Geography Units 1,2, and 3 Regents questions

Which statement best expresses the ideas of the scientific revolution?

• religious authorities are responsible for understanding and interpreting new information

• superstition and magic are important aspects of the natural world

• Scientific ideas should be made to conform with existing thought systems

• people should use reason and experimentation to draw scientific conclusions

Toussaint L'Ouverture is most closely associated with leading the revolution in..

• Mexico

• Chile

• Haiti

• Veneuela

Which statement reflects the overall effect of labor strikes as shown in this cartoon?

• Workers get to take a well-earned vacation

• Workers are deprived of their income and suffer hardships

• Employers can manage their buisnesses from home

• Employers generally meet workers' demands quickly

Based on this cartoon, Which government policy is most likely influencing the situation experienced by the working man?

• laissez-Faire

• limiting immigration

• universal suffrage

• public sanitation laws

Which factor aided the russians in defeating Napoleans troops

• naval blockades

• telegraph systems

• blitzkrieg tactics

• harsh climatic conditions

After 1880, European colonization was motivated by the?

• urge to acquire african tech.

• need for an increase in the production of sugar

• desire for new markets

• demand for labor in the americas

The primary goal of the boxer rebellion was to

• end foreign influence in china

• introduce marxism to east asia

• increase the importation of opium into china

• reverse reforms enacted by the Sun Yixian

At the Congress of Vienna, one of the main goals was to?

• prevent the spread of socialism

• reward napolean for his victories in europe

• divide lands in the americas between spain and portugal

• restore monarchs to pre-napoleonic status

During the late 19th Century, Russias settlement and development of Siberia was made possible by the invention of the

• lateen sail

• steam locomotive

• rudder

• airplane

Which 19th century British group would most likely object to the government regulation of buisness'

• clergy

• socialists

• labor unions

• laissez-faire capitalists