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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
Professor
Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
1.The revolutions in the Atlantic world were inspired in large part by the idea of liberty. Which of the following was NOT associated with this concept in the late eighteenth century?
Question 1 options:
freedom of worship
racial equality
representative government
freedom from arbitrary laws
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2.The immediate origins of the French Revolution lay in which problem facing the monarchy?
financial problems exacerbated by involvement in the American War of Independence
a Prussian invasion
the death of the heir to the throne
religious conflict
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3.The Tennis Court Oath bound members of the National Assembly to not disband until what occurred?
The king approved a new land tax
The invading Prussian armies were driven from French soil
The National Assembly wrote a new constitution for FranceÂ
Louis XVI abdicated
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4.The political active laboring poor and lower middle class French men and women who were a key radical force in the French Revolution were known asÂ
loyalists
philosophes
emigres
sans-culottes
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5.The most radical phase of the French Revolution (1793-94) is perhaps best known forÂ
the Thermidorean Reaction
the Reign of Terror
the invasion of Russia
the Peace of Amiens
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6.In 1790s Touissant L'Ouverture led the first successful slave revolt in world history on the island of
Cuba
Jamaica
Majorca
Saint-Domingue
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7.The most important invention of the early Industrial Revolution was theÂ
cotton gin
telegraph
steam engine
power loom
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8.The first industrialized and urbanized nation was
France
England
Belgium
Germany
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9.Social and political reformers sought to limit child labor in Britain in the early nineteenth century with
the Factory Inspection League
the Factory Acts
state-sponsored primary education
banning all child labor
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10.The nineteenth century political ideology of Liberalism was most closely associated with which group?
the upper class
the working class
the middle class
religious minorities
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11.According to Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto which force was the primary engine of world history?
exploration and conquest
technological innovation
class exploitation and conflict
nationalism
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12.The late nineteenth century witnessed the unification of which two European states?
Russia and Hungary
Germany and Hungary
Italy and Hungary
Germany and Italy
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13.The application of Charles Darwin's theories to human affairs and ethics is known asÂ
Social Darwinism
Survival of the Fittest
Lamarckism
Genetics
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14.The rapid expansion of European control over Africa between 1880 and 1914 was known as the
Great Game
 African Rush
Scramble for Africa
Fashoda Crisis
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15.Which of the following was NOT a motivation for the New Imperialism?
the desire for new markets and raw materials
the "White Man's Burden"
fear of American domination
Social Darwinism
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16.Perhaps the most visible economic impact of British rule in India in the nineteenth century wasÂ
a large industrial sector
extensive railroad and irrigation networks
vigorous trade in Indian-made manufactured items
massive emigration to other areas in the British Empire
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17.Which of the following was NOT a factor in China's decline in the late nineteenth century?
opium addiction
the Sino-Japanese War
the Self-Strengthening Movement
the Taiping Rebellion
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18.The peasant-inspired violent reaction to foreign influence in China was known asÂ
the Meijing Restoration
the Boxer Rebellion
the Taiping Rebellion
the Siege of Khartoum
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19.In 1867 Japan took a major step toward modernization with the
Boxer Rebellion
Suez Crisis
Meiji Restoration
Self-Strengthening Movement
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20.In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Japan became an imperial power with the acquisition of which two colonies?
Taiwan and Hong Kong
Korea and Indochina
Korea and Taiwan
Taiwan and the PhilippinesÂ
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