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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hobsbawm say the major European powers agreed on after the French Revolution?
(a) Revolutions should be a way of eliminating the aristocrats.
(b) Revolutions should be used to reinforce the ruling class.
(c) Revolutions should be used as tools for developing nationalism.
(d) Revolutionary movements should be contained.

2. Where were the French forces superior to the English?
(a) In the navy.
(b) In the colonies.
(c) In the army.
(d) In the mountains.

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

4. In what way does Hobsbawm say the world of 1789 was bigger than today?
(a) Hobsbawm says that people were bigger than today.
(b) Hobsbawm says that distances seemed much bigger than today.
(c) Hobsbawm says that the population was bigger than today.
(d) Hobsbawm says that much of the Earth was still unexplored.

5. What was the international congress that ruled Europe called?
(a) The League of Nations.
(b) The European Assembly.
(c) The Concert of Europe.
(d) The European Convention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the French Revolution demonstrate to the rest of Europe?

2. What, in Hobsbawm's view, was the economic result of the French Revolution?

3. Which nation led the others in industrialization?

4. What emerged in 1830, according to Hobsbawm's evaluation?

5. Which nation ruled most of Asia in the late 1700s?

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