Welcome to your Grade 12 History chapter 1
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
Where did many historians agree that fully fledged capitalism first emerged?
2.
Which 16th-century movement helped consolidate capitalism through its fostered ethics?
3.
What is the term for the belief that markets should operate without government intervention?
4.
Who authored "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" in 1776?
5.
According to Karl Marx, what is one of the major drawbacks of capitalism?
6.
In which country did the Industrial Revolution first take place between 1750 and 1850?
7.
Who adapted the steam engine to operate machinery in factories in 1783/84?
8.
What was the name of the first modern railway operated entirely by steam locomotives?
9.
What became the normal cause of economic depression after the Industrial Revolution?
10.
Which class became economically and politically dominant in the 19th century, replacing the land-owning nobility?
11.
Which two rich provinces in northern Italy were part of the Austrian Empire in 1852?
12.
Who was the architect of German unification?
13.
What year was the German Empire proclaimed at the Palace of Versailles?
14.
Which US constitutional amendment abolished slavery after the Civil War?
15.
The "Eastern Question" primarily concerned the decline of which empire?
16.
Who assassinated the Austrian prince Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914?
17.
Which alliance did Germany and Austria-Hungary conclude in 1879?
18.
What was the main issue capable of producing secession and civil war in the USA?
19.
In the Balkan crisis, which provinces were annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908?
20.
Which city served as the capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War?
21.
What treaty was signed on July 13, 1878, to revise the boundaries of the Balkan states?
22.
Which country was the only great power sympathetic to Russia during the Polish revolt of 1863?
23.
In the Italian unification process, what was the "patrimony"?
24.
Which conflict ended the Confederate resistance unconditionally in April 1865?
25.
Who were the two antagonistic classes in a capitalist society according to the text?
26.
What was the first commercially viable steam engine constructed by Newcomen used for?
27.
Which group of economic theorists challenged mercantilist doctrines in the 18th century?
28.
In the mid-19th century, how many states made up the German Confederation (the Bund)?
29.
Which European country had a French garrison in Rome since 1849 to protect the pope?
30.
What resulted from the vast accumulation of capital during merchant capitalism and its investment in machinery?
