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The zemstvos system was designed to enhance the power of the Russian central government.

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Who was primarily responsible for the germ theory of disease?


A) Charles Darwin
B) Joseph Lister
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Friedrich Engels
E) Samuel Gross

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Bismarck was appointed prime minister by


A) Frederick III.
B) William I.
C) Frederick William II.
D) Otto V.
E) William II.

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In The Stonebreakers, ____ shocked viewers with its depiction of human misery.


A) Jean-Francois Millet
B) Gustave Courbet
C) Gustave Flaubert
D) Charles Dickens
E) William Thackeray

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Count Camillo di Cavour led the unification movement in southern Italy.

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The Danish War was fought over


A) control of the Baltic Sea.
B) Alsace-Lorraine.
C) the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.
D) Saxony and Mecklenburg.
E) Bavaria.

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The Prussians enjoyed significant technological advantages over the Austrians in the Austro-Prussian War.

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What was an important characteristic of Realist art?


A) A focus on emotion and the inner life
B) A desire to depict everyday life
C) A desire to present an ideal world
D) An emphasis on color and drama
E) A belief in the genius of the individual artist

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What were the causes and consequences of the Crimean War?

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As a consequence of its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, France had to


A) abandon Algeria.
B) give up the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.
C) demilitarize.
D) agree to an defensive alliance with Prussia.
E) give up its Asian colonies.

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Marx saw his own times as a period in which the bourgeoisie faced off against the


A) church.
B) monarchists.
C) trade unionists.
D) proletariat.
E) nobility.

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What was the historical significance of Prussian leadership during German unification?


A) It marked a new era of peaceful European interstate relations.
B) It marked the triumph of authoritarian and militaristic values over liberal and constitutional values in the new German state.
C) Austrian bureaucrats would have new opportunities to shape the political culture of the new German Empire.
D) True parliamentary democracy would triumph in the new German state.
E) It marked a new era of peace in Europe.

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What were the Russian zemstvos?


A) Radical, populist societies that supported all revolutionary causes
B) Local assemblies with limited self-governing powers
C) Agreements between peasants and landlords concerning work rules
D) The emancipation proclamations that set groups of serfs free
E) Russia's two national parliaments, one in Moscow and the other in St.Petersburg

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In Madame Bovary, ____ told the story of a woman trapped in loveless marriage.


A) Jean-Francois Millet
B) Gustave Courbet
C) Gustave Flaubert
D) Charles Dickens
E) William Thackeray

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Bismarck is best seen as a


A) realist.
B) romantic.
C) war monger.
D) classical liberal.
E) republican idealist.

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What was one of Napoleon III's great domestic projects?


A) The building of the Eiffel Tower
B) The rededication of the Cathedral of Notre Dame
C) The reconstruction of Paris with broad boulevards, public squares, and municipal utilities
D) The damming of the Seine River below Paris for flood control
E) The construction of the Maginot Line against German militarism

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Who was the romantic nationalist who challenged Cavour for control of southern Italy?


A) Matteotti
B) Mazzini
C) Garibaldi
D) Sforza
E) Cavour

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What event precipitated the end of the Second French Republic in 1851?


A) Prussia invaded and occupied France.
B) The army overthrew the Republic in a coup.
C) The legislature voluntarily disbanded.
D) A tornado tore about the government buildings.
E) The voters abolished it in a vote.

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Which scientist provided a working foundation for the use of electricity?


A) Friedrich Engels
B) Louis Pasteur
C) Michael Faraday
D) Charles Darwin
E) Charles Dickens

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What was the subject of Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man?


A) It questioned the new evolutionary theories.
B) It proposed the first theory of genetic mutations.
C) It argued for the animal origins of human beings, who had evolved by adapting to their environment over time.
D) It placed humans in the center of a rational universe.
E) It predicted the extinction of man and the rise of a new creation that would dominate nature.

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