Mercantilism was the principle that
A) the purpose of colonies is to economically benefit the mother country.
As a result of the Age of Exploration, Western European nations
C) controlled more and more international trade.
The Zulu War, the Sepoy Rebellion, and the Boxer Rebellion were all conflicts that were caused MOST directly by
B) Imperialism.
The term used to describe the willingness of Britain and France to allow Hitler to repeatedly break provisions of the Treaty of Versailles is
A) appeasement.
Although originally developed for use by the United States military, many believe the innovation that will surpass the telephone and television in global importance is the
A) Internet.
James II conflicts with Parliament, religious tensions sweep England, William of Orange invades in 1688 -- All of these events were factors in the cause of the
C) Glorious Revolution.
When World War I began, the official United States policy was
C) to remain militarily and politically neutral.
Prior to the French Revolution, which class has the most people but the least political power?
A) Third Estate
A major obstacle to German unification in the mid-1800s was
D) the division of the German people into many states.
Which of these provisions of the Treaty of Versailles was the most crucial to what President Woodrow Wilson sought in the hope that World War I would be a "war to end all wars"?
B) the establishment of the League of Nations
Montesquieu is credited with devising the basic Constitutional principle of
C) separation and balance of governmental power.
According to the concept of absolutism
D) government had absolute power and could not be disobeyed.
According to John Locke, if the government failed to protect natural rights, what did citizens have a right to do?
C) To overthrow the government and establish a new one
