World History and Cultures Test 8 Chapters 19-21

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miner's safety lamp

Sir Humphry Davy

Who is considered the greatest inventor in history?

Thomas Edison

CLIPPERS ships were long, lean sailing vessels known for their tremendous speed on the high seas.

True

Cuba and the Philippines were SPANISH colonies ceded to the United States.

True

IRA SANKEY was D. L. Moody's song leader.

True

The first world's fair was called THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

True

founded the Salvation Army

William Booth

process for converting iron to steel

William Kelly

English prime minister during the French Revolution

William Pitt

Which of the following was NOT part of Metternich's fourfold plan for peace in Europe after the defeat of Napoleon?

assisting the French as they rebuilt their military after Napoleon's defeat

What is the system in which many people were employed to produce manufactured goods in a systematic way?

factory system

What does the Dutch word BOER mean?

farmer

What led to the biggest increase in Australia's population in the 19th century?

gold rush

George Muller is remembered for establishing the YMCA.

orphanages

Capitalism is an economic system in which there is GOVERNMENT control of the means of production.

private

Who wrote The Wealth of Nations?

Adam Smith

Jewish prime minister of England

Benjamin Disraeli

famous cricket player who became a missionary

C. T. Studd

The British North America Act made NEWFOUNDLAND a self-governing commonwealth.

Canada

"Prince of Preachers"

Charles Spurgeon

The BOER War was an attempt to stop Russian dominance of Turkey.

Crimean

HENRY BESSEMER laid the first transatlantic cable.

Cyrus Field

reaper

Cyrus McCormick

cotton gin

Eli Whitney

Who created the modern nursing profession?

Florence Nightingale

introduced dialectic thinking

G. W. F. Hegel

Who built the first practical steam-powered locomotive?

George Stephenson

organized the Red Shirts

Giuseppe Garibaldi

organized Young Italy

Giuseppe Mazzini

taught idealism

Immanuel Kant

Who founded China Island Missions?

J. Hudson Taylor

? was a giant in the banking industry.

J. P. Morgan

spinning jenny

James Hargreaves

steam engine

James Watt

Which area was NOT explored by Captain Cook?

Japan

seed drill

Jethro Tull

proposed the atomic theory

John Dalton

steel plow

John Deere

flying shuttle

John Kay

What American missionary to Japan invented the rickshaw?

Jonathan Goble

Who introduced the use of antiseptics to fight germs following surgery?

Joseph Lister

Name one of the men responsible for developing the first modern automobiles.

Karl Benz or Henry Ford

Which was NOT a cause of the July Revolution?

Louis XVIII cruelly crushed a peaceful demonstration

Who led in the unification of Germany?

Otto von Bismarck

Who was England's longest reigning monarch?

Queen Victoria

first practical steam ship

Robert Fulton

founded the London police force

Robert Peel

CYRUS FIELD perfected the electric telegraph.

Samuel Morse

Who invented the telegraph?

Samuel Morse

What is the name of the uprising against the East India Company?

Sepoy Goble


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