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Atlantic Revolutions-AP

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following events that occurred that year BEST supports that contention that Historians often consider 1812 a turning point in the history of Napoleonic France?

a)

Napoleon’s invasion of Russia resulted in Moscow’s destruction, but he was forced to withdraw.

b)

Switzerland and the Ottoman empire remained neutral, weakening Napoleon’s control of the continent.

c)

Great Britain’s blockade of European ports failed.

d)

American intervention as Great Britain’s ally forced Napoleon into exile.

2.

Which of the following represents the most significant cause for the unification of Germany in the nineteenth century?

a)

The strength of the Austrian Hapsburg empire was a threat to Germany if unification did not occur.

b)

German pacifism and withdrawal from the international scene allowed for focus on unification.

c)

The Germans provoked wars with three neighboring countries to strengthen German nationalism.

d)

Speeches and elections had served to help unify the German people in 1848 and 1849.

3.

Which of the following BEST describes a significant influence on the time frame for Italian political unification?

a)

Massive Italian immigration to the Americas and Australia included many potential revolutionaries that weakened the process toward unification.

b)

Civil war erupted and the drive to unify the country was successfully resisted by several Italian states.

c)

Austrian and Spanish power blocked attempts to unify Italy, and the country remained divided into a variety of small states until the early twentieth century.

d)

The last of the Italian lands to renounce independence and join the new nation was the Papal States, where the Roman Catholic Church resisted unification.

4.

Which of the following describes a major change that occurred as a result of the Haitian revolution?

a)

Five hundred gens de couleur were dispatched to British North America to assist the rebellious Americans against the British and they return to Haiti to serve as a militia for the white colonists.

b)

Haiti became the only republic founded from the result of a slave revolt.

c)

Intervention by the French, British, and Spanish successfully protected the interests of French planters in Saint-Domingue, later Haiti.

d)

The gens de couleur (French for “people of color”), free mulattos and blacks, were wiped out by an alliance of French settlers and slaves that they armed.

5.

Whose philosophy greatly influenced the creation of a political structure where the government drew its authority from “the consent of the governed” and is the basis for the contractual view of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Edmund Burke.

b)

John Locke.

c)

John Stuart Mill.

d)

William Wilberforce.

6.

Most revolutions produce a strong leading figure; the French Revolution allowed which of the following to assume great power?

a)

Jean Lafitte

b)

King Louis XVI

c)

Lafayette

d)

Robespierre

7.

Which of the following were similar reasons for rebellion between the French Revolution and the American Revolution?

a)

New proposed political structures

b)

The privileges and influence of religious leaders

c)

Transformation of the social class structure

d)

Unfair systems of taxation

8.

Which of the following was the basis for the intellectual concepts of the eighteenth-century political foundations?

a)

Mercantilism

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

the Reconquista

d)

The Reformation

9.

Which of the following was least likely an influence for the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) led by Toussaint Louverture?

a)

Other successful slavery uprisings

b)

Social reforms spreading across Europe.

c)

The ideals of the Enlightenment.

d)

The American and French revolutions.

10.

Which of the following best refers to Saint-Domingue's importance to France?

a)

It was a buffer to the Spanish colonial presence in the Caribbean.

b)

It was connected to the African slave trade network.

c)

The island's location was of a strategic military position in the western hemisphere.

d)

The plantation crops grown on the island generated wealth.

11.

Which phrase best sums up the guiding principles of the French Revolution?

a)

“all men are created equal.”

b)

“liberty, equality, fraternity.”

c)

“no taxation without representation.”

d)

“peace, bread, land.”

12.

Why have the Atlantic revolutions been described as democratic revolutions?

a)

They permanently eliminated the monarchy as a viable political system.

b)

Their common objective was to end the slave trade and abolish slavery.

c)

Their overall thrust was to extend political rights further than ever before.

d)

They fought for universal human rights for all, regardless of race or sex.

13.

In contrast to the American Revolution, the French Revolution

a)

experienced no participation by women.

b)

sought to recreate society from scratch.

c)

drew on Enlightenment ideas about liberty.

d)

sought to preserve existing liberties.

14.

The Atlantic revolutions were inspired by the Enlightenment belief that political and social arrangements

a)

could be improved by human action.

b)

were justified by the divine right of kings.

c)

were driven by economic forces.

d)

should be regulated by church authority.

15.

What did freedom mean in post-revolutionary Haiti?

a)

establishment of political rights for all

b)

independence and the end of slavery

c)

equality for both blacks and whites

d)

equality for both men and women

16.

The Atlantic revolutions challenged the absolute and divine authority of

a)

republicans

b)

nations

c)

monarchies

d)

empires

17.

No taxation without representation.

a)

American

b)

French

c)

Haitian

d)

LA

18.

Toussaint L'Overture

a)

American

b)

French

c)

Haitian

d)

LA

19.

Ancien' Regime. (Estates)

a)

American

b)

French

c)

Haitian

d)

LA

20.

Creoles

a)

American

b)

French

c)

Haitian

d)

LA

21.

Reign of Terror

a)

American

b)

French

c)

Haitian

d)

LA

22.

Slave Rebellion

a)

American

b)

French

c)

Haitian

d)

LA

23.

Difficulty lies in the rigid social classes/racial differences that existed.

a)

American

b)

French

c)

Haitian

d)

LA

24.
All of the following are members of the third estate EXCEPT:
a)
peasants
b)
workers
c)
bourgeoisie 
d)
nobles
25.
When the Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General, they pledged never to disband until a new constitution was created. This event is known as:
a)
Women's March on Versailles
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
The Great Fear
d)
Tennis Court Oath
26.
The third estate attacked a prison looking for guns and ammunition. In the process, they killed all the guards, let the prisoners go, and tore down portions of the old fort brick by brick. This event is known as:
a)
Storming of the Bastille
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
The Great Fear
d)
Tennis Court Oath
27.

Which of the following best represents the nationalist movements of the post-revolutionary era in Europe?

a)

Austrians against the British

b)

Brazilians against the Portuguese

c)

Greeks against the Ottomans

d)

Sardinians against the Italians

28.
This document, created during the French Revolution, contained basic Enlightenment ideals. 
a)
Committee of Public Safety 
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Declaration of the Rights of Man
d)
English Bill of Rights
29.
Who started the Mexican independence movement?
a)
Simón Bolivar
b)
Toussaint L‘Ouverture 
c)
Father Miguel Hidalgo
d)
Jose de San Martin
30.
What was the main factor in determining a person's social status in Spain's colonies in Latin America?
a)
race
b)
wealth
c)
politics
d)
religion
31.
By 1830 revolutions in the Atlantic world resulted in which of the following changes?
a)
The political independence of colonies in both North and South America
b)
The emancipation of slaves everywhere in t he Atlantic world
c)
Political and economic domination of the Western Hemisphere by the United States
d)
The creation of a politically unified South America
32.
In the 18th century, MOST revolutionary leaders tended to be members of the
a)
Slave class
b)
Working class
c)
Catholic clergy
d)
Educated middle class
33.
The Haitian revolution was the only revolution of the period 1750 to 1900 that was initiated and fought by
a)
Creoles
b)
Mestizos
c)
Foreign mercenaries
d)
Slaves
34.

Why did the French military help the U.S. in the American Revolution?

a)

France owed the U.S. a favor.

b)

The U.S. paid France.

c)

France hated Britain.

d)

France was scared of Britain.

35.

Which revolution included wars of liberation that were led by Creole generals, Bolivar and San Martin?

a)

French

b)

Haitian

c)

Latin American

d)

American

36.

All of the following were examples of Dechristianization in France except:

a)

Temples of Reason

b)

Tennis Court Oath

c)

renaming of streets and public buildings

d)

New calendars

37.

The meeting held in Austria after Napoleon's final defeat was the

a)

Congress of Vienna

b)

Confederation of the Rhine

c)

Edict of Nantes

d)

Peace of Westphalia

38.

What two nations experienced unification efforts to become regional European powers in the late 1800s?

a)

Italy and Hungary

b)

Hungary and Germany

c)

Germany and Italy

d)

France and Poland

39.

Napoleon's first exile; and 2nd exile

a)

Corsica ; Elba

b)

Elba; St. Helena

c)

St Helena; Sardinia

d)

Waterloo, Leipzig

40.
a)

Peninsulares

b)

Creoles

c)

Castas

d)

Slaves

41.

Why were creoles resistant to support for their revolutions from the lower classes?

a)

They understood the violence of the masses in the French Revolution

b)

They knew white landowners had been killed in Haiti

c)

They were insistent that skin color should determine social status in New Spain.

d)

All of the above explain creoles' reluctance

42.

Ottomanism sought to modernize and unify the Ottoman Empire by:

a)

Reducing the religions, cultures and languages within its empire

b)

Implementing laws based on Shariah only.

c)

Refusing to grant the Greeks independence

d)

Drafting many young men into the military to avoid the "Old Man of Europe" syndrome

43.

Which of the following was NOT spread to the western hemisphere by the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Horse and cattle

b)

Disease

c)

Slaves

d)

Cash crops

44.

What effect did the Columbian Exchange have on Native American populations?

a)

It mostly wiped them out with disease

b)

It increased them due to new crops

c)

It stayed the same

45.

Why was increased slave labor a result of the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Asians utilized it make silk in India

b)

Europeans used it to grow cash crops in the Americas

c)

Europeans used it to grow cash crops in Europe

46.

Which of the following was NOT a cash crop coming from the Americas to Europe?

a)

Sugar

b)

Tobacco

c)

Cattle

d)

Maize

47.

Which empire is pictured here?

a)

Portugal

b)

British

c)

French

d)

Dutch

48.

Which empire is pictured here?

a)

Spain

b)

British

c)

French

d)

Portugal

49.

Which of the following is NOT a component of mercantilism?

a)

Keeping as much gold and silver as possible

b)

The sharing of collective resources

c)

The attempt to buy as little as possible from other countries

d)

The use of colonies to grow cash crops and then sell them

50.
Wrote the book, "The Social Contract"
a)
John Locke
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
51.
Conquered the Inca Empire
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Hernando Cortes
c)
Vasco da Gama
d)
Galileo Galilei
52.
Wrote, "The Wealth of Nations"
a)
Martin Luther
b)
Adam Smith
c)
John Locke
d)
Peter the Great
53.

Which of the following contributed to the rise of African natives in the Americas at this time?

a)

African migrations to America in search of jobs

b)

Africans were good at navigating the seas so they just traveled everywhere

c)

many Africans moved to the Americas in search of their family members

d)

demand for slavery increased in the Americas

54.
The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ____________ between the Old World and the New World.
a)
men and ships for exploring
b)
money for items
c)
products, ideas, plants, animals and diseases
d)
buying goods from Africa
55.
By mixing the products of the two hemispheres the Columbian Exchange brought _____________.
a)
new land to the Native Americans
b)
nothing new
c)
the world closer together
d)
the world farther apart
56.

What did the Spanish claim as the purpose of the Encomienda system?

a)

To make Spanish kings and lords more wealthy and powerful

b)

To protect and care for the indigenous people, bringing them the advanced culture of Spain and the One True Faith

c)

To establish a global colonial empire for Spain

d)

To become the most wealthy and powerful nation in Europe.