REVIEW IT! World History

Quote: Whatever is, is in its Causes just Since all Things are by Fate; but purblind Man Sees but a part o’ th’ Chain, the nearest Link, His Eyes not carrying to the equal Beam That poises all above.

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PERSON: Benjamin Franklin

Named: A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain

Date: January 1, 1725

QUESTION: Which of the following countries was not in competition for Korea in the 1870's?

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ANSWER: England

QUESTION: Powerful banking and industrial families in Japan

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ANSWER: Zaibatsu

QUESTION: American naval officer who opened Japan to trade

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ANSWER: Mattew Perry

QUESTION: In a(n) ______, local rulers governed but western powers were in actual control.

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ANSWER: Protectorate

QUESTION: A policy considered un-democratic by opponents

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ANSWER: Imperialism

QUESTION: Which of the following was a cause of the Ottoman Empire's decline?

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ANSWER: The weakening of the central government

QUESTION: Founder of Indian nationalism

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ANSWER: Ram Mohun Roy

QUESTION: A single item grown for sale

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ANSWER: Cash-crop

QUESTION: Indian Scholar who set up educational societies

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ANSWER: Ram Mohum Roy

QUESTION: Which of the following was a result of the Sepoy Rebellion?

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ANSWER: Britain began to rule India directly

QUESTION: The Sepay Rebellion was caused by

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ANSWER: British insensitivity to Indian customs

QUESTION: Ruled Sikh Empire in Northwest India in the 1800's

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ANSWER: Ranjit Singh

QUESTION: In Jean-Jaques Rousseau's concept of a social contract _________.

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ANSWER: an entire society agrees to be governed by it's general will

QUESTION: To Voltaire and many other philosophies, the universe was ________.

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ANSWER: Like a clock

QUESTION: John Locke's ideas suggest that people were ________.

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ANSWER: Molded by their experiences

QUESTION: Isaac Newton's univeral law of gravitation _________.

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ANSWER: Showed how one law could explain all motion in the universe

QUESTION: _______ was the first to argue that the sun, not earth, was the center of the universe

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ANSWER: Nicholas Copernicus

QUESTION: Egyption leader who led the foundation for modern Egypt

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ANSWER: Muhammad Ali

QUESTION: Greatly increased trade for Britain in India

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ANSWER: Suez Canal

QUESTION: Cotton is considered a(n) ________ because it is sold on the world market.

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ANSWER: cash crop

QUESTION: The destruction of an entire religious or ethnic group

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ANSWER: genocide

QUESTION: Who is considered the "Father of Modern Egypt"

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ANSWER: Muhammed Ali

QUESTION: Who proclaimed himself to be the Muslim savior?

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ANSWER: Muhammed Ahmad

QUESTION: How did the Industrial Revolution encourage Imperialism?

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ANSWER: It created a need for raw materials and markets