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Age of Revolutions

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The best government, said which of the following men, is achieved by the separation of powers?:
a)
Montesqiueu
b)
Voltaire
c)
Diderot
d)
Hobbes
2.
What did Thomas Hobbes believe?
a)
Humans should hurt other humans
b)
Humans were naturally cruel, selfish, and greedy
c)
Humans are all so kind and wonderful
d)
Humans should go to church every day
3.
John Locke believed that the purpose of government was to protect people’s natural rights.
a)
True
b)
False 
4.
During the Enlightenment, many people placed their faith in ___.
a)
the church
b)
the military
c)
reason
d)
science
5.
A government leader who has all the power
a)
Democracy
b)
Anarchy
c)
Absolute Monarchy
d)
Separation of Powers
6.
This philosopher believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Hobbes
c)
Locke
d)
Voltaire
7.
The Enlightenment is
a)
a time of rebirth
b)
a time when science ruled
c)
a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world
d)
a time when technology ruled
8.
Voltaire was a big believer in which of the following?
a)
Freedom of Speech
b)
People are born wicked
c)
People are born free and equal
d)
The social contract
9.
John Locke's central political value was
a)
A) the protection of individual rights
b)
B) designing governments around biblical teachings
c)
C) ensuring an equal distribution of wealth
d)
D) the empowerment of the majority of people
10.

___________________ believed that without absolute government, people would fight each other all the time.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

11.

Americans used _________________'s idea of separation of powers to write the US Constitution. 

a)
A. Montesquieu
b)
B. Hobbes
c)
C. Rousseau
d)
D. Voltaire
12.
Enlightenment thinkers and theories inspired
a)
A. the French Revolution
b)
B. the American Revolution
c)
C. other revolutions of the 1800s
d)
D. all of the above
13.
Locke believed that a government's power came from its ___________________.
a)
A. army
b)
B. power
c)
C. people
d)
D. science
14.

John Locke believed in what three natural rights?

a)

Life, Liberty, & Property

b)

Life, Equality, & Happiness

c)

Liberty, Equality, & Fraternite

d)

Live Free, Die Hard

15.
According to Rousseau, what is the role of government?
a)
It is to dictate to the people what the government wants.
b)
It is to implement policies beneficial to the government.
c)
It is to steer away from popular sovereignty.
d)
It is to protect the "general will" of the people
16.
Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that people have the right to abolish their government and create a new one?
a)
Montesquire
b)
Locke
c)
Voltaire
d)
Rousseau
17.
An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection
a)
Philosophers
b)
Democracy
c)
Social Contract
d)
Divine Right of Kings
18.

Many Kings before and during the Enlightenment believed that they were given the right to rule from God. This idea is called:

a)

Natural Right to rule

b)

Divine Right

c)

Unlimited Power

d)

Absolute Monarchy

19.

The idea that religion should not be involved with government is called:

a)

Separation of Powers

b)

Separation of Church and State

c)

Religious Tolerance

d)

Natural Rights

20.
According to John Locke, why are governments created?
a)
God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people
b)
People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order
c)
People set up governments to protect their lives and property
d)
Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church
21.

"I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it."

a)

Rousseau

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Smith

d)

Voltaire

22.

What is philosophe?

a)

French word for philosopher

b)

a form of government in which the legislative , executive, and judicial branches limit and control each other

c)

a system of thought based on reason is the chief source of knowledge

d)

an 18th century religious philosophy based on reason and natural law

23.
Finish this American Colonist Motto, "No Taxation without..."
a)
Transportation
b)
Relaxation
c)
Representation
d)
Sensation
24.
Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?
a)
Britain was in debt and needed money
b)
That was the agreement with the Native Americans
c)
They made too much money
d)
Townshend Acts
25.
How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?
a)
Dressed up like Native Americans
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Dumped tea into Boston harbor
d)
Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea
26.
Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Sugar Acts
c)
Quartering Acts
d)
Stamp Acts
27.
This type of American Colonist was in support of the British parliament.
a)
Patriot
b)
Loyalist
c)
Yes man
d)
Neutral
28.
What does Quartering mean?
a)
To allow troops to stay in your home
b)
Hitting someone with a quarter
c)
To give someone a quarter
d)
Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain
29.

Jefferson was inspired by Enlightenment thinker ___________ _____________, who believed that people have natural rights—rights that belong to them simply because they are human.

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Adams

30.

Jefferson's political ideas were influenced by the ______________________, a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly.

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Scientific Revolution

c)

Great Awakening

d)

French Revolution

31.

Clergy: very wealthy: Did NOT have to pay taxes

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

Estate General

32.

Middle class, urban workers, rural peasants. Made up 98% of the population. Had to pay ALL the taxes

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

Estate System

33.

The political prison, symbol of tyranny during the French Revolution

a)

The Bastille

b)

The Tennis Court

c)

Versailles Palace

d)

Paris

34.

Third Estate members vowed to never give up until a constitution was written.

a)

Tennis Court Oath

b)

Estates General

c)

Estates System

d)

Guillotine

35.
The Second Estate was composed of 
a)
Church leaders
b)
Nobility
c)
Peasants
d)
none of the above
36.
Most of the people of France belonged to the 
a)
1st 
Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
37.

Louis 16th called for a meeting of delegates called

a)

The Meeting of Versailles

b)

National Convention

c)

Committee of Public Safety

d)

Estates General

38.

Who did King Louis XVI agree to help defeat the British?

a)

French

b)

Greeks

c)

American colonists

d)

Italians

39.

Which of the following is an accurate description of the tax system in France in the years preceding the French Revolution?

a)

Only peasants and the clergy paid taxes.

b)

Only about 2 percent of the nobility paid any taxes.

c)

The nobility paid taxes only on land, not on income.

d)

The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes.

40.

What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?

a)

Robespierre was executed by the guillotine.

b)

French women marched all the way to Versailles.

c)

A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder.

d)

All of the above are true.

41.

An assembly of representatives from all three estates that met for the first time in 175 years when Louis XVI called them together.

a)

Estates General

b)

National Assembly

c)

Legislative Assembly

d)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen

42.

A pledge made by members of France's National Assembly in 1789 in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drafted a new Constitution.

a)

Tennis Court Oath

b)

Handball Oath

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

43.
Which of the following fueled French desires to revolt against the monarchy?
a)
The Reign of Terror and the Ideas of the Enlightenment
b)
The Napoleonic Code and ideas of the Enlightenment
c)
Ideas of the Enlightenment and the American revolution
d)
The Scientific Revolution and the Reign of Terror
44.
Which of the following was a cause of the French revolution?
a)
government debt due to overspending and involvement in wars
b)
France had a surplus of food due to bountiful harvests
c)
men between the ages of 18-25 were required to join the army
d)
France had no king to lead the country
45.

Social conditions where the background to the French Revolution. Which factors were an important part of the French uprising?

a)

Famine

b)

unemployment

c)

rising prices

d)

All of the choices

46.

Some of the causes of France being in debt was because of

a)

Giving financial aid to the American colonies

b)

The overspending by the King on luxuries

c)

Bad harvest and famine

d)

unemployment

e)

All of the choices

47.

One of Louis’ reasons for aiding the American Revolution?

a)

avenge his grandfather's loss in the 30 Years War

b)

avenge his grandfather's loss in the 100 Years War

c)

avenge his grandfather's loss in the 7 Years War

d)

avenge his grandfather's loss in the War of the Roses

48.

Marie Antoinette's nickname was ___?

a)

Madame Enfant Terrible

b)

Madame Hairdo

c)

Madame Deficit

d)

Madame Barren

49.

What was the Great Fear?

a)

A period of peasants rioting and ransacking noble homes.

b)

A period where religious extremists proclaimed the end of the world.

c)

A company of soldiers which raided villages during the Napoleonic Wars.

d)

A period where nobles publicly executed peasants to scare them out of revolting.

50.

Most of the violence took place in Paris in the late summer and early fall of 1792 can be attributed to the group of people represented in the picture. Who were these people?

a)

Girondins

b)

Jacobins

c)

San Culottes

d)

The Boxers

51.
This man called for blood-letting in France and spread his ideas through newspapers. He famously said he wanted, "200,000 heads to roll". 
a)
Jean-Paul Marat
b)
Marie Antoinette
c)
Maximillian Robespierre
d)
John Locke 
52.
Who was rumored to have said, "Let them eat cake", which ignited the Revolution? 
a)
Maximillian Robespierre
b)
Jean-Paul Marat
c)
Marie Antoinette
d)
Madame Curry 
53.
What is the name of the document passed by the National Assembly?
a)
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens
b)
US Constituion
c)
Tennis Court Oath
d)
English Bill of Rights
54.
When the National Assembly passed a new constitution for France, France became a _____________.
a)
Republic
b)
Constitutional Monarchy
c)
Absolute Monarchy
d)
Dicatorship
55.

The radical party/group of the Revolution. Robespierre was a member/leader

a)

Jacobins

b)

Girondins

c)

Dantonists

d)

Feuillants

e)

Royalists

56.

This French document drafted and approved by the National Assembly:

1) Set up a limited monarchy

2) Reflecting Enlightenment ideas

3) Ensured equality before the law for all male citizens

a)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

b)

Constitution of 1791

c)

Constitution of 1795

d)

Impeachment and Execution order of Louis XVI

e)

Petition of the Rights of Men and the Citizenry

57.

Assembly under the new Constitution that had the power to create laws and to approve or prevent any war the king declared on other nations.

a)

Legislative Assembly

b)

National Assembly

c)

Estates General

d)

Congress

58.

Native nobles of France who left their country for political reasons during the peasant uprisings (Great Fear)

a)

Sans-Cullotes

b)

Radicals

c)

Emigres

d)

Jacobins

59.

In October of 1789, thousands of women marched to the King’s palace demanding

a)

Money

b)

Food (bread)

c)

Cows and chickens

d)

Cute husbands

60.

Faced with peasant rebellion & foreign invasion, the Nat'l Convention gave broad powers to a special committee of 12 called the...

a)

Committee of Public Safety

b)

National Assembly

c)

Jacobin Club

d)

Dechristianization

61.

The Committee of Public Safety adopted policies known as the ___________, which led to the deaths of 40,000 French people.

a)

Reign of Terror

b)

League of Nations

c)

Constitutional Convention

d)

National Convention

62.

What method was the most often used means of execution during the Reign of Terror in France?

a)

Guillotine

b)

Hanging

c)

Electric chair

d)

Firing squad

63.

Which of these describes the goals of the de-Christianization policy?

a)

Eliminate religion in France as superstition

b)

Encourage more religious devotion

c)

Anyone hoarding grain would be killed

d)

Win the wars against Austria & Prussia

64.

Which of these were examples of the policy of de-Christianization in France? [mark 3]

a)

Notre Dame was converted to a "temple of reason"

b)

The Catholic calendar was replaced

c)

The new Republican Calendar eliminated Christian holidays like Christmas & Easter

d)

The punishment for "monopolizing" was death

e)

Many citizens joined political clubs like the Mountain

65.

What action by King Louis XVI in June 1791 caused the National Convention to declare him a traitor & eventually condemn him to death?

a)

King Louis tried to flee France & reverse the Revolution.

b)

King Louis invented a new execution machine - the guillotine.

c)

King Louis decreed that each Estate would have one vote.

d)

King Louis ordered his guards to fire on the crowds.

66.

What evidence is there that the Committee of Public Safety did not support human rights?

a)

Anyone suspected in their writings or speech of defying the revolution could be killed

b)

The closing of all Catholic Churches in France

c)

The government denying legal counsel to all accused enemies of the revolution

67.

What happened to Robespierre after the Reign of Terror came to an end?

a)

He retired to his country estate

b)

He became king of France

c)

He was executed on the Guillotine

d)

He wrote a book about his experience and became wealthy

e)

He continued to work in the government

68.

What was the guillotine?

a)

A revolutionary newspaper

b)

A political club

c)

The official uniform of the revolutionaries

d)

A device used to execute people

e)

The building where the revolutionaries met

69.

What did Robespierre call the people he was targeting in the Reign of Terror?

a)

Dangerous

b)

The 1st Estate

c)

Enemies of the Revolution

d)

The 2nd Estate

70.

After the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Reign of Terror, France obtained another constitution where power was transferred to a very corrupt five-member executive branch called

a)

Concordat

b)

Directory

c)

Plebiscite

d)

First Consul

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