1. Which characteristic was not a reason that the Industrial Revolution began in England?
(Points : 3)
many available laborers

strong banking system

long life expectancy

numerous rivers

2. Which industry launched the Industrial Revolution?
(Points : 3)
railroad

oil

textile

cotton

3. Which innovation led to an increase in cloth production at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution? (Points : 3)
Bessemer process
water frame
steam engine
electric sewing machine

4. Robert Fulton pioneered which new method of transportation?
(Points : 3)
steamship

balloon

automobile

locomotive

5. Which was a new method of production during the Second Industrial Revolution?
(Points : 3)
assembly line

steam power

interchangeable parts

factory system

6. Which was not a source of energy introduced during the late 1800s?
(Points : 3)
gasoline

electricity

kerosene

solar power

7. Which is not an example of the human cost of industrialization?
(Points : 3)
factory injuries

overcrowded cities

child labor

violence over religious beliefs

8. Which best explains why the Industrial Revolution led to a larger middle class?
(Points : 3)
Wealth was shared more evenly.

Land ownership became more important than before.

Businesses needed more educated people.

Factory workers earned high salaries.

9. Which best describes the beliefs of Robert Owen?
(Points : 3)
Factory managers are the most important people in a company.

People can build a utopian society with socialist ideals.

Laissez-faire capitalism is the fairest economic system.

Laborers make too much money.

10. Why did Karl Marx believe that capitalism would be overthrown?
(Points : 3)
Laborers would leave the factory.

Business owners would choose socialism.

The middle class would grow too large.

Workers would revolt.

11. How did the work of Louis Pasteur help improve the quality of life for people during the Industrial Revolution?
(Points : 3)
It provided a new way of understanding human origins.

It led to new ways to fight disease.

It explained the reason for the struggle between the classes.

It gave new insights about human behavior.

12. Which most directly led to the rise of mass entertainment during the late 1800s?
(Points : 3)
psychoanalysis

invention of television

increased leisure time

expanded suffrage

13. Which did not prompt European imperialism in the late nineteenth century? (Points : 3)
zeal for missionary work
promises of prosperity
need for raw materials
abolition of slavery

14. Which was not used to justify European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?
(Points : 3)
a new wave of nationalism

a belief in European superiority

creation of a social utopia

social Darwinism

15. Which was an impact of European imperialism on the people of Africa?
(Points : 3)
greater self-rule

loss of natural resources

an end to tribal conflict

expansion of slavery

16. Which led the British government to shut down the East India Company and rule India directly?
(Points : 3)
the Anglo-Boer War

the Opium Wars

the Taiping Rebellion

the Sepoy Mutiny

17. How did Britain seek to correct its balance of trade with China?
(Points : 3)
selling opium

trading only for silver

purchasing more tea

closing all British ports to Chinese traders

18. Which was a goal of Sun Yat-sen in calling for revolution in China?
(Points : 3)
creating a new imperial dynasty

controlling Hong Kong

expelling the Qing dynasty

driving out foreigners

19. Which was an argument for Japanese imperial expansion?
(Points : 3)
the need to modernize

the benefits of isolation

problems with European-style education

the need to maintain Japan’s feudal system

20. Which belief did many Americans use to justify the U.S. takeover of the Philippines?
(Points : 3)
It was their Manifest Destiny.

The Maine had been sabotaged.

They had to control the Panama Canal Zone.

It was their duty to civilize the Filipinos.