Unit 4 Practice MCs
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) The term ʺOld Regimeʺ has come to refer to:
A) the economic policies that existed across Europe before the 18th -century Industrial
Revolution.
B) the system of taxation employed by most of Europeʹs monarchs prior to 1848.
C) the social, political, and economic relationships that were prevalent in Europe before the
French Revolution.
D) the social and political infrastructure that existed before the Protestant Reformation.
E) the gradual transition of Europeʹs monarchies to that of democracies and republics.
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2) The single largest free-trade area in Europe during the 18th century was:
A) Germany.
B) France.
C) Italy.
D) Spain.
E) Great Britain.
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3) Which of the following factors allowed European nations to exert influence and dominance over
much of the world:
A) longer-term experience with trade and colonization.
B) pure cultural superiority.
C) technological supremacy related to naval power and gunpowder.
D) all of these answers.
E) religious convictions and the spread of Christianity to new colonies.
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4) In the 18th century and thereafter, the Jewish population of Europe was concentrated in:
A) France, Germany, and Belgium.
B) Germany, Poland, and Hungary.
C) Hungary, Lithuania, and Germany.
D) Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine.
E) Germany, Poland, and Ukraine.
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5) As a result of a scarcity of labor, these nations were the first to quickly turn to the importation of
African slaves:
A) Portugal and Holland.
B) England and Scotland.
C) Holland and France.
D) Spain and Portugal.
E) France and Spain.
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6) What two areas were often the source of conflict, rivalry, and wars among the great powers in the
mid-18th century?
A) China and the access to the Mediterranean Sea
B) China and Africa
C) the overseas empires and central and eastern Europe
D) the African coast and access to the Mediterranean Sea
E) the overseas empires and western Europe
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7) Which of the following was NOT a basic social characteristic of pre-revolutionary Europe?
A) an urban labor force usually organized into guilds
B) aristocratic elites possessing a wide variety of inherited legal privileges
C) established churches intimately related to the state and the aristocracy
D) a politically-active middle class
E) a peasantry subject to high taxes and feudal dues
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8) Colonial transatlantic trade followed roughly a geographic:
A) square.
B) circle.
C) pentagon.
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D) triangle.
E) rectangle.
9) Between 1700 and 1800, Europeʹs population rose from 100-120 million people to:
A) about 520 million people.
B) almost 190 million people.
C) almost 750 million people.
D) about 310 million people.
E) almost 150 million people.
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10) In the years between 1600 and 1750, the cities that grew most vigorously were:
A) ports and cities bordering the national line.
B) military forts and capitals.
C) industrial cities and ecclesiastical cities.
D) capitals and ports.
E) free cities and coastal cities.
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11) The Dutch tried each of the following methods to increase the productivity and output of their
land EXCEPT this:
A) building better dikes.
B) casting seeds rather than planting wheat by a drill, which was more successful.
C) increasing the supply of animal fodder to restore the soil.
D) experimenting with new crops, such as turnips and clover.
E) draining thousands of acres of land.
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12) Under mercantilism, colonies existed to provide markets and natural resources for the industries of
the home country and in turn, the home country was to:
A) protect and administer the colonies.
B) educate and Christianize the colonies.
C) generate free trade for the colonies to spur the local economy.
D) do little or nothing.
E) produce agricultural and manufactured goods to supply the colonies.
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13) Until the late 18th century, European Jews who did not convert to Christianity:
A) were accepted as equals by Christians.
B) were among the most powerful social groups.
C) enjoyed a good standard of living as a group.
D) were discriminated against.
E) were active in most trades.
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14) These were the three main rivals during the era of colonization:
A) Germany, Spain, and France.
B) France, Spain, and Denmark.
C) France, Germany, and Great Britain.
D) Great Britain, France, and Spain.
E) Great Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands.
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15) The War of Jenkinsʹs Ear was fought by England to block incursions on British trade by:
A) France.
B) Portugal.
C) Russia.
D) Spain.
E) All of the above.
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16) Eighteenth-century Europeans enjoyed:
A) community rights.
B) individual rights.
C) civil rights.
D) universal rights.
E) personal property rights.
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17) Much credit for Britainʹs victory in the Seven Yearsʹ War should go to:
A) William Pitt the Elder.
B) George III.
C) George II.
D) Robert Walpole.
E) Samuel Fox.
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18) His pamphlet ʺCommon Senseʺ galvanized public opinion in favor of separation from Great
Britain:
A) Benjamin Franklin.
B) John Locke.
C) Thomas Jefferson.
D) Thomas Paine.
E) Samuel Adams.
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19) Which of the following is NOT true of the 18th-century artisan guilds:
A) They were particularly weak in central Europe.
B) They determined who could pursue a craft in order to lessen competition.
C) They offered protection for artisans against the commercial market.
D) They provided social benefits, such as guaranteed admission to the guild, for an artisanʹs son.
E) They provided a framework for social and economic advancement.
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Answer Key
Testname: U4 PRACTICE MCS
1) C
Page Ref: 446
2) E
Page Ref: 461
3) C
Page Ref: 478
4) D
Page Ref: 470
5) D
Page Ref: 483
6) C
Page Ref: 492
7) D
Page Ref: 446
8) D
Page Ref: 487
9) B
Page Ref: 457
10) D
Page Ref: 467
11) B
Page Ref: 456
12) A
Page Ref: 479
13) D
Page Ref: 471
14) D
Page Ref: 478
15) D
Page Ref: 492
16) A
Page Ref: 446
17) A
Page Ref: 494
18) D
Page Ref: 497
19) A
Page Ref: 470
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