Chapter 18 Vocab

Question 0

Lower middle class

Answer 0

Social stratum that developed in Britain that consisted of people employed in the service sector as clerks, ect.

Question 1

Lenin

Answer 1

Pen name of Russian Bolshevik Vladimir Ulyanov

Question 2

Karl Marx

Answer 2

Most influential proponent of socialism

Question 3

Mexican Revolution

Answer 3

War in which Mexican reformers from middle class joined with workers and peasants to overthrow the dictator

Question 4

Middle class values

Answer 4

Belief system typical of the middle class that developed in Britain

Question 5

Model T

Answer 5

The first automobile affordable enough for a mass market

Question 6

Robert Owens

Answer 6

Socialist thinker and wealthy mill owner

Question 7

Peter the great

Answer 7

Tsar of Russia who attempted a massive reform of Russian society

Question 8

Populism

Answer 8

American political movement that denounced corporate interests

Question 9

Progressivism

Answer 9

American political movement that advocated reform measures to correct the ills of industrialization

Question 10

Proletariat

Answer 10

Term that Karl Marx used to describe the industrial working class

Question 11

Russian revolution of 1905

Answer 11

Rebellion that erupted in Russia after the country’s defeat at the hands of Japan in 1905

Question 12

Socialism in the US

Answer 12

Fairly minor political movement in the US

Question 13

Steam engine

Answer 13

Mechanical device in which the steam from heated water builds up pressure to drive a piston

Question 14

Bourgeoisie

Answer 14

Townspeople

Question 15

British royal society

Answer 15

Association of scientists established in England

Question 16

Caste war of yucatán

Answer 16

Long revolutionary struggle of the maya people of Mexico against European and mestizo intruders

Question 17

Caudillo

Answer 17

A military strongman who seized control of a government in Latin America

Question 18

Crimean war

Answer 18

Major international conflict in which British and French forces defeated Russia

Question 19

Dependent development

Answer 19

Term used to describe Latin America’s economic growth

Question 20

Profirio Díaz

Answer 20

Mexican dictator

Question 21

The Duma

Answer 21

The elected representative assembly grudgingly created in Russia by tsar Nicholas ll

Question 22

Indian cotton textiles

Answer 22

For much of the 18th century, well made and inexpensive cotton textiles from India flooded western markets

Question 23

Labour Party

Answer 23

British working class political party established in the 1890’s and dedicated to reforms and peaceful transition to socialism

Question 24

Latin America export boom

Answer 24

Large scale increase in Latin American exports