WorksheetsWH Unit 5: Age of Revolutions
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which major factor contributed to both the American and French Revolutions?
Lack of fair representation in government
Industrialization
Religious conflicts
Colonial expansion
What was the Third Estate dissatisfied with during the French Revolution?
The monarchy's power
Nobles and clergy
Foreign invasions
Economic prosperity
Which intellectual movement emphasized reason and individual rights, influencing revolutions?
Romanticism
Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution
Renaissance
Who argued that people are born with natural rights such as life, liberty, and property?
Voltaire
John Locke
Rousseau
Thomas Jefferson
What did Voltaire criticize?
Democracy
Absolute monarchy and religious intolerance
Economic policies
Scientific theories
Who argued that governments should reflect the general will of the people?
John Locke
Isaac Newton
Rousseau
Peter the Great
What was the political system where a ruler held total power, common in France and Russia during the 17th–18th centuries?
Democracy
Constitutional monarchy
Oligarchy
Absolute monarchy
What did the Edict of Nantes grant before being revoked by Louis XIV?
Economic reforms
Religious freedom to Huguenots
Freedom of speech
Abolition of slavery
Who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe?
Johannes Kepler
Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
What was a major cause of the Haitian Revolution?
Colonial expansion
Demand for freedom and equality by enslaved people
Industrialization
Religious conflicts
What was the symbolic start of the French Revolution?
Napoleon's rise to power
The Reign of Terror
The Great Fear
Storming of the Bastille
What was a major consequence of the American and French Revolutions?
Increased colonial expansion
Democratic reforms encouraging citizen participation
Strengthening of monarchies
Decline in Enlightenment ideas
What was the belief that a monarch’s authority comes directly from God?
Divine right
General will
Social contract
Natural rights
What document asserted natural rights and government by consent of the governed?
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Congress of Vienna
Edict of Nantes
What was the main difference between the French and Haitian Revolutions?
French Revolution abolished monarchy; Haitian Revolution established a monarchy
French Revolution was inspired by religion; Haitian Revolution was inspired by economics
French Revolution was peaceful; Haitian Revolution was violent
French Revolution focused on class inequality; Haitian Revolution focused on enslaved peoples gaining freedom
What was the cause of Napoleon’s defeat in Russia in 1812?
Harsh winter and vast distances
Lack of military strategy
Economic collapse
Rebellion within his army
