WEEK SIX QUIZ
Due 3-19-2009
Please be sure to check off only one response.
Student's Name
A the total end of slavery in the Western hemisphere by 1820
B the end of Atlantic slave trade
C the enfranchisement of women property holders in many Atlantic nations
D the end of the Ottoman empire by the 1850s 2.) The "Declaration of the Rights of Man" is associated with
A the American Revolution
B the French Revolution
C the Latin American independence movements
D the Haitian Revolution 3.) Which technological innovation greatly contributed to the Industrial Revolution between 1750 and 1850
A The internal combustion engine
B The steam engine
C The caravel
D The typewriter 4.) The invention of the cotton gin was crucial to the growth of which British industry
A pottery
B alcohol production
C brewing
D textile 5.) Which Eurasian ruler promoted a philosophy that stressed "Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Folk Nationality" in the 17th century
A Qianlong
B Tsar Nicholas I
C Selim I
D Muhannad Ali 6.) As a result of the Opium War of 1840
A China was forced to open some ports to British traders
B The Qing dynasty collapsed
C The East India Company received a royal monopoly to trade with China
D All the above 7.) Radical French revolutionaries did all of following when they took control of the nation in the 1790s except
A reform the military
B declare universal male suffrage
C execute King Louis XVI
D declare France a constitutional monarchy 8.) Which of the following developments had the greatest impact of Africa between 1750 and 1850
A The end of the Atlantic slave trade
B The Latin American wars of independence
C the Tanzimat reforms
D Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo 9.) Between 1750 and 1850 what was the most powerful political force in India
A the British
B the Mughals
C the East India Company
D the Qing 10.) In the 19th century, opium increasingly replaced which of the following as Britain's major export to China
A tea
B textiles
C silver
D clocks
11.) Napoleon's assumption of power can be described as
A theocratic
B a military dictatorship
C representative democracy
D none of the above 12.) By 1850 the East India Company
A ruled only half of India
B promoted Hindu and Muslim cultures and stopped interfering in sati
C increasingly promoted English culture
D both A and C
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