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chapter 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Scientific discoveries in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries | Increased uncertainty about the universe. |
| The Zionist movement began when | Jews emigrated to Palestine to escape persecution. |
| According to Freud, human experience was strongly determined by | Past experiences. |
| Einstein's theory of relativity stated that | Space and time are relative to the observer. |
| What do Monet and Van Gogh have in common? | They painted using new forms of expression. |
| Widespread organized massacres of Jews, or __, took place in the nineteenth century. | Pogroms. |
| The method by which a therapist helps patients uncover repressed thoughts and memories is called __. | Psychoanalysis |
| The art movement known as __ rejected traditional styles. | Modernism. |
| Some new political parties used __, hostility and discrimination directed at Jews to win votes. | Anti-semitism. |
| Social Darwinism is the idea that __ comes from survival of the strong and fit. | Social progress. |
| The policies of William II of Germany led to | Two hostile alliances that wouldn't compromise. |
| Although the US was the richest country in the world in 1900, most of the wealth was owned by | 10% of the population. |
| In Germany, ministers of government were responsible to | The emperor. |
| The members of the Triple Alliance were | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. |
| Russia opposed Austria-Hungary's 1908 annexation of | Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| By 1888, __ had become the strongest military and industrial power in Europe. | Germany. |
| The United States controlled the sugar industry in __. | Hawaii |
| When the United States won the __, it acquired Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. | Spanish-American War. |
| The 1907 alliance between __, __, and __ was called the Triple Entente. | Great Britain, France and Russia. |
| The principal of __ called for the prime minister to be responsible to the popularly elected legislative body. | Ministerial responsibility. |
| What was the main motive for universal education? | To create better-educated voters. |
| In the big cities, people tended to enjoy the new mass leisure during | Evening hours and weekends. |
| During the late nineteenth century, what did working class women in Europe do to begin to change their status? | Worked outside the home. |
| The class of society in Europe that believed strongly in hard work and outward appearances was the | Middle class. |
| Which of the following caused both migration to the cities and higher survival rates of city dwellers? | Factories and public sanitation. |
| Which Marxists believed in using democratic means to achieve the goals of socialism? | Revisionists. |
| The advanced industrialized core of Europe depended on non-industrial, agricultural countries of Europe for | Food and raw materials. |
| Why did the assembly line make goods less expensive to buy? | More goods could be produced in the same amount of time, so they cost less to make. |
| Steel, electricity chemicals and petroleum took the place of textiles, railroads, iron and coal in making the Second Industrial Revolution successful because | steel, electricity, chemicals and petroleum were needed to make businesses more productive. |
| production in large quanities | mass production |
| arrangement of things and workers in which work passes from worker to worker in a direct line | assembly line |
| making high quality steel efficiently and cheaply | Bessmer process |
| engine fired by gas and oil | internal combustion |
| created first light bulb | Thomas Edison |