Unit 5: Age of Reason and Revolution

An absolute monarchy controls:

• every aspect of society
• only the church
• only the laws within a society
• only the judicial system

Most monarchs believed they had Divine Right. Divine right is the belief that:

• the church controlled society
• the church had a strong influence over government
• the church ruled in national affairs
• God created the monarchy and the monarch  represented God

Huguenots were:

• Catholics
• French Protestants
• Religious Wars
• Calvinists

The Enlightenment combined the ideals of:

• The Greek and Roman civilizations
• Reformation and Renaissance
• Reformation and Ottoman empires
• Greek and Byzantine Empires

The French Revolution was a:

• movement by the church
• a violent overthrow of the French  monarchy
• noble movement against the third estate
• First estate’s attempt to gain power

One of Napoleon’s biggest mistakes was:

• invading Spain
• invading Russia
• invading Germany
• A successful blockage against Britain

Napoleon was popular with the French people because:

• He defeated Russia

• He defeated the British

• He Kept many ideas from the Enlightenment and French Revolution as part of his rule of France

• He let the church rule in national affairs

Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo let which country become the dominant force in Europe?

• Germany
• Britian
• Spain
• Italy

Thomas Hobbes believed all people were:

• Religious and spiritual

• Selfish and Wicked and needed an absolute ruler to govern them

• Hilarious

• Flawed but could learn from their mistakes

This philosophe used satire against the French clergy, aristocracy, and government and stated that individuals should be given rights such as freedom of speech, religion and press:

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau