Question 1

Which of the following cities did NOT benefit significantly from eighteenth century Atlantic trade?

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A)   Bordeaux
B)   Marseilles
C)   Rome
D)   Lisbon
E)   Liverpool

Question 2

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-Madame de Pompadour

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Madame de Pompadour, whose real name was...

Question 3

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-Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

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The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle was signed...

Question 4

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-​Gustavus III

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Gustavus III was the King of Sweden from...

Question 5

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-Treaty of Paris

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Question 6

Europe's unequal social organization in the eighteenth century was

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A)   determined by the division of society into traditional orders.
B)   deemed contrary to Christian teaching.
C)   least apparent in Prussia.
D)   abolished in Britain by Parliament in opposition to the king.
E)   became dramatically more equal as the century progressed.

Question 7

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-Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji

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The Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji was signed...

Question 8

In England, a legislative district controlled by one man or one family was known as a

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A)   heritable living.
B)   pocket borough.
C)   sinecure.
D)   tenured seat.
E)   entail.

Question 9

The problem of poverty in eighteenth-century Europe was

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A)   most severe in Great Britain, a country lacking a system of poor relief.
B)   solved largely through the efforts of private and religious charities.
C)   aggravated by the hostile feelings of government officials toward the poor.
D)   solved in France in the 1770s through massive royal public works projects.
E)   entirely the result of the Industrial Revolution.

Question 10

European diplomacy during the eighteenth century

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A)   wholly repudiated dynastic interests in favor of reason of state.
B)   was shaped by the attempt to prevent one state from dominating the others.
C)   linked the concept of the balance of power with a desire for peace.
D)   failed to achieve any success in resolving conflicts any international powers.
E)   All of these are correct.

Question 11

Which one of the following non-native, imported products allowed Irish peasants to survive on the small plots of land left to them by English landlords?

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A)   fish.
B)   tomatoes.
C)   wheat.
D)   rice.
E)   potatoes.

Question 12

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-enlightened absolutism

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-enlightened absolutism...

Question 13

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-Grand Tour

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The Grand Tour refers to a traditional t...

Question 14

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-the country house

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The country house is a traditional and o...

Question 15

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-​Charles III

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Charles III, also known as Charles, Prin...

Question 16

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-Robert Walpole

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Robert Walpole was a British statesman w...

Question 17

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-partitions of Poland

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The partitions of Poland refer to the di...

Question 18

Poland was dismembered through a single partition of its land in 1772 by Austria, Prussia, and Russia.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Politically, the period from 1715 to 1789 witnessed

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A)   the rise of the masses in politics as advocated by the philosophes.
B)   the waning of monarchical power.
C)   the continuing process of centralization in the development of nation-states.
D)   "enlightened absolutism" establish its deepest roots in France.
E)   a decline in bureaucratic structures and more laissez-faire types of government.

Question 20

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-diplomatic revolution

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The diplomatic revolution refers to a ma...

Exam 6: The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

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Talk about: -the country house

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Talk about: -Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji

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