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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Towards an Industrial World.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was the one nation Hobsbawm says could have been considered industrialized in 1848?
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) Russia.
2. Why does Hobsbawm say that the Industrial Revolution could only have happened in England?
(a) Because the rest of the continent was consumed in war.
(b) Because agriculture thrived in England's moister climate.
(c) Becaue only Britain had the commercial strength and social conditions for it.
(d) Because the Industrial Revolution required a cooler climate.
3. What does Hobsbawm say the major European powers agreed on after the French Revolution?
(a) Revolutions should be used to reinforce the ruling class.
(b) Revolutionary movements should be contained.
(c) Revolutions should be used as tools for developing nationalism.
(d) Revolutions should be a way of eliminating the aristocrats.
4. What pressure drove the mechanization of production in the late 1700s?
(a) The need to dominate trade routes.
(b) The need for profit.
(c) The need for monopoly.
(d) The need for mercantile power.
5. What cause did Russia and Britain disagree over after the French Revolution?
(a) The independence of Finland.
(b) The independence of Greece.
(c) The independence of Turkey.
(d) The independence of Poland.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Hobsbawm say was the new law of businesses in the late 1700s?
2. What did the French Revolution create in Spain?
3. What began to emerge as production and industry grew in the early 1800s?
4. Where were spinning and weaving performed prior to the Industrial Revolution?
5. France was opposed by which of these in the Napoleonic Wars?
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