unification, industrial revolution, and imperialism review

Question 1

which area of Italy did Garibaldi unify?

Answer 1

South, conquered the Two Sicilies

Question 2

which area did Count Cavour unify?

Answer 2

central Italy

Question 3

which area of Italy was last unified with the rest of Italy?

Answer 3

Papal States

Question 4

who believed that government should not interfere in a free market economy?

Answer 4

Adam Smith

Question 5

list the three principles of communism

Answer 5

wealth should be redistributed to everyone

Question 6

if you worked in a factory or in a mine, which revolution would that be in?

Answer 6

industrial revolution

Question 7

king William 1 was from what German state?

Answer 7

Prussia

Question 8

the right of a nation-state to pursue its own advantage by any means is called what?

Answer 8

Real Politik

Question 9

what war in 1870 played an important part in unifying both Germany and Italy?

Answer 9

Franco-Prussian War

Question 10

list three effects of the enclosure movement in England.

Answer 10

division of public land, destroyed village lifestyle, farmers moved to the city

Question 11

name two things that contributed to the success of the industrial revolution and Great Britain

Answer 11

seed drill and cast-iron plow, crop rotation, plow, reaper

Question 12

the first steam engines, such as the one improved by James Watt, were used for what purpose?

Answer 12

as a source of power

Question 13

what did the cotton gin do?

Answer 13

pick cotton seeds out of cotton fiber 50 times faster than person

Question 14

what did Henry Bessemer invent that helped the steel industry?

Answer 14

steel converter – Bessemer converter

Question 15

why would early factories hire women and children?

Answer 15

they worked for less pay

Question 16

what did the spinning Jenny produce?

Answer 16

thread (8x as much thread as a spinning wheel)

Question 17

list three bad things the industrial revolution caused in industrialized countries

Answer 17

demand for laborers reduced, factories couldn’t always be by river for power,

Question 18

the use of the cotton gin in the United States increased the demand for what?

Answer 18

slaves

Question 19

as a result of the industrial revolution, women called for what?

Answer 19

higher wages and labor unions were created

Question 20

why were labor unions created?

Answer 20

to fight unfair labor laws

Question 21

what is it called when the government owns the means of production?

Answer 21

communism

Question 22

who wrote the Wealth of Nations?

Answer 22

Adam Smith

Question 23

what form of socialism calls for violent uprisings?

Answer 23

communism

Question 24

who wrote the Communist Manifesto?

Answer 24

Karl Marx

Question 25

what did Edward Jenner develop that saved many lives?

Answer 25

smallpox vaccination

Question 26

who discovered bacteria and the germ theory

Answer 26

Louis Pasteur

Question 27

what form of imperialism involves direct rule by a mother country?

Answer 27

colony

Question 28

in what form of imperialism as a foreign power have indirect control of another countries trading rights?

Answer 28

sphere of influence

Question 29

what form of imperialism involves a country having its own government, but an outside government dictating decisions?

Answer 29

protectorate

Question 30

how much of Africa became colonized by the late 1800s?

Answer 30

90%

Question 31

Great Britain gain control of what major transportation link in Egypt by 1875?

Answer 31

Suez Canal

Question 32

the East India Company laid the groundwork for what European country to take direct control of India in 1858?

Answer 32

Great Britain

Question 33

the US convinced what country to accept an open door policy towards trade?

Answer 33

China

Question 34

in 1853 Admiral Matthew Perry of the US used what to convince Japan to open up trade?

Answer 34

military fleet

Question 35

what caused the boxer rebellion in 1900?

Answer 35

believing fighting would stop the bullets

Question 36

what incident sparked the beginning of the Spanish-American War in 1898?

Answer 36

Spanish conflicts in Cuba that America demanded to be resolved

Question 37

the founding of the Indian national congress in the 1880s is an example of what?

Answer 37

nationalism

Question 38

what US document threatened European countries to stay out of the Americas?

Answer 38

Monroe Doctrine

Question 39

in what country did the industrial revolution start?

Answer 39

Great Britain

Question 40

the Berlin conference in 1884 divided up what continent?

Answer 40

Africa

Question 41

what was the name of the product that Great Britain was trying to sell in China that started a war in 1842?

Answer 41

Opium, started the Opium War

Question 42

who was the person that became a master of using Real Politik?

Answer 42

Otto von Bismarck

Question 43

what was the response of colonies to European imperialism?

Answer 43

conflicts were spread to the colonies

Question 44

colonies, protectorates, and spheres of influence are examples of what?

Answer 44

imperialism

Question 45

according to communism, history is dominated by the struggle between what two groups?

Answer 45

economic classes and working class