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

As to be firm land, we are certainly satisfied, and assur'd, that the Spaniards by their barbarous and execrable Action have absolutely Ten Kingdoms... which now lye waste and desolate and are absolutely ruined When as formerly no other Country whatsoever was more populous. Nay we dare boldly affirm, that during the Forty years space wherein they exercised their sanguinary and detestable Tyranny in these Region above Twelve Millions (computing Men, Women and Children) have undeservedly perished:nor do I conceive that I should deviate from the Truth by saying that above Fifty Millions in all paid their last Debt to Nature 
Those that arrived at these Islands from the remotest parts of Spain, and who pride themselves in the Names of Christians, steer'd Two course principally, in order to the Extirpation, and Exterminating of this People from the face of the Earth 


This passage was likely written by______________________.

  1. Christopher Columbus

  2. Bartolome de las Casas

  3. Ignatius of Loyola

  4. Matteo Ricci

  5. Roberto di Nobili
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Bartolome de las Casas was a 16th-century Spanish Dominican friar whose writings, such as A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, vehemently condemned the atrocities committed by colonizers against indigenous populations.

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

The Vichy government in France ________________________.

  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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E Correct answer
Explanation

The Vichy regime was a puppet government established in France following the Nazi invasion, led by Marshal Philippe Petain, which actively collaborated with Nazi policies. The other options describe the Free French resistance or government-in-exile.

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

Which country led the way in the Industrial Revolution?

  1. The United States

  2. Germany

  3. England

  4. Japan

  5. Russia
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C Correct answer
Explanation

England was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution due to factors like abundant coal and iron resources, stable political institutions, and colonial capital.

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

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

  1. Austria-Hungary

  2. Russia

  3. Germany

  4. Japan

  5. United State
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A Correct answer
Explanation

By 1900, Russia, Germany, Japan, and the United States had all undergone significant industrialization, whereas Austria-Hungary remained largely agrarian compared to the others.

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

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

  1. Austria-Hungry

  2. Russia

  3. Germany

  4. Japan

  5. United States
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A Correct answer
Explanation

This is a duplicate of the previous question; Austria-Hungary is the correct answer as it was less industrialized than the other listed nations.

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

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

  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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E Correct answer
Explanation

Voltaire was a leading Enlightenment writer who famously used satire, wit, and philosophical tales to champion freedom of speech and religion while attacking religious fanaticism and intolerance.

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

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

  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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

By 1900, women had not yet achieved the right to vote in most major industrial societies, making option B the correct exception. Women did, however, participate in settlement houses, abolitionism, and early suffrage campaigns.

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

All contributed to the defeat of Napoleon except:

  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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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Battle of Austerlitz was a major victory for Napoleon, not a defeat. The other options listed represent significant factors that contributed to his eventual downfall.

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

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

  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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A Correct answer
Explanation

Life expectancy in early industrial cities was notoriously low due to poor sanitation, overcrowding, and disease. Rural life, while difficult, generally offered better health outcomes than the squalor of early industrial urban centers.

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

Which of these BEST describes the Industrial Revolution?

  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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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Industrial Revolution is defined by the shift from manual, agrarian production to mechanized factory-based manufacturing. This transition fundamentally altered economic and social structures.