Which was NOT a major cause of Russian weakness in the mid-1800s?

The invasion of Napoleon's Grand Army

What immediately happened with the political revolution in France following Louis' execution?

French people questioned and debated what would come next

Which best describes the difference between governments in France and England?

England gradually decreased monarch power opposed to France

What was the main goal of the leaders who met at the Congress of Vienna in 1815?

Create a balance of power in Europe to achieve stability

How did Napoleon achieve power in France?

He helped overthrow the French government

How did slavery divide the United States?

North and South clashed to extend the institution westward

What inspired Latin Americans to rise up against their European oppressors ?

The spread of nationalism and Enlightenment ideas

Which best illustrates the use/application of the Scientific Method?

Galileo disproving heavier objects fall faster than lighter

How had the map of Europe changed towards the end of the nineteenth century?

Separate German and Italian city-states/regions were unified

How are the American and French Revolutions similar?

The Americans and French were unfairly taxed after wars

Which best describes the relationship among the Three Estates of France?

Power distribution was unbalanced among the Three Estates

What was the Enlightenment?

An intellectual movement based on reason

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Which was NOT a major cause of Russian weakness in the mid-1800s?
Defeat in the Crimean War
Serfdom
The invasion of Napoleon's Grand Army
Autocratic rule
2
What immediately happened with the political revolution in France following Louis' execution?
Napoleon Bonaparte seized power and established an empire
The Reign of Terror began under Robespierre
Austria and Prussia successfully invaded France
French people questioned and debated what would come next
3
Which best describes the difference between governments in France and England?
France experienced more stability than England
England gradually decreased monarch power opposed to France
France had more representative power than England
England could not find ways to increase representative power
4
What was the main goal of the leaders who met at the Congress of Vienna in 1815?
Achieve a freely elected government in a unified Italy
Unify smaller kingdoms and states into a few large nations
Divide all of France into smaller states to reduce its power
Create a balance of power in Europe to achieve stability
5
How did Napoleon achieve power in France?
He assembled an Austrian army and invaded France
He helped overthrow the French government
He was chosen by popular vote in a French election
He was appointed as a successor by the French king
6
How did slavery divide the United States?
North and South clashed to extend the institution westward
Slavery became too expensive compared to immigrant labor
Slave states outnumbered free states
The South wanted to end the practice opposed to the North
7
Which did Montesquieu influence?
U.S. Constitution
The theory of universal gravitation
Two Treatises of Government
The laws of motion
8
What inspired Latin Americans to rise up against their European oppressors ?
The spread of nationalism and Enlightenment ideas
Strong support from the Pope and Catholic Church
Spain and Portugal were already granting independence
Many troops from the United States became involved to help
9
Which best illustrates the use/application of the Scientific Method?
Galileo disproving heavier objects fall faster than lighter
Shakespeare's perfection of the sonnet through productions
Deliberation between Locke and Hobbes over human nature
Leonardo Da Vinci painting the Last Supper with symbolism
10
How had the map of Europe changed towards the end of the nineteenth century?
France ruled over Europe through its continental empire
Separate German and Italian city-states/regions were unified
Austria gained and had access to more land in Italy
Russia became the most advanced state in Europe
11
How are the American and French Revolutions similar?
The Americans and French supported absolutism
Both Americans and the French were assisted by the Church
Both the Americans and French enlisted mercenaries
The Americans and French were unfairly taxed after wars
12
Which scientist/philosopher is correctly paired with his innovation/idea
Descartes and his Heliocentric Model
Bacon and his telescope
Newton and his Laws of Motion
Hobbes and his Social contract
13
Which best describes the relationship among the Three Estates of France?
Power distribution was unbalanced among the Three Estates
The 1st and 2nd Estates controlled three-fourths of the land
The Three Estates equally paid taxes
The relationship represented Enlightenment ideas
14
What was the Enlightenment?
A period of European history devoted to exploring religion
An intellectual movement based on reason
The public cry for universal education
The time when Europe learned about Christianity
15
Where did people from all classes meet to discuss ideas during the Enlightenment?
Coffee Houses
Tennis Courts
Castles and Palaces
Churches

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