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The only country to allow women to vote before 1900 was
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New Zealand
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Most British protestants were against the idea of home rule in
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Ireland
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The people known as the Maori are
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The original people who settled in New Zealand
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The British colony originally set up as a penal colony was
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Austrailia
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The great famine was a time of great starvation in Ireland caused by bacteria that destroyed...
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Potato crops
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Americans used the term " manifest destiny" to justify
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Expanding further into the west.
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After the Gadsen Purchase the United States
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Reached its current boundary lines.
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In 1836, Texas fought for its independence from
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Mexico
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Who developed the theory of evolution
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Charles Darwin
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Who made use of the assembly line to make his factory highly efficient
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Henry Ford
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Who invented the first practical electric light bulb?
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Thomas Edison
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Who invented the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Who invented the first radio?
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Guglielmo Marconi
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What was the rise of Zionism about?
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Jews who wanted to return to their homeland in Jerusalem
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What was Alfred Dreyfus accused of in the Dreyfus affair?
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Selling Military
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Why did Great Britain establish a penal colony in Australia?
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To relieve over crowding in English oprisons
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To which country did the most Irish emigrants go during the Great Famine?
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The United States
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Who was the American inventor and industrialist who made factory production more efficient...
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Henry Ford
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What did the emancipation proclamation do?
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Declared all slaves in the south as free
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What is the theory of evolution based on?
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Natural Selection
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After the reform act of 1832 in Great Britain, who was now allowed to vote?
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Owners of large property
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Which two lands did captain cook claim for Great Britain in 1770?
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Austrailia and New Zealand
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Which of the following voting reforms occurred in New Zealand?
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Woman Suffrage
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Why was the work of Louis Pasteur important in the history of Medicine?
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He found that bacteria caused diseases
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Which of the following was true of women's fight for suffrage?
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Some women participated in hunger strikes
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What does the phrase manifest destiny mean?
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B. The american people had the right and duty to rule North America from coast to coast.
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TF? Belgian settlers in south Africa were known as Boers.
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F
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TF? Racism is the name for the belief that one race is superior to others.
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T
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TF? The major source of wealth in Africa was the continents agricultural resources.
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F
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Which country most often used the policy of direct control in their colonies.
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France
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How did Menelik II differ from other 19- century African leaders?
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He managed to maintain his nations independance
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Which of the following lost the Crimean War?
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Russia
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The term Raj is used to refer to the period of Indian history during which India was
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dominated by Britain
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The Sepoys were?
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Indian Soldiers
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All of the following were causes of the Sepoy mutiny EXCEPT
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starvation
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Queen Liliuokalani was the last monarch of
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Hawaii
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Which of the following was modernized by King Mongkut?
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Siam
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As a direct result of the Spanish-American war, the United States acquired all EXCEPT...
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Hawaii
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Where did the British Empire control an entire continent?
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Austrailia
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Which continent had the greatest number of British colonies/.
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Africa
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On which continent had the smallest land area?
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South America
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What was the approximate distance between Britain and its North American colony?
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2,800
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Approximately how many degrees east of Britain was Austrailia?
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80
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Why was India called the " Jewel in the Crown"?
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It was the most valuable of all of Britain's colonies
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How did Menelik II keep the European powers out of Ethiopia?
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He played European powers against each other and built a modern army
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What was the main reason for the Crimean War?
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Russia wanted to gain access to a warm-water port
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What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
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Europeans divided Africa into colonies added on claiming the land and controlling it
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Why did Britain take control of the Suez Canal?
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Egypt could not pay its foreign debt to Britain
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What happened as a result of the Sepoy Mutiny?
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The British governement took direct control of India
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Why did the European powers want lands in the Pacific Rim?
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Because of their natural resources and strategic location to trading ports
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