WorksheetsUnit 6 - Absolutism, Enlightenment, and the Age of Revolutions
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Complete control of everything, sharing power with nobody, is a good definition for which term?
Absolutism
Enlightenment
Age of Revolutions
Scientific Revolution
Most European monarchs during the 16th to 18th centuries were
Enlightenment Thinkers
Absolutists
Egalitarians
Revolutionists
The theory that god gave the monarch the right and power to rule is called
Absolutism
The Enlightenment
The Divine Right
The Mandate of Heaven
Acquiring a warm water port, building a navy, raising women's status, and making the nobles shave their beards are all examples of this Absolutists attempts to modernize his country.
Louis XIV
Elizabeth I
Peter the Great
Phillip II
This Absolutist is considered the greatest example of an Absolute Monarch. He ruled over France, built the Versailles Palace, and proclaimed that he was the "Sun King".
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
Elizabeth I
Phillip II
This Absolutist is considered one of the greatest rulers of England, with religious tolerance and the defeat of the Spanish Armada as one of their greatest accomplishments.
Elizabeth I
Phillip II
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
The French Enlightenment thinker who criticized the French Monarch, advocated for separation of Church and State, and advocated for free speech even if they "did not like what you had to say".
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
Charles Montesquieu
Locke, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Wollstonecraft are all examples of
Absolute Monarchs
French Revolutionaries
Nobles
Enlightenment Thinkers
Which of the following is not an Enlightenment ideal?
There are natural rights that humans are born with.
Divine Right
Society should work towards progress.
Governments should operate based on the consent of their people.
Why is the English Revolution called the "Glorious Revolution"?
They overthrew their Catholic King in a violent series of wars.
They do not call the English Revolution the "Glorious Revolution".
After the revolution the skies opened up, and they interpreted this as God's approval. Thus making it "Glorious".
It was a peaceful transition of power and "bloodless".
His belief in Divine Right, his desire to be an Absolute ruler, and his Catholic sympathies are all examples of
King Charles I ability to work with Parliament.
King Charles I alienation from Parliament.
King Charles ability to work with Catholic Spain.
King Charles ability to pursue the throne in Scotland.
Parliament increasing its power, as well as the Monarch's power decreasing is a direct result of
The Glorious Revolution
The French Revolution
The American Revolution
The Latin American Revolutions
Parliament agreed to let William and Mary become monarchs of England, as long as they agreed to sign this document. This document assured rights and limited the monarch's power by extending the power of Parliament.
The Consitution
The Treaty of Paris
The English Bill of Rights
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the American Revolution?
Lack of Labor Sources
Taxation without Representation
Intolerable Acts
Denial of Trial by Jury
How did the Declaration of Independence embody Enlightenment Ideals?
It said there are natural rights, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It guaranteed rights.
It set up the system of checks and balances in the American government.
It abolished any acquiring of wealth in the colonies.
Which event is considered the beginning of the French Revolution?
Women's March
The creation of the National Assembly
Storming of the Bastille
The Reign of Terror
The inequalities of the estate system, unfair distribution of taxes, excessive poverty, and severe hunger are all considered:
Causes of the American Revolution
Impacts of the American Revolution
Impacts of the French Revolution
Causes of the French Revolution
To justify the revolution, the National Assembly wrote the
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizens
The Concordat
The Tennis Court Oath
What does this picture represent?
The French military having to carry the burden of the people.
The French government having to carry the burden of the poor people.
The Estate System in France, and the 3rd Estate carrying the burden of the 1st and 2nd Estates.
France carrying the burden of other European powers.
The Reign of Terror was a part of which revolution?
The French Revolution
The American Revolution
The Latin American Revolutions
The Glorious Revolution
Which group was spared during the Reign of Terror?
Nobles
Peasants
Clergy
No one was spared
Napoleon was well like by the French people because
He stabilized society with his Napoleonic Code
He built France back into a powerhouse
He fixed the taxes and debt in France
All of the above
Napoleon almost conquered all of Western Europe, but was defeated at Waterloo and sent to St. Helena until he died.
True
Flase
Which 2 nations above were Napoleon's biggest threat to his expansion of power?
Spain and Italy
Great Britain and Austria
Russia and Great Britain
Portugal and Sweden
The first successful slave revolt occurred in
Mexico
Colombia
Brazil
Haiti
Touissant L'Ouverture led the slave rebellion and revolution in
Bolivia
Brazil
Haiti
Spain
Men and women born in the New World but with pure European blood, and they helped spearhead the revolutions of Latin America.
Mestizo's
Mullatoe's
Peninsulare's
Creole's
Who was seen as the symbol for Mexican independence
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Hernan Cortez
Who did they call "the Liberator"?
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Hernan Cortez
The Latin American Revolutions were fought against this colonial power
Portugal
England
America
Spain
The system of the Shogunate in Japan is very similar to
European Imperialism
European Feudalism
European Exploration
the European Revolutions
By forcing the Daimyo's and their families to live in the capital, Tokugawa Ieyasu was able to
pay them.
abuse them.
control them.
rely on them.
This dynasty in China was able to expel the Mongols.
The Han
The MIng
The Qing
The Zhou
The Qing did not allow the Chinese to have the same status as the Manchu and worked to keep them seperate.
True
False
This man was the leader of the Reign of Terror.
Voltaire
Maximilien Robespierre
Jean Jacque Rousseau
Louis XVI
