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Vocabulary Practice - The New Power Balance 1850-1900.
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A navy commander who, on July 8, 1853 became the first foreigner to break through the barriers that had kept Japan isolated from the rest of the rest of the world for over 250 years.
a) Commodore Perry
b) Admiral Farraught
c) Admiral Nimtz
d) Captain Pike
Networks of the iron rails on which steam locomotives pulled long trains at high speeds.
a) railroads
b) train tracks
c) networks
d) raillines
Insulated copper cables laid along the bottom of ta sea or ocean for telegraphic communications.
a) Submarine telegraph cables
b) Underwater networks
c) Submerged telegraph cables
d) Underwater telegraph cables
A form of iron that is both durable and flexible.
a) steel
b) nickel
c) titanium
d) magnesium
A form of energy used in telegraphy from the 1840s on and for lighting, industrial motors, and railroads beginning in the 1880s
a) electricity
b) plasma
c) steam
d) nuclear
An American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, accoustic recording on wax xylinders, and motion pictures.
a) Edison
b) Bell
c) Tesla
d) Diesel
Named for the British Monarch of the period from 1837-1901.
a) The Victorian Era
b) The Gregorian Era
c) The Julian Era
d) The Era of Hirohito
Nineteenth Century idea in Western societies that men and women, especially of the middle class, should have clearly differentiated roles in society.
a) separate spheres
b) separation of roles
c) role reversal
d) battle of the sexes
A political ideology that originated in Europe in the 1830s. Advocated government protection of workers from exploitation by property owners and government.
a) socialism
b) communism
c) nationalism
d) liberalism
An organization of workers in a particular industry or trade.
a) labor union
b) workers guild
c) trade organization
d) labor collective
German journalist and philosopher who developed a new political theology focused on the worker.
a) Karl Marx
b) Joseph Stalin
c) Vladimir Lenin
d) Fidel Castro
Revolutionaries who wanted to abolish all private property and all types of government.
a) anarchists
b) communists
c) socialists
d) nationalists
A political ideology that stresses peoples's membership in a nation.
a) nationalists
b) socialists
c) communists
d) capitalists
A political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens, representative government, and the protection of private property.
a) liberalism
b) communism
c) socialism
d) capitalism
An Italian nationalist and revolutionary who conquered Sicily and Naples.
a) Giuseppe Garibaldi
b) Leonardo de Vinci
c) Julius Cesar
d) Benito Mussolini
Chancellor of Prussia from 1862-1871.
a) Hitler
b) Bismarck
c) von Richthofen
d) Himmler
The political program tht followed the destruction of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
a) Meiji Restoration
b) Hirohito Restoration
c) Tojo Restoration
d) Tokyo Restoration
Empress of China and mother of Emperor Guzngxi.
a) Empress Dowager Cixi
b) Empress Dowager Chin
c) Empress Dowager Ming
d) Empress Dowager Qi
One of the leaders of the Meiji Restoration.
a) Aritomo
b) Tojo
c) Hirohito
d) Yomamoto
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