WESTERN CIVILIZATION Name

TEST #6_05B

1. The Congress of Vienna ended the

a. Franco-Prussian War;

b. Crimean War;

c. Napoleonic Wars;

d. World War I.

2. Charles X’s reign

a. witnessed the further democratization of France;

b. was a continuation of the moderate policies of his predecessor;

c. saw an attempt to turn back the clock, of history;

d. was characterized by increased parliamentary power.

3. Karl Marx was all of the following, EXCEPT

a. socialist;

b. nationalist;

c. economic determinists;

d. believed in the model of history suggested by Hegel.

4. The Syllabus of Errors is associated with

a. Karl Marx;

b. William Gladstone;

c. Pius IX;

d. Otto von Bismarck.

5. Which country finished the Suez Canal?

a. England;

b. France;

c. Russia;

d. Syria.

6. He was known as the “Liberator” Tsar because of his liberation of the Russian serfs. Russian militants later assassinated him. He was

a. Alexander I;

b. Alexander II;

c. Alexander III;

d. Nicholas I.

7. The “Holy Alliance” is associated with

a. Bismarck;

b. Alexander I;

c. Charles X;

d. Napoleon III.

8. The Junker class is associated with

a. Bismarck;

b. Alexander I;

c. Charles X;

d. Napoleon III.

9. Mikhail Bakunin is associated with

a. the Communist Manifesto;

b. the Russian radical organization called “The People’s Will”;

c. Anarchism;

d. Zionism.

10. "Realpolitik" is associated with:

a. Otto von Bismarck;

b. Napoleon;

c. Pope Pius IX;

d. Karl Marx.

11. Mr. Sidoli said the most important events from 1815 to 1914 were

a. the Revolutions of 1848;

b. wars;

c. the peace treaties;

d. the social developments.

12. The "July Monarchy” is associated with what person

a. Louis Philippe;

b. Napoleon III;

c. Camillo Cavour;

d. Karl Marx

13. The three wars Bismarck used to unify Germany were directed against all the following EXCEPT:

a. Austria-Hungary;

b. The Republic of France;

c. Russia;

d. Denmark.

14. Louis Napoleon initially came to power as a result of a. a popular election; b. a sudden coup d'etat in Paris;

c. a protracted civil war through-out France; d. his appointment by a group of powerful nobles.

15. The period 1815 to 1914 saw the emergence of what social class as the leading economic and political force challenging the middle class for dominance in Europe?

a. the working class;

b. the aristocratic class;

c. the military;

d. the bourgeois.

16. Mr. Sidoli’s called the period 1815 to 1914 an Age of

a. Conflict and Turmoil;

b Percolation;

c. Cultural Stagnation;

d. European Retreat.

17. The last name of the mother-daughters team which help the English suffragette movement finally get the vote for women in England was the

a. Jones;

b. Austin;

c. Pankhurst;

d. Gray.

18. They denounced “Godless Liberalism”, extolled the virtues of an enslaved, starving servile peasant population. They were seen to wear a crown and carry a placard denouncing democracy and the lower class. They were

a. Jesse Morris and Brittany McCann;

b. Stephanie Schiffman and Allie Silver;

c. Louisa Brody and Sarah Kerch

d. Maeve Pfeifer and Lindsay Rothenberg.

19. The Dreyfus affair

a. involved the stealing of important economic development plans from the Bank of France;

b. led to France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War;

c. divided France for decades to come;

d. was responsible for Church’s taking over the school system of France.

20. He led his 1,000 red shirts into Sicily to help in the unification of Italy. He was

a. Giuseppe Garibaldi;

b. Giuseppe Mazzini;

c. Giuseppe Verdi;

d. Camillo Cavour.

21. The Revolution of 1870 in France led to the

a. Third Republic;

b. Second Republic;

c. Third Empire;

d. Second Empire.

22. In 1848, revolutions occurred in all of which of the following countries EXCEPT

a. France;

b. Austria;

c. Prussia;

d. Spain;

23. The period 1815 to 1848 is often called the Age of

a. Metternich;

b. Napoleon;

c. Bismarck;

d. Imperialism.

24. It was clear from our class discussions, that “history was moving in the direction” of

a. Marx;

b. Bismarck;

c. Louis Napoleon;

d. Gladstone.

25. Who said? “Not by speeches and majority votes are the great questions of the day

decided- that was the great error of 1848 and 1849- but by blood and iron.”

a. Otto von Bismarck;

b. Karl Marx;

c. William Gladstone;

d. Charles X.

26. He was known as the “Iron” Tsar for his ruthless suppression of democratic ideas. His creation of the secret policy turned Russian into a virtual police state. He was

a. Alexander I;

b. Alexander II;

c. Alexander III;

d. Nicholas I.

27. What followed the Third Republic?

a. the Paris Commune;

b. the Second Empire;

c. the Third Empire;

d. the Franco –Prussian War.

28. The Text identifies three statesmen who “typify the new approach to the public world of power” in the 19th century. They were:

a. Churchill, Marx and Bismarck;

b. Cavour, Marx and Bismarck;

c. Louis Napoleon, Cavour, and Marx;

d. Bismarck, Louis Napoleon and Cavour.

29. In comparing the French Revolution of 1789-99, the revolutions of 1848 were

a. held in a number of countries of Europe;

b. were more violent and brought about more loss of life;

c. the most violent in Russia;

d. brought about the most change in England.

30. The founder of the Zionism movement, in its political form, was

a. Theodor Herzl

b. Sigmund Freud

c. Alfred Adler

d. Georg Schonerer.

31. Who was not at the Congress of Vienna?

a. Talleyrand

b. Louis Philippe

c. Alexander I

d. Castlereagh

32. What is true of the 1815 peace settlement commonly called the Congress of Vienna?

a. It renewed conflict by giving England part of France;

b. France was divided into many smaller regions;

c. Italy was united as a country;

d. the equilibrium made possible a century long European peace.

33. France had its revolutions bringing about reform, England had its

a. Empire;

b. Reform bills;

c. Navy;

d. Monarchy.

34-39.Place in the correct order:

34. _____ A. Charles X becomes king

35. _____ B. Louis XVIII restored to the throne of France

36. _____ C. Seven Weeks War

37. _____ D. Unification of Italy

38. _____ E. Communist Manifesto published

39. _____ F. Nicholas II becomes Tsar

40-44.Place in the correct order:

40. _____ A. Unification of Germany

41. _____ B. Greece declares independence

42. _____ C. Russo-Japanese War

43. _____ D. Congress of Vienna

44. _____ E. Revolutions of 1848

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45.- 50. Label the following personalities or groups of the period by correctly identifying their political ideology. Use the following post-French Revolutionary doctrines to label them.

A - Counter-Revolutionary

B - Liberal

C - Conservative

D - Socialist

45.______ Friedrich Engels

46.______ Edmund Burke

47.______ Charles X

48.______ Risorgimento

49.______ Charles Maurras

50.______ Alexander III