Europe 1650-1815 Unit Test Review

The process by which a theory is supported with observation and experimentation is called what?

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Method

• Absolutism

• Utilitarianism

This inalienable right is associated with utilitarianism:

• Equality

• Taxation with representation

• Right to property

• Pursuit of happiness

Which reform was suggested by Enlightenment thinkers?

• Absolutism

• Church Reformation

• Public Education

• Church-backed government

Who edited Encyclopedie?

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Diderot

Why did absolutist rulers want to expand the state bureaucracy?

• Increase centralization of power

• Expand territory and foreign influence

• Stop peasant revolts

• Increase power of nobility

Why was the Magna Carta so important to the development of constitutional monarchy?

• It ended the rebellion against King John I.

• It created the legal principal of rule of law, meaning no monarch was above the law.

• It gave all Englishmen equal rights.

• It created a council of nobles that kept the ruling monarch in check.

How did Enlightenment thinkers challenge religious structures?

• They used reasoning rather than religion to explain the natural world.

• They thought freedom of religion would cause problems in the state.

• They believed that religion explained all natural phenomena.

• They believed that each state should only have one, government-regulated religion.

Why did Enlightenment art and literature often use satire?

• To highlight the good deeds of the upper class.

• To use humor and exaggeration to point out societal and cultural issues.

• To show the good in society in that time period.

• To encourage people to accept traditional ideas without question.

Economist Adam Smith believed which of the following was true?

• The government should fully regulate every aspect of the economy.

• The government should have little involvement in the economy.

• The government should use tariffs to protect domestic industry from foreign competition.

• The government should protect private property rights of individuals.

Which event lead to the storming of the Bastille?

• the rise of Napoleon, since he wanted his followers to attack the Bastille

• when Louis XVI tried to flee and hide in the Bastille

• the Tennis Court Oath, because many were arrested as a result of their demands

• the Reign of Terror, since the government convinced the people to attack the Bastille