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World Civ Test 2
Questions from test 2
Question | Answer |
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Napoleon came to power by: | a coup d'état |
The Radicals wanted to change this in Europe: | Status quo |
What factors led to Britain taking the lead in the Industrial Revolution? | Large supplies of coal & iron and An abundance of inventors and entrepreneurs |
The economic reordering in the 18th century led to: | Mass consumption |
Maximilien Robespierre was the force behind this event which caused the deaths of many French people, eventually even himself. | Reign of Terror |
The working conditions for factory workers in Britain would eventually lead to: | Emigration to the US, Canada & Australia |
The period of 1815-1848 in Europe was known as: | The Restoration Period |
The Islamic reform movement centered in the Saudi Arabian peninsula was: | Wahhabism |
The Bantu peoples of South Africa were changed by the rise of: | Shaka Zulu |
Which Shawnee Indian had a vision calling for them to abstain from alcohol & return to traditional customs. | Tenskwatawa |
Why did the Chinese not join the Industrial Revolution? | They did not foster experimental science and discouraged inventors & investors. and They saw little need for foreign trade and did not have access to cheap sources of fuel. |
Two of Marx & Engels' ideas about communism were: | Capitalism was a class conflict. and Society was organized into two classes, producers & exploiters. |
When did violence first break out during the French Revolution? | The storming of the Bastille |
This European country was the first to outlaw the trade of enslaved people in 1803. | Denmark |
What type of technology increased the speed by which news spread throughout the world. | TransAtlantic cables and Steam ships |
The major rebellion in China during the 19th century (what was it) and how many people died during it? | Taiping Rebellion and 20-30 million Chinese deaths |
The Caste War of Yucatan was started by: | The Mayan people |
Two of the factors that led to this economic reordering were: | Free trade and Steam ships |
The leader of the Taiping Rebellion was: | Hong Xiuquan |
What event would turn China against European countries? | The Opium War |
Hong's message that appealed to the Chinese people was: | Restore the Heavenly Kingdom |
In each event of alternative visions among the American Indians, in the Islamic world and in China, each group of people wished to: | to restore what had been lost |
The Industrial Revolution combined three decisive forces: | Application of energy forces like coal and Use of machinery to augment specialized labor and use of interchangeable parts |
When European Christian missionairies first heard of Hong's preaching, they thought: | Hong would bring about Westernization & Christianization of China |
The fabric associated with clothing and the new economic reordering was: | Cotton |
What charter company would eventually control most of India? | British East India Company |
Paiute Indian Wovoka had a vision to save the American Indian lifestyle, what was required of them? | Perform the Ghost Dance and Stop drinking alcohol |
The only nationalist movement to succeed during the Restoration Period was: | Greece |
The liberals in Europe were focused on: | The promise of liberty and equality |
How was language changed to further the revolution in France? | The months of the year were renamed. and Everyone was called "Citizen" |
The most visionary & influential of all Restoration era socialists was: | Charles Fourier |
Reactionairies in Europe wished to: | Restore their countries to traditional society, monarchies. |
Which French colony followed the example of France in rebelling, but the French tried to stop them. | Saint-Domingue |
What types of ideas set the background for revolution in the British colonies of North America? | Enlightenment ideas |
What type of government did the United States create? | Republic |
The spark that started the 1857 Rebellion (Sepoy Rebellion) in India was: | The East India Company required their Sepoys to use cartridges greased with pig fat (against Muslim/Hindu religion) for their new Enfield rifles. |