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1. His work on the human mind and psychoanalysis was an example of the early 20th century fascination with the irrational: |
| | A) | a. Charles Darwin |
| | B) | b. Sigmund Freud |
| | C) | c. Wilhelm Roentgen |
| | D) | d. Friedrich Nietzsche |
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2. He was the first to suggest that thermal energy would be released if the nuclei of atoms could be altered: |
| | A) | a. Wilhelm Roentgen |
| | B) | b. Robert Oppenheimer |
| | C) | c. Albert Einstein |
| | D) | d. Jonas Salk |
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3. This philosopher is considered the founder of scientific socialism: |
| | A) | a. Emma Goldman |
| | B) | b. Mao Zedong |
| | C) | c. Herbert Spencer |
| | D) | d. Karl Marx |
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4. In the era before the First World War, nationalism was frequently: |
| | A) | a. A divisive, rather than a unifying force |
| | B) | b. An incentive to ethnic cooperation |
| | C) | c. A pacifying influence |
| | D) | d. An unpopular sentiment in many countries |
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5. This country came late to the imperialist scramble of the 19th century and
thus had to pick up the leftovers: |
| | A) | a. Great Britain |
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b. Germany |
| | C) | c. Belgium |
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d. France |
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6. The art of Paul Gauguin promoted new ways of seeing the world through its: |
| | A) | a. Cubism |
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b. Fascination with non-Western cultures |
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c. Promotion of Abstractionism |
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d. Realism |
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7. Picasso's "Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon" is considered one of the
earliest examples of: |
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a. Cubism |
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b. Abstractionism |
| | C) | c. Expressionism |
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d. Realism |
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8. At the end of the 19th century the power with the greatest industrial and
imperial strength was: |
| | A) | a. The United States |
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b. Germany |
| | C) | c. Great Britain |
| | D) | d. Russia |
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9. Because of its successful program of Westernization, this nation was able
to defeat China, Korea, and Russia before 1914: |
| | A) | a. Germany |
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b. India |
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c. The United States |
| | D) | d. Japan |
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10. Due to imperialism, in non-Western countries the rural masses in the early
20th century generally remained: |
| | A) | a. Relatively prosperous |
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b. At or about a subsistence level |
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c. In control of their own destinies |
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d. Untouched by the global economy |
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11. Two of the most successful radical political movements in the early 20th
century were: |
| | A) | a. Socialism and Liberalism |
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b. Conservatism and Liberalism |
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c. Post-Modernism and Post-Structuralism |
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d. Anarchism and Syndicalism |
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12. When an American senator claimed, "We will lift Shanghai up until
it is just like Kansas City," he was proclaiming a kind of: |
| | A) | a. Isolationism |
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b. Strategic Imperialism |
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c. Cultural Imperialism |
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d. Natural Selection |
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13. Arms races and alliance systems were most often intended as: |
| | A) | a. Offensive measures |
| | B) | b. Explicit threats to emerging nations |
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c. Incentives to disarmament |
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d. Defensive measures |
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14. This imperialist and diamond mine owner carved out two new colonies for
Great Britain in southern Africa: |
| | A) | a. Herbert Spencer |
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b. Cecil Rhodes |
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c. King Leopold |
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d. Paul Kruger |
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15. This was the site of the only major conventional naval clash during the
First World War: |
| | A) | a. English Channel |
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b. South Pacific |
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c. Jutland |
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d. Masurian Lakes |
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16. On the eve of the First World War most Europeans expected: |
| | A) | a. "The War to End All Wars" |
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b. "A Short, Cleansing Thunderstorm" |
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c. "A Police Action" |
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d. "Prompt and Utter Destruction" |
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17. The United States formally acquired these two countries after 1898: |
| | A) | a. Philippines and Guam |
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b. Nicaragua and Uruguay |
| | C) | c. Cuba and Puerto Rico |
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d. Bolivia and Paraguay |
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18. China's 19th century weakness was underscored by the: |
| | A) | a. Meiji Restoration |
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b. Fall of the Ming Dynasty |
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c. Treaty of Portsmouth |
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d. Opium Wars |
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19. The Spanish-American War led indirectly to the independence of: |
| | A) | a. Cuba |
| | B) | b. India |
| | C) | c. Panama |
| | D) | d. Honduras |
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20. In 1910, the creation of the Union of South Africa gave considerable power
to: |
| | A) | a. The Zulu |
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b. Afrikaners |
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c. San and Khoi peoples |
| | D) | d. Other Bantu peoples |
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