Modern Ages Vocab: Changes in the Western World to Imperialism

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a battle for power between two groups from the same country.

• Civil War

• World War

• Revolutionary War

• Cold War

Fill in the blank: The _______ is a summary of all the rights held by people under their government.

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a sudden change in the way people think or in the way they are ruled.

• Revolution

• Evolution

• Resolution

• Involution

A government in which the monarch's power is limited by a set of laws is known as:

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

The period of revolution that saw a major shift in the way people thought was known as the:

• Industrial Revolution

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

In which approach do scientists perform experiments under conditions they control?

• Scientific Method

• Observational studies

• Field studies

• Theoretical modeling

The forces that rule the behavior of the universe are called:

• Gravitational forces

• Electromagnetic forces

• Natural laws

• Nuclear forces

A territory ruled by another nation, usually one far away, is called a:

• colony

• state

• province

• region

What is the period of time during which the production of goods shifted from simple hand tools to complex machines called?

• The Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Information Age

• The Middle Ages

This business was one of the first to move into factories.

• Textile

• Metal

• Plastic

• Wood