Unit 4 World History B Review

Which factor most influenced Napoleon's choice to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803?

• Desire to improve diplomatic relations with the United States.

• Urgent need for money to fund wars in Europe and respond to the loss of control in Haiti.

• Pressure from European powers to reduce French holdings in North America.

• Wish to avoid direct confrontation with American leaders.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings during the Enlightenment period emphasized the "general will." According to Rousseau, this idea was important because it promoted:

• Greater participation of citizens in government decisions.

• Combining traditional religious views with modern science.

• Absolute rule by hereditary monarchs.

• Restoration of classical art and literature.

According to John Locke, what is the primary purpose of forming a government?

• To protect the natural rights of individuals.

• To abolish private property.

• To establish a monarchy.

• To eliminate individual liberty.

Which scientific idea was supported by Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler during the Scientific Revolution?

• geocentric theory

• heliocentric theory

• law of inertia

• atomic theory

Which term best characterizes the rule of Peter the Great, Frederick the Great, and Louis XIV?

• Feudal rulers.

• Absolute monarchs.

• Enlightened monarchs.

• Parliamentary leaders.

During the Age of Absolutism, what strategy did European monarchs use to justify their authority as divinely ordained rulers?

• By centralizing their power.

• By forming alliances with the church.

• By increasing trade with other nations.

• By supporting democratic institutions.

Which Russian monarch is credited with introducing reforms that transformed Russia into a major European power and encouraged the adoption of Western customs?

• Ivan the Terrible

• Peter the Great

• Alexander I

• Nicholas II

Which of the following was an effect of Louis XIV's absolute monarchy on French society?

• It eliminated all social and economic inequalities.

• It fostered lasting peace and unity among all classes.

• It led to growing resentment and unrest among certain groups.

• It caused France to lose its status as a European power.

Which technological advancement was crucial for the development of factories during the First Industrial Revolution? (SSWH15)

• steam engine

• cotton gin

• telegraph

• locomotive

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence BEST illustrates John Locke's theory that people have the authority to change their government if it fails to protect their rights? (SSWH14)

• He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights...

• That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; and whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...

• He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.