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Review for the Industrial Revolution and Imperialism Test

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

England's government created a special bank to loan money to corporations and other banks. What was it called?

a)

National Bank

b)

American Bank

c)

Scottish Bank

2.

A simple invention took loose cotton and turned it into thread was called the_____.

a)

Spinning Jenny

b)

Crazy Myrna

c)

Lucky Spinner

3.

What was the name for mass produced cotton cloth?

a)

Aromatics

b)

textiles

c)

canals

4.

What was the most important invention of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Flying Mule

b)

Flying Shuttle

c)

Steam Engine

5.

How did factories send their cloth and other products to the ships at sea in England?

a)

England built water canals all over the country

b)

England built hot air balloons

c)

England built special airplanes

6.

What economic group became key to the Industrial Revolution? They were a major part of the ownership and work force of the factories?

a)

Aristocracy

b)

Middle Class

c)

Working class

7.

The rise of the Industrial Revolution led to a need for more ________ workers in England and America.

a)

wealthier

b)

educated

c)

foreign

8.

What was it called when prices were determined by business owners and not the government?

a)

Oligopoly

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Free Enterprise

9.

What term did Adam Smith use when he said the government should not interfere with business decisions?

a)

Prime Literal

b)

Laissez Faire

c)

Senate Prime

10.

What is a positive effect for workers during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

It created more jobs for people

b)

It made the factory workers rich

c)

it forced the government to eliminate corruption

11.

Which of the following is a positive effect of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Increased diseases

b)

Inventions and creativity

c)

Constant wars with France

12.

Who invented the idea of Germ Theory?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

George Clemenceau

c)

Basil Hadrid

13.

What did Dr. Pasteur say was the cause of diseases?

a)

Toxic gas from beneath the earth

b)

clouds containing poison gases

c)

microscopic creatures he called "germs"

14.

What did Pasteur suggest people do to avoid the spread of diseases?

a)

wash hands with soap

b)

Avoid sunlight during hot days

c)

Eat carefully preserved food

15.

What did Louis Pasteur develop to kill diseases in people when they are infected?

a)

special surgeries

b)

vaccines

c)

showers and soap

16.

Who tended to suffer from malnutrition during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

college students

b)

factory workers

c)

policemen

17.

Because of poor housing conditions, factory workers were susceptible to what disease?

a)

cancer

b)

leprosy

c)

cholera

18.

What was a common accident in coal mines?

a)

coal mines would run out of coal

b)

invasions by rival coal companies

c)

explosions in the mines

19.

Where did many factory children come from?

a)

Towns that were evacuated

b)

orphanages

c)

other countries

20.

Why were women sometimes put in hazardous jobs during the industrial Revolution?

a)

They were stronger than the men

b)

they were not valued as much as the men

c)

they spent too much time cooking for others

21.

What is one thing Marx wanted to get rid of so everyone would be equal?

a)

private ownership

b)

books

c)

philosophy

22.

What was the name of the famous book by Karl Marx?

a)

Capital

b)

Communist Manifesto

c)

Dr. Zhivago

23.

What does Karl Marx say must happen for Communism to occur?

a)

less medicine

b)

more food

c)

a violent revolution

24.

Who did Marx consider the biggest threat to his Communism plans?

a)

Middle Class people

b)

very poor people

c)

foreign countries

25.

Marx said if people didn't want to be communists, they would have to be_____.

a)

hanged

b)

shot

c)

reeducated

26.

What did the BEIC specialize in?

a)

long distance trade

b)

Selling furniture

c)

mining coal

27.

Why did the BEIC was able to invade and conquer large parts of India?

a)

The kings were on drugs

b)

Hindus and Muslims were always at war

c)

There was a shortage of people in India

28.

What did the BEIC want from India?

a)

wood

b)

diamonds

c)

cotton

29.

The British East India Company would take raw cotton and send it to British factories and then send it back to India in the form of _____.

a)

cloth

b)

trains

c)

shoes

30.

Because of the _____ Revolt, the British East India Company showed they couldn't control India.

a)

Curry

b)

Sepoy

c)

Gold

31.

Who took over control of India after the BEIC was removed from power?

a)

The French Government

b)

the British Government

c)

The German Government

32.

What did the British create for the Indian population that was positive?

a)

hospitals, medicines, colleges

b)

a minimum wage of $15.00 per hour

c)

a pass to China

33.

What did the Chinese government do that hurt them and put them behind the rest of the world?

a)

they sent gold to Spain

b)

they isolated from the rest of the world

c)

They were alcoholics

34.

When the British East India Company ran out of silver, what did they sell to Chinese gangs?

a)

opium

b)

whiskey

c)

emeralds

35.

When the British navy defeated the Chinese navy, what did the Chinese have to give to the British?

a)

Shanghai and Hong Kong

b)

Control of Mongolia

c)

Control of all of France

36.

Why did the British want to control a neighborhood of every major city in China?

a)

to distribute the opium

b)

to buy silver

c)

to buy Chinese food

37.

What was the name of the Chinese gangs that bought the opium from the British?

a)

the Ninjas

b)

triads

c)

thugs

38.

What did the British East India Company want from China?

a)

coffee

b)

tea

c)

sugar

39.

What is it called when one nation conquers another place and its people?

a)

imperialism

b)

democracy

c)

anarchy

40.

What crop did the British East India Company want from India?

a)

raw cotton

b)

vegetables

c)

potatoes

41.

What body of water did the British government take from Egypt?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Lake Michigan

c)

Suez Canal

42.

What was the mosquito disease that kept many Europeans from entering Central Africa?

a)

polio

b)

flu

c)

malaria

43.

What allowed Europeans to travel against the swift moving Africa rivers?

a)

battleships

b)

steam-powered river boats

c)

special canoes

44.

What weapon allowed Europeans to conquer the African people who defended their land?

a)

special bow and arrow

b)

automatic pistols

c)

machine gun

45.

What medicine was given to people who suffered from malaria to reduce fever?

a)

quinine

b)

palm medicine

c)

aspirin

46.

For what purpose did factory machines need palm oil and rubber sap?

a)

to lubricate and stop the machines from wearing down

b)

to make the machines slower

c)

to make the factory machines less-efficient

47.

Why did the Europeans want to kill the elephants?

a)

they wanted their organs for medicine

b)

they wanted the ivory tusks

c)

they wanted to find a cure for diseases

48.

What metals were needed for the factory machines in Europe?

a)

platinum and silver

b)

copper and nickel

c)

gold and steel

49.

What part of Africa did King Leopold of Belgium invade and conquer with a personal army?

a)

Libya

b)

Congo

c)

Nigeria

50.

What did King Leopold call his personal kingdom in Africa?

a)

Congo Free State

b)

Zaire

c)

Peoples Republic of Congo

51.

What crop did King Leopold's army force the people in the Congo to grow instead of their food crops?

a)

apple trees

b)

fig trees

c)

rubber trees

52.

How many native Congo people died in just 16 years because of the cruelty in the Congo Free State?

a)

10 million

b)

2 million

c)

3 million

53.

What did the soldiers working for King Leopold do as punishment for rubber collectors who didn't collect enough?

a)

they killed the rubber sap collectors

b)

they cut off the hands of their children

c)

they forced the workers to leave

54.

In 1885, the nations of Europe came together to divide all of Africa amongst themselves before they all invaded. What was the meeting called?

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Assembly of Paris

c)

Madrid Conference

55.

The African nations of Liberia and Ethiopia stand out because of what distinction?

a)

they were attacked by the Turkish army

b)

they were never invaded and conquered

c)

they invented the flamethrower

56.

Besides being invaded by European armies, many Africans died from new _____.

a)

diseases

b)

chemicals

c)

ships

57.

The European nations hurt the native people of Africa because they divided ______ between different nations.

a)

farm equipment

b)

tribal boundaries

c)

rubber sap

58.

Many Africans died from abuses and hunger during the imperialism era but some also died from _____.

a)

diseases

b)

falling

c)

fishing

59.

What was the deadly disease caused by people drinking water that was infected with human feces?

a)

flu

(Influenza)

b)

cholera

c)

diabetes

60.

What was a major health problem that affected workers during the Industrial Revolution in Europe and America?

a)

murder

b)

leprosy

c)

malnutrition

61.

What was the deadliest job for workers in the Industrial Revolution?

a)

sweeping floors

b)

silk thread making

c)

coal mining

62.

Children who worked in factories and coal mines during the Industrial Revolution were mistreated. Where did many of these children come from?

a)

orphanages

b)

France

c)

China

63.

What did factories do with women they hired for factories?

a)

refused to pay women

b)

paid women less than men and put then in dangerous jobs

c)

made women eat leftovers

64.

How did Dr. John Snow determine the cause of cholera in a part of London, England?

a)

he studied ancient books

b)

he used a map to locate the source of the disease

c)

he found a pair of pants

65.

What did Dr. John Snow learn was the actual cause of cholera?

a)

poison air

b)

soil infected with bubonic plague

c)

water infected with human waste