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ICSE Class 8 Modern World – II — practice questions

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Which best records a mill worker's own experience in 1850?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a secondary account of a nineteenth-century strike?Read the answer and worked solution →The word Renaissance literally means what?Read the answer and worked solution →In which country did the European Renaissance first develop?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ancient cultures especially inspired Renaissance scholars?Read the answer and worked solution →What was central to Renaissance humanism?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is closely associated with the Protestant Reformation?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Luther oppose as a way of obtaining salvation?Read the answer and worked solution →Which development helped sailors navigate long ocean voyages?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?Read the answer and worked solution →How did overseas commercial wealth assist British industrialisation?Read the answer and worked solution →The flying shuttle chiefly improved which activity?Read the answer and worked solution →Who invented the Spinning Jenny?Read the answer and worked solution →Which invention is associated with Samuel Crompton?Read the answer and worked solution →James Watt is chiefly remembered for improving which machine?Read the answer and worked solution →Which fuel did Abraham Darby use to smelt iron?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did growing industries need better transport?Read the answer and worked solution →Who were the industrial capitalists?Read the answer and worked solution →Which situation best illustrates imperialism?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which best records a mill worker's own experience in 1850?

  1. Her diary written in 1850
  2. A historian's book of 2000
  3. A later review of that book
  4. A modern summary of mill life
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Correct answer: A. Her diary written in 1850

A contemporary diary gives direct evidence of its writer's experience.

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Which is a secondary account of a nineteenth-century strike?

  1. An original factory pay register
  2. A striker's contemporary diary
  3. A later historian's analysis
  4. A letter by the strike leader
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Correct answer: C. A later historian's analysis

A later historian's analysis interprets evidence about the strike.

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The word Renaissance literally means what?

  1. Conquest
  2. Restoration
  3. Rebirth
  4. Rebellion
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Correct answer: C. Rebirth

Renaissance literally means rebirth, referring to renewed cultural and intellectual activity.

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