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WorksheetsWorld Civ Semester Exam - 2019
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The Estates General was made up of three different groups. Which statement correctly describes the Third Estate?
They paid the majority of the taxes to the government
They were part of the 1% of France's population
They owned approximately 20% of the land
They were educated French people and helped the destitute
Which economic theory is described in the following statements?
Communism
Capitalism
Socialism
None of the above
How did Napoleon Bonaparte become France's sole ruler?
He seized control in a military takeover of the government
He was elected by the citizens of Paris
He was restored as a member of the royal family
He was elected by the members of the National Convention.
Which of the following is a result from the development of British railroads?
Created thousands of mining jobs
Lowered the cost of transporting goods
Encouraged people to travel for leisure
All of the above
Why did British, French, and Russian governments support Greece’s rebellion against Ottoman rule?
These governments respected Greek contributions to politics and philosophy.
These governments supported nationalist movements throughout Europe.
The Ottoman Empire threatened to expel Greek Christians from the Balkan Peninsula.
The British and French governments wanted Russia to have control of the eastern Mediterranean.
How did the Industrial Revolution change the lives of middle-class British women?
They began to receive the same wages as men.
They began to attend college to train for careers as teachers.
They entered the workforce as domestic servants.
They became isolated from their families working long hours in factories.
Which statement would a conservative who lived during the early 1800s support?
Monarchies need to be replaced with democratic republics.
The preservation of personal liberties is the goal of good government.
Government works best when it is limited.
Monarchies should be sustained in order to keep public order.
Which organization did Maximilien Robespierre lead that oversaw the horrors of the Reign of Terror?
The Directory
The Committee of Public Safety
The National Assembly
The National Convention
Which theory states that laws should be ignored and governments should be eliminated?
Capitalism
Communism
Anarchism
Socialism
The most notable effort by Alexander II to modernize Russia came in 1861, when the czar granted freedom to the __________
Serfs
Boyars
Greeks
Poles
How did Brazil’s struggle for independence differ from other Latin American rebellions?
Brazil was granted independence from Spain after a short but relatively bloodless fight.
Brazil promised to recognize the Spanish royal family as heads of state.
Brazil was ruled by former enslaved people following its liberation.
Brazil became an independent nation with the approval of the royal family.
What did Klemens von Metternich hope to achieve at the Congress of Vienna?
to reduce the power of the Pope so that the Italian states may unite in the future
to return Europe to the political state of affairs that had existed before the French Revolution
to weaken Great Britain so that the country may be unable to wage war in the future
to politically isolate Austria so that the country may be unable to influence the development of Germany
How did the agricultural revolution directly affect industrialization in Great Britain?
With fewer farmers working the land, the rural population could move to cities.
By enclosing fields, landholders could experiment with new farming techniques.
By using the four crop rotation system, nutrients in the soil could be replaced faster.
With greater crop yields, the government could support larger armies.
Which statement accurately describes the effect of imperialism during the nineteenth century?
Less-developed nations in Asia and Africa became industrialized.
Economic inequality between industrial and agricultural countries narrowed.
International competition for colonial markets increased.
Less-developed nations in Asia and Africa became wealthy from selling raw materials.
Why did Germany industrialize at a later date than Great Britain or the United States?
Germany lacked sufficient coal and iron deposits.
Germany had a small population that lived in rural areas.
Germany relied on canals instead of railroads to transport raw materials.
Germany was politically separated into many smaller states.
All of the following were developments of the Congress of Vienna EXCEPT..
Austria became the head of the most powerful alliance in Europe.
Switzerland became an independent nation.
Austria and a number of German states joined to form the German Confederation.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands was created from former Dutch Republic and Hapsburg lands.
After Napoleon's escape from Elba, many Frenchmen rallied behind the emperor because they feared that __________ would return lands to the nobility
Louis XVIII
Louis XIV
William III
Frederick William III
Following a coup d’état, Louis-Napoleon took the title of Napoleon III in honor of his ____________, Napoleon I.
Uncle
Brother
Father
Grandfather
Which two groups in Latin American colonial society controlled both the government and the military?
Mestizos and mulattos
Indians and mestizos
Creoles and peninsulares
Indian and peninsulares
Why did Napoleon decide to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
He abandoned his dream of a New World empire after the revolt in Saint Domingue
He feared that the British would blockade the territory with their superior navy
He needed money to retake lands in the New World that he had lost in the French and Indian War
He reasoned that continuous attacks by Native Americans were making the territory unprofitable.
Which of the following resulted from nineteenth-century workers joining labor unions?
The working week was shortened.
Many factory jobs were created.
Factories became unhealthy places to work.
Living conditions in cities became miserable.
Which aspect of mass production allows a broken machine to be fixed quickly using an identical item?
Specialization
Assembly line
Interchangeable parts
Division of Labor
Skilled workers, such as ____________, organized into labor unions, and since their labor was difficult to replace, these unions were more effective at generating reforms.
Printers
Farmers
Maids
Miners
Why did France institute the Continental System?
To prevent Germany from becoming a unified nation
To prevent Austria from becoming Europe's dominant land power
To weaken Great Britain by cutting off trade between them and other European nations
To force Spain to accept the rule of Napoleon’s brother
Which group of people were most often the victims of the Reign of Terror?
the poor throughout the country
the radicals in the government
the clergy who opposed Church reforms
the nobles who conspired against the state
How did the rise of a middle class in the Italian city-states affect the Renaissance?
It provided money to sponsor military campaigns
It created wealth to influence local elections
It provided money to sponsor artists and writers
It created wealth to establish new colonies
What act ultimately led to Martin Luther’s excommunication from the Catholic Church?
He wrote the 95 Theses.
He encouraged people to study the Bible.
He taught that good works were not necessary for salvation.
He would not take back the 95 theses after Pope Leo's decree
Which of the following statements is true about the Council of Trent?
It was acceptable to sell indulgences
Christians needed only faith for salvation
Church tradition has less authority then the Bible
The Church’s interpretation of the Bible was final
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
Italy was first to trade with the New World, thanks to Christopher Columbus
Italian farmland was rich enough to provide surpluses for trade and wealth.
Italy was the most unified area of Europe both culturally and politically.
Italy was a center of trade routes that connected Europe and the East.
What did the West Indies export both to England and to New England, New York, and Philadelphia?
sugar, coins, molasses, and enslaved Africans
fruit and bills of exchange
coins and enslaved Africans
sugar and molasses
Which development caused the Japanese to become isolationists by the beginning of the 17th century?
The importation of the Portuguese cannon
The adoption of Chinese cultural references
The continued threats of Mongolian invasions
The growing influence of Christian missionaries
Certain areas of Africa have uninhabitable environments. However, the _____________________________ have a welcoming Mediterranean-type climate and fertile soil.
Sahel and Sahara
Red Sea and Atlantic Ocean
Tropical Rain forests and Savannas
Northern Coast and Southern tip of the continent
This region has a semiarid climate and is located at the southern edge of a vast desert.
Sahara
Rainforest
Sahel
Savanna
Which of the following contributed to the creation of absolute monarchies?
Wealth from the Age of Exploration
Formation of republics
Creation of national constitution
Growing influence of the Roman Catholic Church
To achieve his goal of a self-sufficient France, Louis XIV’s finance minister,_______________ , promoted overseas colonies that could provide France with raw materials and imposed high tariffs on imported goods to protect French businesses.
Rene Descartes
Cardinal Mazarin
Cardinal Richelieu
Jean Baptiste Colbert
With which statement would Thomas Hobbes agree?
An absolute monarch rules with the consent of his people.
Individuals have the most freedom under an absolute monarch.
People are basically good and an absolute monarch protects them.
An absolute monarch can best guarantee law and order.
Which statement describes the British monarchy after the Glorious Revolution?
The king can raise taxes as he chooses.
The king rules without the consent of Parliament.
The king can dismiss an elected member of Parliament.
The king is restrained by a series of laws that he must obey.
This Enlightenment thinker believed that branches of government such as the executive, legislative, and judicial branches should be separated.
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
John Locke
Cesare Beccaria
Which Enlightenment thinker believed that people have natural rights, liberty, and the right to property.
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
John Locke
Cesare Beccaria
How did Newton explain the role of God in the universe?
He believed God had little interest in the problems of humanity.
He imagined God as a clockmaker who created an orderly universe and then left it alone.
He believed God was periodically communicating with saints to reveal his purpose.
He thought that God periodically punished humans who disobeyed him with disaster or disease.
Which statement explains the effect of the Navigation Acts on American colonial commerce?
The legislation limited American colonial commerce with Britain and its colonies.
The laws increased American colonial commerce with Britain and other European nations.
The laws created an economic dependence of the American colonial economy with British commerce.
The legislation ruined the American colonial economy by forcing American colonists to trade with Britain.
Which statement reflects an argument of Enlightenment philosophers against the belief in the divine right of kings?
God has chosen all government rulers
Independence is built by military might
A capitalist economic system is necessary for democracy
The power of the government is derived from the governed
A major concept promoted by philosophers of the Enlightenment was the need for
A return to traditional medieval ideas
The use of reason for rational and logical thinking
Overseas expansion by western European nations
Strengthening the power of the organized religions
All of the following were consequences of revolutionary changes in the textile industry except
cheaper cotton goods.
a dramatic increase in weavers' wages.
the movement of larger numbers of agricultural workers into the industry.
a reduction in child labor.
The major breakthrough in energy and power supplies that catalyzed the Industrial Revolution was
The development of the internal combustion engine.
the use of running water to power cotton-spinning machinery.
Sir Isaac Newton's discovery of the law of action and reaction.
James Watt's steam engine, developed and marketed between the 1760s and the 1780s.
By reducing the cost of overland freight, the railroad
created national markets.
reduced the volume of world trade
strengthened rural cottage industry.
drove the British merchant marine out of business.
The law which outlawed labor unions and strikes in Britain was the
Mines Act of 1842.
Combination Acts of 1799.
Factory Act of 1833.
Reform Law of 1848.
How did the Industrial Revolution impact cities?
New cities emerged to support the factories
Cities disappeared as factories took over
Cities were swallowed as raw materials were mined
Cities and factories blended into large work-life areas
How might small farmers of the agricultural revolution be compared to the working class of
the Industrial Revolution?
Both endured long working hours.
Both suffered job losses due to progress.
Both lived in climates of social restructuring.
All of the above
