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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Hobsbawm say the revolutionary groups saw as the beneficiaries of their third wave of revolutions?
(a) All common people everywhere.
(b) The merchants of the world.
(c) Marx and Ricardo.
(d) Radicals and revolutionaries everywhere.

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

5. What was the Bastille a symbol of when the French stormed it in 1789?
(a) The bourgeoisie.
(b) The monarchy.
(c) The free market.
(d) The radical element.

Short Answer Questions

1. Europe was ruled by Britain, France, Austria, Prussia and which nation?

2. What does Hobsbawm call the Industrial Revolution?

3. How much does Hobsbawm say Europeans were affected by the Napoleonic Wars?

4. Who was represented by the "Third Estate" in France?

5. What does Hobsbawm say the major European powers agreed on after the French Revolution?

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