International History: Long-term Trends at the Beginning of the 19th Century
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What were the two major events that reshaped the international system at the end of the 18th century?

  • The American independence war and the French Revolution (correct)
  • The Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812
  • The Industrial Revolution and the Spanish-American War
  • The Russian Revolution and the British colonization of India
  • What major effect did the American and French revolutions have on cultural life?

  • They led to the establishment of new artistic movements
  • They caused a decline in cultural activities
  • They transformed almost all fields of knowledge and shaped new relationships among men and between man and nature (correct)
  • They resulted in the strengthening of traditional cultural values
  • What was one of the most relevant traits of the 19th and 20th centuries, as suggested by the text?

  • The emphasis on preserving time-honored traditions
  • The strict adherence to common wisdom
  • The focus on maintaining traditional political hierarchies
  • The belief that the world could be reshaped physically and socially (correct)
  • What did the American and French revolutions challenge in politics?

    <p>The divine right of the king and the idea that political hierarchies had been defined in a remote past</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What label is used to describe the radical transformations that led to the American and French revolutions?

    <p>Enlightenment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the American independence war and the French Revolution deliver a heavy blow to?

    <p>Traditional forms of political legitimisation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What marked a key turning point between 1792 and 1815?

    <p>The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a crucial aspect in the technological field during the time of innovation?

    <p>Innovators being practitioners, often of humble origins, who innovated to solve immediate problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What led to the industrial revolution's takeoff in the early decades of the 19th century?

    <p>The adaptive transformations affecting existing technologies and practices</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the 'cradle' of the first industrial revolution?

    <p>Great Britain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event destroyed the existing geopolitical order and made France the European hegemon once again?

    <p>The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a characteristic of the technological innovation during the time of the 'second industrial revolution' in the 1870s?

    <p>Innovation being a top-down process led by academics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did Enlightenment emerge as the final product of intellectual dynamics?

    <p>17th century</p> Signup and view all the answers

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