Enlightenment & Revolutions Review

How do the art and literature of the Renaissance reflect the influence of the ancient Greeks?

• through religious symbols and allegories

• through graphic depiction of warfare

• through an emphasis on humanity

• through a focus on colorful detail

The development of the Senate in Rome and the creation of the Legislative Assembly in 1791 in France, represents continuity in history of people who strive for which type of government?

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

• Republic

• Tyranny

How has the Magna Carta impacted the idea of democracy? Select TWO correct answers.

• It established the principle of judicial review and the limiting of government power.

• It established the principle of the rule of law and the granting of rights to individuals.

• It established the principle of the rule of law and judicial review.

• It established that the king was not required to follow the rule.

• It established the principle of self governance and the power of the majority.

This is an excerpt from the Magna Carta (1215). Which statement shows evidence of the greatest impact of the Magna Carta? Select the correct answer.

• In the first place we have granted to God, and by this our present charter confirmed for us and our heirs forever that the English Church shall be free, and shall have her rights entire, and her liberties inviolate; and we will that it be thus observed; which is apparent from this that the freedom of elections

• which is reckoned most important and very essential to the English Church...We have also granted to all freemen of our kingdom

• for us and our heirs forever, all the underwritten liberties, to be had and held by them and their heirs, of us and our heirs forever.

What was a common effect of the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights?

• Restrictions on the powers of English monarchs

• Laws protecting the rights of Catholics

• The creation of England’s colonial empire

• Limits on the abuses by Parliament

What conclusion can be made from the chart above?

• Landholdings between the three estates were equally distributed.

• The First and Second Estates had landholdings out of proportion to their population.

• The Second Estate was the most populous of the three.

• The First and Second Estates, combined, were more populous than the Third Estate.

Which form of government completes the cause-and-effect diagram?

• Direct Democracy

• Religious Oligarchy

• Military Dictatorship

• Constitutional Monarchy

Which of the following contributed the most to the growth of the movement to abolish slavery in the Atlantic world?

• Increased availability of Asian indentured labor

• The adaptation of Enlightenment ideas challenging established social hierarchies

• The efforts of industrialists to create a more flexible workforce

• A decline in the number of enslaved persons being taken from Africa

The social and political unrest of the French Revolution set the stage for the —

• rise of Napoleon

• rule of the Jacobins

• revival of feudalism

• rivalry of the aristocrats

The Renaissance and the rise of industrialization in Europe in the 1600s contributed to the --

• decline of the Ottoman Empire

• decline of the Mongol Empire

• decline of the Persian Empire

• decline in the power of the Catholic Church