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WorksheetsChapter6 Section 2 World History
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Most doctors did NOT believe in the __________, which states that microbes are the cause of specific infectious diseases, until 1870.
hygiene and sanitation doctrine
pasteurization processpasteurization process
germ theory
infection theory
__________ 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.
Louis Pasteur
Joseph Lister
Friedrich Engels
Robert Koch
__________ is the rebuilding of the poor areas of a city.
Urban renewal
Gentrification
Urbanization
Suburban sprawl
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?
rioting by displaced tenement dwellers
increased employment
troop movement became easier
the likelihood of social unrest decreased
Eighth-hour work days, improved safety measures, and the outlawing of child labor were all accomplishments fought for by
labor unions
mutual-aid societies.
business leaders
the bourgeois
Who is credited with helping to create reforms in British army hospitals that directly led to increased sanitation and decreased percentages of fatalities?
Joseph Lister
Florence Nightingale
Robert Koch
Friedrich Engels
When people have access to both the necessities and comforts of society, they are considered to have an adequate
degree of wealth
way of life
lifestyle.
standard of living.
Cities grew by the millions due to the......
decreased mobility of urban dwellers.
existence of government housing subsidies.
promise of available employment.
existence of a drought throughout the nation's rural areas.
In order to help sick or injured colleagues, workers formed
social clubs.
labor unions.
mutual-aid societies.
medical clinics.
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?
"The coupling of industrialization with urban renewal projects has been helpful in increasing the standard of living of even the nation's poorest individuals."
"The wretched conditions under which the poor suffer is abominable…Industrialists must be wary of the inevitable uprising that shall occur as a result."
"The poor, thanks increasingly to industrialization, are rising out of the depths of poverty and joining the ranks of the middle class."
"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."
germ theory is
the belief that certain microbes might cause
rebuilding of the poor areas of a city.
self help groups to aid sick and injured workers.measures the
quality and availability of necessities and comforts in society.
urban renewal is......
rebuilding of the poor areas of a city.
self help groups to aid sick and injured workers.
measures the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in society.
the belief that certain microbes might cause
mutual aid society is...
rebuilding of the poor areas of a city.
self help groups to aid sick and injured workers
measures the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in society.
the belief that certain microbes might cause
standard of living is......
measures the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in society.
rebuilding of the poor areas of a city.
self help groups to aid sick and injured workers
the belief that certain microbes might cause
