Revolutionary Ideas Quiz

What influenced the revolutions that occurred between 1775 and 1825?

• Divine Right & Monarchical power

• Protestant & Catholic Religious conflicts

• Social inequality

• New political ideas & Economic problems

Which ideas had an impact on the revolutions around the Atlantic Ocean?

• Enlightenment ideas of freedom and equality

• Colonialism and the desire to seize more land to make more money

• Feudalism

• Industrial revolution and the need to find more natural resources

What nearly bankrupted several governments and helped spark revolutions?

• Cultural exchange due to Enlightenment ideas

• Technological advancements of the Industrial Revolution

• Military conquests in Africa and the Americas

• Economic problems brought on by long-term wars

Which century did the revolutions occur in?

• 17th century

• 19th century

• 18th century

• 20th century

What can you predict about

Louis XIV, the King of France (1643 - 1715), governing policies?

• He is likely to cooperate

  with France’s representative

  council.

• He is likely to rely upon the advice of his ministers.

• He is likely to keep all

  decision-making power

  for himself.

• He is likely to take a

  scientific approach to the issues brought before him.

The War of Spanish

Succession was led by

• England

• Spain

• France

• Utrecht

Match the definition with the word.

• Revolution

• one's property, especially stocks or other securities

• Ideal

• a principle or aim considered honorable; standard of excellence

• Plantation

• a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

• Holdings

• one who studies the nature and principles of knowledge, truth, existence, and moral and aesthetic values

• Philosopher

• a large estate used for cultivating commercial crops such as rubber, tea, cotton, or coffee