The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 20: Mass Politics and Imperial Domination

True or False Quiz

1
With democratic reform, it became increasingly important for politicians to pay attention to public opinion.
A)True
B)False
2
The Reform Bill of 1884, which gave two-thirds of adult males the right to vote, was passed by the Conservative Party.
A)True
B)False
3
Public schools in France helped to promote patriotism.
A)True
B)False
4
Central and East European leaders tended to be more autocratic than West European governments.
A)True
B)False
5
Bismarck fought the Social Democrats by enacting progressive social policies.
A)True
B)False
6
The introduction of universal male suffrage in the Austro-Hungarian Empire relieved many of the tensions threatening that state's integrity.
A)True
B)False
7
When Alexander III replaced his father Alexander II on the Russian throne, he continued the latter's reforms.
A)True
B)False
8
In Britain, the group co-founded by Beatrice Webb that advocated the adoption of socialist policies through politics rather than through revolution, was called the Marxists.
A)True
B)False
9
By 1914, the largest political party in Germany was the Social Democrats.
A)True
B)False
10
Anarchism was basically the same as socialism.
A)True
B)False
11
Anti-Semitism often caught on among groups that felt threatened by liberalism and capitalism.
A)True
B)False
12
Zionists hoped to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
A)True
B)False
13
The strongest woman suffrage movements formed in Germany.
A)True
B)False
14
Switzerland was the first state to grant women the right to vote, doing so in 1906.
A)True
B)False
15
Approximately one-third of those people who emigrated overseas from Europe between 1870 and 1914 returned home.
A)True
B)False
16
The technology of the Industrial Revolution made it easier for Westerners to engage in imperialism.
A)True
B)False
17
Cecil Rhodes helped to found the two Boer republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State.
A)True
B)False
18
India was not linguistically or regionally diverse.
A)True
B)False
19
The Boxer Rebellion of 1899–1900 was a Chinese nationalist response to foreign intrusion.
A)True
B)False
20
Britain ruled over the Union of Indochina, consisting of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
A)True
B)False
21
Zionism, a Jewish nationalist movement that gained momentum after 1896, envisioned a traditional Jewish state free of both the capitalism and the socialism that some felt tainted the modern world.
A)True
B)False
22
The "new imperialism" of the post 1880 period was fueled in part by new advances in communication, such as the steamboat, the railroad, and the telegraph, all of which made parts of the world more accessible to European powers than ever before.
A)True
B)False
Sherman: The West in the World, Fourth Edition
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