American and French Revolutions

American and French Revolutions

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What role did the Swahili civilization play in Indian Ocean Trade?

• The controlled the gold mines in the interior

• They were the middle-man between the people in the interior of Africa and the Arab merchants in India.

• They abducted slaves to be sold on the coast

• The created banking houses and accepted bills of exchange

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Which city that was once the center of the Mali Empire became the center for the Songhai Empire?

• Mecca

• Timbuktu

• Djenne

• Gao

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What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?

• Chinampas

• Irrigation

• Aqueducts

• Terrace Farming

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Which of the following religions challenged the caste system

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Shinto

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A canal linking northern and southern China improved during the song dynasty

• Suez Canal

• Panama Canal

• Grand Canal

• Suzhou Canal

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Which is an example of ways Political rulers legitimized their power

• Giving away money

• Decentralizing their militarizes

• Praying for power from the gods

• Monumental art/architecture

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The Mayan economy was based on

• crafts and manufacturing.

• gold and silver mined in the highlands.

• agricultural produce, including maize, beans, and squash.

• the salt trade.

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Islam made its way into the Asian subcontinent over time after 1000 because of the outreach of the

• Persians who established the Delhi Sultanate.

• Afghani Wazir.

• Umayyad dynasty.

• Ottoman Turks.

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Which of the following was an outcome for peasants in Europe after the Black Death c. 1340?

• More land was available and wages increased.

• Wages plummeted as demand decreased.

• Social unrest decreased.

• About 10% of the peasant population died.

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What do Vietnam, Japan, and Korea have in common?

• They all have languages that stem from the same linguistic family.

• China left a lasting cultural and religious imprint on them.

• All were once colonies of the Mongols.

• All were conquered by the Sung dynasty.

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How did the Neo-Confucian revival affect women?

• Introduced foot binding

• Banned foot binding

• Eliminated emphasis on rank and deference

• Banned traditional rituals

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A group of non-elected government officials...

• aristocrat

• civil service

• bureaucracy

• social class

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A group of non-elected government officials...

• aristocrat

• civil service

• bureaucracy

• social class

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Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?

• Britain was in debt and needed money

• That was the agreement with the Native Americans

• They made too much money

• Townshend Acts

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Enlightenment ideas influenced American colonists to challenge British authority.

• True

• False

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This philosopher believed that government power should be divided into three branches.

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Beccaria

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Enlightenment philosopher who believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

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Enlightenment philosopher who believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

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Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Marie Antoinette

• Louis XVI

• Napoleon Bonaparte

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Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Marie Antoinette

• Louis XVI

• Napoleon Bonaparte

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The First Estate equals

• Church

• Nobles

• Kings

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Which government was created by the 3rd Estate at that start of the Revolution?

• National Assembly

• National Convention

• Directory

• Committee of Public Safety

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Which government was created by the 3rd Estate at that start of the Revolution?

• National Assembly

• National Convention

• Directory

• Committee of Public Safety

Who was left out of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

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10) The event on July 14, 1789 that is the beginning of the French Revolution?

• Execution of Marie Antoinette

• Storming of the Bastille

• Reign of Terror

• Counter Reformation

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4) The middle class members of the Third Estate were called?

• Girondists

• Bourgeoisie

• Unicameralists

• Peasants

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Money, bad harvest, unfair Estate System, Estates General,American Revolution, and Enlightened ideas

• Causes of the French Revolution

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

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What was the Reign of Terror?

• A period of mass execution on suspicion alone

• A war against Austria, Britain and Prussia

• People getting beaten

• The Storming of the Bastille

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Faced with peasant rebellion & foreign invasion, the Nat'l Convention gave broad powers to a special committee of 12 called the...

• Committee of Public Safety

• National Assembly

• Jacobin Club

• Dechristianization

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Faced with peasant rebellion & foreign invasion, the Nat'l Convention gave broad powers to a special committee of 12 called the...

• Committee of Public Safety

• National Assembly

• Jacobin Club

• Dechristianization