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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ideology: Religion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Hobsbawm's account, what did the peasantry lose by land reforms sweeping the globe in the mid-1800s?
(a) Dependence on local government.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Protections.
(d) Ambition.

2. How did many countries impose this transformation of land use on the people?
(a) By seizing the aristocrats' lands for the people.
(b) By nationalizing church and state lands.
(c) By founding colonies in the New World.
(d) By abolishing feudalism.

3. What product does Hobsbawm say was the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Steel.
(b) Wool.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Iron.

4. Where did the second wave of revolutions take place?
(a) Turkey and Greece.
(b) Prussia.
(c) Ireland and Poland.
(d) Albania and Romania.

5. What area was affected by what Hobsbawm calls the third wave of revolutions?
(a) Eastern Europe.
(b) The Mediterranean.
(c) Western Europe.
(d) All of Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Jews particularly well-suited to take advantage of opportunities to join the new middle class?

2. What was the new stance toward religion after the French Revolution?

3. Who dominated the Orthodox Church in 1848?

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

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

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