True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false. |
| 1. | British cotton imports declined by 25% between 1787 and 1840. |
| 2. | The
water-powered loom increased cottage industry production. |
| 3. | Robert Fulton built the first paddle-wheel steamboat. |
| 4. | Cola
is a product derived from coal used to burn away impurities in crude iron. |
| 5. | By
1850, railroad tracks crisscrossed much of Britain. |
| 6. | Darwin argued that human beings had their origins in simpler animal forms of
life. |
| 7. | Beethoven was clearly a devotee of the classical, as opposed to the romantic,
framework of music. |
| 8. | The
Neo-Gothic style was a romantic revival of medieval architecture. |
| 9. | Many
romantics felt that industrialization would bring people closer to nature. |
| 10. | Romanticism was a reaction against the Enlightenments emphasis on
reason. |
Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| 11. | Which of the
following did NOT contribute to Britains Industrial Revolution? a. | powerful
monarchy | b. | improved food supplies | c. | large labor
force | d. | abundant money supply | | |
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| 12. | The textile
industry met its last major challenge to full mechanization with the development of a. | the flying
shuttle. | b. | the water-powered loom. | c. | improvements to the
steam engine. | d. | the spool. | | |
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| 13. | The spread
of the factory system resulted in all of the following EXCEPT a. | the movement away from
home production. | b. | poorer quality of iron. | c. | the need for more
power. | d. | increased exports of British cotton goods. | | |
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| 14. | The
Industrial Revolution created new jobs in all of the following EXCEPT a. | railroad
construction. | b. | coal mining. | c. | factory
production. | d. | farming. | | |
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| 15. | The steam
engine, used to drive machinery, was improved by a. | James Hargreaves. | b. | James
Watt. | c. | Robert Owen. | d. | Edmund
Cartwright. | | |
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| 16. | In 1848,
revolutions took place in all of the following EXCEPT a. | Britain. | b. | France. | c. | the German states. | d. | Italy. | | |
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| 17. | The first
president of the Second Republic in France was a. | Napoleon Bonaparte. | b. | Louis-Napoleon. | c. | Metternich. | d. | Louis-Philippe. | | |
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| 18. | The peace
settlement that followed the defeat of Napoleon was developed at the a. | Second
Republic. | b. | Frankfurt Assembly. | c. | Congress of
Vienna. | d. | Germanic Confederation. | | |
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| 19. | After
Napoleon, France was governed until 1830 by a. | a king. | b. | an emperor. | c. | a constitutional monarchy. | d. | the Constituent
Assembly. | | |
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| 20. | Metternich
claimed, after Napoleons defeat, that a. | lawful monarchs should be restored. | b. | all monarchies should
be abolished. | c. | liberal ideas should be encouraged. | d. | Napoleon had the
correct vision. | | |
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| 21. | The
Compromise of 1867 did all of the following EXCEPT a. | create the dual
monarchy of Austria-Hungary. | b. | create a single monarch to govern both Austria and
Hungary. | c. | establish a common Austria-Hungary army. | d. | allow Huns within the
empire to vote. | | |
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| 22. | Louis-Napoleon assumed the title of Napoleon III, Emperor of France, and at first
he a. | limited civil
liberties. | b. | expanded freedoms. | c. | restored the
monarchy. | d. | formed a shared empire with Hungary. | | |
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| 23. | A major
threat to American national unity during the nineteenth century was a. | the Revolutionary
War. | b. | the War of
1812. | c. | slavery. | d. | liberalism. | | |
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| 24. | Bismarck
faced challenges to his authority from all of the following EXCEPT a. | German
Catholics. | b. | France. | c. | the legislature. | d. | the Prussian
army. | | |
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| 25. | Britain
avoided any form of revolution in 1848 by a. | giving the industrial middle class the vote. | b. | giving women the
vote. | c. | building up the British army. | d. | expanding
railroads. | | |
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| 26. | Through
music, literature, and painting, the romantic artists attempted to a. | make people fall in
love. | b. | express their love for women. | c. | stir the
emotions. | d. | get people to reject modern innovations. | | |
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| 27. | What do the
writers Walter Scott, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allen Poe, and William Wordsworth have in
common? a. | They were all
men. | b. | They were all
English. | c. | They were all French. | d. | They were all romantic
writers. | | |
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| 28. | Romantic
painters aimed to a. | mirror the
artists imagination. | b. | re-create nature. | c. | meet the highest
standards of the École des Beaux-Arts. | d. | focus on the deplorable
conditions of the urban poor. | | |
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| 29. | Louis
Pasteur proposed a. | the concept of atomic
weight. | b. | the germ theory of disease. | c. | a theory of
electricity. | d. | that Darwin be excommunicated. | | |
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| 30. | The realist
novels of Flaubert and Dickens a. | portrayed the world using the authors emotions and
imaginations. | b. | criticized aspects of nineteenth-century
life. | c. | argued for survival of the
fittest. | d. | condemned Darwin as godless. | | |
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Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement. |
| 31. | The
meeting of the great powers to maintain peace after Napoleons defeat came to be called the
____________________ of Europe.
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| 32. | Liberals believed that freedoms should be guaranteed by a written document like the
American Bill of ____________________.
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| 33. | The
Congress of Vienna recognized the existence of 38 independent states called the Germanic
____________________.
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| 34. | In
March 1848, demonstrations in the major cities of the Austrian Empire led to the dismissal of Klemens
von ____________________.
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| 35. | The
provisional government, after the French monarchy was overthrown in 1848, called for a Constituent
____________________.
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| 36. | The
longest reign in English history was that of Queen ____________________ from 1837 to
1901.
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| 37. | After
the Franco-Prussian War, France gave the provinces of ____________________ and Lorraine to the new
German state.
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| 38. | The
Russian peasants, freed by Alexander IIs emancipation edict, soon discovered that
they did not have enough good ____________________.
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| 39. | The
U.S. Constitution committed the United States to the principles of ____________________ and
liberalism.
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| 40. | The
economy of the Southern states in the U.S. before the 1860s was dependent on ____________________
labor.
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Matching |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | capital | b. | cottage industry | c. | socialism | d. | spinning jenny | e. | entrepreneurs | | |
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| 41. | seekers of
new business opportunities |
| 42. | money
supply |
| 43. | production
method using rural, at-home workers |
| 44. | governmental
ownership and control of production |
| 45. | invention
that improved thread production |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | conservatism | b. | liberalism | c. | universal male suffrage | d. | multinational
state | e. | principle of intervention | | |
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| 46. | belief in
tradition and social stability |
| 47. | right of
powerful countries to maintain order throughout Europe |
| 48. | belief that
people should be free from government restraint |
| 49. | voting
rights for all adult men |
| 50. | collection
of different peoples under the same government, as in the Austrian Empire |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | militarism | b. | secede | c. | kaiser | d. | emancipation edict | e. | realpolitik | | |
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| 51. | emperor |
| 52. | Bismarcks theory of practical, as opposed to idealistic,
governance |
| 53. | reliance on
military strength |
| 54. | law that
freed Russian serfs |
| 55. | withdraw
from or choose not to be part of |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | natural selection | b. | realism | c. | romanticism | d. | secularization | e. | organic
evolution | | |
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| 56. | emphasis on
using feelings and emotions over reason |
| 57. | literary
movement that stressed ordinary characters, precise description |
| 58. | theory that
some organisms are more adaptable |
| 59. | indifference
to religion |
| 60. | theory that
life forms develop from simpler forms |