Review Questions
1 . Efforts at industrialization in Russia and Japan were similar in that
(A) both began in the early nineteenth century
(B) both followed the termination of long-established institutions
(C) both countries developed more centralized governments
(D) both depended on the textile industry
2 . In the early years of industrial development
(A) women in Japan emerged from traditional roles
(B) husbands and wives were given more opportunities to work together
(C) married women had more opportunities for clerical jobs
(D) British women lost jobs in domestic manufacturing
3 . Common to most early industrial nations was the development of
(A) steel manufacturing
(B) railroads
(C) zaibatsu
(D) unions
4 . Japan’s greatest challenge to industrialization was
(A) its geography
(B) lack of government cooperation
(C) continued presence of the shogunate
(D) competition between the government and the zaibatsu
5 . Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
(A) was facilitated because of the enclosure movement
(B) followed a similar revolution in the United States
(C) initiated an interest in global trade
(D) received little government support
6 . Industrialization in Egypt
(A) gave new freedoms to lower classes
(B) decreased Egypt’s dependency on the West
(C) resulted from disharmony in the Muslim world
(D) was accomplished without government support
7 . In the early nineteenth century, Russia remained backward compared to Western nations because
of
(A) a history of tsarist opposition to westernization
(B) its lack of a labor force
(C) its lack of natural resources
(D) its continuation of serfdom
8 . After the Perry expedition to Japan