Absolutism and Revolutions

Question 1

What happens during a coup?

Accepted Answer

A forced takeover of a country's government

Question 2

1. Enlightenment thinker, he wrote that there should be a separation of power among three branches of governmen

Accepted Answer

Montesquieu

Question 3

Napoleon ultimately lost everything in this battle.

Accepted Answer

Battle of Waterloo

Question 4

During the reign of terror, who was safe from the guillotine?

Accepted Answer

No One

Question 5

The geocentric model portrayed the solar system with the _________________ in the center

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 6

This scientific thinker supported the heliocentric model of the universe.

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 7

What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?

Accepted Answer

A mob stormed a prison looking for weapons and gunpowder

Question 8

Which of the following was a characteristic of the Napoleonic Code?

Accepted Answer

No more privileges based on birth

Question 9

Enlightenment thinker, he wrote that people have natural rights and can overthrow an unjust government

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 10

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The massacre of 100 French peasants

Question 11

Who led the revolution in Haiti?

Accepted Answer

Toussaint L’Ouverture

Question 12

This person started the Reformation with the idea that salvation comes through faith alone.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 13

Where did Simon Bolivar create a unified country using Enlightenment ideas?

Accepted Answer

South America

Question 14

What was a characteristic of the Reign of Terror?

Accepted Answer

The Office of Public Safety was responsible for many deaths

Question 15

Why was the Magna Carta important?

Accepted Answer

It took power away from the king and gave it to the people

Question 16

The slaves of Haiti revolted because…

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 17

The Renaissance was a….

Accepted Answer

Re-birth of Classsical art and knowledge

Question 18

This man was forced to sign the Magna Carta.

Accepted Answer

King John

Question 19

The Enlightenment was…

Accepted Answer

Use of reason to solve problems of society

Question 20

This philosopher thought life was “nasty, brutish, and short.”

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hobbes

Question 21

What did people do at Salons during the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Dicuss Ideas

Question 22

Which of the following was an important goal of the Congress of Vienna?

Accepted Answer

To establish a balance of power in Europe

Question 23

The National Convention wrote this document that promised that everyone is equal before the law and has rights

Accepted Answer

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Question 24

Napoleon’s invasion of _____________________ caused his first downfall.

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 25

What was the guillotine used for?

Accepted Answer

Executions

Question 26

What group of radicals were led by Robespierre during the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The Jacobins

Question 27

Which American wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 28

About what percentage of France’s population belonged to the Third Estate?

Accepted Answer

98%

Question 29

1. __________________________ saw France banning English goods from Europe.

Accepted Answer

Continental System

Question 30

What was the rallying call of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

No Taxation without Representation

Question 31

Which institution dominated medieval society before the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Catholic Church

Question 32

This scientific thinker was instrumental in the discovery of gravity.

Accepted Answer

Isaac Newton

Question 33

What was the result of the Glorious Revolution?

Accepted Answer

William and Mary became rulers of England but gave up some power

Question 34

As the King of France, he was unable to stop the French Revolution eventually leading to his beheading

Accepted Answer

Louis XVI

Question 35

The Hundred days is the period of:

Accepted Answer

Napoleon’s escape from Elba until his exile

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