AP European History Practice Quiz: Second Wave Industrialization and Its Effects
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A) Artisanal craft production in small workshops
B) The putting-out system managed by merchants
C) Mechanization and the factory system
D) Agricultural production on large manors
Correct Answer: C
Content point 3 explicitly states that 'Mechanization and the factory system (e.g., Manchester) became the predominant modes of production by 1914.'
A) A decrease in urbanization as people returned to rural life
B) The isolation of national economies from foreign competition
C) The creation of a more integrated global economic network
D) A decline in the overall production of consumer goods
Correct Answer: C
Content point 4 directly states that 'New technologies and means of communication and transportation resulted in... a truly global economic network.'
A) To promote free-market competition and consumer choice
B) To manage the market and mitigate the effects of volatile business cycles
C) To dismantle the factory system and return to agrarianism
D) To encourage economic equality and the redistribution of wealth
Correct Answer: B
Content point 6 explains that 'Volatile business cycles in the last quarter of the 19th century led corporations and governments to try to manage the market through a variety of methods, including monopolies... and tariffs.'
A) A decline in the quality of life
B) An increase in consumerism
C) The collapse of new industries
D) A reduction in national economic integration
Correct Answer: B
Content point 5 states that 'improved the distribution of goods, increased consumerism, and enhanced quality of life.'
A) Global trade and rural decline
B) The factory system and urbanization
C) Political reform and agricultural innovation
D) Monopolies and volatile business cycles
Correct Answer: B
Content point 3 uses Manchester as an example of the factory system, and point 4 links new technologies to 'a higher level of urbanization.' The factory system concentrated jobs in cities, driving urbanization.
A) forcing governments to adopt purely laissez-faire policies.
B) leading governments to actively manage and protect their national economies.
C) causing a complete breakdown of international diplomatic relations.
D) eliminating the need for national banking systems.
Correct Answer: B
Content point 2 states industrialization influenced political development. Point 6 gives a specific example: governments using tariffs to 'manage the market,' which is a form of economic protectionism and management.
A) an enhanced quality of life.
B) the elimination of business cycles.
C) a more even distribution of wealth.
D) a decrease in urbanization.
Correct Answer: A
Content point 5 explicitly mentions that new methods of transportation and other innovations 'enhanced quality of life.'
A) government mandates forcing regional cooperation.
B) the decline of the factory system.
C) new technologies in communication and transportation.
D) the rise of international tariffs that limited foreign trade.
Correct Answer: C
Content point 4 directly attributes the rise of 'more fully integrated national economies' to 'New technologies and means of communication and transportation.'
A) Economies became less complex and more localized.
B) The creation of new industries and improved distribution of goods.
C) A complete stabilization of the market, eliminating business cycles.
D) A shift away from factory production back to agriculture.
Correct Answer: B
Content point 5 highlights that innovations 'created new industries, improved the distribution of goods, [and] increased consumerism.'
A) increase competition within key industries.
B) adhere to government policies promoting small businesses.
C) control market forces and reduce economic uncertainty.
D) lower consumer prices through increased efficiency.
Correct Answer: C
Content point 6 explains that monopolies were a method used by corporations to 'try to manage the market' in response to 'volatile business cycles,' indicating a desire to control the market and reduce risk.
A) only social structures, with no effect on politics.
B) only political systems, with no effect on the economy.
C) both economic and political development.
D) a return to pre-industrial ways of life.
Correct Answer: C
Content point 2 broadly states that industrialization 'influenced economic and political development throughout the period from 1815 to 1914.'
A) By reinforcing traditional, rural community structures.
B) By causing a significant increase in urbanization.
C) By reducing the overall level of economic activity.
D) By isolating nations from each other.
Correct Answer: B
Content point 1 mentions that innovations led to social change. Content point 4 specifies one of these changes: 'a higher level of urbanization,' which is a major social transformation.
A) all nations of the world were equally industrialized.
B) economic activities and markets were increasingly interconnected across the globe.
C) a single global currency had been adopted.
D) national economies had ceased to exist in favor of one world economy.
Correct Answer: B
This phrase from content point 4 suggests that new transportation and communication technologies broke down previous barriers, linking economies and creating interdependencies on a global scale.
A) Mercantilism
B) Communism
C) Pure laissez-faire capitalism
D) Feudalism
Correct Answer: C
The active 'management' of the market described in content point 6 is a direct contradiction to the principles of laissez-faire, or 'hands-off,' capitalism, which advocates for minimal intervention in the economy.
A) They led to economic stagnation and social decline.
B) They had minimal effect outside of a few key industries.
C) They drove profound economic and social changes, including urbanization and globalization.
D) They resulted in a less integrated and more fragmented world economy.
Correct Answer: C
This question synthesizes the main ideas. Content point 1 mentions 'economic and social change,' while point 4 specifies these changes included 'a higher level of urbanization, and a truly global economic network.'