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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. Where, according to Hobsbawm, did a national movement come from the masses?
2. Where were spinning and weaving performed prior to the Industrial Revolution?
3. What product does Hobsbawm say was the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution?
4. What does Hobsbawm say is the dual root of nationalism in Europe?
5. What does Hobsbawm say revolutionary groups had in common across Europe in 1848?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Hobsbawm say is the difference between revolts and national movements?
2. How does Hobsbawm say that the political atmosphere changed after the French Revolution?
3. In Hobsbawm's account, how strong were the major European nations by the end of the Napoleonic Wars?
4. What does Hobsbawm say was the third wave of revolutions to follow the French Revolution?
5. Who, in Hobsbawm's account, formed the foundation for what Hobsbawm calls "self-conscious' nationalism?
6. What does Hobsbawm say was the paradox of progress in certain countries of Europe?
7. How did the Napoleonic Wars affect the slave trade, in Hobsbawm's account?
8. What does Hobsbawm say were the monarchies' relationships with land use and the economy in 1780?
9. In Hobsbawm's account, why was 1830 a turning point in the history of Europe?
10. In Hobsbawm's account, was the Napoleonic War worth the destruction it caused for the economic benefits that followed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How important was nationalism in the revolutions Hobsbawm describes? Was it a cause or an effect of the revolutions? If it was a cause, what were its effects? If it was an effect, what caused it?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Communism in the economy and Romanticism in the arts as two responses to industrialization. How are they related? How are they different manifestations of reactions against the same cultural environment?
Essay Topic 3
Make an annotated time line with the important trends and events that marked the development of Europe in the Age of Revolution. Make a map that shows these trends and events as well.
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