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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what did England lead Europe, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) Per capita trade.
(b) Moral philosophy.
(c) Political freedoms.
(d) Raw material production.

2. The merchant class was situated between what and what, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) Farmers and craftsmen.
(b) Part-time craftsmen and markets.
(c) Industrial labor and aristocrats.
(d) Political theory and practice.

3. Where does Hobsbawm say the first wave of revolutions took place after the French Revolution?
(a) In the Americas.
(b) In Asia.
(c) In Eastern Europe.
(d) In the Mediterranean.

4. What came to an end in 1830, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Local trade.
(b) Religious faith.
(c) Hand-crafts.
(d) Aristocratic political power.

5. Who does Hobsbawm say rose to prominence financing the wars?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The Rockefellers.
(c) The Barings and Rothschilds.
(d) Swiss.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where were spinning and weaving performed prior to the Industrial Revolution?

3. What does Hobsbawm say revolts turned against in this period?

4. Where did Russia expand its relationships after the French Revolution?

5. Where, according to Hobsbawm, did a national movement come from the masses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hobsbawm say was the first wave of revolutions to follow the French Revolution?

2. What were the geographical consequences of the Napoleonic Wars, in Hobsbawm's account?

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

4. What does Hobsbawm say was the second wave of revolutions to follow the French Revolution?

5. How does Hobsbawm say that the political atmosphere changed after the French Revolution?

6. How does Hobsbawm say the population was distributed in the 1780s?

7. What role did the cotton market play in the Industrial Revolution, in Hobsbawm's account?

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

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

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

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