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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. France was opposed by which of these in the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) Austria and Prussia.
(b) Britain and Russia.
(c) Russia, Prussia and Austria.
(d) All of Europe and Britain.

2. What was the result of improvements in the technology of spinning and weaving?
(a) Decreased farm size.
(b) Increased tax revenue from the cotton trade.
(c) Decreased need for labor.
(d) Increased output.

3. What was abolished in the wake of Napoleon's victories?
(a) Colonialism.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Feudalism.
(d) Aristocracy.

4. Which market supplied raw materials for the cotton trade?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Britain's colonies.
(d) Thailand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what did England lead Europe, in Hobsbawm's account?

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

3. What pressure drove the mechanization of production in the late 1700s?

4. What did the nobility do when France became a Constitutional monarchy?

5. Where were the French forces defeated in 1815?

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