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Chapter 18 Quiz
Industrialization and Its Discontents 1750–1850
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The Industrial Revolution began first in _______.
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Which of the following factors helped Britain get a head start on industrialization?
Mercantilism
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A growing population
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Better agricultural technology
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An absolutist system of government
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The economic system that aided the growth of industrial economies was _______.
Socialism
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Capitalism
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mercantilism
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Communism
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Which of the following are early inventions that helped the industrial revolution develop?
Spinning Jenny
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Seed drill
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Steam engine
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Flying shuttle
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The application of _______ to textile development revolutionized the industry.
Water power
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Steam power
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Electricity
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None of the above
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A key piece of infrastructure that helped develop British industrial capacity early on was _______.
Canals
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Railroads
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Ports
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Highways
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By the early 19th century Britain dominated international markets thanks to _______.
Their weak domestic market
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The Continental System shutting them out of European markets
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Their inherent entrepreneurial spirit
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Their close ties to the United States
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The 19th century German customs union, the Zollverein, was led by _______.
Austria
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Germany
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Prussia
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Westphalia
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Which of the following states failed to industrialize after 1815?
Italy
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France
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Russia
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Poland
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Which of the following factors in early industrialization did the Ottomans lack?
Reliable infrastructure
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A flexible market economy
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Supplies of raw materials
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A growing population
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Ottoman trade agreements with Europe were known as _______.
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Which large, multinational empire was known as the 'sick man of Europe' in the 19th century?
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Russian Empire
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Ottoman Empire
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British Empire
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Women and children went to work in factories primarily because _______.
Women wanted independence
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Men didn't earn enough to support their families
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There weren't enough workers to fill open positions
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They did not work in factories
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French livret de circulation were intended to _______.
Provide workers unemployment benefits
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Track workers behavior and performance
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Track workers movement
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Provide workers with information on bad workplaces and bosses
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A riot by linen weavers in Silesia began over _______.
Starvation wages
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Sexual harassment
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Inadequate housing
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Long hours
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On average, women working in factories made _______ of a man's wages.
Half
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Less than half
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85%
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The same
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Potential occupations for urban women in the first half of the 19th century included _______.
Teacher
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Factory worker
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Domestic servant
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Prostitute
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Did private charities try to play a role in mitigating the suffering of the industrial working class?
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Romanticism was _______ movement.
An emotional
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An intellectual
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A political
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A religious
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Is Beethoven a Romantic or an Enlightenment composer?
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Which of the following are words you could use to describe Romanticism?
Emotional
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Structured
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Regular
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Passionate
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Were the Romantics for or against industrialization?
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Based on Map 18.1, what is the main part of Great Britain that did not industrialize?
Scotland
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Wales
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Northern England
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Southern England
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This 1801 painting depicts an industrialized English town. How is the artist portraying industrialization in England?
As progress.
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As a disaster.
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As the future of the nation
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All of the above
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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.
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They were less likely to come to work drunk.
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They were more responsible than men.
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All of the above.
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