unit 1 review sheet and practice test

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Unit Test #1 Review Sheet Enlightenment and Revolution

For the test this week, try to review and be familiar with the followingpeople, terms, vocabulary, concepts, or themes. Any questions aboutanything below, see me today at lunch, after school today, or

tomorrow morning between before 8:30. The Unit Test will consist ofmultiple-choice questions. Later this week, you will be writing an Essayon the French Revolution. My advice to you is to use the spaceprovided, and write a sentence or two defining or identifying the term,person, or question. Up to 10 POINTS can be earned in extra creditfor filling out this study guide.

Central Government -

Absolutism -

Monarch -

Phillip II, Louis XIV, Akbar the Great, Peter the Great -

What are some characteristics of absolute rulers?

Divine Right -

Enlightenment -

John Locke -

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Thomas Hobbes -

How did Locke and Hobbess views differ on government?

Voltaire -

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Montesquieu -

Social Contract -

Natural Rights -

Revolution -

Nicolaus Copernicus -

Galileo -

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Issac Newton -

Why is the science revolution called a revolution? How did the scientificrevolution cause problems with the church?

First estate / second estate / third estate -

What problems did the 3rd

estate have to deal with in France?

Why did the 3rd estate form the National Assembly?

Why did the Third Estate head to the Bastille? Were they successful?

Great Fear -

Tennis Court Oath -

Guillotine / Louis XVI -

Robespierre -

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Reign of Terror -

Napoleon -

Did life improve after Louis death in France?

Did life improve for the French people with Napoleon?

Why couldnt Napoleon invade Russia?

Congress of Vienna -

Balance of power -

Simon Bolivar -

Jose De San Martin -

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Toussaint LOuverture -

What was the social hierarchy in Latin America? What was it based on?

How did the French and American Revolution influence Latin American Revolutions?

Magna Carta

How were the Latin and Haitian Revolutions different and similar to the French

Revolution?

Unit 1 Practice Test

1) The primary goal of most of Europes absolute monarchs was to

A) support political freedom for the new middle classes

B) prevent contact with areas beyond Europes boarders

C) centralize their political control over their nationsD) maintain peaceful relations with neighboring nations

2) One similarity between the European concept of divine right and the Chinese concept

of Mandate of heaven is the idea that a leaders power

A) can be challenged by his subjects

B) should be limitedC) is an inherited act that can not be taken away

D) comes from a higher power than the ruler himself

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3) What is meant by Machiavellis belief that the end justifies the means?

A) Leaders may use any method to achieve what is best for the state

B) Pleasing all of the people at any given time is possible

C) Leaders must always act for the common goodD) The general public always acts in its own best interest.

4) Which document limited the power of the English monarchy during the Middle Ages?

A) Magna Carta

B) Twelve Tables

C) Rig VedaD) Justinian Code

5) What was a direct result of the Scientific Revolution in Europe?

A) The rise of the manorial system

B) An increase in the use of divine right theory of governmentC) The Application of reason and experimentation to political thinking

D) A gradual decline in the growth of cities

6) Simon Bolivar, Jose de San Martin, and Toussaint LOverture are important in Latin

American history because they were

A) winners of the Noble Peace PrizeB) members of the Organization of American States (OAS)

C) leaders of liberation movements

D) 20th century caudillos

7) Which social class controlled most of the political, economic, and social power in

colonial Latin America?

A) Mestizos

B) Creoles

C) Native PeopleD) Peninsulares

8) Which factors helped cause the defeat of Napoleon during his invasions in Russia?

A) The severe winters and large size of RussiaB) The coalition between the Russian czar and the democratic leadersC) The well-trained and well-supplied Russian armyD) The many rivers and mountains of Russia

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9) The French people supported Napoleon Bonaparte because theyhoped he would

A) provide stability for the nation

B) end British controlC) restore King Louis XVI to powerD) adapt the ideas of the Protestant Reformation

10) A primary cause of the French Revolution in France was the

A) Increasing dissatisfaction of the Third EstateB) actions of Prince MetternichC) execution of Louis XVID) rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte

11) During the age of absolutism, European monarchs tried to

A) increase individual rights for their citizens

B) centralize political power within their nationsC) encourage the growth of collective farms

D) develop stronger relations with absolute rulers

12) In the 17th and 18th centuries, the theory of divine right was most often used to justify

the

A) involvement of the peasants in making political decisions

B) supreme power of the Catholic ChurchC) establishment of an absolute monarchyD) introduction of free trade policies

13) Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince and Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan both

advocated that a ruler should

A) employ absolute power to maintain order in the areas under their rule

B) apply Christian teachings to all decisionsC) place the needs of subjects first

D) obtain power from a social contract with the governed

14) The Twelve Tables, Justinian Code, and the Magna Carta are similar in that each

addresses the issue of

A) the importance of religionB) the individual and the state

C) economic development

D) social mobility

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15) One way in which the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment were similar is

that they

A) rejected Renaissance individualism

B) led to the Protestant ReformationC) strengthened traditional institutions

D) encouraged the spread of new ideas

16) In the 19th century, the independence movements in Latin America were greatly

influenced by the

A) Hundred Years WarB) Glorious Revolution

C) French Revolution

D) Boer War

17) Which sequence of events is listed in the correct chronological order?

A) Enlightenment Crusades French RevolutionB) French Revolution - Crusades EnlightenmentC) Crusades Enlightenment French RevolutionD) Enlightenment French Revolution Crusades

18) Before the French Revolution, the people of France were dividedinto three estates based on their

A) educational levelB) geographic regionC) social classD) religious beliefs

19) Which change was introduced by Peter the Great to Russia in the17th century?

A) Spread of the philosophies of the enlightenment to the peasantclassB) Introduction of Western technology to the military and industry

C) Selling of indulgences to raise moneyD) development of representative government in the provinces

20) What was a major cause of the French revolution?

A) Inequalities in the tax structureB) Economic success of mercantilismC) Failure of the Congress of Vienna

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D) Continental System in Europe

21) How did the French Revolution affect the Latin Americanindependence movements?

A) It encouraged the British to meet the demands of the peopleB) It was a model for peaceful solutions to political conflictsC) It provided ideas for making political changesD) It promoted regional cooperation to solve economic problems

22) The Magna Carta can be describes as

A) journal about English feudal societyB) list of feudal rights that limited the power of the monarchyC) statement of grievances of the middle class in EnglandD) census of all tax-paying nobility in feudal England

23) The writings of Jean Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu, Voltaire, andJohn Locke were similar in tat each supported the principles of

A) a military dictatorshipB) a theocratic societyC) a democratic republicD) a theocratic society

24) One similarity between the rule of Peter the Great of Russia andthat of Akbar the Great of India was the both leaders

A) implemented strict religious codes of conduct within their nationsB) introduced democratic ideas into their political systemsC) relied on peaceful solutions of conflicts with neighboring peoplesD) modernized and expanded their empires using ideas from othercultures

25) The ideas of Rousseau, Voltaire, and Montesquieu most influenced

A) movement for political reform

B) the rise of industrial capitalism

C) improvements in the working conditions of factory workersD) the growing power of priests in the Roman Catholic Church

26) What was a belief of many writers of the enlightenment?

A) Ideas can be proven by reason

B) Kings are responsible only to God

C) People are basically evil

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D) The wealthy class should govern society

27) The primary purpose of the Magna Carta was to

A) Limit the power of King JohnB) install Oliver Cromwell as dictator

C) justify the Glorious Revolution

D) charter the British East India Company

28) One way in which the contributions of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton are similar is

that each

A) challenged the heliocentric theory of the universe

B) based his work on enlightenment principles and social contract

C) supported the work of the inquisition

D) practiced observation and experimentation

29) One way in which Toussaint LOuverture and Simon Bolivar have in common is thateach leader

A) embraced the principles of civil disobedienceB) fought to free his country from European control

C) established the first democratic government in his country

D) opposed the role of the Roman Catholic Church

30) Which factor aided Russian troops in defeating Napoleons armies and Soviets

forces defeating Hitlers armies?

A) United Nation Peace keepers

B) Superior air forces

C) Severe wintersD) Mountain passes

31) In the Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli was most concerned with

A) the use of political power

B) equality and justice for all

C) government regulation of the economyD) the expansion of church authority

32) Which idea is central to John Lockes Two treatises of Government?

A) The have-nots will rise up and overthrow the government

B) Famine, disease, and conflict are natural checks on population growth

C) Predestination will determine who will go to heaven

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D A governments power comes from the consent of the people

33) The Andres Mountains and the Amazon River affected Simon Bolivars efforts tobring

A) technological improvementsB) religious solidarity

C) political unification

D) economic imperialism

34) Belief in the ideas of the Enlightenment and discontent within the Third Estate were

the causes of the

A) Spanish Reconquista

B) French Revolution

C) Counter ReformationD) Industrial Revolution

35) One similarity between the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights is that both

documents

A) set up a two-party system

B) guaranteed equal rights for all citizens

C) placed limits on the monarch

D) established the right to inherit the throne

36) View the following headlines:

1) Ideas from the American Revolution spread

2) Enslaved persons burned sugar fields and rebelled against French slave owners

3)) Toussaint LOuverture organized rebels

A title for all these headings would be

A) Causes of Bismarcks rise to powerB) Situations contributing to Zionist movements

C) Results of the Munich Pact

D) Factors of the Haitian Revolution

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