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Absolutism and Revolutions Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rights, such as life and liberty, that a person is born with are called

a)

divine right

b)

philosophes

c)

natural rights

d)

contract

2.

An agreement between rulers and the people to cooperate for mutual social benefits in pursuit of a better society

a)

divine right

b)

free enterprise

c)

laissez-faire

d)

social contract

3.

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

4.

Enlightenment thinker who viewed humanity in a negative way and believed people were naturally wicked.

a)

John Locke

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

Thomas Hobbes

5.

Enlightenment thinker who believed in the natural rights of "Life, Liberty, and the right to Property".

a)

Montesquieu

b)

John Locke

c)

Rousseau

6.

Thomas Jefferson was greatly influenced by "John Locke" and took his ideas to write the ____.

a)

Song "America's Most Wanted"

b)

The Eagle Code

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The Magna Carta

7.
A political idea where the government is divided into branches that share power.
a)
Checks and Taxes
b)
Checks and Monarchy
c)
Checks and Balances
d)
Natural Laws and State of Nature
8.

Rousseau created the idea of the ______ contract.

a)
social
b)

legal

c)

military

d)

royal

9.

According to Montesquieu, what is the main purpose of government?

a)

to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual

b)

to build a wall

c)

to create laws that everyone agree on

d)

to open Chic Fil A on Sundays

10.

Direct Democracy is the best form of government

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

11.

Separation of Powers

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

12.

A direct result of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment was that people studied the concept of natural laws. The Enlightenment focused on how natural laws impacted which aspect of society?

a)

Medicine

b)

Religion

c)

Mathematics

d)

Government

13.

“… Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it …” --- Which idea from the Enlightenment is illustrated in this excerpt as a reason for the American Revolution?

a)

deism

b)

divine rights

c)

social contract

d)

invisible hand of the people

14.

Select the THREE natural rights Locke identified.

a)

Life

b)

Services

c)

Liberty

d)

Property

15.

Separation of Powers influenced the US Government by providing?

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Natural Law

d)

The Social Contract

16.

Most of the French population belonged to the

a)

1st estate

b)

3rd Estate

c)

2nd Estate

17.

Which French social class paid the majority of taxes?

a)

Clergy

b)

The rich

c)

nobility

d)

peasants

18.

What happened on July 14, 1789 that is considered the climax of the early French Revolution?

a)

Storming of the Bastille

b)

Abolition of noble titles

c)

Tennis Court Oath

d)

Reign of Terror

19.
Who was the king of France during the French Revolution?
a)
Louis XVI
b)
Peter the Great
c)
Robespierre
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
20.
What was a desire of Simon Bolivar?
a)
to unite South America into one nation
b)
to unite the Caribbean islands into one nation 
c)
to unite European nations into one nation
d)
to unite Africa into one country
21.
Who was the man responsible for freeing the continent of South America?
a)
Miguel Hidalgo
b)
Simon Bolivar
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Toussaint L'Ouverture
22.
Father Miguel Hidalgo led an independence movement for which country?
a)
Venezuela
b)
Haiti
c)
Mexico
d)
Spain
23.
Who was the Haitian leader who led a successful slave revolt?
a)
Miguel Hidalgo
b)
Toussaint L'Ouverture
c)
Jose Morelos
d)
Augstin de Iturbide
24.

The American and French revolutions were similar in ideals because each group wanted individual rights and....

a)

limited voting rights to economic elites

b)

representative governments

c)

hereditary rights for Aristocrats

d)

equal rights for women

25.

One major effect of Napoleon taking control of France was....

a)

an increase in power of the Roman Catholic Church

b)

massive emigration to the Americas

c)

trade agreements w/Great Britian

d)

a restoration of political stability

26.

According to Bolivar, which of the following contributed to the Latin American revolutions?

a)

all Latin American countries were a democracy

b)

Latin American citizens had representatives in Spain

c)

Latin Americans had no right to own land

d)

Latin Americans had no say in government

27.

The Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights heavily influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence because they

a)

provide suffrage for all men and women

b)

placed limits on the power of government

c)

called for the abolition of all slavery

d)

supported the development of federalism

28.

What was a direct result of the Scientific Revolution in Europe?

a)

a gradual decline in the growth of cities

b)

The application of reason and experimentation to political thinking

c)

the rise of the manorial system

d)

increase in the use of the divine right theory of government

29.

Which of the following are examples of economic achievements by Napoleon? SELECT 2 ANSWERS

a)

Nothing changed

b)

Cancelled the national bank

c)

forced upper class to pay taxes

d)

created Bank of France

e)

increased taxes for lower class

30.

Which of the following people most contributed to the use of the scientific method to solve problems? CHOOSE 2 ANSWERS

a)

John Locke

b)

Nicholas Copernicus

c)

Charles de Montesquieu

d)

Galileo Galilei

e)

Jean Rousseau

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