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Unit 4: The Age of Revolution - Concepts

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What empires did the USA take pieces from to create our form of government?

a)

Rome

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Greece/Athens

e)

All of the above

2.

English Common Law

a)

Law from each of the different cities in England

b)

Law that was made the same for English subjects

c)

Law that the French felt the English should have

d)

Law to protect natural rights under social contract theory

3.

Magna Carta

a)

created the rule of law, ending the divine right of kings

b)

created Parliament

c)

created religious tolerance

d)

created a civil war against the king

4.

Petition of Right

a)

created the rule of law

b)

created religious tolerance

c)

created parliamentary supremacy

d)

created laws that limited the King's ability to tax the people

5.

Glorious Revolution

a)

created parliamentary supremacy

b)

created accountability for the King in taxing his people

c)

created rule of law

d)

created religious tolerance

6.

English Bill of Rights

a)

protects the individual rights of US citizens

b)

protects the individual rights of Englishmen

c)

protects the individual rights of all men

d)

protects the individual rights of English Women

7.

Declaration of Independence

a)

a document from classical Greece

b)

The document dissolving the bands between England and its American colonies

c)

The peace treaty of the American Revolutionary War

d)

a document outlining the rights of all men

8.

Articles of Confederation

a)

The first name for the US Constitution

b)

The first French Constitution

c)

The Magna Carta

d)

The first US Constitution

9.

US Constitution

a)

a Hobbesian Social Contract

b)

the first written Social Contract based on Limited Government

c)

a declaration of human rights

d)

an all expense paid trip to the guillotine

10.

US Bill of Rights

a)

protects the individual rights of US citizens

b)

protects the individual rights of Englishmen

c)

protects the individual rights of all men

d)

protects the individual rights of English Women

11.

What trend in English history resulted in the American Revolution?

a)

They keep reverting to Parliamentary Supremacy

b)

They keep reverting to Social Contract theory

c)

They keep reverting to Divine Right of Kings

d)

They keep reverting to a Written Constitution

12.

What revolution was inspired by the American Revolution, though it ended far differently?

a)

Roman

b)

English

c)

French

d)

Greek

13.

Glorious Revolution

a)

The English Civil War against King John by his Nobles

b)

English Revolution that establishes Parliamentary Supremacy

c)

The English Civil War against Charles I

d)

The Revolution of the American Colonies against England

14.

Declaration of the Rights of Man

a)

A Declaration of Independence between England and its Colonies

b)

The Rights of American Citizens

c)

The Rights of English Citizens

d)

The Rights of all Men as designed by the French

15.

Reign of Terror

a)

Led by Osama Bin Laden against the United States over the last 30 years

b)

ISIS rule in the Middle East

c)

Executed by Madame Guillotine during the French Revolution against the rich and noble

d)

Ushered in by Hobbes' Leviathan

16.

Cleisthenes

a)

Came up with the idea of demokratia based on Solon's reforms

b)

Came up with the idea of republic based on Caesar's reforms

c)

Came up with the idea for ostracism based on the ideas of Socrates

d)

came up with the idea of Magna Carta based on the ideas of John Locke

17.

Cicero

a)

One of the most famous leaders of the Roman Republic

b)

One of the most famous leaders of the English Civil War

c)

One of the most famous leaders of the French Revolution

d)

One of the most famous leaders of the American Revolution

18.

John Locke

a)

Social Contract theorist who came up with the idea of an absolutist Leviathan

b)

English citizen who helped overthrow Charles I and ruled as Lord Protector of England

c)

Social Contract theorist who outlines natural rights as life, liberty, and property

d)

Roman Consul who led his troops to take over Rome

19.

Thomas Hobbes

a)

Social Contract theorist who came up with the idea of an absolutist Leviathan

b)

English citizen who helped overthrow Charles I and ruled as Lord Protector of England

c)

Social Contract theorist who outlines natural rights as life, liberty, and property

d)

Roman Consul who led his troops to take over Rome

20.

Thomas Jefferson

a)

Roman Consul who led his troops to take over Rome

b)

Writer of the Declaration of Independence

c)

Writer of the Magna Carta

d)

Writer of the Declaration of the Rights of Man

21.

Montesquieu

a)

Enlightenment philosopher who created separation of power and checks and balances

b)

Enlightenment philosopher who worked on freedom of religion and speech

c)

Enlightenment philosopher who created the idea of man as generally good

d)

Enlightenment philosopher who created the social contract theory

22.

Voltaire

a)

Enlightenment philosopher who created separation of power and checks and balances

b)

Enlightenment philosopher who worked on freedom of religion and speech

c)

Enlightenment philosopher who created the idea of man as generally good

d)

Enlightenment philosopher who created the social contract theory

23.

Rousseau

a)

Enlightenment philosopher who created separation of power and checks and balances

b)

Enlightenment philosopher who worked on freedom of religion and speech

c)

Enlightenment philosopher who created the idea of man as generally good

d)

Enlightenment philosopher who created the social contract theory