Lesson 15 Review

The political revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries were inspired by the ideas of the

• Reformation.
• Enlightenment.
• Scientific Revolution.
• Pax Romana.

Enlightenment ideas about democracy came from

• French philosophy.
• Judeo-Christian traditions.
• ancient Greek and Roman government.
• Roman Catholic theology.

How did John Locke’s concept of the social contract differ from that of Thomas Hobbes?

• It must be supported by the general will of the people.
• It was conditional on the ruler protecting the people’s interests.
• It treated the people being ruled as a single group.
• It accepted that the ruler could lead based on the divine right of kings.

In the period leading up to the Glorious Revolution, tensions grew in England over

• religious differences between Catholics and Protestants.
• attitudes toward war with France.
• the Catholic Church’s declining power.
• the decision to abandon the English Bill of Rights.

The English Bill of Rights challenged the divine right of kings by

• using the law to exclude Catholics from inheriting the throne.
• legalizing the practice of all religions.
• establishing the Church of England as the official state religion.
• allowing the aristocracy to choose the monarch.

Which statement describes life in France before the French Revolution?

• Nobles’ wealth, status, and power were in decline
• The Catholic Church was more powerful than the monarch.
• The country was governed by a constitutional monarchy.
• Society was divided into three classes.

Which event occurred during the violent period known as the Reign of Terror?

• France replaced the monarchy with a republic.
• Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were forced to flee France.
• Napoleon seized control of France in a coup d’état.
• Extremist politicians ordered the execution of Maximilien Robespierre.

Which idea appears in the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?

• Men are born free and equal.
• All men and women are citizens.
• Law is the expression of the government.
• All people are equal under the law.

As he increased his power, Napoleon maintained the appearance of popular sovereignty by

• maintaining a representative government with very limited power.
• issuing a law code that affirmed the gains of the revolution.
• spreading Enlightenment ideas to other countries in Europe.
• having the French people vote to restore the monarchy.

In the years after he seized control of France, Napoleon Bonaparte

• signed a peace treaty with Austria.
• abolished slavery throughout the French Empire.
• led his army in campaigns across Europe.
• re-established the National Assembly.