World History Quiz: Life In The Industrial Age
- 1.Russia didn't industrialize as quickly as other nations because it lacked:
- A.
Political stability
- B.
Expertise
- C.
Technology
- D.
Capital
- 2.An artist of the mid 1800s who portrayed the harsh lives of slum dwellers was probably using which artistic style?
- A.
Realism
- B.
Impressionism
- C.
Neoclassicism
- D.
Romanticism
- 3.Romanticism can be described as a revolt against the Enlightenment's emphasis on:
- A.
Religion
- B.
Reason
- C.
Legends
- D.
The past
- 4.What theory applied the idea of natural selection to the development of business and society?
- A.
Social gospel
- B.
Social Darwinism
- C.
Capitalism
- D.
Socialism
- 5.The population of Europe exploded between 1800 and 1900 largely because of:
- A.
Cities eliminated slums and tenements
- B.
Couples had more and more children
- C.
Medical advances causing decline in death rate
- D.
Couples began having kids at an earlier age
- 6.a production method in which workers repeatedly perform one task in the manufacturing process:
- A.
Interchangeable parts
- B.
Bessemer process
- C.
The assembly line
- D.
Cottage industries
- 7.What did Mathew B. Brady accomplish in the area of visual arts?
- A.
His pictures captured beauty of nature
- B.
He created postimpressionist pictures
- C.
He photographed cathedrals in Europe
- D.
He took realistic pictures of the Civil War
- 8.Which of the following were writers of the realism movement?
- A.
Edgar Degas, Georges Seurat
- B.
William Wordsworth, Mary Shelley
- C.
Gustave Courbet, Thomas Eakins
- D.
Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo
- 9.What limited the effectiveness of women involved in the temperance movement?
- A.
They were too focused on the suffrage movement
- B.
They were too busy with their families to support causes
- C.
They couldn't vote and were barred from most schools
- D.
They didn't want to get involved in political issues
- 10.What invention did the internal combustion engine make possible?
- A.
Fulton's steam boat
- B.
The Wright Brothers' airplane
- C.
Morse's telegraph
- D.
Faraday's electric motor
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