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Absolutism and Revolution BJU World History Ch 9 and 11

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the period of mass execution that occurred during the French Revolution.

a)

Reign of Terror

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Congress of Vienna

d)

the Inquisition

2.

What eastern European country was partitioned by its powerful neighboring countries and only regained its independence after World War I?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Poland

d)

Germany

3.

What two countries mentioned in chapter 11 developed from the unification of many smaller states?

a)

Turkey and Italy

b)

Poland and Russia

c)

Germany and France

d)

Germany and Italy

4.

The ______ ______ was the change of power in England in 1688 that took place without fighting a war.

a)

Reign of Terror

b)

Glorious Revolution

c)

Congress of Vienna

d)

Civil War

5.

______ ______ ruled England for a time as Lord Protector.

(a)  

6.

(a)   is the idea that the best way to find true knowledge is through experience.

7.

(a)   is the idea that the use of human reason is the best way to establish truth.

8.

(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.

9.

The division of modern governments into three branches is based on the Enlightenment idea of a separation of (a)   .

10.

(a)   is an intense devotion and loyalty to one’s own people.

11.

Who used mathematics to develop the theory that the earth revolves around the sun?

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Edmond Halley

c)

Sir Isaac Newton

d)

Andreas Vesalius

12.

Who had a famous comet named for him?

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Sir Isaac Newton

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Edmond Halley

13.

Who developed an advanced form of calculus and discovered the laws of gravity and motion?

a)

Sir Robert Boyle

b)

Sir William Herschel

c)

Antoine Lavoisier

d)

Sir Isaac Newton

14.

Which man was a medieval scholar who made significant contributions in physics, geography, and optics?

a)

Roger Bacon

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

Sir Robert Boyle

d)

Paracelsus

15.

How did Enlightenment thinking affect the American Revolution?

a)

The colonists believed that Parliament was not giving them the rights they should have.

b)

The colonists opposed having the Church of England as their state church.

c)

The colonists thought the British government should have a separation of powers.

d)

The colonists wanted private ownership of businesses.

16.

French aristocrats and nobles were members of the (a)   .

17.

Who was the queen of France during the French Revolution?

a)

Marie Bonaparte

b)

Sylvia Bismarck

c)

Maria Theresa

d)

Marie Antoinette

18.

Who was the king of France at the start of the French Revolution?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Camillo di Cavour

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Voltaire

19.

In what country did Napoleon lose the majority of his men because of enemy soldiers and harsh weather?

a)

England

b)

Greece

c)

Italy

d)

Russia

20.

Who was the chancellor of Prussia who became the driving force behind the political unification of the German states?

a)

Wilhelm I

b)

Camillo di Cavour

c)

Otto von Bismarck

d)

Victor Emmanuel II

21.

What nationalist formed the “Red Shirts” and conquered Sicily and Naples?

a)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

b)

Victor Emmanuel II

c)

Otto von Bismarck

d)

Giuseppe Mazzini

22.

Why was France unable to build a stable society based on Enlightenment ideals during the revolution?

a)

The French did not understand what the Enlightenment philosophers were teaching.

b)

France was not trying to build a stable society.

c)

It ignored the fact that all people are born with a sin nature.

d)

The French were too compassionate toward those who opposed them.

23.

European leaders met at the Congress of Vienna to ________.

a)

find appropriate punishment for Napoleon

b)

restore Europe to the condition it had been in before the French Revolution

c)

elect a new emperor of Europe

d)

place an embargo on Britain

24.

Why did the French turn from loving Louis XVI to hating him?

a)

He led France to war.

b)

He supported the Third Estate.

c)

He was ineffective and spent lavishly.

d)

He married Marie Antoinette.

25.

This was the first Latin American country to gain independence.

a)

Argentina

b)

Haiti

c)

Peru

d)

Gran Colombia

26.

Agreed to sign the English Bill of Rights in exchange for the throne

a)

William and Mary

b)

Oliver Cromwell

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Charles I

27.

Challenged Parliament and was defeated in the English Civil War

a)

Oliver Cromwell

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Charles I

d)

Peter the Great

28.

Rule as Lord Protector of England

a)

Charles I

b)

James II

c)

Oliver Cromwell

d)

Peter the Great

29.

Ruled successfully as an absolute monarch in France

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Charles I

c)

James I

d)

Peter the Great

30.

Worked to transform Russia into a great state

a)

Henry IV

b)

Oliver Cromwell

c)

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

d)

Peter the Great

31.

Austrian Empire

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

32.

France

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

33.

Italy

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

34.

Russia

a)

E

b)

F

c)

G

d)

H

35.

Ottoman Empire

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

36.

Great Britain

a)

E

b)

F

c)

G

d)

H

37.

Germany

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

38.

Spain

a)

E

b)

F

c)

G

d)

H