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WorksheetsWorld History Semester Exam
Total questions: 110
Worksheet time: 58mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Declaration of the Rights of Woman & the Female Citizen
a)
Olympe De Gouges
b)
Peninsulare
c)
Social Contract
d)
Divine Right
2.
A person in Spain's colonies the Americas who was of Native American & European descent
a)
Creole
b)
Corporation
c)
Mestizo
d)
Entreprenuer
3.
Informal social gathering where ideas were exchanged
a)
Capital
b)
Salon
c)
Baroque
d)
Bastille
4.
Developed/invented the cotton gin
a)
Depopulation
b)
Anesthetic
c)
James Cartwright
d)
Eli Whitney
5.
Methodism/religious movement
a)
John Wesley
b)
Recession
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Urbanization
6.
Rules of conduct discoverable by reason
a)
Natural Law
b)
Naturalism
c)
Alexis De Tocqueville
d)
Paris, France
7.
Major reason for the thirty years war
a)
Warm-Water Port
b)
Religious differences
c)
Suffrage
d)
Depopulation
8.
Old order; system of government in pre-revolution France
a)
Ancien Regime
b)
Divine Right
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Olympe De Gouges
9.
Belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from God
a)
Depopulation
b)
Bastille
c)
Agnostic
d)
Divine Right
10.
The movement of people from rural areas to cities
a)
Adam Smith
b)
Intendants
c)
Mutual Aide Society
d)
Urbanization
11.
Became the Austrian archduchess and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia when her father; last of the Hapsburg dynasty
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
James Madison
c)
Maria Theresa
d)
Maggie Downs
12.
Ended the Thirty Years War
a)
Peace of West Phalia
b)
Jumping Bobcats
c)
Enemy side gave in
d)
Maria Theresa
13.
Free of ice year-around
a)
Warm Water Port
b)
Divine Right
c)
Elizabeth I
d)
Don Quixote
14.
Spinning Jenny
a)
Suffrage
b)
Tennis Court Oath
c)
Jethro Tull
d)
James Hargreaves
15.
King of England; commissioned the translation of the Holy Bible in 1611
a)
James I
b)
James Watt
c)
Mestizo
d)
Russia
16.
Russian noble
a)
Jacobins
b)
Autonomy
c)
Salon
d)
Boyar
17.
Improved the steam engine
a)
Rousseau
b)
James Watt
c)
Adam Smith
d)
Radicals
18.
Last of the Tudor monarchs
a)
Don Quixote
b)
James Franco
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Elizabeth I
19.
French historian; political scientist and politician best known for his early work on the American political system; wrote Democracy in America; liberal French leader; knew that revolutions of the 1820s were not over
a)
Mercenary
b)
Alexis de Tocqueville
c)
Baron De Montesquieu
d)
Maria Theresa
20.
Built a strong navy in Russia; modernized Russia; toured Europe to study the arts, culture, and technology; fought a long war with Sweden
a)
Louis XVI (16th)
b)
Peter the Great
c)
Catherine the Great
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
21.
The Communist Manifesto
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Abdicate
c)
Huguenots
d)
Ancien Regime
22.
A multistory building divided into crowded apartments
a)
Tenement
b)
Peninsulare
c)
Third Estate
d)
Capital
23.
Wrote The Spirit of the Laws; called for separation of powers
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Marie Antoinette
c)
Louis XVI (16th)
d)
Baron de Montesquieu
24.
Prussian ruler who built a very strong, well-trained military
a)
Frederick William I
b)
Louis XIV (14th)
c)
Intendants
d)
Marie Antoinette
25.
French Social Classes
a)
Estate
b)
Autocratic
c)
Baroque
d)
Stocks
26.
Venezuelan military leader; Creole; inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment; instrumental in multiple revolutions in Latin America; nicknamed "The Liberator"
a)
Simon Bolivar
b)
Laissez-faire
c)
Divine Right
d)
Benjamin Franklin
27.
Austrian who became Queen of France; married to Louis XVI
a)
Intendants
b)
Marie Antoinette
c)
Jacques Necker
d)
Frederick William I
28.
This measures the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
Standard of living
c)
Laissez-faire
d)
Pasteurization
29.
Flying shuttle
a)
Autonomy
b)
Autocratic
c)
John Kay
d)
Boyar
30.
Restriction on access to ideas & information
a)
Censor
b)
Jacobins
c)
Enclosure
d)
Bastille
31.
Wrote The Wealth of Nations; "Father of Modern Economics"
a)
Louis XIV (14th)
b)
James Watt
c)
Adam Smith
d)
Jacques Necker
32.
Strong feeling of pride & devotion to one's country
a)
Capital
b)
Nationalism
c)
Proletariat
d)
Guillotine
33.
French Protestants
a)
Elizabeth I
b)
Bourgeoisie
c)
Autocratic
d)
Huguenots
34.
Thinker's/philosopher's whose theory was proven wrong when the world's population did NOT surpass the food supply
a)
Thomas Malthus
b)
Maria Theresa
c)
Mercenary
d)
Corporation
35.
Self-educate former slave; leader of the Haitian independence movement during the French Revolution; 1791 led a slave revolt on the island Hispaniola (now Haiti); brilliant general and inspiring commander; by 1795 he was widely known for ending slavery on the island
a)
Louis XVI (16th)
b)
Louis XVI (14th)
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
Toussaint L'Ouverture
36.
Officials who governed provinces and collect taxes in France
a)
Intendants
b)
James Watt
c)
Marie Antoinette
d)
Adam Smith
37.
Thought it was too much for one person to rule effectively
a)
Maximilien Robespierre
b)
Reason Charles V divide the Hapsburg Lands
c)
Natural Law
d)
Thomas Malthus
38.
To give up or step down from the thrown
a)
Westernization
b)
Bastille
c)
Anesthetic
d)
Abdicate
39.
Europe's first modern novel
a)
Pasteurization
b)
Don Quixote
c)
Depopulation
d)
Huguenots
40.
Hapsburg woman who was the only female to rule the Holy Roman Empire
a)
Catherine the Great
b)
Frederick William I
c)
Maria Theresa
d)
Mulatto
41.
A self-help group that gives aid to sick or injured workers
a)
Louis XIV (14th)
b)
Mutual Aide society
c)
Baron de Montesquieu
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
42.
A production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks
a)
Father Miguel Hidalgo
b)
Assembly Line
c)
Marie Antoinette
d)
Great Britain
43.
First emperor of France, "Corsican Ogre"
a)
Louis XIV (16th)
b)
James Watt
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
George Washington
44.
1810 called Mexicans to fight for independence from Spain; captured and executed
a)
Father Miguel Hidalgo
b)
Protestants vs. Catholics
c)
Agricultural Revolution
d)
Taxation without representation
45.
Main cause of the American Revolution
a)
Father Miguel Hidalgo
b)
Taxation without representation
c)
Peace of Westphalia
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
46.
Agreement by which people give up their freedom in order to avoid chaos; agreement of behavior
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Social Contract
c)
Simon Bolivar
d)
Standard of lIving
47.
Principal author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
a)
Louis XIV (16th)
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Jacques Necker
d)
George Washington
48.
A process that kills disease-carrying microbes in milk and wine; developed by Louis Pasteur
a)
Divine Right
b)
Enclosure
c)
Pasteurization
d)
Westernization
49.
Shares in a company
a)
Rococo
b)
Estate
c)
Stocks
d)
Happy's
50.
Prison that was stormed by the Parisians in 1789
a)
Baroque
b)
Capital
c)
Bastille
d)
Abdicate
51.
Commander of Continental army; a president of the United States
a)
George Washington
b)
James Watt
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
Peter the Great
52.
A period of reduced economic activity
a)
Recession
b)
The War of Austrian Secession
c)
Peace of West Phalia
d)
United States of America
53.
Was German born, started schools for boys and girls in Russia; defeated the Ottoman Turks; gained a warm water port for Russia
a)
Baron de Montesquieu
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
George Washington
d)
Catherine the Great
54.
Paid soldier serving in a foreign army
a)
Intendants
b)
Dom Pedro
c)
Radicals
d)
Mercenary
55.
Adoption of western ideas, culture, & technology
a)
Guillotine
b)
Laissez-faire
c)
Westernization
d)
Tenement
56.
Elegant style of art
a)
Rococo
b)
Modernism
c)
Abstractism
d)
Elephanteis
57.
A person in Spain's colonies the Americas who was of African & European descent
a)
Mestizo
b)
James Watt
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Mulatto
58.
Supported freedom of speech; most famous of the Enlightenment thinkers; witty/imprisoned
a)
George Washington
b)
Voltaire
c)
Louis XVI (16th)
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
59.
No government interference in business operations; French for "let it alone
a)
Laissez-faire
b)
Anesthetic
c)
Peninsulare
d)
Standard of Living
60.
Occurred prior to and made the Industrial Revolution possible
a)
Ended the Thirty Year's War
b)
Maria Theresa
c)
Frederick William I
d)
Agricultural Revolution
61.
To whom Charles V gave his lands
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Ferdinand & Philip
d)
Entreprenuer
62.
A Fleet of Ships
a)
Estate
b)
Warmth
c)
Autocratic
d)
Armada
63.
Wrote Encyclopedia
a)
Diderot
b)
Rousseau
c)
Corporation
d)
James I
64.
The right to vote
a)
Turnpike
b)
Proletariat
c)
Abdicate
d)
Suffrage
65.
A private road in which the builder requires users to pay a free for using
a)
Bastille
b)
Tenement
c)
Enclosure
d)
Turnpike
66.
Principal author of the U.S. Constitution; "Father of the U.S. Constitution"
a)
James Madison
b)
Corporation
c)
James I
d)
James Watt
67.
Seed drill
a)
Jethro Tull
b)
Depopulation
c)
Enclosure
d)
Autonomy
68.
Catherine II (Catherine the Great)
a)
Proletariat
b)
Sophia of Germany
c)
Censor
d)
Suffrage
69.
Ornate style of art
a)
Jacobins
b)
Baroque
c)
Estate
d)
Suffrage
70.
Series of wars that lasted 8 years; various European nations competed for power in Central Europe
a)
The War of Austrian Secession
b)
World War I
c)
The War of 1812
d)
The 100's years war
71.
Chief planner of the Reign of Terror
a)
George Washington
b)
Maximillien Robespierre
c)
Radicals
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
72.
Became the first emperor of France at the end of the French Revolution
a)
Frederick William I
b)
Adam Smith
c)
Intendants
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
73.
A military tactic in which everything in the soldiers' path is destroyed in order to hurt the enemy
a)
Reason Charles V divide the Hapsburg lands
b)
James Madison
c)
Scorched Earth Policy
d)
Alexis de Tocqueville
74.
A drug that prevents pain during surgery
a)
Anesthetic
b)
Beta Blocker
c)
Hallucinogens
d)
Amphetamines
75.
Influenced the French Revolution
a)
Agricultural Revolution
b)
Peace of Westphalia
c)
United States of America
d)
Paris, France
76.
French word for philosopher
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Philosophe
c)
Dom Pedro
d)
Joie de vivre
77.
Oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention; singed the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution
a)
Warm Water Port
b)
Peninsulare
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Sophia of Germany
78.
The theory that infectious diseases are caused by certain microbes
a)
Anesthetic
b)
Nationalism
c)
Germ Theory
d)
Westernization
79.
Reduction in the number of people in an area
a)
Depopulation
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Elizabeth I
d)
Jethro Tull
80.
A person in Spain's colonies the Americas who was an American-born descendant of Spanish settlers
a)
Creole
b)
Diderot
c)
James I
d)
Radicals
81.
Identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing; developed by Eli Whitney
a)
Simon Bolivar
b)
Peninsulare
c)
Westernization
d)
Interchangeable parts
82.
Center of the Enlightenment period
a)
United States of America
b)
Paris, France
c)
Peace of Westphalia
d)
Agricultural Revolution
83.
One of the principal authors of the Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen; Lafayette County is named after him
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
Marquis de Lafayette
c)
Enclosure
d)
Turnpike
84.
Wrote The Social Contract; believed people were good
a)
Russia
b)
Rousseau
c)
James Watt
d)
Mestizo
85.
Those who favor extreme changes
a)
Radicals
b)
Russia
c)
James Watt
d)
Intendants
86.
Louis XVI's Minister of Finance who was eventually fired
a)
Louis XVI (16th)
b)
Entreprenuer
c)
Adam Smith
d)
Jacques Necker
87.
Country Napoleon invaded that caused his downfall and eventual exile
a)
France
b)
The United States of America
c)
Russia
d)
Spain
88.
Country that defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
Russia
d)
Great Britain
89.
The money or wealth used to invest in business
a)
Capital
b)
Credit
c)
Salon
d)
Baroque
90.
Also known as Pedro I; son of the Portuguese king; military leader; family fled to Brazil; when king returned left him to "proclaim Brazil for yourself"; best known as the founder of the Brazilian empire and the first emperor of Brazil; accepted a constitution
a)
Dom Pedro
b)
Thomas Malthus
c)
James Madison
d)
Pedro Pruit
91.
Groups who fought during the Thirty Years' War
a)
Great Britain
b)
Protestants vs. Catholics
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
United States of America
92.
Middle Class
a)
Third Estate
b)
Second Estates
c)
Bourgeoisie
93.
Overthrown during the French Revolution; he and his wife were beheaded
a)
Louis XVI (16th)
b)
Baron de Montesquieu
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
Jacques Decker
94.
The Working Class
a)
Proletariat
b)
Divine Right
c)
Depopulation
d)
Guillotine
95.
Meeting of the third estate when the members promised to stay together until they established a new constitution
a)
Tennis Court Oath
b)
Pasteurization
c)
Marquis de Lafayette
d)
Standard of Living
96.
A process of taking over & consolidating land once shared by peasants
a)
Enclosure
b)
Third Esates
c)
Abdicate
d)
Jacobins
97.
Improved the steam engine; is considered the "Father of the First Industrial Revolution"
a)
Voltaire
b)
James Watt
c)
Mulatto
d)
Louis XVI (16th)
98.
A person who assumes financial risk in hopes of making a profit
a)
Rousseau
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
Entrepreneur
d)
Intendants
99.
System of thoughts & beliefs
a)
Social Contract
b)
Autonomy
c)
Ideology
d)
Karl Marx
100.
Self Rule
a)
Autonomy
b)
Rococo
c)
John Kay
d)
Autocratic
101.
A device used to behead a person
a)
Depopulator
b)
Enclosure
c)
Guillotine
d)
Pendulum
102.
A member of the highest class in Spain's colonies in the Americas: people of the peninsula
a)
Anesthetic
b)
Tenement
c)
Enclosure
d)
Peninsulare
103.
Paid all the taxes in pre-revolution France
a)
Bastille
b)
Westernization
c)
Third Estate
d)
Laissez Faire
104.
Country where the first Industrial Revolution occurred
a)
Portugal
b)
Great Britian
c)
Paris, France
d)
Uganda
105.
A business owned by many investors who buy shares of stocks and risk only the amount of their investment
a)
Voltaire
b)
Corporation
c)
Creole
d)
Mulatto
106.
Government in which a few rule
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Dictatorship
107.
French monarch/absolute ruler who built the palace at Versailles
a)
James Watt
b)
Louis XIV (14th)
c)
Frederick William I
d)
Louis Philipe
108.
Having unlimited power
a)
John Kay
b)
Huguenots
c)
Autocratic
d)
Suffrage
109.
Radical and most popular political club in France
a)
Tenement
b)
Jacobins
c)
Turnpike
d)
Bastille
110.
Series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War
a)
Peace of Westphalia
b)
Taxation without representation
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Treaty of Ghent
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