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== Revolutions Quiz #1 ==
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The Cultural Revolution in China was Mao Zedong's attempt to
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+renew the ideas and enthusiasm of the Communist revolution
-increase the industrial output of China
-promote artistic exchanges with the United States
-encourage foreign investment in China

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Base your answer to the following question on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies.

"No observer of Manchester [England] in the 1830's and 1840's dwelt on its happy, well-fed people. 'Wretched, defrauded, oppressed, crushed human nature lying in bleeding fragments all over the face of society,' wrote an American in 1845.... Can we be surprised that the first generation of the labouring poor in . . . Britain looked at the results of capitalism and found them wanting?" —E.J. Hobsbawm

This quotation describes some negative effects of the
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-Black Plague
-Glorious Revolution
-Napoleonic Wars
+Industrial Revolution

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In the 19th century, the independence movements in Latin America were greatly influenced by the
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-Glorious Revolution
-Hundred Years War
-Boer War
+French Revolution

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Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

The Kirghiz with whom we stopped was very well off . . . . After some tea our host asked me, "Where is the Ak Padsha now, the White Tsar Nikolai?"

"He and all his family, the Tsaritsa, their daughters and son, have been killed by the Bolsheviks," I answered.

The old man gave a deep sigh . . ."And you . . . Are you one of the men of the regime of Nikolai?"

"Yes, of course," I replied. "I detest and despise the Bolsheviks.
The old man . . . began to blink and a tear rolled down his cheek, while the rest of the family sobbed . . .

I was deeply touched by the scene. On this remote frontier of the Empire, . . . a family of nomad herdsmen was weeping for the tragic death of their White Pasha, as the Tsar was known.

In which period of time did this scene take place?
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-during the Napoleonic Wars
-after Mao Zedong came to power
+after the Russian Revolution
-during World War II

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"Congress of Vienna Restores Monarchy to France"
"Czar Nicholas I Limits Freedom of the Russian Press"
"Reform Movements Crushed in Hungary, Italy, and the German States"

These headlines could be described as
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+reactions to the French Revolution
-movements to unify all of western Europe
-efforts to improve the conditions of factory workers
-attempts to promote trade between European nations

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Which has been characteristic of many Southeast Asian countries since World War II?
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+internal struggles for power that lead to political instability
-isolation from the influence of the superpowers
-democratic governments based on the principles of the French Revolution
-fundamentalist Islamic governments supported by Iran

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The use of scientific farming methods and improved varieties of seeds to increase agricultural output in economically developing countries is called the
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-Renaissance
-Age of Enlightenment
+Green Revolution
-Reformation

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"The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.... Workers of the world, unite!"

This statement was made in response to conditions resulting from the
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-Protestant Reformation
-Counter-Reformation
-Commercial Revolution
+Industrial Revolution

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Which event had the greatest influence on the development of laissez-faire capitalism?
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-fall of the Roman Empire
-invention of the printing press
+Industrial Revolution
-Green Revolution

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*Europeans sought new markets for their goods.
*Many Europeans migrated to the cities in search of jobs.
*European middle class gained political power.
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What was the major cause of these changes in Europe?
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+Industrial Revolution
-rise of feudalism
-Congress of Vienna
-French Revolution

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Which statement best describes the relationship between World War I and the Russian Revolution?
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+World War I created conditions within Russia that helped trigger a revolution.
-World War I postponed the Russian Revolution by restoring confidence in the Czar.
-The Russian Revolution inspired the Russian people to win World War I.
-World War I gave the Czar's army the needed experience to suppress the Russian Revolution.

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Which period of history had the greatest influence on the Enlightenment ideas of natural law and reason?
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-Pax Romana
-Middle Ages
-Age of Exploration
+Scientific Revolution

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Heavy military losses in World War I, food and fuel shortages, and opposition to the czar led to the
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-French Revolution
+Russian Revolution
-Chinese Revolution
-Cuban Revolution

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"India Strives for Grain Self-Sufficiency by 1970"
"New Wheat Variety Grows in Arid Climate"
"Chemical Fertilizer Use Rises 10% in 1960"
"Sri Lanka's Rice Production Increases 25% in Three Years"

These newspaper headlines from the 1960s and 1970s describe some of the results of the
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-Sepoy Mutiny
-Kashmir crisis
+Green Revolution
-Computer Revolution

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Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, and Johannes Kepler are all directly associated with the
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-Industrial Revolution
+Scientific Revolution
-English Revolution
-Agricultural Revolution

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Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

“. . . A place more destitute of all interesting objects than Manchester, it is not easy to conceive. In size and population it is the second city in the kingdom, containing above fourscore thousand [80,000] inhabitants. Imagine this multitude crowded together in narrow streets, the houses all built of brick and blackened with smoke; frequent buildings among them as large as convents, without their antiquity, without their beauty, without their holiness; where you hear from within, as you pass along, the everlasting din of machinery; and where when the bell rings it is to call wretches to their work instead of their prayers, . . . ” — Robert J. Southey, Letters from England, 1807

The conditions described in this passage occurred during the
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-Age of Discovery
-Renaissance
+Industrial Revolution
-Green Revolution

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Base your answer to the following question on the statements below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Statement A: We worked in a place that was noisy and dangerous. We did the same work over and over again. Many workers, often children, lost fingers, limbs, and even their lives.

Statement B: Government should not interfere in business. To do so would disrupt the balance of supply and demand.

Statement C: Government has a duty to interfere in order to best provide its people with a happy and safe life.

Statement D: Advances in agricultural techniques and practices resulted in an increased supply of food and raw materials, causing a movement of the farmers from the countryside to the city.

All of these statements describe events or viewpoints that relate to the
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-Protestant Reformation
-Commercial Revolution
+Industrial Revolution
-Berlin Conference

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Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

“. . . But after a long period of commercial intercourse [trade], there appear among the crowd of barbarians both good persons and bad, unevenly. Consequently there are those who smuggle opium to seduce the Chinese people and so cause the spread of the poison to all provinces. Such persons who only care to profit themselves, and disregard their harm to others, are not tolerated by the laws of heaven and are unanimously hated by human beings. His Majesty the Emperor, upon hearing of this, is in a towering rage. He has especially sent me, his commissioner, to come to Kwangtung [Guangdong Province], and together with the governor-general and governor jointly to investigate and settle this matter. . . .” — “Letter of Advice to Queen Victoria” from Lin Zexu (Lin Tse-Hsü),Chinese Commissioner of Canton, 1839

This letter to Queen Victoria relates most directly to the outbreak of the
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-Chinese civil war
-Sino-Japanese War
-Communist Revolution
+Opium Wars

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In England, which circumstance was a result of the other three?
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-availability of labor
-abundance of coal and iron
-waterpower from many rivers
+start of the Industrial Revolution

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Base your answer to the following question on the passage below.

...Our foundation rests upon trade, because, as you see, we have a large part of our capital invested [in it]. And therefore we shall have little for exchange operations, and we are forced to exert our ingenuity elsewhere. This, however, in my opinion, does not involve greater risk that one incurs in exchanges today, especially when no risks at sea are run [That is, when shipments by sea are insured.]; nor does it bring smaller profits. And [trade operations] are more legal and more honorable. In them we shall so govern ourselves that every day you will have more reason to be content; may God grant us His grace...

Source: Letter to the home office of the Medici from branch office at Bruges, May 14th, 1464 (adapted)

This passage best illustrates circumstances that characterized the
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-Crusades
-Age of Reason
+Commercial Revolution
-Scientific Revolution

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