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Revolutions: Europe & Latin America

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Metternich urge conservative leaders to suppress revolutionary ideas?

a)

He believed conservative leaders would defend peace and stability.

b)

He believed conservative leaders would protect basic rights and freedoms.

c)

He wanted conservative leaders to bring change themselves.

d)

He wanted conservative leaders to replace European monarchs.

2.

Why did liberals support a free market economy?

a)

They believed in fighting for workers’ rights.

b)

They wanted those who shared a cultural heritage to have their own businesses.

c)

They saw it as an opportunity for capitalist entrepreneurs to succeed.

d)

They believed everybody should have a say in how the government should run.

3.

What encouraged revolutionaries in Central Europe to fight the old order?

a)

The ideas of liberalism and nationalism.

b)

The desire to gain freedom of religion.

c)

The people wanted one government.

d)

The conservatives wanted to gain more rights.

4.

Which group did Louis Philippe's policies favor?

a)

The working class

b)

The upper bourgeoisie

c)

The monarchy

d)

The elderly and children

5.

What inspired the outbreak of uprisings in Europe?

a)

Metternich's fear of liberal ideas.

b)

The difference in religious ideas.

c)

The difference in cultures in different states.

d)

The revolts and changes of government in France.

6.

Which of the following made Paris “ripe for revolution” in 1848?

a)

The economy was in a recession.

b)

Only Liberals supported the government.

c)

Socialists were demanding the return of Louis Philippe.

d)

Radicals had taken sole control of the government.

7.

Why did the majority of the European uprisings fail?

a)

The uprisings failed as a result of fighting between the classes.

b)

The uprisings failed as a result of military force and a lack of popular support.

c)

The uprisings failed because rebels from different countries did not work together.

d)

The uprisings failed because more people supported the monarchs.

8.

What meeting took place in 1815 to restore old order power?

a)
The Berlin Conference
b)
The Yalta Conference
c)
The Congress of Vienna
d)
The Potsdam Conference
9.

Which of the following were influences of the Latin American Revolutions? (The Domino Effect)

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The American Revolution

c)

The French Revolution

d)

The Russian Revolution

10.

What helped "Spark" the Latin American Revolutions?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte selling the Louisiana Territory to the United States.

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte conquering Spain in 1808 and putting his brother on the throne.

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte escaping from the island of Elba.

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte reinstating slavery in French colonies in 1803.

11.

What social structure existed in Latin America's New Spain?

a)

The Caste System

b)

Feudalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Mercantilism

12.

Which of the following does not belong to the Latin American social system?

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Creoles

c)

Mestizos

d)

Native Americans

e)

San Culottes

13.

How was the Social System in Latin America different than the Social System found in France?

a)

It was based on education

b)

It was based on wealth

c)

It was based on race

d)

It was based on land occupation

14.

This revolutionary of the Latin American Revolutions helped liberate the northern part of South America from Spain. He was also known as the "Great Liberator".

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Toussaint L' Ouverture

c)

Jose San Martin

d)

Father Miguel Hidalgo

15.

This revolutionary of the Latin American Revolutions helped liberate the southern part of South America from Spain.

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Toussaint L' Ouverture

c)

Jose San Martin

d)

Father Miguel Hidalgo

16.

This revolutionary of the Latin American Revolutions helped liberate the Haiti from France. This freed slave led one of the only successful slave rebellions in the western hemisphere.

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Toussaint L' Ouverture

c)

Jose San Martin

d)

Father Miguel Hidalgo

17.

This revolutionary of the Latin American Revolutions started the Mexican War for Independence. Mexico would eventually gain its independence from Spain.

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Toussaint L' Ouverture

c)

Jose San Martin

d)

Father Miguel Hidalgo

18.

In which of the revolutions were social classes determined primarly by race?

a)

The French Revolution

b)

The American Revolution

c)

The Latin American Revolutions

d)

All of the Above

19.

Which Latin American social class was made up of people who were of a mixed European and African bloodline?

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Mestizos

c)

Creoles

d)

Mullatos

20.

Which Latin American social class was made up of people who were of a mixed European and Native American bloodline?

a)

Mullatos

b)

Peninsulares

c)

Creoles

d)

Mestizos

21.

Which Latin American social class was made up of people who had a Spanish bloodline and were born in the colonies?

a)

Mullatos

b)

Creoles

c)

Peninsulares

d)

Mestizos

22.

Which Latin American social class was made up of people who had been born in Spain, then traveled to Latin America?

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Mestizos

c)

Creoles

d)

Mullatos

23.

All of these were causes of the Latin America Revolutions except

a)

Centralized Rule by colonial Powers

b)

Increased Nationalism

c)

Education increased in middle class

d)

Forced conscription in the armies

24.

First Revolt was in

a)

Mexico

b)

Peru

c)

Argentina

d)

Haiti

25.

Who liberated Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia

a)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

b)

Father Miguel Hidalgo

c)

Simon Bolivar