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Industry

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What group gave workers rights, and a limit on work hours?

a)

workers group

b)

workers union

c)

labor group

d)

labor union

2.

Industrialization started in...

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

3.

Imperialism is the seizure of a county or territory by a _________ country.

a)

Stronger

b)

Weaker

4.

Which type of imperialistic control involved allowing existing African political rulers to handle daily operations?

a)

Indirect Control

b)

Direct Control

5.

What powered the machinery in factories?

a)

Water and coal

b)

electrocity

c)

magnets

d)

solar power

6.

Who were the Luddites

a)

Workers that made friends with their employers

b)

Merchants that scammed people

c)

Workers that destroyed the machines that they thought were stealing their work

d)

Nobles that spent large amounts of their wealth on useless things

7.

How did the locomotive boost the economy during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Building the Railroad created jobs

b)

Less expensive travel lowered the price of goods

c)

More demand meant more need for factories and machinery and hiring workers

d)

All of the above

8.

The political cartoon to the right is depicting what event?

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Spheres of Influence in China

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

All of the above

9.

The “Scramble for Africa”...

a)

Allowed African countries to attend so they could decide which European countries to partner up with

b)

Had nothing to do with the desire for more natural resources by European countries

c)

Helped regulate colonization and trade in Africa by dividing its parts among European nations

d)

Made European control of Africa decrease

10.

To improve their trade deficit with China, the British sold _______________ to the Chinese.

a)

Porcelain

b)

Tea

c)

Silk

d)

Opium

11.

What two reasons lead to Imperialism and colonization of Africa and Asia?

a)

Natural Resources & Cheap cotton

b)

Plants & animals

c)

Raw materials &  New Markets

d)

Social Darwinism & Cheap Labor

12.

Why were people initially drawn to cities?

a)

The availibility of jobs

b)

The promise of leisure time

c)

Safer living conditions

d)

More farmland

13.

People moving from working on farms and depending on agriculture to relying on machines and other technology is best described as:

a)

Industrialization

b)

Urbanization

14.

The Chinese resisted European imperialism in which armed conflict?

a)

Haitian Revolution

b)

Sepoy Rebellion

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

Yellow Turban Rebellion

15.

What was animal and human power replaced with as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Water Power

b)

Kinetic Power

c)

Solar Power

d)

Steam Power

16.

Which of the following are positive outcomes of the Industrial Revolution? (Select all that apply)

a)

Created new jobs

b)

Poor working conditions

c)

Loss of natural habitate

d)

Produced new goods

e)

Improved Transportation

17.

Who was the founder of "Young Italy?" He was also known as the soul of Italian Unification.

a)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
b)

Giuseppe Mazzini

c)

Camillo di Cavour

d)
Emmanuel I
18.
Giuseppe Garibaldi may have been able to become the first leader of a unified Italy, but instead, turned over control of Naples and Sicily to _________ who was shortly thereafter crowned king.  
a)
Bismarck
b)
Mazzini
c)

Vittorio Emmanuel II 

d)
Cavour
19.
Unification is…
a)
The belief that one should be loyal to the ruler of a country
b)
The belief that one should be loyal to the country, not ruler
c)
The process of uniting separate areas into one country
d)
The process of gaining new colonies
20.

Which of these was NOT a reason European powers colonized Africa and Asia?

a)

They wanted to acquire power and prestige

b)

They wanted to gain access to natural resources such as gold, rubber, timber, and metals

c)

They had a mission to civilize "inferior races"

d)

They wanted to protect weaker nations from other foreign influences