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Unit 5 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define ABOSLUTISM

a)

Regular people have all the power

b)

Kings/Queens have all of the power in a nation

c)

Kings/Queens have absolutely no power

d)

People pay the nobles to have absolutely all of the power

2.

Define DIVINE RIGHT

a)

God gave kings the power to rule

b)

God asked kings to rule

c)

God requires a certain king to rule

3.

Why did absolute rules require their nobles to live in the palace/city with them?

a)

To hang out

b)

To consult

c)

To control

d)

To give money to them

4.

What was Peter the Great's main goal as an absolute ruler?

a)

Westernize Russia

b)

Expand the power of the nobles

c)

Take over Japan

d)

Force convert everybody to Russian Orthodoxy

5.

While King Louis XIV lived an extra life, the taxes for this landed on who?

a)

Nobles

b)

Regular people

c)

No one, he abolished taxes

d)

No one, it was all donations

6.

Cardinal Richelieu created this group made up of people from the middle class to be representatives of the crown. What was this group called?

a)

Inspectors

b)

Intendants

c)

Representatives

d)

Pseudo-Royals

7.

Which Estate in France was paying the most taxes?

a)

The First Estate

b)

The Second Estate

c)

The Third Estate

d)

The Fourth Estate

8.

Who was the absolute ruler at the beginning of the French Revolution?

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Phillip II

c)

King George III

d)

Peter the Great

9.

After the 3rd Estate was locked out of the Estates General meeting, what event occurred in Paris out of pear the King would send military troops to the city?

a)

Storming of the prison the Bastille

b)

March on Paris

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

Execution of Robespierre

10.

What revolution started the spark first and inspired many other worldwide revolutions?

a)

American

b)

Latin American

c)

French

d)

Haitian

11.

What method did Napoleon use to gain power over France?

a)

Guillotine

b)

Reign of Terror

c)

The Great Fear

d)

Coup d'état

12.

The French people supported Napoleon because they hoped he would:

a)

adopt protestant reformation ideas

b)

put Louis XVI back on the throne

c)

Provide stability for France

d)

end Spanish control in France

13.

When Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of France, what becomes his goal?

a)

Invade Spain

b)

Invade Africa

c)

Make France the most powerful Empire in Europe

d)

Make France a democracy

14.

When Napoleon invaded Russia, how it did end?

a)

Became Czar of Russia

b)

Nothing, ended in a stalemate

c)

Putin took over France

d)

Took the L, came back to France, exiled to an island

15.

What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna?

a)

Stop Napoleon, squash any cause for revolutions

b)

Approve the name "Vienna Sausage"

c)

Make Vienna Sausages the national meat

d)

Appoint Napoleon as dictator of France

16.

The Enlightenment is also known as ___

a)

Age of Ultron

b)

Age of Knowledge

c)

Age of Reason

d)

Age of Thinking

17.

What two institutions did the Enlightenment change?

a)

Family and Church

b)

Family and Government

c)

Government and Religion

d)

Government and Society

18.

Thomas Hobbes proposed the idea of Social Contract Theory. What does this theory suggest?

a)

People give up some freedoms, government is to protect the people

b)

Government has absolute power, people bend to the king

c)

People don't give up any rights, government does not have to protect citizens

d)

Government can overthrow the people if they are abusing their power

19.

John Locke stated that everybody is born with 3 natural rights that the government cannot take away. What were those 3 natural rights?

a)

Life, Property, Food

b)

Life, Liberty, Property

c)

Food, Water, Shelter

d)

Life, Liberty, Protest

20.

Voltaire famously said "I do not agree with what you said, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." What was he in favor of?

a)

Freedom of Speech

b)

Freedom of Opinion

c)

Freedom of Thinking

d)

Freedom of Government

21.

Rousseau state that people were created ____, and believed in ____ that allowed people to vote for their representatives.

a)

differently, a monarchy

b)

equal, a monarchy

c)

equal, pure democracy

d)

differently, pure democracy

22.

Montesquieu believed that the government should divide their powers so that all members of society are equally represented.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Who led a revolt in Latin America against the Spanish, was also known as the Libertador.

a)

George Washington

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Simon Bolivar

d)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

24.

Who led a slave revolt in Saint Dominique (aka Haiti)?

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

c)

George Washington

d)

Marquis de Lafayette

25.

Hobbes, Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu could all be described as:

a)

Revolutionary War generals

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Philosophers whose ideas influenced America's founders

d)

Colonial advisors to King George III