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CLEP West Civilization - 2nd Industrial Revolution And Changing World Ideas
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Answer 20 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Discovered radium in 1898 and they won the Nobel Prize in 1903.
Daimler and Benz
Higher Criticism
Marie Curie
Public Health Act
2. Marconi was the first to send radio waves across the Atlantic ocean.
1867
John D. Rockefeller
1876
1901
3. We can from life lower than us.
1884
Darwinism
Daimler and Benz
Higher Criticism
4. William Gladstone headed the Reform Act which gave 60% of the men in Britain the right to vote.
John D. Rockefeller
1895
1901
1884
5. 1875. Britain. it was not legal anymore to put up buildings without plumbling.
Marie Curie
1867
1901
Public Health Act
6. Owned the Standard Oil company and had power over 75%+ of the U. S. oil.
John D. Rockefeller
Gregor Mendal
Tourism
Daimler and Benz
7. 1878 by William and Catherine Booth
1901
Joseph Conrad
1884
Salvation Army
8. French. Discovered that diseases are caused by bacteria. invented pasteurization.
Daimler and Benz
Public Health Act
Louis Pasteur
Darwinism
9. First intercontinental cable for the telegraph was done between North America and Britain.
1867
Freudian psychology
1901
1884
10. 'the X ray as discovered and led many to question prevailing views about the solidity of matter.' rea p. 75
1895
1867
Freudian psychology
1876
11. Discovered what caused tuberculosis.
Salvation Army
Robert Koch
1876
1884
12. 'perfected th internal combustion engine' rea. p. 72
1876
1867
Tourism
Daimler and Benz
13. In 1909 most people could afford this invention by Heny Ford.
1876
Darwinism
1895
Model T
14. Telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell
1876
Public Health Act
John D. Rockefeller
Marie Curie
15. The belief that the Bible was like other old books and was wise by its history was not acurate.
Robert Koch
Tourism
Higher Criticism
Model T
16. Wrote the novel Heart of Darkness in 1902. The story is set in the Congo.
Joseph Conrad
Public Health Act
Albert Einstein
Gregor Mendal
17. Our mental processes are irrational and subconsious.
Gregor Mendal
1867
Robert Koch
Freudian psychology
18. Theory of relativitiy and added time to the view of the universe. So: height - width - depth - and Time.
1884
Albert Einstein
1901
Robert Koch
19. Started in the 1800's due to people's growing wealth.
Model T
Tourism
Albert Einstein
1867
20. Studied genetics in peas. 'father of genetics' Austrian monk.
John D. Rockefeller
Tourism
Gregor Mendal
1876