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The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by...
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Francis Bacon helped to develop...
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the scientific method
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Isaac Newton explained the...
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Law of Universal Gravitation
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In genera, the phiosophes believed in...
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progress in society.
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The idea of a direct democracy is explained in...
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The Social Contract
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The Declaration of Independence was written by...
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Thomas Jefferson
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The Bill of Rights was influenced by...
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Voltaire
John Locke Jean Jacques Rousseau |
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What reflects the correct sequence of steps used in the scientific process?
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Observation, question, hypothesis, experimentation and conclusion.
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What was Montesquieu's influences on the US Constitution?
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Branches of Government
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How did the Baroque style and the neoclassical style differ?
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Baroque was grand and ornate; neoclassical was simple and elegant
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What did Enlightenment promote?
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Belief in progress, secular outlook, and faith in science
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Which man contradicted the ideas in the US Constitution?
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Thomas Hobbes
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Which of the following did the censors of the Catholic Church ban?
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The Encyclopedia
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How did the Declaration of Independence embody Enlightenment ideals?
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It said that people have rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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About what percentage of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?
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98%
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What happened on July 14th, Bastille Day?
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A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder.
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Which document stated that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights?"
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine
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No one
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Who did Admiral Nelson win the Battle of Trafalgar?
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He divided the French fleet and attacked smaller groups of ships.
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What was an important goal of the Congress of Vienna?
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To establish Vienna as the new capital of Europe.
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Who was the most influential leader at the Congress of Vienna?
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Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria
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Which group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment?
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The Bourgeoisie
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Which group imposed the Reign of Terror??
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The Committee of Public Safety
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Which of the following was not a reason for Napoleon to sell the Louisiana Territory?
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To punish sugar growers in Saint Domingue
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Whaat was one important consequence of the Battle of trafalgar?
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Napoleon gave up his plans of invading Britain
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How did Great Britain react to the Continental System?
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It organized a blockade
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What does the work plebiscite mean?
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A vote of the people
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What strategy did Czar Alexander I use to defeat Napoleon in Russia?
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Scorced eath policy
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What was one important effect resulting from the political changes made at the Congress of Vienna?
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Nationalistic feelings grew in countries placed under foreign rule.
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The accomplishments of the Congress of Vienna included...
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Reinstating the royal families dethroned by Napoleon
Creating a balance of power among European nations. Surrounding France with strong neighboring countries. |
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All of the following were members of the Holy Alliance...
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Russia, Austria and Prussia
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A key characteristic of nationalism is...
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Shared culture
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Which elected ruler of France declared himself emperor?
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Louis Napoleon
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Which of the following issued the Edict of Emancipation?
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Alexander II
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Which country suffered the most lost territory as a result of the unification of Italy?
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Austria
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Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy after the conquest of...
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The Papal States
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Which of the following was the leader of the Red *****?
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Which event did Otto von Bismarck use to gain support from Germans in the South>
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The Franco Prussian War
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WHo originated the political style known as realpolitik?
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Otto von Bismarck
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The ruler of the new, unified German empire was given the tite of...
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Kaiser
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Which of the following is largely identified with the artistic movement known as romanticism?
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Gothic Novel
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Which of the following ideas is associated with romanticism>
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wild emotions and feelings
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In the first practical process of reproducing photographs for books on what were the photographs printed.
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paper
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Which of the following was a factor in the rise of the realism movement?
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industrialism
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Which of the following descriptions is accurate for Goethe, Chopin, Coleridge and Constable?
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Romantic
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What is a characteristic of Impressionism
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Creation of mental pictures
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Mary Shelley wrote
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In early dog or a story about a monster from corpses
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One of Romanticism's first composers was
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Ludwig and Beethoven
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What is true about nationalism
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When's greatest loyalty should not be to a king, one's greatest loyalty should be to a nation people, and the nation people should have a common culture
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By 1871 there is a shifting power in Europe, which nation changed
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Prussia became Germany
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How did music changed during romantic.
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It became part of middle-class life
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What was the general goal of impressionist artists and composers
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To illustrate a moment in time
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The independence movement in Latin America spearheaded by
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The Creoles
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José de San Martine was a military officer who
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He liberated parts of Spanish-speaking South America
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The independence movement next go was led, in part, by
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Miguel Hidalgo
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How was unification of Italy and Germany similar
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Both use military force to unify various territories
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How are Romanticism and nationalism linked
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National heroes and cultural pride were themes
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What was the Industrial Revolution
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Increased output of machine made goods that began in England during the 18th-century
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What was the result of agricultural revolution
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Many small farmers became tenant farmers are moved cities, enclosures became landmarks of wealthy landowners, and landowners experimented with new cultural methods
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Three factors of production required to drive the Industrial Revolution
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Land labor and capital
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What was the main cause of the process of urbanization that occurs in 19th-century Britain and elsewhere in Western Europe
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Industrialization
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What did Britain do in order to keep industrial secrets from the United States
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Forbade engineers, mechanics, into makers from leaving the country
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What was the benefit of being a stockholder in a corporation
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Stockholders are not personally responsible for a company's debt
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What is the laws a fair policy
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Hey policy that lets owners of Industri set working conditions without government interference
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What is the name for the voluntary association of workers seeking labor reforms
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Unions
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In what way did agricultural revolution paved the way for the Industrial Revolution
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It led to population growth, it increased food supplies, and it cost farmers to lose land and seek other work
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What was the impact of the steam engine on the production of British goods
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It launched the railway age that brought the transportation of people in materials to a new level
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How did the Industrial Revolution affect cities
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Made the population grow faster than a housing supply
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What factors most contributed to the shorter lifespan of those living in cities as opposed to those living in the country
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Illness caused by unhealthy living conditions
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What was a key idea in the free-market system
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Refused to interfere in either domestic or international economic matters
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What did William Wilberforce fight for in the 1800s
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To abolish slavery in the slave trade
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What impacted technological advances have on industry
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Production of goods was increased, quality of products was decreased, number of factory workers decreased
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How did the war of 1812 help pave the way for the United States to industrialize
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The British blockade force it to develop its own industries
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How did the philosophy of laws a fair economics influenced early industrialists
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With ideas of a free-market economy governed by natural laws not government regulation
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What were the long-term effects of Marx and Engels the Communist manifesto
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1900s, Marxism inspired revolutionaries such as Russia's Lenin
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What is true of both socialism and communism
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Communism is a form of complete socialism in which the people own all production and property
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The 1700s the process of enclosure tended to increase
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Farming efficiency
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How did the crop rotation system that developed in Britain during the agricultural revolution increase crop yields
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By increasing nutrients in the soil
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Which of the following was the first area to undergo major industrialization
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Textile production
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An entrepreneur is a type of
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Business person
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Who defeated the free-market system of capitalism in the book the wealth of Nations
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Adam Smith
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Utilitarianism held that government policies should promote
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The greatest good for the greatest number of people
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19th-century socialist argued that government should
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Actively planned economy
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What is Karl Marx most closely associated with
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Communism
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In the 19th Century, collective bargaining was carried out between...
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Employees and Employers
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What did the People's Charter of 1838 petition for?
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suffrage for all men and annual parliamentary elections
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Who were the Zionists?
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Jews who worked for a homeland in Palestine
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Before the reform act of 1832, who were the only British citizens who could vote?
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Owners of large landholdings
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Before the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, the percentage of the British population that had voting rights was about
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5%
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The Chartist movement pressed for all of the following
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A secret ballet, universal male suffrage and pay of members of Parliament
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Alfred Dreyfus was a French army officer who was unjustly accused of...
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Selling military secrets
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Canada received the right to control its own domestic affairs when it...
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became a doinion
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Most Protestants opposed the idea of home rule in...
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Ireland
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The Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 affected the rights of Roman Catholics who lived in....
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Ireland
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The Great Famine was a time of widespread starvation in Ireland caused by the destruction of...
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potato crops
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Americans used the term "manifest destiny" to justify...
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westward expansion
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The Trail of Tears was the forced westward migration of the Cherokee from Georgia to ....
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Oklahoma
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Who developed the theory of Evolution?
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Charles Darwin
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WHo made use of the assembly line to make his factory highly efficient?
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Henry Ford
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Who developed the germ theory of disease along with discovering and naming bacteria?
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Louis Pasteur
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Who invented the first practical electric light bulb?
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Thomas Edison
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Who invented the first telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Who participated in the identifying and naming radioactivity?
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Marie Curie
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Who won Nobel Prizes for both Physics and Chemistry?
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Marie Curie
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Who invented the first radio?
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Who started a well staffed research lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey?
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Thomas Edison
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WHo helped to invent the first airplane?
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Wilbur Wright
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Who believed that human actions were often unconscious reactions to experiences and could be changed by training?
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Ivan Pavlov
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Who wrote the controversial book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection?
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Charles Darwin
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Who was a pioneer in the field of making motion pictures?
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Thomas Edision
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Who created psychoanalysis, based on the idea that the unconscious mind has a powerful influence?
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Sigmund Freud
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Why was India called the "jewel in the crown?"
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It was the most valuable of all of Britain's colonies.
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How did Menelik II keep colonial interests out of Ethiopia?
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He exploited the European rivalries and buit a modern army.
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Why did thousands of Boers move north in the Great Trek?
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To escape the British
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What was the main reason for the Crimean War?
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Russia wanted land on the Black Sea to gain access to the Mediterranean Sea.
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What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885
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Europeans divided Africa into colonies without consulting the African leaders
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What set the stage for Vietnamese resistance against the French?
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Peasants had less rice to eat because the French exported most of it.
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What was the main cause of inadequate food supplies in Africa during European colonization?
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Europeans insisted on the growth of cash crops, such as cotton
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Which leader used modernization to successfully keep their countries from foreign control?
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Muhammad Ali and King Mongkut
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How did the Europeans use paternalism to govern people in colonies?
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The provided for colonial peoples needs but did not give them full rights
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why did britain take control of the Suez Canal?
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Egypt could not pay its foreign debt.
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Why did the Maji Maji rebellion fail?
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Internal conflict divided East African leaders..
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What was the main purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885
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To prevent fighting of European nations over the division of Africa
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What happened as a result of the Sepoy Mutiny?
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The British government took direct command of India.
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How were Muhammad Ali's policies and European colonial policies similar?
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Peasants were forced to grow cash crops instead of food.
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Why is Ram Mohun Roy considered the "Father of Modern India?"
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He called fo an end to traditional practices such as arranged child marriages.
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Why did Western nations desire lands in the Pacific Rim?
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Because of their natural resouces and strategic location.
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The main difference between European colonies and protectorates in Africa had to do with their ....
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governments
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Which nation adopted and then largely abandoned the policy of assimilation in Africa?
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France
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How did Menelik II differ from the 19th century African leaders?
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He managed to maintain his nation's independence.
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Which of the following lost the Crimean War.
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Russia
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The Suez Canal was built through the combined efforts of the ....
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French and Egyptians
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In 1907, which of the following was divided into spheres of influence by Russian and Britain?
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Persia
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The term Raj is used to refer to the period of Indian history during which India was...
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dominated by Britain
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The sepoys were...
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Indian soldiers
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All of the following places are located on the Pacific Rim
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Indochina, SIngapore and the Philippine Islands
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Malaysia became the worlds leading exporter of...
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rubber
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The main reason for British colonization of Singapore was to obtain use of its...
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harbor
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As a direct result of the Spanish American War, the United States acquired all of the following...
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Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippine Islands
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Emilio Aguinaldo fought for the independence of...
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The Philippine Islands
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