FINAL (MIDTERM EXAM) REVIEW

Writers of the Enlightenment were primarily interested in

• changing the relationship between people and their government

• supporting the divine right theory

• debating the role of the Church in society

• promoting increased powers for European monarchs

According to John Locke, the chief role of government was to

• protect natural rights

• fight territorial wars

• ensure the wealth of citizens

• redistribute land

European political thinkers who supported the Enlightenment believed that

• religious tolerance is a dangerous concept

• an absolute monarchy is the most effective government

• governments should protect the rights of the people

• civil liberties should be given as rewards for political loyalty

Locke’s Two Treatises of Government, Rousseau’s The Social Contract, and Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws were works written during which time period?

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• Reformation

The writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment believed that government decisions should be based on

• fundamental religious beliefs

• the concept of divine right of kings

• laws of nature and reason

• traditional values

What was a major cause of the French Revolution?

• inequalities in the tax structure

• economic success of mercantilism

• failure of the Congress of Vienna

• Continental System in Europe

One major effect of Napoleon’s rule of France was that it led to

• an increase in the power of the Roman Catholic Church

• massive emigration to the Americas

• trade agreements with Great Britain

• a restoration of political stability

Which event is most closely associated with the French Revolution?

• Council of Trent

• Thirty Years’ War

• Reign of Terror

• Paris Peace Conference

Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins are best known for

• instituting the Reign of Terror

• protecting freedom of religion

• supporting the reign of King Louis XVI

• sending French troops to fight in the American Revolution

Which factors helped cause the defeat of Napoleon during his invasion of Russia?

• the severe winters and large size of Russia

• the many rivers and mountains of Russia

• the coalition between the Russian czar and the democratic leaders

• the well-trained and well-supplied Russian army