World History Semester I Review

Question 1

The old stone age is also called the

Accepted Answer

Paleolithic

Question 2

Hobbes felt people were generally greedy and selfish

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TRUE

Question 3

“the greatest happiness for the greatest number” is an idea of

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Utilitarians

Question 4

This is the symbol of the French Revolution

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storming of the Bastille

Question 5

A gov't in which the people elect officials to make decisions about public affairs is called

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republic

Question 6

Revolution that changed a government with no bloodshed

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Glorious Revolution

Question 7

Why did Britain take the lead in the Industrial Revolution

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businessmen had large profits to invest

Question 8

Another name for a free market is

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Capitalism

Question 9

Thinker that focused on economic reforms

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physiocrat

Question 10

In 1215 angry barons repelled against King John by signing

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The Magna Carta

Question 11

By the end of the 1600's, England had become a

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constitutional monarchy

Question 12

The pamphlet that Karl Marx wrote

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Communist Manifesto

Question 13

How did imperialism affect the slave trade?

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it ended it

Question 14

Who controlled most of India by the mid 1800’s?

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British

Question 15

Why was Ethiopia able to maintain it’s independence

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it was modernized

Question 16

Which group benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution?

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middle class

Question 17

The Mines Act

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prohibited females from working in mines

Question 18

Why was the Berlin conference held in 1884?

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To avoid bloodshed between rival European countries

Question 19

The French Constitution was

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of the Rts of Man

Question 20

Jethro Tull was the prime minister of England

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Questions 20