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History Test 3/15/11
History Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| King of France that is responisble for making France Bankrupt | King Louis XVI |
| Lawyer and Public Speaker, led the comedy of public safety. | Maximillien Robespierre |
| Successful French general supported by the revolution | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Developed a boat powered steam engine | Robert Fulton |
| Invented the light bulb | Thomas Edison |
| Supported Socialism and his ideas were later called Marxism | Karl Marx |
| Invented E=Mc(squared) later used to create the atomic bomb | Albert Einstein |
| Thought of Evolution, socialism | Charles Darwin |
| Name the 3 causes for the French Revolution | 1. Nobles were rich and the poor had nothing 2. Country was bankrupt because fo nobles and king. 3. Food shortages and rising prices |
| What happened on July 14, 1789 and why was it significant | The people of Paris stormed the Bastille and gathered ammunition. This started the revolution |
| What 2 forces brought Napoleons empire to an end? | British and Russian armies and the spirit of Nationalism |
| Why did the industrial revolution begin in Britain (be able to give 3 reasons) | 1. Enclosure movement 2. Britain's natural resources 3. New British inventions |
| Why did factories develop? | Machines became too large and expensive for home use. |
| How did railroads inpact the ecomony and society? | Railroads created new jobs and many poeple wanted to travel on trains because it was faster |
| Why did Urbanism take place? | They had more jobs available that were well paying |
| Describe working conditions during the 1800's. | All members of the family worked, up to 16 hours a day, 6 days a week, factories were hot and dirty, death and injury were common. |
| How did the Industrial revolution change the lives of women? | Women were able to vote, for the 1st time they were able to work outside the home. |
| What types of medical advances were made during this period? | Vaccines were created, anesthesia helped with surgery and in 1860 Gregor Mendel discovered genetics. |
| How did political change in Britain differ from political change in other parts of Europe? | In Britain there was lots of war. In Europe they changed peacefully |
| How did Italy become a country? | In 1861 the Kingdoms of Italy wre established. In 1870 war brought the final areas of Italy into the Italian Kingdom |
| How did Bismarck unite Germany? | Nationalism was strong and Bismarck had support from Prussia. He was then appointed Prime Minister by William I. |
| Labor Union | Association of workers who unite to imporve worker rights, wages, benefits, and working conditions |
| Estates | Classes into which French people wre divided fefore the French revolution: the Catholic clergy (First Estate), the nobles (second estate), and the townspeople (third estate) |
| Industrialism | Economic system in which people rely more on the use of machinery and technology that on animal or human power |
| textile | woven or knit cotton |
| capital | money available for investment in business |
| partnership | business owned by two or more people who agree to share the profits and grosses |
| corporation | business organization that is allowed to woen peroperty and sell chares to investors in order to raise money |
| urbanism | movement of people from rural areas to cities |
| socialism | social system based on shared or governmental ownership of business factories. |
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