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WHAP Chapter 17

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The economic development of Latin America was heavily dependent on
A. state subsidies
B.domestic manufacturing
C. stock appreciation
D. Foreign Capital
D. Foreign Capital
Which of the following explains why industrialization first occurred in Europe
A. European rulers fostered unusually close alliances with their merchant classes.
B. Europe possessed a unique capacity for technological innovation
C. Europe had an unchallenged economic advantage over all other regions by 1750
D. Europe was the only region that had highly commercialized, market-based economies by 1750
A. European rulers fostered unusually close alliances with their merchant classes.
Which of the following reflects an explanation for Europe's industrial. Revolution which most historians criticize as Eurocentric and deterministic
A. Technology creativity outside of Europe's had slowed down considerably or stagnated by the early modern era
B. unique features of Euopean society, economy, or history gave it a long-term advantage and head-start in industrializing.
C. By the eighteenth century, the most advanced regions in the world enjoyed global economic parity
D. industrial techniques spread quickly an unevely around the world after 1750
A. Technology creativity outside of Europe's had slowed down considerably or stagnated by the early modern era
Which of the following arguments serves to counter the notion that European culture is inherently more suited to industry and technology?
a. Until about 1750, core areas of Europe India and China enjoyed similar levels of economic development
b. Europeans make up only a small percentage of the world's population.
c. Non-European civilizations have been able to provide other valuable contributions to world history—for example, in the areas of music and cuisine.
d. Europeans today lag far behind the United States in terms of industry and technology.
a. Until about 1750, core areas of Europe India and China enjoyed similar levels of economic development
Which of the following has been offered as an explanation for why Britain was the first European country to industrialize?
A. Lack of coal deposits forced British industrialists to develop wind-based energy sources.
B. British monarchs had absolute power and directed the country's industrialization.
C. A scarcity of workers in Britain led to technological innovations that increased efficiency.
D. The Scientific Revolution in Great Britain fostered technological innovation.
D. The scientific revolution in Great Britain fostered technological innovation
In what way was the industrial revolution a global phenomenon by the end of the nineteenth century?
A. Even regions that failed to industrialize were impacted by industrialization.
B. Every country's economy was based on manufacturing.
C. Every country in the world had launched its own Industrial Revolution.
D. The social transformations that accompanied Britain's Industrial Revolution spread throughout the world.
A. Even regions that failed to industrialize were impacted by industrialization
In nineteenth century Britain, women from the laboring classes found jobs as
A. factory workers and domestic servants.
B. teachers and secretaries.
C. supervisors and managers.
D. nurses and midwives.
A. Factory workers and domestic servants
How did the working class movement in Britain differ from the one in Russia?
D. It advocated a reformist program and a peaceful transition to socialism
Which of the following was a reason for the failure of socialism to take root in the United States?
A. The absence of labor unions in the United States
B. The lack of class consciousness among workers in the United States
C. The higher standard of living enjoyed by most American workers
D. The homogenous nature of the American population
C. The higher standard of living enjoyed by most American workers
Which of the following played a greater role in industrial development in Russia than in the United States or Western Europe?
a. The State
b. The serfs
c. Trade unions
d. Political parties
a. The State
Industrialization led to violent social revolution only in ?
a. Britain
b. France
c. the United States
d. Russia
d. Russia
How did contact with other civilizations contribute to European industrial revolution?
a. It awakened a desire to keep all foreign influence out of Europe.
b. It encouraged Europeans to radically reform their culture.
c. It enabled Europe to draw disproportionately on the world's resources.
d. It did not contribute at all; Europeans did not need anything from other civilizations to industrialize.
c. It enabled Europe to draw disproportionately on the worlds resources
Which of the following describes the situation in Latin America after independence?
a. The availability of cheap land created a new class of small, independent
farmers
b. Politically, the area was plagued by internal divisions, regional revolts, and
international wars
c. The military declined in size and importance, and civilian governments
brought stability and prosperity to the region
d. New legal distinctions were created for various racial categories
b. Politically, the area was plagued by internal divisions, regional revolts, and
international wars
Which of the following accompanied industrialization wherever it occurred in the world?
a. Nationalism
b. Westernization
c. Urbanization
d. Revolution
c. Urbanization
Which of the following describes how the movement towards industrialization in the nineteenth century affected Latin America?
a. A large market for manufactured goods developed in Latin America
b. Latin America provided cheap labor for foreign-owned manufacturing
industries
c. Latin America exported textiles, machinery, tools, weapons, and luxury goods
to the United States and Europe.
d. Latin America provided the food products, raw materials, and markets for
industrializing countries
d. Latin America provided the food products, raw materials, and markets for
industrializing countries
Which of the following describes how the industrial revolution unfolded?
A. It began independently in only one place, Great Britain
In the eighteenth century, how did the industrial revolution solve an emerging energy crisis?
B. It introduced the use of coal oil and natural gas as sources of fuel
How did Britain's geography affect its industrial revolution?
a. Proximity to France made it vulnerable to invasions during the reign of
Napoleon.
b. Its northern location minimized the effects of the Little Ice Age
c. Coal and iron ore deposits were abundant and close to each other
d. Trees covered most of the country, providing a renewable source of energy
c. Coal and iron ore deposits were abundant and close to each other
Which of the following was a result of the industrial revolution?
a. An increase in production in mining, manufacturing, and services
b. The dominance of agriculture in the economic sector
c. The decline of the middle class
d. The shrinking numbers of the working class
a. An increase in production in mining, manufacturing, and services
Which of the following groups benefited the most from the industrial revolution in nineteenth century Britain?
a. The aristocracy
b. The middle classes
c. The laboring classes
d. Women
b. The middle classes
In nineteenth century Britain most members of the aristocracy derived their wealth from
Landownership
Which of the following made global migration an appealing option for many Europeans during the nineteenth century?
a. The demand for labor overseas
b. The appeal of socialist ideas
c. The search for a utopian society
d. The commitment to revolution
a. The demand for labor overseas
Which of the following describes a feature of Karl marx's vision of the society he predicted would emerge after the collapse of capitalism
a) A society controlled by a totalitarian state
b) A society made up only of the middle class
c) A society without classes and conflict
d) A society run by the captains of industry
c) A society without classes and conflict
Which group in the United States in the early twentieth century pressed for reforms to correct the abuses of capitalist industrialization?
The Progressives
What was most of the European capital invested in Latin America used to finance?
a) Factories
b) Telegraphs
c) Steamships
d) Railroads
d) Railroads
Which was the only country in Latin America to experience a nationwide revolution in the early twentieth century?
Mexico
Which of the following is a phrase that has been used to describe the form of economic growth in Latin America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
a. industrial capitalism
b. market-driven industrialization
c. socialist development
D. Depended development
D. Depended development
Which of the following was a value associated with the middle class culture in nineteenth century Britain?
a. social justice
b. racial equality
c. hard work
d. luxurious extravagance
c. hard work
Which of the following was a factor that pushed many Europeans to immigrate in the nineteenth century?
a. the rise n artisan manufacturing worldwide
b. the unsanitary and harsh working and living conditions in European urban centers
c. the high cost of transportation in Europe
d. the scarcity of factory jobs in European urban centers
B. The decline in peasant farming in their homelands/
b. the unsanitary and harsh working and living conditions in European urban centers???
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