Transcript A Individual achievement, dignity, and worth are of great importance

Which concept from classical
Athens is central to western political
thought?
A Individual achievement, dignity, and
worth are of great importance.
B Individual recognition impedes societal
progress.
C. Individuals should fight against nature
and society to achieve greatness.
D. Individuals play an insignificant role in
shaping ideas, society, and the state.
Which Greek city was a
military state?
A.Corinth
B.Sparta
C. Athens
D.Alexandria
Who expanded democracy
during Athens's “Golden
Age”?
A.Pericles
B.Cleisthenes
C. Solon
D. Alexander
Who believed that in an ideal
society the government should
be controlled by a class of
“philosopher kings”?
A Plato
B. Lao-tzu
C. Muhammad
D.Thomas Aquinas
Who wrote “The Republic”?
A.Plato
B.Pericles
C. Socrates
D.Aristotle
Who extended Greek culture
and learning into Egypt and
Asia?
A.Darius
B.Caesar
C. Pericles
D.Alexander
The blending of Greek,
Persian, Mesopotamian,
Egyptian, and Indian
traditions was known as …
A.Aryan
B.Hellenistic
C.Neo-Classical
D.Byzantine
Rome greatly expanded its
control of the
Mediterranean by defeating
its rival _______ in the
Punic Wars
A.Persia
B.Athens
C. Carthage
D.Sparta
The Pax Romana was a (an)…
A.System of Roman law
B.Another name for the
roman empire
C. The Roman Religion
D.200-year period of peace
What was not a Roman
contribution to Western
law?
A.A written code
B.The use of evidence
C. Ethical and moral
principals
D.Civil and national law
The individual most
responsible for changing
Rome from a republic to an
empire was …
A.Julius Caesar
B.Hannibal
C. Pericles
D.Aristotle
Which feature of modern Western
democratic government reflects
Aristotle’s views ?
A. the requirement that government
actions must adhere to the law
B. the power of the courts to review
the law
C the granting of emergency powers to
the chief executive
D the direct election of members of the
legislature
What is a republic?
A.Representative
government
B.A government with
equality for all
C. Direct democracy
D.A comprehensive system
of courts
Who was the first emperor
of Rome?
A.Octavian
B.Brutus
C. Julius Caesar
D.Cassius
Lower class Roman citizens
were known as …
A.Patricians
B.Helots
C. Plebeians
D.Consuls
Jewish and Christian beliefs
differ from the Greco-Roman
tradition in matters
concerning the importance of
A individual morality.
B belief in one God.
C the role of law.
D. the family unit.
In the Greek and Roman
traditions, a citizen's most
important duty is to
Athe state
Bmilitary leaders
Rome's ancestors
DZeus or Jupiter.
Who is known as the
“Father” of the Hebrews?
A.Ishmael
B.Moses
C. Abraham
D.Isaiah
The holy text of the Jewish
faith is the …
A.The Justinian Code
B.The Torah
C. The Twelve Tables
D.The Koran
The Hebrew concept of Man in
God’s Image did NOT result in
the Western tradition of
A.Natural law
B.Human Dignity
C.Individual Responsibility
D.Worth of the Individual
Traditionally, who led the
Israelites out of Egypt?
A.Abraham
B.Paul
C. Moses
D.Matthew
An agreement or promise
between God and man is
called a …
A.Diaspora
B.Covenant
C. Sabbath
D.Ethics
Who spread the message of
Christianity to the Gentiles?
A.Paul
B.Augustine
C. Jesus
D.Constantine
Who started the Protestant
Reformation?
A.Ignatius of Loyola
B.Martin Luther
C. John Calvin
D.Leonardo Da Vinci
Which English king is
associated with medieval
legal reforms?
A.Charles I
B.Henry II
C. Charles II
D.Henry VIII
A legal system based on
precedents determined by
decisions of royal justices is
called
A.Parliament
B.Habeas Corpus
C. Common Law
D.Due Process
The main principle of the
Magna Carta signed by King
John in 1215 __________.
A reduced the power of the monarchy and
reduced the power of peasants
B limited the power of the monarchy
C increased the power of the monarchy
D maintained the power of the monarchy and
increased the power of peasants
How did the Magna Carta (1215)
contribute to the development of the
English government?
A It created a two-house
parliament
B It extended voting rights
C It provided for a bill of
rights
D It limited the power of the
monarch
Limitation of royal power, the
Right of Petition, Free Speech,
Power of the Purse, and
Representative Government were all
features of
A.The English Bill of Rights
B.The Model Parliament
C. The Magna Carta
D.The Restoration
Who wrote The Wealth of
Nations?
A.Thomas Malthus
B.Voltaire
C. Jean Jacques Rousseau
D.Adam Smith
Which philosopher first
developed the concept of
the “social contract”
A.John Locke
B.Thomas Hobbes
C. Voltaire
D.Mary Wollenstonecraft
John Locke argued that life,
liberty, and property are
A natural rights that should be
protected by government
B political rights to be granted as
determined by law
C economic rights earned in a
capitalistic system
D social rights guaranteed by the
ruling class
What document best exemplifies
the natural rights philosophy?
A The Communist Manifesto
B Plato’s Republic
C Luther’s Ninety-five
Theses
D The Declaration of
Independence
Which document shares many elements
with, and was partly inspired by, the
Declaration of Independence?
A. English Bill of Rights
B. French Declaration of the Rights of
Man and Citizen
C. Magna Carta
D. Napoleonic Codes
The U.S. Bill of Rights borrowed
some of its principle ideas from
which document?
A. U.S. Amendments
B. Code of Hammurabi
C. Declaration of the Rights of Man and
Citizen
D. English Bill of Rights
Who believed that all
governments should provide
“Life, Liberty, and Property”
A.John Locke
B.Voltaire
C. Thomas Hobbes
D.Montesquieu
Which philosopher wrote
The Spirit of the Law?
A.Jean Jacques Rousseau
B.Voltaire
C. Montesquieu
D.John Locke
Which philosopher believed
Civilization corrupts people’s
natural goodness, rule by
General Will, Democracy, and
equality?
A.Jean Jacques Rousseau
B.Voltaire
C. Montesquieu
D.John Locke
Which conflict permanently
changed the relationship
between Britain and its
American colonies?
A. The Boston Massacre
B. The Hundred Years War
C. The French Revolution
D. The French and Indian War
The Stamp Act, Boston
massacre, and Boston Tea
Party were basically a
continuing conflict over
A.Land
B.Freedom of Speech
C. Taxation
D.Representation
Many of the concepts of the
Declaration of
Independence were based
on ideas first voiced by
A.Thomas Jefferson
B.Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Hobbes
D.John Locke
Saratoga was a critical
battle because …
A. It started the American
revolution
B. It ended the American revolution
C. It was Washington's greatest
victory
D. It proved to the French that the
Americans could defeat the
British army
Which of the following WAS
NOT a weakness of the
Articles of Confederation?
A.It could not negotiate
treaties
B.It lacked an executive
C. No power to tax
D.Unequal representation
What was added to the
constitution to secure its
passage?
A. Checks and balances
B. A Bill of Rights
C. An executive branch
D. The right to tax
The U.S. has a federal
system of government. This
means that …
A. Only the central government can
tax
B. The states have no rights
C. All powers not given to the central
government are reserved for the
states
D. Its bigger than the Articles of
Confederation
The Declaration of Independence and
the Declaration of the Rights of Man
emphasized governments must
A guarantee economic
prosperity
B protect the rights of people
C support established
religious beliefs
D operate on a system of
checks and balances
The American Revolution and the
French Revolution were similar
because
A Both favored representative
governments
B Both limited voting rights to an
economic elite
C Both retained certain hereditary
rights for aristocrats
D Both supported equal rights for
women
When the branches of government
remain independent of each other, it
is called
A popular sovereignty
B separation of powers
C federalism
D direct democracy
Unlike the French Revolution,
the American Revolution
produced
A women’s suffrage
B short-term military rule
C strategic alliances
D a lasting constitution
The Third Estate took the Tennis
Court Oath (1789) at the start of the
French Revolution, to
A establish a military government
B draft a new national constitution
C restore the king to power
D persuade Napoleon to take power
What demonstrated that popular
protest would play a role in the
French Revolution?
A the reign of the Committee of
Public Safety
B the trial of Louis XIV
C the fall of the Bastille
D the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Which social class included
members of the clergy in
France?
A.The First Estate
B.The second Estate
C. The Third Estate
D.The Fourth Estate
Who lead the Reign of
Terror?
A.Jean Paul Marat
B.Georges Danton
C.Maximilian Robespierre
D.Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon’s empire DID NOT
include
A. Democracy
B. Educational reforms
C. A new legal code
D. The Continental System
According to most historians,
what was probably
Napoleon’s greatest
mistake?
A.The Continental System
B.1808 Invasion of Spain
C. 1812 Invasion of Russia
D.The Napoleonic Code
What was Napoleon’s final
battle?
A.Borodino
B.Leipzig
C. Waterloo
D.Trafalgar
Agricultural changes during the
1600s contributed to England’s
later industrial development by
A. strengthening the importance
of the family farm.
B. breaking large estates into
smaller farms.
C. encouraging city dwellers to
return to farming.
D. producing more food with fewer
workers.
Which of the following is a major
reason why England was the first
nation to industrialize?
A. the stability of the English
system of monarchy and
Parliament
B. the steam engine
C. the excellent English
banking system
D. local supplies of resources,
such as coal and iron
How did trade contribute to the
early growth of an industrial
economy in Great Britain?
A. It allowed the British to
educate their workforce.
B. It provided funds to pay high
wages to the new labor class.
C. It enabled British merchants to
hire skilled foreign laborers.
D. It gave British entrepreneurs
the capital needed to open new
factories.
Which of the following was a
POLITICAL reason why Britain
led the Industrial Revolution?
A. Britain had lots of iron and coal.
B. Britain had lots of rich people who
became investors and entrepreneurs.
C. The government encouraged
industry by spending its money on
infrastructure.
D. Britain was an island so it could
trade with all of Europe.
The Industrial Revolution
required which three factors
of production?
A. military, colonies, and land
B. roads, railways, and ships
C. land, labor, and capital
D. man made goods, raw
materials, and
transportation
Who invented both the
cotton gin and assembly
line?
A.James Watt
B.Jethro Tull
C. Eli Whitney
D.Henry Bessemer
What effect did new energy
sources, such as the steam engine,
have on the manufacturing
productivity in industrial
economies?
A. Productivity slowed down.
B. Productivity stopped.
C. Productivity increased.
D. Productivity stayed the same.
__________ is best known
for his inexpensive process
for producing steel.
A. James Watt
B. Eli Whitney
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Henry Bessemer
What invention did James
Watt improve that accelerated
the Industrial Revolution all
over the world
A.the 40 watt electric light bulb
B.the coal-burning locomotive
C.the steam engine
D.the self-propelled textile loom
What historical trend was
most responsible for the
change in Britain’s population?
A. immigration from the
colonies
B. The Agricultural
Revolution
C. improvements in urban
health care
D. famine in rural areas
Why was the steam
engine so important?
A. It was a mobile power
source
B. It made automobiles
possible
C. It produced electricity
D. It used cheap water
power
Which of the following is a
basic tenet of Socialism?
Property and distribution of
wealth are under …
A. individual control
B. the control of the king
C. control of the aristocracy
D. social, not individual, control
The economic system in which
private property would cease to
exist and all good and services
would be shared equally is BEST
described as:
A. communism
B. utopianism
C. socialism
D. utilitarianism
Which movement called for
community ownership of
property brought about by a
workers' revolution?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Socialism
Social Democracy
Utopianism
Communism
What was the relationship
between work and property in
a utopian community?
A. People worked together and shared
their property
B. People worked separately but shared
their property
C. Those who worked the most owned
the most property
D. A few people owned most of the
property, while others worked for
them.
Which statement would a critic of
capitalism have MOST likely made
during the Industrial Revolution?
A. Most of our consumer goods are
produced overseas
B. The cost of machinery and new
factories is too high
C. Business owners get rich while
workers remain poor
D. Rapid economic growth destroys our
natural resources.
To increase production output
during the Industrial
Revolution, businesses
primarily invested in
A workers’ wages.
B machinery.
C training.
D marketing
During the Industrial Revolution
industrialized nations colonized
underdeveloped countries in
Africa and Asia. This practice
was an example of__________.
A Socialism
B Imperialism
C Social Darwinism
D Communism
Which of the following factors
did not contribute to
imperialism?
A. the Industrial Revolution,
B. a sense of national pride
C. missionaries desire to
"civilize" foreign people
D. Socialism
How were the native people in 19th
century colonies treated?
A. They were treated well,
educated, and given houses.
B. They were ignored and left to
fend for themselves.
C. They were treated very poorly,
often exploited and abused.
D. They were made part of the
colonies, often achieving high
office.
Rudyard Kipling's poem The
White Man's Burden was
used by Europeans to
justify __________.
A. Feudalism
B. Socialism
C. Imperialism
D. Nazism
At the end of the 1800s,
colonies were generally seen as
a
A. place to banish criminals.
B. sign of a country’s relative
power.
C. location to train military
forces.
D. method for suppressing
nationalism
During the "Scramble for
Africa," what was Europe
seeking a source for?
A. a new location for the slave
trade
B. free labor for European
factories
C. raw materials for industry
D. safe harbors for their naval
fleets
In 1900, anti-foreign
sentiment in China led to an
uprising known as the?
A. Nian Rebellion.
B. Boxer Rebellion.
C. Taiping Rebellion.
D. Sepoy Rebellion.
The popular theory that
Europeans were better
than other nationalities
was known as__________.
A. socialism
B. Utopianism
C. Social Darwinism
D. All of the above
What enabled Japan to become
a colonial power after 1894?
A. Agricultural advances
B. Trade wars against the
United States
C. Industrialization
D. The Japanese were forced to
acquire colonies in Asia when
European trade was banned.
How did the industrial revolutio
contribute to imperialism/
A. Industrialized countries sought new
markets
B. Industrialism created many
protectorates around the world
C. Industrialized countries wanted to
build factories in Asia and Africa.
D. Non-western nations needed
natural resources from Europe
Most westerners felt that
their culture was
A. Equal to non-western
cultures
B. Better than non-western
cultures
C. Inferior to non-western
cultures
D. Not to be compared to others
In the 1800s, empires in the
Middle East , India, Africa, and
China had
A. Advanced technologically
B. Stayed mostly the same
C. Grown weak and
disorganized
D. Grown stronger
Christian missionary groups
followed explorers to Africa in
order to
A. Convert Africans to
Christianity
B. Gather slaves
C. Study African culture
D. Map out the course of
rivers
What event began the
European stampede for
colonies in Africa ?
A. The Boer war
B. Belgian king Leopold II’s
activities in the Congo
C. Henry Stanley's explorations
of the Nile
D. Cecil Rhodes’ diamond and
gold mining
Which country controlled much of
northern and west-central Africa ?
A. Britain
B. France
C. Germany
D. Belgium
Which of the following became
the first major European import
into China?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tea
Cotton
Opium
technology-based goods
Rudyard Kipling's poem The
White Man's Burden was used by
Europeans to justify ____
A.
B.
C.
D.
Feudalism
Socialism
Imperialism
Nazism
Ideas about evolution and "survival
of the fittest" applied to human
societies during the Imperialist
expansion were known as
A.Scientific Revolution
B.Cultural Revolution
C.Social Darwinism
D.Enlightenment ideas
Tension from being controlled by
Europe caused a number of
rebellions in China, including the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Boxer Rebellion
Liang Rebellion
Qing Rebellion
Opium Rebellion
Why did European colonists
believe they had the right to
colonize Africa?
Europeans had more wealth and power
Africa had no trade networks
Europeans had no colonies
Africans did not resist.