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Prince and the Revolutions

Total questions: 102

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following made up 1% of the French population, and included clergy?

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Middle Class

2.

Which of the following made up 2% of the French population, and included nobles?

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Peasants

3.

The ___ made up roughly 97% of the French population.

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Church officials

4.

Which of the following is an accurate description of the tax system in France in the years preceding the French Revolution?

a)

Only peasants and the clergy paid taxes.

b)

Only about 2 percent of the nobility paid any taxes.

c)

The nobility paid taxes only on land, not on income.

d)

The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes.

5.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

a)

An unfair tax system among the Estates

b)

Government debt from wars

c)

An increase in the cost of living

d)

Frequent attacks from the British

6.

What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?

a)

Robespierre was executed by the guillotine.

b)

French women marched all the way to Versailles.

c)

A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder.

d)

All of the above are true.

7.

Which goal was NOT stated in the "slogan of the Revolution"?

a)

Liberty

b)

Equality

c)

Justice

d)

Brotherhood

8.

Which group imposed the Reign of Terror?

a)

The Second Coalition

b)

The Committee of Public Safety

c)

The National Assembly

d)

The King's Swiss guard

9.

Who was Maximilien Robespierre?

a)

army general

b)

King of France

c)

priest

d)

Leader of the Committee of Public Safety

10.

What was Napoleon Bonaparte able to accomplish during peacetime?

a)

He set up government-run public schools.

b)

He set up a comprehensive system of laws.

c)

He established a fairer tax code.

d)

All of the above are true.

11.

What is nationalism?

a)

Unjust use of power

b)

A government consisting of delegates from the Third Estate

c)

A five-person council set up to run the government

d)

Pride in one's country based on shared customs and common history

12.

A machine for beheading people used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.

a)

Beheader

b)

National Razor

c)

Guillotine

d)

Head chopper-offer 3000

13.

Which of the following wars helped to inspire the French Revolution?

a)

The American Civil War

b)

The French and Indian War

c)

American Revolution

d)

The Seven Years War

14.

What did the National Assembly promise to do in the Tennis Court Oath?

a)

To execute the king

b)

To write a new constitution

c)

To stage a Coup d'etat

d)

To make France independent

15.

In 1791, France's new constitution changed France's government to a(n) _________________.

a)

Republic

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

c)

Absolute Monarchy

d)

Dictatorship

16.
Which document was based on the Enlightenment ideals and established the separation of the colonies from Britain?
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
US Constitution
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Declaration of the Rights of Man
17.
What impact did the French and Indian War have on the American colonies?
a)
Led to new taxes they did not vote on
b)
Led to more wars with the French
c)
They lost their land to Native Americans
d)
The British established military law in the colonies
18.

Where was the Declaration of Independence written and signed?

a)

Atlanta, Georgia

b)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

c)

Saratoga, New York

d)

Lexington, Massachusetts

19.

Who was the British king during the American Revolution?

a)

George Washington

b)

King George III

c)

King Henry VII

d)

King Edward

20.

Who led the Continental Army?

a)

Abraham LIncoln

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

George Washington

21.

Who was an editor of the Declaration of Independence as well as a scientist and inventor?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benedict Arnold

d)

Paul Revere

22.

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the US?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benedict Arnold

d)

Patrick Henry

23.

The Bill of Rights was influenced by

a)

Voltaire

b)

John Locke

c)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

d)

all of the above

24.

What was Montesquieu's influence on the U.S. Constitution?

a)

public elections

b)

branches of government

c)

the Bill of Rights

d)

representatives

25.

Which of the following men contradicted (went against) the ideas in the U.S. Constitution?

a)

Baron de Montesquieu

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

John Locke

d)

Denis Diderot

26.

How did the Declaration of Independence embody (reflect) Enlightenment ideals?

a)

It stated that all titles of nobility should be abolished.

b)

It protected the rights of the accused and prohibited cruel punishment.

c)

It set up a system of checks and balances for the U.S. government.

d)

It said that people have rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

27.

How did the Enlightenment Period change how people viewed the world/life? Choose all that apply

a)

Less religious/spiritual, more secular/worldly

b)

Less gothic/more classical

c)

Less baroque/more authoritarian

d)

Less philosophical/more scientific

28.

What revolutions did the Enlightenment Period influence?

a)

Russian Revolution/American Revolution

b)

French Revolution/Russian Revolution

c)

American Revolution/French Revolution

d)

Russian Revolution/Bolshevik Revolution

29.

The Enlightenment Period encouraged people to question who and what?

a)

Church/Bible

b)

Bible/Society

c)

Government/Neoclassicalism

d)

Government/Church

30.

The Enlightenment influenced people to find answers through what two ways?

a)

Reason/Discovery

b)

Reason/Scientific Method

c)

Scientific Method/Observations

d)

Observations/Logic

31.

Locke and Rousseau believed the government's power came from the

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

consent of the governed

c)

third estate

d)

nobility

32.

Rousseau's influence is seen in the American government with

a)

public elections

b)

checks and balances

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

freedom of speech

33.

Voltaire's fight for individual rights were for

a)

freedom of speech

b)

tolerance

c)

freedom of religion

d)

all of the above

34.

"We the People", a representative government and limits on government power are all ideas from

a)

Locke

b)

Rousseau

c)

Beccaria

d)

Voltaire

35.

The Federal System, three branches of government and checks and balances are all ideas from which philosophe?

a)

Rousseau

b)

Voltaire

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Wollstonecraft

36.
Which enlightenment thinker believed that a government is needed to keep order?
a)
Voltaire
b)
Hobbes
c)
Rousseau
d)
Beccaria
37.
Who believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected?
a)
Voltaire
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Rousseau
d)
Hobbes
38.
Who believed the government should protect a person's three natural rights: life, liberty, and property?
a)
Rousseau
b)
Beccaria
c)
Wollstonecraft
d)
Locke
39.
Who believed that women's education should be the same as men's?
a)
Rousseau
b)
Wollstonecraft
c)
Locke
d)
Hobbes
40.
Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans are _______________.
a)
pure and innocent
b)
selfish and wicked
41.
The beliefs of the enlightenment thinkers led to a revolution in France in __________.
a)
1689
b)
1789
c)
1725
d)
1559
42.
According to Copernicus, the sun  
a)
Revolved around the earth
b)
Was the center of the Universe
c)
Was the biggest star
d)
 Had many moons
43.
The Scientific Revolution challenged many medieval ideas about science. All of the following were astronomers during the Scientific Revolution except __.
a)
Nicolaus Copernicus
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Galileo Galilei
d)
Johannes Kepler
44.
The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
earthcentric
d)
world's worst
45.
What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  
a)
That Jupiter had four moons
b)
That the planets revolved around the earth 
c)
That the sun was the biggest star
d)
That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun
46.
 _____________________ was an Italian astronomer who developed the telescope, which then confirmed Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory 
a)
a. Isaac Newton
b)
b. Galileo Galilei 
c)
c. Adam Smith
d)
d. Dennis Diderot
47.
During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________
a)
King
b)
Family
c)
Church
d)
Sir Salami 
48.
Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  
a)
That heaven did not exist
b)
That Earth revolved around the sun
c)
Against the law of gravity
d)
That the sun revolved around the Earth
49.
What type of math was Newton known for developing?
a)
Geometry
b)
Trigonomety
c)
Calculus
d)
Addition
50.
Which scientist developed laws of motion?  
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
51.
Which of the following was developed by Isaac Newton?
a)
the heliocentric theory
b)
the scientific method
c)
the theory of scientifc rationalism
d)
the theory of universal gravitation
52.
What is empirical evidence?
a)
Evidence based on observation and experimentation
b)
Evidence based on religious beliefs and faith
c)
Evidence based on common sense
d)
Evidence based on Ptolemy
53.
Scientist began using _____________ and _______________ instead of placing their beliefs in faith.
a)
History and faith
b)
Math and Science
c)
Math and History
d)
reason and logic
54.
Which best describes the scientific method in the appropriate steps?
a)
Analyze data, research, and experiment
b)
Experiment, research, question, and analyze data
c)
Question, hypothesize, experiment, analyze data
d)
Research, analyze data, and experiment if needed
55.

The French monarch who declared "I am the State"

a)

Charles V

b)

Henry IV

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Marie Theresa

56.
The greatest danger to Louis' rule came from 
a)
England
b)
Very high nobles
c)
Peasants
d)
The royal council
57.
Louis XIV came to the throne in 1643 at the age of 4!  Due to his young age, _________, the chief minister, took control of the government.
a)
Cardinal Mazarin
b)
Cardinal Francis
c)
Oliver Cromwell
d)
Louis XVI
58.
What name did Louis XVI give himself?
a)
The Sun King
b)
The Son King
c)
The Most Catholic King
d)
The Lord Protectorate
59.
How did absolute monarchs maintain their authority?
a)
By controlling a centralized bureaucracy, standing army & economic policies designed to maximize the wealth of the state.
b)
Through implementation of a strict policy of consulting with a parliamentary body as designated by the voting districts.
c)
Through maintaining a strong military as to create a balance of power withing a particular geographic region.
d)
Developing an economic policy focused on expansion within one's state as well as overseas expansion.
60.

What city was built in a swamp connected to the Baltic Sea, that became the "New" Capital of Russia in 1703-1917. Also know as "The City built on Bones."

a)

Moscow

b)

Amsterdam

c)

London

d)

St. Petersburg

61.

Who is this "Great" Tsar in Russian History?

a)

St. Peter

b)

Peter I

c)

Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)

d)

Henry VIII

62.
What is divine right?
a)
The right to rule was given to the monarch by God
b)
a Birth right
c)
soldiers for hire
d)
a monarch for hire
63.

Philip II sent the ________ to DESTROY England in 1588.

a)

Spanish Armada

b)

The Conquistadors

c)

Pizarro and Cortez

d)

Spanish Inquisition

64.
Peter the Great implemented this to make Russia stronger.
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Westernization
c)
Balance of Power
d)
Trickle down economics
65.
Where did Louis XIV move France's palace?
a)
Lyon
b)
Gordes
c)
Versailles
d)
Dinan
66.

Which best describes the kind of ruler Louis XIV was?

a)

He was a kind king who worked in the best interest of the people

b)

He murdered his wives and brought about a new religion

c)

He saw himself and the only source of power and built powerful armies and overspend on lavish wars and goods

d)

He tried to mimic the western world to modernize his country especially in material goods, fashion, and shipbuilding

67.
When a ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people.
a)
Absolutism
b)
Republicanism
c)
Socialism 
d)
Parliament-arianism
68.

Legislative, or law-making, body in government representing the interests of the people in Great Britain.

a)

Congress

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

Duma

d)

Parliament

69.

The belief that each "people" should have their own country is what?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Liberalism

d)

Countryism

70.

This person started the movement for Mexican independence with his "Grito de Dolores."

a)

Father Hidalgo

b)

Benito Juarez

c)

Emiliano Zapata

d)

Father Hurtado

71.

This man freed much of South America from the Sapnish

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Diego Maradona

c)

Vasco de Gama

d)

Pablo Escobar

72.

This country drove out the French with a slave revolt

a)

Haiti

b)

Mexico

c)

Cuba

d)

Brazil

73.

At this meeting in 1885, the European powers divided up Africa on a map.

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Munich Agreement

c)

Hamburg Concession

d)

Tennis Court Oath

74.

The control and exploitation of a country by a more powerful country is known as what?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Socialism

c)

Communism

d)

Liberalism

75.

What was one effect of the French Revolution?

a)

Differences between ethnic groups were eliminated.

b)

Communism became popular.

c)

Militarism was discouraged.

d)

Nationalistic feelings were stimulated.

76.

Prussian Chancellor in charge of uniting Germany.

a)

Cavour

b)

Garibaldi

c)

Bismarck

d)

Wilhelm I

77.

What did Nationalism lead to?

a)

Losing interest in the other countries to they couldn’t place nationalism there

b)

Preventing wars and outbreaks of the Europeans

c)

Placed the interest of their own country above other countries

78.
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
The United States
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Germany
79.
Which 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
wood and peat
b)
oil and natural gas
c)
coal and iron
d)
cotton and tobacco
80.
England is an island. Why was this an advantage during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
It wasn't an advantage.
b)
It made it more difficult for other countries to steal England's ideas.
c)
England has many ports and rivers which allow easier worldwide trade.
d)
England had tropical weather, which allowed more crops to be grown.
81.
Which innovation  allowed factories to be built anywhere?
a)
flying shuttle
b)
spinning jenny
c)
cotton gin
d)
steam engine
82.
What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?
a)
ruralization
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
83.
Who designed the first efficient steam engine?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Kay
c)
Richard Arkwright
d)
James Watt
84.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Safe working conditions
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Widespread pollution
85.
What product was first made using machines in factories?
a)
Steel
b)
textiles
c)
locomotives
d)
flying shuttles
86.
What did Samuel Slater build in America?
a)
A train
b)
A tractor
c)
A water frame
d)
A textile mill
87.
How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?
a)
Made them more expensive & harder to ship
b)
made them cheaper & easier to ship
c)
Gave people a way of transportation
88.
How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?
a)
Made the crime rate decrease
b)
Led to an increase in farm workers
c)
Make the cities cleaner and safer
d)
Led to an increase in population in the cities
89.
During the Industrial Revolution, transportation was improved by having more:
a)
airplanes
b)
canals & paved roads
c)
taxi service
d)
time because there was no Netflix
90.
What are identical components that can be used in place of each other?
a)
Interchangeable parts
b)
Factories
c)
Dynamos
d)
Assembly Lines
91.
Mass production led to:
a)
Products being more superior in quality
b)
goods became less expensive
c)
laborers received higher wages
d)
industries moved to rural areas
92.
Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by
a)
Factories
b)
Hand
c)
Slaves
d)
Royalty
93.
The Industrial Revolution happening during the _____ and the ____.
a)
1700s, 1800s
b)
1800s, 1900s
c)
1900s, 2000s
d)
1500s, 1600s
94.
This machine separated the seed from cotton fibers.
a)
Spinning Mule
b)
Spinning Jenny
c)
Steam Engine
d)
Cotton Gin
95.

"The Industrial Revolution was the period in which the production of goods shifted from hand production methods to complex machines. This period of industrialization resulted in social and economic changes." What is an EFFECT of the Industrial Revolution according to the statement?

a)

It resulted in social and economic changes

b)

The land was ideal for farming

c)

The Industrial Revolution happened in Great Britain

d)

Machines were used during the Industrial Revolution

96.

"Coal is a rock that is combustible, meaning that it burns easily when set on fire." What is an effect of coal during the Industrial Revolution - pick the best option.

a)

Coal fueled engines, factories, and trains

b)

Coal is found in the ground

c)

Coal is a natural resource

d)

Great Britain's location made it ideal for trading

97.

Due to inventions like the seed drill, which made planting crops easier and faster, farmers migrated to the cities. What was an effect of inventions like the seed drill?

a)

Farmers lost their jobs and moved into industrial jobs

b)

The machines turned into robots and took over land in Great Britain

c)

The farmers needed more work and hired more people to work the land.

d)

The farmers moved to the United States

98.

Who wrote The Jungle?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Chester Arthur

99.

What government change occurred because of The Jungle?

a)

Regulation of cash crops used for food for cattle

b)

Unionization of meat industry

c)

Creation of a federal health department

d)

Federal Meat Inspection Act

100.

What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish?

a)

Encourage leaders to make segregation in schools illegal

b)

Document labor conditions during an economic crisis

c)

Depict the evils of capitalism in communist propaganda

d)

Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms

101.

True or False? Child labor only happened in the US during the early 1900s

a)

True

b)

False

102.

True or False? Child laborers made the same wages as adults

a)

True

b)

False

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