History EXAM

• What country began making more goods than Britain?

  USA
• What are the 2 countries that are rapidly catching up to Britain?

  Japan and Germany
• what were the countries who were strengthening their military?

  Japan, Germany, USA, Russia
• The queen of English by 1900 was?

  Victoria
• In the 19th century, Britain was labelled as a mixed country of?

  Rich and Poor
• According to the report of Booth, what awere the main causes of poverty in London?

  Old age and Unemployment
• Who found out that 28% of the population were poor due to low wages?

  Seebohm Rowntree
• Who succeeded Queen Victoria after her death?

  Edward VII
• What enable Britain to increase its production of goods?

  Industies and Machineries
• 3% of britain was?

  very rich
• 25% of Britain was?

  Relatively Wealthy
• 72% of Britain was?

  Poor
• Queen victoria died on the evening of Tuesday of?

  22 January 1901
• Queen victoria has been queen for?

  63 years
• who made the first successful petrol-driven vehicle. It had three wheels and could reach speeds of up to ten miles per hour.

  Karl Benz
• who made the first four wheeled petrol-driven car.

  Gottlieb Daimler
• in 1902 15 out of every 100 born died before their 5th birthday
• a poor child was 9 cm shorter than a rich child of the same age
• When did the titanic set sail?

  April 10, 1912
• It is a partition that divides a ship or a plane into compartments

  Bulkheads
• The main body of a ship or other vessels, including the botton,sides, and deck

  Hull
• The titanic was a?

  British Ship
• The titanic was powered by?

  Steam Engines
• The titanic sank on its?

  Maiden Voyage
• When the titanic sanlk, it was traveling from England to?

  New york
• The titanic sank in the?

  Atlantic Ocean
• Its hull was made from 16 watertight compartments
• a permanent mechanical fastener.

  Rivet
• a wall separating compartments

  Bulkheads
• as each country began to feel threatened, they looked for friends to back them up for war, what is this called?

  Alliances
• Europe split into two alliances:

  Triple Entente and Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente:

  Britain, France and Russia
• Triple Alliance

  Germany, Italy and Austria - Hungary
• the number of people who die in an accident, disaster, war, etc

  Death Toll
• At the beginning of the 20th century, people started to take great pride in their countries. This is called ‘nationalism’ - thinking that your nation is better than others. The best way to prove they were the best was to have a war with their rivals.


  NATIONALISM
• People took great pride in their armies and navies. To make sure they were the best, countries spent more and more money on bigger and bigger armies. Nobody wanted the smallest army, so countries got caught up in an arms race.

  Militarism
•  occurs when two or more groups compete in military superiority

  Arms Race
• Britain had conquered lots of land all over the world by 1912 and had a huge empire. But other nations wanted big empires too. The race to gain control of other nations, particularly in Africa, led to tension and fierce rivalries among European countries.

  Imperialism
• Who was the heir of Austria-Hungary?

  Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• one gang of serbians, decided to take drastic action to highlight their cause and planned to assassinate the Archduke.

  Black Hand