Exam 15: Competing for Power and Wealth: The Old Regime, 1715-1789

The demand for sugar and other agricultural products of the New World

Which nations do you think were the biggest winners and which were the biggest losers in the eighteenth century? How do you explain their varying fortunes?

What were the most important features of popular culture and religiosity in the eighteenth century?

The Diplomatic Revolution astounded Europe because of its alliance of two apparently mortal enemies: Frederick the Great of Prussia and Maria Theresa of Austria.

The urban middle class-the bourgeoisie-of the eighteenth century

Among the unpleasant effects of population growth in the eighteenth century was

Religious movements in the eighteenth century

Joseph II's enlightened reform failed because his autocratic behavior antagonized not only the powerful, but also the peasants.

The English novelist who wrote Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders was ________________.

The most important successor of Peter the Great in Russia was

The major destinations of the African slave trade were the West Indies and _____________.

Bach and _________ were major composers in the late baroque style.

An important type of manufacturing prevalent in the eighteenth century is called____________________ or cottage industry.

Catherine the Great of Russia did all of the following. Which one was consistent with Enlightenment principles?

What effect did the African slave trade have on Africa, on the people transported to the Americas and on the economy of the Americas?

Louis XV ran a more efficient French government than his predecessor, Louis XIV.

Prussia under Frederick William I was characterized by

The Don Cossack who led a major rebellion of Russian serfs in the eighteenth century was____________.

Johann Sebastian Bach and George Friedrich Handel were the two greatest practitioners of the baroque style of music.

Enlightened absolutism