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WorksheetsGlobal Studies Unit 3 Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Why was the Meiji Restoration more of a revolution, than a restoration?
It destroyed the position of emperor, a long-held position in Japan.
It rebelled against previous efforts to industrialize Japan.
It pushed for Japanese modernization, which had been resisted before.
It dismantled all previous trade agreements and international relationships.
Which publication most accurately depicted what life was like for working people before the Industrial Revolution? Chose the best answer.
Thomas Paine’s “The Rights of Man”
Diderot’s “Encyclopedia”
Olympe de Gouges’s “Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen”
Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations”
What role did industrialization play in the age of imperialism?
It led to the end of the age of imperialism as industrialization favored independent states and free markets.
It intensified imperialism as industrial nations sought resources and labor from colonies.
It slowed down Europe’s entry into imperialism as many countries were busy with the process of industrializing.
It helped begin the process of imperialism when Europeans sought to help other nations by spreading industrialization.
The steam engine was a key invention during the Industrial Revolution. It was used to power trains, ships, and other heavy machinery. What was the steam engine originally designed to do?
To power trains that ran on large railway systems
To generate electricity for power plants
To pump water out of coal mines
To power cotton spindles and looms
What challenge did both Japan and Egypt face when it came to industrialization that Japan was able to overcome, but Egypt was not?
Difficult location for trade
Poor leadership or emperors
Lack of raw materials for production
Lack of coal to power factories
What industry did Egypt focus its industrial efforts on in the nineteenth century?
Cotton production
Silver processing
Railroad expansion
The manufacturing of goods
What does “deindustrialization” mean in the context of 19th century India?
A process of rapid industrialization through which India surpassed many European countries in amounts of production outputs
The movement of industry from textile production to resource extraction, leading to large-scale migrations and famines
The widespread movement against industrialization in India manifested itself through protests and strikes by workers
A shift in industry from cotton farming and production to clothing production which negatively impacted Europe
In response to issues like poor industrial work conditions, child labor, inequality, and other serious problems, what system of economics and government was promoted?
Capitalism
Socialism
Fascism
Industrialism
The discovery of fossil fuels and how to use them for energy was the basis of the Industrial Revolution. What quality of fossil fuels led to large-scale, worldwide inequality that persists today?
Their scarcity
Their uneven distribution
Their harmful environmental effects
Their high value
Why was building a national railroad a crucial part of industrialization?
Trains could quickly transport materials to factories.
Trains allowed for the increased spread of innovation.
Trains moved people at much faster rates than before.
Trains connected governments that supported industrialization.
How did the Industrial Revolution change social organization, especially in British society?
Families grew in size to encompass both extended family as well as neighbors nearby.
People lived closer together in cities, forming connections with those who shared physical space over family ties.
The prior focus on families was replaced by extreme focus on the individual.
Extended family communities were replaced by nuclear families without support systems.
What effect did industrialization have on cities?
They became much more desirable places for families to live and work together.
They were largely unaffected by industrialization, though rural areas changed a lot.
They became less populated because of the pollution caused by so many new factories.
They became larger and more crowded as people moved from rural areas to find work.
What is one way that industrial capitalism took unfair advantage of the proletariat?
It allowed the proletariat to control resources.
It improved the working environments for all laborers.
It minimized women’s economic mobility.
It allowed capitalists to control resources.
Karl Marx coined the term “proletariat” to describe a specific class. What class does it describe?
A class of people who sell their labor in return for a wage.
A class of people who were bound to work on the estates of a lord.
A class of people who own the means of production in return for profit.
A class of people who were enslaved and forced to work without pay, and without freedom.
As a result of the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in 1911, which of the following reforms was adopted?
New legislation that required increased worker pay.
New legislation that required improved factory safety.
New legislation that required extended breaks for workers.
New legislation that required a minimum age limit for all factory workers.
What part of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, continued to limit the freedom of former enslaved people and all Black Americans, including free people?
The requirement that newly freed people must work as apprentices on the same plantations where they had been enslaved
The addition of the “three-fifths compromise”
The clause that says people convicted of crimes can be enslaved
The inclusion of so-called “Jim Crow” laws
Choose the statement that best describes the experience of formerly enslaved people after the abolition of slavery.
Formerly enslaved people continued to face serious violence and mistreatment, though abolition was an important step toward equality.
There was no legal difference between how formerly enslaved people were treated as compared to their treatment before abolition.
Formerly enslaved people enjoyed largely the same rights as all citizens, though there was still some work left to do to achieve equality.
Most formerly enslaved people left the countries where they had been enslaved and returned to their country of origin.
Why was the slaving system economically damaging for middle-class British industrialists and business owners?
It was immoral to use forced free labor.
It was unfair to compete with businesses using slave labor.
It was profitable to increase instability in Africa.
It was sinful to partake in the slaving system.
How did industrial capitalism contribute to the growth of child labor?
Large factories required more labor to sustain production, including kids, who were paid less.
Large factories were so cramped inside, they needed physically smaller workers.
Large factories wanted to pay children more than adults for their services, as a way to get their loyalty while they were young.
Large factories did not contribute to increased child labor.
What is suffrage?
Voter restriction laws
The right to vote
The women’s movement for equal rights
The lack of rights
What important political change made universal women’s suffrage possible in most of Africa?
Apartheid
Decolonization
Temperance
Internationalism
What groups of women were excluded from voting in North America before the 1960s?
Uneducated Women
Unmarried Women
Working Class Women
Indigenous and African American Women
Compared to Western women’s suffrage movements, which focused on individuals, many Latin American women had a different approach. What best describes the focus of their approach?
Enlightenment ideas of equality and access to education
Family values and religion
Strengthening capitalism and the free market
Workers’ rights and social reform
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, energy to produce goods came from people, and on occasion, livestock. What new energy source drastically altered systems of production and distribution?
Solar energy
Wind energy
Steam power
Fossil fuels
Britain was one of the first countries to industrialize. What aspects of its geography made it easier for Britain to industrialize?
Access to seaports and large amounts of sunlight
Relatively flat land and an abundance of coal
Lots of coal and extensive river networks
A large population and pro-industry laws
Who created and used the first steam-powered engines, an essential innovation of the Industrial Revolution?
Chinese and Islamic scientists
European textile producers
Indian clothing manufacturers
British innovators
Which of the following best describes the history of industrialization across the globe?
It started in the 1700s and continues today with varying importance in different parts of the world.
It led to technological progress and economic growth in all countries it spread to.
It was concentrated in Europe and did not expand to other areas of the globe until the 1900s.
It occurred slowly and only spread outside of Britain towards the end of its industrialization.
What advantages did industrialized countries have over unindustrialized ones?
No private property laws, allowing industrialists to build where they wanted
Plentiful raw material deposits, helping them manufacture goods to trade
Lots of coal, aiding them in production and further industrialization
Higher productivity, which led to increased profits, goods, and investment
How did Britain’s role as a large trading power in the early nineteenth century impact British industrialization?
Large-scale trade made it possible for Britain to succeed economically without industrializing.
The large dependence Britain had on traded goods made it necessary for them to industrialize.
A large increase in imported manufactured goods slowed industrialization locally.
The import and export of goods helped grow the British economy and spur industrialization.
What aspects of Chinese history contradict Eurocentric explanations of the rise of industrialization in Europe?
China’s strict government control of trading operations
China’s large labor force
China’s history of economic, educational, and cultural inventions
China’s abundant coal deposits
How did the high wages in Britain help lead to the Industrial Revolution?
Since people worked less for the same amount of money, they had more time to experiment and invent.
They gave people more disposable income that they then spent on manufactured goods.
It allowed for high taxes that were then invested in national industrialization efforts.
They pushed manufacturers to cut down on human labor through mechanization.
How did Indian cotton production actually help spur industrialization in Britain?
India produced cheap cotton which Britain then used to produce textiles, pushing demand for cheaper methods of production.
Britain pushed industrialization in an attempt to compete with Indian cotton and textile producers in the global market.
The cotton and textiles produced in India were exported to Britain and used to clothe factory workers.
India started the slow process of industrial mechanization in their cotton industry which Britain then adopted and expanded with the Industrial Revolution.
How was Japan still at a disadvantage for industrialization after the Meiji Restoration?
Limited access to trade
Lack of raw materials
Distant location
Anti-industrial policies
In the twentieth century, Indian nationalists organized against British rule and control over trade. What did they see as their path toward greater political independence?
Appointment of Indian politicians
Stopping British use of sepoys
Greater economic self-reliance
Creation of a strong Indian army
Some ask why more people did not migrate from Asia to the Americas during the nineteenth century. Large push and pull factors could have driven more migration. What hindered it?
Programs by Asian countries to keep citizens from emigrating
Exclusionary acts by American governments
Lack of funding for the journey
Limited job opportunities in the Americas
During the Long Nineteenth Century, what role did many women play in the abolition of slavery?
Many women were vocal and effective activists in the fight for abolition
Women fought against abolition because the closure of plantations would have disrupted food production.
Women only fought for abolition if it directly affected their communities.
Women fought hard for the right to vote in this era, but that meant they did not have time or energy to also fight for abolition.
In all earlier eras, most children worked unless they were highly privileged. Why did this era see a social movement that called for children to be put in school rather than put to work?
Because the workforce had grown so much that there was no need for children to work, and they needed something productive to do.
Because uneducated children were regarded as a threat to society.
Because so many children were now working in factories under brutal, inhumane conditions.
Because most major factory accidents were caused by inexperienced child workers, which hurt profits.
How did unions support labor movements?
Unions liberated enslaved individuals.
Unions fought for women’s rights.
Unions taught individuals to read and write.
Unions allowed workers to organize.
How were Victorian ideals of gender roles spread?
These ideals were European, and they spread through colonialism.
These ideas were American, and they spread through “new women’s” groups.
These ideals were American, and they spread through networks of exchange.
These ideals were European, and they spread through labor networks.
How did European imperialism affect working class women in Asia?
Many Chinese women lost work because of Europe's desire to dismantle China’s markets.
Many Southeast Asian women were hired as inexpensive labor for European plantations or factories.
Many upper class women were affected by imperialism, but life of the lower class didn’t really change.
Many East Asian women were confined to living and working around the home.
