Test 1 Social S "The contemporary Age"

What political event marked the begining of the Contemporary Age?

• The invention of Steam Engine

• The French Revolution

• World War I

What events happened between 1914-1945?

• French Revolution

• World War I

• World War II

• Globalization.

What invention marked the beginning of Industrial Revolution?

• Steam Engine

• The telegraph

• The Loom

In what sectors was used the steam engine first?

• Transportation and factories

• Farming

• Comunications

What new class of people worked in the factories?

• Big bourgeois

• Nobility

• Proletariat

Who invented the telegraph?

• James Watt

• Morse

• Francois Poullain

In the social class society that apperared in the Contemporary Age, which class was the rich one?

• Big Bourgeois

• Middle class

• Proletariat

What did the labour movement demanded for factory workers?

• More holidays

• The right to vote

• Better working and living conditions.

Who wote the "Declaration of Rights of Women and Citizens"?

• Francois Poullain

• Olympia de Gouges

• Morse

Which was the first country recognizing the right of women to vote?

• New Zealand

• USA

• Spain