World History Test

Question 1

Where were the most powerful abolitionist movements?

Answer 1

Britain and Europe

Question 2

What are 5 techniques that abolitionists used to pressure the government to take action?

Answer 2

1) pamphlets w/ descriptions of slavery
2) petitions to Parliament
3) lawsuits
4) boycotts of slave produced products
5) public meetings featuring testimonies of former slaves

Question 3

In what year did Britain end the sale of slaves within its empire?

Answer 3

1807

Question 4

In what year did Britain free all remaining slaves?

Answer 4

1834

Question 5

What did British naval vessels do during the abolition period?

Answer 5

In the Atlantic, they intercepted illegal slave ships and freed the slaves on board

Question 6

Which famous French abolitionist is known for writing the declaration of the rights of women and the female citizen?

Answer 6

Olympe de Gouges

Question 7

Who is Olympe de Gouges? What is her real name?

Answer 7

Famous playwright and abolitionist known for writing the declaration of the rights of women and the female citizen. Real name is Marle Gouze.

Question 8

Describe life before the Industrial Revolution (name six characteristics)

Answer 8

1) Most people lived in rural villages; small communities
2) Farming was a major economic sector
3) 1/3 of the babies died before 1 year old; life expectancy was 40 years old
4) Diseases were common
5) Private and public farm lands were not separated or fenced off (open field system)
6) It was easy for many families and farmers to work the land cooperatively and productively

Question 9

What was the life expectancy of people before the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 9

40 years old

Question 10

What is the open field system?

Answer 10

Farmers could plant crops on unfenced private and public lands. Britain had an open field system prior to the Industrial Revolution.

Question 11

What is the Enclosure Movement?

Answer 11

It was when law were passed in the Britain that allowed land owners to take over and fence off private and common lands.

Question 12

What was one of Great Britain’s earliest industries?

Answer 12

Wool industry

Question 13

What is the “used domestic system”?

Answer 13

Products are produced in the home by hand

Question 14

What were two advantages of the used domestic system?

Answer 14

1) Workers set own hours and could take care of domestic duties
2) Women took care of kids and cooked while making money at home

Question 15

Where did most coal field lay?

Answer 15

Under the farmland

Question 16

Name 4 agricultural innovations from the Industrial Revolution

Answer 16

1) lighter plows
2) selective animal breeding
3) crop rotation
4) higher yielding seeds

Question 17

What were three affects of the agricultural innovations?

Answer 17

1) increased output
2) lower food prices
3) less farmers needed

Question 18

Why did many farmers move to the city during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 18

Farmers lost their jobs farming due to agricultural innovations so they had to move to cities to find work.

Question 19

What kind of government did England have during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 19

Absolute Monarchy

Question 20

What did weariness of taxes lead to?

Answer 20

Monarch/leaders formed alliances with their merchant classes

Question 21

Which three natural resources became very valuable during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 21

coals, natural gas and oil

Question 22

What were the British aristocrats’ role in the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 22

They had money to invest in labor, machines, and raw materials

Question 23

What generated global exchange and innovation in Europe?

Answer 23

Europe had widespread contact with culturally diverse peoples

Question 24

What role did colonies in America play in Europe’s Industrial Revolution?

Answer 24

Colonies in America gave to Europeans

Question 25

What are two things better farming leads to?

Answer 25

Better farming --> more food --> more people

Question 26

Explain how religious toleration increased in Britain during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 26

Britain welcomed skilled workers of all faith

Question 27

What is the factory system?

Answer 27

It is an organized system of production that brings machines and workers together under control of a manager

Question 28

Who is called the father of the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 28

Samuel Slater

Question 29

Who is Samuel Slater?

Answer 29

The father of the Industrial Revolution

Question 30

Name three innovations from the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 30

1) Textiles 2) flying shuttle 3) Spinning Jenny

Question 31

What is the flying shuttle?

Answer 31

The flying shuttle was an invention that allowed for weavers to weave faster, eventually allowing for automatic machine looms

Question 32

What is the Spinning Jenny?

Answer 32

It is an invention that revolutionized cotton spinning

Question 33

What two things are Eli Whiney famous for?

Answer 33

Interchangeable parts and cotton gin (or cotton engine)

Question 34

What are interchangeable parts?

Answer 34

Parts that are identical so they are interchangeable in machines

Question 35

What is Henry Bessemer known for?

Answer 35

The Bessemer Process

Question 36

What is the Bessemer Process?

Answer 36

The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel

Question 37

Who invented the steam engine?

Answer 37

James Watt

Question 38

Who invented the steam boat?

Answer 38

Roert Fulton

Question 39

Who invented gasoline engines?

Answer 39

Gottlieb Daimler

Question 40

Who invented oil engines?

Answer 40

Rudolf Diesel

Question 41

Who invented dirigibles?

Answer 41

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Question 42

Who invented the airplane?

Answer 42

Wright Brothers

Question 43

Who invented the telegraph?

Answer 43

Samuel Morse

Question 44

Who invented the telephone?

Answer 44

Alexander Vandel

Question 45

Name 6 transportation inventions during the Industrial Revolution

Answer 45

1) steam engine 2) steam boat 3) gasoline engines 4) oil engines 5) dirigible 5) airplane

Question 46

Name 2 communication inventions during the Industrial Revolution

Answer 46

telegraph and telephone

Question 47

Describe society before the Industrial Revolution

Answer 47

Position in life was determined at birth. No social mobility

Question 48

How did the Industrial Revolution change social mobility?

Answer 48

People could make money and become famous with talent and abilities

Question 49

Which social class benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 49

The middle class

Question 50

What kind of jobs did upper class people have during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 50

1) factory and mine owners 2) bankers 3) merchants

Question 51

What kind of jobs did the middle level class have during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 51

1) smaller businessmen 2) doctors 3) lawyers 4) engineers 5) teachers 6) journalists 7) scientists 8) other professionals

Question 52

Describe the work conditions of the working class (Name 3 descriptions)

Answer 52

1) dangerous 2) monotonous 3) strict work schedules

Question 53

Why were the work conditions of the working class dangerous? (Name 4 reasons)

Answer 53

1) Accidents were common and workers had to work multiple machines as few as possible 2) 10-14 hour work days 3) Work in unventilated rooms 4) low wage

Question 54

What kinds of diseases were common among the working class? (Name 2 diseases)

Answer 54

Pneumonia and tuberculosis

Question 55

What were the living conditions of workers? (Name 4 descriptions)

Answer 55

1) Lived in overcrowded smoky cities 2) Lived in cold apartments near the factories 3) Water supplies were contaminated 4) Unsanitary (working class received few public services, such as sanitation)

Question 56

What percentage of workers were under 16?

Answer 56

18%

Question 57

What was the life of children's like? (Name three things)

Answer 57

1) Children worked 12 hour shifts and worked sometimes throughout the night 2) Often became crippled or ill from work 3) Didn't attend school

Question 58

What were the goals of the Meiji restoration? (Name two goals)

Answer 58

1) To save Japan from foreign domination | 2) Transform/modernize Japanese society by bringing western culture in

Question 59

Why did the self-strengthening program worked for Japan?

Answer 59

1) Japan was a smaller society | 2) Japan is an island so it had natural boundaries to keep it safe

Question 60

How did America influence the Japanese during industrialization?

Answer 60

The Japanese brought in America's ideas and culture

Question 61

What is social darwinism?

Answer 61

It is survival of the fittest in society

Question 62

How did religion impact South Africa?

Answer 62

Religion transformed identities for the African people

Question 63

How did African women impact Africa?

Answer 63

They took over the jobs of men

Question 64

What was it called when foreign powers decided to take Africa piece by piece?

Answer 64

Scramble for Africa

Question 65

Who was known as the "sick man of Europe"?

Answer 65

The Ottoman Empire

Question 66

What were the Tanzimat Reforms?

Answer 66

Government incorporated European powers (They were series of reforms started by the Ottoman Empire. The reforms were influenced by European ideas and were intended to start a fundamental change of the empire from the old system based on theocratic principles to that of a modern state.)

Question 67

What was the competition known as the Great Game?

Answer 67

It was the strategic economic and political rivalry and conflict between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia

Question 68

What were the reasons why the Ottoman lost their territory to other European powers? (Name four reasons)

Answer 68

1) European aggression 2) Invasion from Russia, France, and Australia 3) Nationalism 4) Independence movements

Question 69

Which three countries invaded the Ottoman empire?

Answer 69

Russia, France, and Australia

Question 70

Who were the supporters of Ottoman reform?

Answer 70

The young Turks

Question 71

Why did Chinese nationalism start?

Answer 71

Because of Chinese patriots and their leaders

Question 72

Why couldn't the Qing dynasty control people who were against them?

Answer 72

There were many people against them because they were outsiders

Question 73

What year did the Qing dynasty collapse?

Answer 73

1911

Question 74

Who controlled China after the Qing dynasty?

Answer 74

Sun Yat Sen

Question 75

What happened to Mexico from 1910 to 1920?

Answer 75

local protests and increased violence

Question 76

What group of people joined the workers and the peasants to overthrow the dictatorship in Mexico?

Answer 76

Middle class reformers

Question 77

How many people died in the Mexican revolution?

Answer 77

around 1 million

Question 78

What was the goal of people who wanted to overthrow the dictatorship?

Answer 78

Redistribute land to the peasants

Question 79

What happened in 1917 in Mexico?

Answer 79

The Mexican constitution was born.

Question 80

What was proclaimed in the Mexican constitution? Name 4 things

Answer 80

1) Redistribute land 2) Strip Catholic church of power 3) A minimum wage law 4) 8-hour work day