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Political Revolutions_Unit 7 review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the 2 main effects of the Glorious Revolution in England?

a)

Adaption of a Bill of Rights and a Constitutional Monarchy

b)

Adaption of a Bill of Rights and a Direct Democracy

c)

Adaption of a Bill of Rights and a Religious Oligarchy

d)

Adaption of a Bill of Rights and a Military Dictatorship

2.

What was the main concept the populous wanted in the French, American, and Russian revolutions?

a)

property

b)

equality

c)

liberty

d)

power

3.

What is a term used to describe the movements from monarchy to democracy?

a)

war

b)

commercial

c)

movement

d)

revolution

4.

Ideas that discuss the rights of man originate during what era?

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Modern Age

c)

Reformation

d)

Middle Ages

5.

Out the Enlightenment thinkers listed below, which had to MOST effect of the American Revolution?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Alexis de Tocqueville

c)

John Locke

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau 

6.

The French philosopher, Voltaire, is MOST known for his writings on...

a)

scientific method

b)

freedom of religion

c)

feminist thought

d)

social contract theory

7.

Which list of Enlightenment philosophers had the most influence on the American Revolution?

a)
  • Thomas Hobbes

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  • Sir William Blackstone

  • Baron de Montesquieu

b)
  • Thomas Hobbes

  • John Locke

  • Sir William Blackstone

  • Mary Wollstonecraft

c)
  • Cesare Beccaria

  • John Locke

  • Sir William Blackstone

  • Baron de Montesquieu

d)
  • Thomas Hobbes

  • John Locke

  • Sir William Blackstone

  • Baron de Montesquieu

8.

-Influenced the French Revolution

-Influenced the American Revolution

Which had the most influence on the even above?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Reformation

c)

The Middle Ages

d)

The Stone Age

9.

During the French revolution and the American Revolution, what are 2 things the people wanted from their government?

a)

unlimited government

b)

Limited government

c)

natural rights

d)

limited rights

10.

-wanted governments with popular sovereignty

-separation of powers

Which 2 revolutions wanted the concepts listed above in their newly formed governments?

a)

American and French revolutions

b)

American and German revolutions

c)

German and French revolutions

d)

American and English revolutions

11.

What was 1 effect of the English Bill of Rights?

a)

religious persecution

b)

Limited the power of the kings

c)

eliminated the monarchy

d)

established a monarchy

12.

what is a cause and effect of a revolution?

a)

dissatisfaction with elected rulers > revolution > everything stays the same

b)

dissatisfaction with divinely ordained rulers > revolution > everything stays the same

c)

dissatisfaction with elected rulers > revolution > social and economic reorganization

d)

dissatisfaction with divinely ordained rulers > revolution > social and economic reorganization

13.

Which idea from Enlightenment Thinkers was implemented in the new governments established after the monarchies were destroyed?

a)

Royal rule

b)

Separation of powers

c)

Divine right

d)

Powers of taxation

14.

What was the main reason the American Colonists fought the American Revolution?

a)

They wanted an unlimited government in which the people cannot elect leaders to act on their behalf

b)

They wanted a totalitarian government

c)

They wanted a representative government in which the people elect leaders to act on their behalf

d)

They wanted a monarchy

15.

What is a common theme in the Declaration of Independence and the English Bill of Rights?

a)

they limited the power of a ruler/government

b)

they gave unlimited power to a ruler/government

c)

they limited the rights of the people

d)

they called for the king to have unlimited power

16.

Which Enlightenment Thinker wrote about the separation of powers within government (the idea that government power should be separate and independent)?

a)

Jean Rousseau

b)

Baron de Montesquieu

c)

John Locke

d)

Thomas Hobbes

17.

Trial by jury, a right included in the American Bill of Rights, has origins in which classical civilizations?

a)

China

b)

Rome

c)

Greece

d)

Both Greece & Rome

18.

What is a principle that is outlined in the US Constitution that is based on a principle from the Early Roman Republic?

a)

Balance of Power

b)

Federalism

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Popular Sovereignty

19.

Which group demanded social and political change that led to the French Revolution?

a)

Third Estate

b)

First Estate

c)

Second Estate

d)

The Emigres, forced immigration

20.

What is a result of the influence Napoleon had on the French legal system?

a)

He reversed the ideals of the French Revolution

b)

He gave the Catholic Church ultimate authority

c)

He developed a unified law code

d)

He created a secret police force

21.

What events inspired Bolivar's revolution in Latin America

a)

Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution

b)

French and American Revolutions

c)


Napoleonic Wars

d)

Renaissance and Reformation