Study Guide

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Study Guide

• Quarter 2 DCA

2
Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• Eli Whitney

3
The agricultural changes that took place in
England during the 1600s contributed to
industrial development by

• Producing more food with fewer workers.

4
What were the factors of production required to
drive the Industrial Revolution in Britain?

• Land, labor, capital
• Raw materials, natural resources, man-made goods.
• Roads, railroad and water transport.

5
What was the first area or industry to experience
industrialization?

• Textile production

6
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great
Britain?

• Sufficient coal and iron ore reserves
• A good transportation system existed
• Large populations were available

7
What were some of the negative impacts of
factories during the Industrial Revolution?

• Levels of air and water pollution often increase
• Dirty and unsanitary conditions.
• Severe discipline.

8
What caused Europeans to search for new markets
for their goods, migrate to cities in search of
jobs, and the middle class gaining political
power?

• Industrial Revolution

9
What economic system is based on private
investment for individual gain?

• Capitalism

10
What did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels believe
would happen when Communism was the worlds
dominant political and economic system?

• A classless society would exist.

11
The proletarians (lower classes) have nothing
to lose but their chainsWorkers of the world
unite!This quote would be used to encourage
what economic and political system?

• Communism

12
During the 1800s how were men and women treated
differently in American factories?

• Paid lower wages.

13
What historical era does this quote refer to?

• The streets were hot and dusty on the summer
  day. Stokers emerged from low underground
  doorways into factory yards, and sat on steps and
  posts, and paling, wiping their swarthy visages,
  and contemplating coals. The whole town seemed
  to be frying in oil. There was a stifling smell
  of hot oil everywhere. The steam-engines shone
  with it, the mills throughout their many stories
  oozed and trickled it.
• Charles Dickens,
  Hard Times, 1854
• Industrial Revolution

14
What is the term for the voluntary associations
of workers seeking labor reform?

• Unions

15
What was one positive effect of the Industrial
Revolution?

• Rise in the standard of living.

16
What 18th century European artistic movement
arose as a reaction against Classicisms emphasis
on reason?

• Romanticism

17
The sun never sets on the British Empire. What
do you think this saying meant?

• The British Empire had colonies in every part of
  the world.

18
European nations have conquered other lands,
made them into colonies, and controlled their
economics. What is this an example of?

• Imperialism

19
At the end of the 1800s colonies were generally
seen as a ..

• Sign of a countrys relative power.

20
What were Europeans motives for establishing
colonies in Africa, Asia, and India?

• Missionary impulse
• Social Darwinism
• Economic competition

21
What was the result of European colonization in
Africa?

• Loss of land, loss of trade
• Some gains in health and literacy

22
Increased contact between Europe and the
continents of Africa, Asia, and South America,
during the 18th and 19th centuries, resulted in..

• The exploitation of the labor and resources of
  these continents

23
Why is Louis Pasteurs research in germ theory
significant during the 19th century?

• Proved that cleanliness helps to prevent
  infections.

24
Why did the British trade opium to the Chinese?

• The British found it was a product the Chinese
  would buy in large quantities.

25
What is the Boxer Rebellion?

• Anti-foreign sentiment in China that led to an
  uprising in 1900.

26
Economically, what led to Japan becoming a
colonial power after 1894?

• Industrialization allowed Japan to expend
  resources on military and colonial expansion.

27
What factors led up to World War One? Hint
Long term causes

• Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Militarism
• Industrial Revolution
• Alliances

28
What caused the Triple Entente to be formed in
1907?

• V.
• Increased military power of Germany.

29
The Balkans were referred to as the Power Keg
just before WWI because of their

• Nationalistic rivalries

30
What nation was the first to declare war against
another country to start WWI?

• Austria-Hungary

31
Why was the Schlieffen Plan put into action?

• Avoid the problem of fighting Allied powers on
  two fronts.

32
Why was the Allied victory at the First Battle of
the Marne important?

• Resulted in Germany having to fight on two fronts.

33
Why did most of the combat during WWI on the
Western Front happen in a small area

• The armies became immobile because of Trench
  Warfare.

34
What action during WWI greatly affected the
outcome of the war?

• American military and financial intervention in
  the war.

35
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

• A telegram sent from Germany to Mexico discussing
  Germany helping Mexico re-conquer land lost to
  the United States.

36
WWI was a total war because

• Nations from all over the world were involved.
• New technologies (tanks and machine guns) played
  a large part in the war
• Rationing and propaganda were used to involve all
  citizens in the war effort.

37
President Wilsons Fourteen Points were said to
provide a framework for what?

• A lasting and just peace.

38
At the Treaty of Versailles, what did all four
leaders want?

• Wilson- lasting peace
• Clemenceau- punishment of Germany
• George- worked for compromise/naval protection
• Orlando- sought territory

39
What was the major goal of France and Britain at
the Conference of Versailles?

• Keep Germany from rebuilding its military forces.

40
What provision was included in the Treaty of
Versailles that showed intent to punish Germany?

• Germany will accept full responsibility for
  causing the war.
• Article 231

41
How did the international community respond to
Turkeys actions against the Armenians?

• It condemned Turkey but did not fight to save the
  Armenians

42
Why did the U.S. reject the League of Nations?

• They feared it could lead to future U.S.
  involvement in European wars.

43
Why was there tension between France and Germany
before World War 1?

• Dispute over the Alsace and Lorraine regions

44
WW I U.S. Propaganda Posters portrayal of Germany

• Violators of human rights