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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. France was opposed by which of these in the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) Britain and Russia.
(b) Austria and Prussia.
(c) All of Europe and Britain.
(d) Russia, Prussia and Austria.

2. Which nation led the others in industrialization?
(a) Prussia.
(b) Russia.
(c) Britain.
(d) France.

3. What were the dates of the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) 1791-1812.
(b) 1789-1815.
(c) 1792-1815.
(d) 1812-1815.

4. What group does Hobsbawm say typified the revolutionary groups that became active in 1848?
(a) The Carbonari.
(b) The Chartists.
(c) The Luddites.
(d) The Jacobins.

5. 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 the Industrial Revolution required a cooler climate.
(c) Becaue only Britain had the commercial strength and social conditions for it.
(d) Because agriculture thrived in England's moister climate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dominated the Third Estate in the 1780s in France?

2. Why did the French state have a financial crisis in the 1780s?

3. Which market supplied raw materials for the cotton trade?

4. What did the French monarch make a practice of in the 1780s?

5. Why didn't disagreements between nations reach the level of international war?

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