World History: Journey Across Time

Chapter 19: Industry and Nationalism

Self-Check Quizzes

1
Which of the following Pre-revolutionary French Estates held the highest positions in government and the military?
A)clergy
B)king
C)commoners
D)nobility
2
The Reign of Terror was a period in France's history when __________.
A)the peasants rose up against the nobility
B)King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette ruled the country
C)the Committee of Public Safety executed about 40,000 people
D)middle-class leaders formed a new government to replace the Committee
3
What is it called when top government leaders are suddenly replaced by a new group of leaders?
A)Republic of Virtue
B)nationalism
C)coup d'etat
D)Continental System
4
Which American inventor developed a boat powered by a steam engine?
A)Henry Cort
B)Thomas Edison
C)Henry Bessemer
D)Robert Fulton
5
__________ is the movement of people from rural areas to cities.
A)liberalism
B)socialism
C)utilitarianism
D)urbanization
6
Karl Marx was a German writer who believed that competition among social classes harmed society. His school of thought most closely relates to which political philosophy?
A)utilitarianism
B)liberalism
C)socialism
D)urbanization
7
What is the name of the idea that means "to let be" in French?
A)laissez-faire
B)labor union
C)realism
D)romanticism
8
Peasants who had to stay on the land where they were born and farm it for their landlords were also known as __________.
A)Chartists
B)suffragettes
C)Communes
D)serfs
9
Where in Latin America did the first successful revolt against Europeon rule take place?
A)Peru
B)Argentina
C)Haiti
D)Mexico
10
During the 1800s, the United States nearly doubled in size with the purchase of what territory or state?
A)Louisiana Territory
B)Florida
C)Oregon Territory
D)Texas
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