5 Written Questions

1. A political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens, representative government, and the protection of private property. This ideology, derived from the Enlightenment, was especially popular among the property-owning middle classes of Europe and North America
2. Insulated copper cables laid along the bottom of a sea or ocean for telegraphic communication. The first short cable was laid across the English Channel in 1851; the first successful transatlantic cable was laid in 1866.
3. Network of iron rails on which steam locomotives pulled long trains at high speeds. The first railroads were built in England in the 1830s. Their success caused a railroad-building boom throughout the world that lasted well into the 20th century
4. A Navy commander who, on July 8, 1853, became the first foreigner to break through the barriers that had kept Japan isolated from the rest of the world for 250 years
5. German journalist and philosopher, founder of the Marxist branch of socialism. He is known for two books: The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A political ideology that originated in Europe in the 1830s. Socialists advocated government protection of workers from exploitation by property owners and government ownership of industries. This ideology led to the founding of socialist or labor parties throughout Europe in the second half of the 19th century
   1. Socialism
   2. Steel
   3. Nationalism
   4. Liberalism
2. A form of energy used in telegraphy from the 1840s on and for lighting, industrial motors, and railroads beginning in the 1880s
   1. Socialism
   2. Anarchists
   3. Electricity
   4. Liberalism
3. A political ideology that stresses people's membership in a nation-a community defined by a common culture and history as well as by territory. In the late 18th century and early 19th centuries, nationalism was a force for unity in western Europe. In the late 19th century it hastened the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. In the 20th century it provided the ideological foundation for scores of the independent countries emerging from colonialism
   1. Railroads
   2. Socialism
   3. Nationalism
   4. Liberalism
4. The reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. The term is also used to describe late-19th-century society, with its rigid moral standards and sharply differentiated roles for men and women and for middle-class and working-class people.
   1. Electricity
   2. Labor Unions
   3. Socialism
   4. Victorian Age
5. American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures
   1. Thomas Edison
   2. Socialism
   3. Nationalism
   4. Labor Unions

5 True/False Questions

1. Steel → A form of iron that is both durable and flexible. It was first mass-produced in the 1860s and quickly became the most widely used metal in construction, machinery, and railroad equipment.

   True        False

2. Anarchists → A political ideology that originated in Europe in the 1830s. Socialists advocated government protection of workers from exploitation by property owners and government ownership of industries. This ideology led to the founding of socialist or labor parties throughout Europe in the second half of the 19th century

   True        False

3. Separate Spheres → A Navy commander who, on July 8, 1853, became the first foreigner to break through the barriers that had kept Japan isolated from the rest of the world for 250 years

   True        False

4. Labor Unions → An organization of workers in a particular industry or trade, created to defend the interests of members through strikes or negotiations with employers

   True        False

5. Giuseppe Garibaldi → Italian nationalist and revolutionary who conquered Sicily and Naples and added them to a unified Italy in 1860

   True        False