Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What machinery powered English
factories in the late 1700s
a. | nuclear
energy | c. | water
wheels | b. | electricity | d. | steam |
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What machinery powered English
factories in the late 1700s
a. | nuclear
energy | c. | water
wheels | b. | electricity | d. | steam |
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3.
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In the United States, who
elects the President?
a. | the
Senate | c. | the states using the Electoral
College | b. | the Congress | d. | the people directly |
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4.
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How did Europeans use
paternalism to govern people in colonies?
a. | They allowed them to assimilate into
European society. | c. | They trained them
in advanced European farming and mining techniques. | b. | They trained colonial peoples to govern
themselves. | d. | They provided for colonial
peoples' needs but did not give them full rights. |
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5.
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Joseph Stalin was a
a. | Prohibitionist | c. | Capitalist | b. | Socialist | d. | Libertarian |
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6.
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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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A million young people
demonstrated in Tiananmen Square. They created a Statue of Liberty. What did they
want?
a. | more government control and
stability | c. | an end to
Communism in China | b. | the government to pay off their student
loans | d. | an end to Capitalism in
China |
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8.
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Emilio Aguinaldo fought for the
independence of
a. | Indonesia | c. | Malacca | b. | Java | d. | the Philippine
Islands |
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What were the three factors of
production required to drive the industrial revolution?
a. | land, labor,
capital | c. | raw materials,
natural resources, man-made goods | b. | road, railway, and water transport | d. | government, military, colonies |
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10.
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Adolf Hitler was a
a. | Socialist | c. | Libertarian | b. | Capitalist | d. | Prohibitionist |
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11.
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What were the immediate benefits of industrialization
a. | all of these we benefits of industrializaion | d. | more jobs | b. | education | e. | cheaper clothing | c. | diet |
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12.
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What was the name of the
political party in England that adopted socialism as their philosophy?
a. | Labor
Party | c. | British Libertarian
Party | b. | Conservative Party | d. | Republican Party |
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13.
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Which U.S. business interest
group pushed for the annexation of Hawaii?
a. | steel
makers | c. | railroad
builders | b. | shipbuilders | d. | sugar-cane
planters |
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What are unalienable
Rights?
a. | Rights that cannot be taken
away. | c. | Rights provided in the
Constitution | b. | Rights for aliens | d. | Rights provided by the Declaration of
Independence |
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Which of the following was a
key idea in the free-market system?
a. | protect the nation's industries
from foreign competition | c. | give government
complete control of the means of production | b. | establish minimum wages and maximum working
hours | d. | government cannot interfere in either domestic or
international economic matters |
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16.
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Right to
vote
a. | freedom of
speech | c. | implied
power | b. | suffrage | d. | electoral college |
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What was the main cause of
inadequate food supplies in Africa during European colonization?
a. | Europeans used too much of the
farmland as building sites. | c. | Most of the farm land was used for mining. | b. | Native farmers were drafted into the colonial
armies. | d. | Europeans insisted on the growth of cash crops, such as
cotton |
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Why did young single women
flock to the factory towns across the country?
a. | there was plenty of agricultural
work in the cities | c. | the factory towns
were safer than other towns | b. | that is where all the cute guys were | d. | work in textile mills |
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Which 4 freedoms are embodied
in the 1st amendment?
a. | religion, speech , fair trial,
assembly | c. | religion, press,
speech, assembly | b. | Religion, no state church, free exercise of religion, no school
prayer | d. | no slavery, voting , poll tax, equal
protection |
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20.
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Queen Liliuokalani was the last
monarch of.
a. | Borneo | c. | the Philippine Islands | b. | Hawaii | d. | Java |
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Which of the following was the
first area to undergo major industrialization?
a. | banking | c. | coal mining | b. | textile production | d. | railroads |
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What are the first ten
amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
a. | Ratification
Amendments | c. | Civil war
Amendments | b. | Bill of rights | d. | Revolutionary War Amendments |
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What was the Industrial
Revolution?
a. | increased purchases of land by
wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields | c. | increased populations of urban areas during the
1800s | b. | a widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6
days a week | d. | increased output of machine-made
goods that began in England during the 18th-century |
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24.
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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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25.
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Lenin was a
a. | Prohibitionist | c. | Libertarian | b. | Capitalist | d. | Socialist |
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26.
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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 success of India's self-sufficient economy
strengthened Britain | d. | The sepoys were a perfect model of
successful imperialism. |
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27.
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Who wrote the Declaration of
Independence?
a. | Thomas
Jefferson | c. | Samuel
Adams | b. | John Locke | d. | Benjamin Franklin |
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What was the impact of the
steam engine on the production of British goods?
a. | It enabled the mining industry to
work more efficiently without the need for workers | c. | It launched the railway age that brought the transportation of people and
materials to a new level. | b. | It allowed small ferries to monopolize the transport of raw materials through
English canals | d. | All of the
above |
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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 help for the
economy | c. | peace, low taxes,
and no government interference in the economy | b. | made Hong Kong Socialist | d. | government control of the
economy |
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30.
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The Enlightenment was based
on
a. | religious
beliefs | c. | Communism | b. | scientific reasoning | d. | political democracy |
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Who was the Conservative U.S.
President elected in 1980? He was capitalist and anti-socialist.
a. | Ronald
Reagan | c. | Gerald
Ford | b. | Richard Nixon | d. | Jimmy Carter |
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According to the Declaration,
what is the purpose of government?
a. | That point is not discussed in the
Declaration. | c. | Provide services
and a good life for the citizens. | b. | Protect unalienable rights of citizens | d. | To provide laws that apply equally to
everyone. |
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Adam Smith was a social
psychologist who wrote about morality and economics. His ideas ___
a. | are no longer of any importance to
modern economics | c. | have been replaced
by the ideas of Karl Marx | b. | are the basis of modern world
economics | d. | led to
communism |
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How did the Communist Chinese
government respond to the demonstrations in tiananmen squar Square?
a. | sent the military in to protect the
students | c. | supported the
demands of the students | b. | they ignored it | d. | broke up the demonstration with tanks and killed
hundreds |
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What two things did Smith
believe would help all people to become prosperous?
a. | free markets and the division of
labor | c. | free markets and government
control | b. | free trade and free basics for the poor | d. | division of labor and limited
trade |
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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 natures
God | b. | The laws of nature and the Bible. | d. | The Constitution |
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Which amendment abolished
slavery?
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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. | Adam
Smith | c. | Karl
Marx | b. | Samuel Gompers | d. | Frederick Engles |
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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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40.
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The Suez Canal was built
through the combined efforts of the
a. | French and
British | c. | French and
Egyptians | b. | Egyptians and Persians | d. | Russians and Persians. |
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Who was the Conservative
elected as the first woman Prime Minister in England?
a. | Margaret
Thatcher | c. | Roymmena
Keeran | b. | Helen Keeran | d. | Lady Ga Ga |
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What was the main reason for
the Crimean War?
a. | Russia refused to pay an export tax
levied by the Ottoman Empire. | c. | Russia wanted land on the Black Sea to gain access to the Mediterranean
Sea. | b. | Russia wanted oil and other raw materials found in Ottoman
lands. | d. | Russia broke a treaty that limited the amount of grain it
could send through the Bosporus |
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43.
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Benito Mussolini was a
a. | Prohibitionist | c. | Socialist | b. | Libertarian | d. | Capitalist |
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44.
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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. | freedom | c. | money | b. | regulations from the
company | d. | rules from the
boss |
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Who defended the free-market
system of capitalism in the book, The Wealth of Nations?
a. | John Stuart
Mill | c. | Adam
Smith | b. | Jeremy Bentham | d. | William Wilberforce |
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What political philosophy
inspired the writing of the Declaration of Independence?
a. | The
Enlightenment | c. | Plato’s
Republic | b. | Aristilian Logic | d. | Rationalism |
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What happened in China after
they adopted Adam Smith’s Capitalist ideas?
a. | China became even more
poor | c. | 600,000,000 people starved because
of the poor economy | b. | The government took control of the economy | d. | 600,000,000 people were lifted out of
poverty |
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In the 19th century,
industrialization had the effect of _____ the gap between industrialized
and non-industrialized
countries.
a. | making
even | c. | widening | b. | closing | 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. | Mexico | c. | England | b. | United States | d. | Camada |
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Which amendment says that a
person does not have to testify against himself?
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