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AP World Modern Unit 5

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Enlightenment was a movement based on...

a)

feeling

b)

reason

c)

faith

d)

the Bible

2.

The Enlightenment challenged the ideas of...(check all that apply).

a)

Feudalism

b)

Divine Right of Kings

c)

The Church

d)

Democracy

3.

Define Nationalism:

a)

Workers owning the means of production

b)

The desire for a country to expand its territory

c)

The understanding the kinds are not divine

d)

Pride in one's ethnicity and cultural comminuty.

4.

Who were the philosophes?

a)

The writers of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man

b)

A group of scientific thinkers who advanced math and medicine

c)

A group of philosophical thinkers who spread Enlightenment ideas around the new world and Europe

d)

They were enlightened rulers of countries like Russia and Prussia

5.

Laissez - Faire economics was the idea that the government should be what level of involved in the economy?

a)

Highly Involved

b)

Kind of Involved

c)

Completely uninvolved

6.

A Declaration of the Rights of Women was written as a response to what document?

a)

The French Declaration of the Rights of Man

b)

The American Declaration of Independence

c)

The British Magna Carta

d)

The Communist Manifesto

7.

The Seneca Falls Convention discussed...

a)

Abolitionism

b)

Feminism

c)

Zionism

d)

Liberalism

8.

The common people of France broke away from the Estates General and created the...

a)

Congress

b)

French Parliament

c)

French Republic

d)

National Assembly

9.

The French rebellion ended with the national assembly taking over the government. This time in French history is known as the...

a)

Dark Ages

b)

French Renaissance

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

Human era

10.

Who helped lead Haiti towards independence from France?

a)

Benjamin Franklism

b)

Simon Bolivar

c)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

d)

Maximilien Robespierre

11.

Which two regions unified as a result of nationalism?

a)

the Balkan Peninsula

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

the Ottoman Empire

12.

Nationalism also led to the break up of large multi ethnic empires. Which of the following is an example of that?

a)

The Safavid Empire

b)

The Qing Dynasty

c)

The Russian Empire

d)

The Ottoman Empire

13.

Which of the following provides the best CONTEXT for the industrial revolution?

a)

The Enlightenment and the Atlantic Revolutions

b)

The spread of new technologies from South East Asia like medical technology.

c)

The Columbian Exchange, the growth of maritime trade, increased agricultural productivity and individual accumulation of wealth.

d)

Discoveries like monsoon winds and the rise of diasporic communities

14.

Decreased need for farmers caused....

a)

People to move to the new world

b)

Decreased life expectancy

c)

the rise of small business

d)

People to move to cities

15.

Reasons GB was able to industrialize include...(click all that apply)

a)

Located near water

b)

Access to resources like coal

c)

Strong Navy

d)

Large population of immigrants

16.

British industrialization led to the end of other industries like shipbuilding, ironworks, and textile production in India.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Which of the following were characteristics of the first industrial revolution?

a)

Chemicals, steel, machinery, communication

b)

Automation, factory system, assembly line

c)

Interchangeable parts, rise in human capital, new technology

d)

Steam engine, internal combustion engine, railroads, ships, factories

18.

Which of the following were characteristics of the second industrial revolution?

a)

Chemicals, steel, machinery, communication

b)

Automation, factory system, assembly line

c)

Interchangeable parts, rise in human capital, new technology

d)

Steam engine, internal combustion engine, railroads, ships, factories

19.

The majority of the Ottoman Empire was unable to industrialize, but Muhammad Ali did modernize one part. Where?

a)

Russia

b)

Egypt

c)

Serbia

d)

Turkey

20.

Under the Tokugawa Japan was

a)

a major trading nation

b)

rapidly industrializing

c)

bankrupt

d)

isolated

21.

Socialism believes

a)

that the means of production should be communally owned

b)

that the move to a communal society is inevitable

c)

that land should be the measure of wealth

d)

that poverty will always exit

22.

Accurate effects of industrialization on society include

a)

Poor working and living conditions for the lower class

b)

Increased standard of living for middle and upper classes

c)

Lower class families working closer together in their homes

d)

More accessible and cheaper goods

23.

The Meiji Restoration was which nations move to industrialize?

a)

China

b)

Russia

c)

Japan

d)

Ottoman

24.

Laissez Faire economics replaced which system?

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Socialism

c)

Communism

d)

Capitalism

25.

The rise of corporations were significant because they provided....

a)

Decreased competition in the market

b)

High risk for individual owners

c)

fewer investment oppourtunities

d)

Limited liability for investors

26.

A transnational company is...

a)

Companies that are owned by multiple nations

b)

Companies that operate across national boundaries

c)

Companies that are within the borders on nation

d)

A company that owns small businesses in other countries

27.

As a result of the middle class have more money to spend, companies started doing what?

a)

Raising the price of the products

b)

Giving away free samples

c)

Advertising their products

28.

Karl Marx was a communist who believed...

a)

Workers should own the means of production

b)

The lower class should be eliminated by the middle class.

c)

The rich and the poor should work together to create a utopia

d)

Factories were bad for society

29.

Which class of women usually went to work?

a)

Lower

b)

Middle

c)

Upper

30.

Industrialism in Egypt differed from Industrialism in England in that

a)

It was driven more by the state then independent capitalists

b)

It was driven more by independent capitalists than the state

c)

In did not involve foreign intervention

d)

Machines were adapted much less in production

31.

Bolivar envisioned

a)

a Grand Columbia united all the liberate South American states

b)

a united Portugal and Spain

c)

a Spanish takeover of Portuguese Brazil

d)

a loosely knit confederation of South American States

32.

Mexico was liberated from

a)

the United States

b)

the Spanish

c)

the Portuguese

d)

the Spanish and later (after a brief take over) the French

33.

Russia's industrial process can best be described as

a)

evolving organically by Russian middle class investors

b)

directed by outside colonial powers

c)

rapid because of the maintenance of serfdom

d)

directed by the state through ministers like Sergei Witte

34.

Socialism believes

a)

that the means of production should be communally owned

b)

that the move to a communal society is inevitable

c)

that land should be the measure of wealth

d)

that poverty will always exit

35.

Classical Liberals believe

a)

all of these

b)

that the economy is a natural process

c)

that population will always grow faster than food supply

d)

that poverty will always exit in some form

36.

How did the Ottoman Empire attempt to reform itself during the early 19th century?

a)

Laws inspired by the West brought more equality and tax reform.

b)

The sultan abdicated (gave up) his throne and a democratic system was put in place.

c)

Focus shifted back to tradition and Islam became the guiding principle in law.

d)

The government redistributed land and took direct control over major industries.

37.

Which of the following best describes the Ottoman Empire’s status during the 19th century?

a)

The empire conquered land in Eastern Europe and expanded its power.

b)

The empire weakened and became known as “the sick man” of Europe.

c)

The empire experienced a golden age and advanced in arts and science.

d)

The empire controlled many trade routes and dominated the global economy.

38.

What was NOT characteristic of the Russian Empire at the start of the 19th century?

a)

Reliance on serfdom.

b)

Rapid spread of industrialism.

c)

Monarchs with absolute power.

d)

Nationalism as a divisive force.

39.

Japan began the process of Westernization as a result of

a)

The Boxer Rebellion

b)

The Opium War

c)

The Meiji Restoration

d)

The Bolshevik Revolution