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Industry and imperialism

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The industrial revolution made changes to what countries?

a)

USA and Canada

b)

Brazil and Africa

c)

Europe and America

2.

____s to ____s was when the industrial revolution happened.

(a)  

3.

What new four machines were created in the industrial revolution?

a)

Flying shuttle, spinning jenny, steam engine, and telegraph

b)

the telescope, thermometer, and nothing

4.

What did the flying shuttle do?

a)

Made thread more quickly

b)

Sped up weaving

c)

power factory machine, boats, and trains

d)

Could quickly send messages over long distances

5.

What did the spinning Jenny do?

a)

Could quickly send messages over long distances

b)

made thread more quickly

c)

sped up weaving

d)

Powered factory machines, boats, and trains

6.

What did the steam engines do?

a)

Sped up weaving

b)

could power factory machines, boats, and trains

c)

quickly send messages long distances

d)

made thread more quickly

7.

What did the telegraph do?

a)

It could quickly send watch messages over long distances

b)

speed up the weaving process

c)

made thread more quickly

d)

power machines, boats, and trains

8.

What did bankers, merchants, and rich landowners fund to the industrialization?

a)

food

b)

capital (money)

c)

jobs

d)

employees

9.

The people wanted a Laissez-Faire. What does Laissez-Faire mean?

(a)  

10.

Who developed the treatment for smallpox?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

Marie Curie

11.

Who won the Nobel Peace prize for chemistry?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Edward Jenner

12.

Where did many Europeans move to?

a)

Britain, France, Germany, and the US

b)

Brazil, France Belgium

13.

True or False, Scarcity of resources and jobs caused many people to move

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Where did many people move from to get jobs?

a)

From cities to farms

b)

From farms to cities

15.

What were the difficult conditions in factories and cities?

a)

Pollution and over population

b)

Long work days, Machines could be dangerous, and cities were polluted, crowded, and high in crime

16.

The search for ___ _________ led to a new wave of European involvement in Africa.

(a)  

17.

True or false , Africa was a major target because of it's open spaces and mineral wealth?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

(a)   , or independent business people built mines, plantations, and trade routes in Africa.

19.

They thought their government and culture was better than native African ways and tried to impose their ideas on the local people, a practice called (a)  

20.

What caused famines that killed thousands of Africans?

a)

Everybody left

b)

Europeans forced Africans to produce cash crops instead of growing food

21.

The English government wanted to protect the ____ _____ , a waterway built in Egypt in the 18600s to connect the Mediterranean and Red sea.

(a)  

22.

Reformers wanted to replace capitalism with (a)   , a social system in which businesses are either owned by workers or controlled by the government

23.

German philosopher ____ ____ called for workers to bring down the capitalist system.

(a)  

24.

There were two major art trends that were developed.

(a)   means stressed beauty, nature, and simpler times.

25.

There were two major art trends that were developed.

(a)   means to show everyday life as it really was.

26.

The _______ ____ _____ company was created to control trade between Britain, India, and East Asia

(a)  

27.

The British East India Company arrived in India in the late (a)   s.

28.

In 1857, a rebellion led by (a)   , Indian soldiers who fought in the British Army, broke out

29.

The period of British control in India is called the (a)   , from the Hindu word for "rule"

30.

What was one of the changes that the British made to India?

(a)  

31.

What was the only city that they allowed European traders to live in?

(a)  

32.

Members of the British East India Company smuggled (a)   into China to sell.

33.

China was divided into _______ __ _________

(a)  

34.

By 1914 most of Africa had been made into (a)   colonies

35.

True or false

Europeans did NOT draw boundaries that divided kingdoms, clans, and families

a)

True

b)

False

36.

What were dutch farmers who arrived in South Africa in the 1600s called?

(a)  

37.

What kingdom remained free from European control and was the only African country to do so?

(a)  

38.

In 1899, some Chinese began the (a)   Rebellion, an attempt to drive all of the westerners out of China.

39.

In 1853, commander _______ _____ sailed into Tokyo with a fleet of warships.

(a)  

40.

Japan's emperor's name was Mutsuhito and his reign is called the (a)   era.

41.

True or False

Britain Colonized and allowed self-rule in Australia and Hawaii

a)

True

b)

False ; It was New Zealand

42.

The British originally thought this land was uninhabited, but it actually had a native population called the (a)   , the longest ongoing culture in the world.

43.

New Zealand was settled slower because the British government recognized the land rights of the (a)   , who settled in New Zealand between AD 950 and 1300

44.

The Australian colonists killed or displaced many (a)   .

45.

Spain still controlled?

a)

Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Phillipines, and Guam

b)

China, India, Canada, and France

c)

The UK, Germany, Australia, and Italy

46.

True or false

In 1896, a revolution broke out; one of it's leaders was Emilio Aguinaldo

a)

True

b)

False

47.

In 1868, Cuba fought a (a)   year war for independence against Spain.

48.

The revolutions in the Philippines and Cuba interested the (a)   .

49.

Newspapers in the US printed sensational news stories to attract readers, a technique called ______ __________.

(a)  

50.

The United States sebt the battle ship USS (a)   to Havana Harbor to protect U.S. citizens and economic interests in Cuba.

51.

U.S. troops then invaded Spanish held ______ ____

(a)  

52.

The (a)   surrendered.

53.

A peace treaty placed Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines under (a)   control.

54.

Today, (a)   is a commonwealth of the US.

55.

Puerto Ricans were granted US citizen ship in (a)   .

56.

The ______ _____ was constructed and completed in 1914.

(a)  

57.

The Panama Canal allowed ships to cross between the Atlantic and (a)   Oceans.

58.

On __ /__ / __ the canal zone and the canal were removed from US control and returned to the government of Panama



(a)