Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The Enlightenment was based
on
a. | scientific
reasoning | c. | religious
beliefs | b. | Communism | d. | political democracy |
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2.
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Emilio Aguinaldo fought for the
independence of
a. | Indonesia | c. | the Philippine
Islands | b. | Java | d. | Malacca |
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3.
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Who wrote the Declaration of
Independence?
a. | John
Locke | c. | Thomas
Jefferson | b. | Samuel Adams | d. | Benjamin Franklin |
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4.
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The owner of Whole Foods Market
believed that Adam Smiths ideas were just as valid today as they were in the 1700’s. Whole
Foods markets gives their employees the ______ to be creative in their jobs. This makes every
employee feel important and satisfied.
a. | money | c. | regulations from the
company | b. | rules from the boss | d. | freedom |
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What political philosophy
inspired the writing of the Declaration of Independence?
a. | Plato’s
Republic | c. | The
Enlightenment | b. | Rationalism | d. | Aristilian Logic |
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What was the impact of the
steam engine on the production of British goods?
a. | It launched the railway age that
brought the transportation of people and materials to a new level. | c. | All of the above | b. | It allowed small ferries to monopolize the transport of
raw materials through English canals | d. | It enabled the mining industry to work more efficiently without the need for
workers |
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7.
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Where do people get natural
rights from?
a. | God or
nature | c. | Parliament | b. | The Environmental Protection Agency | d. | The king |
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What happened in China after
they adopted Adam Smith’s Capitalist ideas?
a. | 600,000,000 people were lifted out
of poverty | c. | China became even
more poor | b. | 600,000,000 people starved because of the poor
economy | d. | The government took control of the
economy |
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9.
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Which amendment abolished
slavery?
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10.
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Who was the Conservative
elected as the first woman Prime Minister in England?
a. | Roymmena
Keeran | c. | Helen
Keeran | b. | Margaret Thatcher | d. | Lady Ga Ga |
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11.
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Adolf Hitler was a
a. | Prohibitionist | c. | Socialist | b. | Capitalist | d. | Libertarian |
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12.
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Socialists believe they can use
the government and the Socialist Party to control the minds of the population
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What was the main cause of
inadequate food supplies in Africa during European colonization?
a. | Native farmers were drafted into the
colonial armies. | c. | Europeans insisted
on the growth of cash crops, such as cotton | b. | Most of the farm land was used for
mining. | d. | Europeans used too much of the farmland as building
sites. |
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Which 4 freedoms are embodied
in the 1st amendment?
a. | religion, press, speech,
assembly | c. | Religion, no state
church, free exercise of religion, no school prayer | b. | religion, speech , fair trial,
assembly | d. | no slavery, voting , poll tax, equal
protection |
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15.
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The Suez Canal was built
through the combined efforts of the
a. | French and
Egyptians | c. | Russians and
Persians. | b. | French and British | d. | Egyptians and Persians |
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How did the Communist Chinese
government respond to the demonstrations in tiananmen squar Square?
a. | they ignored
it | c. | broke up the demonstration with
tanks and killed hundreds | b. | supported the demands of the students | d. | sent the military in to protect the
students |
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In the 19th century,
industrialization had the effect of _____ the gap between industrialized
and non-industrialized
countries.
a. | closing | c. | widening | b. | making even | d. | ending |
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Which was the first country
founded on the idea that ordinary people could govern themselves without a
king?t
a. | Camada | c. | England | b. | United States | d. | Mexico |
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Which of the following was a
key idea in the free-market system?
a. | government cannot interfere in
either domestic or international economic matters | c. | establish minimum wages and maximum working
hours | b. | give government complete control of the means of
production | d. | protect the nation's industries
from foreign competition |
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What two things did Smith
believe would help all people to become prosperous?
a. | free trade and free basics for the
poor | c. | division of labor and limited
trade | b. | free markets and government control | d. | free markets and the division of
labor |
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According to the Declaration,
what gave Americans the right to start their own government?
a. | English Bill of
Rights | c. | The laws of nature and the
Bible. | b. | The Constitution | d. | The laws of nature and natures
God |
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What was the Industrial
Revolution?
a. | increased purchases of land by
wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields | c. | increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the
18th-century | b. | a widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6
days a week | d. | increased populations of urban areas
during the 1800s |
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Which amendment says that a
person does not have to testify against himself?
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What are unalienable
Rights?
a. | Rights that cannot be taken
away. | c. | Rights provided in the
Constitution | b. | Rights provided by the Declaration of
Independence | d. | Rights for
aliens |
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25.
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Hong Kong is a city with no
agriculture, crowded with refugees and no natural resources. What did Sir John do to enable Hong Kong
to become one of the most prosperous cities in the world?
a. | government control of the
economy | c. | peace, low taxes,
and no government interference in the economy | b. | government help for the
economy | d. | made Hong Kong
Socialist |
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What was the main reason for
the Crimean War?
a. | Russia broke a treaty that limited
the amount of grain it could send through the Bosporus | c. | Russia wanted oil and other raw materials found in Ottoman
lands. | b. | Russia wanted land on the Black Sea to gain access to the Mediterranean
Sea. | d. | Russia refused to pay an export tax levied by the Ottoman
Empire. |
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How did Europeans use
paternalism to govern people in colonies?
a. | They provided for colonial
peoples' needs but did not give them full rights. | c. | They trained them in advanced European farming and mining
techniques. | b. | They trained colonial peoples to govern themselves. | d. | They allowed them to assimilate into European
society. |
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28.
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Lenin was a
a. | Prohibitionist | c. | Capitalist | b. | Socialist | d. | Libertarian |
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29.
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Queen Liliuokalani was the last
monarch of.
a. | Borneo | c. | Hawaii | b. | the Philippine Islands | d. | Java |
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30.
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Which U.S. business interest
group pushed for the annexation of Hawaii?
a. | steel
makers | c. | sugar-cane
planters | b. | railroad builders | d. | shipbuilders |
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Why did young single women
flock to the factory towns across the country?
a. | the factory towns were safer than
other towns | c. | there was plenty
of agricultural work in the cities | b. | that is where all the cute guys were | d. | work in textile mills |
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What were the immediate benefits of industrialization
a. | all of these we benefits of industrializaion | d. | cheaper clothing
| b. | more jobs | e. | education | c. | diet |
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The main reason for British
colonization of Singapore was to obtain use of its
a. | plantations | c. | tin mines | b. | harbor | d. | sources of cheap
labor |
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Which of the following was the
first area to undergo major industrialization?
a. | railroads | c. | coal mining | b. | textile production | d. | banking |
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A million young people
demonstrated in Tiananmen Square. They created a Statue of Liberty. What did they
want?
a. | the government to pay off their
student loans | c. | more government
control and stability | b. | an end to Capitalism in China | d. | an end to Communism in China |
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Joseph Stalin was a
a. | Capitalist | c. | Libertarian | b. | Socialist | d. | Prohibitionist |
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What were the three factors of
production required to drive the industrial revolution?
a. | raw materials, natural resources,
man-made goods | c. | land, labor,
capital | b. | road, railway, and water transport | d. | government, military, colonies |
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Adam Smith was a social
psychologist who wrote about morality and economics. His ideas ___
a. | are the basis of modern world
economics | c. | have been replaced
by the ideas of Karl Marx | b. | are no longer of any importance to modern
economics | d. | led to
communism |
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Benito Mussolini was a
a. | Socialist | c. | Capitalist | b. | Prohibitionist | d. | Libertarian |
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40.
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In the United States, who
elects the President?
a. | the
Congress | c. | the states using
the Electoral College | b. | the people directly | d. | the Senate |
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Right to
vote
a. | freedom of
speech | c. | suffrage | b. | implied power | d. | electoral college |
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According to the Declaration,
what is the purpose of government?
a. | Protect unalienable rights of
citizens | c. | Provide services
and a good life for the citizens. | b. | That point is not discussed in the
Declaration. | d. | To provide laws that apply equally
to everyone. |
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43.
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Who said that free market and
free trade would connect the continents and open the world to wealth and
prosperity
a. | Samuel
Gompers | c. | Karl
Marx | b. | Frederick Engles | d. | Adam Smith |
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44.
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What machinery powered English
factories in the late 1700s
a. | nuclear
energy | c. | electricity | b. | steam | d. | water
wheels |
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45.
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Who defended the free-market
system of capitalism in the book, The Wealth of Nations?
a. | Jeremy
Bentham | c. | John Stuart
Mill | b. | William Wilberforce | d. | Adam Smith |
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What are the first ten
amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
a. | Revolutionary War
Amendments | c. | Bill of
rights | b. | Civil war Amendments | d. | Ratification Amendments |
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What was the name of the
political party in England that adopted socialism as their philosophy?
a. | Republican
Party | c. | British Libertarian
Party | b. | Labor Party | d. | Conservative Party |
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Why was India called the
"jewel in the crown"?
a. | It had a vast supply of diamonds,
rubies, and sapphires | c. | It was the most
valuable of all of Britain's colonies | b. | The sepoys were a perfect model of successful
imperialism. | d. | The success of India's
self-sufficient economy strengthened Britain |
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49.
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What machinery powered English
factories in the late 1700s
a. | electricity | c. | nuclear energy | b. | steam | d. | water
wheels |
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50.
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Who was the Conservative U.S.
President elected in 1980? He was capitalist and anti-socialist.
a. | Ronald
Reagan | c. | Jimmy
Carter | b. | Richard Nixon | d. | Gerald Ford |
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