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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't disagreements between nations reach the level of international war?
(a) Because there was a relative balance of powers.
(b) Because the treaties signed after the French Revolution forbade it.
(c) Because the populaces had all been decimated.
(d) Because the nations were bound by alliances.

2. Where did Britain expand its relationships after the French Revolution?
(a) With its colonies.
(b) With France and Spain.
(c) With China and Indonesia.
(d) With Russia and Prussia.

3. Why did the French state have a financial crisis in the 1780s?
(a) Because they helped the Americans in their Revolutionary War.
(b) Because they had overextended themselves in their colonies.
(c) Because they had lost Canada to the British.
(d) Because they had brought too many workers into the labor force, and devalued their currency.

4. When does Hobsbawm say the second wave of revolutions took place?
(a) 1830s.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1815.
(d) 1825.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who invested in the railroads, in Hobsbawm's account?

4. Where were the French forces defeated in 1815?

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

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