World Benchmark 3 Part 1

Who believed that civilization corrupted people's natural goodness?

Who crowned himself Emperor of France?

Who were the social critics in France during the Enlightenment?

Which document created a uniform system of law in France during Napoleon's rule?

Who was invited to take the throne after the English Civil War?

What was Peter the Great's strategy to modernize Russia?

Who is considered the father of modern physics?

What did Thomas Hobbes believe about human nature?

What characterized France's political system during the reign of Napoleon?

Who led the creole revolutionaries in South America during the independence movements?

Who led the Mexican independence movement?

Is absolutism the consolidation of political power in the hands of a landed nobility?

What were the long-term effects of the Enlightenment?

Who discovered the laws of gravity?

According to Thomas Hobbes, what is the best form of government?

What did Peter the Great build to take territory from Sweden?

Which group's loyalty did Louis XIV gain by repealing the Edict of Nantes?

Who was the leader of the Jacobins during the French Revolution?

The Scientific Revolution challenged the ideas of the ancient thinkers and the church.

Who is the Sun King of France known for his absolute monarchy?

Did the Scientific Revolution change the worldview of Europeans?

What was Isaac Newton's most important discovery?

Who was the famous French writer known for his satirical attacks against the clergy and government?

Which revolution successfully and permanently implemented the principles of the Enlightment?

What was Peter the Great's strategy to consolidate his power over the nobility?

Who violated English laws and dissolved Parliament during their reign?

Which event marked the beginning of the French Revolution?

Was Louis XIV an absolute monarch?

Who believed that civilization corrupted people's natural goodness?

Where was Napoleon exiled to after being defeated at Waterloo?

What was the role of geography in Napoleon's defeat?

Who came to power during a period of political consolidation in Russia?

What effect did Enlightenment thinking have on society?

What was the consequence of the French defeat in the Napoleonic Wars for Europe?

Who were the two English political thinkers that influenced the Enlightenment?

What were the key ideas put forth by Thomas Hobbes and John Locke regarding government and human nature?

Who was the leader of Parliament’s military during the English Civil War?

What event sparked the Glorious Revolution in England?

Who held almost total power over their state?

Which concept stressed by the philosophes rejected the medieval idea of finding joy in the afterlife?

How did Peter the Great consolidate his power over the nobility?

What caused Napoleon's downfall after invading Russia in 1812?

Which event marked the beginning of the Latin American independence movements?

What did the philosophes believe about reason?

What were John Locke's natural rights?

What did Peter the Great do to control the Orthodox Church?

What did Montesquieu propose for the division of power?

Who helped to bring together the breakthroughs of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo under a single theory of motion?

Who led the slave rebellion in Haiti?