Weekly Review 3/10-3/14

Which of the following best describes Rationalism?

• A belief of theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious beliefs or emotions

• The idea that tradition and religious faith should guide all decisions.

• The philosophy that emotions and instincts are more reliable than reason.

• The belief you should listen to your gut feeling about something or intuition instead of logic and reason

Which of the following IS NOT one of the main reasons for the enlightenment 

• Exploration

• Scientific Revolution

• Protestant reformation

• Industrial Revolution

Which of the following is not an impact of the enlightenment 

• It inspired revolutions all over the world in places like France, America, and Haiti

• Many enlightenment ideas are found in the Constitution and Bill of Rights

• Popularized the concept of the Absolute Monarch

• Inspiration for the declaration of independence

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) 1st Estate

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(b) 2nd Estate

,

(c) 3rd Estate

• 97% of the population

• Clergy

• Paid all of the Taxes

• Nobility

• Controlled 25% of the land

• No voice in government

• 1% of the population

• controlled 5-10% of the land

• 2% of the population

Which of the following IS NOT one of the major economic problems that France faced that led to the Revolution

• Wars debts

• Wasteful Royal Spending on things such as the Palace of Versailles

• Bad food harvest led to high food prices

• Unfair tax policy that unfairly targeted the wealthy -led to less businesses being made and fewer jobs

Which of the following best describes what happened with the Tennis Court Oath?

• The 3 estates decided to compete in a game of tennis to figure out a non-violent solution to the French Revolution but it failed

• The peasants were protesting the high cost of food by vandalizing a tennis court the king frequently visited

• The 3rd estate was locked out of the General assembly so they met on a nearby tennis court where they vowed not to separate until a new constitution was written

• The 1st & 2nd estates agreed to turn the government into a democracy and they turned all of the tennis courts into polling stations to cast a vote

Which of the following best describes the Storming of the Bastille

• The Bastille was the estate that the king lived in. A mob of angry peasants stormed it and attacked the king.

• The Bastille was a famous prison in France and a mob stormed it getting weapons to fight the revolution. Often celebrated as the start of the revolution

• The Bastille was the meeting place of the revolution and the French monarchy stormed it ending the revolution

• The Bastille was the name of the first constitution of France and storming means it was ripped up by the peasants

Which of the following best describes the "Great Fear"

• It was a peasants revolt in which peasants went all over the country side attacking and looting the houses of wealthy people

• It was a time during the revolution in which the monarchy restored power and was violently attacking anyone that protested during the revolution

• It was a several year time span in which the weather was colder and crops did not grow well and people were afraid they wouldn't have enough to eat

• It was a time when the monarchies of other countries invaded France because they were afraid of revolutionary ideas spreading to other parts of Europe

Which of the following best describes the Declaration of Man and Citizen

• It was a document that restored the power of the monarchy and allowed Louis to be king again

• Declared Human rights for all the citizens in France and included things such as freedom of speech, press, and religion

• It was an economic policy in which France would no longer trade with countries that engaged in slavery

• it was a treaty that brought France under the rule of the British

Which of the following best describes a Constitutional Monarchy?

• Government with a king or queen but limits their power and gives people basic rights

• A form of government in which people elect a king with absolute power and control over the government

• A form of government in which people elect representatives to make laws for them

• A form of government in which only a few wealthy people run the government