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APWH - Unit 5 Quiz - Chapters 18,17,16 &15

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement best describes the role of government according to the Declaration of Independence?
a)
“The main purpose of government is to expand and glorify the state”
b)
“The main purpose of government is to protect the unalienable rights of individuals”
c)
“The main purpose of government is to protect the rights and privileges of His Majesty, the King”
d)
“The main purpose of government is to promote the general welfare of the community by taking steps toward social equality”
2.
The Declaration of Independence states, “That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it.” Which Enlightened idea do these words describe?
a)
need to ensure a representative government.
b)
social contract between government and the people.
c)
revolutionary intent to overthrow the current government.
d)
return to a society that has no central authority.
3.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the French Revolution began?

a)

high bread prices

b)

unpopular monarchy

c)

war with Austria and Britain

d)

Enlightenment ideas

4.
The Reign of Terror was initiated by this Jacobin who attempted to "protect the revolution":
a)
Napoleon
b)
Louis XVI
c)
Robespierre
d)
Leoverture
5.

This document, created during the French Revolution, contained basic Enlightenment ideals.

a)

Committee of Public Safety

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

d)

English Bill of Rights

6.
Began in 1793 under the rule of Robespierre; sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution"; around 40,000 were executed, with the vast majority being those of the lower or middle class, for whom the Revolution has supposedly begun
a)
Tennis Court Oath
b)
First Estate
c)
Reign of Terror
d)
Second Estate
7.
Which social class did Bolivar belong to?
a)
Peninsulares
b)
Creoles
c)
Mestizos
d)
Enslaved Persons
8.
Which statement accurately describes Bolivar's background?
a)
Bolivar was a Venezuelan aristocrat of Spanish descent who was educated in Europe.
b)
Bolivar was a a priest who led the independence movement in Mexico.
c)
Bolivar was a Brazilian nationalist who believed in a monarch.
d)
Bolivar was a freed slave who led the independence movement for Haiti.  
9.
What was the purpose of Bolivar's Jamaica Letter?
a)
To explain to Spain why the colonists would break away.
b)
To explain to the natives the need to unite against Spain. 
c)
To explain the social and political situation of Latin America and the possible future of the new nations that would be created.
d)
To explain why Spain should continue to control her colonies.
10.
Father Miguel Hidalgo led an independence movement for which country?
a)
Venezuela
b)
Haiti
c)
Mexico
d)
Spain
11.
Who led the slaves in Haiti in a revolt against France?
a)
Miguel Hidalgo
b)
Simon Bolivar
c)
Toussaint L'Ouverture 
d)
Jose de San Martin
12.

What was the main goal of the participants in the Congress of Vienna?

a)

To establish security and stability for the nations of Europe

b)

To create a better education system

c)

To produce more goods to sell

d)

To motivate citizens to revolt

13.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Locke

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Adam Smith

14.

What was the name of the legislature in France prior to the French Revolution?

a)

National Assemby

b)

The Directory

c)

Estates General

d)

Diet

15.

After the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Japan changed its policy toward contact with the outside world by

a)

Welcoming foreign bankers but discouraging Japanese citizens from visiting other countries

b)

Forming an alliance with China in order to resist Western encroachment

c)

Adopting a defensive foreign policy in East Asia

d)

Seeking Western industrial expertise and equipment

16.

“Although many people might think it crazy, the development model of the global economy has a marked relation to gender…Women in every household are suffering every day as a result of impoverished economies, and those who are exposed to the effects of foreign debt are women. …The adoption of austerity measures means a curtailment of the state’s commitment to social services…Women keep the smallest portion of the meager family income, [giving] everything to their children and [wage-earning] adults. As a result malnutrition among women is increasing at an alarming rate.”


~Gladys Acosta, Peruvian Feminist


Which of the following statements reflects the main idea expressed in the excerpt above?

a)

Women use too many luxury goods.

b)

Basic commodity prices are a small part of family income.

c)

Malnutrition results from increases in the prices of luxury goods.

d)

Foreign debt results in higher prices for basic commodities, which affects women most.

17.

Laissez-faire means

a)

more government involvement in business

b)

government should stay out of business

c)

government should control all of the prices

d)

government should control workers salaries

18.

In France in 1789, the clergy was in which estate?

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

None of the choices are correct

19.

The Tennis Court Oath was

a)

where the third estate (National Assembly) said there would never separate until they had a constitution

b)

when the first estate said they would pay taxes to help out the French government and King Louis XVI

c)

really made on a baseball field

20.

What was the first country in Latin America to win its independence?

a)

Cuba

b)

Ecuador

c)

Haiti

21.

This person invented the cotton gin

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Louis Pasteur

22.

Rotating different crops in and out of a field each year is called

a)

urbanization

b)

crop rotation

c)

interchangeable parts

23.

Who said....Prices are determined by "the invisible hand" of supply and demand.

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Otto Von Bismark

d)

Louis XVI

e)

Hans Becker

24.

Who said....The proletariat (workers) should unite and overthrow the capitalist bourgeoisie (wealthy class).

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Mr Schweikert

e)

Donald Trump

25.
What was the meeting in 1815 in which the conservative monarchs of Europe agreed to preserve the old social order?
a)
Congress of Vienna
b)
Congress of Venice
c)
Congress of Vietnam
d)
Congress of Voltaire
26.
WHAT IS NATIONALISM?
a)
Feeling of unity within a culture through shared values and traditions
b)
A theory where the government stays out of private industry
27.

Who leads the red shirts and unifies Northern and Southern Italy?

a)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

b)

Camillo di Cavour

c)

Otto von Bismarck

d)

Benito Mussolini

28.

Who unifies Germany?

a)

Otto von Bismarck

b)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

c)

Camillo di Cavour

d)

Kaiser Wilhelm

29.
What area of manufacturing was the first to be industrialized? 
a)
Textiles 
b)
Transportation 
c)
Railroads
d)
Shipbuilding 
30.
Which of the following would NOT be associated with mass production?
a)
Interchangeable parts
b)
division of labor
c)
unique, hand made goods
d)
assembly line
31.
Who designed the first efficient steam engine?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Kay
c)
Richard Arkwright
d)
James Watt
32.
Which of the following groups would most likely benefit from the socialist ideas of Karl Marx?
a)
Entrepreneurs
b)
Factory Workers
c)
Large Business Corporations
d)
Factory Managers
33.
What had to occur before the Industrial Revolution could take place?
a)
The Economic Revolution
b)
The Glorious Revolution
c)
The Agricultural Revolution
d)
The French Revolution
34.

Laissez faire is an economic term emphasizing what kind of relationship between the government and the economy?

a)

the government should control all the factors of production

b)

the government should work with industries to achieve maximum profits

c)

the government should refrain from interfering with economic affairs

d)

the government should tell companies what they can make and set the prices of the goods that get produced

35.

Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?

a)

Low wages

b)

Safe working conditions

c)

Dangerous working conditions

d)

Widespread pollution

36.

The beginning of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain was most influenced by which of the following factors?

a)

The amount and location of British petroleum reserves

b)

The location and large number of British coal deposits

c)

The aggressive promotion of industrialization by George III

d)

The spread of cotton cultivation in southern England

37.
This graph shows...
a)
global warming
b)
the effect of emissions on the environment
c)
the connection between emissions and health issues
d)
a large increase in total fossil fuel emissions since 1850
38.
The expansion of industry into Europe was delayed by
a)
the absence of key natural resources
b)
limited access to transportation
c)
dominance of agriculture
d)
the Napoleonic wars
39.

The Industrial Revolution in British could not have occurred without

a)

The urgent need to solve the great poverty in the eighteenth century.

b)

the failure of the cottage industry.

c)

entrepreneurs who sought and accepted the new profitable manufacturing methods.

d)

the industrialization of the Dutch and French.

e)

the economic and technological needs engendered by the French Revolution.

40.

This machine separated the seed from cotton fibers.

a)

Railroad

b)

Steam Engine

c)

Oil Well

d)

Cotton Gin

41.
Who was Benito Juarez?
a)
Benito Juarez was a reformer mayor
b)
Benito Juarez was a conformist president
c)
Benito Juarez was a reformer president
d)
Benito Juarez was a anti establishment president
42.
________ campaigned or worked to get the United States government to end slavery
a)
slave owners
b)
abolitionist
43.
The Civil War began in ______.
a)
1865
b)
1860
c)
1861
44.
What was the main cause of the Civil War? 
a)
Debate over slavery
b)
Debate over land ownership
c)
Debate over religion
d)
Debate over taxes
45.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
b)
It made slavery more important to the South.
c)
It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
d)
It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.
46.

George Washington wanted to stay neutral in foreign affairs.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

We don't know

47.
What did Washington consider a serious danger to the new nation?
a)
settlers moving west
b)
national taxes
c)
growth of political parties
d)
France's influence
48.
Washington advised against political parties. The New Republic should go in the same direction, political parties would offer differing views and tear the country in half. Which document was this advice given?
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Farewell Address
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Democratic-Republican
49.
Canada has this type of government: __________________.
a)
parliamentary democracy
b)
parliamentary republican
c)
parliamentary president 
d)
none of these
50.

Which abolitionist wrote the Liberator Newspaper and worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

e)

Susan B. Anthony

51.

According to Freud where do most deep thoughts and urges come from?

a)

The conscience mind

b)

This subconscience mind

c)

The brain

52.
Which of the following scientific concepts had the greatest role in providing a justification for imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
a)
Louis Pasteur's germ theory of disease
b)
Charles Darwin's Theory of evolution
c)
Albert Einstein's theory of relativity
d)
Marie Curie's theory of radio activity
53.
Efforts at industrialization in Russia and Japan were similar in that 
a)
Both began in the early 19th century
b)
Both followed the termination of long-established institutions
c)
Both countries developed more centralized governments
d)
Both countries widely adopted Western practices
54.
The beginning of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain was most influenced by which of the following factors?
a)
The amount and location of British petroleum reserves
b)
The location and large number of British coal deposits
c)
The aggressive promotion of industrialization by George III
d)
The spread of cotton cultivation in southern England
55.
The "Second Industrial Revolution" in the last half of the 19th century was associated with the mass production of which of the following groups of products?
a)
Textiles, iron, and coal
b)
Textiles, automobiles, and planes
c)
Electricity, ships, and radios
d)
Electricity, steel, and chemicals
56.
Which of the following describes an accurate similarity between the Qing and Russian empires in the 18th and 19th centuries?
a)
Both relied heavily on maritime trade as a source of material goods.
b)
Both successfully resisted pressure from industrialized powers.
c)
Both were heavily influenced by the intellectual work of Jesuit missionaries.
d)
Both had vast territories with peoples of various ethnicities and languages.
57.
The Ottoman process of industrialization was called 
a)
Meiji Restoration 
b)
Self Strengthening 
c)
Tanzimat Reforms
d)
Jizya enforcement 
58.
Which of the following lost the Crimean War?
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
Russia
d)
the Ottoman Empire
59.

Florence Nightingale developed better sanitation technique during what war?

a)

Crimean War

b)

Opium War

c)

Boer War

d)

Boxer Rebellion

60.

Catherine the Great is remembered for doing what for Russia.

a)

Improving the military.

b)

Bringing literature, music, and art to the people.

c)

Expanded Russia west under the partitions of Poland.

d)

All of the above.