Chapter 18 Quiz

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. The Industrial Revolution began first in _______.

Your response

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. Which of the following factors helped Britain get a head start on industrialization?

Mercantilism correct incorrect

A growing population correct incorrect

Better agricultural technology correct incorrect

An absolutist system of government correct incorrect

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. The economic system that aided the growth of industrial economies was _______.

Socialism correct incorrect

Capitalism correct incorrect

mercantilism correct incorrect

Communism correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are early inventions that helped the industrial revolution develop?

Spinning Jenny correct incorrect

Seed drill correct incorrect

Steam engine correct incorrect

Flying shuttle correct incorrect

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. The application of _______ to textile development revolutionized the industry.

Water power correct incorrect

Steam power correct incorrect

Electricity correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. A key piece of infrastructure that helped develop British industrial capacity early on was _______.

Canals correct incorrect

Railroads correct incorrect

Ports correct incorrect

Highways correct incorrect

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. By the early 19th century Britain dominated international markets thanks to _______.

Their weak domestic market correct incorrect

The Continental System shutting them out of European markets correct incorrect

Their inherent entrepreneurial spirit correct incorrect

Their close ties to the United States correct incorrect

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. The 19th century German customs union, the Zollverein, was led by _______.

Austria correct incorrect

Germany correct incorrect

Prussia correct incorrect

Westphalia correct incorrect

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. Which of the following states failed to industrialize after 1815?

Italy correct incorrect

France correct incorrect

Russia correct incorrect

Poland correct incorrect

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. Which of the following factors in early industrialization did the Ottomans lack?

Reliable infrastructure correct incorrect

A flexible market economy correct incorrect

Supplies of raw materials correct incorrect

A growing population correct incorrect

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. Ottoman trade agreements with Europe were known as _______.

Your response

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. Which large, multinational empire was known as the 'sick man of Europe' in the 19th century?

Austro-Hungarian Empire correct incorrect

Russian Empire correct incorrect

Ottoman Empire correct incorrect

British Empire correct incorrect

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. Women and children went to work in factories primarily because _______.

Women wanted independence correct incorrect

Men didn't earn enough to support their families correct incorrect

There weren't enough workers to fill open positions correct incorrect

They did not work in factories correct incorrect

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. French livret de circulation were intended to _______.

Provide workers unemployment benefits correct incorrect

Track workers behavior and performance correct incorrect

Track workers movement correct incorrect

Provide workers with information on bad workplaces and bosses correct incorrect

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. A riot by linen weavers in Silesia began over _______.

Starvation wages correct incorrect

Sexual harassment correct incorrect

Inadequate housing correct incorrect

Long hours correct incorrect

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. On average, women working in factories made _______ of a man's wages.

Half correct incorrect

Less than half correct incorrect

85% correct incorrect

The same correct incorrect

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. Potential occupations for urban women in the first half of the 19th century included _______.

Teacher correct incorrect

Factory worker correct incorrect

Domestic servant correct incorrect

Prostitute correct incorrect

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. Did private charities try to play a role in mitigating the suffering of the industrial working class?

Your response

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. Romanticism was _______ movement.

An emotional correct incorrect

An intellectual correct incorrect

A political correct incorrect

A religious correct incorrect

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. Is Beethoven a Romantic or an Enlightenment composer?

Your response

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. Which of the following are words you could use to describe Romanticism?

Emotional correct incorrect

Structured correct incorrect

Regular correct incorrect

Passionate correct incorrect

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. Were the Romantics for or against industrialization?

Your response

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Based on Map 18.1, what is the main part of Great Britain that did not industrialize?

Scotland correct incorrect

Wales correct incorrect

Northern England correct incorrect

Southern England correct incorrect

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This 1801 painting depicts an industrialized English town. How is the artist portraying industrialization in England?

As progress. correct incorrect

As a disaster. correct incorrect

As the future of the nation correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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Based on this image, what is one of the reasons that women and children were valued industrial workers?

They were smaller than men. correct incorrect

They were less likely to come to work drunk. correct incorrect

They were more responsible than men. correct incorrect

All of the above. correct incorrect