Quiz on Unit 6 review (1815-1914)

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Industrialization

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 Worked to suppress liberal and nationalist movements in the German states. Outlawed nationalist organizations, forcibly dissolved student organizations, and removed liberal college professors. Potatoes were a staple food in Ireland. When a virus killed the potatoes, millions of the Irish poor died of starvation. Highlighted the importance of industrializing. Transition from agrarian economies to economies based on the manufacture of goods. Done in factories with specialization

#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 Nobility’s opposition to industrialization Prussian revolution of 1848 Conspicuous consumption

#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

Factory act Middle class leisure culture Reasons for industrialization in Britain Socialism

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Newcomen steam engine

They opposed industrialization because they would loose workers as they left for cities. 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 Designed to pump water out of the coal mines to increase production. Marx was deeply distressed at the injustice of a society in which there was such a large gap between the rich and the poor classes. Communism!

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Industrialization

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

Newcomen steam engine

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

Bessemer process

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

Great exhibition

For all three of these revolutions of 1848, liberal reforms were demanded but conservative forces crushed those demands. Many of these governments reacted by becoming even more conservative

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

Russia and the Habsburg Empire still practiced primitive agriculture which sometimes led to massive and deadly famines

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