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1.The French religious wars were caused by
a combination of political and religious hostilities
the accession of Henry of Navarre
the military ambitions of Catherine de Medici
the murder of Francis II
2. The Thirty Years War began after
French armies were sent by Richelieu against the Habsburgs.
Protestants in Prague rebelled against the emperor.
Lutherans and Catholics massacred Calvinists.
a Habsburg governor accidentally fell out of a window.
3. All of the following apply to the "Glorious Revolution" except that it
was a triumph for the monarchy.
brought William and Mary to the English throne.
occurred in 1688.
established that future monarchs had to be Protestants.
4. The achievements of Peter the Great included
Westernization of Russia and development of a powerful army and navy.
his determination to live in peace with neighboring countries.
his resistance to European technology and culture.
the fostering of ethnic Russian life and culture.
5. The largest group of migrants to the Americas was
English.
Spanish.
Dutch.
African.
6. Francis Bacon is known for his
enthusiastic encouragement of scientific research.
numerous scientific experiments.
dissection of corpses.
opposition to heliocentrism.
7. The philosophical work of Rene Descartes
advocated political revolution.
depended on an atheistic outlook.
was based on inductive reasoning.
glorified deductive reasoning and rejected sense knowledge.
8. Thomas Hobbes believed that
society is composed of unruly citizens who must be controlled by an absolute ruler.
the people are sovereign and give power to their rulers.
citizens naturally behave in a moral and orderly manner.
a parliamentary republic is the best form of government.
9. A key principle of Adam Smith?s economic theory was that
human behavior is inherently irrational.
mercantilism is the only viable economic system.
government should not interfere in the economy.
monopolies promote economic well being.
10. The salons were
eighteenth century hairdressing establishments.
court circles where political issues were discussed.
men's clubs in Paris.
the homes of wealthy women who organized discussions of social and political questions.
11. The War of Austrian Succession began when all of the following events occurred except that
Maria Theresa came to the Austrian throne.
Emperor Charles VI died.
Frederick II invaded Silesia.
Russia invaded Austria.
12. The triangle trade involved the commercial exchange of
manufactures, slaves, sugar and tobacco.
Spanish, African, and Italian goods.
wine and cheese.
timber, slaves, and fish.
13. England's greatest eighteenth-century colonial rival was
Portugal.
France.
Spain.
the Netherlands
14. The putting-out system involved
production of thread and cloth by country dwellers in their homes.
new agricultural techniques.
sending children away to school.
the loan of farm machinery.
15. France became involved in the American Revolution because
George Washington was a personal friend of Louis XVI.
British troops kidnapped the French ambassador in New York.
the king wanted to support the British government.
France hoped to regain some of the colonial trade it had lost to Britain.
16. The march to Versailles was triggered by
Lafayette's instigation of a Jacobin protest.
Parisian support for the beleaguered king.
a food shortage in Paris.
the politicians' invitation to the women of Paris.
17. Women in revolutionary France were granted
no political rights.
the right to vote and speak in the Assembly.
the same rights as men.
the right to hold office but not to vote
18. Maximilien Robespierre was all of the following except
a dissolute libertine who lived in luxury.
the promoter of some generous and humane policies.
the originator of the Terror.
an austere man who lived modestly.
19. Changes that were enforced under the Reign of Terror included all of the following except
the metric system.
the five-day work week.
banning women from political life.
a new civic religion of ?reason? and cult of the Supreme Being
20. Napoleon came to prominence in 1799 because of his
marriage to Joséphine.
naval training.
military successes.
career in the Assembly
21. Two important factors in industrialization were
improved transportation and technological breakthroughs.
more horses and oxen to pull new machinery.
guilds and labor unions.
economic theories and a reading public.
22. The inventions of John Kay, James Hargreaves, Richard Arkwright, and James Watt
were not appreciated in their time.
were applied to the manufacture of pottery.
had only limited use until the twentieth century.
revolutionized the cotton industry.
23. The invention of the cotton gin
led to increased demand for slave labor.
meant that machines could replace slaves, so slavery began to die out.
provided a new way to bleach cotton cloth.
allowed spinners to produce more yarn.
24. Industrialization first developed in
North America.
Britain.
Russia.
Prussia.
25. The Zollverein was
the new German railway system.
the Prussian army.
a customs union.
a new plan to unify Germany.
26. Members of the industrial proletariat
depended on factory owners for their livelihood.
were skilled workers.
were indistinguishable from earlier apprentices.
were urban revolutionaries
27. Politically, nineteenth-century workers
played an important role in the revolutions of 1848.
favored conservative candidates and policies as a guarantee of economic stability.
were apathetic and rarely took part in political affairs.
obtained the right to vote in England in 1832.
28. Conservatism included the idea that
traditional political and social institutions should be preserved.
the achievements of the French Revolution must be conserved.
Thrift was a great virtue.
natural resources must be preserved.
29. Nineteenth-century liberals believed in
common ownership of property.
governmental regulation of most human activities.
human depravity and irrationality.
limited government and free enterprise.
30. Utopian socialism
originated with Karl Marx.
was responsible for the great success of Robert Owen's commune.
advocated the violent overthrow of the government.
held that property should be held in common and society based on cooperation, not competition.
31. Marx thought that capitalists and workers
should work together for a more humane society.
could unite on Christian principles.
were destined for conflict and class struggle.
had some common interests that could lead them to cooperate.
32. The ultimate result of the class struggle, according to Marx, would be
victory for the capitalists.
a proletarian state.
the withering away of the state.
destruction of both capitalists and proletariat.
33. Chartism aimed at
a socialist elite.
transforming Britain into a democracy.
home rule in Ireland.
strengthening the monarchy.
34. One result of the Decembrist uprising was that
Nicholas I instituted repressive measures to guard against further revolution.
Nicholas I freed the serfs.
it was quickly forgotten and inspired no further attempts at revolt.
it succeeded beyond the expectations of its instigators.
35. In 1848, many of the German states
became republics.
united to form the nation of Germany.
kept their rulers but were given constitutions and new governments.
remained untouched by revolutionary disturbance.
36. The Frankfurt Assembly was
a group of liberals who formed a provisional government and called for German unification.
the secret society that first challenged the Prussian government.
a radical workers' organization promoting socialism in Germany.
successful in persuading Frederick William IV to become king of a united Germany.
37. The revolutions of 1848 in Italy
were examples of class warfare between capitalists and workers.
did not have unification of the country as one of their goals.
succeeded in the southern states but not in the north.
were suppressed by Austria.
38. The Hungarian revolt of 1848 was
a total failure.
aimed at Russia.
successful.
partially successful, then repressed by Austria and Russia.
39. Developments in the years between 1815 and 1848 included all of the following except
significant political and social reforms.
increase in political power of the lower classes.
the growth of nationalism.
a growing tendency for rulers to grant constitutions.
40. The Crimean War was
a new European crusade against the Turks.
fought by England, France, and the Ottoman Empire against Russia.
an insignificant conflict with few casualties and few consequences.
waged by Russia against Bessarabia.
41. The unification of Italy was due primarily to
the diplomacy of Mazzini.
Austrian approval for the process.
the Congress of Paris settlement.
the leadership of Piedmont and the strategy of Cavour.
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