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WorksheetsAbsolutism and Revolution BJU World History Ch 9 and 11
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name the period of mass execution that occurred during the French Revolution.
Reign of Terror
Enlightenment
Congress of Vienna
the Inquisition
What eastern European country was partitioned by its powerful neighboring countries and only regained its independence after World War I?
France
Italy
Poland
Germany
What two countries mentioned in chapter 11 developed from the unification of many smaller states?
Turkey and Italy
Poland and Russia
Germany and France
Germany and Italy
The ______ ______ was the change of power in England in 1688 that took place without fighting a war.
Reign of Terror
Glorious Revolution
Congress of Vienna
Civil War
______ ______ ruled England for a time as Lord Protector.
(a)
(a) is the idea that the best way to find true knowledge is through experience.
(a) is the idea that the use of human reason is the best way to establish truth.
(a) is the view of God as a clock-winder, who made the world but left it to run according to the natural laws that He set up for it.
The division of modern governments into three branches is based on the Enlightenment idea of a separation of (a) .
(a) is an intense devotion and loyalty to one’s own people.
Who used mathematics to develop the theory that the earth revolves around the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Edmond Halley
Sir Isaac Newton
Andreas Vesalius
Who had a famous comet named for him?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Sir Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Edmond Halley
Who developed an advanced form of calculus and discovered the laws of gravity and motion?
Sir Robert Boyle
Sir William Herschel
Antoine Lavoisier
Sir Isaac Newton
Which man was a medieval scholar who made significant contributions in physics, geography, and optics?
Roger Bacon
Edward Jenner
Sir Robert Boyle
Paracelsus
How did Enlightenment thinking affect the American Revolution?
The colonists believed that Parliament was not giving them the rights they should have.
The colonists opposed having the Church of England as their state church.
The colonists thought the British government should have a separation of powers.
The colonists wanted private ownership of businesses.
French aristocrats and nobles were members of the (a) .
Who was the queen of France during the French Revolution?
Marie Bonaparte
Sylvia Bismarck
Maria Theresa
Marie Antoinette
Who was the king of France at the start of the French Revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Camillo di Cavour
Louis XVI
Voltaire
In what country did Napoleon lose the majority of his men because of enemy soldiers and harsh weather?
England
Greece
Italy
Russia
Who was the chancellor of Prussia who became the driving force behind the political unification of the German states?
Wilhelm I
Camillo di Cavour
Otto von Bismarck
Victor Emmanuel II
What nationalist formed the “Red Shirts” and conquered Sicily and Naples?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Victor Emmanuel II
Otto von Bismarck
Giuseppe Mazzini
Why was France unable to build a stable society based on Enlightenment ideals during the revolution?
The French did not understand what the Enlightenment philosophers were teaching.
France was not trying to build a stable society.
It ignored the fact that all people are born with a sin nature.
The French were too compassionate toward those who opposed them.
European leaders met at the Congress of Vienna to ________.
find appropriate punishment for Napoleon
restore Europe to the condition it had been in before the French Revolution
elect a new emperor of Europe
place an embargo on Britain
Why did the French turn from loving Louis XVI to hating him?
He led France to war.
He supported the Third Estate.
He was ineffective and spent lavishly.
He married Marie Antoinette.
This was the first Latin American country to gain independence.
Argentina
Haiti
Peru
Gran Colombia
Agreed to sign the English Bill of Rights in exchange for the throne
William and Mary
Oliver Cromwell
Peter the Great
Charles I
Challenged Parliament and was defeated in the English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
Louis XIV
Charles I
Peter the Great
Rule as Lord Protector of England
Charles I
James II
Oliver Cromwell
Peter the Great
Ruled successfully as an absolute monarch in France
Louis XIV
Charles I
James I
Peter the Great
Worked to transform Russia into a great state
Henry IV
Oliver Cromwell
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Peter the Great
Austrian Empire
A
B
C
D
France
D
E
F
G
Italy
A
B
C
D
Russia
E
F
G
H
Ottoman Empire
C
D
E
F
Great Britain
E
F
G
H
Germany
A
B
C
D
Spain
E
F
G
H
