Ch 8.3 Quiz: Enlightenment/Revolutions

Name the rich Austrian province invaded by Prussia

• Silesia

• Poland

• Rhine Land

• Ardennes

Freedom of Religion, Speech, The Press, and the right to own Property could be know as

• Enlightenment ideas

• Scientific Absolutes

• Natural rights

• Government Givens

She helped strengthen Russia but made life worse for the serfs

• Maria Theresa

• Margaret Cavendish

• Queen Elizabeth

• Catherine the Great

Tried to improve the life of serfs in Austria

• Catherine the Great

• Maria Theresa

• Queen Anne

• Margret Chanvindish

A ruler who tried to apply Enlightenment ideas to the governing of his or her country while maintaining his or her full royal

• A Dictator

• Enlightened Absolutist

• Enlightened Scientist

• Totalitarian Regime

Frederick II of Prussia promoted greater freedom of speech, the press, and religion; however, he did not improve life for

• Foreign Travelers

• Women

• Serfs

• The Army

How did the conclusion of the War of the Austrian Succession and its Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle set the stage for the Seven Year's War?

• Europe, Asia, and North America became involved in the war.

• Charles VI died without a male heir, so his daughter succeeded him.

• After seven years, all parties to the war were exhausted

• Prussia refused to return Silesia to Austria

What is one new alliance that formed as war broke out around the globe?

• France allied with Austria, which had previously been its rival

• Russia joined with India to fight against Britain.

• Britain joined the U.S. against France

• Austria allied with Britain against the Prussians, who had always been Austria's rival.

What finally happened to Silesia as a result of the Seven Year's War?

• France claimed it

• Prussia permanently kept it.

• Peter III claimed it for Russia.

• It became a new, independent nation.

What did the French and British mainly fight over in N.A. during the Seven Years War.

• The Gold and Fur Trade

• The right to own Manhattan and Long Island

• The Mississippi River and Louisiana

• The Ohio River valley and Control of the St. Lawrence River