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Unit 3 W. History Assessment (CP)

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 14hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Urbanization is

a)

when people like to wear certain clothes

b)

when a place becomes more "city-like" & people move to cities

c)

Farmers grow crops in empty lots

d)

people move to farms

2.

In 1871 Otto Von Bismarck unified ______________ nation-state?

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Serbia

3.

a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

a)

Industrialism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Liberalism

4.

The ___________________ regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the imperial period.

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Paris Conference

c)

Rome Conference

d)

Italy Conference

5.

the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

a)

Manifestation

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

American Destiny

d)

Westward Expansion

6.

An American policy that allowed for a system of trade in China open to all countries.

a)

The Open Door Policy

b)

Closed Door Policy

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

Open Trade Policy

7.

A bloody uprising against the British rule of India in 1857?

a)

Boxer Rebellion

b)

Sepoy Rebellion

c)

Opium Rebellion

d)

India Rebellion

8.

Political and economic theory of social organization where means of production have social ownership?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism

d)

None of these

9.

"let it be", A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course economically.

a)

Laissez-faire

b)

Economic choice

c)

market manipulation

d)

None of these

10.

A tenement is

a)

when ten people live in an apartment

b)

an expensive high-rise apartment in the 1800s

c)

overcrowded and usually unsafe dwelling/apartment in the early 1900s

d)

house on Madison avenue

11.

What is the meaning of "agrarian"?

a)

Living in the country

b)

people moving into cities

c)

not very populated

d)

Farming the land

12.

Social Darwinism is

a)

gaining military advantages over your neighbors

b)

believing that society is "survival of the fittest" - the best will win

c)

A theory developed by Darwin Rimplestein

d)

No one deserves to be above anyone else

13.

Steamships were a driving force of Imperialism because

a)

They allowed Industrialized nations to move people, products & weapons faster

b)

They used more natural resources to make the fires needed to heat the water

c)

They impressed the native people of the lands Europeans were looking to conquer

d)

All of these

14.

How did the construction of railroads and canals most benefit Northern industry in America?

a)

allowed faster movement of people and products

b)

increased urbanization in the South and West

c)

took jobs away from workers

d)

all of these

15.

Which innovation was most responsible for the growth of industry during the 1800s?

a)

automobiles

b)

electricity

c)

telegraph

d)

steam power

16.

Which of the following allowed the United States to become a top producer of steel?

a)

development of the Bessemer process

b)

use of railroads

c)

the government

d)

Rockefeller

17.
What's the term for the technological revolution beginning in 1700s England with steam engines?
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Industrious Society
c)
Commercial Takeover
d)
Machine Age
18.
What word describes pride in one's country, belief in its superiority, or belief that it should be united & independent?
a)
nationalism
b)
irredentism
c)
patriotism
d)
conservatism
19.

Wars that took place in 19th century China which both Great Britain and the United States participated in?

a)

Opium Wars

b)

Crimean Wars

c)

Hashish Wars

d)

Marijuana Wars

20.
What revolution gave more power to Japan's emperor & opened Japan to westernization?
a)
Meiji Restoration
b)
Taisho Revolution
c)
Taika Reforms
d)
Heisei Restoration
21.
What was the time in the late 1800s when European powers conquered almost all of Africa?
a)
Scramble for Africa
b)
Rumble for Africa
c)
African War
d)
Battle of Africa
22.

What war allowed the United States to spread imperialistically to the Philippines, Guam, & Puerto Rico?

a)

Spanish-American War

b)

Mexican-American War

c)

Hawaiian-American War

d)

Portuguese-American War

23.

What is the term for adopting aspects of European culture & technology to survive & succeed?

a)

westernization

b)

easternization

c)

southernization

d)

nationalization

24.

What Industrial Invention provided the opportunity for goods to travel from the east to west coasts of the United States?

a)

land grants

b)

Transcontinental Railroad

c)

time zones

d)

bison hunting

25.

What is another word for big business?

a)

Trusts

b)

Corporation

c)

Monopoly

d)

Banks

26.

Mass producing items on a large scale.

a)

Urbanization

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Industrialization

27.

A state whose territory corresponds to the ethnic groups that live there.

a)

An empire

b)

A country

c)

A nation

d)

A nation-state

28.

Which country overtook Great Britain as the world power by encouraging heavy industry especially with their railroads in Europe?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

United Kingdom

29.

Japan was reluctant to modernize but were pressured by this up and coming nation with a power navy.

a)

United States of America

b)

United Nations

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Atlanta United

30.

Who was Meiji?

a)

A Japanese ruler who was open to the modern ways of the western world.

b)

A British ruler who wanted to industrialize the world.

c)

A Chinese philosopher who believed in the Civil Service Exam

d)

A German General who climbed to the ranks and became a dictator.

31.

In 1905 This war proved that Meiji restoration was for real!

a)

The Opium War

b)

The Boxer Rebellion

c)

The Glorious Revolution

d)

The Russo-Japanese War

32.

China's revolt against the British in late 19th to early 20th centuries?

a)

Indian Revolt

b)

Chinese Revolution

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

Russo-Japanese War

33.

What are the key elements to Nationalism?

a)

Culture

b)

History

c)

Religion

d)

Language

e)

All of these

34.

In what century did the German Unification take place?

a)

16th century

b)

17th century

c)

18th century

d)

19th century

e)

Never happened!

35.

What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

a)

To declare Germany as a European power

b)

To discuss a peace treaty with all European nation-states.

c)

To divide Africa evenly among European nation-states.

d)

To let France know that thy are no longer the European power of the times.

36.

Which of the European nation-states were a part of the scramble for Africa?

a)

Belgium

b)

German

c)

Italian

d)

Spanish

e)

All of these

37.

During the 1600s Japan started practicing this?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Isolationism

c)

Liberalism

d)

Westernism

38.

Who was the leader that rose to power in Russia that practiced Communism and created the USSR.?

a)

Stalin

b)

Gorbachev

c)

Lenin

d)

Trotsky

39.

What was the slogan for the Bolsheviks during the revolution in Russia?

a)

Bread, Peace, Leadership

b)

Peace, Land, & Bread

c)

Communism, Land, & Bread

d)

Bread, Bread, Bread

40.

What ruler created a Totalitarian Government in Russia in 1924?

a)

Lenin

b)

Stalin

c)

Trotsky

d)

Putin

41.

Which American entrepreneur was most associated with controlling the railroad industry in America?

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Vanderbilt

c)

Carnegie

d)

Ford

42.

Which entrepreneur was most associated with the steel industry in America?

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Vanderbilt

c)

Carnegie

d)

Ford

43.

Which entrepreneur was most associated with the refining of oil, first for kerosene then for gasoline?

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Vanderbilt

c)

Carnegie

d)

Ford

44.

Which entrepreneur was most associated with the refining of oil, first for kerosene then for gasoline?

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Vanderbilt

c)

Carnegie

d)

Ford

45.

Which entrepreneur was most associated with the American auto industry and his invention of the assembly line?

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Vanderbilt

c)

Carnegie

d)

Ford

46.
Who designed the first efficient steam engine?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Kay
c)
Richard Arkwright
d)
James Watt
47.

This Policy was issued as a warning to European countries to keep out of the Americas

a)

Good Neighbor Policy

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Jacksons Pledge

d)

Monroe Doctrine

48.

US ultimately gained control of Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines at the end of which war?

a)

Mexican-American war

b)

Spanish American War

c)

Pacific War

d)

Latin America War

49.

Who was the US president that favored Big Stick Diplomacy?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Howard Taft

d)

William McKinley

50.
The poem, The White Man's Burden, by Rudyard Kipling, represents the belief that European culture was _______.
a)
superior to other cultures
b)
misunderstood by Americans
c)
the oldest culture in the world
d)
a replica of Ancient Greek culture
51.

The visit by the United States Admiral Commodore Perry encouraged the Japanese to____________________?

a)

close its ports to all Western traders.

b)

declare war on Russia to gain Korea as a buffer zone.

c)

open a port to trade with the United States

d)

try to build its own modern navy before Perry's return.

52.

During the era (1800s to 1900s) of Imperialism America shifted from Isolationism to practicing _____________________?

a)

Domination

b)

Intervention

c)

Impartiality

d)

Favoritism

53.

This ship was attacked and destroyed in Havana Cuba's harbor and was a catalyst to drawing the US into war between Spain and Cuba in the late 19th century?

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Rhode Island

c)

Maine

d)

Virginian

54.

Journalism that was sensational and exaggerated to cause someone to buy/read the paper

a)

Green Daily

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

Red Review

d)

Red Letters

55.

"Speak softly… and carry a

big stick.” is the foreign policy of which US President?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

William McKinley

c)

John Kennedy

d)

Grover Cleveland