AP European History Period 3

Which of the following was the key aim of the British Corn Laws in the early 1800s?

• export grain at cheaper prices to France.

• improve the quality of British grain.

• protect the interests of British grain producers from foreign imports.

• set up a free-trade zone among farmers in western Europe.

Industrialization in the textile industry resulted in

• better paying jobs

• the establishment of factories

• improved working conditions

• more reliance on silk from China

In which of the following ways did Britain's colonial empire contribute to the country's industrialization?

• Industrial technology was shared with the colonies, thus improving the empire's overall industrial output.

• Colonial laborers worked for much cheaper wages than unionized British workers.

• The colonies provided a growing market for British manufactured goods.

• British companies established factories in the colonies that produced inexpensive goods.

Which of the following was NOT a factor that contributed to Britain's Industrial Revolution?

• extensive colonial possessions

• agricultural innovations that led to more food production

• extensive and diverse supply of natural resources

• an effective central bank and well-developed credit markers

Which of the following does NOT describe Britain's enclosure movement?

• It led to commercial farming.

• Enclosure was legislated by Parliament.

• It was a means of collectivizing agricultural ownership.

• It was a process led by large landowners.

The first factories in Britain's Industrial Revolution produced

• textiles

• tools

• machines

• trains

18th century inventions by James Hargreaves, Richard Arkwright, and Edmund Cartwright led to

• a dramatic increase in the cotton textile industry

• the extensive use of cottage industry in Great Britain

• the need for oil as a new energy source

• faster ships being manufactured

Held in 1851, London's Crystal Palace Exhibition

• showcased British technological and industrial achievements

• featured the opening of the first factory that produced crystal

• allowed the bourgeoisie to show off their opulence

• was organized by skilled artisans as a way to stave off industrialization of their craft

The creation of what customs union among the German states in 1834 facilitated industrialization and became the basis of the political unification of the German states?

• the Bundestag

• the Reichstag

• the Maastricht Treaty

• the Zollverein

The population of Europe almost doubled between 1750 and 1850 mainly as a result of

• fewer deaths due to armed conflict

• shrinking death rates as a result of declining the number of famines and epidemics

• less use of contraceptives

• government programs that provided subsidies to families that had more than two children