World History Sem 1 Exam

Question 1

What strategy did Russia utilize against Napoleon's invasion by burning crops and destroying livestock as the retreated?

Accepted Answer

Scorched earth policy

Question 2

About what percent of France's population belonged to the First and Second Estate?

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2%

Question 3

What previous event led to the age of progress & democracy in the world?

Accepted Answer

Industrial Revolution

Question 4

Something created by a person who was not there when the event happened.

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secondary source

Question 5

Who was accused of being a traitor to France? This was a case resulting from anti-Semitism (hatred against Jews).

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Alfred Dreyfus

Question 6

An intellectual movement where thinkers tried to apply reason and scientific method to laws that shaped human actions.

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The Enlightenment

Question 7

The theory that the earth was at the center of the universe and it was immovable (did not move).

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geocentric theory

Question 8

What country did the Industrial Revolution start in?

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Britain

Question 9

How did industrialization shift the world balance of power?

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Gave rise to global inequalities between rich & poor countries.

Question 10

Who invented the electric light bulb & phonograph?

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Thomas Edison

Question 11

People's greatest loyalty should not be to a king/empire but to a nation of people who share a common culture & history.

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nationalism

Question 12

In this system, businesses are owned by individual, not society.

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capitalism

Question 13

What were some of the conditions in factories in the Industrial Revolution?

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all of the above

Question 14

Which of these is the main idea of the Scientific Revolution?

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You cannot think something true. You have to prove it.

Question 15

The Enlightenment influenced which of the following?

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American Revolution

Question 16

Idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and business.

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laissez faire

Question 17

100,000 slaves rose in revolt under the leadership of Toussaint L'Ouverture. Defeated Napoleon's troops.

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Independence of Haiti

Question 18

An item left behind or made by human beings that represent their culture.

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artifact

Question 19

What were some favorable conditions that sparked industrialization in both Britain and the United States?

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all of the above

Question 20

Which of these fought for women’s rights. Said that women should be educated like men and should do male jobs too.

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Question 21

What are the three factors of production

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Land, labor and capital

Question 22

What could be one way that art showed nationalism and national identity?

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music inspired national anthems

Question 23

What was the name of the policy that forced Russian culture on all ethic groups in the empire?

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russification

Question 24

Which of the following was an important goal of the Congress of Vienna?

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to establish a balance of power in Europe

Question 25

A cleric who reasoned that the earth and other planets actually revolved around the sun and not the earth.

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Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 26

Which of these laws allowed middle class men to vote and gave industrial cities more representation in Britain?

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Reform Bill of 1832

Question 27

Who invented the cotton gin which separated seeds from raw cotton?

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Eli Whitney

Question 28

Nation with its own independent government, it defends its territory & way of life.

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Nation state

Question 29

Women went on hunger strikes and were arrested while protesting for the right to vote.

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True

Question 30

This was a movement founded in the 1890s to promote the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

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Zionism

Question 31

This was a vote of the people which legally gave power to Napoleon as first Consul.

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Plebiscite

Question 32

What economic system and ideology did Adam Smith advocate and support?

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capitalism

Question 33

Who was the ruler of Great Britain when it reached the height of its wealth & power?

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Queen Victoria

Question 34

Why was Galileo placed under house arrest?

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His ideas went against Catholic & Protestant authority.

Question 35

What did it mean to be a dominion?

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It meant that a country was self-governing but part of the British Empire.

Question 36

Art form showing real life & conditions as it was. Also used to protest unfair social conditions.

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realism

Question 37

What is an association of workers that formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages.

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union

Question 38

What is the growth of cities and the migration of people into them?

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urbanization

Question 39

The shift in the balance of power (rich vs poor) paved the way for which of the following?

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imperialism

Question 40

This scientist explained the laws of gravity and said that attraction depends on the mass and distance between objects.

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Isaac Newton

Question 41

Which of the following is the move to machine production of goods and services. It increased the output of goods?

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industrialization

Question 42

What two groups rose up to challenge the old conservative order of Europe?

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liberals & nationalists

Question 43

The idea that America had the right to rule from coast to coast or ocean to ocean.

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manifest destiny

Question 44

Which document said "men are born and remain free and equal in rights"? Guaranteed security & resistance to oppression.

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

Question 45

What was something that reformers fought for during the Industrial Revolution?

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better wages and working conditions

Question 46

This is the idea of dividing power among the separate branches of government, so no branch would become too powerful.

Accepted Answer

separation of powers

Question 47

In what way did the locomotive (train) change the way people live?

Accepted Answer

It made travel easier and faster

World History Sem 1 Exam

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World History Sem 1 Exam

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