Quiz on Unit 6 review (1815-1914)

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Designed to pump water out of the coal mines to increase production.

Great exhibition Newcomen steam engine Utilitarianism Anarchism

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Zollverein agreement

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 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 Sought to remedy the high disease and mortality rate that occurred in British cities. People sought to sanitize cities by creating sewage systems and cleaning up the environment The middle class was wealthy enough that they began marrying for love, rather than economic reasons.

#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

Ten hours act Prussian revolution of 1848 Reasons for industrialization in Britain Scientific socialism

#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

Great exhibition Industrialization Conservatism Temerance Movement

#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.

2nd wave of industrialization Educational reforms Scientific socialism Social effects of Industrial Revolution

#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

Mandated that a child under the age of 9 could not work in a factory, set maximum working hours for children, and mandated a minimum of 2 hours of school per day. Families falsified documents and bypassed the laws anyway

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

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

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Designed to pump water out of the coal mines to increase production.

Zollverein agreement

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

Mandated that a child under the age of 9 could not work in a factory, set maximum working hours for children, and mandated a minimum of 2 hours of school per day. Families falsified documents and bypassed the laws anyway

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

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

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