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WorksheetsUnit 1 Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
“In every government, there are three kinds of power. These are the legislative, the executive, and the judicial powers.” Who said this?
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Jefferson
“In order to live a more contented (happy) life and escape that miserable condition of war, men must give up their freedom to the State (government)” Who said this?
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Jefferson
“Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains.” Who said this?
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Jefferson
"People had a right to overthrow a government that fails to protect their natural rights." Who said this?
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Jefferson
"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" Who said this?
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Jefferson
The Magna Carta was the first document to state the ______ was not above the law.
Judge
King
Jury
Executioner
What do the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen have in common?
Both outline a series of natural rights
Both are sets of explicitly codified laws
Both are inherently religious documents
Both call for the overthrow of the king
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen stated:
All men were born free and equal in rights
All male citizens had the right to vote
Male and female citizens were equal before the law
All citizens had to pay equal taxes
During the Enlightenment, individuals known as _________ began to ask if natural rights belonged to all human beings.
Nobles
Professors
Marquises
Philosophers
In 1776, Thomas Jefferson drafted a document which laid out the American colonists' complaints against King George III and explained the actions that they were willing to take to protect their “unalienable rights” to “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” What was this document?
The Articles of Confederation
The United States Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Bill of Rights
Under __________, the monarch has absolute control over the government.
absolutism
democracy
constitutional monarchy
totalitarianism
The _____ Estate was a privileged class made up of the nobles.
First
Second
Third
Fourth
The _____ Estate was a privileged class made up of the clergy
First
Second
Third
Fourth
What was a major cause of the French Revolution?
Inequalities of the tax structure
Economic success of mercantilism
Failure of the Congress of Vienna
Continental system in Europe
Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins are best known for:
sending French troops to fight in the American Revolution
protecting freedom of religion
supporting the reign of King Louis XVI
instituting the Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror refers to:
10 months of accusations and executions
Violent counterrevolution
Devastating Russian winter
The Royal Army
During the Reign of Terror, Robespierre tried to
Execute all the French nobles
Restore the Catholic Church
Crush all opposition to the revolution
Reinstate the monarchy
What percentage of the population of France made up the Third Estate?
1%
2%
97%
35%
When combined, what percentage of France’s population were the First and Second Estates?
2%
3%
97%
35%
When combined, how much of the land in France did the First and Second Estates own?
35%
45%
65%
70%
