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World History Semester Exam

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the basic definition of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Process of shifting from making goods by machines to making goods with hands.

b)

Process of shifting from making goods by hand to making goods with machines.

c)

Process of shifting from making goods by hand to making goods with computers.

d)

Process of shifting from making goods by space technology to making goods with AI.

2.

What country did the Industrial Revolution start in?

a)

Canada

b)

France

c)

United States

d)

England

3.

Which of these are reasons why the industrial revolution started in England?

a)

Proximity to water

b)

England is an Island

c)

Raw Materials

d)

Increased agricultural productivity

4.

Part 2: Which of these are reasons why the industrial revolution started in England?

a)

Military

b)

Urbanization

c)

Slavery

d)

Protection of Private Property

5.

Part 3: Which of these are reasons why the industrial revolution started in England?

a)

Accumulation of capital

b)

Factory System

c)

Foreign Materials

d)

Foreign Wars

6.

Richard Arkwright was know for creating:

a)

spinny jenny

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

water frame

d)

the Jungle Novel

7.

James Hargreaves was know for creating:

a)

spinny jenny

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

water frame

d)

the Jungle Novel

8.

Eli Whitney was know for creating:

a)

spinny jenny

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

water frame

d)

the Jungle Novel

9.

Upton Sinclair was know for creating:

a)

spinny jenny

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

water frame

d)

the Jungle Novel

10.

Who was the author of The Jungle?

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Richard Arkwright

d)

James Hargreaves

11.

What was the main means of productional system called.

a)

Industrial system

b)

Material system

c)

Factory system

d)

working system

12.

What was Upton Sinclair's main reason of writing the Jungle?

a)

To expose the unsanitary system of America's meat processing market.

b)

To get rich off of exposing the meat market

c)

To expose the horrible working conditions of America's factory systems

d)

To cover up the unsanitary system of America's meat processing market.

13.

What did Russia build during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Trans continental Railroad

b)

Trans Siberian Railroad

c)

Trans Siberian Orchestra

d)

Trans Continental Hotels

14.

Why didn't Japan want to Industrialize?

a)

They didn't want to have Western influence in their culture.

b)

They were already industrializing

c)

Japan didn't need to industrialize.

d)

Japan didn't want to have Eastern Influence in their culture.

15.

In 1853 who sailed to Japan and threatened them to open up their borders for trade with a fleet of ships?

a)

Mathew Smith

b)

John Smith

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Mathew Perry

16.

Countries during the Industrial Revolution were moving towards what kind of government system?

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Monarchy

c)

Capitalism

d)

Fascism

17.

What was so intriguing about capitalism? Check all that apply.

a)

No limit on wealth

b)

Supply and Demand

c)

Minimal government intervention

d)

Maximum government intervention

18.

Several investors invested money into a company and if it succeeded then the shareholders made lots of money However, the shareholders were also responsible for the debts of the company if it failed. What is this called?

a)

Companies

b)

Corporations

c)

Joint stock companies

d)

Business model

19.

Similar to Joint-Stock Companies but with limited liability Shareholders share in the profits but can only lose the amount of money they invest into the company

a)

Companies

b)

Corporations

c)

Joint stock companies

d)

Business model

20.

people start buying lots of stuff because the price goods decreased is known as?

a)

Consumer Culture

b)

Leisure Culture

c)

Business model

d)

Credit

21.

People want an escape from their long a dreary days inside their factory jobs. Increase in pubs (bars? is known as?

a)

Consumer Culture

b)

Leisure Culture

c)

Business model

d)

Credit

22.

Apartment style housing with no plumbing in the factory districts of town were known as?

a)

Tent cities

b)

Tenements

c)

Slums

d)

Shanty towns

23.

An organized collective of workers who used their combined voice to bargain for reform.

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Corporation Unions

c)

Stock Unions

d)

Company Unions

24.

Labor Unions successfully fought for: Pick all that apply.

a)

5 day work week

b)

limited hours of work

c)

minimum wage

d)

maximum wage

25.

Is this statement True or False: Children used to work just like the adults did They used to work 12-14 hour days in factories, mines, and other dangerous locations They developed physical deformities, horrible injuries, and deadly diseases.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

What were created because of poor working conditions for children?

a)

Child labor laws

b)

Child curfew laws

c)

Labor Unions

d)

Labor Laws

27.

What was a side effect due to child labor laws?

a)

Mandatory child curfew

b)

Mandatory child working conditions

c)

Mandatory child education

d)

Mandatory adult labor laws

28.

The Industrial Revolution led to Free-Market Economics. Ture or False

a)

False

b)

True

29.

Who thought society was basically divided into the haves and haves not?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Barak Obama

d)

Susan B Anthony

30.

Who wrote The Communist Manifesto?

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Johan Hohan

d)

Sante Clouse

31.

No social classes in society and everyone would be equals is what type of government system?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Mercantalism

d)

Absolute Monarch

32.

When people move from one country to another.

a)

Immigration

b)

Migration

c)

Refugee

d)

Seeking Asylum

33.

When people move within the same country.

a)

Immigration

b)

Migration

c)

Refugee

d)

Seeking Asylum

34.

When people move within the same country.

a)

Immigration

b)

Migration

c)

Refugee

d)

Seeking Asylum

35.

A person who flees their home, usually due to natural disaster or political upheaval.

a)

Immigration

b)

Migration

c)

Refugee

d)

Seeking Asylum

36.

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 did what?

a)

Welcomed Chinese Immigrants into the US

b)

Banned Chinese Immigrants from coming into the US

c)

Helped Chinese Immigrants move to the US

d)

Forced Chinese Immigrants out of the US

37.

Imperialism is known as:

a)

The practice of enslaving a certain type of people for profitable gain.

b)

The policy and practice of extending and imposing power, authority, or influence over other countries by gaining direct or indirect control.

c)

identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

d)

The identification of imposing power, authority, or influence over other countries.

38.

Nationalism is known as:

a)

The practice of enslaving a certain type of people for profitable gain.

b)

The policy and practice of extending and imposing power, authority, or influence over other countries by gaining direct or indirect control.

c)

identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

d)

The identification of imposing power, authority, or influence over other countries.

39.

The idea that the alleged duty of white colonizers to care for nonwhite Indigenous subjects in their colonial possessions was known as?

a)

White Man's Burden

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Darwinism

d)

Social Indigenous

40.

In nature the strong eat the weak and the fittest survive is known as?

a)

White Man's Burden

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Darwinism

d)

Social Indigenous

41.

If in nature the strong eat the weak and the fittest survive then why shouldn’t the strong countries eat the weak countries.

a)

White Man's Burden

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Darwinism

d)

Social Indigenous

42.

What was created to connect the Mediterranean sea with the Red sea in 1869?

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Suez Canal

c)

Canal Africa

d)

British Canal

43.

European countries fighting for the African Lands became known as?

a)

The Scramble for Africa

b)

The African Scramble

c)

Scramble Scramble Africa

d)

Africa by Toto

44.

At what conference did European nations decide boundaries for African lands in 1884?

a)

The Paris Climate Accords

b)

The Berlin Conference

c)

The London Conference

d)

The Tokyo Conference

45.

Did the Europeans invite any African leaders to the Berlin Conference in 1884?

a)

Yes

b)

no

46.

True or False: Economic Imperialism-One country has significant economic power over another country.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Partly True

d)

Partly False

47.

What is the final cultural reason for imperialism?

a)

Economics

b)

Religion

c)

Culture

d)

Nationalism

48.

Check the 3 boxes that caused this new wave of imperialism during the Industrial Revolution.

a)

Culture

b)

Nationalsim

c)

Economics

d)

War

49.

What religion did Europeans spread during this time?

a)

Hindu

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Christianity

50.

Markets just refers to:

a)

stores

b)

people to sell to

c)

people to operate

d)

Factories