Quiz 4th Cycle

An absolute monarchy and a totalitarian government are similar in that both forms of

government –

• allow citizens to decide issues directly by voting

• have legislative representative chosen by the people

• have a ruler with unrestricted power over the community

• have a ruler bound by a written constitution

Which leader had the dream of creating a federation among all the newly independent

republics of Latin America similar to the United States, with a government established solely

to recognize and uphold individual rights?

• Toussaint L’Ouverture

• Simón Bolívar

• José de San Martín

• Miguel Hidalgo

Which of the following identifies one way in which Enlightenment ideas influenced the

American Revolution?

• American revolutionaries sought military alliances with neighboring countries to

  prevent aggression.

• American revolutionaries supported a strong Presidency to maintain social order and

  peace.

• American revolutionaries favored church control of public education.

• American revolutionaries believed people had a right to change an unjust government.

Enlightenment thinkers contributed to the development of democratic government through their belief that-

• popular liberties should be limited by the need for social order.

• governments are instituted to protect citizens’ rights.

• absolute monarchy is the most effective form of government.

• most changes in government are dangerous.

The ideas of the Enlightenment affected how many people in France viewed political and

social issues. What was one way that Enlightenment ideas influenced leaders during the

French Revolution?

• Revolutionary leaders immediately abolished slavery in the French colonies in the West

  Indies.

• Revolutionary leaders demanded equality under the law for all social classes.

• Most French aristocrats willingly agreed to share their wealth with the lower classes.

• Revolutionary leaders strengthened the authority of the Catholic Church.

What influence did the American and the French Revolutions have on Simón Bolívar?

• They motivated him to promote the economic isolation of Latin America.

• They led him to establish monarchial governments in Latin America.

• They inspired him to end foreign rule of Latin America.

• They encouraged him to promote religious freedom.

The writings of the 18th-century Enlightenment philosophers – Charles de Montesquieu,

Voltaire, and Jean Jacques Rousseau – had their greatest impact on the –

• spread of Christianity in Africa

• authors of the U.S. Constitution

• policies of later totalitarian leaders

• beliefs of Asian religious prophets