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The Story of the World

TEST BOOK AND ANSWER KEY

Volume 4: The Modern Age

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The Story of the World

Chapter 1 Test: Britains Empire

A. Sequencing. Number the events in the correct order using 1 for the event that happened first, 6 for the event that happened last, and so on.

{........} Indian soldiers rebelled against the East India Company and took control of Delhi.

{........} English merchants joined together into a group called the East India Company and built trading posts along the Indian coast.

{........} The British government removed the emperor of India and made India a British colony.

{........} The governor of Bengal assembled an army and tried to force the English to leave Calcutta.

{........} The East India Company began using a new kind of rifle known as the Enfield rifle.

{........} The East India Company took control of the government of Bengal.

B. Fill in the blanks.

. The {................} was built to house all of the exhibits at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations.

. This building was unusual because it was made of {................}.

. {................} was the queen of Great Britain during the Great Exhibition.

. The native Indian soldiers who worked for the East India Company were known as {................}.

. {................} was the last emperor of India.

. After the British took control of India, the {................} of India became the head official who helped the Queen and Parliament rule India.

C. Short Answer. Answer each question using a complete sentence.

. Why were the people of London worried about the special building that housed the exhibits at the Great Exhibition?

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. What was the real reason for the Great Exhibition?

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. Where did Great Britain have colonies? Name at least four places.

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. Why did Indian soldiers not want to serve on British ships?

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. What happened to the last emperor of India?

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D. Essay. Answer the following question in paragraph form.

. Why did the Enfield rifle cause such a problem in India?

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The Story of the World

Chapter 2 Test: West Against East

A. Sequencing. Number the events in the correct order using 1 for the event that happened first, 6 for the event that happened last, and so on.

{........} Russian and French Christians argued about who should protect the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

{........} The British and the French joined together to push back the Russians.

{........} The ruler of Turkey gave several Christian countries permission to take care of different holy places in Palestine.

{........} Hundreds of British soldiers were killed at the Battle of Balaklava.

{........} The Russian army invaded the northern part of the Turkish Empire.

{........} Alexander, the czars son, fired the chief general of the Russian army because he made so many horrible mistakes.

B. Fill in the blanks.

. The {................} family ruled Japan for over 200 years.

. In 1853, Commodore {................} sailed into Edo Bay with four huge warships.

. He had been sent to Japan by President {................} of the United States.

. The Commodore was finally taken to see {................}, the governor of a nearby Japanese town.

. When the Crimean War began, {................} was the czar of Russia.

. The French and British hoped to capture the Russian city of {................}.

. A peace treaty called the {................} ended the Crimean War.

C. Short Answer. Answer each question using a complete sentence.

. In the mid-nineteenth century, who had all of the power in Japan?

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