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Unit 1 Review Quiz Part 1

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Thomas Hobbes describe as “nasty, brutish, and short”?

a)

State of Nature

b)

State of Warfare

c)

State of Creation

d)

State of Confusion

2.

How did the Magna Carta (1215) contribute to the development of the English government?

a)

It extended voting rights

b)

It provided for a bill of rights.

c)

It created a two-house parliament.

d)

It limited the power of the monarch.

3.

What is the theory that states Kings have authority by the hand of God?

a)

Theory of Absolutism

b)

Divine Right of Kings

c)

Theory of Divinity

d)

Divine Right of Monarchy

4.

How many freedoms were granted to people under an absolute ruler?

a)

Whatever freedoms granted by the King.

b)

The freedom of religion.

c)

The freedom of speech.

d)

The freedom of prosperity and property.

5.

Which of the following is not an absolute ruler?

a)

Peter the Great

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Thomas Jefferson

6.

-Religious differences between Protestants and ---Catholics Disagreements over the divine authority of the King

-Legal questions over taxation


All of the above are causes related to

a)

The English Civil War

b)

The Glorious Revolution

c)

The French Revolution

d)

The War of the Roses

7.

Which English leader took power at the end of the English Civil War?

a)

Charles I

b)

James II

c)

Oliver Cromwell

d)

William of Orange

8.

During the English Civil War, which group supported Parliament?

a)

Cavaliers

b)

Torries

c)

Roundheads

d)

Whigs

9.

Which document was created during the Glorious Revolution?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Common Sense

10.

What is one way in which the Stuart kings abused their power?

a)

Dissolving Parliament

b)

Declaring war on Germany

c)

Changed religion of the country

d)

Created state education

11.

All of the following are examples of ways Henry VIII abused his power EXCEPT

a)

Divorcing his wife, Catherine of Aragon

b)

Creating the Church of England

c)

Beheading his wives

d)

Being a patron to the arts and entertainment

12.

Louis XVI + Marie Antoinette Why were Louis and Marie Antoinette so strongly disliked?

a)

Louis XVI was seen as war hungry, and Marie Antoinette was barren.

b)

Louis XVI was seen as incompetent, and Marie Antoinette was a foreigner.

c)

Louis XVI was seen as a communist and Marie Antoinette as a spendthrift.

d)

Louis XVI spent too much money building the palace of Versailles, and Marie Antoinette was a foreigner.

13.

The Tennis Court Oath can be described as the

a)

decree in which it was declared the king would be beheaded.

b)

event in which Napoleon was sworn in as head consulate in 1801.

c)

ceremony in which Louis XVI required his nobility to swear an oath of allegiance.

d)

declaration by the Third Estate that they would continue to meet until a constitution was established.

14.

Which of these events was the first popular protest of the French Revolution?

a)

trial of Louis XVI

b)

storming of the Bastille

c)

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

d)

reign of the Committee of Public Safety

15.

Early in his military career, how did Napoleon react when defeat was obvious?

a)

He surrendered to the enemy.

b)

He asked for more troops and ramped up his attack.

c)

Abandoned his soldiers and returned home

d)

He formed alliances with other countries.

16.

Napoleon’s costliest defeat in terms of loss of material and men, that largely led to his downfall, came

a)

against the Russians.

b)

at Waterloo.

c)

near Paris.

d)

in Egypt.

17.

By 1799, how did the outcome of the revolution in France differ from the outcome in the United States?

a)

Unstable leadership in France allowed a military dictator to seize power.

b)

French supporters of absolutism installed a new king who ruled by divine right.

c)

A weak central authority in France allowed provinces to form independent republics.

d)

French Jacobins formed a republican government in which the heads of state had only limited power.

18.

Which of the following ideas of John Locke did Thomas Jefferson use in The American Declaration of Independence?

a)

separation of powers

b)

life, liberty, and the pursuit of property

c)

general will over the rights of the individual

d)

right of the people to overthrow the government