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World History Ch 21
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A machine that generates electricity | dynamo |
| A method of production where workers add parts to a product on a moving belt | assembly line |
| Shares in a company are called | stock |
| A business owned by many investors, who buy shares of stock is called a: | corporation |
| An association to fix prices, set production quotas, or control markets is referred to as a: | cartel |
| The first European country outside of Britain to industrialize was: | Belgium |
| Henry Bessemer's contribution to industrialization was to: | patent a new steelmaking process |
| The two new types of transportation developed around 1900 were: | automobiles and airplanes |
| Money or wealth used to invest in business is called: | capital |
| John D. Rockefeller was associated with: | the petroleum industry |
| The main purpose for selling stock was to allow companies to raise: | capital |
| The rebuilding of rundown areas of cities was known as: | urban renewal |
| The scientist who discovered the cause of tuberculosis was: | Robert Koch |
| The scientist who linked microbes to disease was: | Louis Pasteur |
| The group formed to aid sick or injured workers was the: | mutual aid society |
| The germ theory was the idea that: | microbes cause illnesses |
| What was the main reason for Europe's great population growth in the 1800s? | The death rate fell |
| A pioneer of hospital care, safety, and hygiene was; | Florence Nightingale |
| How did cities in the West change during the 1800s? | Cities underwent urban renewal |
| How did workers respond to harsh conditions of industrial life? | They formed unions and mutual-aid societies |
| Labor laws were passed in several countries to: | outlaw children and women working in mines |
| Who was the author of the book titled, On the Origin of Species: | Charles Darwin |
| This idea urged Christians to get involved in social service: | social gospel |
| Many Europeans and Americans were influenced in the late 1800s by the belief that one racial group is superior to others; this is known as: | racism |
| A campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages was called the: | temperance movement |
| The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 focused on: | women's suffrage |
| The three social classes in Western Europe by the late 1800s were: | the upper class, the middle class, and the workers and peasants |
| What popular concept idealized women and the home? | cult of domesticity |
| What did some critics of women's suffrage claim? | Women were too emotional to vote responsibly |
| Who was John Dalton? | a scientist |
| To explain the long, slow process of evolution Charles Darwin proposed the theory of: | natural selection |
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