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World History Unit III Round I Answer Key

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Industrial Revolution
#1 Which industry involved women spinning and weaving cloth in their homes? Cottage Industry
#2 Which transportation method greatly increased the transportation of resources and goods in Britain in the eighteenth century? Railroad
#3 Which industry did James Watt’s improved steam engine depend upon for fuel? Coal
#4 In the 1780s the building of new and stronger machines was made possible by Henry Cort’s new process called puddling, which used coke to burn away impurities in what? Iron Ore
#5 What population shifts typically occurred with industrialization? Urbanization
Science
#1 Which scientist published his theory of relativity, stating that space and time are relative to the observer? Albert Einstein
#2 Whose theories of organic evolution, natural selection, and survival of the fittest emphasized that some species were meant to survive while others were meant to die out? Charles Darwin
#3 Which scientist came to believe that atoms were not just hard material bodies, but small active worlds with differing numbers of electrons? Marie Curie
#4 What did Robert Fulton build that made transportation on waterways easier in the U.S.? Paddle-Wheel Steamboat
#5 Which 1787 invention by Edmund Cartwright made improvements in the weaving of cloth? Water-Powered Loom
Economic Problems
#1 Famine caused by the failure of which crop from 1845-1852 in Ireland led to the deaths of over 1-million people and caused many to migrate to cities and the U.S.? Potato
#2 On December 20, 1860 South Carolina seceded from the U.S. and began which war? American Civil War
#3 Which type of economic system involves a government controlling some means of production, such as factories or utilities? Socialist
#4 Which type of economic system, based on industrial production, resulted in the new industrial middle class? Industrial Capitalist
#5 Which discredited economist wrote in 1798 that populations tend to grow faster than food supplies over the long term leading to famine, disease, and war? Thomas Malthus
1848
#1 In 1848, which of the following included 38 independent German states of varying sizes? German Confederation
#2 What does the title Kaiser mean in German? Caesar
#3 In 1848, which of the following included the Kingdom of Piedmont, the Two Sicilies, the Papal States, Lombardy, Venetia, and several other smaller states? Italian States
#4 Which term is defined as the sense of unique identity of a people based on common language, religion, and national symbols? Nationalism
#5 In 1848, which empire was a multinational state of Germans, Czechs, Hungarians, Slovaks, Romanians, Slovenes, Poles, Croats, Serbians, Ukrainians, & Italians? Austrian Empire
Political Theories
#1 In general, what type of written document sets out the freedoms and rights of individuals? Bill of Rights
#2 What does universal male suffrage mean? All Men Can Vote
#3 Which political philosophy that grew out of the Enlightenment held that people should be as free as possible from governmental restraint and included basic rights for all people? Liberalism
#4 Which political philosophy that resulted after the 1848 revolutions in Europe was based on tradition and a belief in the value of social stability? Conservatism
#5 Which principle held that the great powers of Europe had the right to send armies into countries to put down revolutions and restore legitimate kings to their thrones? Interventionism
Final Question