Which of the following statements is true about the world at the end of the twentieth century?

International contracts accelerated b/c transport. & commun.

2nd Industrial Revolution (1850s-1900) was associated with the mass production of?

Electricity, steel, and chemicals

How did the cotton gin impact the Industrial Revolution?

Separate seeds from raw cotton lowering costs.

What was the goal of Impressionist art?

capture the effects of light and color on the eye.

Which of the following best describes how 19th century European ind. affected women’s lives?

Married women found it difficult to balance work and family.

The photograph above best supports what generalization about the women's suffrage movement?

Suffrage movement found its support among middle class women

Which of the following is NOT true of gunpowder?

Appearance of gunpowder led to immediate Western domination.

Urbanization had the greatest impact on

the poor, who came to the city from areas for work.

The North and South American independence movements (1700-1800s) shared which of the following?

Revolutionary demands based on Enlightenment political ideas

Canals declined in importance after which invention?

the steam locomotive was invented.

Historians argue that the 1900s marks a break in WH for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Low-wage laborers migrated from continent to continent.

How did industry in London affect population growth between 1750 and 1900?

Factory jobs increased brought about mass urbanization

What was a lasting political effect of the Enlightenment?

belief that citizens should have representation in govern.

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WH Review Units 7-8

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1
"In place of the bourgeois society, with its classes and class antagonisms" Who was the author?
David Ricardo
Jeremy Bentham
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
2
Which of the following statements is true about the world at the end of the twentieth century?
Balance of power shifted as West no longer had an advantage.
International contracts accelerated b/c transport. & commun.
Standard of living in least developed countries increased.
World religions declined as science & secularism intensified
3
2nd Industrial Revolution (1850s-1900) was associated with the mass production of?
Electricity, steel, and chemicals
Airplanes, ships, and radios
Textiles, iron, and coal
Textiles, automobiles, and plastics
4
In the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith proposes that the government should
carefully regulate business.
protect workers
not interfere in business.
leave business alone, except for enacting tariffs.
5
What does this picture illustrate?
Nationalism
Imperialism
Alliances
Urbanization
6
How did the cotton gin impact the Industrial Revolution?
Spinning thread lowering costs.
Separate seeds from raw cotton lowering costs.
Remove insects from raw cotton raising costs.
Weave thread into cloth raising costs.
7
What was the goal of Impressionist art?
glorify the natural world.
depict the realities of city architecture.
romanticize the medieval past
capture the effects of light and color on the eye.
8
Which of the following best describes how 19th century European ind. affected women’s lives?
Women came to dominate the agricultural workforce.
Married women found it difficult to balance work and family.
social welfare legislation allowed women to earn degrees.
By the end of the century, women gained the right to vote.
9
The photograph above best supports what generalization about the women's suffrage movement?
Suffrage movement found its support among middle class women
The struggle for women to win the vote took many years.
Most men were opposed to giving women the right to vote.
Women's suffrage leaders also supported temperance movement.
10
Which of the following is NOT true of gunpowder?
Appearance of gunpowder led to immediate Western domination.
African states boosted power by acquiring guns (1600-1700s)
It is generally considered to have been invented in China.
Ottoman Empire & Mughal India used gun-powder (1500s-1600s).
11
Which industry was the steam engine first used?
the textile industry.
education.
communication.
agriculture.
12
Urbanization had the greatest impact on
the bourgeoisie, who developed a professional class.
the factory owner, who came to the cities for businesses.
the elite, who came 2 cities 2 attend fashionable events.
the poor, who came to the city from areas for work.
13
The North and South American independence movements (1700-1800s) shared which of the following?
Political instability caused by warfare among the new states
Industrial economies that permitted both areas to break free
Revolutionary demands based on Enlightenment political ideas
Reliance on Christianity to define revolutionary demands
14
Canals declined in importance after which invention?
the steam locomotive was invented.
the price of coal rose dramatically.
the textile industry was industrialized.
private toll roads opened across England.
15
Historians argue that the 1900s marks a break in WH for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
Oil use changed the relationship of humans to environment.
Low-wage laborers migrated from continent to continent.
The pop. of the world increased from 1.6-6.1 billion people.
Communists established powerful states in Russia and China.
16
How did industry in London affect population growth between 1750 and 1900?
Better nutrition sparked population growth and longer lives.
Poor living conditions led many to return to their farms.
Factory jobs increased brought about mass urbanization
Improved transportation resulted in more people in cities.
17
What was a lasting political effect of the Enlightenment?
established monarchs as head of the Church in all countries.
reinforced the power of monarchies.
belief that citizens should have representation in govern.
placed an emphasis on diplomacy instead of violence.
18
During the Industrial Revolution, women typically earned
nothing, as their service was “tenure to the owner."
1/3 to 1/2 as much as men
twice what men made
as much as men
19
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany dismissing in this picture that helped unify Germany?
Bismark
Hitler
Frederik the Great
Merkel
20
Nationalism was the driving force in unifying what country in the 19th century
England
Germany
Kenya
Austria

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