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WorksheetsUnit 1: Government, Balance of Power Test
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 34mins
Match the following...
Extravagant palace built by Louis XIV to show his power
Versailles
A type of government in which the leader has all of the power
Absolute Monarchy
A type of government in which the leader shares their power and follows basic laws
Constitutional Monarchy
The law-making body of the British government
Parliament
You may be punished or executed for doing this in an absolute monarchy
Criticizing the King
What does Absolute Ruler mean?
someone who has to answer to a separate government body like parliament
a ruler who is sure of their power
a ruler who absolutely wants to rule and help people
a ruler who is involved in all aspects of government and public life
Why would absolute monarchs claim divine right?
to justify their authority to rule
to seize the lands of feudal nobles
to ensure the good of the people
to satisfy the demands of religious leaders
How did Phillip II influence art during Spain's golden age?
He provided financial support to artists.
He gave work only to Spanish-born artists.
He was skilled at drawing and painting.
He ruled that all art should depict religious subjects.
What does Divine Right of Kings mean?
a Birth right
Kings had the right to hire soldiers
The right to rule was given to the monarch by God
The monarch is not above the law
Under Louis XIV what was the purpose of court ceremonies such as the levee?
to encourage literature and the arts
to share power with the nobles
the keep the nobles under the control of the King
to help the King govern more efficiently
Louis XIV of France was known as the . . .
Terrible King
Sun King
Lazy King
Great King
Time period in Europe during the 17th & 18th Centuries when Philosophers began applying the concept of reason to the political environment and challenged absolutism (unlimited government).
Scientific Revolution
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Middle Ages
Philosopher who believed in natural rights and a social contract in order to have government. Believed the job of government was to protect peoples’ natural rights.
Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
Locke's natural rights. Everyone is born with these.
Life, liberty, property
Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
money, cars, houses
work, religion, freedom
The concept that people have to agree to be governed. If the government fails to protect their rights, people can revolt and abolish the government.
Separation of powers
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
Social Contract
Philosopher who believed that government should have separation of powers and checks and balances.
Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
Enlightened thinkers believed that _____ could lead them to the truth.
feeling
reason
experiments
government
The Sugar Act brought about which protest slogan?
Tea and cake or death
No taxation without representation
Join or Die
Give me liberty or give me death
What was the significance of the Stamp Act on individual Colonists?
This act earned the colonists representation in Parliament
This Act brought about the French and Indian War
This act is the first time Parlement directly taxed the colonists
The colonists agreed to pay the tax and end the Revolution.
What was the first battle of the American Revolution
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Massachusetts
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Saratoga
Which battle led to the surrender of the British?
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Massachusetts
Breeds’ and Bunker Hill
What was the date the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence?
July 4,1776
August 2, 1776
April 18, 1776
December 16, 1773
Thomas Jefferson borrowed many of his ideas from which Enlightenment Philosopher?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Paine
John Adams
According to the Declaration of Independence who institutes or creates governments?
The King
The People
The Pope
The President
Most of the French population belonged to the
1st estate
3rd Estate
2nd Estate
Which French social class paid the majority of taxes?
Clergy
The rich
nobility
peasants
Social conditions where the background to the French Revolution. Which factors were an important part of the French uprising?
Famine
unemployment
rising prices
All of the choices
The radical and violent stages of the French Revolution is reffered to as the
Starving time
Regin if Terror
American Revolution
Bastille Day
The French Revolution had ideas that came from
(Pick 2)
The American Revolution
The Enlightenment
Louis XIV
The National Assembly
Some of the causes of France being in debt was because of
Giving financial aid to the American colonies
The overspending by the King on luxuries
Bad harvest and famine
unemployment
All of the choices
Leader of the committee of Public Safety
who enforces policies of the Reign of
Terror
Louis XVI
Robespierre
Napoleon
Klemens von Metternich
The great French empire that Napoleon created eventually fell after the unsuccessful invasion of Russia. Why was the invasion considered a great disaster for Napoleon?
There was a massive air attack by the Russians that wiped out most of Napoleons army
Russia's scorched-earth policy and cold winter wiped out most of Napoleons army
The Battle of the Bulge wiped out most of Napoleons army
The newly formed United States allied with Russia to wipe out most of Napoleons army
The _____________ _________________ was the most dangerous leg of the _______________ ______________ route. It took 2-3 months to reach the Americas.
Last Passage, Triangle Trade
Middle Passage, Triangle Trade
Deadly Passage, Silk Road
Triangle Trade, Middle Passage
The global slave trade that transported between 10 and 15 million enslaved Africans across The Atlantic Ocean to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries.
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Triangle Trade
The Middle Passage
The Transpacific Slave Trade
