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Unit 6 Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
a)
Imperialism
b)
Racism
c)
Nationalism
d)
Communism
e)
Laissez-faire Capitalism
2.
a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
a)
Colony
b)
Colonizer
c)
Mother Coutry
d)
Sovereign Nation
e)
Anarchic Nation
3.
the basic material from which a product is made.
a)
Raw Materials
b)
Finished Materials
c)
Good Materials
d)
Coal
e)
Steam
4.
Sudden wave of conquests in Africa by European powers in the 1880s and 1890s. Britain obtained most of eastern Africa, France most of northwestern Africa. Other countries (Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, and Spain) acquired lesser amounts.
a)
Scramble for Africa
b)
Search for Africa
c)
British Africa
d)
Taking of Africa
e)
Freedom for Africa
5.
A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa-no Africans were involved in this meeting
a)
Berlin Conference
b)
London Conference
c)
Imperial Conference
d)
Rome Conference
e)
Cape Town Conference
6.
European countries sent their own citizens to govern colonies
a)
Direct Rule
b)
Indirect Rule
c)
Local Rule
d)
Colonial Rule
e)
Imperial Rule
7.
European countries allowed natives of the colony to govern the colony under the direction of the European country
a)
Indirect Rule
b)
Direct Rule
c)
Local Rule
d)
Colonial Rule
e)
Imperial Rule
8.
A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.
a)
Protectorate
b)
Sovereignity
c)
Direct Rule
d)
Colonizer
e)
Proletariat
9.
A foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities.
a)
Sphere of Influence
b)
Protectorate
c)
urbanization
d)
Colony
e)
Co-Prosperity
10.
Belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
a)
Racism
b)
Daguerrotype
c)
Imperialism
d)
division of labor/specialization
e)
Direct Rule of a colony
11.
invention of Samuel B. Morse that kept the US closer by letting people communicate to others that were miles away
a)
Telegraph
b)
Daguerrotype
c)
Pasteurization
d)
Frankotype
e)
power loom
12.
Eli Whitney's invention that removed seeds from cotton faster than any man, at least ten times more; it called for more production, meaning more slaves
a)
Cotton Gin
b)
Spinning Jenny
c)
Steam Engine
d)
power loom
e)
Difference Engine
13.
Eli Whitney's invention first used for weaponry. Allowed for parts of weapons to be replaced without getting a new weapon. Led to assembly line and gave US factory systems fame
a)
Interchangeable Parts
b)
Bessemer Process
c)
Industrialization
d)
Cotton Gin
e)
Difference Engine
14.
Robert Fulton's invention that increased trade and transport, namely in Mississippi
a)
Steamboat
b)
steam engine
c)
Daguerrotype
d)
Cotton Gin
e)
Daguerrotype
15.
movement of people who were displaced from their jobs, from rural areas (country) to the cities
a)
urbanization
b)
Ruralization
c)
Imperialism
d)
Colonization
e)
Anarchism
16.
American inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Adam Smith
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Ada Lovelace
e)
Charles Babbage
17.
The process of transitioning to using machines to make goods.
a)
Industrialization
b)
Imperialism
c)
Communism
d)
Pasteurization
e)
Anarchism
18.
An economic system in which the government has very little interference when it comes to business decisions.
a)
Free Enterprise
b)
Command Economy
c)
Closed Enterprise
d)
Invisible Hand
e)
Planned Economy
19.
Became the #1 Cash Crop in the United States after Industrialization
a)
Cotton
b)
Coffee
c)
Indigo
d)
Rubber
e)
Bananas
20.
a new method of production that used division of labor and one would specialize in one job all day
a)
Assembly Line
b)
Parts Line
c)
Line Line
d)
Waiting Line
e)
Socialist Line
21.
The model for industrial factories was the production of this
a)
Textiles
b)
Game Dev
c)
Steammaking
d)
Cooking
e)
Colonization
22.
Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economics. Seen today as the father of Capitalism. Wrote On the Wealth of Nations (1776) One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment.
a)
Adam Smith
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Robert Owen
d)
Rudyard Kipling
e)
William Wordsworth
23.
British philosopher and writer Adam Smith's 1776 book that described his theory on free trade, otherwise known as laissez-faire economics.
a)
Wealth of Nations
b)
Communist Manifesto
c)
Capitalist Manifesto
d)
Rise of Nations
e)
Clash of Clans
24.
literally "hands off" capitalism, meaning that the government doesn't interfere in the market
a)
Laissez-faire
b)
Gratis
c)
Invisible Hand
d)
Socialist
e)
Free Hand
25.
1818-1883. 19th century philosopher, political economist, sociologist, humanist, political theorist, and revolutionary. Often recognized as the father of communism. Analysis of history led to his belief that communism would replace capitalism as it replaced feudalism. Believed in a classless society.
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Adam Smith
c)
Ada Lovelace
d)
Samuel Morse
e)
James Watt
26.
This is the 1848 book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels which urges an uprising by workers to seize control of the factors of production from the upper and middle classes.
a)
Communist Manifesto
b)
Wealth of Nations
c)
Capitalist Manifesto
d)
Rise of Nations
e)
Commando Manifesto
27.
Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production
a)
Proletariat
b)
Protectorate
c)
Perfect Ace
d)
Bourgeousie
e)
Burgers
28.
A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in England in the mid-1700s
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Canals
c)
Telegraph
d)
Berlin Conference
e)
Telegraph
29.
a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
a)
Socialism
b)
Coal
c)
Steam Engine
d)
Robert Owen
e)
Nationalism
30.
(1771-1858) British cotton manufacturer believed that humans would reveal their true natural goodness if they lived in a cooperative environment. Tested his theories at New Lanark, Scotland and New Harmony, Indiana, but failed.
a)
Robert Owen
b)
Charles Babbage
c)
James Watt
d)
Karl Marx
e)
James Hargreaves
31.
Advocacy of or support for the political independence of a particular nation or people and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Canalization
d)
Industrialization
e)
National Anthem
32.

He invented a more efficient steam engine, patented in 1769 that burned coal to produce steam, which was then used to operate a pump that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power.

a)

James Watt

b)

Henry Stanley

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Robert Owen

e)

James Hargreaves

33.
He invented a simple, inexpensive, hand-powered spinning machine in 1765 called the spinning jenny.
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
Henry Stanley
c)
Ada Lovelace
d)
James Watt
e)
Rudyard Kipling
34.
He is known as the "Father of Computers." He developed this Engine and the Analytical Engine. These two machines were powered by steam to move the punch cards and operate the gears. His ideas were later used to design calculators and computers.
a)
Charles Babbage
b)
Ada Lovelae
c)
James Watt
d)
Nationalism
e)
assembly line
35.
a loom operated mechanically, run by water putting the loom side by side wit hthe spinning machines in factories, changed workers job from running it to watching it, Invented in 1787, invented by Edward Cartwright , it sped up the production of textiles
a)
Power Loom
b)
Spinning Jenny
c)
Difference Engine
d)
Industrialization
e)
Power Metal
36.
the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people
a)
Bourgeoisie
b)
Burgers
c)
Protectorate
d)
Proletariat
e)
Oligarchs
37.
a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel in steam engines.
a)
Coal
b)
cotton
c)
Coffee
d)
Cocoa
e)
Bananas
38.
Governments in northern Europe, especially in Britain, built these man-made waterways in the 1700s and 1800s to benefit commerce. It contributed to the rise of industrialization.
a)
Canals
b)
Telegraph
c)
Protectorate
d)
Mountains
e)
Sepoy Rebellion
39.
A way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron to quickly remove impurities.
a)
Bessemer Process
b)
Steam Engine
c)
Daguerrotype
d)
Laissez-faire Capitalism
e)
David Livingstone
40.
This machine played an important role in the mechanization of textile production. Like the spinning wheel, it may be operated by a treadle or by hand. But, unlike the spinning wheel, it can spin more than one yarn at a time.
a)
Spinning Jenny
b)
Shaka Zulu
c)
power loom
d)
Bessemer Process
e)
Canals
41.
A machine that turns the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas Newcomen built the first crude but workable one in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760s and 1770s. It was then applied to machinery.
a)
Steam Engine
b)
Difference Engine
c)
Popular Engine
d)
Combustion Engine
e)
Valve Games
42.
A wholly mechanical computer with only wheels, cogs, and gears. It was never finished but the drawings have similar parts to that of computers such as RAM and CPU. Charles Babbage's idea was later adapted into the Analytical Engine.
a)
Difference Engine
b)
Texas Instruments
c)
Popular Engine
d)
Steam Engine
e)
Combustion Engine
43.
She is considered to be the first computer programmer. She wrote a computer language for the Analytical Engine.
a)
Ada Lovelace
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Charles Babbage
d)
Adam Smith
e)
Rudyard Kipling
44.
a photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor.
a)
Daguerreotype
b)
Pasteurotype
c)
Telegraphotype
d)
Derringerotype
e)
Frankotype
45.
The belief of those who opposed the idea of a state. They believed society would function better without a government and that governments do nothing but promote exploitation.
a)
Anarchism
b)
Communism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Libertarianism
e)
Laissez-faire Capitalism
46.
Writer and Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside. Generally opposed Industrialization.
a)
William Wordsworth
b)
James Hargreaves
c)
Rudyard Kipling
d)
Walt Whitman
e)
James Watt
47.
The name for the British government's military rule of India between 1858 and 1947.
a)
British Raj
b)
British Crown
c)
British East India
d)
British Merchants
e)
British Way
48.

The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against the British after certain practices that violated religious customs were discovered; it was ultimately unsuccessful and resulted in direct control of India being taken over by the British Crown.

a)

Sepoy Rebellion

b)

Menelik's Rebellion

c)

British Raj

d)

Imperialist Revolution

e)

Indian Revolution

49.
the Ethiopians defeated Italian colonial forces in one day in 1896; it inspired many of Africa's later national leaders.
a)
Battle of Adwa
b)
Battle of Waterloo
c)
Battle of Ethiopia
d)
Battle of Menelik
e)
Italian Battle
50.

by 1914, the only two african nations that remained free of European rule.

a)

Ethiopia and Liberia

b)

Liberia and Congo

c)

Egypt and Ethiopia

d)

Nigeria and Liberia

e)

Kenya and Nigeria