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This set of Modern World History Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern World History Unit 2

Q1 | Which ethnic language and group did not play a role in the Austrian Empire?
  • Czech
  • Magyar
  • French
  • Italian
Q2 | The German Confederation:
  • did not include Austria and Prussia
  • included non-German territories in Poland and Hungary
  • was a loose organization of thirty-nine states
  • had real executive power
Q3 | Following the Napoleonic Wars, how did Prussia reform the state:
  • military officers were promoted on the basis alone
  • the royal cadet at Berlin was modernized
  • the middle classes were encouraged to take an active role in the civil service
  • All of the above
Q4 | Who followed the policy of Blood and Iron for national unification?
  • Otto von Bismarck
  • Garibaldi
  • Matternich
  • Napoleon
Q5 | According to the principles behind the Dual Monarchy:
  • Francis Joseph served as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
  • Austria – Hungary would have a common system of taxation and a common army
  • Internal and constitutional issues were separated
  • All of the above
Q6 | Which one was not included in the Balkan region?
  • Croatia
  • Bosnia Harzegovina
  • Serbia
  • Spain
Q7 | Rio de la Plata / Argentina declared its independence from the Spanish imperialcontrol in:
  • 1816
  • 1820
  • 1830
  • 1848
Q8 | When was the famous Monroe Doctrine issued?
  • 1820
  • 1823
  • 1830
  • none of the above
Q9 | ‘The Wealth of Nations’ (1776) is authored by?
  • Karl Marx
  • Adam Smith
  • Jeremy Bentham
  • Martin Luther
Q10 | Who among the following argued that the economy should be based on a ‘system ofnatural liberty’?
  • Adam Smith
  • Karl Marx
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • James Munroe
Q11 | The term nation comes from the Latin verb:
  • nasci
  • natio
  • natic
  • none of the above
Q12 | Which of the following was the most significant cultural movement in the earlynineteenth century?
  • Classicism
  • Enlightenment
  • Romanticism
  • none of the above
Q13 | Romanticism developed in the early nineteenth century as a reaction against:
  • Enlightenment
  • Scientific Revolution
  • Classicism
  • Industrial Revolution
Q14 | Which of the following was a nineteenth century system of thought and a response inlarge measure to the visible problems ushered in by industrialization?
  • Capitalism
  • Liberalism
  • Socialism
  • Federalism
Q15 | Zollverein was a:
  • Diplomatic Constitution
  • Custom Union
  • Administrative Union
  • Trade Union
Q16 | Zollverein / custom unions was:
  • a protection policy followed by Japan
  • establishment of free trade among the German states advocated by Prussia
  • a good example of industrial advancement in Britain
  • none of the above
Q17 | During the Boer War the British first insinuated:
  • firing squads
  • concentration camps
  • barbed wire
  • None of the above
Q18 | In general late nineteenth-century imperialism:
  • involved complete independent entrepreneurial activity by merchant and traders
  • was built entirely on trade in opium
  • gave rise new patterns of settlement and social discipline
  • was very little different from the imperialism of the past
Q19 | Why did the Europeans control such a small portion in Africa in the 1800s?
  • Africa had no natural resources that the Europeans needed
  • Europeans did not need new markets
  • Europeans were focused on building empires through acquisition of other European territories
  • Africa had powerful armies, rivers were hard to navigate, and Europe
Q20 | The Boxer Rebellion in 1900 was ferociously repressed by the forces of:
  • the United States
  • Britain, France and Italy
  • Japan, Russia and Germany
  • All of the above
Q21 | The building of the Suez Canal resulted from the economic and political involvementin Egypt of:
  • France and Italy
  • Russia and France
  • Britain and France
  • Britain
Q22 | In 1905, the Russian navy was defeated by:
  • Germany
  • France
  • Japan
  • Britain
Q23 | After the French made Algeria a department:
  • all French settlers were given full rights to citizenship
  • the suffrage was given to all male residents
  • and settlers began to civilize indigenous peoples
  • none of the above
Q24 | One of the richest opium-growing areas in the world located in
  • Eastern China
  • Sumatra
  • Japan
  • North East India
Q25 | In 1900 there were only three independent African nations. Two of these wereAbyssinia and Morocco. Which was the third?
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Union of South Africa
  • Egypt