Which phrase best illustrates the theory of laissez-faire capitalism?

businesses operating with little government regulation

A key idea in the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels is that workers should support the

overthrow of the capitalist system

Which statement about railroad systems in the19th and early 20th centuries is accurate?

Railroads helped promote the factory system & urbanization

The Agricultural (Industrial) Revolution in Great Britain resulted in urbanization because

displaced rural workers migrated to find jobs

Which idea is correctly paired with a document that supports it?

capitalism — Wealth of Nations

Strong nation takes over a weak nation

European nations competed for control of Africa during the second half of the 1800s because

Africa had a wealth of natural resources

A major reason the Industrial Revolution began in England was that England possessed

abundant coal and iron resources

One major reason European countries engaged in imperialism in the late 19th century was to

obtain markets for their manufactured goods

Which statement best reflects an effect of imperialism in Africa?

Natural resources were exploited to benefit European powers.

Which written work criticized the capitalist system during the Industrial Revolution?

Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

All is true about Social Darwinism EXCEPT

Darwin developed the idea in 1880

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Industrial Revolution & Imperialism

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1
Transportation during the 1800s was revolutionized by the development of the
airplane
car
diesel engine
steam engine
2
In 1800s, the writings of Marx, Engels, and Dickens focused attention on the problems faced by
industrial workers
farm laborers
investment bankers
Factory owners
3
What was NOT a result of the Second Industrial Revolution?
booming businesses and monopolies
a decline in urban population
industrialization in more parts of the world, i.e. Germany
a growing middle class
4
Which phrase best illustrates the theory of laissez-faire capitalism?
central planning committees setting prices on goods
decisions related to distribution being based on tradition
businesses operating with little government regulation
the state establishing production quotas
5
A key idea in the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels is that workers should support the
establishment of labor unions
technological changes in production methods
legislative regulation of wages and working conditions
overthrow of the capitalist system
6
Which is NOT a cause of imperialism?
the Enlightenment
natural resources
industrial revolution
spread religion
7
Which statement about railroad systems in the19th and early 20th centuries is accurate?
Railroads made transportation of goods less efficient
Imperialists rejected the use of railroads in their colonies
Railroads helped promote the factory system & urbanization
European governments opposed the development of railroads
8
The ideas of Social Darwinism and the “White Man’s Burden” were often used to justify
disarmament
appeasement
imperialism
isolationism
9
Laissez-faire practices are most closely associated with a
mixed economy
free market economy
socialist economy
command economy
10
Where did Karl Marx predict a revolution of the proletariat would occur first?
agricultural Russia
colonial Africa
independent Latin America
industrial Germany
11
Much of which area of the world came under European colonial control in the 19th century?
Africa
Southwest Asia
Latin America
Japan
12
The Agricultural (Industrial) Revolution in Great Britain resulted in urbanization because
enslaved persons replaced free laborers on farms
factory work strengthened extended families
the middle class decreased in size
displaced rural workers migrated to find jobs
13
Which idea is correctly paired with a document that supports it?
Darwinism — The Interpretation of Dreams
monotheism — The Communist Manifesto
colonialism — The Prince
capitalism — Wealth of Nations
14
Sigmund Freud became famous for his theory of
Invisible Hand
Relativity
Psychoanalysis
Natural Selection
15
A major reason the Industrial Revolution developed in Great Britain in the 1700s was because of
access to imported oil
use of collectivization
geographic features
immigration policies
16
During the 1930s, Japan’s policy of imperialism was primarily driven by
a determination to spread Zen Buddhism
revenge for the bombing of its cities
Nintendo
the need for natural resources
17
Expressionism was an art form advocating for
Increased emotion
Strict brush strokes
Functionalism
Socialist expression
18
Imperialism is
a language spoken in Imperia
commitment to traditional values and ideas
extreme love for one's country
Strong nation takes over a weak nation
19
Capitalism is to private ownership as communism is to
supply and demand
self-determination
state/government control
laissez-faire
20
European nations competed for control of Africa during the second half of the 1800s because
Europeans needed land for their excess population.
Slave labor was needed in the Americas
African nations offered religious and political freedom
Africa had a wealth of natural resources
21
During the I.R., locating factories near natural resources & transportation routes promoted
migration and urbanization
communal fields and the domestic system
annexations and unequal treaties
legislative reforms and formation of unions
22
European “Scramble for Africa” occurred in the late 1800s because Africa provided a source of
technologically innovative practices
free labor for the Americas
raw materials used in industry
religious inspiration
23
A major reason the Industrial Revolution began in England was that England possessed
funny accents
abundant coal and iron resources
numerous mountain ranges
many waterfalls
24
One major reason European countries engaged in imperialism in the late 19th century was to
obtain markets for their manufactured goods
gain a better understanding of unknown territories
ease tensions with their rivals
develop treatments for diseases
25
Which statement best reflects an effect of imperialism in Africa?
Divisions were established using tribal boundaries
Timbuktu became the center of great learning
Land was distributed equally between social classes
Natural resources were exploited to benefit European powers.
26
Classical liberalism allowed for a belief in ________ to develop
Darwinism
Communism
Imperialism
Laissez-Faire
27
Which written work criticized the capitalist system during the Industrial Revolution?
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss
“White Man’s Burden” by Rudyard Kipling
28
All is true about Social Darwinism EXCEPT
It was applied to race (eugenics)
It was applied to economics (laissez-faire)
Darwin developed the idea in 1880
It supported imperialism

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