Exam 8: Economy and Society Transformed: The Eighteenth Century

Corn and potatoes became part of European agriculture because they had significant advantages over wheat. What were these advantages?

As the average age of marriage decreased, illegitimate births became less common.

The family remained an important social institution, but the ideals of family life changed in the eighteenth century. How did understandings of ideal family life change in the eighteenth century?

The modern conception of childhood emerged during the eighteenth century. What were the key developments in its emergence?

The Industrial Revolution was one of the most significant turning points in European history. How did changes in the eighteenth century contribute to industrialization?

The innovations and developments of the textile industry mark the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. ________ began the Industrial Revolution.

What was the "virtuous cycle" of the eighteenth century?

________ was an epidemic disease that affected early modern society, but was eradicated by the twentieth century.

The eighteenth century witnessed a decline in the toll that epidemic diseases took. What made this possible?

What was enclosure?

How did demographic and economic changes affect the "lower orders" of society?

In the eighteenth century, the biggest concentration of the middle class could be found in eastern European countries such as Russia and Hungary.

A significant majority of peasants were able to take advantage of opportunities in eighteenth-century agriculture, forming the basis of a rural middle class.

What factors contributed to the declining death rate of the eighteenth century?

Industrial economies are characterized by inter-related and self-sustaining growth. How did the economic and industrial changes of the eighteenth century fit this broader characterization?

Between 1750 and 1850, 25 per cent of England's arable land was enclosed.

It became harder for ambitious bourgeois to attain noble status during the eighteenth century because there were too many wealthy bourgeois and not enough places in the nobility.

How did the social structure of the eighteenth century change?

The most important change in the agricultural revolution was ________.

The eighteenth century experienced a series of changes that are collectively referred to as the Agricultural Revolution. Is the term "revolution" accurate? Do the changes in agriculture together constitute a revolution?