Sample Assessment Items

Asterisk (*) indicates correct answer.

  1. Which of the following developed the smallpox vaccination?
    A.  James Watt
    B.  Edward Jenner*
    C.  Louis Pasteur
    D.  Henry Bessemer

  2. The Industrial Revolution made an impact on the industrialized countries of the world by
    A.  increasing the rural population.
    B.  decreasing population.
    C.  improving transportation.*
    D.  causing worldwide depression.

  3. Adam Smith, in his work Wealth of Nations, contributed to the development of capitalism by
    A.  defending the idea of free markets.*
    B.  suggesting that government limit competition.
    C.  promoting the benefits of communism.
    D.  supporting the theories of socialism.

    • Women and children entered the workplace as cheap labor
    • Reforms were introduced to end child labor
    • Women increased their demand for suffrage
    • Harsh working conditions were commonplace


  4. The information in the above box represents the impact of which of the following?
    A.  Karl Marx
    B.  The British Enclosure Movement
    C.  Friedrich Engels
    D.  The Industrial Revolution*

  5. The items in the above box are forms of
    A.  democracies
    B.  communism
    C.  monarchies
    D.  imperialism*

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