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Western Civ Test 2 Review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A place where Enlightenment thinkers got together to discuss Enlightenment ideas

a)

divine right

b)

salon

c)

laissez-faire

d)

bourgeoisie

2.

A person(s) who had unlimited authority and almost no legal limit.

a)

A Monk

b)

Absolute Monarch

c)

A Philosophe

d)

A Salon Manager

3.
The Enlightenment centers around what kind of person?
a)
Politician
b)
Philosopher
c)
Clergy
d)
Artist
4.

What is "Divine Right"?

a)

Belief that Kings/Queens were chosen by God to rule over their land

b)

Idea that the Church is corrupt and should be dissolved

c)

Law that the Pope is the Head of the Catholic Church

d)

Money people paid to forgive sins and earn salvation

5.

How did Peter the Great help his country of Russia during his reign?

a)

Began to print newspapers and books

b)

Improved the overall standard of living for citizens

c)

Modernized the country and improved technology

d)

All of the above

6.

During the Age of Absolutism, which group of people had the most power?

a)

Catholic Church

b)

Kings/Queens

c)

Nobility

d)

Peasants

7.
What was the last religious war in Europe which started when Catholic officials were thrown out a window?
a)
Seven Years' War
b)
War of the Austrian Succession
c)
Thirty Years' War
d)
Great Northern War
8.

The divine right theory is the belief a ruler has absolute power since s/he was established by ________________.

a)

God

b)

The people

c)

The pope

d)

Destiny

9.

The estate that was forced to carry all of the burden by paying taxes and did not receive any privileges

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Bourgeoisie

10.

How did King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette make the 1789 economic situation of France worse?

a)

Loaning Austria too much money

b)

Excessive spending

c)

Closing French Banks

d)

Printing too much money

11.

After the Third Estate walked out of the Estates-General, what group did they form?

a)

National Assembly

b)

Legislative Assembly

c)

National Convention

d)

Directory

12.

The promise of the National Assembly to stay at Versailles and draft a new constitution was known as the

a)

Committee of Public Safety

b)

Peasant Act

c)

Tennis Court Oath

d)

Reign of Terror

13.

What political party decided the fate of Louis XVI after France became a republic? Who became their leader?

a)

Sans-culottes/Horatio Nelson

b)

Conservatives/ Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Jacobins/

Maximilien Robespierre

d)

Bourbons/

Louis XVI

14.

After the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Reign of Terror, France got another constitution where power was transferred to a very corrupt five member executive branch called the

a)

Concordat

b)

Directory

c)

Plebiscite

d)

First Consul

15.

The series of meetings held in 1814 and 1815 by European leaders that was meant to discuss lasting peace in Europe was known as the

a)

Congress of Vienna

b)

Reign of Terror

c)

Estates-General

d)

National Convention

16.

Who called himself the "Sun King", because all of France revolved around him?

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

King Louis XIV

c)

King Philip II

d)

Peter the Great

17.

The French Revolution had ideas that came from

(Pick 2)

a)

The American Revolution

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

Louis XIV

d)

The National Assembly

18.

Some of the causes of France being in debt was because of

a)

Giving financial aid to the American colonies

b)

The overspending by the King on luxuries

c)

Bad harvest and famine

d)

unemployment

e)

All of the choices

19.

The estate that was forced to carry all of the burden by paying taxes and did not receive any privileges

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

None

20.

Writers of the enlightenment were interested in

a)

Changing relationship between people and government

b)

Changing relationship between people and government

c)

Supporting divine right of kings

d)

Voting increased powers for European monarchs

21.

The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment were similar because

a)

strengethen tradition

b)

led to Protestant Reformation

c)

Rejected Renaissance

d)

spreading new ideas

22.

What was Napoleons downfall in Russia?

a)

The rivers and mountains in the country

b)

The conflict between the Czar

c)

Freezing cold and harsh winter

d)

The Russian trained army

23.

The American Revolution and French Revolution are similar in that they

a)

both wanted representative governments

b)

Both supported womens rights

c)

Both limited voting rights of the elite

d)

Both were peaceful

24.

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Pursuit of Happiness

d)

Property

25.

What were John Locke's 3 natural rights?

a)

Life, Liberty, pursuit of happiness

b)

Live, Laugh, Love

c)

Life, Liberty, Property

d)

Life, Speech, Religion

26.

Napoleon created government run ____ to obtain qualified officials.

a)

Hospitals

b)

Military

c)

Schools

27.

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

a)

clergy

b)

nobles

c)

common people

d)

kings and queens

28.

Leader of the committee of Public Safety

who enforces policies of the Reign of

Terror

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Robespierre  

c)

Napoleon

d)

Klemens von Metternich

29.

Sudden overthrow of the government

a)

Napoleonic Code

b)

Bastille

c)

Continental System

d)

Coup d'état

30.

A prison attacked at the outset of the French Revolution

a)

Elba

b)

Bastille

c)

St. Helena

d)

Coup d'état

31.
The First Estate was made up of this group.
a)
clergy
b)
common people
c)
nobles
d)
kings and queens
32.
France was deep in debt because
a)
money spent on the American Revolution
b)
Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
c)
the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
d)
all of the above
33.
What was the result of King Louis XVI's trial for treason in front of the National Convention?
a)
Innocent and Exiled
b)
Guilty and Hung
c)
Innocent and restored as King
d)
Guilty and Executed with the Guillotine
34.

What new method of execution was primarily used during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Hanging

b)

Firing squad

c)

Guillotine

d)

Burned at the stake

35.
The National Assembly set down the ideas of the Revolution in 
a)
the Declaration of Independence
b)
the Declaration of the Rights of Man
c)
the US Constitution
d)
The Edict of Nantes
36.
When Napoleon became the supreme leader in France what popular legal system did he enact (put in place)?
a)
Napoleonic Code
b)
Catholic Code
c)
French Bill of Rights
d)
Equal Rights Legislation
37.

What event restored monarchies and the balance of power to Europe after the Napoleonic Wars?

a)

Congress of Vienna

b)

Parliament

c)

League of Nations

d)

Estates General

38.

Which intellectual movement had the greatest influence on the goals of the French Revolution?

a)

Romanticism

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

The Renaissance

d)

Futurism

39.

Which of the following was NOT one of Napoleon's big mistakes?

a)

Invasion of Russia

b)

Peninsular War

c)

Continental System

d)

Louisiana Purchase

40.

This began as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics

a)

War of the Austrian Succession

b)

Thirty Years War

c)

War of the Spanish Succession

d)

French and Indian War

41.

Referred to himself as the "Sun King"

a)

Frederick William I

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Frederick II (The Great)

d)

Peter I

42.

During the Age of Absolutism, which group of people had the most power?

a)

Catholic Church

b)

Kings/Queens

c)

Nobility

d)

Peasants

43.

What is "Absolutism"?

a)

All citizens can vote and participate in their government

b)

Government in which one Monarch has all of the power

c)

Small group of people rule over a country together

d)

When no government exists and there is anarchy

44.

What's the motto of the revolutionaries?

a)

Bread and Peace

b)

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

c)

God and the King

d)

Equality

45.
This happened to Napoleon after his last defeat at Waterloo.
a)

he was exiled to the island of St. Helena

b)
he was executed by the National Assembly
c)
he died in the Battle of Waterloo
d)
he became emperor of France
46.

Maximillian Robespierre and the Jacobins are best known for

a)

Instituting the Reign of Terror

b)

Protecting freedom of religion

c)

Supporting the reign of King Louis XVI

d)

Ending slavery in French colonies

47.

Where did the delegates of the Estates-General have their meeting?

a)

Versailles Palace

b)

Tuileries Palace

c)

Bastille Prison

d)

Elba

48.

Who were the radicals of the revolution that wanted the Kings Execution?

a)

Jacobins

b)

Girondins

c)

Royalists

d)

Poor

49.

What came first in the Revolution topic?

a)

the Directory

b)

Estates General Meeting

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

Womens March

50.

Which came last in the order of these events?

a)

Rise of Directory

b)

Womens March on the palace

c)

Flight of the King to Varennes

d)

Estates General Meeting

51.

After his final defeat by British and Prussian forces in June 1815, Napoleon was imprisoned on the island of

a)

Waterloo

b)

St. Helena

c)

Newfoundland

d)

Corsica

52.

The political faction who wanted the execution of the king

a)

Mountain

b)

Girondins

c)

Jacobins

53.
What was the job of the Committee of Public Safety?
a)
To ensure the nobility is protected 
b)

To save the Revolution by finding and executing traitors of it

c)
To protect the public from the revolutionaries
d)
To establish law and order for the nobles

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