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WorksheetsAP World 5.7 and 5.8 CFU
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Define Corporation
A business chartered by a government as a legal entity owned by stockholders.
Individuals who buy partial ownership directly from the company when formed or later in the stock market.
Companies that operate across national boundaries
An individual business that operates alone.
Why was the railroad project from Cape Town, South Africa to Cairo, Egypt discontinued?
War broke out and halted progression, eventually leading to the project being discontinued.
Britain didn't have the funds necessary to complete it.
Britain never gained all the land the railroads would've been constructed on.
Riots broke out from African natives who believed they were being paid too little for their work.
Why did manufacturers form corporations?
To dominate many forms of business, from banking to manufacturing.
To undermine individual responsibility.
To operate across national boundaries.
To minimize risk, safer investments, more flexibility.
What developed among the middle class in Great Britain?
The Unilever Corporation
Consumerism and leisure.
Insurance
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
What was the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation?
An insurance company that had its beginnings in a coffee house that helped establish the insurance industry.
A British-owned bank that focused on finance.
A British and Dutch venture that focused on household goods.
A transnational company founded by British-born Cecil Rhodes.
What did demand of public culture lead to?
The rise in industrialization.
The rise in owning pets.
The establishment of the insurance industry.
The construction of music halls and public parks.
Define Labor Unions
The working class, worked in factories, mines
The middle class and investors who owned machinery and factories where workers produced goods.
Organizations of workers who advocated for the right to bargain with employers and put the resulting agreements in a contract.
The final stage of economic development that would replace socialism, ending class distinctions.
How did Labor Unions improve the lives of workers?
By winning minimum wage laws.
By having overtime pay.
By having limits on hours worked and establishing 5 day work week.
What law was passed in 1881 for children?
Education became mandatory for children between 5-10 years old.
Children under the age of 10 were banned from working in the coal mines.
The pool in which men could vote was increased by English Parliament.
None of the above
Who was John Stuart Mill?
A British philosopher who supported legal reforms.
A German scholar and writer who argued for socialism.
The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reformed the Ottoman system.
An early economist whose ideas were taken in new directions.
How was Emperor Guangxu convinced to allow the Hundred Days of Reform?
Riots broke out against the government to change, forcing their hand.
After China won in the Sino-Japanese War from 1894-1895.
Their economy began to suffer, so they began to reform.
After civil servant Kang Youwei was able to meet with him and convince him of this.
Which of the following was not a successful reform in Japan?
Began to demonstrate traits of a Democracy.
The government no longer became dominated by army officers.
The economy rapidly industrialized.
New schools improved literacy rates.
