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World History Ch. 19-20 Review
Reivew test 19-20
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History
10th Grade
01/30/2012

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Scottish engineer who improved the steam engine
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James Watt
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Developed the process of puddling
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Henry Cort
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Declared most of the U.S nation's slaves free
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Economic system based on industrial production
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industrial capitalism
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Based on tradition and social stability
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conservatism
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Principle that states lawful monarchs of royal families should be restored to power
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legitimacy
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the periodic meetings of the Great Powers to maintain the balance of power in Europe
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Concert of Europe
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Belief that people owed loyalty to their nation
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nationalism
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Held that people should be as free as possible from government interference
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liberalism
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The belief that "survival of the fittest" applies to human groups and races
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Social Darwinism
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According the principle of intervention, the great powers of Europe had the right to....

a-send armies into countries where there were revolutions in order to restore legitimate monarchs to power
b-take on another's territories without asking
c-have representatives with voting privileges in one another's governments
d-borrow food from one another in times of economic crisis within their countries
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A
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The production of ________ was one of the first industries affected by the Industrial Revolution.
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Cotton cloth
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The pitiful conditions by the Industrial Revolution gave rise to....
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Socialism
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What was the ultimate effect of the Crimean War?
a-destruction of the concert of Europe
b-an alliance between Russia and France
c-the creation of the concert of Europe
d-an alliance between Russia and Great Britain
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A
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What was the territory France was forced to give up as a result of the Franco-Prussian War?
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Alsace and Lorraine
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_________________ was appointed Prime Minister of Prussia and his practice militarism ultimately led to the unification of Germany.
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Otto von Bismarck
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_____________ is also called "the politics of reality"
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Real politik
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The Southern states of America began to secede in 1860, when ___________ _____________ was elected President.
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Abraham Lincoln
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_______________ emphasized feelings and imagination as sources of knowledge.
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Romanticism
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The __________ of ______________ was a meeting of the Great Powers in Europe led by Klemens von Metternich in 1814
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Concert of Europe
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invented the light bulb
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Thomas Edison
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Won the right to strike in Great Britain during the 1870s
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Trade Unions
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Sent the first radio waves across the Atlantic in 1901
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Gave rise to automobiles and airplanes
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Internal-combustion engine
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Written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
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The Communist Manifesto
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Working class
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proletariat
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Great Britain, France, Russia
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Triple Entente
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Discrimination and hatred toward Jews
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Anti-Semitism
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Natural selection applied to societies and races
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Social Darwinism
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Developed the theory of relativity
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Albert Einstein
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What was the name of the legislative assembly created by Czar Nicholas II?
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Duma
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What nation worked to suppress democracy through traditional conservative leadership during the latter half of the 19th century?
Definition
Germany
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The principle of ministerial responsibility is the idea that....

a-church ministers should be responsible for a portion of the legislative process
b-the prime minister is responsible to the popularly elected legislative body and not to the executive officer
c-high-ranking government officials are legally accountable for the actions of the president and his family
d-elected officials are responsible to the people and should act in the people's best interest
Definition
B
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The alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy was known as....

a-eastern powers
b-triple alliance
c-german-austria coalition
d-triple entente
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B
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According to Sigmund Freud, human behavior was....

a-ruled by two related emotions
b-determined by the physical make up of the brain
c-unchangeable
d-caused mostly by repressed experiences
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D
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The artistic movement between 1870 and 1914 that rebelled against tradition was _______________
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Romanticism
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The ______________ _____________________ ____________________ involved progress with steel, chemicals, electricity, and petroleum.
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Second Industrial Revolution
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According to Marx's theory, the proletariat would violently over throw the _____________ and set up a dictatorship.
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bourgeoise
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The women's social and political union in Britain fought for women's rights and specifically, _____________ in the nation-state.
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citizenship
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Ultimately, France failed to develop a strong ____________ system and instead was driven by the interests of many political parties.
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parliamentary
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What products came out of the first industrial revolution?
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textiles, railroads, iron, and coal
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What products came from the Second Industrial Revolution?
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steel, chemicals, electricity, and petroleum
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In 1860, Great Britain, France, Germany, and belgium produced _______________ tons of steel.
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125,000
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By 1913, total steel produced was ____________________ tons
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32 million
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Electricity could easily be converted into other forms such as...
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heat, light, and motion
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The telephone was invented by whom?
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Alexander Graham Bell
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________________ sent the first radio waves across the Atlantic Ocean in 1901
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Guglielmo Marconi
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In 1903, ____________________ made the first flight in a fixed wing plane at Kitty Hawk, NC
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Orville and Wilbur Wright
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Karl Marx and Fridrich Engels wrote what book?
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The Communist Manifesto
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Marx believed that there would be a Revolution between the _______________ and the ________________. In the end the _________________ would take over and start a dictatorship.
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Bourgeoise; Proltariats; Proltariats
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The Bourgeoise were the _____________, or middle class.
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oppressors
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The Proltariats were the ________________, or the working class.
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oppressed
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