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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large were the circles within which people moved in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?

2. What does Hobsbawm call the Industrial Revolution?

3. When did the Constituent Assembly create a new Constitution that turned France into a Constitutional monarchy?

4. What was the age of scientific and political progress in the 1700s called?

5. What crucial event does Hobsbawm say took place during the period after the French Revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hobsbawm say that raw materials like iron and coal did not expand the same way as cotton began to expand in the 1780s?

2. In Hobsbawm's account, why was 1830 a turning point in the history of Europe?

3. Describe the final defeat of the French forces at the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

4. Why did a period of peace follow the Napoleonic Wars, in Hobsbawm's account?

5. How did the Napoleonic Wars affect the slave trade, in Hobsbawm's account?

6. Describe the effect of the Greek revolution on Greece and the region.

7. What was the effect, in Hobsbawm's account, of the American Revolution on the French Revolution?

8. Where does Hobsbawm say the European nations expanded their influence, for lack of war in Europe?

9. Describe the beginnings of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1792.

10. In Hobsbawm's account, how strong were the major European nations by the end of the Napoleonic Wars?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was the secularization of European culture a benefit or a disadvantage of industrialization? Or, was it simply a transition, as people found their religion in other places? What functions had religion served that were now served by other, secular developments?

Essay Topic 2

What are Hobsbawm's historiographical priorities? What historiographical methods characterize his work? What themes is he interested in? How does he explore them? Compare this work (or contrast it) with other works of history you have read.

Essay Topic 3

What was the role of the Jews in the Industrial Revolution and French Revolution? How did they participate in the transformation of European society? How did they benefit by it? How was their experience different than other groups' experiences?

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