World History Unit 14-17: Absolutism to Revolution

Which statement best summarizes a major belief of the Enlightenment Period?

• no living creature should be killed

• every person is born to serve the state

• individual achievement and dignity are of great importance

• the scientific method poses a dangerous challenge to established knowledge

How did the Enlightenment and American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

 

• They inspired ideas about unlimited government.

• They inspired ideas about limited government.

• They inspired ideas about getting rid of taxes.

• They inspired ideas about attacking the Bastille.

The Principles of the American Revolution and the French Revolution are similar in many ways.  Which of the following best summarizes their similarities?

• both favored representative governments

• both limited voting rights to an economic elite

• both retained certain hereditary rights for aristocrats

• both supported equal rights for women

Use the passages below to answer the question

Speaker A: Good government stresses the importance of the nation and accepts the rights of the individual only if the interests of the individual are the same as those of the nation.

 

Speaker B: The person of the king is sacred and to attack him in any way is to attack religion itself. The respect given to a king is religious in nature.

 

Speaker C: All human beings are born free and equal with a right to life and liberty. It is the duty of government to protect these natural rights of its citizens.

 

Speaker D:  Our goal will not be achieved by democracy or liberal reforms, but by blood and iron. Only then will we be successful. No nation achieves greatness or unity without the traumatic experience of war.

Which speaker's statement best reflects the ideas of the Enlightenment?

 

• Speaker A

• Speaker B

• Speaker C

• Speaker D

Use the quotation below to answer the question

“...Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good…”

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789

Which principle of the Enlightenment philosophers is expressed in this quotation from the French Revolution?

• natural rights

• nationalism

• free trade

• socialism 

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.

What ideas were spread by Napoleon's troops during the Napoleonic Wars?

• Absolutism & Enlightenment

• Revolution & Trade

• Enlightenment & Revolution

• Divine Right & Absolutism

Which of the following are examples of economic achievements of Napoleon Bonaparte?  Select Two Answers.

• creating the Bank of France

• forcing the upper class to pay taxes

• Canceling the national bank

• Increasing taxes on the lower class

• nothing changed

According to Bolivar, which political cause contributed to the Latin American Revolution? 

• all Latin American countries were a democracy

• Latin American citizens had representatives in Spain

• Latin Americans had no right to own land

• Latin Americans had no say in government

The Revolutions in Latin America were influenced by

• the American and French Revolutions.

• the Crusades.

• the Civil War in Spain.

• the Renaissance