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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. How did the concept of nationalism spread through Europe?
(a) From north to south.
(b) From France outward in every direction.
(c) From west to east.
(d) From east to west.
2. What pressure drove the mechanization of production in the late 1700s?
(a) The need for monopoly.
(b) The need to dominate trade routes.
(c) The need for mercantile power.
(d) The need for profit.
3. Where does Hobsbawm see a culture combining nationalism with the revolutionary spirit of the French Revolution?
(a) Greece.
(b) Poland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Albania.
4. What cause did Russian and Britain support together after the French Revolution?
(a) The independence of Poland.
(b) The independence of Finland.
(c) The independence of Greece.
(d) The independence of Turkey.
5. What happened that fostered nationalist movements in the Balkans?
(a) Greeks began to flee to the Balkans to get away from the fighting in Greece.
(b) The Greeks attained independence and fixed borders.
(c) The Russians opened trade with the Balkan areas.
(d) The Turks invaded, uniting the Balkan states against them.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which industry saw special improvements and expansion in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
2. What did the French Revolution create in Spain?
3. Which market supplied raw materials for the cotton trade?
4. What does Hobsbawm say revolts turned against in this period?
5. In Hobsbawm's account, what happened in France as industrialism expanded in neighboring countries?
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