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What was a major goal of the decision makers at the Congress of Vienna?
destroy Napoleon’s forces at Waterloo.
restore the sans-culottes to power in France.
suppress revolutionary uprisings throughout Europe.
divide France among the victors.
2
Why did Peter the Great wage war against the Ottoman empire?
gain a warm-water port on the Black Sea.
break the Ottoman siege of Vienna.
capture the Ottoman port of Constantinople.
gain a warm-water port on the Mediterranean Sea.
3
What is a government policy of minimal interference in business?
laissez faire
popular soverignty
natural rights
Montesquieu
4
An enlightened despot was a ruler who...
gave up absolute power.
influenced political and social change.
allowed limited voting rights.
wrote satire to expose corruption.
5
Who proposed the idea of separation of powers in government?
John Locke
George III
laissez faire
Montesquieu
6
Where was Napoleon’s final defeat?
Battle of the Nations.
Battle of Waterloo.
Battle of Austerlitz.
Battle of Moscow.
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He argued that the forces of supply and demand in a free market can regulate business activity
George III
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
Adam Smith
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rights that belong to all humnas from birth, such as life, liberty and property
natural law
laissez faire
natural rights
popular soverignty
9
Under the rule of Catherine the Great...
Russia ended its cultural link with the West.
taxes increased for wealthy landowners.
Russia seized lands in eastern Poland.
conditions improved for Russian peasants.
10
What Enlightenment philosopher influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
Rene Descartes
Adam Smith
Thomas Hobbes
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restricting access to ideas and information
bourgeoisie
Robespierre
natural law
censorship
12
Why did Jefferson say the colonists had the right to rebel?
They already had their own government.
The king had trampled their natural rights.
Power comes from the people.
Their rights had been altered or abolished.
13
The Constitution created a federal republic, which divided power between
branches of the state government.
the government and the people.
two houses of parliament.
national and state governments.
14
When the new National Convention met in 1792, what form of government did the radicals create?
a dictatorship
a constitutional monarchy
a republic
an absolute monarchy
15
During the Enlightenment, what argument did govt & church officials use to justify censorship?
The old order respects Roman tradition.
The old order reflects natural law.
A strict class system ensures social justice.
God set up the old order.
16
What is the french middle class?
natural law
censorship
bourgeoisie
divine right
17
System of checks & balances in the US Constitution was influenced by what Enlightenment thinker
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
Diderot
18
What are rules of conduct discoverable by reason?
natural law
bourgeoisie
divine right
censorship
19
According to Thomas Hobbes, what is the best form of government?
a theocracy.
a federal republic.
a democracy.
an absolute monarchy.
20
How did Enlightenment writers try to avoid censorship?
putting false covers on their books.
disguising their ideas as fiction.
using the non-de-plum: Mr. Key.
writing in Latin.
21
philosopher whose ideas on Natural Rights greatly influenced the Declaration of Independence.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
George III
22
He was one of the main leaders in the Reign of Terror.
natural law
divine right
Robespierre
bourgeoisie
23
What rules discoverable by reason did Enlightenment thinkers try to apply to society?
social contract
divine right
natural law
natural right
24
How did Louis XIV govern France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister?
He took complete control of the government.
He established a republic known as the Commonwealth.
He tried to share power with all French social classes.
He ruled in partnership with the Estates General.
25
Idea of separation of powers in the Constitution was borrowed from what Enlightenment thinker?
Rousseau.
Voltaire.
Montesquieu
Locke.
26
Economist Adam Smith argued that, in a free market, business activity would be regulated by...
manufacturing and trade.
wages and prices.
supply and demand.
saving and investment.
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the belief that monarch’s authority comes directly from God
natural law
bourgeoisie
censorship
divine right
28
his government made policies that helped bring about the American Revolution
George Washington
John Locke
George III
Montesquieu
29
Enlightenment thinker who said the purpose of govt is to safeguard the natural rights of people
Voltaire
René Descartes
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
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chosen to command the American forces during the American Revolution
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
George III
31
What war tactic helped the Russians defeat Napoleon?
scorched-earth policy
Waterloo Strategy
Continental System
blockades
32
Which statement shows the influence of Enlightenment ideas in the colonists goal for a new govt
adopt the Declaration of Independence
give them rights & freedoms that they have never had before
protect their natural rights (life, liberty, happiness)
rebel against the king and the Church
33
What is the principle that all government power comes from the people?
Montesquieu
George III
popular soverignty
natural rights
34
In France’s old order, the clergy belonged to what estate?
Third Estate
Second Estate
First Estate.
Fourth Estate
35
The Congress of Vienna promoted the principle of legitimacy by...
establishing a republic in France.
restoring hereditary monarchies.
restoring Napoleon to the throne.
combining France and Belgium.
36
Why did Enlightenment writers often face censorship?
wrote in salons.
wrote fiction.
supported traditional ideas.
challenged the old order.
37
What is the purpose of Montesquieu’s idea of “checks and balances”?
To help remind him to balance his cheque book.
Balance the power of absolute monarchs by providing limits
To limit the power of the central government.
John Locke wrote that this was a good idea.
38
During the Reign of Terror, trials and executions were carried out under the authority of...
the Committee of Public Safety.
Napoleon
Louis XVI.
the National Assembly.
39
Who is the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
George III
George Washington
John Locke
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What type of government was created in England by the Glorious Revolution?
democracy
absolute monarchy
limited monarchy
republic
