Unit 9 : Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolutions

Question 1

Time during the French Rev when thousands were executed for being disloyal to the new reublic

Accepted Answer

The Reign of Terror

Question 2

Which enlightenment Philosphe came up with the 3 branches of gov:legislative,judicial,executive

Accepted Answer

Montesquieu

Question 3

What was the Napoleonic Code?

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a new set of laws for France

Question 4

Tokugawa attempted to prevent European influence by

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closing Japanese Harbors to most foreigners

Question 5

Montesquieu is most remembered for what?

Accepted Answer

proposing the 3 branches of gov and checks and balances

Question 6

The Haitian Revolution was inspired by the success of what?

Accepted Answer

The French Revolution

Question 7

Slaves led which revolution?

Accepted Answer

Haitian

Question 8

New democratic govs based on individual liberties were created in all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

the russian rev

Question 9

John Locke's idea of natural rights greatly influenced all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

The Age of Absolutism

Question 10

How did the enlightenment affect Latin America?

Accepted Answer

It inspired revolutions

Question 11

Which era inspired the American rev,& later inspired the french and latin america revolutions?

Accepted Answer

the enlightenment

Question 12

Who claimed that the role of the government was to protect citizens' natural rights?

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 13

Which country was a nation of poor peasant farmers before it was modernized?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 14

The Scientific Revolution was similar to the Enlightenment in the following ways EXCEPT

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relied on traditional ideas from Greece and Rome

Question 15

The major immediate cause of the French Revolution was what?

Accepted Answer

the unfair estate system

Question 16

Miguel Hidalgo is best remembered for what?

Accepted Answer

leading the Mexican revolution

Question 17

A much more stable government was the immediate result of which ruler coming to power?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon

Question 18

John Locke believed the power of the government came from its citizens, this idea is called ___

Accepted Answer

consent of the governed

Question 19

Who displayed their absolute power when he/she said "I am the State"?

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV

Question 20

Louis XIV used France's wealth to glorify himself by:

Accepted Answer

building the palace of Versailles

Question 21

Creating a balance of power was the main goal of what meeting?

Accepted Answer

The Congress of Vienna

Question 22

Absolute Monarchs are defined by:

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holding all power within their state's boundaries

Question 23

The ideas of the philosphes Locke, Rousseau, and Voltaire were all similar how?

Accepted Answer

they helped justify the American Rev

Question 24

Which two figures both made government decisions without consent of the people?

Accepted Answer

Peter the Great and Louis XIV

Question 25

How were Locke and Hobbes ideas related?

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they held opposite views on human nature

Question 26

Peter the Great learned western customs and ideas about how to modernize Russia when?

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He traveled to Western Europe

Question 27

When did shoguns held the most power in Japan?

Accepted Answer

During the Tokugawa Shogunate

Question 28

Voltaire is most remembered for what?

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arguing for freedom of speech and religion

Question 29

Which was NOT created to protect the rights of citizens?.

Accepted Answer

Congress Vienna

Question 30

All of the following were leaders of Latin American Revolutions except:

Accepted Answer

Robespierre

Question 31

Why did Peter the Great create the new Russian capital of St. Petersburg ?

Accepted Answer

to create a "window to Europe" and a warm water port

Question 32

During the Enlightenment, music saw huge innovations thanks to composers like ____

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Beethoven and Mozart

Question 33

Which 2 people below increased their power during the chaos of French Revolution?

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Rpbespierre and Napoleon

Question 34

Absolute rulers frequently claimed divine right, meaning what?

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their right to rule came from God

Question 35

What is an enlightened despot?

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a monarch who was influenced by enlightenment ideals

Question 36

How did Britain try to raise money to pay of the debt from the French Indian War?

Accepted Answer

passing the Stamp and Townshend Act

Question 37

Tokugawa Ieyasu is most remembered for what?

Accepted Answer

completing the unification of Japan

Question 38

Logic and the human mind were used to answer questions during what time period?

Accepted Answer

The Scientific Revolution

Question 39

Who came to power using a coup d'etat ?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon

Question 40

What two time periods are both known for questioning the surrounding world?

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment and Renaissance

Question 41

The Enlightenment and the _____ sought to find solutions in similar manners

Accepted Answer

The Scientific Revolution

Question 42

Growing nationalism in Europe was a result of who or what's legacy?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon

Unit 9 : Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolutions

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