History exam 2

The new constitution adopted in France in 1791 established what form of government? -Constitutional monarchy -Democracy -Theocracy -Empire

Constitutional monarchy

What happened to King Louis XVI of France by January 1793 as a result of the French Revolution? -He was arrested and died of natural causes in prison. -He continued to rule, albeit now as a constitutional monarch. -He was exiled to the island of Elba. -He was tried and executed for treason.

He was tried and executed for treason.

Which statement accurately relates how the shift to electricity around 1900 affected the urban environment? It, more than anything else, brought about global warming. Within five years, it had undone the harmful effects of industrialization. Electricity had almost no effect, positive or negative, on the urban environment. It gradually improved the air quality of filthy cities.

It gradually improved the air quality of filthy cities.

What did eighteenth-century reformers believe about the rule of monarchs? -It should be open to debates among the wealthy. -It should be constrained by the will of the people. -It should be completely abolished in favor of democracy. -It could be limitless as long as it was benevolent.

It should be constrained by the will of the people.

What was unusual about the independence of Haiti? -It was achieved without violence. -It was the result of the first successful large-scale slave revolt in history. -It resulted in the creation of a new colonial monarchy. -It led to full political rights for women.

It was the result of the first successful large-scale slave revolt in history.

Isaac Newton's theories were based on the principle that the motions of the universe could be explained through which of the following? -Alchemy -Mathematics -Faith -Music

Mathematics

By reducing the cost of shipping freight, the railroad -reduced the volume of world trade. -strengthened regional economies. -created national markets. -proved to be a boon to cottage workers and urban artisans.

created national markets.

Which of these accurately describes employment patterns in British factories after 1833? The number of union members employed in industry declined rapidly. The number of children employed in industry declined rapidly. The number of adults employed in industry declined rapidly. The number of children employed in industry increased rapidly.

The number of children employed in industry declined rapidly.

Which of these was one of the three key factors that help explain why industrialization began in Britain first? -Britain's dependence on imported coal and iron -Britain's small agricultural sector -The policies of the British government -Britain's defeat in the American Revolution

The policies of the British government

In the context of world history, industrialization was significant because it gave Western nations a dramatic economic advantage over non-Western nations. led to Latin American domination in the global economy. prompted Western nations to expand territorially for the first time. encouraged Africans to become more integrated into global markets.

gave Western nations a dramatic economic advantage over non-Western nations.

By the mid-nineteenth century, a new paradigm of social relations suggested that -individuals were members of separate classes based on their relationship to the means of production. -peasants and industrial workers saw themselves as united "laborers" against the traditional aristocracy. -most people did not develop an awareness of their particular social class. -an ideal society would adopt equality for women.

individuals were members of separate classes based on their relationship to the means of production.

The Condition of the Working Class in England proposed that -the social problems in Britain were not a product of the Industrial Revolution. -industrialization was generally good for society and that the living conditions of the working class were slowly improving. -industrialization had brought intensified capitalist exploitation and deepening worker poverty. -the class-consciousness of the working class would lead to social revolution.

industrialization had brought intensified capitalist exploitation and deepening worker poverty.

Etta Palm d'Aelders argued in 1791 that the French National Assembly should -allow women to own slaves -provide for legal equality between husbands and wives -formally declare that justice is the sister of liberty -prohibit women from university education, because their brains were smaller than men's

provide for legal equality between husbands and wives

According to the Aristotelian view of the universe, -Heaven was only a spiritual imagining. -the earth was motionless. -the earth was composed of hundreds of unchangeable elements. -the sun, earth, and all the stars moved around each other in perfect circles.

the earth was motionless.