World History Semester 2 Review

Which of the following French documents was very closely based on the American Bill of Rights.

• French Constitution

• Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizens

• Estates General Assembly

• Accreditation of the French Monarchy

In France, the first and second estate paid all taxes, which angered the third estate, leading to revolt.

• True

• False

Preferred method of execution in the French Revolution

• hanging

• firing squad

• guillotine

• drawing and quartering

What are the bourgeoisie?

• wealthy business class

• middle class

• lower class peasants

• slaves

Believed in one ruler who had supreme power

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

Believed in giving common people a voice through voting

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

During the Scientific Revolution European thinkers began to base their ideas on:

• Religious traditions

• Classical authorities

• Observations, experiments, and the use of mathematics

• The writings of Galileo

This scientist developed the laws of gravity and motion.

• Copernicus

• Descartes

• Galileo

• Newton

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

• National Debt

• Spread of disease

• food shortages

• unfair taxes

What was the name for the yearlong period of the French Revolution in which the government executed large numbers of people it considered enemies?

• The Reign of Terror

• The Age of Warring States

• The Black Death

• The Dark Ages