Quiz on Unit 6 review (1815-1914)

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Newcomen steam engine

Raw materials (colonial empire), excellent transportation system via canals and rivers and later railroads, rise of capitalism, incentives for inventors (government rewards for new inventions), favorable government policies Designed to pump water out of the coal mines to increase production. Designed to pump water out of the coal mines to increase production. Tzar Alexander 3rd had his finance minister Sergei Witte to draft some reforms. Universal suffrage for men, citizenship for all Russians, freedom of speech, and legislative reform, but tzar retained veto power

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Customs union which put a huge tariff on trade beyond member states, and promoted free trade within those German states. Allowed the small German states to compete economically with large unified countries like Great Britain and France

Zollverein agreement Provisional governments new constitution Zollverein agreement War of Greece independence

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Raw materials (colonial empire), excellent transportation system via canals and rivers and later railroads, rise of capitalism, incentives for inventors (government rewards for new inventions), favorable government policies

Reasons for industrialization in Britain Edmund Burke Communist Manifesto Irish potato famine

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Transition from agrarian economies to economies based on the manufacture of goods. Done in factories with specialization

German Social Democratic Party Utilitarianism Industrialization Non-industrialized nations in the 1800s

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Between 1870 and 1914, a second wave of industrialization spread throughout Europe. Main building material became steel instead of iron, and the main fuel source became gasoline and electricity rather than coal and steam.

Nobility’s opposition to industrialization 2nd wave of industrialization Utilitarianism Vulcanization

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Spinning jenny

Made the production of textiles exponentially cheaper.

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Bessemer process

Allowed steel to be mass-produced. And it was stronger and more resistant to rust.

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Great exhibition

Industrialization struggled to take root in places like Portugal, Spain, Southern Italy, and Greece because they lacked large deposits of coal and iron. And spain was devastated after the peninsular war and lacked a stable government. Plus elites have more government control and they didn’t like industrialization

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Steam engine

With the introduction of the steam engine, water power was no longer necessary and factories could be built anywhere.

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Parliament repealed the corn laws

Telegraph, telephone, vulcanization, new railroads

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Newcomen steam engine

Customs union which put a huge tariff on trade beyond member states, and promoted free trade within those German states. Allowed the small German states to compete economically with large unified countries like Great Britain and France

Raw materials (colonial empire), excellent transportation system via canals and rivers and later railroads, rise of capitalism, incentives for inventors (government rewards for new inventions), favorable government policies

Transition from agrarian economies to economies based on the manufacture of goods. Done in factories with specialization

Between 1870 and 1914, a second wave of industrialization spread throughout Europe. Main building material became steel instead of iron, and the main fuel source became gasoline and electricity rather than coal and steam.

Section 2: True/false questions

Spinning jenny

Made the production of textiles exponentially cheaper.

Bessemer process

Allowed steel to be mass-produced. And it was stronger and more resistant to rust.

Great exhibition

Steam engine

With the introduction of the steam engine, water power was no longer necessary and factories could be built anywhere.

Parliament repealed the corn laws

Telegraph, telephone, vulcanization, new railroads

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