WorksheetsUnit 5: Revolutions (1750-1900)
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 16mins
Why is it important that creole intellectuals became familiar with the ideas of sovereignty, republican government, and personal liberty?
These values of the Enlightenment caused racial divisions to blur, banding people together to fight against the Spanish Crown.
They were offended by the Spanish monarchy’s efforts to exercise greater power over the colonies, so they wanted to fight back.
The Spanish Revolution was thrust upon them by Napoleon’s invasion of Spain and Portugal.
The white population was vastly outnumbered by Natives, blacks, and mixed race peoples.
Which revolution inspired Mary Wollstonecraft to write Vindication of the Rights of Woman?
The Spanish Revolution
The American Revolution
The Haitian Revolution
The French Revolution
Why was feminism a transatlantic movement?
European and American women read each other’s work.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton published the Women’s Bible.
Radical feminists visited each other to draw plans for the movement.
None of the above.
The production of what was well-known in South East Asia?
Iron
Ships
Textiles
Seed Drills
Which of the following is NOT an invention during the First Industrial Revolution?
Spinning Jenny
Telegraph
Electricity
Powerloom
What problems were caused by global urbanization?
Animal population growth
Increased crime rates
Pollution and insufficient infrastructure
Increased poverty
What was one of the improvements labor unions called for?
Higher wages
The abolition of child labor
Machines replacing human labor
Longer hours
TRUE or FALSE: Karl Marx espoused ideas of socialism and communism.
True
False
Many countries in Asia and Africa wanted to (a) their economies and militaries.
The __________, __________, and __________ Revolutions were directly inspired by Enlightenment ideals.
Chinese
Haitian
French
Russian
How was France de-Christianized as a result of the French Revolution?
Revolutionaries did away with the Christian calendar.
Streets named after saints were given more secular names.
Revolutionary and civic cults such as the Cult of Reason and the Cult of the Supreme Being were instated.
Statues of religious figures were destroyed in protest of Christianity's apparent oppressive nature.
Who was the “Father of Liberalism”?
Benjamin Franklin
John Locke
René Descartes
Denis Diderot
Which of the following is the most significant similarity between German and Italian unification?
Sweeping military reform that enabled territorial expansion and led other countries to declare war
Nationalistic statesmen who wanted to build nations based off linguistic ties
Large scale industrialization that caused an economic boom and caused smaller nations to allow their annexation
Guerilla commandos that seized control of power and enacted their visions of unification
2. Which of the following events had the greatest impact on sparking widespread nationalistic sentiment in Europe in the 1800s?
European colonialism and imperialism
The French Revolution
The Napoleonic Wars
The 1848 European uprisings
Which of the following revolutions best upheld and applied the ideals of the Enlightenment?
The American Revolution
The French Revolution
The Latin American Revolutions
The Haitian Revolution
Which of the following imperial states was most negatively impacted by the rise of nationalism in the 1800s?
The Ottoman Empire
Prussia
Austria-Hungary
Tsarist Russia
What led to the abandonment of mercantilism?
Adam Smith’s support toward private entrepreneurship
Support toward free trade by transnational institutions and banks
Creation of the lassez-faire policy
All of the above
TRUE or FALSE: Consumerism was targeted heavily toward the middle class.
True
False
__________ helped to promote the growth of the Industrial Revolution.
Better living conditions for the working class
Equal treatment between genders
Environment-friendly factories
Urbanization and legal protection of private property
__________ and __________ were countries that new industrial technology methods spread to.
Japan
India
United States
China
Factory systems helped to increase __________.
pies
land owners
specialized labor
wages for workers
Which of these are effects of the Industrial Revolution?
Increased consumer wealth
Production of consumer goods
Trade
World War II
Industrialization began in __________ in the 18th century.
France
Britain
Egypt
Spain
TRUE or FALSE: Spain promoted Muhammad Ali’s cotton textiles.
True
False
What was a result of consumerism?
An increase in advertisement of non essential goods
An increased standard of living
Popularization of leisure activities (biking, boating)
An increase in population
What was the laissez-faire policy?
A policy where a trade tax was enforced.
A policy that promoted minimal government involvement in commerce and encouraged reduced tariffs on trade.
A policy that promoted the exportation of nonessential goods.
A policy that encouraged importation of luxury goods.
