AP World History Chapters 18-19 Test Review

  1. Why did industrialization first occur in Europe?

2. What would be a good counter argument to the notion that European culture is inherently more suited to industry and technology?

3. Why was Britain the first European country to industrialize?

4. How was the Industrial Revolution a global phenomenon by the end of the nineteenth century?

5. How did contact with other civilizations contribute to Europe’s Industrial Revolution?

6. Which of the following accompanied industrialization wherever it occurred in the world?

7. How did Britain’s geography affect its Industrial Revolution?

8. What type of production increased as result of the Industrial Revolution?

9. What made global migration an appealing option for many Europeans during the nineteenth century?

10. What are some key features of Karl Marx’s vision of the society he predicted would emerge after the collapse of capitalism?

11. Which group in the United States in the early twentieth century pressed for reforms to correct the abuses of capitalist industrialization?

12. What gave Europeans an advantage in their encounters with people in Asia and Africa during the second half of the nineteenth century?

13. In the nineteenth century, European interest in expanding overseas markets was driven by a desire to…

14. Describe the relationship between imperialism and nationalism?

15. What was a new element in European views of non-Europeans in the nineteenth century?

16. What was the response of most Asian and African societies to European colonial rule in the nineteenth century?

17. What played a more important role in distinguishing rulers from their colonial subjects in the imperialism of the nineteenth-century than in earlier instances of imperialism?

18. The spread of Christianity in Africa was facilitated by its association with what?

19. In the nineteenth century, Europeans and Americans viewed imperialism as…

20. How did Charles Darwin’s ideas on evolution influence Western imperialism?

21. How were the colonial takeovers of India and Indonesia during the long nineteenth century similar?

22. Describe the “scramble for Africa” that led to the partition of nearly all of Africa among European colonial powers? How was it decided between European powers as to who got what area?

23. In what respect were Ethiopia’s and Siam’s (Thailand) encounters with European imperialism in the long nineteenth century similar?

24. What elements of the modernizing process did colonial rule convey on colonies?

25. What was the significance of the opium trade in China in the nineteenth century?

26. What was an anti-foreign movement that erupted in northern China at the turn of the twentieth century and seriously weakened the Qing dynasty?

27. What was a result of the reform program launched by the Japanese leadership in the late nineteenth century?

28. Who was the only country outside of Europe and North America to successfully launch its own Industrial Revolution?

29. How did industrialization shape the nature and form of social protest in the nineteenth century world?

AP World History Chapters 18-19 Test

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.ANS:CPTS:1TOP:Section: Explaining the Industrial Revolution

2.ANS:APTS:1TOP:Section: Explaining the Industrial Revolution

3.ANS:DPTS:1TOP:Section: Explaining the Industrial Revolution

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TOP:Section: The Industrial Revolution and Latin America in the Nineteenth Century

5.ANS:CPTS:1TOP:Section: Explaining the Industrial Revolution

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TOP:Section: Variations on a Theme: Industrialization in the United States and Russia

7.ANS:CPTS:1TOP:Section: Explaining the Industrial Revolution

8.ANS:APTS:1TOP:Section: The First Industrial Society

9.ANS:APTS:1TOP:Section: The First Industrial Society

10.ANS:CPTS:1TOP:Section: The First Industrial Society

11.ANS:BPTS:1

TOP:Section: Variations on a Theme: Industrialization in the United States and Russia

12.ANS:DPTS:1TOP:Section: A Second Wave of European Conquests

13.ANS:BPTS:1TOP:Section: Industry and Empire

14.ANS:CPTS:1TOP:Section: Industry and Empire

15.ANS:BPTS:1TOP:Section: Industry and Empire

16.ANS:APTS:1TOP:Section: Under European Rule

17.ANS:APTS:1TOP:Section: Under European Rule

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TOP:Section: Believing and Belonging: Identity and Cultural Change in the Colonial Era

19.ANS:APTS:1TOP:Section: Industry and Empire

20.ANS:DPTS:1TOP:Section: Industry and Empire

21.ANS:CPTS:1TOP:Section: A Second Wave of European Conquests

22.ANS:DPTS:1TOP:Section: A Second Wave of European Conquests

23.ANS:APTS:1TOP:Section: A Second Wave of European Conquests

24.ANS:CPTS:1

TOP:Section: Ways of Working: Comparing Colonial Economies

25.ANS:CPTS:1TOP:Section: Reversal of Fortune: China's Century of Crisis

26.ANS:CPTS:1TOP:Section: Reversal of Fortune: China's Century of Crisis

27.ANS:CPTS:1

TOP:Section: The Japanese Difference: The Rise of a New East Asian Power

28.ANS:DPTS:1

TOP:Section: The Japanese Difference: The Rise of a New East Asian Power

SHORT ANSWER

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A good answer should include the following:

Movements emerged that fought for workers’ rights.

Trade unions were established as an institutional means of communicating worker grievances.

Strikes became a common form of worker protest.

Socialism emerged as an ideological reaction to the abuses of capitalist industrialization.

Marxism advocated violent revolution and class struggle.

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