SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1750-1900

2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS LEAST A POLITICAL FORCE IN EUROPE BY THE LATE 19TH CENTURY? A) Social Democracy B) Absolute monarchy C) Socialism D) Anarchism

3. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS LEAST A POLITICAL FORCE IN EUROPE BY THE LATE 19TH CENTURY? A) Social Democracy B) Absolute monarchy C) Socialism D) Anarchism

4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST CHARACTERIZES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS SET UP BY IMPERIALISTS IN AFRICA AND INDIA? African colonies contained comparatively more schools administered by colonial governments than India African schools tended to be set up by Christian mission- aries while Indian ones were set up by the colonial state Indian education mainly consisted of trade schools for training industrial workers, while African schools did not African education mainly consisted of trade schools for training industrial workers, while Indian schools did not

5. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST CHARACTERIZES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS SET UP BY IMPERIALISTS IN AFRICA AND INDIA? African colonies contained comparatively more schools administered by colonial governments than India African schools tended to be set up by Christian mission- aries while Indian ones were set up by the colonial state Indian education mainly consisted of trade schools for training industrial workers, while African schools did not African education mainly consisted of trade schools for training industrial workers, while Indian schools did not

6. WHICH CHOICE LAYS OUT THE CORRECT ORDER IN WHICH THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGAN AND SPREAD? A) Great Britain, United States, continental Europe B) Great Britain, continental Europe, United States C) United States, Great Britain, continental Europe D) Continental Europe, Great Britain, United States

7. WHICH CHOICE LAYS OUT THE CORRECT ORDER IN WHICH THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGAN AND SPREAD? A) Great Britain, United States, continental Europe B) Great Britain, continental Europe, United States C) United States, Great Britain, continental Europe D) Continental Europe, Great Britain, United States

8. UPON WHICH DEMAND WOULD RADICALS AND LIBERALS IN THE 19TH CENTURY HAVE MOST LIKELY AGREED? A) Worker control of industry B) Minimum wage laws C) Expansion of voting rights D) A graduated income tax

9. UPON WHICH DEMAND WOULD RADICALS AND LIBERALS IN THE 19TH CENTURY HAVE MOST LIKELY AGREED? A) Worker control of industry B) Minimum wage laws C) Expansion of voting rights D) A graduated income tax

10. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT BELONG IN A LIST OF CHINESE MOVEMENTS RESENTFUL OF FOREIGN DOMINATION? A) Boxer Rebellion B) May Fourth Movement C) Tanzimat Reform Movement D) Chinese Communist movement

11. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT BELONG IN A LIST OF CHINESE MOVEMENTS RESENTFUL OF FOREIGN DOMINATION? A) Boxer Rebellion B) May Fourth Movement C) Tanzimat Reform Movement D) Chinese Communist movement

12. WHY WAS THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR A SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINT IN HISTORY? A) It was the first conflict decided by a sea battle B) It was the first conflict where mass produced weaponry was employed C) Iron-hulled ships were used for the first time A non-western power defeated a modern European power in battle

13. WHY WAS THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR A SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINT IN HISTORY? A) It was the first conflict decided by a sea battle B) It was the first conflict where mass produced weaponry was employed C) Iron-hulled ships were used for the first time A non-western power defeated a modern European power in battle

14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING NATIONS PURSUED A COURSE OF OVERSEAS TERRITORIAL EXPANSION ONLY AFTER BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION? A) Netherlands B) Great Britain C) Japan D) France

15. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING NATIONS PURSUED A COURSE OF OVERSEAS TERRITORIAL EXPANSION ONLY AFTER BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION? A) Netherlands B) Great Britain C) Japan D) France

16. “HISTORY SHOWS ME ONE WAY, AND ONE WAY ONLY, IN WHICH A HIGH STATE OF CIVILIZATION HAS BEEN PRODUCED, NAMELY, THE STRUGGLE OF RACE, AND THE SURVIVAL OF THE PHYSICALLY ANDMENTALLY FITTER RACE.” THIS STATEMENT WAS MOST LIKELY MADE BY A) A Marxist B) A Social Darwinist C) A capitalist D) A follower of the Romantic movement

17. “HISTORY SHOWS ME ONE WAY, AND ONE WAY ONLY, IN WHICH A HIGH STATE OF CIVILIZATION HAS BEEN PRODUCED, NAMELY, THE STRUGGLE OF RACE, AND THE SURVIVAL OF THE PHYSICALLY ANDMENTALLY FITTER RACE.” THIS STATEMENT WAS MOST LIKELY MADE BY A) A Marxist B) A Social Darwinist C) A capitalist D) A follower of the Romantic movement

18. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS BY RUSSIAN CZARS WAS MOTIVATED BY A LONG-HELD DESIRE FOR A WARM-WATER PORT AND ACCESS TO THE TRADE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA? A) Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway B) Launching of the Crimean War C) Construction of Saint Petersburg D) Launching of the Russo-Japanese War

19. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS BY RUSSIAN CZARS WAS MOTIVATED BY A LONG-HELD DESIRE FOR A WARM-WATER PORT AND ACCESS TO THE TRADE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA? A) Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway B) Launching of the Crimean War C) Construction of Saint Petersburg D) Launching of the Russo-Japanese War

20. ONE CHARACTERISTIC THAT THE AMERICAN OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE FRENCH “DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN” HAD IN COMMON WAS THAT BOTH A) emphasized liberty more than equaity B) denounced nationalism C) affirmed the natural rights of citizens D) endorsed equal rights for women

21. ONE CHARACTERISTIC THAT THE AMERICAN OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE FRENCH “DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN” HAD IN COMMON WAS THAT BOTH A) emphasized liberty more than equaity B) denounced nationalism C) affirmed the natural rights of citizens D) endorsed equal rights for women