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HistoryWestern Civilization/European HistoryThe Western ExperiencePractice Set 2464
HistoryWestern Civilization/European HistoryThe Western ExperiencePractice Set 2464The Wealth Of Nations
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Question 1
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Which numbers best describe Europe's population growth from 1730 to 1800?
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120 million to 180 million
100 million to 150 million
175 million to 250 million
50 million to 125 million
7.5 million to 11 million
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Question 2
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In most parts of eighteenth-century Europe except England, birth rates
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rose rapidly because of earlier marriages.
fell because of a desire to protect property.
probably remained stable.
rose rapidly because of better hygiene.
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Question 3
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Which of the following was NOT an impact of inflation in France in the eighteenth century?
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rents rose, benefiting landlords
wages failed to keep up with rising costs
manufacturing profits fell as the cost of raw material rose
poorer tenant farmers were forced off the land
workers suffered as wages remained low
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Question 4
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Which of the following was NOT true of the protoindustrial period?
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It was heavily dependent on the agrarian sector for labor.
It contributed to rural incomes.
It strengthened connections between cities and countryside.
It led to significant technological improvements and advances in productivity.
It increased rural families' demands for products and services.
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Question 5
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Among the barriers to industrialization in early modern Europe were
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old-fashioned and inflexible business practices.
small markets.
cultural attitudes.
guild and government restrictions.
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Question 6
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Which of the following did NOT contribute to England's advantage over France in the advance of industrialization?
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an efficient transportation system
the equal division of land among the heirs to noble families
religious toleration
better financial institutions
the custom of primogeniture
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Question 7
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The putting-out system proved inadequate to mass production because
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the quality of the work was invariably poor.
laborers refused to travel to the city with their products.
merchants could not adequately control the laborers.
laborers could not adequately control their wages.
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Question 8
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The factory system was first introduced in which industry?
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cotton spinning
wool textiles
ironworks
cotton weaving
coal mining
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Question 9
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Which of the following inventors improved the steam engine?
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Arkwright
Watt
Cartwright
Townshend
Jethro Tull
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Question 10
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Convertible husbandry describes
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new techniques of cotton spinning.
the process of maintaining open fields.
a system of crop rotation that improved fertility.
a system of improving fertility by leaving certain fields fallow.
a system of raising livestock.
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Question 11
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Which of the following was the most important factor in increasing agricultural productivity in eighteenth-century England?
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the development of artificial fertilizer
the development of a new breed of sheep
enclosure
the extension of the open field system
All of these were equally important factors.
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Question 12
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The enclosure movement
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required acts of Parliament.
displaced the rural poor.
eradicated the open-field village.
benefited large landowners.
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Question 13
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In Eastern Europe, agricultural production was carried out by
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landless peasants who worked as a migrant labor force.
free peasants farming their own land.
serfs who paid rent to a lord in exchange for land.
serfs whose freedoms were severely circumscribed by their lord.
displaced urban workers.
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Question 14
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Peasant life in eighteenth-century western Europe was characterized by
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close and cordial relations with local landlords.
vulnerability to rising taxes and rents.
a willingness to try experimental farming techniques.
the confinement of women to household activities.
peasants owning adequate land for their needs.
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Question 15
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In the eighteenth century, the principal economic activity of the Netherlands was
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banking and finance.
cloth manufacturing.
tulip cultivation.
maritime commerce.
grain production.
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Question 16
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The competition for overseas commercial empires in the eighteenth century was primarily between
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France and Spain.
Britain and Spain.
Britain and France.
Russia and Britain.
West Africa and Portugal.
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Question 17
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French and British colonial policies were similar in all but which of the following ways?
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Both ran their colonies with tight supervision from the home country.
Both regulated trade in accordance with the principals of mercantilism.
Both increased naval power to protect their colonial trade.
Both were heavily dependent on slavery.
Both regulated trade in accordance with the principals of mercantilism and both increased naval power to protect their colonial trade.
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Question 18
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Mercantilism entailed
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state regulation of trade.
competition with other states.
promoting a favorable balance of trade.
both state regulation of trade and promoting a favorable balance of trade.
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Question 19
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Mortality rates of slaves during the Middle Passage ranged from
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ten to fifty percent.
one to five percent.
fifty percent or higher.
twenty to seventy-five percent.
one to two percent.
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Question 20
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The most important outcome(s) of the Seven Years' War was/were the
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formation of a rigid European alliance system.
return of Silesia to Austria.
loss of French Canada to Britain.
exclusion of French troops from the Indian subcontinent.
loss of French Canada to Britain and exclusion of French troops from the Indian subcontinent.
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