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WorksheetsIndustry and imperialism
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 53mins
The industrial revolution made changes to what countries?
USA and Canada
Brazil and Africa
Europe and America
____s to ____s was when the industrial revolution happened.
(a)
What new four machines were created in the industrial revolution?
Flying shuttle, spinning jenny, steam engine, and telegraph
the telescope, thermometer, and nothing
What did the flying shuttle do?
Made thread more quickly
Sped up weaving
power factory machine, boats, and trains
Could quickly send messages over long distances
What did the spinning Jenny do?
Could quickly send messages over long distances
made thread more quickly
sped up weaving
Powered factory machines, boats, and trains
What did the steam engines do?
Sped up weaving
could power factory machines, boats, and trains
quickly send messages long distances
made thread more quickly
What did the telegraph do?
It could quickly send watch messages over long distances
speed up the weaving process
made thread more quickly
power machines, boats, and trains
What did bankers, merchants, and rich landowners fund to the industrialization?
food
capital (money)
jobs
employees
The people wanted a Laissez-Faire. What does Laissez-Faire mean?
(a)
Who developed the treatment for smallpox?
Louis Pasteur
Edward Jenner
Marie Curie
Who won the Nobel Peace prize for chemistry?
Louis Pasteur
Marie Curie
Edward Jenner
Where did many Europeans move to?
Britain, France, Germany, and the US
Brazil, France Belgium
True or False, Scarcity of resources and jobs caused many people to move
True
False
Where did many people move from to get jobs?
From cities to farms
From farms to cities
What were the difficult conditions in factories and cities?
Pollution and over population
Long work days, Machines could be dangerous, and cities were polluted, crowded, and high in crime
The search for ___ _________ led to a new wave of European involvement in Africa.
(a)
True or false , Africa was a major target because of it's open spaces and mineral wealth?
True
False
(a) , or independent business people built mines, plantations, and trade routes in Africa.
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)
What caused famines that killed thousands of Africans?
Everybody left
Europeans forced Africans to produce cash crops instead of growing food
The English government wanted to protect the ____ _____ , a waterway built in Egypt in the 18600s to connect the Mediterranean and Red sea.
(a)
Reformers wanted to replace capitalism with (a) , a social system in which businesses are either owned by workers or controlled by the government
German philosopher ____ ____ called for workers to bring down the capitalist system.
(a)
There were two major art trends that were developed.
(a) means stressed beauty, nature, and simpler times.
There were two major art trends that were developed.
(a) means to show everyday life as it really was.
The _______ ____ _____ company was created to control trade between Britain, India, and East Asia
(a)
The British East India Company arrived in India in the late (a) s.
In 1857, a rebellion led by (a) , Indian soldiers who fought in the British Army, broke out
The period of British control in India is called the (a) , from the Hindu word for "rule"
What was one of the changes that the British made to India?
(a)
What was the only city that they allowed European traders to live in?
(a)
Members of the British East India Company smuggled (a) into China to sell.
China was divided into _______ __ _________
(a)
By 1914 most of Africa had been made into (a) colonies
True or false
Europeans did NOT draw boundaries that divided kingdoms, clans, and families
True
False
What were dutch farmers who arrived in South Africa in the 1600s called?
(a)
What kingdom remained free from European control and was the only African country to do so?
(a)
In 1899, some Chinese began the (a) Rebellion, an attempt to drive all of the westerners out of China.
In 1853, commander _______ _____ sailed into Tokyo with a fleet of warships.
(a)
Japan's emperor's name was Mutsuhito and his reign is called the (a) era.
True or False
Britain Colonized and allowed self-rule in Australia and Hawaii
True
False ; It was New Zealand
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.
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
The Australian colonists killed or displaced many (a) .
Spain still controlled?
Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Phillipines, and Guam
China, India, Canada, and France
The UK, Germany, Australia, and Italy
True or false
In 1896, a revolution broke out; one of it's leaders was Emilio Aguinaldo
True
False
In 1868, Cuba fought a (a) year war for independence against Spain.
The revolutions in the Philippines and Cuba interested the (a) .
Newspapers in the US printed sensational news stories to attract readers, a technique called ______ __________.
(a)
The United States sebt the battle ship USS (a) to Havana Harbor to protect U.S. citizens and economic interests in Cuba.
U.S. troops then invaded Spanish held ______ ____
(a)
The (a) surrendered.
A peace treaty placed Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines under (a) control.
Today, (a) is a commonwealth of the US.
Puerto Ricans were granted US citizen ship in (a) .
The ______ _____ was constructed and completed in 1914.
(a)
The Panama Canal allowed ships to cross between the Atlantic and (a) Oceans.
On __ /__ / __ the canal zone and the canal were removed from US control and returned to the government of Panama
(a)
