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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Peace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pressure drove the mechanization of production in the late 1700s?
(a) The need for mercantile power.
(b) The need to dominate trade routes.
(c) The need for profit.
(d) The need for monopoly.

2. What cause did Russia and Britain disagree over after the French Revolution?
(a) The independence of Turkey.
(b) The independence of Greece.
(c) The independence of Finland.
(d) The independence of Poland.

3. Why didn't France invade any territories after the French Revolution?
(a) The country was struggling with internal dissensions.
(b) The government could not raise an army large enough for any invasions.
(c) The country was burdened with too much debt.
(d) The price of reintroducing Jacobinism was too high.

4. Which industry saw special improvements and expansion in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Iron.
(b) Copper.
(c) Coal.
(d) Magnesium.

5. What was production freed from in the 1780s?
(a) The limitations of earlier production techniques.
(b) The limitations imposed by population size.
(c) The limitations imposed by limited raw materials.
(d) The limitations imposed by years of war.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Britain expand its relationships after the French Revolution?

3. What was Robespierre's role in the Reign of Terror?

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

5. What was the Bastille a symbol of when the French stormed it in 1789?

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