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Chapter6 Section 2 World History

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

Most doctors did NOT believe in the __________, which states that microbes are the cause of specific infectious diseases, until 1870.

a)

hygiene and sanitation doctrine

b)

pasteurization processpasteurization process

c)

germ theory

d)

infection theory

2.

__________ made many important discoveries, including vaccines for rabies and anthrax, and the development of a process that killed the disease-carrying microbes found in milk.

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Joseph Lister

c)

Friedrich Engels

d)

Robert Koch

3.

__________ is the rebuilding of the poor areas of a city.

a)

Urban renewal

b)

Gentrification

c)

Urbanization

d)

Suburban sprawl

4.

Which of the following is NOT a direct effect of the wide boulevards and splendid public buildings that were built in Paris in the 1850's where medieval streets and tenement housing once stood?

a)

rioting by displaced tenement dwellers

b)

increased employment

c)

troop movement became easier

d)

the likelihood of social unrest decreased

5.

Eighth-hour work days, improved safety measures, and the outlawing of child labor were all accomplishments fought for by

a)

labor unions

b)

mutual-aid societies.

c)

business leaders

d)

the bourgeois

6.

Who is credited with helping to create reforms in British army hospitals that directly led to increased sanitation and decreased percentages of fatalities?

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Florence Nightingale

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Friedrich Engels

7.

When people have access to both the necessities and comforts of society, they are considered to have an adequate

a)

degree of wealth

b)

way of life

c)

lifestyle.

d)

standard of living.

8.

Cities grew by the millions due to the......

a)

decreased mobility of urban dwellers.

b)

existence of government housing subsidies.

c)

promise of available employment.

d)

existence of a drought throughout the nation's rural areas.

9.

In order to help sick or injured colleagues, workers formed

a)

social clubs.

b)

labor unions.

c)

mutual-aid societies.

d)

medical clinics.

10.

Which of the following is an accurate statement made by German Socialist philosopher Friedrich Engels in 1845 in reference to the effects of industrialization on the British working class?

a)

"The coupling of industrialization with urban renewal projects has been helpful in increasing the standard of living of even the nation's poorest individuals."

b)

"The wretched conditions under which the poor suffer is abominable…Industrialists must be wary of the inevitable uprising that shall occur as a result."

c)

"The poor, thanks increasingly to industrialization, are rising out of the depths of poverty and joining the ranks of the middle class."

d)

"The way in which the vast mass of the poor are treated by modern society is truly scandalous…There is no end to the sufferings which are heaped on the heads of the poor."

11.

germ theory is

a)

the belief that certain microbes might cause

b)

rebuilding of the poor areas of a city.

c)

self help groups to aid sick and injured workers.measures the

d)

quality and availability of necessities and comforts in society.

12.

urban renewal is......

a)

rebuilding of the poor areas of a city.

b)

self help groups to aid sick and injured workers.

c)

measures the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in society.

d)

the belief that certain microbes might cause

13.

mutual aid society is...

a)

rebuilding of the poor areas of a city.

b)

self help groups to aid sick and injured workers

c)

measures the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in society.

d)

the belief that certain microbes might cause

14.

standard of living is......

a)

measures the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in society.

b)

rebuilding of the poor areas of a city.

c)

self help groups to aid sick and injured workers

d)

the belief that certain microbes might cause