Deck 30: Revolutions in Living

Question 1

What impact did Europeans have on African health care?

A)European diseases decimated the African population.
B)European colonists neglected African health care in order to weaken the population.
C)Although they claimed to improve it, colonialism often worsened health care.
D)African health care improved across the board due to European intervention.
E)European universities gave free scholarships to Africans wishing to study medicine.

Answer 1

Although they claimed to improve it, colonialism often worsened health care.

Question 2

What British action in 1911 had raised political consciousness in India?

A)partitioning of Pakistan
B)transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi
C)appointment of a Muslim prince to the position of Vice-Roy
D)granting the right to vote to Hindus but not Muslims
E)British punishment of traditional honor killings

Answer 2

transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi

Question 3

Gandhi protested British violence and policies by being arrested and threatening to

A)fight.
B)fast.
C)leave India.
D)write newspaper ads.
E)None of these are correct.

Answer 3

fast.

Question 4

Among the many languages of India, the educated middle class communicated in

A)Urdu.
B)Tamil.
C)Hindi.
D)Sanskrit.
E)English.

Question 5

Christian religions proved attractive in some parts of Africa because

A)they did not disrupt African culture.
B)Africans were willing to abandon Islam.
C)they established mission schools that taught skills and literacy.
D)they could be adapted to African needs.
E)missionaries gave fifty pounds sterling to new converts.

Question 6

World War II was most important for African independence movements because

A)the German colonies were destroyed during the war.
B)many Africans served in Allied armies and returned with radical new ideas.
C)Africans listened closely to German propaganda.
D)Africans liberated their countries during the war.
E)colonialism was exposed as a corrupt practice.

Question 7

Which Senegalese leader agitated for African participation in politics and fair treatment in the French army?

A)Blaise Diagne
B)Marcus Garvey
C)J. E. Casely Hayford
D)Haile Selassie
E)W. E. B. Du Bois

Question 8

In Africa, Christianity was introduced everywhere except , where it was indigenous.

A)South Africa
B)Ethiopia
C)the Sahel
D)Senegal
E)Congo

Question 9

Inspired by both Hindu and Christian ideals, Gandhi embraced nonviolence (ahimsa)and satyagraha, which means

A)enlightened voting.
B)democratic reforms.
C)the search for the truth.
D)the vote for women.
E)civil disobedience.

Question 10

The African National Congress was founded in

A)1865.
B)1901.
C)1912.
D)1929.
E)1945.

Question 11

The massacre of peaceful protestors by British troops in what city helped end the period of gradual accommodation between the British and the Indians?

A)Delhi
B)Amristar
C)Jamshedpur
D)Kashmir
E)Bombay

Question 12

What group was formed by those fearful of Hindu dominance in India?

A)Indian National Congress
B)Young Turks
C)Islamic National League
D)International League of Peace and Freedom
E)All-India Muslim League

Question 13

A notable example in the overthrow of colonialism in Africa was Haile Salassie's victory over

A)France.
B)Britain.
C)Belgium.
D)Italy.
E)Germany.

Question 14

Who constituted the majority of the Indian Civil Service?

A)western educated Hindus
B)men from the English gentry
C)an equal mix of Hindu and Muslim appointees
D)Maharajahs
E)None of these are correct.

Question 15

Despite Muslim clerical disapproval, Iranian ruler Naser el-Din Shah was known as an avid photographer.

Question 16

Who opened India's first steel mill in 1911?

A)Lord Curzon
B)Pramatha Nath Bose
C)Jamsetji Tata
D)Dorabji Tata
E)Reginald Dyer

Question 17

Indian nationalists during World War I supported Britain enthusiastically and

A)wished to remain a colony forever.
B)rebelled against German institutions in India.
C)sent aid to help support Germany.
D)expected that India would be granted political concessions.
E)received independence immediately as a result.

Question 18

Mohandas Gandhi was known to his followers as Mahatma, or

A)"the great soul."
B)"blessed one."
C)"fearless leader."
D)"the path to freedom."
E)"the leader."

Question 19

The first radio station in Japan was built in 1925, and by 1941 there were fifty stations scattered throughout the country.

Question 20

Significant internal conflict was found in India among which two groups?

A)Bengalis and Mughals
B)Hindus and Muslims
C)Calcuttese and Delhians
D)Shudra and Brahmin castes
E)Tamir and Pakistani

Question 21

By 1900, in Asia and the Indian Ocean basin, which form of transportation was the equivalent of the streetcar of Europe and America?

A)rickshaw
B)motorcycle
C)canoe
D)horse
E)None of these are correct.

Question 22

When Indians revolted against colonial authorities at the beginning of World War II, the British government

A)offered India its independence after the war.
B)used troops to repress the revolts.
C)closed the Indian National Congress.
D)arrested thousands of demonstrators.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 23

The mass encampments of the poor in Brazil were called

A)barrios.
B)shantytowns.
C)favelas.
D)"proletariat plantations."
E)"Vargas-ville."

Question 24

What event turned Pakistan and India into bitter enemies in the twentieth century?

A)Expulsion of Hindus from Bengal
B)India's annexation of Kashmir
C)The assassination of Gandhi
D)The formation of the All-India Muslim League
E)Pakistan sided with Japan during World War II.

Question 25

The British finally recognized Indian independence in 1947 with

A)a partitioning of the subcontinent into speakers of Urdu and Tamil.
B)a partitioning of India into Pakistan and India.
C)separation of Kashmir from Mongolia.
D)the British maintaining favored-nation status for cotton and tea exports.
E)Gandhi elected as president.

Question 26

Both Argentina and Brazil had

A)large, docile middle classes.
B)a small but outspoken middle class.
C)no middle class.
D)a classless society.
E)a feudal aristocracy.

Question 27

Who was Gandhi's designated successor as leader of the Indian National Congress?

A)Jamsetji Tata
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
D)Indira Gandhi
E)Pramatha Nath Bose

Question 28

Before the twentieth century, what was the only nation in which women had the right to vote?

A)Norway
B)United States
C)Austria
D)New Zealand
E)Germany

Question 29

During the 1920s, the British in India

A)repressed any attempts at Indian nationalism.
B)made concessions only within the Indian Civil Service.
C)began to withdraw military support.
D)slowly and reluctantly gave Indians control over "national areas" such as education and the economy.
E)brought jazz and "bath tub" gin into popularity.

Question 30

After staging his second coup in Brazil in 1938, Vargas firmly established

A)"demand side" economics.
B)"supply side" economics.
C)the "New State."
D)mercantilism.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 31

One of Gandhi's significant public relations gestures was

A)to give up his western attire.
B)to sit cross-legged on the floor with the "untouchables."
C)making a long walk to the beach to collect salt in protest of the British monopoly.
D)setting fire to British textile factories to promote traditional handcrafted spinning.
E)building an adobe wall through Bengal territory.

Question 32

The Depression of 1929

A)had far less impact on Argentina and Brazil than it had on Europe or the United States.
B)was not the turning point that the First and Second World Wars were.
C)caused Argentina and Brazil to veer toward authoritarian regimes.
D)impacted Argentina but had almost no effect on Brazil.
E)caused economic devastation that has still not been reversed.

Question 33

Argentina's government represented the interests of wealthy landowners and exporters, which was called

A)pampas .
B)oligarqui .
C)Peronistas.
D)favelas .
E)descamisados .

Question 34

After World War I, radio communication in Latin America was controlled by a cartel of which country(ies)?

A)The United States
B)Britain
C)France
D)German
E)All of these are correct.

Question 35

Who was chiefly responsible for Juan Perón's popularity with urban workers?

A)Jose Uriburu
B)Eva Duarte Perón
C)Juan Perón
D)Getulio Vargas
E)All of these are correct.

Question 36

Who projected the first motion picture in 1895?

A)Auguste and Louis Lumiere
B)Wilbur and Orville Wright
C)John and Sebastian Bach
D)Max and Maxine Planck
E)None of the above

Question 37

A major consequence of the industrialization of Brazil was

A)invasion by the United States.
B)overproduction of goods.
C)price inflation.
D)deforestation.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 38

Which of the following happened most recently?

A)Rickshaw invented
B)Wright brothers' first flight
C)First feature-length movie in India
D)Empire State Building opens
E)First U.S. birth control clinic

Question 39

Who implemented the reforms promised by the Mexican Constitution of 1917?

A)Pancho Villa
B)Alvaro Obregon
C)Plutarco Elias Calles
D)Lazaro Cardenas
E)None of these are correct.

Question 40

In the 1920s, women's lives

A)hardly changed at all.
B)changed more than ever before.
C)changed, but only for the better.
D)changed, but only in negative ways.
E)became shorter than any other time period.

Question 41

Describe how developments in the hard and social sciences both enhanced and undermined conventional Western morality and self-esteem.

Question 42

Which of the following transformed the landscape of western Europe and North America more than any other development?

A)the automobile
B)irrigation projects
C)the telegraph
D)street lights
E)new factories

Question 43

Instructions: Answer the following question(s).
Africa's only cinematic presence prior to World War II was .

Question 44

Instructions: Answer the following question(s).
Describe the period of "classic colonialism" in Africa before World War II. What changes did European rule bring to Africa?

Question 45

Describe both Mohandas Gandhi's role in the Indian independence movement and the direction of that movement after World War I.

Question 46

Describe and discuss the world economy and the world wars as they affected the internal political situation in Brazil and Argentina.

Question 47

What gave the Mexican Revolution a second wind, and what were the consequences?

Question 48

What was the only sub-Saharan African city in 1900 with more than 100,000 inhabitants?

Question 49

Which famous French sociologist said, "There are no religions that are false. All are true in their own fashion."

A)Sigmund Freud
B)Max Planck
C)Theodore Herzl
D)Amelia Earhart
E)Emile Durkheim

Question 50

Describe the movement for independence in India prior to the rise of Mohandas Gandhi.

Question 51

Who took control of Brazil in a 1930 coup?

Question 52

Instructions: Answer the following question(s).
Discuss the factors that led to the growth of movements for African independence.

Question 53

What factors led to factions in India becoming resentful of British hegemony? What major characteristic of India hindered nationalism?

Question 54

The new social sciences in the 1920s were unsettling because they

A)supported notions of Western superiority.
B)seemed to reward bourgeois values.
C)invariably led to communism.
D)challenged Victorian morality.
E)caused the Great Depression.

Question 55

Ruling princes in India who owned huge tracks of land were called the .