WorksheetsUnit 5 Review Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who created the largest empire in Europe since the Romans?
Horatio Nelson
British Navy
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Spanish
What was one of the effects of the naval Battle of Trafalgar?
Napoleon expanded his empire
It started the 100 years war
It ensured the supremacy of the British Navy for the next 100 years
It led to the independence of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw
Which territories did Napoleon control by 1812?
Britain, Spain, and France
Spain, Grand Duchy of Warsaw, and German Kingdoms
France, Italy, and Portugal
German Kingdoms, Britain, and Grand Duchy of Warsaw
What caused Napoleon to invade Russia?
A personal vendetta against the Russian Tsar
Breakdown of the Russian-French alliance
An invitation from the Russian monarchy
Economic pressures in France
What was the condition of Moscow when Napoleon reached it?
The city welcomed him as a liberator
It was abandoned and in flames
It was heavily fortified and defended
It was already captured by another invading force
What was the impact of the Russian winter on Napoleon's campaign?
It had no significant effect
It provided a strategic advantage to Napoleon
It helped to replenish Napoleon's supplies
It took a toll on the French troops
How did the invasion of Russia affect the strength of the French and allied invasion forces?
It increased their strength significantly
It had no impact on their strength
It reduced their strength to a small fraction of their initial strength
It doubled their strength due to new alliances
What were central to Enlightenment thought that allowed humans to understand the universe and improve their own condition?
The use and celebration of logic and reason
The development of new forms of art
The expansion of monarchical power
The discovery of new continents
Which development of the Western European Renaissance most influenced the Enlightenment?
The Scientific Revolution
The Protestant Reformation
Greek Philosophy
The Counter Reformation
According to John Locke, whose job is it to protect natural rights?
The Church
People, by Social Contract
Governments
God
What was a common strategy of monarchs like Tokugawa, Tsar Peter the Great, and Louis XIV when moving their nations from feudalism to absolutism?
Raising the national debt
Officially changing the national religion
Limiting trade
Centralizing their governments by moving the capital and changing the power of and locations of nobles
Which Enlightenment idea is BEST represented by the quote: "What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, a body charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, both civil and political."?
Natural Rights
Freedom of Speech
Social Contract
Separation of Powers
What kind of Government did England have after the Glorious Revolution?
Constitutional monarchy
Absolute monarchy
Dictatorship
Direct democracy
What did the Glorious Revolution have in common with the Brazilian Revolution?
They were both bloodless revolutions
Both resulted in abolition of the monarchies
Both happened because the people forced the monarchy out of power
Both happened because the church sided with the people
Who ruled England after the death of Queen Elizabeth when she had no children of her own to inherit the throne?
The Tudor Dynasty
The Plantagenet Dynasty
The Stuart Dynasty
The Hanover Dynasty
Which three aspects did the American Revolution share with the Glorious and French revolutions?
Involvement of the Church in Government
Debt
Taxes
A lack of or violation of representative government
What about the Stamp Act and Tea Act caused American Colonists to rebel?
Because the colonists didn't see themselves as British so they didn't want to pay British taxes
Because life in the colonies was already hard before the added taxes
Because the colonists didn't want to pay taxes
Because it was 'taxation without representation'
Why were The Declaration of Independence (America) and The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (France) both drafted?
The people wanted a constitutional monarchy
The citizens were trying to compromise with the monarchs
The monarchs were failing to protect the natural rights of the people
The people had given up on monarchy as a form of government
Which Enlightenment idea justified the actions of the colonists in the American Revolution?
People are basically good and therefore do not need be ruled by an absolute government
The people may overthrow the government if the government fails to fulfill its responsibilities under the “social contract”
No monarch has a divine right to rule
Only a direct democracy can protect the natural rights of citizens
Which group in colonial Mexico changed sides and changed the results of the Mexican Revolution in favor of the Revolutionaries?
The Peninsulars
The Creoles
The Mestizos
The Indigenous Americans
Which fact most likely influenced Creole's decision to support Revolutionary Movements in the colonies?
They suffered heavily under taxation without representation
They were heavily influenced by the actions of the Gens de Couleur from the Haitian Revolution
They were exposed to Enlightenment ideas while being educated in Europe
Their petitions for citizenship were denied by the monarchy
Which events in Europe most directly influenced the decision of the Latin American colonies to revolt?
The French Revolution
The Glorious Revolution
Napoleon's conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
The Congress of Vienna
Which fact most likely turned people's opinions against the idea of absolute monarchies?
The Scientific Revolution caused people to question the divine right to rule
Monarchs failed to meet the needs and protect the rights of The People.
Monarchs failed to bring anything good to their nations.
As people embraced renaissance ideas they believed less in hereditary right to rule
Who was the former slave who helped lead Haiti (St. Domingue) to independence from France?
Joseph Chevalier
Toussaint L'ouverture
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Who was the Catholic priest who helped lead Mexico to independence?
Miguel Hidalgo
Simon Bolivar
Toussaint L'ouverture
Joseph Chevalier
