Unit 8 Test Review Quiz

Why is the Enlightenment considered a turning point in world history?

• The Columbian exchange occurred.

• Europeans changed their thinking about the role of government.

• Martin Luther broke away from the Roman Catholic Church.

• The factory system was used to mass-produce goods.

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment were similar by

• rejecting Renaissance individualism.

• leading to the Protestant Reformation.

• strengthened traditional institutions like the Catholic Church.

• encouraging individuals to think for themselves and test traditional ideas.

Great Britain became a constitutional monarchy mostly due to which of the following?

• Napoleon and the Grand Armie

• Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights of 1689

• Magna Carta and Code of Hammurabi

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and Declaration of Independence

After the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, who was able to restore order and control?

• Jean-Paul Marat

• Maxmillian Robespierre

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Rene Descartes

Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, and Rene Descartes have which of the following most in common?

• They helped to restore the power of the Pope.

• They used reason and the scientific method to solve problems.

• They studied and taught Greek and Roman theater.

• They supported increased education funding.

Besides the French monarchy and nobles, what other group was blamed for France's problems before the Revolution?

• Great Britain and their colonies

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Holy Roman Empire and Lutheran Church

• The Catholic Church and French priests

Which of these is NOT a similarity between the French and American Revolutions

• Increase in an influential middle class of citizens.

• Assistance from the Catholic Church to fix problems

• Monarchies that didn't respond to the nation's citizens

• Enlightenment ideas about the role of government

The principle of the Declaration of Independence that had the most influence on the French Revolution was the —

• authority to overthrow a monarch

• promise of equality among social classes

• right to own property

• guarantee of certain basic human rights

An unfair system of taxation

Wastefulness of the monarchy

Special privileges for the nobility and clergy

Which of the following is the best title for the list above?

• Arguments for Divine Right of Kings

• Enlightenment core beliefs

• Causes for the French Revolution

• Reasons for Italian unification

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the theory of divine right was most often used to justify the

• establishment of an absolute monarchy.

• involvement of the peasants in making political decisions.

• introduction of free trade policies.

• supreme power of the Catholic Church.