What did the National Assembly promise during the Tennis Court Oath?

They swore to meet until a “sound and just constitution” was established

How did the Edict of Nantes affect French Protestants or Huguenots?

They were given religious toleration and other freedoms

What was NOT a reason why the Revolutions of 1848 failed?

America refused to ship arms and ammunition to the revolutionaries

Why was King Leopold II forced to give up the colony of Congo to the Belgian government?

International outrage at the brutal treatment and common mutilations

What threat led Brazil to seek independence?

Losing their limited control over local affairs

Why did Charles I clash with the English Parliament?

He wanted to rule as an absolute monarch

What was Japan able to do that China struggled to do?

Japan was able to modernize while China struggled to do so

What is the Renaissance?

A time of reform and advancements in European education, art, etc.

realistic politics based on the needs of the state

What is the caste system in India?

A rigid hierarchical system organizing people into rigid classes

Why did Charles-Louis Montesquieu believe the separation of powers was necessary?

To prevent one part of the government from dominating the others

What was one specific rule put in place by the East India Company that angered and offended sepoys?

New rifle cartridges were greased with animal fat

What forced the French King Louis XVI to call the Estates-General?

France was bankrupt and in a financial crisis

What was the Glorious Revolution?

The bloodless overthrow of James II

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What did the National Assembly promise during the Tennis Court Oath?
They swore to meet until a “sound and just constitution” was established
The swore to meet until the invading English had been defeated
They swore to meet until the Duke de Orleans was made king
They swore to meet until a republic was declared
2
How did the Edict of Nantes affect French Protestants or Huguenots?
It allowed all religions in France to be practiced freely
They were forced to abandon the fortress city of La Rochelle
It exiled them from the country
They were given religious toleration and other freedoms
3
What was NOT a reason why the Revolutions of 1848 failed?
America refused to ship arms and ammunition to the revolutionaries
Division between moderate liberals and radical workers
Rulers using force to crush the revolutionaries
No mass support
4
Why was King Leopold II forced to give up the colony of Congo to the Belgian government?
International outrage at the brutal treatment and common mutilations
Napoleon's invasion of Belgium
A rebellion that bankrupted the Belgian colonial authorities
China forced Belgium to carve out a sphere of influence
5
What threat led Brazil to seek independence?
The reimposition of slavery
Losing their limited control over local affairs
Invasion by the United States of America
Forced unification with Portugal forming Portuguese-Brazilian Dual Monarchy
6
Why did Charles I clash with the English Parliament?
He wanted to force Catholicism on England
He wanted to expand colonization in the Americas
He wanted to rule as an absolute monarch
He wanted to bring commoners into Parliament for the first time
7
What was Japan able to do that China struggled to do?
Japan was able to modernize while China struggled to do so
Japan converted to Christianity while China struggled to do so
Japan was able to do land reforms while China struggled to do so
Japan embraced socialistic reforms while China struggled to do so
8
Which people founded the Yuan Dynasty in China?
Mongols
Arabs
Indians
Han Chinese
9
What is NOT a Protestant faith that begun during the Reformation?
Lutheranism
Calvinism
Orthodoxy
Anglicanism
10
What did the United States set up in Cuba and Panama?
A sphere of influence
Colonies
A protectorate
11
What is the Renaissance?
A series of religious wars in the Middle Ages
The establishment of feudalism in medieval Europe
A period of rapid industrialization in the 1800s
A time of reform and advancements in European education, art, etc.
12
What is realpolitik?
payment for losses in war
realistic politics based on the needs of the state
To take control of
A title for the highest official in Germany
13
Which part of the world did Islam begin?
Africa
Arabian Peninsula
China
Europe
14
What best describes the White Man's Burden?
Anarchistic
Monarchal
Paternalistic
Autonomous
15
What is the caste system in India?
A system where people move between classes based on talent
A system of choosing leaders through election
A rigid hierarchical system organizing people into rigid classes
A flat non-hierarchical system where everyone is equal
16
Why did Charles-Louis Montesquieu believe the separation of powers was necessary?
The new economic system would generate even more money
To protect the special privileges of nobles
It provided the most efficient way to create a military
To prevent one part of the government from dominating the others
17
What was one specific rule put in place by the East India Company that angered and offended sepoys?
New rifle cartridges were greased with animal fat
Bible classes were required by company policy
The company took a 20% tax on all sepoy wages
Hindus and Muslims were forced to intermarry
18
Japan before the 1800's was a what kind of society?
An industrial society
A commerce based society
A feudal society
A democratic society
19
What was the good that gave Ghana and Mali much of its wealth?
Beef
Gold
Silk
Spices
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What forced the French King Louis XVI to call the Estates-General?
A workers revolt had seized the capital of Paris
A successful English invasion had captured half the country
France was bankrupt and in a financial crisis
A rival claimant to the French throne was marching on Paris
21
What was the Glorious Revolution?
A stable period where the population boomed
The bloodless overthrow of James II
The bloody civil war between Parliament and King
A chaotic period where multiple kings battled for power
22
Which two ideas influenced Tang and Song art in China
Daoism and Buddhism
Islam and Hinduism
Christianity and the Renaissance
Liberalism and Republicanism
23
Which invention in Europe revolutionized books starting in the 1400s?
Silk
Telegraph
Factories
Printing Press

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