Read the statement and decide whether the action was in line with Enlightenment ideals.Then select Answer to see some suggestions. Set up a civil service system in which citizens could be promoted based on merit rather than family background

Yes. Promoting people based on their ability was a much fairer system than promoting people based on their wealth or social standing.

No. Promoting people based on their ability was not a much fairer system than promoting people based on their wealth or social standing.

Read the statement and decide whether the action was in line with Enlightenment ideals. Then select the best Answer. Worked to improve schools.

Yes. Enlightenment thinkers placed a high value on knowledge. Education helps people gain a more thorough understanding of issues and make wiser decisions.

No. Enlightenment thinkers placed a low value on knowledge. Education did little to help people gain a more thorough understanding of issues and make wiser decisions.

Read the statement and decide whether the action was in line with Enlightenment ideals. Then select the best Answer. Overthrew many governments ruled by nobles and replaced them with governments in which citizens participated

Yes. Enlightenment thinkers believed that governments should protect the rights of the people.

No Enlightenment thinkers believed that governments should not protect the rights of the people.

Read the statement and decide whether the action was in line with Enlightenment ideals. Then select the best Answer. Crowned himself emperor

No. Though Napoleon made some very positive changes in legal systems, he ruled his empire as a military dictator.

Yes. Napoleon made very positive changes in legal systems, and he ruled his empire by crowning himself emperor.

Read the statement and decide whether the action was in line with Enlightenment ideals. Then select the best Answer. Overthrew many governments ruled by nobles and replaced them with governments in which citizens participated

Yes. Enlightenment thinkers believed that governments should protect the rights of the people.

No Enlightenment thinkers believed that governments should not protect the rights of the people.

Read the statement and decide whether the action was in line with Enlightenment ideals. Then select the best Answer. Replaced old laws with a single set of laws under which all citizens were equal

Yes. Enlightenment ideals promoted the idea that everyone had the right to equal treatment under the law.

No. Enlightenment ideals promoted the idea that certain groups had the right to better treatment than other groups under the law.

Read the statement and decide whether the action was in line with Enlightenment ideals. Then select the best Answer. Set up the Continental System, which restricted trade with nations that opposed him

No. Free trade is an Enlightenment ideal. Napoleon restricted trade in an effort to control other countries.

Yes. Napoleon restricted trade because of Enlightenment ideals.

Read the statement and decide whether the action was in line with Enlightenment ideals. Then select the best Answer. Preserved the law that protected the right to trial by jury

Yes. The jury system is intended to give all citizens an opportunity to have a fair trial.

No. Napolean did not uphold the right to trial by jury.

Read the statement and decide whether the action was in line with Enlightenment ideals. Then select the best Answer. Ended feudal practices that made peasants little more than servants

Yes. The feudal system kept peasants in an unending cycle of poverty and indebtedness to their landlords. Napoleon did away with many feudal laws to give peasants the same opportunities as other people.

No. The feudal system kept peasants in an unending cycle of poverty and indebtedness to their landlords. Napoleon did not want to do away with many feudal laws to give peasants the same opportunities as other people. He wanted to keep them

Read the statement and decide whether the action was in line with Enlightenment ideals. Then select the best Answer. Attempted to build an empire by invading and conquering other countries

No. As Napoleon conquered European countries, he replaced their governments with his own, with the goal of becoming the ruler of a vast empire.

Yes. Attempted to build an empire by invading and conquering other countries

Read the statement and decide whether the action was in line with Enlightenment ideals. Then select the best Answer. Reversed the ban on religion and made it legal again in France

Yes. Enlightenment ideals included the idea that people should be free to practice the religion of their choice.

No. Enlightenment ideals did not include the idea that people should be free to practice the religion of their choice.

World History Unit 2 Assessment Review - Moor's Class

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Englishwoman who argued that women should have the same opportunities for education as a man

Mary Wollstonecraft

Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Thomas Hobbes

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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As you've learned, Adam Smith said of the business owner that "By pursuing his own interest, he frequently promotes that of the society." Smith believed that while the businessman is after profit for himself, he is "led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention."
Which "interest of society" is met by the following "businessman's action"?
Buys raw materials from South America and has them shipped to England

Consumers have more choices

Farmers in South America increase production and the shipping company hires more workers and orders new ships from a shipbuilder