RHS 117

Spring, 2002

Second Exam

D. C. Ellison, Instructor

Instructions: Use a pen. Place a complete heading on this sheet.

1. During the great African diaspora, approximately how many African slaves were sent across the Atlantic to the New World?

2. During the great African diaspora, approximately how many African slaves were sent east into the Arabic and Indian worlds?

3. Prior to the introduction of either the European or Arab slave trade, slavery existed in Africa. If the case of the Asante kingdom is valid, what was the primary purpose of slavery in Africa during this period?

4. The Spanish developed a complicated system during the slave trade in which a healthy adult male slave was called an "-------------------------" while children and women were valued at fractions of that standard of value.

5. - 6. Two identifying characteristics of a Conservative are:

7. According to Thomas Hobbes, government exists primarily to accomplish what funtion?

8. According to John Locke, government exists primarily to accomplish what additional function?

9. What is meant by the term "organic change?"

10. Who was the Puritan dictator who ruled England after the overthrow of the monarchy in the middle of the 17th century?

11. One characteristic of the conditions under which civil or social revolutions in the modern world occur is:

12. A second characteristic of the conditions under which civil or social revolutions in the modern world occur is:

13. A third characteristic of the conditions under which civil or social revolutions in the modern world occur is:

14. What was the first revolutionary act during the course of the French Revolution?

15. Who was Robespierre, a figure associated with the French Revolution. (i.e., what did he stand for)?

16. The political objectives during the early phase of the French Revolution were expressed in a famous document known as:

17. A device introduced during the French Revolution as a "more humane" method of administring capital punishment was the:

18. According to W.W. Rostow, what is the relationship between Industrialization and Revolution?

19. According to W.W. Rostow, when did the "take-off" occur in the USA?

20. What was one issue which separated the industrializing North from the Agricultural South in the USA during the first half of the 19th century?

21. What was a second issue which separated the industrializing North from the Agricultural South in the USA during the first half of the 19th century?

22. What was a third issue which separated the industrializing North from the Agricultural South in the USA during the first half of the 19th century?

23. Who were the American abolitionists? i.e., what was their specific platform?

24. How did they attempt to advance that platform

25. An industrial revolution hinges upon a central principle or economic rule called the

26. One plausible reason why the Industrial Revolution occured first in Great Britain was

27. The Scottish philosopher who was the first to explain the principles of economic growth in his text "Wealth of Nations" was

28. The earliest protestors against the Industrial Revolution in England were known as the

29. The Scottish artisan who devised a steam engine used for industrial production was:

30. The revolutionary era in European history drew to a close in the year

31. The most forceful advocate of "Scientific Socialism" in Europe by the middle of the 19th century was

32. The belief and advocacy that socialism could be achieved by peaceful means through the good will inherent in people in the 19th century is known as:

33. The great advance in the theory of evolutionary biology in the mid-19th century is associated with the person of

34. If an undeveloped nation were to undertake a policy of industrialization, the first industry reflecting this policy would most likely be the

35. The Viennese physician who developed the first theories of the workings of the human unconscious at the close of the 19th century was:

36. One prominent theory set forth in your text for the lack of industrial development in many countries today is called the:

37. A second prominent theory set forth in your text for the lack of industrial development in many countries today is called the:

38. The name of a significant contributor to a technological innovation which resulted in the conversion of coal to coke in England was

39. The greatest defeat to a European power's imperialist ambitions to that date, was inflicted upon the British in S. Africa in 1879 by the

40. The Ottoman Empire began adopting Western oriented reforms and ndustrial advances between 1839 and 1876 known as the_______________reforms.

41. In 1869, the expansion of European trade with the Far East was greatly facilitiated by the completion of this canal:

42. The _________War broke out between China and various powers organized by Great Britain in 1839 known as the

43. This defeat and the subsequent defeat of Imperial Chinese forces resulted in a series of treaties that initiated the "Opening of China" known as the

44. The _____________rebellion in China, aimed, in part, at eliminating Western imperialism in 1899.

45. "Extraterriroriality," imposed upon China by the treaties in 43 above can be defined as follows:

46. The Japanese response to Western Imperialism resulted in the famous change of direction in 1868 known as the _______________Revolution.

47. Japan went to war against China in 1895 in order to

48. The US initiated war against Spain in 1898 in order to

49. Aside from Japan, which country outside of Western Europe/N. American most successfully adjusted to Industrialization?

50. The geographical continent least impacted by industrialism at the close of the 19th century was