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AP History Modern Unit 5

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Enlightenment was a movement based on...


(a)  
Choose from the below words
reason
feeling
faith
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)  
Choose from the below words
Pride in one's ethnicity and cultural comminuty.
Workers owning the means of production
The desire for a country to expand its territory
The understanding the kinds are not divine
4.

Secular means:

4 lines
5.

Which of the following is the Enlightenment belief in reason over faith?

a)

Empiricism

b)

Deism

c)

Social Contract

d)

Scientific Revolution

6.

Who built the Palace of Versailles in France?

a)

Peter the Great

b)

Louis XX

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Philip II

7.

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

8.

Adam Smith was an economist who believed in

a)

Socialism

b)

Laissez - Faire Economics

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Communism

9.

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


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Completely uninvolved
Highly Involved
Kind of Involved
10.

Deism is the belief that....


(a)  
Choose from the below words
God does exist but does not determine your actions
God does not exist.
God does not exist, but some other kind of deity does.
God does exist and is all knowing
11.

Socialists and Utopian socialists offered a (a)   view of society.

12.

Enlightenment thinking led to what in many societies?

a)

Reform Movements

b)

Lack of Change

c)

a Return to traditional values

d)

Anti-semitism

13.

The Dreyfus Affair was an example of which of the following...

a)

Feminism

b)

Zionism

c)

Anti-Semitism

d)

Abolitionism

14.

Abolitionism is the movement to end (a)  

15.

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

16.

The Seneca Falls Convention discussed...

a)

Abolitionism

b)

Feminism

c)

Zionism

d)

Liberalism

17.

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

18.

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

19.

All atlantic revolutions were based on ideas from the (a)  

20.

Which two things did all revolutions have in common?

a)

A desire for a constitutional government

b)

A desire for equal social classes

c)

The desire to end slavery

d)

A desire for more democratic processes

21.

Who helped lead Haiti towards independence from France?

a)

Benjamin Franklism

b)

Simon Bolivar

c)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

d)

Maximilien Robespierre

22.

True or False: In the Latin American revolutions, the Creoles wanted to advance ALL of the Latin American social classes?

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Which document was written by Simon Bolivar in order to encourage the Creoles to join the revolutionary movement?

a)

The Jamaica Letter

b)

Common Sense

c)

The Rights of Man

d)

The Declaration of Sentiments

24.

Which two regions unified as a result of nationalism?

a)

the Balkan Peninsula

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

the Ottoman Empire

25.

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

26.

What was the name of the Ottoman attempt to unify their splintering empire?

a)

The Young Turks

b)

Ottomanism

c)

Serbian Nationalism

d)

the Self-Strengthening Movement

27.

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

28.

Cottage Industries were encouraged in Great Britain to compete with...

a)

Indian Cotton

b)

North American Cotton

c)

Russian Cotton

d)

Australian Cotton

29.

Which of the following helped agricultural productivity go up? (Click all that apply)

a)

Crop Rotation

b)

Seed Drill

c)

The horse

d)

Pesticides

30.

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

31.

Great Britain was the first to industrialize: true of false?

a)

True

b)

Falso

32.

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

33.

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

a)

True

b)

False

34.

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

35.

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

36.

The (a)   allowed people and goods to move around land easier than ever before!

37.

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

38.

Define "Defensive Modernization"

a)

Using gunpowder weapons to attack other industrialized nations

b)

Using weapons to refuse industrialization

c)

Adopting parts of industrialization in order to protect native culture.

d)

Growing your military in order to protect your factories

39.

Under the Tokugawa Japan was

a)

a major trading nation

b)

rapidly industrializing

c)

bankrupt

d)

isolated

40.

Commander Perry is connected to

a)

the opening of Japan for trade

b)

the attack on China during the Opium wars

c)

Russia's rapid growth as a power

d)

the defeat of the Napoleon

41.

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

42.

A 19th century Conservative believes in

a)

money as a measure of wealth

b)

that there should me no attempt to help the poor

c)

the status quo

d)

in an eventual social revolution of the proletariat

43.

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

44.

The Meiji Restoration was which nations move to industrialize?

a)

China

b)

Russia

c)

Japan

d)

Ottoman

45.

Check all the apply: Which were some aspects of the Meiji Restoration?

a)

Westernized the army

b)

Made Constitutional monarchy

c)

Adopted mercantilism

d)

encouraged industrialization

46.

Laissez Faire economics replaced which system?

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Socialism

c)

Communism

d)

Capitalism

47.

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

48.

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

49.

Harsh conditions in factories led to social (a)  

50.

Labor unions fought for things like (check all that apply)

a)

contracts

b)

Minimum Wage

c)

Safe working conditions

d)

5 day work week

51.

Utilitarians believe in

a)

Workers should own the means of production

b)

The greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people

c)

The greatest amount of good for the healthiest people

d)

The market should be regulated by governments

52.

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

53.

The self=strengthening movement was....

a)

Japan's reaction to industrialization.

b)

China's refusal to industrialize

c)

China's reaction to industrialization.

d)

Japan's refusal to industrialize

54.

The Hundred days of reform were

a)

A series of reform movements made by Emperor Guangxu in China like eliminating the civil service exam

b)

A series of movements in China to return to traditional values like re-establishing the mandate of hevan

c)

Chinese attempts to use their military to modernize

d)

The effort by Dowager Cixi to block reform movements in China

55.

Conservatives in China eventually blocked most reform movements...

a)

True

b)

False

56.

Which of the following resulted in the creation of a police and fire department?

a)

Reform groups like labor movements pushing for them.

b)

The growth of rural areas

c)

The rise of tenement buildings were crime and poverty were rampant

d)

Lobbyists fighting for improving cities

57.

Which class of women usually went to work?

a)

Lower

b)

Middle

c)

Upper