Unit 2 Vocabulary: Modern World History 1500-1815

Fill in the blank: A sudden, significant change in political power or organizational structures, often involving the overthrow of a government, is called a _________.

• Revolution

• Election

• Reform

• Treaty

Fill in the blank: A period of radical social and political upheaval in France (1789–1799) that ended the monarchy and led to the rise of democracy is known as the _________

• French Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• American Civil War

• Renaissance

Fill in the blank: A successful slave revolt (1791–1804) in the French colony of Saint-Domingue that resulted in the establishment of Haiti as the first black republic is called the _________?

• Haitian Revolution

• American Revolution

• French Revolution

• Glorious Revolution

Fill in the blank: An intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason, individualism, and skepticism of traditional authority is called the _________?

• Enlightenment

• Renaissance

• Industrial Revolution

• Romanticism

Fill in the blank: The first women's rights convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, advocating for women's suffrage and equality, is known as the _________?

• Seneca Falls Convention

• Hartford Convention

• Albany Congress

• Montgomery Convention

Fill in the blank: A form of government where a monarch has complete control over the government and people without legal limitations is called _________.

• Absolute Rule

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

Fill in the blank: A French Enlightenment thinker known for his theory of separation of powers in government is _________.

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Denis Diderot

Fill in the blank: A French philosopher famous for his wit and advocacy of freedom of speech and religion is _________.

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Descartes

• Montesquieu

Fill in the blank: An English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property is _________.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Francis Bacon

Fill in the blank: A philosopher who believed in the social contract and that government should reflect the general will of the people is _________.

• Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu