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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

Which of these BEST describes how American crops impacted Europe in the 16th to 18th century period?

  1. American crops introduced plantation agricultures based on slave labor to Europe for the first time in its history

  2. American crops brought disease to European crops and Europe suffered a serve decline in agricultural productivity

  3. European merchant companies traded American crops as commodities around the world but not in Europe itself

  4. European crops were summarily rejected and replaced by American ones

  5. Europe's population grew significantly due to the introduction of crops such as corn and potatoes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The introduction of calorie-dense American crops like corn and potatoes to Europe during the Columbian Exchange led to a significant increase in agricultural yields and population growth. The other options are either historically inaccurate or describe fringe phenomena.

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

The types of taxes were paid by both ancient Egyptians and pre-Revolutionary French was ___________________.

  1. Taxes on the use of salt

  2. Taxes on use of roads and waterways

  3. Taxes in the form of forced labor

  4. Taxes on foreign trade goods

  5. Taxes in the form of money
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The types of taxes were paid by both ancient Egyptians and pre-Revolutionary French was taxes in the form of forced labor.

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

I found myself...with high expectations and a certain belief that whatever perplexities and discouragement concerning the life of the poor were in store for me, I should at least know something at first hand and have the solace of daily activity...I had at last finished with the ever-lasting "preparation for life", however ill-prepared I might be.
The writer of this quote, Jane Addams, was associated with the ____________.

  1. Antitrust legislation that broke up the Northern Securities Company

  2. Municipal reforms of city government

  3. Legislation that helped establish laws against child labor

  4. Hull House in Chicago

  5. The Henry Street Settlement in New York
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Jane Addams was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Price for her work in the field of public administration, settlement, local public care and world peace. In 1889 Addams and her friend Ellen Gates Starr co-founded settlement house known as the Hull House.

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

Sigmund Freud published several books in the early 1900s that defined his theory of ____________________.

  1. Classical conditioning

  2. Psychoanalysis

  3. Sychosocial development

  4. Behaviorism

  5. Cognitive development
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis focused on the importance of the unconscious mind that governs the human behavior more than we suspect.

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 leaders were NOT part of the Mexican Revolution which began in 1910?

  1. Francisco Madero

  2. Porfirio Diaz

  3. Emiliano Zapata

  4. Pancho Villa

  5. Jose Morelos
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Jose Morelos was a leader of the Mexican War of Independence in the early 19th century, not the Mexican Revolution which began in 1910. The other figures were major leaders in the 1910 revolution.

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 the following was NOT an advance in technology and invention in the opening years of the 20th century prior to World War I?

  1. Motored and manned flight

  2. The radio receiver

  3. The Model T

  4. The telephone

  5. The popularization of motion pictures
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The telephone was invented in the 19th century by Alexander Graham Bell, not in the opening years of the 20th century. Flight, the radio, the Model T, and motion pictures all saw major advances around the turn of the 20th century.

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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.