Global II Midterm Review

What was the main idea of the poem "The White Man's Burden?"

• Europeans should learn from the people they conquer

• Europeans should teach their colonies to produce manufactured goods

• Europeans should "civilize" the people they controlled

• Europeans should welcome less developed countries as equals

At what event did the Scramble for Africa occur?

• Meiji Restoration

• Opium Wars

• Berlin Conference

• Boer War

The Irish Potato Famine encouraged people to

• Support free market economy

• Document the negative effects of child labor

• Minimize the impacts of agricultural innovations

• Support political and social reforms to end the famine

What was one change that occurred during the Agricultural Revolution?

• New technology increased efficiency

• Use of the open field system

• Even distribution of land to small farmers

• Breeding smaller sheep

What was one effect of the actions of wealthy landowners during the Agricultural Revolution?

• Decrease in the amount of food produced on farms

• Enclosure Acts and consolidation of small farms into large ones owned by a few farmers

• Wealthy landowners lost the money they invested in farming innovations

• Small farmers gained power in Parliament

A historian would find "The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling most useful to understand

• A point of view that opposed Kipling’s claims

• A point of view concerning imperialism supported by some Europeans

• The economic reasons the Europeans supported imperialism

• The effects of Kipling’s poem in the 20^th century

The Irish Potato Famine resulted in

• Ireland invading Britain

• Millions of Irish emigrating to the United States

• Most landlords forgiving the rent the Irish owed

• Britain agreeing to withdraw from Ireland

Which of the following events was a reason the Edict of 1635 Ordering the Closing of Japan was issued?

• War with China

• Trade with Europeans

• The Black Death

• Korean influence in Japan

What did John Locke believe about a government's relationship with its people?

• People have the right to rebel if their natural rights are denied

• The people should give up their liberty to create an orderly society

• Governments should be obeyed regardless of their actions

• Liberty can only be guaranteed in a direct democracy

Which of the following individuals most strongly influenced the ideas in the excerpt of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?

• Louis XIV

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke