Unit 8 Retest

Because of the Glorious Revolution in England, they became this type of government that has a Bill of Rights

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Republic

• Absolute Monarchy

• democracy

During the French Revolution, which social class wished for social and political change?

• The Emigres

• The 1st Estate

• The 2nd Estate

• The 3rd Estate

Answer explanation

The 3rd Estate wished for social and political change during the French Revolution, as they were made up of commoners who were discontent with their lack of representation and privileges compared to the 1st and 2nd Estates.

In the government, this document gives citizens their rights?

• The Totah

• The Napoleonic Code

• Hammurabi's Code

• The US Bill of Rights

Answer explanation

The US Bill of Rights is the document in the government that gives citizens their rights.

How did the Revolutions of the Era affect the idea of citizenship?

• People have rights from the King

• Only the Rich have rights to question the king

• People give all power to the government

• People have legal rights from the state

Answer explanation

The correct choice highlights that people have legal rights from the state, which was a significant impact of the Revolutions of the Era on the idea of citizenship.

The colonists used the important idea of representation in the decision-making form this document.

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Hammurabi's Code

• US Bill of Rights

Answer explanation

The correct choice is Magna Carta because it introduced the idea of representation in decision-making for the colonists.

The French and American Revolutions shared causes except:

• Enlightenment ideas

• indebted Monarchs

• Weakening of Catholic Church

• A middle class

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'Weakening of Catholic Church' as it was not a shared cause of the French and American Revolutions.

The French took this main idea from the Declaration of Independence.

• Right to own property

• Right to have basic human rights

• Equality of different classes

• Power to take down the monarch

Answer explanation

The French took the main idea of having basic human rights from the Declaration of Independence.

The idea that men are born free with rights of liberty, property, and security is from which philosopher?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

Answer explanation

The correct choice is John Locke, who believed in the natural rights of life, liberty, and property, influencing the concept of individual rights and freedoms.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man was inspired by which document?

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• 2 Treatises on Government

• Magna Carta

Answer explanation

The Declaration of the Rights of Man was inspired by the Declaration of Independence, making it the correct choice.

This idea that people give up individual freedom for state protection, thereby tying the government and people together, is known as?

• Social contract

• sovereignty

• Legitimacy

• Estate

Answer explanation

The correct choice is social contract, which refers to the idea that people give up individual freedom for state protection, tying the government and people together.