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World History Midterm Exam STUDY GUIDE
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Industrial Revolution
1.
New inventions in the textile industry made it necessary to change from the domestic
system to producing cloth in
2.
The belief that individuals should own the factors of production rather than the
government is known as
3.
The belief that society as a group rather than individuals should own and operate
farms and businesses is the basic meaning of
4.
The philosopher who thought that history was a struggle between classes was
5.
The working class is known as the
6.
A form of socialism that focuses on ending class struggle is called
7.
What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution starting in Great Britain?
8.
During the Agricultural Revolution in the 1700s, wealthy landowners increased food
production by
9.
During the 19th century, why did the use of child labor increase?
10.
Why did labor unions rise during the Industrial Revolution?
11.
The French term laissez-faire refers to a belief that
Industrial Age
12.
By 1900, what were the world’s 2 leading industrial nations?
13.
What was a direct result of the discovery that germs caused disease?
14.
Darwin challenged traditional beliefs by asserting that
15.
The idea that the fittest would always beat out their competitors, whether in war or
industry, is known as
16.
Cars and airplanes are common means of travel today because of what advances in
the Industrial Age?
17.
The process of heating liquids to kill bacteria and prevent fermentation is called
18.
Increased coal mining, development of the Bessemer process, and development of the
light bulb were all factors contributing to the rise of what?
19.
Standardization of parts and the moving assembly line led to mass production of
affordable cars. How did that change the physical landscape of the U.S.?
Cultural Revolution
20.
The right to vote is also called
21.
In cities of the nineteenth-century, where did the poor live?
22.
The campaign to limit the use of alcoholic beverages was called the
23.
Using a political office to gain personal advantage by illegally obtaining money or
property is known as
24.
Congress passed a law to decrease the number of Chinese immigrants because
25.
What were the results of public education?
26.
What methods did political machines of the 19th century use to get votes?
27.
The late 19th century United States is often referred to as “The Gilded Age” because
of the
28.
How did new waves of immigration in the U.S. during the late 19th and early 20th
centuries affect factories?
29.
During the Industrial Revolution, how did the economic hardships of immigrants
influence social reform?
30.
Why did many people move to cities in the early 1900s?
31.
Why was the population boom at the turn of the twentieth century important to
American industrialization?
Imperialism 1
32.
The canal that helped shorten the distance between Great Britain and India was the
33.
The domination of a powerful nation over the political, economic, and cultural affairs
of another nation or region is called
34.
How did the Industrial Revolution encourage imperialism?
35.
What were results of the Sepoy Rebellion?
36.
Ethiopia was able to resist the Europeans because
37.
The Sepoy Rebellion was mainly caused by
38.
Why was imperialism by Western countries successful?
39.
What were the 4 main causes of imperialism?
40.
What country other than Ethiopia remained independent even after the other 90% of
Africa was claimed by Europe?
Imperialism 2
41.
The canal that links the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean is the
42.
What major incident occurred that led the U.S. to start the Spanish-American War in
1898?
43.
Great Britain began trading opium for tea in China because
44.
What did Japan do following Commodore Perry’s visit to it?
45.
Japan became an imperialist power when it gained control of
46.
The Russo-Japanese War began because
47.
Siam remained independent by
48.
One reason the U.S. did not do much to keep European powers out of the Western
Hemisphere between 1865 to 1876 was due to focusing on
49.
Commodore Perry’s mission to open Japan to trade was a difficult challenge because
50.
Assimilation was a harmful effect of imperialism because
51.
The U.S. began building the Panama Canal because it realized
52.
Imperialism was in some ways beneficial because
53.
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
54.
What role did newspapers play at the time of the Spanish-American War?
55.
How did U.S. imperialists justify the U.S. occupation of the Philippines?
56.
Industrialization eventually led to the need for coaling stations for ships. What would
the U.S. need to do to get coaling stations?
57.
What country did France gain control of that is today Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia?
WWI Begins
58.
The four main causes of World War I were
59.
The Central Powers in WWI consisted of
60.
The Allied Powers in WWI consisted of
61.
The area/region of Europe that was so potentially explosive before WWI was known
as the Balkan
62.
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70.
The spark that ignited World War I was the assassination of Archduke
To organize a nation’s resources for combat; to move troops and equipment is to
Austria-Hungary’s first reaction to the murder of the archduke was to
The czar in Russia in 1914 was named
Germany invaded France in WWI using the
The first country to declare war in 1914 was
The system of alliances that existed prior to World War I was dangerous because
Germany wanted to march through Belgium in WWI because
Ideas, facts or rumors spread deliberately to further one’s cause or damage an
opposing cause are known as
71.
The incident that finally pushed the U.S. “over the edge” so that it soon declared war
on Germany was the
72.
The years during which WWI was fought are
73.
The effect of the 1916 Russian offensives was to
74.
An armed conflict characterized by the mobilization of all of a nation’s resources,
industry, and population is called a
75.
The main reason that WWI quickly became a war of attrition was because
76.
The use of the machine gun during WWI changed the nature of war because
77.
Even after the Russians lost so much in 1915, they agreed to go on the offensive in
1916 because
78.
What country sent the Zimmermann Telegram?
79.
What country was meant to receive the Zimmermann Telegram?
80.
What did the Zimmermann Telegram say?
81.
Who intercepted the Zimmermann Telegram?
Russian Revolution
82.
The leader of the Bolsheviks was
83.
After the Bolsheviks seized control of the Russian government in 1917, they renamed
themselves the
84.
One cause of the March 1917 revolution in Russia was
WWI Ends
85.
The peace agreement established at the end of WWI was called the Treaty of
86.
The peacekeeping organization established after WWI was the
87.
The genocide/holocaust of WWI occurred when the
88.
What man wanted to create the League of Nations for everlasting peace?