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Unit 6 Chapter Test

Main Ideas Choose the letter of the best answer.

1) How did the War of 1812 help pave the way for the United

States to industrialize? (a) The British blockade forced it to develop its own

industries. (b) Materials left over from the war influenced new

American inventions. (c) British prisoners from the war greatly increased the

U.S. workforce. (d) Under the Treaty of Ghent, Britain assisted in U.S.

industry. 2) What were the long-term effects of Marx and Engels’s

pamphletThe Communist Manifesto? (f) Working classes worldwide demanded a "dictatorship

of the proletariat." (g) Marx and Engels’s predictions proved correct as

economic forces alone ruled society. (h) In the 1900s, Marxism inspired revolutionaries such as

Vladimir Lenin. (j) During 1848 and 1849 revolts shook Europe but were

suppressed.

3) How did Britain’s economy affect the process of industrialization?

(a) positively, by Britain’s highly developed banking

system, availability of loans, and climate of progress (b) positively, by Britain allowing women and children to

work long hours and grow wealthy (c) negatively, by Britain’s decision to forbid engineers,

mechanics, and toolmakers to leave the country (d) negatively, by Britain’s overseas expansion, which

took jobs away from the British citizens 4) Which of the following statements is true of socialism and

communism? (f) Socialism and communism are two words that refer to

the same economic system. (g) Socialism and communism are two completely

different and unrelated economic systems. (h) Communism is a form of complete socialism in which

the people own all production and property. (j) Communism gives control of a country to its people

and socialism gives control of industry to the people.

“World History: Patterns of Interaction”

Grade 10 McDougal Littell

Map Skills

Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.

5) In which two directions did railroads MOSTLY transport materials and people in 1840

(a) north and south (b) south and east (c) east and west (d) west and south

Interpreting Charts Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.

6) Which three cities increased in population by at least

300%? (f) Edinburgh, Glasgow, London (g) Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool (h) Edinburgh, Liverpool, London (j) Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool

Main Ideas

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7) What does the phrase manifest destiny mean? (a) Native Americans should keep all their lands from the

East Coast to the West Coast. (b) The American people had the right and the duty to

rule North America from coast to coast. (c) The British government should always have a say in

U.S. foreign affairs, but not domestic. (d) The United States had the right to expand its territory

to any continent. 8) What impact did the Civil War have on the postwar

American economy? (f) The economy sagged because of widespread deaths. (g) The war caused massive railroad expansion. (h) The economy suffered from mass emigration. (j) The war speeded up the pace of industrialization. 9) Why was the work of Louis Pasteur important in the

history of medicine? (a) He published The Origin of Species. (b) He discovered radium and polonium. (c) He found that bacteria caused diseases. (d) He created psychoanalysis.

10) What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? (f) guaranteed former slaves the right to vote (g) forever abolished slavery in all parts of the United

States (h) declared all slaves in the Confederate states as free (j) announced the end of the Reconstruction period 11) How was most of the territory west of Texas obtained by

the United States? (a) Texas Annexation (b) Gadsen Purchase (c) Louisiana Purchase (d) Mexican-American War 12) During the 1800s, who were two Americans that issued a

declaration for women’s rights modeled on the Declaration of Independence?

(f) Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (g) Jane Addams and Henry Ford (h) Theda Bara and Mary Pickford (j) Marie Curie and Dr. John Snow

Map Skills

Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.

13) What geographic pattern do Australian cities follow? (a) They are all near a mountain range. (b) They are all located on the coasts. (c) They are all on the southern side of the continent. (d) They are all along the Tropic of Cancer.

Interpreting Charts

Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.

14) Why did the artist put a man in the sailboat and a woman

in the rowboat? (f) to illustrate that without the vote women could not

make as much progress as men could (g) to show that women did not need the vote as long as

there were men they could follow (h) to show that women’s lack of suffrage did not burden

male political leaders (j) to imply that women did not need the vote because

they were making progress without it

Main Ideas

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15) What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of

1884-1885? (a) France and Britain agreed to govern their African

colonies jointly. (b) There was less fighting between African leaders and

European powers. (c) African leaders voiced their suggestions for better

relations with European powers. (d) Europeans divided Africa into colonies without

consulting African leaders.

16) What was one result of the Sepoy Mutiny? (f) The British East India Company went bankrupt. (g) The British government tightened its control over

India. (h) The British stopped trying to convert Indians to

Christianity. (j) British officials became more sensitive to the needs of

Indians.

17) Why did Western nations desire lands in the Pacific Rim? (a) because Europe had already conquered Africa and

South America (b) because Pacific Rim lands were considered "the jewel

in the crown" (c) because of their natural resources and strategic

location (d) because Western nations had lost their foothold in

Africa

Map Skills Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.

18) Between which of the following two lines of longitude did the British Empire hold most of its colonies?

(f) between 120° W and 40° E (g) between the Prime Meridian and 160° E (h) between 40° E and 160° E (i) between 40° W and 120° E

Interpreting Charts Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.

19) How did the German style of governing colonies compare

to the U.S. style? (a) Germany preferred direct control, whereas the United

States preferred indirect control. (b) Germany preferred indirect control, whereas the

United States preferred direct control. (c) Both Germany and the United States preferred direct

control. (d) Both Germany and the United States preferred

indirect control.

20) Judging from the chart, which colony would be least prepared for independence?

(f) Angola (g) Nigeria (h) India (i) Burma

Main Ideas

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21) Why was the Mexican Revolution fought? (a) to free Mexico from Spanish rule (b) to gain back the lands Mexico had lost to the United

States (c) to overthrow the dictator ruling Mexico (d) to overthrow the emperor imposed by Napoleon III 22) What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine? (f) to open trade in China to all nations (g) to annex Texas to the United States (h) to establish the right of the United States to be an

international policeman (j) to discourage European nations from establishing

colonies in Latin America

23) Which of the following was declared by the United States in an effort to protect American trading rights in China, and China’s freedom from colonization.

(a) Treaty of Nanjing (b) Open Door policy (c) spheres of influence (d) extraterritorial rights 24) What did the Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese

War have in common? (f) Japan lost both wars because the United States

backed the victor. (g) Theodore Roosevelt negotiated the treaties ending

both wars. (h) Both were fought over control of Korea. (j) Both occurred in the early 1900s.

Map Skills Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.

25) What did the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal have in

common? (a) They both used a series of locks. (b) They both connected two oceans. (c) They both made more direct voyages for traders

possible. (d) They both used existing waterways for at least half

their length.