quiz and test questions

Question 1

assembly line

Answer 1

a conveyor belt used in manufacturing

Question 2

berlin confrence

Answer 2

when european nations met to decide how to divide africa

Question 3

boer war

Answer 3

fight between the british and the dutch

Question 4

communism

Answer 4

political system where the government owns everything

Question 5

coporation

Answer 5

buissness owned by inverstors

Question 6

charles darwin

Answer 6

he developed the theory of evolution

Question 7

crimean war

Answer 7

fight between russian and ottoman empire

Question 8

factories

Answer 8

large buildings that held machines

Question 9

imperialism

Answer 9

stronger nations taking over weaker nations

Question 10

industrial revolution

Answer 10

economic changes in the 1700’s

Question 11

Laissez-faire Economics

Answer 11

Idea that “less government interference” is better
for a nation

Question 12

Raj

Answer 12

British Rule in India

Question 13

Sepoy Mutiny

Answer 13

going against by Indian soldiers against the British

Question 14

Suez Canal

Answer 14

Waterway linking the Mediterranean and the Red
Sea

Question 15

Theory of Evolution

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Idea that “Species change over generations”

Question 16

Thomas Edison

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Inventor of the light bulb and phonograph

Question 17

capitalism

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owned by a private person or indivisual instead of a community

Question 18

the wealth of nations was made by

Answer 18

adam smith

Question 19

which has private ownership of buisness

Answer 19

capitalism

Question 20

which says making a profit is okay?

Answer 20

capitalism

Question 21

which says the governemnt knows best

Answer 21

communism

Question 22

which says every one shares equaly

Answer 22

communism

Question 23

which says less government the better

Answer 23

capitalism

Question 24

which has government ownership of buisnesses

Answer 24

communism

Question 25

during the industrial revolution kids started working at

Answer 25

4

Question 26

children would work about how many hours a day``

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16

Question 27

who invented the light bulb

Answer 27

thomas eddison

Question 28

Who received credit for the First Flight?

Answer 28

Orville Write

Question 29

who invented the telephone

Answer 29

alexander graham bell

Question 30

who invented the wireless radio

Answer 30

gugliemo marconi

Question 31

who invented the phonograph

Answer 31

thomas edison

Question 32

who invented the assembly line

Answer 32

henry ford

Question 33

The field of Psychology was advanced by...?

Answer 33

Sigmund Freud

Question 34

Who developed the theory of Evolution?

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Charles Darwin

Question 35

He developed Genetics?

Answer 35

Gregor Mendel

Question 36

who made the anti septic? (vaccines) to prevent sickness

Answer 36

Joseph Lister

Question 37

He developed the Periodic Table of Elements

Answer 37

Dimitri Mendeleev

Question 38

He developed Germ Theory?

Answer 38

Louis Pasteur

Question 39

woman rights of voting is called

Answer 39

woman suffrage

Question 40

When workers form a group that fights for better wages or benefits, this organization is called a

Answer 40

union

Question 41

what was the boer war

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when the dutch foguht against the british

Question 42

what was a sepoy

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indian soldier under engilsh commands

Question 43

what was the soldiers supposed to use to rip the cartidges

Answer 43

mouthes

Question 44

what were the negatives of the british in india

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british racism indian religions weakend small indian companies could not comepte

Question 45

who modernized after they were forced to

Answer 45

japan

Question 46

who has boxer rebellion (driving forneirs out of ...)

Answer 46

china

Question 47

who built a strong army

Answer 47

japan

Question 48

Who became a strong world power in the early 1900’s?

Answer 48

japan