World History Unit 5 Quiz

Montesquieu's main idea from the Enlightenment Period is known as

• direct democracy

• political freedom

• a fair and speedy trial

• separation of powers

Voltaire's fight for individual rights were for

• freedom of speech

• tolerance

• freedom of religion

• all of the above

Statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by France's National Assembly.

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?

• all the estates were taxed equally
• the upper classes paid the most taxes
• the poorest classes paid all the taxes
• the third estate was the wealthiest

Which revolutionary both fought for and against the French?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Thomas Jefferson

• Toussaint-Louverture

• John Locke

This revolution led to the abolition of slavery for over 500,000 people.

• American

• Haitian

• French

• Industrial

The Declaration of the Rights of Man is tied to which revolution?

• American

• British

• Industrial

• French

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness are considered -

• transferable

• legislated

• unalienable

• inherited

What impact did the French and Indian War have on the American colonies?

• Led to new taxes they did not vote on
• Led to more wars with the French
• They lost their land to Native Americans
• The British established military law in the colonies

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."Declaration of Independence, 1776In this passage of the Declaration, which Enlightenment philosopher's ideas are present? 

• John Locke's natural rights
• Montesquieu's separation of powers
• Thomas Hobbe's social contract theory
• Beccaria's end of cruel and unusual punishment