AP World History Chapter 18 Flashcards

6051760520	The economic development of Latin America was heavily dependent on	foreign capital	0
6051760521	Which of the following explains why industrialization first occurred in Europe?	European rulers fostered unusually close alliances with their merchant classes	1
6051760522	Which of the following reflects an explanation for Europe's Industrial Revolution, which most historians criticize as Eurocentric and deterministic?	Unique features of European society, economy, or history gave it a long term advantage and head-start in industrializing	2
6051760523	Which of the following arguments serves to counter the notion that European culture is inherently more suited to industry and technology?	Until about 1750, core areas of Europe, India, and China enjoyed similar levels of economic development	3
6051760524	Which of the following has been offered as an explanation for why Britain was the first European country to industrialize?	The Scientific Revolution in Great Britain fostered technological innovation	4
6051760525	In what way was the Industrial Revolution a global phenomenon by the end of the nineteenth century?	Even regions that failed to industrialize were impacted by industrialization	5
6051760526	In nineteenth-century Britain, women from the laboring classes found jobs as	factory workers and domestic servants	6
6051760527	How did the working class movement in Britain differ from the one in Russia?	It advocated a reformist program and a peaceful transition to socialism	7
6051760528	Which of the following was a reason for the failure of socialism to take root in the United States?	The higher standard of living enjoyed by most American workers	8
6051760529	Which of the following played a greater role in industrial development in Russia than in the United States or Western Europe?	The state	9
6051760530	Industrialization led to violent social revolution only in	Russia	10
6051760531	How did contact with other civilizations contribute to Europe's Industrial Revolution?	It enabled Europe to draw disproportionately on the world's resources	11
6051760532	Which of the following describes the situation in Latin America after independence?	Politically, the area was plagued by internal divisions, regional revolts, and international wars	12
6051760533	Which of the following accompanied industrialization wherever it occurred in the world?	Urbanization	13
6051760534	Which of the following describes how the movement toward industrialization in the nineteenth century affected Latin America?	Latin America provided the food products, raw materials, and markets for industrializing countries	14
6051760535	Which of the following describes how the Industrial Revolution unfolded?	It began independently in only one place, Great Britain	15
6051760536	In the eighteenth century, how did the Industrial Revolution solve an emerging energy crisis?	It introduced the use of coal, oil, and natural gas as sources of fuel	16
6051760537	How did Britain's geography affect its Industrial Revolution?	Coal and iron ore deposits were abundant and close to each other	17
6051760538	Which of the following was a result of the Industrial Revolution?	An increase in production in mining, manufacturing, and services	18
6051760539	Which of the following groups benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution in nineteenth-century Britain?	The middle classes	19
6051760540	In nineteenth-century Britain, most members of the aristocracy derived their wealth from	landownership	20
6051760541	Which of the following made global migration an appealing option for many Europeans during the nineteenth century?	The demand for labor overseas	21
6051760542	Which of the following describes a feature of Karl Marx's vision of the society he predicted would emerge after the collapse of capitalism?	A society without classes and conflict	22
6051760543	Which group in the United States in the early twentieth century pressed for reforms to correct the abuses of capitalist industrialization?	The Progressives	23
6051760544	What was most of the European capital invested in Latin America used to finance?	Railroads	24
6051760545	Which was the only country in Latin America to experience a nationwide revolution in the early twentieth century?	Mexico	25
6051760546	Which of the following is a phrase that has been used to describe the form of economic growth in Latin America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?	Dependent Development	26
6051760547	Which of the following was a value associated with middle-class culture in the nineteenth-century Britain?	Hard Work	27
6051760548	Which of the following was a factor that pushed many Europeans to immigrate in the nineteenth century?	The decline in peasant farming in their homelands	28