Question 1
The Dutch tried each of the following methods to increase the productivity and output of their land EXCEPT ________.
A. building better dikes
B. experimenting with new crops, such as the turnip or clover
C. increasing the supply of animal fodder to restore the soil
D. beginning to cast seeds rather than plant wheat by a drill, which was more successful
E. draining thousands of acres of land
Question 2
In preindustrial Europe, the economy of a household that developed on farms, in artisans' workshops, and in small merchants' shops was known as the ________ economy.
A. household
B. domestic
C. family
D. merchant
E. private
Question 3
The term Old Regime has come to refer to the ________.
A. gradual transition of Europe's monarchies to that of democracies and republics
B. economic policies that existed across Europe before the eighteenth-century Industrial Revolution
C. social, political, and economic relationships that were prevalent in Europe before the French Revolution
D. social and political infrastructure that existed before the Protestant Reformation
E. system of taxation employed by most of Europe's monarchs prior to 1848
Question 4
The first engine using steam power was invented by ________.
A. James Watt
B. Matthew Boulton
C. John Wilkinson
D. Thomas Newcomen
E. Henry Court
Question 5
Peasant rebellions tended to be ________ in that peasants generally wanted to restore customary rights.
Fill in the blank with correct word.
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