Cycle 5 Review

England's Glorious revolution lead to what political shift?

• The English monarchy was abolished.

• A direct democracy was created in England.

• England established a constitutional monarchy.

• An absolute monarch was invited to invade England.

Which of the following best describes how the boundaries established by the Congress of Vienna affected events in European history?

• The new boundaries served to lessen the power of the Russian Empire.

• The new boundaries created a buffer zone between Russia and Eastern Europe.

• The new boundaries were a step toward the creation of a unified German territory.

• The new boundaries ensured that France kept control of the land conquered by Napoleon.

Which document most directly influenced the writers of the Declaration of the rights of man?

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

• Two Treatises on Government

• Magna Carta

Which political philosopher is the likely origin for the ideas included in the Declaration of Rights of Man?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Charles de Montesquieu

• Voltaire

The Enlightenment philosophers inspired later political revolution because of their support for

• mercantilism

• natural rights

• imperialist policies

• divine right of kings

Enlightenment philosophers challenged the divine right of kings when they proposed the idea of

• the nation-state

• a social contract

• a fair working wage

• female participation

British colonists in the Americas were familiar with limited government because —

• many of the Enlightenment philosophers were British

• they had studied the political systems established by American Indian tribes

• the Glorious Revolution had established a constitutional monarchy in Britain

• French soldiers fighting in the American Revolution educated the British about monarchies

A major contributing factor to the start of an independence movement in the American colonies was —

• the failure of the colonists to follow the British laws

• a disagreement over the use of enslaved labor in the colonies

• a worsening famine brought about by poor harvests in the colonies

• the lack of representation of the colonists in the British parliament

The European response to the rise and fall of Napoleon’s empire helped to spread the idea of —

• nationalism

• human rights

• freedom of the press

• constitutional government

One similar result of the American and French Revolutions was that in both countries

• the citizens gained more political rights

• the wealth of Catholic Church increased

• the revolution produced a new social order

• the kings were able to maintain absolute power