Unit 2: Europe and the Second Industrial Revolution - 2.09 Quiz

Unit 2: Europe and the Second Industrial Revolution - 2.09 Quiz

1. Question : Use the information in the box and your knowledge to answer the question that follows. Which group in the box best describes the Second Industrial Revolution?

Student Answer: Group A Group B

2. Question : Which of the following was one of the leading industrial nations of the early twentieth century?

Student Answer: Ireland Germany India China

3. Question : What invention by Carl Siemens helped make the Second Industrial Revolution possible?

Student Answer: an expanded system of telephones insulation for telegraph wires a way to make large quantities of steel in a gas furnace a way to make medication from coal tar

4. Question : Which of the following became common in middle-class homes during the Second Industrial Revolution?

Student Answer: televisions electric lamps stereos electric typewriters

5. Question : Where did most factory workers live in the late nineteenth century?

Student Answer: small cottages in the suburbs sturdy cardboard shacks around the factories overcrowded tenements small brick homes owned by the company

6. Question : Why was Wilhelm II determined to build up the German army and navy?

Student Answer: He was tired of being invaded by France. He felt threatened by the Russians. He wanted to prove that Germany was a great world power.

7. Question : Which of the following is needed in order for a nation to begin to industrialize?

Student Answer: vast expanses of farmland to produce all the food the nation needs well-planned cities ready to accommodate increased populations natural resources to provide fuel and raw materials for manufacturing

8. Question : Use the information in the box and your knowledge to answer the question that follows. Which group in the box best describes the way Germany became an important industrial power during the nineteenth century?

Student Answer: Group A Group B

9. Question : Who invented a practical light bulb that could be used indoors?

Student Answer: Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Louis Pasteur Guglielmo Marconi

10. Question : Innovations that improved life in Berlin included __________.

Student Answer: a monorail and telephones electric street lights and a subway system a subway system and many new monuments electric street lights and a monorail