AP World History : Ethnic Identities 1750 to 1900
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Example Question #4 : Ethnic Identities
The prodigious philosopher Herbert Spencer is often remembered for his advocacy of __________.
Utopian socialism
the Zionist movement
the formation of the League of Nations
Social Darwinism
the formation of the European Union
Social Darwinism
Herbert Spencer is often remembered for his passionate belief in Social Darwinism. Social Darwinism is the belief that the biological theory of natural selection can be used to explain geopolitics and the differences between western nations and the rest of the world. It was used to reinforce the legitimacy of European imperialism in the second half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
Example Question #5 : Ethnic Identities
Most of the ruling dynasties of Persia (Iran) over the last 1000 years are of which language-group origin?
Indo-European
Slavic
Bantu
Sumerian
Turkic
Turkic
Almost all of the ruling dynasties of Persia (Iran) over the last 1000 years have been of Turkic origin. The Pahlavi dynasty, which took power in 1925, ended this long pattern.
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