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Midterm Exam

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 2hrs 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Industrial Revolution: This was Karl Marx's term for the working class.

a)

proletariat

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

laissez-faire

d)

bourgeoisie

2.

Scientific Revolution: The force that keeps the planets in motion around the Sun.

a)

Gravity

b)

Heliocentric

c)

Scientific Revolution

d)

Inertia

3.

French Revolution: Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Francis

c)

John Legend

d)

Louis XV

4.

French Revolution: Who was the Queen of France during the French Revolution?

a)

Marie Antoinette

b)

Elizabeth

c)

Laya

d)

Catherine de Medici

5.

French Revolution: Why was Marie Antoinette so unpopular?

a)

She was a foreigner

b)

She had big parties and spent a lot of money

c)

Both A and B (She had big parties and she was foreign)

d)

She supported reforms that helped the poor people of France

6.

French Revolution: Who belonged in the third estate of France?

a)

The clergy of the Roman Catholic Church

b)

Wealthy nobles

c)

Peasants and the bourgeoisie

d)

Urban workers

7.

French Revolution: How did King Louis permanently lose the faith of the French people?

a)

He fired Necker

b)

He attempted to flee

c)

He recognized the National Assembly

d)

He called foreign troops to suppress the revolution

8.

French Revolution: What type of government did Napoleon create for France when he rose to power?

a)

Democracy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Autocracy

d)

Consulate

9.

French Revolution: Why did the people support Napoleon?

a)

He strengthened the French economy

b)

Restored order for the people

c)

Improved the economy and created new industry

d)

All of the above

e)

He promoted equality before the law

10.

Scientific Revolution: The belief that the earth is at the center of the universe.

a)

Gravity

b)

Geocentric

c)

Scientific Revolution

d)

Heliocentric

11.

Scientific Revolution: Belief that the sun is at the center of the universe.

a)

Gravity

b)

Heliocentric

c)

Scientific Revolution

d)

Geocentric

12.

Scientific Revolution: A new way of thinking about the physical world that led to modern science.

a)

Gravity

b)

Heliocentric

c)

Scientific Revolution

d)

Empiricism

13.

Scientific Revolution: This person discovered the laws of motion, such as gravity.

a)

Mr. Miller

b)

Mr. Pig

c)

Newton

d)

Galileo

e)

Kepler

14.

Scientific Revolution: What powerful organization was threatened by the new discoveries of the Scientific Revolution?

a)

The Church

b)

Congress

c)

The Ohio State Buckeyes

d)

The Monarchy

15.

Scientific Revolution: This word means to "get my name out of your mouth" or to take back something that you said.

a)

Recant

b)

Lie

c)

Rapport

d)

Retract

16.

Industrial Revolution: This is a country where businesses can operate without the government having much of a say.

a)

proletariat

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

laissez-faire

d)

free market

17.

Industrial Revolution: Economy where individuals, not the government, own and run the means of production.

a)

bourgeoisie

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Capitalism

e)

Free market

18.

Industrial Revolution: Economy in which the government owns and operates the factories and production.

a)

Socialism

b)

capital

c)

farmers

d)

Communism

19.

Industrial Revolution: People leaving the countryside to live in cities and towns.

a)

utilitarianism

b)

entrepreneur

c)

communism

d)

urbanization

e)

migration

20.

Industrial Revolution: Which of the following helped Great Britain's farmers increase food production in the 1700s?

a)

They learned about crop rotation.

b)

They brought in a huge wave of immigrant farm workers.

c)

They invented tractors and combines.

d)

They began using new agricultural tools and techniques.

21.

Industrial Revolution: Which of the following became an important source of power during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

steam engine

b)

animals

c)

windmill

d)

water wheel

22.

Industrial Revolution: What about life during the Industrial Revolution supported Karl Marx's ideas?

a)

There was a large amount of goods and resources available.

b)

Just a few people were making all the money, but most people were still poor.

c)

People had grown immunity to famine.

d)

Working conditions in factories were harsh and unsafe for laborers.

23.

Industrial Revolution: In the 1800s, where did the poor live in cities?

a)

In tenements near the factories.

b)

On the top floor of tall buildings. (Today this is sweet, but they had no elevators, so they had to use the stairs for everything!)

c)

Outside the cities, in practically homeless camps.

d)

In overcrowded boarding houses shared with multiple families.

24.

Industrial Revolution: Most early factories were built near

a)

rivers because they used the power of the current.

b)

cities because they wanted the workers to be able to walk to work.

c)

railways to move the products.

d)

coal mines to have easy access to fuel for steam engines.

25.

Industrial Revolution: What industry was the first to bring along the idea of the factory system?

a)

Textile

b)

glass production

c)

steel

d)

coal mining

26.

Industrial Revolution: Who was most responsible for making changes in the workplace that benefited workers?

a)

Politicians

b)

City Planners

c)

Unions

d)

Social Reformers

27.

Industrial Revolution: One problem the industrial working class poor had to face that we focused on was about the drinking water. What was it?

a)

It was too expensive.

b)

It was rarely available.

c)

They had to collect their own water from gutters and rooftops.

d)

The water was often contaminated because there were no rules in place to ensure safe water for the public.

e)

Water sources were often located far from their homes, making access difficult.

28.

Industrial Revolution: Which of the following is an effect of industrialization?

a)

Rapid Urbanization

b)

Gradual movement of people to the suburbs.

c)

Shorter working days.

d)

Increase in pollution levels.

29.

Enlightenment: This was a place where people gathered to share ideas.

a)

baroque

b)

salon

c)

social contract

d)

coffeehouse

30.

Enlightenment: an agreement where people give up some freedom to be a part of an organized society.

a)

baroque

b)

salon

c)

social contract

d)

constitution

31.

Enlightenment: A group of leaders of the American Colonies had a big meeting to make decisions about the future of the Americas.

a)

baroque

b)

salon

c)

social contract

d)

Continental Congress

e)

First Congress

32.

Enlightenment: Main author of the Declaration of Independence.

a)

John Lock

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Denis Diderot

d)

Benjamin Franklin

33.

Enlightenment: Form of government where citizens rule through elected representatives.

a)

Republic

b)

Excommunication

c)

Absolute Monarchy

d)

Democracy

34.

Enlightenment: The idea of checks and balances and separation of powers was put forward by...

a)

Mary Wollstonecraft

b)

Diderot

c)

L. Miller

d)

Montesquieu

e)

John Locke

35.

Enlightenment: The most drastic change in ideas expressed by women during this time was that women...

a)

should not believe that mothering is the most important duty.

b)

were not inferior to men.

c)

should have equal pay for equal work.

d)

should have access to education.

36.

Enlightenment: French thinkers who believed that man could use reason to solve social problems.

a)

Philosophes

b)

Cesar Beccaria

c)

Voltaire

d)

Montesquieu

37.

Enlightenment: Why did England need to raise taxes on the colonies?

a)

The colonies were not raising enough income for England.

b)

The King and his Queen were spending money like it was tax return season, getting new rims, new ink, and even some gold teeth!

c)

The French & Indian War was costing lots and lots of money.

d)

England needed to pay off debts incurred from previous wars.