SS 10-2 Unit 2 Exam Review

Question 1

Why was coal very important to the success of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 2

Which of the following terms would best fit in box #3?

Accepted Answer

Resources

Question 3

Mercantilism, The Grand Exchange, and The Transatlantic Slave Trade were part of which phase of historical globalization

Accepted Answer

Phase Two (Approximately 1500 – 1775)

Question 4

The Silk Road was part of which phase of globalization?

Accepted Answer

Phase One (Approximately 1100 – 1500)

Question 5

What impact did the invention of the bicycle and the automobile in Europe have on the Congo?

Accepted Answer

It increased the need for slave labour in the Congo to harvest rubber.

Question 6

In Adam Smith’s book The Wealth of Nations the concept of profit-motivation refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The main motivation to work should be to make profit.

Question 7

Eurocentrism refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Thinking European culture is superior.

Question 8

In Adam Smith’s book The Wealth of Nations the concept of ownership of wealth refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Wealth should be privately-owned and available to everyone.

Question 9

The spinning jenny would have had which of the following effects on the cotton supply during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Increase demand

Question 10

Which term would best fit in box #2?

Accepted Answer

Slaves

Question 11

Historical globalization refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The study of globalization throughout history

Question 12

Ethnocentrism refers to which of the following definitions?

Accepted Answer

Thinking your culture is superior

Question 13

What was the name of the man who led the largest anti-slavery campaign against King Leopold II's Congo Free State?

Accepted Answer

Edmund Dene Morel

Question 14

1. In Adam Smith’s book The Wealth of Nations the concept of the invisible hand refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

An economy will naturally regulate itself.

Question 15

Imperialism refers to the practice of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The process of creating colonies and empire building.

Question 16

The above image best represents which economic system?

Accepted Answer

mercantilism

Question 17

What term would best fit box #1?

Accepted Answer

Manufactured products

Question 18

In Adam Smith’s book The Wealth of Nations the concept of Low-Government Interferencerefers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A government should never try to regulate an economy.

Question 19

Why was sugar harvested at such low prices in the Carribean coolonies during the age of mercantilism?

Accepted Answer

Slave labour to harvest sugar reduced prices.

Question 20

What was the Scramble for Africa?

Accepted Answer

The parition of Africa in the late 1800s in order to colonize it.

Question 21

Adam Smith was responsible for inventing which economic system in 1775?

Accepted Answer

capitalism

Question 22

The above cartoon would most strongly agree with which of the following statements?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism and no regulation allowed for child labour.

Question 23

The Industrial Revolution and the rise of capitalism were a part of which phase of historical globalization?

Accepted Answer

Phase Three (Approximately 1800 – 1914)

Question 24

In Adam Smith’s book The Wealth of Nations the concept of specialization refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

You should work at what you are naturally best at.

Question 25

What was the Force Publique?

Accepted Answer

King Leopold II's personal army in the Congo.

Question 26

What was the main purpose of Henry Morton Stanley mapping out the Congo?

Accepted Answer

So that he could map out its rivers for resource exploitation.

Question 27

Which of the following were methods of marginalizing the Congolese in order to make them harvest rubber?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 28

What was the main goal of the Berlin Conference in 1884?

Accepted Answer

To partition Africa between the European countries.

SS 10-2 Unit 2 Exam Review

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SS 10-2 Unit 2 Exam Review

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