needs of indigenous peoples was a hallmark of expansionism; which of the following is not true? The letter from Chief Montwhiwa to Queen Victoria was ignored. Freud thought that the source of psychological problems was A) biological disorders. B) inner conflict and irrational forces. C) diabolical possession. inner conflict and irrational forces. Which of the following is not characteristic of the new artistic styles at the turn of the twentieth century? A) The tendency of artists to be introspective and self-absorbed B) A revival of romanticism C) Instant popularity and marketability Instant popularity and marketability The scientific theories of Einstein and Planck A) reinforced the confidence generated by the Scientific Revolution. B) contributed to a sense of the uncertainty of knowledge. C) reinforced Newtonian physics. D) destroyed quantum theory. E) were easily understood by the general public. contributed to a sense of the uncertainty of knowledge. The controversy over Ireland included all of the following in the decades before World War I except A) the implementation of home rule. B) a call by the Conservative Party for Irish Protestants to use extralegal means to oppose concessions to the implementation of home rule. As a sign of the times, the movement for women's suffrage in Britain included all of the following except A) disruptions of parliamentary debates, threats on the prime minister, and attacks on his residence. B) hunger strikes and retaliatory forced feedings. C) support from the Crown. Problems for the French Third Republic included all of the following except A) violent actions by women suffragists. B) rural and worker agitation and repression. C) the Dreyfus case. violent actions by women suffragists. Italy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries experienced all of the following except A) significant population growth. B) the conquest of Libya. C) elimination of serious regional differences. elimination of serious regional differences. With the retirement of Bismarck, the German Empire A) slowly abandoned its Weltpolitik. B) was led by Wilhelm II, who apparently believed himself to be infallible. C) managed to neutralize the popularity of the socialists. D) experienced a lessening of labor unrest. E) was held up as a nation to copy. B) was led by Wilhelm II, who apparently believed himself to be infallible. The main problem for the Austro-Hungarian Empire was A) lack of universal male suffrage. B) an insufficient number of political parties. C) the nationalism of its many nationalities. the nationalism of its many nationalities. Although considered to be a strong point, why was Germany’s alliance system a problem? A) Bismarck’s Reinsurance Treaty was renewed by Wilhelm II. B) Although an ally, Russia turned to Austria for an alliance. C) The pact with Austria broke down, as Hungary won its independence. It pushed England and France into an alliance. Regarding the Dreyfus affair, which of the following is not true? A) Dreyfus was the only Jewish officer on the French general staff. B) Another officer was actually proven to have been the spy in this case. C) The army was not allowed to open the case by the royalist and the Catholic Church. D) In a second trial, Dreyfus was found not guilty. E) From the start, the affair was a result of anti-Semitism. In a second trial, Dreyfus was found not guilty. The Bolsheviks A) dominated the Russian Social Democratic Party. B) were Marxists who believed that the socialist revolution could be accelerated. C) were also known as the People's Will. D) were Marxists who embraced “evolutionary socialism.” E) wished to create a constitutional monarchy. were Marxists who believed that the socialist revolution could be accelerated. The main motive for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife was A) a desire to start World War I. B) the unpopularity of the archduchess. C) Serb nationalism. Which of the following statements is not true? A) The Great War eventually strained the whole fabric of life in Europe. B) The entry of the Ottoman Empire and the colonial empires of the belligerents helped to make the war World War I made the world safe for democracy. The outbreak of war in August 1914 was met with A) pacifist revolts in most countries. B) deep political divisions. C) fear and bitterness. enthusiasm, euphoria, and patriotism. World War I was fundamentally A) a naval war. In areas where the military momentum was lost, all of the following happened except A) early and frequent mutinies. B) armies dug extensive trench systems defended by barbed wire and machine guns. C) each side mounted increasingly large and costly land attacks. 53. Which of the following statements is not true? A) The intervention of America into the war added an increased sense of brutality. B) The geographic scope of the war was unprecedented. C) The war actually gave birth to nationalism in the post-war years. D) The war put an end to European hegemony. E) Both the Entente and Alliance believed that war would be over in six months. The intervention of America into the war added an increased sense of brutality. The world of the trenches for the ordinary soldier did not include A) having to climb over barb wire to get to the enemy lines. B) being mowed down by machine guns. C) bombardment by new and heavier forms of artillery. Total war meant A) that all branches of the armed services were involved in the war. B) that all citizens became soldiers. C) unprecedented governmental mobilization of society. D) wholehearted determination to win the war. E) a sharp increase in diseases for civilians because of food scarcities. unprecedented governmental mobilization of society In Ireland during the war A) loyalty to Britain prevailed. B) full independence was achieved for the whole island. C) German occupation of the north caused unrest. D) the Easter Rebellion was brutally suppressed by Britain. E) support for the Central Powers grew with the hope that Germany would defeat the Entente. the Easter Rebellion was brutally suppressed by Britain. Air attacks during World War One A) were used primarily against submarines at sea. B) were used primarily by the English. C) were used to demoralize civilian populations. D) did very little to damage factories. E) were a major weapon in affecting the course of the war. were used to demoralize civilian populations. For ordinary Germans, the war and the naval blockade resulted in A) little suffering, because of large stockpiles of supplies. B) food shortages and increases in some diseases. C) a surplus of food and supplies, captured from enemies. food shortages and increases in some diseases. The “mobilization of enthusiasm” meant A) unprecedented use of propaganda, portraying the enemy as so evil that only total victory could bring unprecedented use of propaganda, portraying the enemy as so evil that only total victory could bring The term white peace referred to A) the peace signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. B) the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. C) unconditional surrender of the Germans. D) a negotiated peace without clear victory for either side. E) attempts to build a sense of fear in the civilian population. a negotiated peace without clear victory for either side. With the Tsar Nicholas II at the front A) Alexandra attempted to create an effective duma. B) Rasputin emerged as the key political power behind Alexandra. C) pro-German elements at the court attempted a coup. D) the prince and heir to the Russian throne, Alexis, died. E) a military coup successfully overthrew the throne and surrendered to Germany. Rasputin emerged as the key political power behind Alexandra. Which of the following did not contribute to the failure of the Russian military effort? A) Tsar Nicholas II's well-meaning but incompetent leadership B) Limited industrialization C) The traditional passivity of the Russian peasantry The traditional passivity of the Russian peasantry When the tsarist government collapsed in the face of demonstrations demanding bread and widespread mutinies a provisional government assumed temporary authority, while the capital came to be governed by the Petrograd Soviet. All of the following are true of Lenin in 1917 except that he A) was transported back to Russia with German help. B) held that the time had come for a dictatorship of the proletariat. C) had no problem persuading his party to seize power. D) opposed continuing the war. E) believed that the strains of war made the world ripe for a wider proletarian revolution. had no problem persuading his party to seize power. Lenin's aim in the October (November) Revolution was A) limited to a seizure of power in the Russian cities; the peasants, he believed, were not ready for a to spark a worldwide revolution that would destroy capitalism. Opposing the view of the Russian government and others that the war was not worth continuing, Woodrow Wilson insisted that fourteen points should guide the new world order after an Allied victory. Which of the following describes the German allies as the war drew to an end? A) Bulgaria was able to hold off Allied attacks in the Balkans. B) With the Russians out of the war, the Ottoman military could now be used by Germany on the The Habsburg dynasty was disintegrating along nationality lines. The most likely origin of the “stab in the back” theory associated with World War I was A) genuine suspicion among the German population, which had been kept in the dark about Germany's genuine suspicion among the German population, which had been kept in the dark about Germany's All of the following were consequences of the war except A) the creation of independent states by a number of nationalities. B) ten to thirteen million military deaths. C) an economic dislocation that would contribute to the Great Depression. D) relatively lenient treatment of the losing side. E) lack of food in the defeated nations after the war produced disease and malnutrition. relatively lenient treatment of the losing side. The Balfour Declaration A) specified the boundaries of the new state of Israel. B) cautiously favored a “Jewish home” in Palestine, where 90 percent of the population was Arab. C) assigned Syria and Lebanon to the French and Palestine and Mesopotamia (Iraq) to Britain. D) planned a joint Arab-Jewish state. E) was used by Britain to stop Arab nationalism, which threatened British interests in the area. cautiously favored a “Jewish home” in Palestine, where 90 percent of the population was Arab. In January 1919, Prince Faisal ibn-Husayn argued for all of the following except that A) Arab independence was mandated by Western principles. B) some Arab regions would require substantial Western assistance but not a complete loss of Arab civilization was superior and all Muslims should be united in a resurrected caliphate. The cultural impact of the Great War A) produced a feeling of resignation and cynicism. B) resulted in an accelerated pride in military victory. C) increased the belief that the sacrifices made in the war had been worthwhile. D) left a feeling of accomplishment by the elimination of European monarchs. E) increased the sense of Western civilization’s superiority. produced a feeling of resignation and cynicism. All of the following are true about the League of Nations except that A) the League was established by the Treaty of Versailles. B) its main purpose was to resolve international disputes without war. C) the League was effective because of the strong leadership of the United States. D) it created a system of mandates that recognized the gradual retreat from colonialism. E) it failed to prevent the escalating violence that culminated in World War II. the League was effective because of the strong leadership of the United States. How did European countries benefit from colonization?Many European nations exhibited a growing interest in colonies as sources of raw materials and new markets and as potential outlets for excess population and for administrators who could not be accommodated at home. Opportunities for individual adventurism and profit also ran high.
What advantages did European powers possess?The states of Western Europe were simply better at making and using artillery, firearms, fortifications, and armed ships than other advanced parts of the world and they had this advantage long before 1800.
What were the 3 main reasons for European imperialism in Africa?The European imperialist push into Africa was motivated by three main factors, economic, political, and social. It developed in the nineteenth century following the collapse of the profitability of the slave trade, its abolition and suppression, as well as the expansion of the European capitalist Industrial Revolution.
What were three negative effects of European colonization?Some of the negative impacts that are associated with colonization include; degradation of natural resources, capitalist, urbanization, introduction of foreign diseases to livestock and humans.
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