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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
B)
b. Germany
C) c. Belgium
D)
d. France
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6. The art of Paul Gauguin promoted new ways of seeing the world through its:
A) a. Cubism
B)
b. Fascination with non-Western cultures
C)
c. Promotion of Abstractionism
D)
d. Realism
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7. Picasso's "Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon" is considered one of the
earliest examples of:
A)
a. Cubism
B)
b. Abstractionism
C) c. Expressionism
D)
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
B)
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
B)
b. India
C)
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
B)
b. At or about a subsistence level
C)
c. In control of their own destinies
D)
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
B)
b. Conservatism and Liberalism
C)
c. Post-Modernism and Post-Structuralism
D)
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
B)
b. Strategic Imperialism
C)
c. Cultural Imperialism
D)
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
C)
c. Incentives to disarmament
D)
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
B)
b. Cecil Rhodes
C)
c. King Leopold
D)
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
B)
b. South Pacific
C)
c. Jutland
D)
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"
B)
b. "A Short, Cleansing Thunderstorm"
C)
c. "A Police Action"
D)
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
B)
b. Nicaragua and Uruguay
C) c. Cuba and Puerto Rico
D)
d. Bolivia and Paraguay
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18. China's 19th century weakness was underscored by the:
A) a. Meiji Restoration
B)
b. Fall of the Ming Dynasty
C)
c. Treaty of Portsmouth
D)
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
B)
b. Afrikaners
C)
c. San and Khoi peoples
D) d. Other Bantu peoples
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