Chapter 24 - Cultural Revolution (Sections 3 & 4)

This is a flashcard set created to help ARGS students study for the last two sections of the Chapter 24 test. Be warned, the questions on the test are not identical to the flashcards.

When did infant mortality drop and the average life expectancy climb?

The Early 1900s.

Europe's population grew from 140 million people to ___ _______ people in the span of a single century.

^266 Million

Reasons for Europeans living longer and healthier lives include but are not limited to:

1. Advances in medicine.
2. Increased agricultural production.
3. Improved food preservation methods.

Emigration = ?

People leaving their homelands to settle elsewhere [not for a fixed period of time].

Immigration = ?

People coming to settle permanently in a foreign country.

Reasons for emigration or immigration:

Usually left to escape persecution or famine, seek higher paying jobs/better working conditions, or escape oppressive governments.

The Latin prefix "e" or "ex" means...

"from, away"

The Latin prefix "in" or "im" means...

"in, into, towards"

Urbanization = ?

The spread of city life.

A country is ___________ when more people live in cities than in rural areas.

^urbanized

In the year of 1914:
__% of the British population lived in cities.
__% of the German population lived in cities.
__% of the American population lived in cities.
__% of the French population lived in cities.

^80%
^60%
^50%
^45%

The European cities' growth soon outpaced their ability to provide needed _______ and _________.

^housing
^sanitation

In the late 1800s, ____________ were made to urban accomodations.

^improvements

Leisure activities during the 1800s included:

Touring art museums, organizing association football/soccer games, attending amusement parks.

Public Schools = ?

Institutions of education funded by the government and available to everyone.

Mary Lyon did what?

Established the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. (AKA the first women's college)

Literacy = ?

The ability to read and write.

As literacy spread, newspapers, magazines, book publications, and libraries benefitted from their __________ in customers.

^increase

Patronage = ?

When an artist depended upon the wealthy to fund their expenditures. Often meant that the artist painted at the whim of the aristocrat funding them.

Romanticism = ?

A movement in which artists would emphasize human emotion and imagination over reason.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe did what?

Wrote a play by the name of Faust, which contrasted Marlowe's play also titled Faust.

Realism = ?

An artistic movement characterized by pieces created from everyday life, oftentimes presented in a naturalistic style.

Symbolism = ?

The use of symbols to convey complex ideas in art. Involves giving impressions by suggestions rather than by direct statements.

Symbolism was popular among ____________, but not so much the general public.

^intellectuals

Impressionism = ?

- The abandonment of many rules—about proper subject matter and traditional techniques of line, perspective, and lighting—on which earlier painters had based their art.
- Sought to capture the momentary impression an object made on an artist's senses.

Gustave Courbet did what?

Heavily influenced the Impressionist movement.

Postimpressionism = ?

The formation of independent art styles, often emphasizing color, to express in different ways the chaos and complexity around them. An era of experimentation.

DISCLAIMER!

There are a lot of examples regarding musical artists, painters, and writers during every art movement. I am too lazy to include these in my Knowt, so please study those on your own.

List some negative characteristics of urban living during the early 1800s:

- Buildings were build close together in long rows.
- Workers were crowded together in damp, dirty rooms.
- Everything was flammable.
- Pollution was prominent.
- Epidemics were common.

List some improvements made to urban living during the late 1800s:

- Iron pipelines were installed in buildings to carry water.
- Sewer lines were dug underneath streets.
- Garbage and waste collection services were established.
- Police and fire protection agencies created safer cities.
- Parks became commonplace.

Claude Monet was a part of which artistic movement?

The Impressionist Movement.

Vincent van Gogh was a part of which artistic movement?

The Postimpressionist Movement.