AP World History Quiz Chapter 19 – Flashcards
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Which of the following did NOT play a crucial role in making Britain the site of the first industrial revolution?
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Over 95% of the British population was literate
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Who invented the steam engine?
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James Watt
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By the middle of the 19th century, Henry Cort's system of puddling had resulted in-
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Britain becoming by far the world's leading iron producer
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The steam-powered locomotive was pioneered by
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Richard Trevithick
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True or false? Price reductions produced increased markets, thus continuing the traditional, self sustaining nature of the European economy as it functioned since the early 1600s.
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False
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Where did continental European industrialization begin?
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Belgium, France, and the German states
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What act brought an end to the employment of children under nice years of age?
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The Factory Act of 1833
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The eighteenth century concept of a "balance of power" was primarily-
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Based on the maintenance of national power for the purpose of preventing of any one nation from becoming dominent in Europe
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The basic purpose of the Concert of Europe was to-
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Maintain conservative political control over Europe
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In order, who is associated with the assembly line, the radio, & the light bulb?
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Henry Ford, Guglielmo Marconi, Thomas Edison
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The British cotton manufacturer Robert Owens sought to-
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Establish a socialist utopian working environment
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All liberals basically believed in the economic tenets of laissez-faire and supply and demand, along with-
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Written constitutions that protected civil liberties, separation of church and state, and limited suffrage
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True or false? Karl Marx felt that the government should allow the capatilists to control the means of production, and that monopolies benefitted all people
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False
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The Congress of Vienna in 1815-
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Agreed to meet periodically to take steps to maintain Europe's peace and stability
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True or false? The overthrow of the tsar in Moscow prompted this series of revolts
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False
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(More info about 1848 revolutions) -
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-The overthrow of the tsar in Moscow prompted this series of revolts -Russians helped Austrians to take down Hungarian revolution -King Louis-Phillipe was force to abdicate in France -Metternich had to flee Austria because of the uprisings in Budapest, Prague, and Vienne
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As a result of the brief war in 1866 between Prussia and Austria-
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Austria was no longer a major participant in German affairs, and the development of unified German strength began to worry the French
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Franco-Prussian war of 1870
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-German unification was acheived -Kaiser William I was named the emperor of the second German empire -The south German states supported the Prussian controlled north German confederation -France suffered humiliation with the loss of Alsace-Lorraine which created a desire for vsngeance
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What country lost the crimean war, issued emancipation proclamation in 1861, and industrialized after 1890
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Russia
