Midterm Exam Review: Enlightenment & Revolutions

Enlightenment Ideas were based on ________ and _______

• Logic and Reason

• Humor and Law

• Nationalism and Imperialism

• Technology and Industrialization

According to the Social Contract by Rousseau, what was the relationship between the government and the people?

• Governmental power is determined by the people, not God.

• Governmental power is determined by God, not the people.

• Governmental power is determined by the legislature.

• Governmental power is determined by the Roman Catholic Church

What group made up the majority of French society?

• The clergy

• The First Estate

• The Second Estate

• The Third Estate

What statement best describes the Reign of Terror?

• Time period where Robespierre had over 40,000 people executed by the Guillotine for being enemies of the revolution

• Time period where the 3rd Estate burned down the homes of nobles outside of Paris.

• Time period where King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were imprisoned in Paris

• Time period where Parisian Women headed to Versailles to protest the rising prices of bread

How did European monarchs and nobles feel about the French of Revolution?

• They opposed it because they feared revolution would spread

• They supported it because it weakened France

• They supported it because they held Enlightenment ideals

• They supported it because they wanted Europe to be democratic

What is an accurate description of the tax system in France preceding the French Revolution?

• Only peasants and the clergy paid taxes

• Only about 2 percent of the nobility paid taxes

• The nobility paid taxes only on land, not on income

• The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes

Which Revolution served as inspiration for the French revolution?

• American Revolution

• Glorious Revolution

• Communist Revolution

• Neolithic Revolution

Which (original) Enlightenment thinker influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence?

• Carl Marx

• John Locke

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

• Overthrow the government

• Petition the government for their rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

For both Hobbes and Locke, the social contract is an agreement between...

• plaintiff and defendant
• sovereign states
• companies and shareholders
• citizens and government