2WH Unit 2 Quiz 2.01-2.06

Who first upended thinking by demonstrating that the Earth revolved around the sun?

• Galileo Galilei

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Who invented calculus & discovered the laws of motion?

• Sir Francis Bacon

• Isaac Newton

• Rene Descartes

• Johannes Kepler

Which enlightenment thinker thought the goal of government is protect inalienable human rights of life, liberty, & property?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

Which enlightenment thinker’s promotion of the separation of powers was very influential to the development of the US Constitution?

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

What was a MAJOR long-term impact of the American & French Revolutions?

• 1. It turned America into a world power

• France lost its colonial empire

• Both revolutions radically changed the social system of their society

• Both revolutions changed the ideas about how people should be ruled

Which of the following was NOT a major cause of the French Revolution?

• Growing rural unemployment due to early industrialization

• A crisis in France’s finances

• Tax burden was covered entirely by the lowest class of society

• The Third Estate had little power to change things in the Estates General

Which of the following was the MAIN GOAL of the National Assembly?

• To create a Republic

• To abolish slavery

• To establish a constitutional monarchy

• To expand France's borders

Who was the leader of the Reign of Terror?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Louis XVI

• The Marquis de Lafayette

• Maximilien Robespierre

Which of the following was the GREATEST IMPACT of Napoleon’s reign?

• Mass execution of royalists

• A law code that guaranteed equal rights to all French citizens

• Permanent expansion of France to its present borders

• The military tactics he pioneered

Which of the following permanently weakened France, leading to Napoleon losing power?

• Battle of Waterloo

• Battle of Jena

• Napoleon's Invasion of Italy

• Napoleon's Invasion of Russia