Exam 15: Society and Economy Under the Old Regime in the Eighteenth Century

Nearly all French peasants were subject to certain feudal dues called ________.

The steam engine was revolutionary because it _________.

To improve their lifestyle and income,landlords in Western Europe began a series of innovations in farm production that became known as the ________.

The Dutch exemplified which of these responses to population growth?

Until the late eighteenth century,European Jews who did not convert to Christianity ________.

In eighteenth-century Europe,the nobility consisted of approximately ________ percent of the population.

The price of Russian rulers' concessions to the nobles of Russia was ________.

In the 1700s,being a servant was generally _________.

England's ________ were controversial-they disrupted the economic and social life of the countryside-but they may have led to more food production.

The first engine using steam power was invented by ________.

The largest single group in eighteenth century cities was composed of ________.

Britain's leading role in the industrial revolution was largely due to _________.

Most eighteenth-century ________ were regarded as aliens whose status could be changed at the whim of local rulers or the monarchical government.

The rapid growth of capital cities between 1600 and 1750 was tied to what other development?

The leader of the brutally suppressed Russian rebellion in 1773 and 1775 was ________.

What industry pioneered the Industrial Revolution?

________ was one of the few Western European cities where Jewish life was celebrated,both intellectually and financially.

Artisans in cities organized themselves into groups called ________.

The smallest,wealthiest,and best-defined aristocracy resided in ________.

What persuaded people to bathe regularly toward the middle of the eighteenth century?