Chapter 8 Reading Quiz

Which of the following countries experienced the only successful wide-spread slave revolt?

• Haiti

• Mexico

• Peru

• Bolivia

The Atlantic revolutions were inspired by the Enlightenment belief that political and social arrangements

• were drvien by economic forces

• could be improved by human action

• should be regulated by church authority

• were justified by the divine right of kings and queens

A distinguishing characteristic of the French Revolution when compared to the American Revolution was that the French Revolution

• drew on Enlightenment ideas about Liberty

• sought to re-create society from scratch

• sought to preserve existing liberties rather than to establish new ones

• experienced no participation by women

Nationalism in Europe fueled

• the abolition of the slave trade

• the feminist movement

• a competitive drive for colonies in Asia and Africa

• the collapse of European overseas empires by the 1890's

Which of the following was an outcome of the American Revolution?

• Political authority no longer resided in the hands of pre-revolutionary colonial elites

• Enlightenment ideals were increasingly rejected as part of a quest for stability

• It established near universal voting rights in the former colonies

• It accelerated the established democratic tendencies of the colonial societies.

The most distinctive feature of the Haitian Revolution was

• its status as the only completely successful slave revolt in world history

• the success of different races at putting aside differences in the name of the revolution

• it relative lack of violence

• its rejection from the start of Enlightenment ideals

All of the following are examples of the influence of nationalism outside the Euro-American world in the nineteenth century except

• the fragmentation of China into multiple national identities

• the "Egypt fro the Egyptians" movement

• the formation of the Indian National Congress

• the notion of the Ottoman Empire as a Turkish national state

What best describes the result of Napoleon's conquest and reform of European lands outside France?

• the conquered were grateful to Napoleon

• The conquered accepted many of the reforms, but revolted against French control

• The conquered refused to accept the reforms, but passively accepted French control.

• The conquered refused to accept the reforms and fought bitterly against french control.

Which of the following was an impact of the Haitian Revolution throughout the Atlantic world?

• The movement to abolish slavery collapsed as fear of slaves grew.

• Slave owners and whites were filled with a deep caution and fear.

• Similar slave insurrections spread through the Atlantic world, including Brazil, Jamaica, and Louisiana.

• The French Revolution's principles were discredited.

The American Revolution erupted as a response to increasing

• British control over the economic affairs of the colonies

• social tensions between colonial elites and small farmers

• population pressure on the land

• widespread popular demands for decolonization