Glencoe World History: Modern Times, California Edition

Chapter 4: Industrialization and Nationalism

Self-Check Quiz

1
The __________, which sped up weaving and ended cloth-making as a cottage industry, was the first major improvement in the process of making cotton.
A)water-powered loom
B)flying shuttle
C)steam-powered loom
D)spinning jenny
2
The coal-driven __________ became crucial to Britain’s Industrial Revolution.
A)spinning jenny
B)flying shuttle
C)steam engine
D)loom
3
Which was NOT a feature of the new industrial economy?
A)Railroad building created new jobs for farm laborers and peasants.
B)Lowered transportation costs led to lower prices for consumer goods.
C)Factories needed to be located near water sources.
D)More sales allowed business owners to reinvest their profits and grow their businesses.
4
During the Industrial Revolution, __________ caused many people to move to the cities.
A)improved transportation
B)factory jobs in cities
C)an increase in the food supply
D)all of the above
5
Led by Klemens von Metternich from __________, the great powers met at the Congress of Vienna to establish a stable order in Europe.
A)Austria
B)Great Britain
C)Prussia
D)Russia
6
Liberalism, a political philosophy based on Enlightenment principles, held that __________
A)government should regulate people’s lives as much as possible.
B)civil liberties should be protected.
C)monarchies should be abolished.
D)all people should have the right to vote.
7
In 1848, the forces of liberalism and nationalism led to failed revolutions in all of the following countries EXCEPT __________
A)Austria.
B)Italy.
C)Germany.
D)Belgium.
8
Which of the following did NOT contribute to Italian unification?
A)the growth of the kingdom of Piedmont
B)the military successes of Garibaldi
C)the Franco-Prussian War
D)the decline of the Ottoman Empire
9
Germany achieved unification __________
A)after it won the Franco-Prussian War.
B)when Count Otto von Bismarck became prime minister.
C)when the southern German states agreed to enter the North German Confederation.
D)when Prussia took leadership of the Frankfurt Assembly.
10
The Compromise of 1867 __________
A)created the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary.
B)kept the best Russian lands in the hands of large landholders.
C)placed Alsace and Lorraine under German control.
D)allowed Italy to annex Rome.
11
Abolitionism's goal was to __________
A)end serfdom in Russia.
B)abolish the monarchy in France.
C)end slavery in the United States.
D)join Upper and Lower Canada.
12
At the end of the eighteenth century, romanticism emerged as a reaction to the ideas of __________
A)Enlightenment.
B)realpolitik.
C)nationalism.
D)liberalism.
13
The new faith in science and the natural world rather than religion is best reflected in the works of __________
A)Louis Pasteur.
B)Charles Darwin.
C)Dmitry Mendeleyev.
D)Michael Faraday.
14
All of the following were common features of realism in literature EXCEPT __________
A)the rejection of romanticism.
B)the use of precise description.
C)a preference for the novel over poetry.
D)the use of exotic settings.
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