Midterm (2024)

In which way did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the French Revolution?

• Superstition and ignorance was promoted

• the principles of mercantilism were glorified

• divine right theory of kings was challenged

• Punishments for criminal acts were rooted in vengeance.

France and United States are two countries that used Enlightenment ideas to found new ________'.

• government

• religion

• culture

• language

Both the United States Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Men emphasized the idea that governments must:

• Guarantee economic prosperity

• Protect the rights of people

• Support established religious beliefs

• Operate on a system of checks and balances.

A term describing these members of the Third Estate who were a radical group of shopkeepers and laborers during the French Revolution is ________.

• Creoles

• Bourgeoisie

• Sans Culottes

• Peninsulares

Which best describes the impact of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?

• It abolished the monarchy and set up a republic

• It put into practice ideas of the Enlightenment

• It protected the feudal privileges of the First Estate

• It represented a compromise between the monarch and radicals

In which way did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the French Revolution?

• Superstition and ignorance was promoted

• The principles of mercantilism were glorified

• Divine right theory of kings was challenged

• Punishments for criminal acts were rooted in vengeance

When members of the third estate took the Tennis Court Oath (1789) at the start of the French Revolution, they were attempting to ____.

• establish a military government

• draft a new national constitution

• restore the king

• persuade Napoleon to take power

Which of the following statements is true about Galileo's beliefs?

• He believed the Earth is the center of the universe.

• He used Copernicus' theory to base his beliefs.

• He labeled science as heresy.

• He made threats to those who opposed his beliefs.

Fill in the blank: The Roman Catholic Church believed that the _____ is the center of the universe.

• A) Sun

• B) Earth

• C) Moon

• D) Stars

Before the Scientific Revolution, which of the following was popular?

• Alchemy

• Logic and Reason

• Experiments

• Telescope