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This passage was likely written by______________________.

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  1. Christopher Columbus

  2. Bartolome de las Casas

  3. Ignatius of Loyola

  4. Matteo Ricci

  5. Roberto di Nobili

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The Vichy government in France ________________________.

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  1. was a center of widespread rebellion during the World War II period

  2. was the government in exile during the World War II period

  3. continued to use Paris as its capital

  4. was central to Allied plans to retake Western Europe

  5. complied with Nazi policy in France

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Which country led the way in the Industrial Revolution?

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. The United States

  2. Germany

  3. England

  4. Japan

  5. Russia

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After the "British Miracle" other areas that experienced industrialization by 1900 included all of the following EXCEPT:

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. Austria-Hungary

  2. Russia

  3. Germany

  4. Japan

  5. United State

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After the "British Miracle", other areas that experienced industrialization by 1900 included all of the following EXCEPT:

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. Austria-Hungry

  2. Russia

  3. Germany

  4. Japan

  5. United States

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Which of these BEST describes one of the most influential philosophers Voltaire? 

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  1. He proposed that the best governments had separation of and checks on their powers to limit them

  2. He supports the concepts that the general will or desires of the majority, should determine government actions

  3. He argued for equal access to education for both men and women

  4. He compiled works by the leading scholars of the time into the Encyclopedia

  5. He used satire and wit to denounce prejudice, superstition and religious intolerance

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Women were involved in bettering industrial societies by 1900 in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. Founding settlement houses and community centers to serve urban working population

  2. Achieving the right to vote to better their working conditions and achieve equal pay

  3. Joining the abolitionist cause to encourage the end of slavery

  4. Leading increasingly radical suffrage campaigns

  5. Organizing groups such as the First International Congress for Women's Rights

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All contributed to the defeat of Napoleon except:

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. The Battle of Austerlitz with Austria

  2. The failure of the Continental System

  3. The invasion of Russia in 1812

  4. The Spanish Resistance and its guerilla warfare

  5. The formation of the Quadruple Alliance

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New industrial urban centers were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. Rapid population growth doubled and sometimes tripled or quadrupled the size of cities in one century

  2. Tenement housing usually was the only option for the working class

  3. Lack of sanitation was a major problem leading to problem such as the rapid spread of cholera

  4. Cities lacked adequate access to education and police protection

  5. Life spans for those working in cities were longer than those enjoyed by rural farm laborers

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Which of these BEST describes the Industrial Revolution?

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. Transition from an agrarian, handicraft economy to one dominated by machine manufacture

  2. Focusing on machine manufacture at the expense of agriculture

  3. A political movement that stressed urban renewal and rights for factory workers

  4. Transition from relying on natural resources to only manufactures ones

  5. The overthrow of conservative governments throughout Europe for not favoring industry over agriculture

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