Midterm Review

According to the source, how will the freed enslaved people preserve their liberty?

• By fighting to the death for it

• By peaceful surrender to the French

• By drafting a constitution with the French

• By negotiating with the French government

How did the Enlightenment idea of freedom of speech affect human rights and justice?

• It allowed people to protect against government corruption.

• It allowed judges to sentence criminals to longer prison terms.

• It allowed governments to arrest those that harm the environment.

• It allowed businesses to demand lower taxes to make more jobs available.

According to the text above, how did the enslaved Africans on the Amistad response to enslavement?

• The did nothing and accepted their fate.

• The conducted a nonviolent resistance protest.

• The used a violent uprising to resist enslavement.

• The negotiated with the captain for their freedom.

King Louis XIV of France in 1685 revoked the Edict of Nantes. By revoking the edict, he outlawed Protestantism and only allowed Catholicism to be practiced in France.

How would the ideas of the Enlightenment conflict with actions of King Louis XIV in this case?

• Since all men are created equal this action would only be legal if the country took a vote on it.

• Since all men have freedom of religion this action would be illegal as people may worship how they want.

• Since all men are entitled to a trial by a jury this action would be legal if it went through independent courts.

• Since all men have the right to property this action would be illegal as people with religion would lose land.

Why would the idea "all men are created equal" be a threat to absolute monarchs in the 17th and 18th centuries?

• The nobles would use this idea to form rebellion against the king and try to seize power.

• The clergy (priests) would kick the king out of the church and his people desert him.

• The common people would gain access to guns and be able to challenge the authority of the king.

• The king would lose power because he claimed he was better than others chosen by God to rule.

Which time period is described in the diagram?

• The French Revolution

• The Scientific Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Protestant Reformation

Which statement summarizes Montesquieu's view of government?

• Government should be ruled by a monarch.

• Government should not give too much liberty to its people.

• Government should be controlled by one body of magistrates.

• Government should be divided so that it remains fair to its citizens.

Which statement from John Locke influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence?

• Locke stated "Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him."

• Locke stated " The general will rule in society as the private will govern each separate individual."

• Locke stated "New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed without any other reason but because they are not already common."

• Locke stated "...that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions."

According to the map, after the connection of the New World ( the Americas) to the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) a triangle trade developed.

How did this trade cause interdependency between Europe, Africa, and the Americas?

• The Americas provided the new invention of guns. European and African traders offered much money to gain these valuable goods and became reliant on American for them.

• The Americas were responsible for providing natural resources. Europeans traded weapons and alcohol for slaves in Africa and brought them to America to make products like sugar to be sent to Europe.

• When Africans found out about the Americas they wanted the new products found there. African merchants traded gold to the Europeans for the right trade for tobacco and cotton in America.

• Europeans had new types of grain that the Americans wanted, but Europeans wanted African finished goods. European traders sold their grain to America, and bought horses to sell in Africa to buy the goods they wanted.

Which economic system is shown in the diagram?

• Mercantilism

• Communism

• Triangular Trade

• Columbian Exchange