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Study Guide
Quarter 2
Final – Part I
1. Why did the Industrial
Revolution begin in Great Britain?
Sufficient coal and
iron ore reserves
A good transportation
system existed
Large populations
were available
2. What were the factors of
production required to drive the
Industrial Revolution in Britain?
Land, labor, capital
Raw materials,
natural resources,
man-made goods.
Roads, railroad and
water transport.
3. The agricultural changes that
took place in England during the
1600s contributed to industrial
development by…
Producing more food with fewer workers.
Definition Who invented the Cotton
Gin?
Eli Whitney
Definitions - Industrial Inventors
Watt-steam engine
Pasteur – pasteurization (killing harmful
microbes in milk by heating)
James Hargreaves – spinning jenny
Jethro Tull – seed drill
Definition - What was the first area
of industry to experience
industrialization?
Textile production
5. What were some of the negative
impacts of factories during the
Industrial Revolution?
Levels of air and
water pollution often
increase
Dirty and unsanitary
conditions.
Severe discipline.
Definition - What caused
Europeans to search for new
markets for their goods, migrate to
cities in search of jobs, and the
middle class gaining political
power?
Industrial Revolution
Definitions - What economic
system is based on private
investment for individual gain?
Capitalism
4. What did Karl Marx and
Friedrich Engels believe would
happen when Communism was the
world’s dominant political and
economic system?
A classless society
would exist.
Definitions - “The proletarians (working
classes) have nothing to lose but their
chains…Workers of the world unite!”
This quote would be used to
encourage what economic and
political system?
Communism
6. During the 1800s how were men
and women treated differently in
American factories?
Women were paid
lower wages.
Men got better jobs
(supervisors)
What historical era does this quote
refer to?
“The streets were hot and dusty on the summer day.
Stokers emerged from low underground doorways into
factory yards, and sat on steps and posts, and paling,
wiping their swarthy visages, and contemplating coals.
The whole town seemed to be frying in oil. There was a
stifling smell of hot oil everywhere. The steam-engines
shone with it, the mills throughout their many stories
oozed and trickled it.”
– Charles Dickens, Hard Times, 1854
Industrial Revolution (page 309)
Definition - What is the term for the
voluntary associations of workers
seeking labor reform?
Unions
7. What was one positive effect of
the Industrial Revolution?
Rise in the standard of living.
22. What 18th century European
artistic movement arose as a
reaction against Classicism’s
emphasis on reason?
Romanticism
8. “The sun never sets on the
British Empire.” What do you think
this saying meant?
The British Empire
had colonies in every
part of the world.
Definition - European nations have
conquered other lands, made them
into colonies, and controlled their
economy. What is this an example
of?
Imperialism
9. At the end of the 1800’s,
colonies were generally seen as a
…..
Sign of a country’s relative power.
10. What were European motives
for establishing colonies in Africa,
Asia, and India?
Missionary impulse
Social Darwinism
Economic competition
10. What was the result of
European colonization in Africa?
For Africans, loss of land, loss of trade,
some gains in health and literacy
10. Increased contact between
Europe and the continents of
Africa, Asia, and South America,
during the 18th and 19th centuries,
resulted in…..
The exploitation of the
labor and resources
of these continents
Definition - Why is Louis Pasteur’s
research in germ theory significant
during the 19th century?
Proved that
cleanliness helps to
prevent infections.
12. Why did the British trade opium
to the Chinese?
The British found it
was a product the
Chinese would buy in
large quantities.
Definition - What is the Boxer
Rebellion?
Anti-foreign sentiment
in China that led to an
uprising in 1900.
13. Economically, what led to
Japan becoming a colonial power
after 1894?
Industrialization
allowed Japan to
expend resources on
military and colonial
expansion.
14. What factors led up to World
War One?
Hint: Long term causes
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Alliances
17. What caused the Triple
Entente to be formed in 1907?
V.
Increased military
power of Germany.
15.The Balkans were referred to as
the “Powder Keg” just before WWI
because of their……
Nationalistic rivalries
16. What nation was the first to
declare war against another
country to start WWI?
Austria-Hungary
Definition - Why was the Schlieffen
Plan put into action?
Avoid the problem of
fighting Allied powers
on two fronts.
18. Why was the Allied victory at
the First Battle of the Marne
important?
Resulted in Germany
having to fight on two
fronts.
Definition - Why did most of the
combat during WWI on the Western
Front happen in a small area?
The armies became
immobile because of
Trench Warfare.
21. What action during WWI
greatly affected the outcome of the
war?
American military and
financial intervention
in the war.
Definition - What was the
Zimmerman Telegram?
A telegram sent from
Germany to Mexico
discussing Germany
helping Mexico reconquer land lost to
the United States.
Definition - WWI was a total war
because……
Nations from all over the world were
involved.
New technologies (tanks and machine
guns) played a large part in the war
Rationing and propaganda were used to
involve all citizens in the war effort.
Definition - President Wilson’s
Fourteen Points were said to
provide a framework for what?
A lasting and just
peace.
20. At the Treaty of Versailles,
what did all four leaders want?
Wilson- lasting peace
Clemenceaupunishment of Germany
George- worked for
compromise/naval
protection
Orlando- sought
territory
20. What was the major goal of
France and Britain at the
Conference of Versailles?
Keep Germany from
rebuilding its military
forces.
20. What provision was included in
the Treaty of Versailles that showed
intent to punish Germany?
Germany will accept full responsibility for
causing the war.
Definition - How did the
international community respond to
Turkey’s actions against the
Armenians?
It condemned Turkey but did not fight to
save the Armenians
19. Why did the U.S. reject the
League of Nations?
They feared it could
lead to future U.S.
involvement in
European wars.