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world history

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define and Describe Enlightenment thought?

a)

An Age of Reason to explain the natural world

b)

An agreement among members of society to create a government for the common good

c)

The idea that God gave power to a king to rule over the people.

d)

Represented Louis XIV’s absolute rule

2.

Define Social Contract?

a)

An agreement among members of society to create a government for the common good

b)

An Age of Reason to explain the natural world

c)

The idea that God gave power to a king to rule over the people.

d)

Represented Louis XIV’s absolute rule

3.

Define Divine Right?

a)

The idea that God gave power to a king to rule over the people.

b)

Represented Louis XIV’s absolute rule

c)

*Declaration of Independence

d)

*Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

4.

Identify the significance of the palace of Versaille?

a)

Represented Louis XIV’s absolute rule

b)

*Declaration of Independence

c)

*Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

d)

*Bill of Rights–Constitutions

5.

Provide historical examples of Enlightenment ideals

a)

*Declaration of Independence

b)

*Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

c)

*Bill of Rights–Constitutions

d)

*Made laws

6.

Why is Louis XIV the perfect example of an absolute monarch?

a)

*Made Laws

b)

*Organized a luxurious court life at Versailles

c)

*Controlled taxation and spending

d)

*France dominated in art and literature

7.

Evaluate Louis XIV reign?

a)

*France dominated in art and literature

b)

*High level of financial debt

c)

*Growing resentment about heavy taxation (Growing and continuing)

d)

Free Trade

8.

Identify the ideals of Adam Smith?

a)

Laissez Faire Economics

b)

Free Market

c)

Father of Capitalism

d)

Free Trade

9.

Define Suffrage?

a)

The right to vote.

b)

*First Estate–Clergy–.5% of population–10% of wealth

c)

*Second Estate–Nobles–1.5% of population–20% wealth

d)

*Third Estate–Commoners (Middle Class, Peasants, Urban Poor)--98% of population–70%of wealth

10.

Describe the social structure of pre-revolutionary France?

a)

*First Estate–Clergy–.5% of population–10% of wealth

b)

*Second Estate–Nobles–1.5% of population–20% wealth

c)

*Third Estate–Commoners (Middle Class, Peasants, Urban Poor)--98% of population–70%of wealth

d)

*Third Estate–Nobles-98% of population–70%of wealth

11.

How did the enlightenment thinkers inspire changes in government and society?

a)

*Sought to understand how governments and society should work

b)

*Introduced new ideas on liberty, and questioned their governments with a goal of creating a more just society

c)

*Enlightenment Ideas

d)

*Resentment of the 3rd Estate (Unfair Social Structure)

12.

Identify short and long term causes of the French Revolution?

a)

*Enlightenment Ideas

b)

*Resentment of the 3rd Estate (Unfair Social Structure)

c)

*Debt–Financial Crisis

d)

*July 14, 1789–Storming of the Bastille–short term

13.

What was the Reign of Terror?

a)

1793-1794: To eliminate the enemies of the French Revolution

b)

*Military success led to political rule

c)

*Spread and inspired ideas of nationalism

d)

*Built an Empire

14.

Evaluate Napoleon Bonaparte’s reign. 1799-1815

a)

*Military success led to political rule

b)

*Spread and inspired ideas of nationalism

c)

*Built an Empire

d)

*Improved his state–built schools

15.

What were the characteristics of the Revolutions in Latin America?

a)

*Nations/People wanted independence from European countries

b)

*People used Enlightenment ideas to justify their need for liberty and equality

c)

*Movements involved mestizo and creole leaders (Middle class leadership)

d)

*Improved his state–built schools