1. The first steam engine, used for pumping water from mine shafts was invented in 1711 by?
Correct : D. Thomas Newcomen.
2. Which of the following statement does not represent nineteenth-century middle-class
thinking about gender role?
Correct : B. women were suited for longer because their brains were larger.
3. The British “navvies” built:
Correct : A. railways.
4. Which pairing is incorrect?
Correct : D. Victor Hugo- Oliver Twist.
5. After the 1850s, who led the invention and commercialization of electricity?
Correct : D. Germany and the United States.
6. The Great Famine of1845-1849 took place in:
Correct : B. Ireland, Germany, Scotland, and the Netherlands.
7. By 1817, which country was one of the core nations of industrial Europe?
Correct : B. Russia.
8. British tariffs prohibiting the importation of East Indian Cottons:
Correct : C. served as an inducement to the manufacture of domestic cottons.
9. In general European serfdom:
Correct : A. was an obstacle to the commercialization of agriculture.
10. John Kay?s invention of the “flying shuttle” in 1773 revolutionized the process of cotton:
Correct : B. weaving.
11. The mythical leader of a British rural rebellion in 1820s was:
Correct : C. Captain Swing.
12. The expression, “ angel in the house ,” refers to:
Correct : B. the Victorian middle-class woman.
13. Working- class men and women were most vulnerable to:
Correct : D. All of the above.
14. The English contractor Thomas Brassey is best known for:
Correct : D. building railways in Canada, Argentina, Australia and India.
15. In general, the population of Europe in the nineteenth century:
Correct : C. showed a dramatic increase.
16. Middle-class respectability required all but which of the following?
Correct : D. conspicuous consumption.
17. The “ new cathedrals ” of the industrial age were:
Correct : A. museums, opera houses and city halls.
18. The Industrial Revolution occurred first in Great Britain because:
Correct : C. agriculture was more thoroughly commercialized in Britain than elsewhere.
19. Queen Victoria was a successful queen because:
Correct : A. she and her husband embodied traits important to the middle classes.
20. Before 1815, industrialization in the continent was held back by the:
Correct : D. All of the above.
21. Which of the following did not occur did not occur with the Industrial Revolution in
America?
Correct : D. All of the above occured.
22. What were Alexander Graham Bell’s first words on the telephone?
Correct : A. Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.
23. What was the first name of Robert Fultons first steam boat?
Correct : B. Clermont ( )
24. How many years passed between the invention of the first reliable steam engine and the induction
electric motor?
Correct : C. 113 ( )
25. One of Eli Whitney’s major Contributions to American manufacturing was his idea for
Correct : D. interchangable parts ( )
26. Who sneaked the plans for a spinning machine out of England and built a factory in Rhode Island?
Correct : C. Samuel Slater ( )
27. The invention and the use of machines was actually stimulated by a shortage of
Correct : A. Labour ( )
28. The Erie Canal connected
Correct : B. Albany and Buffalo ( )
29. Americans owed their ability to travel upstream to an invention by
Correct : D. Robert Fulton ( )
30. The development of steamboats, which made it economically feasible to bring products from the
interior to market,
Correct : C. Brought the West into the national economy ( )
31. Which invention is incorectly paired?
Correct : C. Samuel Morse - Telephone ( )
32. What was the immediate impact of the Cotton Gin in America?
Correct : A. It made cotton more profitable ( )
33. Jane Austin was among those novelists who reflected the middle-class belief in
Correct : A. the importance of the home as the setting for a rewarding family life.
34. Visiting a doctor in the 1850s was a risky affair; often, their remedies for diseases caused more harm than good for the patients. Out of all the following commonly-prescribed early nineteenth-century treatments, which is the only one that was NOT generally harmful to the patient?
Correct : A. taking the waters
35. During the industrial revolution, a new type of family arose among the middle class in Europe.
Which of the following is a characteristic of the new middle-class family?
Correct : C. a belief that the home should be a haven
36. Some of the continental European governments tried to catch up to British industrialization by means of all of the following methods EXCEPT
Correct : C. buying out entire British industries.
37. Between 1780 and 1850, the European population
Correct : A. ballooned from 175 million to 266 million.
38. The major type of workers' organization that helped factory laborers to develop a sense of class
consciousness during the industrial revolution was the
Correct : D. union.
39. In the novel Hard Times, which of the following authors described the way industrialization was
affecting the fictional settlement Coketown?
Correct : C. Charles Dickens
40. The "Bobbies," established by a law passed in 1828 by Parliament, hit the streets of London as
its first modern
Correct : B. police force.
41. The Revolution of 1830 in France was led by:
Correct : A. workers, artisans, students and writers
42. The Troppau Memorandum (1820) was a:
Correct : D. pact between Austria, Russia and Prussia to aid one another to suppress one another
43. Which political group was not presented in the provisional government following the
abdication of Louis Philippe in 1848?
Correct : A. liberals
44. In general, the significance of the Greek war was that it:
Correct : A. helped Europe redefine its identity
45. Orientalism refers to:
Correct : B. the heightened European interest in the east specifically Egypt
46. Napoleon was defeated in the:
Correct : B. Battle of Waterloo
47. When was Napoleon defeated?
Correct : A. June 18, 1815
48. After his defeat Napoleon was sent for exile on the rocky island of St. Helena in the:
Correct : D. South China Sea
49. Which country emerged as the most powerful continental state after the fall of Napoleon?
Correct : A. Russia
50. As a result of the Congress of Vienna, Poland:
Correct : D. became a nominally independent kingdom ruled by Tsar Alexander
51. The peace treaties crafted in Vienna in 1815 prevented a major European war until:
Correct : D. 1914
52. The guiding principle /s of the Congress of Vienna was:
Correct : C. both (a) & (b)
53. Mostly early nineteenth-century liberals advocated:
Correct : A. Direct representation from those who owned property
54. Which country was not a member of the Holy Alliance?
Correct : A. Belgium
55. The major political ideologies of modern times are:
Correct : B. Conservatism, liberalism, socialism and nationalism
56. Who among the following was regarded as the father of modern socialism?
Correct : C. Karl Marx
57. The architect of peace and commanding figure at the Congress of Vienna was:
Correct : B. Klemens von Matternich
58. German unification was completed following:
Correct : B. the Franco-Prussian War
59. Which of the following did the Second Reform Bill of 1867 not accomplish?
Correct : C. enfranchised workers who owned property and paid poor rates in excess of 10 pounds per year
60. If any word described Otto von Bismarck, that word was:
Correct : C. Prussian
61. As a result of the Crimean War:
Correct : D. Both a and c
62. Cavour prepared for the first conflict between Italy and Austria by diplomatic
agreements with:
Correct : A. France
63. An Italian organization named for the charcoal the obscured the faces of its members, an underground expression of opposition to the restoration done by the Congress of Vienna was:
Correct : A. Carbonari
64. The emancipation of the Russian Serfs in 1861:
Correct : D. granted legal rights to 22 million serfs
65. Which ethnic language and group did not play a role in the Austrian Empire?
Correct : C. French
66. The German Confederation:
Correct : C. was a loose organization of thirty-nine states
67. Following the Napoleonic Wars, how did Prussia reform the state:
Correct : D. All of the above
68. Who followed the policy of Blood and Iron for national unification?
Correct : A. Otto von Bismarck
69. According to the principles behind the Dual Monarchy:
Correct : D. All of the above
70. Which one was not included in the Balkan region?
Correct : D. Spain
71. Rio de la Plata / Argentina declared its independence from the Spanish imperial
control in:
Correct : A. 1816
72. When was the famous Monroe Doctrine issued?
Correct : B. 1823
73. ‘The Wealth of Nations’ (1776) is authored by?
Correct : B. Adam Smith
74. Who among the following argued that the economy should be based on a ‘system of
natural liberty’?
Correct : A. Adam Smith
75. The term nation comes from the Latin verb:
Correct : A. nasci
76. Which of the following was the most significant cultural movement in the early
nineteenth century?
Correct : C. Romanticism
77. Romanticism developed in the early nineteenth century as a reaction against:
Correct : A. Enlightenment
78. Which of the following was a nineteenth century system of thought and a response in
large measure to the visible problems ushered in by industrialization?
Correct : C. Socialism
79. Zollverein was a:
Correct : B. Custom Union
80. Zollverein / custom unions was:
Correct : B. establishment of free trade among the German states advocated by Prussia
81. During the Boer War the British first insinuated:
Correct : B. concentration camps
82. In general late nineteenth-century imperialism:
Correct : C. gave rise new patterns of settlement and social discipline
83. Why did the Europeans control such a small portion in Africa in the 1800s?
Correct : C. Europeans were focused on building empires through acquisition of other European territories
84. The Boxer Rebellion in 1900 was ferociously repressed by the forces of:
Correct : D. All of the above
85. The building of the Suez Canal resulted from the economic and political involvement
in Egypt of:
Correct : C. Britain and France
86. In 1905, the Russian navy was defeated by:
Correct : C. Japan
87. After the French made Algeria a department:
Correct : A. all French settlers were given full rights to citizenship
88. One of the richest opium-growing areas in the world located in
Correct : D. North East India
89. In 1900 there were only three independent African nations. Two of these were
Abyssinia and Morocco. Which was the third?
Correct : A. Liberia
90. What was NOT a major motivating factor for the European powers in their scramble
for Africa?
Correct : C. To bring civilization and Christianity to Africa
91. The “white man’s burden” was notorious concept popularized by:
Correct : A. Rudyard Kipling
92. Christian missionaries in India wanted to:
Correct : C. replace blind superstition
93. Which of the following did not embrace “scientific racism”?
Correct : C. John Stuart Mill
94. The London Pan-African Congress of 1900:
Correct : B. grew out of an international tradition of anti-slavery movements
95. By 1902, what percentage of Africa had succumbed to the European “Scramble for
Africa”
Correct : D. 90 percent
96. The conflict in which radical Christian rebels challenged the authority of the Chinese
emperor was called the:
Correct : D. Taiping Rebellion
97. A direct link between Britain, British India, and China was established by trade in:
Correct : C. Opium
98. Lenin explained the new imperialism by arguing that:
Correct : A. it represented the highest stage of capitalism and was destined to collapse
99. The Dreyfus Affair:
Correct : A. was an enormous public scandal for the French government
100. The late nineteenth- century thinker who ridiculed bourgeoisie faith in Science,
progress, democracy and religion was