Jewish and Christian beliefs differ from the Greco-Roman tradition in matters concerning the importance of:

A. the role of law.
B. individual morality.
C. belief in one God.
D. the family unit.

The English philosopher John Locke argued that life, liberty, and property are

A. natural rights that should be protected by government.
B. political rights to be granted as determined by law.
C. economic rights earned in a capitalistic system. D. soc

Louis Pasteur’s research into germ theory in the nineteenth century is significant because it

A. created safety standards for machine workers.
B. led to techniques that increase crop production. C. identified the importance of vitamins to nutrition. D.

In the late nineteenth century, the British commonly referred to the Suez Canal in Egypt as the “Lifeline of the Empire” because it:

A. held large deposits of coal needed by British industries.
B. provided a strategic shipping route to British colonies

One major reason for the tension between France and Germany before World War I was that:

A. France had begun to surpass Germany in industrial output.
B. Germany wanted to join the Triple Entente with Great Britain.
C. Germany controlled French access

Which of the following is a concept from classical Athens that is central to Western political thought today?

A. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens.
B. Representative Democracy
C. Plato
D. Pottery

Both the United States Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man emphasized the idea that governments must:

A. guarantee economic prosperity.
B. protect the rights of people.
C. support established religious beliefs.

The American Civil War decreased Europe’s supply of cotton from the American South. What did the Europeans do to maintain the flow of this natural resource for their textile industries?

A. European factory owners agreed to pay a higher price for American

In 1900, anti-foreign sentiment in China led to an uprising known as the

A. Nian Rebellion.
B. Boxer Rebellion.
C. Taiping Rebellion.
D. Sepoy Rebellion.

According to some historians, Europe’s system of alliances prior to 1914 increased the likelihood that

A. democratic ideals would spread throughout the continent.
B. nations would be protected from economic exploitation.
C. colonization of undeveloped

Which river did modern-day Egypt begin around?

How did the Magna Carta (1215) contribute to the development of the English government?
A. It created a two-house parliament.
B. It extended voting rights.
C. It provided for a bill of rights.
D. It limited the power of the monarch.

In the nineteenth century, labor unions developed mostly in response to:

A. increasing unemployment.
B. government ownership of businesses.
C. wages and working conditions.
D. racial and gender discrimination.

The agricultural changes which took place in England during the 1600s contributed to England’s later industrial development by

A. strengthening the importance of the family farm. B. breaking large estates into smaller farms.
C. encouraging city dwellers

A major goal of France and Great Britain at the Conference of Versailles following World War I was to

A. create a politically unified Europe.
B. keep Germany from rebuilding its military forces. C. restore pre-war imperial governments to power. D. help

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a civilization?

A. Cities
B. Art
C. Religion
D. Machinery

When a country’s constitution requires the branches of government to remain independent of each other, it is adhering to the constitutional principle of

A. popular sovereignty.
B. separation of powers.
C. federalism.
D. direct democracy

To increase production output during the Industrial Revolution, businesses primarily invested in

A. workers’ wages.
B. machinery.
C. training.
D. marketing.

Economically, what enabled Japan to become a colonial power after 1894?

A. Agricultural advances increased the population and forced Japan to look for new land.
B. Japanese trade wars against the United States removed regional competition for colonies.

After the invasion of ____________, Great Britain and France could no longer tolerate Hitler and, thus, declared war on Germany.

What Roman Emperor was stabbed and killed by a group of senators on the Ides of March?

What French monarch drained France's money supply by building a luxurious castle in Versailles?

What was the invention called that spun cotton into thread?

Why didn't the Europeans take over africa BEFORE the 1880s?

On D-Day the Allies launched a mammoth invasion across _____________.