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E.O. Test 3
World History BWHS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the political ideology focused on ending class struggle? | Communism |
| What is the economic ideology in which society owns large farms and businesses? | Socialism |
| What is the term for the working class? | Proletariat |
| What is the term for the upper class? | Bourgeoisie |
| What was it like to work in a mine or factory in the early Industrial Revolution? | Dangerous and inhumane |
| Where did the poor live? | Tenements near the factories |
| Where did the rich live? | In nice neighborhoods on the outskirts of cities |
| Why was coal important? | Fuel needed to produce iron |
| What group benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution? | Middle class |
| What is the term meaning the right to vote? | Suffrage |
| What is the term meaning a worker's organization? | Labor union |
| What is the term meaning a large corporation that controls one industry? | Monopoly |
| What ideology states that the goal of society should be "the greatest happiness for the greatest number" of citizens? | Utilitarianism |
| What was Darwin's controversial theory? | Evolution |
| What is evolution? | Theory that all forms of life evolved over millions of years |
| What helped the Agricultural Revolution? | New farm machinery |
| The earliest factories were in what industry? | Textiles |
| Which two countries were the world's leading industrial nations by 1900? | Germany and the U.S. |
| Why did Britain take the lead in the Industrial Revolution? | British business class had large profits to invest |
| What became the most important source of power during the Industrial Revolution? | Steam engine |
| What is germ theory? | The theory that microbes cause infectious diseases |
| After the discovery of germ theory, what changes did people make? | Improved sanitation |