Unit 5 Test Review

Question 1

Act that required colonists to purchase a costly stamp for all printed materials resulting in a boycott of British goods

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 2

The Declaration of Independence was important because:

Accepted Answer

It established the USA as its own UNIFIED country

Question 3

Why did so many countries declare war on France during the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

They were worried the Revolution would spread to their own countries

Question 4

A _______________ is when a person or business selling or providing a service has no competition in the market.

Accepted Answer

monopoly

Question 5

A group that represents the interests of workers and tries to improve their working conditions is a ______________.

Accepted Answer

trade union

Question 6

Which is NOT one of the three causes of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Wealthier lower class

Question 7

Why did the Industrial Revolution start in Britain?

Accepted Answer

it had all of the factors of production

Question 8

___________ were centralized places where workers would come together to produce goods on a large scale.

Accepted Answer

factories

Question 9

Which is NOT a reason Americans were able to beat the British?

Accepted Answer

American army was better trained and equipped

Question 10

Steam for the steam engine was created by burning ___________, resulting in pollution.

Accepted Answer

coal

Question 11

What is the message of this cartoon?

Accepted Answer

the colonies must unite together to have a chance against the British

Question 12

The intolerable acts did all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

put a high tax on tea

Question 13

The phrase that best summarizes the reason why the Colonists were so upset with the British is:

Accepted Answer

No taxation without representation

Question 14

The desire for people with the same history, customs, and culture to govern themselves is:

Accepted Answer

Nationalism

Question 15

Louis XVI was unpopular because

Accepted Answer

all of these are correct

Question 16

The Peasants represented the largest number of people in France but also had the least amount of wealth and power.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What is a boycott?

Accepted Answer

to protest something by not buying/using it

Question 18

The factors of production are:

Accepted Answer

Land, Labor, Capital

Question 19

The use of interchangeable parts, the factory system, and the assembly line all made ________________ possible.

Accepted Answer

mass production

Question 20

A __________ is a business owned by shareholders, who buy stock in a company

Accepted Answer

corporation

Question 21

Nationalism is:

Accepted Answer

thinking your country and people are better than everyone else

Question 22

Historically, Nationalism led to many ______________ movements in Europe.

Accepted Answer

Unification

Question 23

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen said that all French citizens were ________ under the law.

Accepted Answer

equal

Question 24

Which of these was NOT a factor that led the French people to revolt?

Accepted Answer

people wanted a return to absolute monarchy

Question 25

System of Govt. where powers are shared between Federal and state:

Accepted Answer

Federalism

Question 26

This form of government in France featured a 5-man committee that controlled that government:

Accepted Answer

The Directory

Question 27

Which of these was NOT an EFFECT of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

population boom

Question 28

_______ made factories more efficient by giving specific tasks to workers & moving items down a conveyor belt.

Accepted Answer

The assembly line

Question 29

The Clergy are:

Accepted Answer

Church officials

Question 30

How did the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Large British war debt led to heavy taxes on the colonists

Question 31

Why were corporations good for building factories?

Accepted Answer

since they sold stock, it was easy to raise capital

Question 32

Robespierre led the __________, which carried out executions during the Reign of Terror

Accepted Answer

Committee for Public Safety

Question 33

The enclosure movement was important because:

Accepted Answer

it made farming more efficient and caused urbanization

Question 34

What happened on July 14, 1789

Accepted Answer

storming of the Bastille

Question 35

Radical group that carried out the Reign of Terror during French Republic

Accepted Answer

The Jacobins

Question 36

The Industrial Revolution started in _______________

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 37

Choose the best definition for: bourgeoisie

Accepted Answer

middle class

Question 38

The practice of moving different crops between fields after every harvest to maximize nutrients was called:

Accepted Answer

crop rotation

Question 39

Created by James Watt, this technology powered the Industrial Revolution:

Accepted Answer

steam engine

Question 40

When wealthy farmers in Britain bought up smaller farms to combine them into larger fenced-off farms:

Accepted Answer

enclosure movement

Question 41

How did the American Revolution change how colonists thought about themselves?

Accepted Answer

They started to view themselves as Americans

Question 42

A corporation is a company that sells __________, or public ownership of the company to investors

Accepted Answer

stock

Question 43

This term is used to refer to someone who is afraid of technology or progress:

Accepted Answer

Luddite

Question 44

The bladed machine designed to humanely and efficiently execute "traitors" was the:

Accepted Answer

guillotine

Question 45

Two countries that were unified because of Nationalist movements were:

Accepted Answer

Italy and Germany

Question 46

A person who worked to bring attention to and solve problems in the society of the Gilded Age was called a __________.

Accepted Answer

muckraker

Question 47

The meeting of delegates from the different colonies was called the:

Accepted Answer

Continental Congress

Question 48

Ned Ludd and his followers did what?

Accepted Answer

destroyed factory machinery out of fear

Question 49

In a cottage industry, goods are produced in ___________, on a ___________ scale.

Accepted Answer

homes, small

Question 50

_____________ was important because it created a connected network for shipping goods & people quickly all over Britain.

Accepted Answer

The railroad

Unit 5 Test Review

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Unit 5 Test Review

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