Unit 7

Question 1

The abolition of _____ in Russia led to an increased amount of unrest between the lower and upper class.

Answer 1

Serfdom

Question 2

This person described religion as a drug which numbed the working class to their oppression.

Answer 2

Karl Marx

Question 3

This scientist advanced the idea that all living things were the result of biological evolution.

Answer 3

Charles Darwin

Question 4

This scientist and others’ discoveries contributed to the mounting questions regarding reality.

Answer 4

Marie Curie

Question 5

Which Prussian ruler provoked the Franco-Prussian war and brought about the unification of the German states?

Answer 5

Otto Von Bismarck

Question 6

This person invented the telephone.

Answer 6

Alexander Bell

Question 7

The end of the U.S. Civil War brought about an increased sense of _____ to the country.

Answer 7

nationalism

Question 8

Which nineteenth century scientist is considered the father of modern psychology?

Answer 8

Sigmund Freud

Question 9

This type of government was established in France after the overthrow of Napoleon III.

Answer 9

Republic

Question 10

Which nineteenth century invention needed electricity to work?

Answer 10

Telegraph

Question 11

In Marxism, what social group is considered the bourgeoisie?

Answer 11

Middle class

Question 12

Slavery was important during the Industrial Revolution for the production of what?

Answer 12

Cotton

Question 13

The _____ demand for independence from Austrian rule resulted in a dual monarchy.

Answer 13

Hungarian

Question 14

The _____ increased the power and involvement of the federal government in U.S. foreign affairs.

Answer 14

Monroe Doctrine

Question 15

Marxism blamed the bourgeoisie for the oppression of the ____?

Answer 15

Proletariat

Question 16

The unification of Italy was inspired by _____?

Answer 16

the spirit of nationalism

Question 17

Impressionists depicted reality subjectively. Their characteristics included …?

Answer 17

subject matter, light, movement

Question 18

This was essential to the invention of the automobile?

Answer 18

internal combustion engine

Question 19

Steel was used during the Second Industrial Revolution because it proved to be _____?

Answer 19

lighter and stronger than iron alone

Question 20

The Crimean War was fought over the control of the territory between _____?

Answer 20

Russia and the Ottoman Empire

Question 21

What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 21

To re-establish that which Napoleon’s Empire had destroyed

Question 22

The “scramble” for lands in Africa and Asia were prompted by increasing needs for raw materials and new markets brought about by the _____?

Answer 22

Industrial Revolution