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POSC 215
Kesselman, pgs. 46-52, C:CP5-12
Part II
THE MAKING OF THE MODERN BRITISH STATE
True or False Questions
1. Realizing the need to accept austerity measures, college students in Britain accepted the
dramatic tuition hikes without complaint in 2010. True or False
2. Being an island off the shore of Europe caused Britain to seek closer relations with mainland
Europe to avoid being isolated. True or False
3. Historically, Britain was a country comprised of political instability, cultural diversity, and
economic backwardness. True or False
4. Britain's religious divisions continue to this day, reflective of the conflict in Northern Ireland.
True or False
5. By about 1700, a basic form of parliamentary democracy had emerged in Britain. True or False
6. Despite gradually improving the standard of living throughout the English population in
general, the Industrial Revolution also undermined the status of skilled craft workers, making
them poor, and placing them on the margins of society. True or False
7. On the negative side of the British Empire, the domestic economy was compromised limiting
its growth and retarding its potential. True or False
8. The Napoleonic Wars confirmed Britain’s preeminence and set the stage for free international
trade. True or False
9. The Industrial Revolution shifted economic power from landowners to businessmen and
industrialists. True or False
10. Although the state's involvement in the economy increased in Britain to a significant degree
during World War I, it steadfastly avoided nationalizing the railways, mining, or shipping for fear of
disrupting the free market. True or False
11. From the end of World War II into the mid-1970s, the Labour Party accepted the new and
expansive role by government over the economy while the Conservative Party flat out rejected such
policies. True or False
Multiple Choice Questions
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1. In October 2010, there were sustained and massive demonstrations in France involving
millions of people of all ages who turned out weekly for over a month to protest: a) an effort to
remove government subsidies to industry, b) against requiring Muslim women to remove their
scarfs, c) maintaining French troops in Afghanistan, d) a government plan to increase the age at
which people could begin to collect pensions.
2. The term Great Britain includes a) England, Northern Ireland and Wales, b) England, Ireland, and
Scotland, c) England and Northern Ireland, and Scotland, d) England, Wales, and Scotland.
3. Great Britain has an area of approximately 94,000 square miles which is roughly half the size of:
a) France, b) Mexico, c) Japan, d) Australia.
4. In 2007, the British population was about a) 50.3 million, b) 60.8 million, c) 75.7 million, d) 90.4
million.
5. The unification of the Scottish and English crowns occurred in 1603, when the following
monarch of Scotland ascended to the English throne: a) Charles I, b) Henry VIII, c) Louis XV, d)
James I
6. In 1215, King John was forced to consent to a series of concessions that protected the following
against royal abuse: a) feudal landowners, b) the peasantry winning their freedom, c) the nobility, d)
the Anglican Church.
7. A historic statement of the rights of a political community against the monarchical state that were
accepted in 1215: a) The Ancient Rights of Mankind, b) Natural Law Constitution, c) Magna Carta,
d) The People's Charter.
8. The "last successful political coup d'etat or revolution in British history (1688) that confirmed the
power of Parliament over the monarchy: a) The Glorious Revolution, b) The Chartist Revolution, c)
The Stuart Insurrection, d) The Monarchical Abdication.
9. The Glorious Revolution resolved the longstanding religious conflict with the replacement of the
following Roman Catholic monarch by the Protestant William and Mary: a) Charles III, b) Edward
II, c) George I, d) James II.
10. The following is the established Church of England and has some 2 dozen leading clerics
represented in the House of Lords: a) the Catholic Church, b) the Lutheran Church, c) the Anglican
Church, d) the Presbyterian Church.
11. At the height of its glory in 1870, British trade represented about what percentage of the world’s
total? a) 15 percent, b) 25 percent, c) 30 percent, d) 45 percent.
12. During the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), Britain encompassed fully what percent of the
world's population with its colonial empire? a) 10% b) 15%, c) 20%, d) 25%
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13. A state that can control the pattern of alliances and terms of the international order and often
shapes domestic political developments in countries throughout the world: a) Mercantilist power,
b) Colonial power, c) Hegemonic power, d) Colossal power.
14. This act extended the franchise to a section of the male middle classes beyond a thin band of
men with substantial property: a) the Franchise Emancipation Act of 1798, b) the Voting Rights Act
of 1824, c) the Reform Act of 1832, d) the Freedom Restitution Act of 1830.
15. Universal suffrage for both men and women above the age of 21 was achieved in the UK in:
a) 1867, b) 1900, c) 1928, d) 1936.
16. All of the following were laws passed by Parliament to extend the franchise EXCEPT the: a)
Representation of the People Act of 1867, b) Representation of the People Act of 1918, c)
Franchise Act of 1884, d) Peoples Charter of 1830.
17. Minimal government interference in the operation of economic markets: a) mixed economy, b)
laissez-faire, c) supply and demand, d) economies of scale.
18. A term coined to describe the consensus that drove politics in the harmonious postwar period of
Britain, serving to broadly expand the role of government in the areas of the economy and social
welfare: a) Collectivism, b) Marxism, c) Socialism, d) Free enterprise.
19. What caused the collectivist consensus to breakdown in Britain in the 1970s according to
Kesselman, et. al.? a) social upheaval and foreign intervention, b) class war and political corruption,
c) economic downturn and political stagnation, d) public indifference and international interference
Fill-in Questions
1. What austerity measures were introduced by the Conservative-Liberal coalition government
six months into office in 2010?
a) a ___ percent reduction in public spending, half a million public sector jobs cut,
b) a three-strikes-and-you’re out plan for pressuring the ___________ to accept ____
offers or face a cut off of benefits,
c) the elimination of _______ ________ for middle-class families, which had been a
mainstay of the British welfare state for generations,
d) and sharp increases in ________ ________.
2. Why was Britain's geographic location as an off-shore island so important?
a) It was less subject to _________ and _________,
b) It created among Britons a feeling that they were ______ from and a _____ of Europe.
c) This feeling complicates relations with Britain’s ___ partners even today.
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3. The Industrial Revolution from the mid-18th century onward:
a) involved rapid expansion of ______________ production & technological
____________.
b) led to vast _______ & _________ changes,
c) created pressures to make the country more ___________.
Answers
True or False Questions
1. False
3. False
5. True
7. False
9. True
11. False
Multiple Choice Questions
1. d
3. a
5. d
7. c
9. d
11. b
13. c
15. c
17. b
19. c
Fill-in Questions
1. a) 20, b) unemployed, job, c) child benefits, d) college tuition
3. a) manufacturing, innovation, b) social, economic, c) democratic
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