AP World History Chapters 18-19 Test Review
1. Why did industrialization first occur in Europe?
2. What would be a good counter argument to the notion that European culture is inherently more suited to
industry and technology?
3. Why was Britain the first European country to industrialize?
4. How was the Industrial Revolution a global phenomenon by the end of the nineteenth century?
5. How did contact with other civilizations contribute to Europe’s Industrial Revolution?
6. Which of the following accompanied industrialization wherever it occurred in the world?
7.How did Britain’s geography affect its Industrial Revolution?
8. What type of production increased as result of the Industrial Revolution?
9. What made global migration an appealing option for many Europeans during the nineteenth century?
10. What are some key features of Karl Marx’s vision of the society he predicted would emerge after the
collapse of capitalism?
11. Which group in the United States in the early twentieth century pressed for reforms to correct the abuses of
capitalist industrialization?
12. What gave Europeans an advantage in their encounters with people in Asia and Africa during the second
half of the nineteenth century?
13. In the nineteenth century, European interest in expanding overseas markets was driven by a desire to…
14. Describe the relationship between imperialism and nationalism?
15. What was a new element in European views of non-Europeans in the nineteenth century?
16. What was the response of most Asian and African societies to European colonial rule in the nineteenth
century?
17. What played a more important role in distinguishing rulers from their colonial subjects in the imperialism of
the nineteenth-century than in earlier instances of imperialism?
18. The spread of Christianity in Africa was facilitated by its association with what?
19. In the nineteenth century, Europeans and Americans viewed imperialism as…
20. How did Charles Darwin’s ideas on evolution influence Western imperialism?
21. How were the colonial takeovers of India and Indonesia during the long nineteenth century similar?
22. Describe the “scramble for Africa” that led to the partition of nearly all of Africa among European colonial
powers? How was it decided between European powers as to who got what area?
23 .In what respect were Ethiopia’s and Siam’s (Thailand) encounters with European imperialism in the long
nineteenth century similar?
24. What elements of the modernizing process did colonial rule convey on colonies?
25. What was the significance of the opium trade in China in the nineteenth century?
26. What was an anti-foreign movement that erupted in northern China at the turn of the twentieth century and
seriously weakened the Qing dynasty?
27. What was a result of the reform program launched by the Japanese leadership in the late nineteenth century?
28. Who was the only country outside of Europe and North America to successfully launch its own Industrial
Revolution?
29. How did industrialization shape the nature and form of social protest in the nineteenth century world?
AP World History Chapters 18-19 Test
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TOP: Section: Explaining the Industrial Revolution
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Section: The Industrial Revolution and Latin America in the Nineteenth Century
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Section: Variations on a Theme: Industrialization in the United States and Russia
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TOP: Section: The First Industrial Society
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Section: Variations on a Theme: Industrialization in the United States and Russia
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TOP: Section: A Second Wave of European Conquests
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TOP: Section: Industry and Empire
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TOP: Section: Under European Rule
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Section: Believing and Belonging: Identity and Cultural Change in the Colonial Era
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TOP: Section: Industry and Empire
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TOP: Section: A Second Wave of European Conquests
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Section: Ways of Working: Comparing Colonial Economies
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TOP: Section: Reversal of Fortune: China's Century of Crisis
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TOP: Section: Reversal of Fortune: China's Century of Crisis
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Section: The Japanese Difference: The Rise of a New East Asian Power
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Section: The Japanese Difference: The Rise of a New East Asian Power
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