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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Peace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, in Hobsbawm's view, was the economic result of the French Revolution?
(a) It devastated the continent with non-stop fighting.
(b) It created room for new industries.
(c) It ruined the means of production and created the possibility of socialism.
(d) It concentrated the refugee populations in cities, where they became workers.

2. Why does Hobsbawm say that the Industrial Revolution could only have happened in England?
(a) Becaue only Britain had the commercial strength and social conditions for it.
(b) Because the Industrial Revolution required a cooler climate.
(c) Because agriculture thrived in England's moister climate.
(d) Because the rest of the continent was consumed in war.

3. Europe was ruled by Britain, France, Austria, Prussia and which nation?
(a) China.
(b) Romania.
(c) Greece.
(d) Russia.

4. Why didn't disagreements between nations reach the level of international war?
(a) Because the populaces had all been decimated.
(b) Because the nations were bound by alliances.
(c) Because there was a relative balance of powers.
(d) Because the treaties signed after the French Revolution forbade it.

5. What was the French National Assembly modeled on?
(a) The American House of Representatives.
(b) The British House of Commons.
(c) The American Senate.
(d) The British House of Lords.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the international congress among Europe's ruling nations dissolve after a few years?

2. Where were spinning and weaving performed prior to the Industrial Revolution?

3. Where were the French forces superior to the English?

4. What did Hobsbawm say was the new law of businesses in the late 1700s?

5. What did the French Revolution create in Spain?

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