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Revolutions Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was a common cause of the English Civil War, American Revolution, and the French Revolution?

a)

All sought an increase in freedom of religion

b)

All desired an immediate end of the Monarchy

c)

All wanted to limit the size of the military

d)

All were fought over an increase in taxes

2.

Who controlled the French Government during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

King Louis XVI (16th)

c)

Maximilien Robespierre

d)

The Directoire

3.

Who led the only successful slave revolt in history?

a)

Maximillian Robespierre

b)

Simon Bolivar

c)

Prince Pedro of Portugal

d)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

4.

Which of the following Social classes made up majority of the population in France?

a)

3rd Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

1st Estate

5.

This tool was widely used for public executions during the French Revolution & was considered a "Humane" form of execution.

a)

The Firing Squad

b)

Public Hangings

c)

The Electric Chair

d)

The Guillotine

6.

What happened to Haiti's plantation system after they gained their freedom from France?

a)

Slaves continued to work on plantations

b)

The Plantation system grew due to needed trade

c)

The Plantation system collapsed due to banned slavery

d)

Slaves started to travel to new countries

7.

This man was a priest who's responsible for starting the Mexican Revolution & bringing their social classes together?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Miguel Hidalgo

c)

King Dom Pedro

d)

Toussaint L'ouveture

8.

This man took advantage of the Reign of Terror using his military power to become Consul of France.

a)

Miguel Hidalgo

b)

Toussaint L'ouveture

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte I

d)

Maximilien De Robespierre

9.

Who was the most famous leader of the South American wars of independence from Spain?

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Maximillian De Robespierre

c)

Toussaint L'ouveture

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

10.

Why did many of the great thinkers of the Scientific Revolution come into conflict with the Catholic Church?

a)

They refused to pay their taxes to church as they believed they were helping society

b)

They worked to prove that the teachings of Jesus Christ were true

c)

They challenged many of the ideas that were considered truths in Christian teaching

d)

They were trying to convert people and spread the Islamic faith throughout Europe

11.

Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton all supported which idea from the Scientific Revolution?

a)

Heliocentric Theory

b)

Geocentric Theory

c)

Law of Planetary motion

d)

Law of Gravity

12.

Which term describes the era when new ideas and advances in sciences roughly from 1500-1700

a)

The Renaissance

b)

The Age of Revolutions

c)

The Middle Ages

d)

The Scientific Revolution

13.

What did the ideas of John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rousseau have in common?

a)

The philosophies inspired the American and French revolutions.

b)

The theories encouraged the establishment of absolute monarchs

c)

The theories promoted fairness in the criminal justice system.

d)

The philosophies challenged the traditional role of women.

14.

Please read the following:

The Preamble to the United States Constitution:

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

What Enlightenment idea is reflected in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution?

a)

Power should be divided among three branches.

b)

The government's power comes from the people.

c)

A system of checks and balances is necessary.

d)

All men and women are created equal.

15.

Enlightenment thinkers of the 17th Century believed in applying reason to the natural world, while also supporting the ideas of democracy and

a)

World Peace

b)

Abolitionism

c)

Religious Tolerance

d)

Military Expansionism

16.

The Enlightenment influenced revolutionary thought by

a)

encouraging the poor to take up arms.

b)

stressing the importance of the monarchy.

c)

designing a common revolutionary strategy

d)

Instilling a belief in the natural rights of man.

17.

According to the concept of absolutism

a)

people have absolute power in government.

b)

there is no absolute authority in society.

c)

government had absolute power and could not be disobeyed.

d)

people have the right to overthrow absolute monarchies.

18.

Peter the Great (Russia), Fredrick the Great (Prussia), and Louis XIV (France) were all considered to be

a)

feudal lords.

b)

constitutional monarchs.

c)

absolute monarchs.

d)

enlightened despots.

19.

Absolutist monarchs in Europe sought to do which of these?

a)

encourage the rebellion of peasants and serfs

b)

centralize political power within their countries

c)

to prove their greatness by emancipating slaves

d)

increase political rights for commoners

20.

Which nation's revolution resulted in a decreased power of the church, nobility and later influenced political revolutions such as Haiti?

a)

France

b)

Mexico

c)

Great Britain

d)

United States of America

21.

Which of these was a reason the American colonies were fighting a war for independence in 1776?

a)

failure to protect the colonists from attacks by the French

b)

restrictions on slave ownership in the colonies

c)

restrictions on colonial trade

d)

failure to protect the colonists from attacks by the Spanish

22.

Which concept was being challenged during the English Civil War?

a)

Divine Right of Kings

b)

power of the government over the church

c)

A Freedom of Religion

d)

the rule of succession

23.

Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power came as

a)

an opponent of the Revolution.

b)

a French military hero.

c)

husband of Marie Antoinette.

d)

after executing Louis XVI.

24.

I. Nationalism in Spain and Germany

II. French power over the Catholic Church

III. More rights for women I

V. Unity and order in France.

Napoleon's expansion into Europe resulted in what events?

a)

I and II only

b)

II and IV only

c)

I, II, and IV only

d)

I, II, and III only

25.

The map shown above represents the territory conquered or controlled by what famous 19th century leader?

a)

King Louis XVI

b)

Frederick the Great

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Maximilien Robespierre

26.

He was a politician, scientist, and philosopher, known not only for his belief in the "scientific method" but for his creation of "empiricism."

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

Galileo

c)

Newton

d)

Descartes

27.

This French thinker is often called the "Father of Modern Philosophy," was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution, and whose belief in rationalism can be summed up with the phrase "I think, therefore I am."

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

Descartes

c)

Galileo

d)

Newton

28.

Perhaps the most important figure of the Scientific Revolution, this Italian astronomer and mathematician was condemned by the Catholic Church in the 1600s for popularizing heliocentrism.

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

Descartes

c)

Galileo

d)

Newton

29.

This English scientist is known for scientifically describing gravitational force, spelling out the "laws of motion," for writing "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica"- one of the most important books in world historyand much, much more.

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

Descartes

c)

Galileo

d)

Newton

30.

This is the astronomical observation that the Earth revolves around the Sun, not the other way around; a model that was popularized by Copernicus and Galileo.

a)

Heliocentrism

b)

The Scientific Revolution

c)

Geocentric

d)

Gravity