Unit 8 Review

Dissatisfaction with Divinely ordained rulers led to...

• Nationalism

• Democracy

• Revolution

• Magna Carta

All of the following were causes of the French Revolution except --

• censorship of the press

• an unfair system of taxation

• wastefulness of the monarchy

• special privileges for the nobility

The social and political unrest of the French Revolution set the stage for the -

• rise of Napoleon

• Rule of the Jacobins

• Revival of Feudalism

• Rivalry of aristocrats

The French Revolution and the American Revolution shared all of the following causes except -

• influence of enlightenment thought

• thoughtless and indebted monarchs

• weakening of the Catholic Church

• Growing middle class

-Insensitive and heavily indebted monarchy

-Revolutionaries influenced by enlightenment thought

-Lack of central authority resulting in an uprising of the lower classes

The characteristics above best represent which of the following revolutions?

• 1775 American Revolution

• 1789 French Revolution

• 1848 German Revolution

• 1917 Russian Revolution

Napoleon was successful in building his empire for all of the following reasons except -

• large, well trained army

• latest advanced weapons

• victories on the high seas

• mandate of the French people

All of the following were the results of the Congress of Vienna except --

• German confederation was established

• Borders were re-drawn across Europe

• Monarch were restored to thrones

• Slave trade was encouraged

The diplomats at the Congress of Vienna restored the borders of European states that existed prior to the 1789 Revolution in order to -

• establish a unified German state

• eliminate the Russian labor system

• challenge the economic power of Britain

• minimize the destructive effects of French nationalism

What is one way that France and American colonies differed at the onset of their revolutions?

• The French were more nationalistic than the American colonists

• Americans were committed to nonviolent ways of fighting for change

• American colonists had already outlawed the practice of enslaving people

• France suffered more economic problems than the American colonists

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

• the citizens gained more political rights

• the wealth of the Catholic Church increased

• the revolution produced a new social order

• the kings were able to maintain absolute power