Question 1

Answer the following questions:
-industrious revolution

Accepted Answer

The Industrious Revolution refers to the shift in labor patterns and attitudes towards work in northwestern Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Instead of producing goods for household consumption, families focused on earning wages to purchase consumer goods. This increased their ability to participate in the market economy, but reduced their economic self-sufficiency. Choice C describes this shift.

Question 2

Answer the following questions:
-Treaty of Paris

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Paris is the treaty that ended the Seven Years' War in Europe and the colonies in 1763 and ratified British victory on all colonial fronts.

Answer: I
 The transformation of large numbers of small peasant farmers into landless rural wage earners refers to the process of proletarianization.

Answer: A
 The movement to fence in fields in order to farm more effectively, at the expense of poor peasants who relied on common fields for farming and pasture is known as the enclosure movement.

Question 3

How did the industrious revolution manifest itself, and what were its most important effects?

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Question 4

Answer the following questions:
-Navigation Acts

Accepted Answer

The Navigation Acts were a series of English laws that controlled the import of goods to Britain and British colonies.

Answer: D
 The forced migration of Africans across the Atlantic for slave labor on plantations and in other industries; the trade reached its peak in the eighteenth century and ultimately involved almost 12 million Africans.

Answer: I
 The transformation of large numbers of small peasant farmers into landless rural wage earners.

Answer: J
 The treaty that ended the Seven Years' War in Europe and the colonies in 1763 and ratified British victory on all colonial fronts.

Question 5

Answer the following questions:
-debt peonage

Accepted Answer

Debt peonage refers to a form of serfdom in which workers or slaves are kept in perpetual debt bondage by periodically advancing food, shelter, and a little money. This is best described by choice F.

Question 6

Answer the following questions:
-Atlantic slave trade

Accepted Answer

The Atlantic slave trade refers to the forced migration of Africans across the Atlantic for slave labor on plantations and in other industries.

Answer: I
 The transformation of large numbers of small peasant farmers into landless rural wage earners is known as proletarianization.

Answer: J
 The treaty that ended the Seven Years' War in Europe and the colonies in 1763 and ratified British victory on all colonial fronts is known as the Treaty of Paris.

Answer: H
 The series of English laws that controlled the import of goods to Britain and British colonies are known as the Navigation Acts.

Question 7

Answer the following questions:
-enclosure

Accepted Answer

Enclosure refers to the historical process in England where common land was fenced off into individual plots, often benefiting wealthier landowners and disadvantaging poorer peasants who lost access to shared resources.

Question 8

Answer the following questions:
-guild system

Accepted Answer

The guild system refers to the organization of artisanal production into trade-based associations, or guilds, each of which received a monopoly over its trade and the right to train apprentices and hire workers.

Question 9

Answer the following questions:
-proletarianization

Accepted Answer

Proletarianization refers to the transformation of small peasant farmers into landless rural wage earners, which is best described by option I.

Question 10

Answer the following questions:
-putting-out system

Accepted Answer

The putting-out system, also known as the domestic system, involved merchants loaning raw materials to cottage workers, who processed them and returned the finished products to the merchant.

Answer: I
 Enclosure of common fields and pastures forced many small peasants to sell their land and become landless rural wage earners.

Answer: K
 The guilds were trade-based associations that monopolized their trade, trained apprentices, and hired workers. This helped organize artisanal production.

Answer: F
 Debt bondage enabled planters and ranchers to keep their workers or slaves in perpetual servitude by periodically providing food, shelter, and small amounts of money.

Answer: A
 The movement to fence in fields and pasture reduced the land available to poor peasants and increased the productivity of farms run by wealthy landowners.

Question 11

While England was building a pre-eminent world empire and the greatest economic power base in Europe, its society was undergoing profound changes. Describe these changes, being sure to identify their causes and consequences.

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Question 12

What were the most important elements of the agricultural revolution in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? What factors explain the Dutch leadership in this revolution? Why and how did it spread to England?

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Question 13

The Dutch dominated European trade with Asia in the seventeenth century. How did they achieve this ascendency? What led to the decline in their position in the eighteenth century?

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Question 14

Answer the following questions:
-cottage industry

Accepted Answer

Cottage industry refers to a stage of industrial development in which rural workers used hand tools in their homes to manufacture goods on a large scale for sale in a market.

Answer: E
 The eighteenth-century system of rural industry in which a merchant loaned raw materials to cottage workers, who processed them and returned the finished products to the merchant is also known as cottage industry.

Answer: I
 The transformation of large numbers of small peasant farmers into landless rural wage earners is known as agricultural revolution.

Note: None of the other options provided match the definition of cottage industry.

Question 15

Answer the following questions:
-economic liberalism

Accepted Answer

Economic liberalism is best defined as a belief in free trade and competition based on Adam Smith's argument that "the invisible hand" of free competition would benefit all individuals, rich and poor.

Answer: H
 The series of English laws that controlled the import of goods to Britain and British colonies is best known as the Navigation Acts.

Answer: I
 The transformation of large numbers of small peasant farmers into landless rural wage earners is commonly referred to as the process of proletarianization.

Question 16

During the eighteenth century, the population of Europe underwent a sharp increase. What factors influenced that growth? What were the social consequences of population expansion?

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Quiz 17: The Expansion of Europe 1650-1800

Answer the following questions: -industrious revolution

Answer the following questions: -Treaty of Paris

How did the industrious revolution manifest itself, and what were its most important effects?

Answer the following questions: -Navigation Acts

Answer the following questions: -debt peonage

Answer the following questions: -Atlantic slave trade

Answer the following questions: -enclosure

Answer the following questions: -guild system

Answer the following questions: -proletarianization

Answer the following questions: -putting-out system

While England was building a pre-eminent world empire and the greatest economic power base in Europe, its society was undergoing profound changes. Describe these changes, being sure to identify their causes and consequences.

What were the most important elements of the agricultural revolution in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? What factors explain the Dutch leadership in this revolution? Why and how did it spread to England?

The Dutch dominated European trade with Asia in the seventeenth century. How did they achieve this ascendency? What led to the decline in their position in the eighteenth century?

Answer the following questions: -cottage industry

Answer the following questions: -economic liberalism

During the eighteenth century, the population of Europe underwent a sharp increase. What factors influenced that growth? What were the social consequences of population expansion?