{{#professor:Quiz #11b - Revolutions - (20 Questions)}}
1 The Cultural Revolution in China was Mao Zedong's attempt to
2 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
3 In the 19th century, the independence movements in Latin America were greatly influenced by the
4 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?
5 "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
6 Which has been characteristic of many Southeast Asian countries since World War II?
7 The use of scientific farming methods and improved varieties of seeds to increase agricultural output in economically developing countries is called the
8 "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
9 Which event had the greatest influence on the development of laissez-faire capitalism?
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What was the major cause of these changes in Europe?
11 Which statement best describes the relationship between World War I and the Russian Revolution?
12 Which period of history had the greatest influence on the Enlightenment ideas of natural law and reason?
13 Heavy military losses in World War I, food and fuel shortages, and opposition to the czar led to the
14 "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
15 Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, and Johannes Kepler are all directly associated with the
16 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
17 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
18 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
19 In England, which circumstance was a result of the other three?
20 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