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Pre-Inter Fall Midterm Review

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  • When was the Reform Act passed in Britain?
    1831
    1804
    1791
    1832
  • What country was the first to use railways in the 1500s?
    Germany
  • What country had the largest empire in the world by 1890?
    Britain
  • When was the Great Indian Mutiny?
    1885
    1830
    1757
    1857
  • What was the first estate in France before the revolution?
    The nobles
    The Clergy
    The King
    The Common People
  • Who invented the power loom and established the first factory in around 1769?
    Richard Arkwright
  • In the port of _________, England up to 1 out of 4 ships was a slave ship by the 18th century.
    Liverpool
  • When was Britain defeated in the American Revolution?
    1781
    1776
    1775
    1789
  • What Javanese leader fought the Dutch from 1825-1830?
    Prince Diponegoro
  • How many convicts were sent to Australia?
    250,000
    25,000
    60,000
    160,000
  • The idea that countries have the right to take over weaker nations
    Imperialism
    Capitalism
    Socialism
    Nationalism
  • What is the social system based on private ownership of property and resources called?
    Nationalism
    feudalism
    Capitalism
    Liberalism
  • Who invented the steam engine in 1698?
    Thomas Savery
  • Between 1500 and 1650 over ____ tons of gold were shipped to Europe from the New World.
    200
  • When did George Stevenson build the first passenger railroad?
    1835
  • How many people arrived in Australia in 1852 during the height of the gold rush?
    370,000
  • Who invented the steam locomotive in 1801?
    Richard Trevithick
  • Ships were designed to fit as many people as possible in appalling conditions. Up to ___ % died during the middle passage.
    20
  • The idea that every person is equal and should be treated the same under the law
    Capitalism
    Liberalism
    Nationalism
    Socialism
  • The first Chinese settler to Australia came in ______.
    1803
    1821
    1847
    1818
  • Henry Ford developed the ____________ which increased the speed that his cars were made.
    New Economic System
    Factory System
    Mass Production
    Assembly Line
  • Who is considered the founding father of Capitalism?
    Adam Smith
    John Locke
    Richard Owen
    Karl Marx
  • What African nation was the only one NOT colonized by Europeans?
    Ethiopia
    Egypt
    Ghana
    Kenya
  • The Bloody Code contained _____ crimes that were punishable by death.
    200
    333
    58
    222
  • When was the term nationalism first used and by who?
    Gottfried Herder, 1770s
    Karl Marx, 1860s
    Adam Smith, 1790s
    Louis XVI, 1780s
  • With the Tennis Court Oath, the 3rd Estate declared they would continue to meet until France had a _____________
    Constitution
  • How many people left England in 1842 for America?
    100,000
    500,000
    50,000
    200,000
  • Revolts in _______ forced hundreds of thousands to flee Germany for the United States.
    1776
    1789
    1830
    1848
  • In colonized countries, farming was no longer just about food but for growing _____________ crops such as cotton.
    Commercial
  • European nations saw it as their mission to “_________” indigenous people and saw local cultures as inferior.
    Civilize