// question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967) $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967) // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967)/18 $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967)/18 // question: 16531028 name: A key financial innovation of the eighteenth century was ::A key financial innovation of the eighteenth century was::[html]A key financial innovation of the eighteenth century was{ ~the creation of insurance policies.#Incorrect =the circulation of paper banknotes compensating for a lack of coinage.#Correct ~the establishment of a new international currency to facilitate trade.#Incorrect ~deficit spending by enlightened monarchs to pay for vital government reforms.#Incorrect ~the increased use of bullion in preference to less reliable paper money.#Incorrect } // question: 16531029 name: A Prussian attack on which Habsburg province sparked the outbreak of the War ... ::A Prussian attack on which Habsburg province sparked the outbreak of the War ...::[html]A Prussian attack on which Habsburg province sparked the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession in 1740?{ ~Transylvania#Incorrect ~Bavaria#Incorrect =Silesia#Correct ~Bohemia#Incorrect ~Prague#Incorrect } // question: 16531030 name: According to Enlightenment thinkers, what were the fundamental privileges ... ::According to Enlightenment thinkers, what were the fundamental privileges ...::[html]According to Enlightenment thinkers, what were the fundamental privileges that must not be withheld from any person?{ ~Common laws#Incorrect ~Noble duties#Incorrect =Natural rights#Correct ~Basic laws#Incorrect ~Human obligations#Incorrect } // question: 16531031 name: All of the following contributed to the growth of population in the second ... ::All of the following contributed to the growth of population in the second ...::[html]All of the following contributed to the growth of population in the second half of the eighteenth century EXCEPT{ ~a decline in the death rate.#Incorrect ~new crops from America such as corn and potatoes.#Incorrect =the eradication of typhus and smallpox.#Correct ~the end of the bubonic plague.#Incorrect ~an increase in women who married during their child-bearing years.#Incorrect } // question: 16531034 name: As a result of the French and Indian Wars, France ::As a result of the French and Indian Wars, France::[html]As a result of the French and Indian Wars, France{ ~gained India.#Incorrect ~lost California.#Incorrect ~gained the Ohio River Valley.#Incorrect ~gained Louisiana.#Incorrect =lost Canada.#Correct } // question: 16531035 name: At the heart of Prussian government was the bureaucracy and the ::At the heart of Prussian government was the bureaucracy and the::[html]At the heart of Prussian government was the bureaucracy and the{ ~clergy.#Incorrect =army.#Correct ~court.#Incorrect ~judiciary.#Incorrect ~diplomatic corp.#Incorrect } // question: 16531036 name: By far the biggest conflicts of the Seven Years' War took place in> ::By far the biggest conflicts of the Seven Years' War took place in>::[html]By far the biggest conflicts of the Seven Years' War took place in{ ~East Asia.#Incorrect ~India.#Incorrect =North America.#Correct ~Central Europe.#Incorrect ~Eastern Europe.#Incorrect } // question: 16531042 name: Joseph II of Austria ::Joseph II of Austria::[html]Joseph II of Austria{ ~went to war with Russia and France at the same time.#Incorrect ~returned Galicia Prussia.#Incorrect =abolished serfdom.#Correct ~abolished the nobility.#Incorrect ~required all peasants to serve in the military.#Incorrect } // question: 16531046 name: Politically, the period from 1715 to 1789 witnessed ::Politically, the period from 1715 to 1789 witnessed::[html]Politically, the period from 1715 to 1789 witnessed{ ~the rise of the masses in politics as advocated by the philosophes.#Incorrect ~the waning of monarchical power.#Incorrect =the continuing process of centralization in the development of nation-states.#Correct ~"enlightened absolutism" establish its deepest roots in France.#Incorrect ~a decline in bureaucratic structures and more laissez-faire types of government.#Incorrect } // question: 16531051 name: The most important product of European industry in eighteenth century was ::The most important product of European industry in eighteenth century was::[html]The most important product of European industry in eighteenth century was{ ~steel.#Incorrect =textiles.#Correct ~arms.#Incorrect ~glassware.#Incorrect ~porcelain.#Incorrect } // question: 16531053 name: The prime minister who furthered British imperial ambitions by acquiring ... ::The prime minister who furthered British imperial ambitions by acquiring ...::[html]The prime minister who furthered British imperial ambitions by acquiring Canada and India was{ ~Robert Walpole.#Incorrect =William Pitt the Elder.#Correct ~Lord Bute.#Incorrect ~William Pitt the Younger.#Incorrect ~Robert Clive.#Incorrect } // question: 16531061 name: What was the foundational rule of European governments during the eighteenth ... ::What was the foundational rule of European governments during the eighteenth ...::[html]What was the foundational rule of European governments during the eighteenth century, according to Frederick the Great?{ ~Sea power was the basis of real power.#Incorrect =The government was responsible for expanding its territories.#Correct ~A country's empire determined its greatness.#Incorrect ~The charisma of a ruler determined a country's success in foreign policy.#Incorrect ~The largest army always wins.#Incorrect } // question: 16531064 name: What was the name of the domestic system of industrial production in Flanders... ::What was the name of the domestic system of industrial production in Flanders...::[html]What was the name of the domestic system of industrial production in Flanders and England?{ ~Manorial system#Incorrect =Putting-out system#Correct ~Mercantile system#Incorrect ~Free-market capitalism#Incorrect ~Infant capitalism#Incorrect } // question: 16531065 name: What was the result of the enlightened legal reforms expressed by Catherine ... ::What was the result of the enlightened legal reforms expressed by Catherine ...::[html]What was the result of the enlightened legal reforms expressed by Catherine the Great in her Instruction?{ ~They succeeded in abolishing serfdom in all of Russia.#Incorrect ~They succeeded in establishing an equal system of law for all Russian citizens.#Incorrect ~They instigated changes in Russian government that sapped the power of the old nobility.#Incorrect =They accomplished little due to heavy opposition and were soon forgotten.#Correct ~They abolished three-fourths of the Russian army.#Incorrect } // question: 16531069 name: Which document summarized the Enlightenment concept of rights in its opening ... ::Which document summarized the Enlightenment concept of rights in its opening ...::[html]Which document summarized the Enlightenment concept of rights in its opening paragraph?{ ~Code of Common Law#Incorrect ~English Bill of Rights#Incorrect =American Declaration of Independence#Correct ~United States' Constitution#Incorrect ~Estates General#Incorrect } // question: 16531070 name: Which English prime minster pursued imperial ambitions on behalf of the state... ::Which English prime minster pursued imperial ambitions on behalf of the state...::[html]Which English prime minster pursued imperial ambitions on behalf of the state in the eighteenth century?{ =William Pitt the Elder#Correct ~Robert Clive#Incorrect ~William Pitt the Younger#Incorrect ~Robert Walpole#Incorrect ~Lord Brute#Incorrect } // question: 16531071 name: Which European power gained the most from The Seven Years' War? ::Which European power gained the most from The Seven Years' War?::[html]Which European power gained the most from The Seven Years' War?{ ~Prussia#Incorrect ~Austria#Incorrect ~Russia#Incorrect ~France#Incorrect =Great Britain#Correct } // question: 16531073 name: Which non-native, imported product allowed Irish peasants to survive on the ... ::Which non-native, imported product allowed Irish peasants to survive on the ...::[html]

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

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} // question: 16531080 name: Which statement best describes eighteenth-century European cities? ::Which statement best describes eighteenth-century European cities?::[html]

Which statement best describes eighteenth-century European cities?

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They were becoming politically and legally independent of monarchial control.

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} // question: 16531081 name: Which war do some historians regard as the first world war? ::Which war do some historians regard as the first world war?::[html]Which war do some historians regard as the first world war?{ ~War of the Austrian Succession#Incorrect ~The French and Indian War#Incorrect =The Seven Years' War#Correct ~Queen Anne's War#Incorrect ~The Crimean War#Incorrect } // question: 16531084 name: Who was the Habsburg empress whose country was attacked in the War of the ... ::Who was the Habsburg empress whose country was attacked in the War of the ...::[html]Who was the Habsburg empress whose country was attacked in the War of the Austrian Succession?{ ~Eleanor#Incorrect ~Elizabeth#Incorrect ~Marie Antoinette#Incorrect =Maria Theresa#Correct ~Catherine#Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967) $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967) // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967)/tf18 $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967)/tf18 // question: 16531089 name: Eighteenth-century enlightened rulers were not always "enlightened," but they... ::Eighteenth-century enlightened rulers were not always "enlightened," but they...::[html]Eighteenth-century enlightened rulers were not always "enlightened," but they were also hindered in instituting necessary reforms because of the power still held by the hereditary aristocracy.{TRUE} // question: 16531090 name: Frederick the Great had no use for the Enlightenment or its philosophes, ... ::Frederick the Great had no use for the Enlightenment or its philosophes, ...::[html]Frederick the Great had no use for the Enlightenment or its philosophes, immersed as he was in building his military.{FALSE} // question: 16531092 name: In the eighteenth century, the British Parliament was dominated by the urban ... ::In the eighteenth century, the British Parliament was dominated by the urban ...::[html]In the eighteenth century, the British Parliament was dominated by the urban middle classes, particularly merchants and industrialists.{FALSE} // question: 16531097 name: Monarchs ruled most European states in the eighteenth century. ::Monarchs ruled most European states in the eighteenth century.::[html]Monarchs ruled most European states in the eighteenth century.{TRUE} // question: 16531099 name: Overall, Catherine the Great's policies strengthened the middle classes at ... ::Overall, Catherine the Great's policies strengthened the middle classes at ...::[html]Overall, Catherine the Great's policies strengthened the middle classes at the expense of wealthy landowners.{FALSE} // question: 16531103 name: The family was at the heart of Europe's social organization in the eighteenth... ::The family was at the heart of Europe's social organization in the eighteenth...::[html]The family was at the heart of Europe's social organization in the eighteenth century.{TRUE} // question: 16531104 name: The potato was first cultivated in Ireland. ::The potato was first cultivated in Ireland.::[html]The potato was first cultivated in Ireland.{FALSE}