Which of the following two countries came to rival Britain in industrial strength?
Germany and the United States
What were the most frequent destinations for international migrants who left Europe seeking economic opportunity?
North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand
How did nineteenth-century painters respond to the intense competition that arose from the development of the hugely popular camera?
They altered their style, employing new and varying techniques to distinguish their art from the photographic realism of the camera.
Although cruelty abounded under imperialist rule, what European ruler was known for inflicting the worst atrocities?
Belgian king Leopold II
Why did many European countries abandon free-trade policies in the late nineteenth century?
Free trade caused huge trade deficits that slowed job growth and increased social unrest, so governments had broad popular support to tax imports and prevent outside competition.
Why was the Third Republic so unstable despite its new democratic institutions?
Economic downturns, widespread corruption, and growing anti-Semitism, fueled by a highly partisan press, kept the republic on shaky ground.
Many European advocates of imperialism believed that whites had a “civilizing mission”; what did this mission entail?
Spreading superior European knowledge and culture to colonial subjects through education or even violence, if necessary
Which of the following European countries was the slowest to industrialize?
Russia
By 1890, which European nation claimed territory on each of the continents shown on this map?
Great Britain
What was one of the main purposes of the Dual Alliance forged by Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1879?
To defend against Russian aggression, particularly in the Balkans
How did nineteenth-century painters respond to the intense competition that arose from the development of the hugely popular camera?
They altered their style, employing new and varying techniques to distinguish their art from the photographic realism of the camera.
According to this map, what is the likely relationship between the establishment of railways and canals and the territory of the city of Berlin?
As more modes of transportation emerged, the limits of the city and suburbs expanded.
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell demanded British support for which controversial policy in return for Irish votes in Parliament?
Irish home rule
The Indian National Congress, founded in 1885, was
an organization run by educated Indian elites who accepted aspects of British liberalism but occasionally challenged British rule.
Spain and Belgium abruptly awarded suffrage to all men in 1890 and 1893, respectively,
yet both countries remained monarchies.
The new mass journalism of this period was characterized by
an increase in sensational stories in newspapers and an emphasis on spreading information quickly.
What were the most frequent destinations for international migrants who left Europe seeking economic opportunity?
North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand
Which of the following is an example of how empire reshaped the daily lives of the European upper classes?
Wealthy Europeans decorated their homes with trophies of big-game hunting expeditions in Africa and Asia, as well as imperial treasures like Oriental carpets, furniture, and exotic plants.
In general, why did large numbers of emigrants depart from rural Ireland and Scandinavia?
The population was expanding so rapidly that these countries did not have enough jobs at which to employ the growing labor pool.
What ideology helped enable the expansion of European imperialism by using racist ideas of European superiority to justify the conversion of trade with Africans into conquest of their lands?
Social Darwinism
Which of the following is an example of how empire reshaped the daily lives of the European upper classes?
Wealthy Europeans decorated their homes with trophies of big-game hunting expeditions in Africa and Asia, as well as imperial treasures like Oriental carpets, furniture, and exotic plants.
Which of the following two countries came to rival Britain in industrial strength?
Germany and the United States
Spain and Belgium abruptly awarded suffrage to all men in 1890 and 1893, respectively,
yet both countries remained monarchies.
Which of the following did the most to stimulate the new consumer culture in the late nineteenth century?
Department stores and mail order catalogs
