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Unit 6 - Enlightenment, Absolutes and Revolutions
Unit 6 - Enlightenment, Absolutes and Revolutions
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What is the name of the Supreme Law of the Land that was created by America after their Revolution?
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Mayflower Compact
2
What is absolutism?
Monarch takes all the power and commands the complete loyalty of all
Many governments in power that collaborate
Compromise by limiting power of people and state
No government in power or control
3
What was the time period called of mass executions during the French Revolution to kill those they deemed un-loyal?
Red Scare
Reign of Terror
Beheading Treading
Piece DE la Resistance
4
Who was the leader of the puritans, led an army to the
English
Civil War & promised republic but created a dictarship?
Napoleon
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
William and Mary
5
What does Thomas Hobbes say about the relationship between rulers and citizens?
Rulers need to allow citizens some rights
Rulers need to rule over their citizens
Citizens do not need rulers
Citizens need to rule over themselves
6
Bonus - What was the name of the Island Napoleon was imprisoned on?
Alcatraz
Elba
Angel
Ellis
7
What group made up most of France's population, embraced enlightenment ideas, and had no power to influence government?
3rd Estate
4th Estate
1st Estate
2nd Estate
8
Who took over after the bloodless overthrow of the English King James II?
Napoleon
William and Mary
Oliver Cromwell
Charles I
9
What was the Enlightenment time period about?
Intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought to solve problems
Religious movement to preach how the king is not the word of god
Scientific movement that figured out how certain things worked
Exploration movement that discovered new places in the world
10
Why was the Haitian Revolution successful?
It was not, the slave owners quelled the rebellion
Slaves acquired better weaponry
Slaves outnumbered their slave owners
It was only successful, thanks to British aid
11
After the arduous march-retreat on Russia, being exiled, then coming back as emperor he then had to surrender where?
Waterloo
Paris
Elba
Moscow
12
What idea did Rousseau create that established an agreement between the people and their government?
Natural Rights
Separation of Powers
Social Contract
Tabula Rasa
13
How did the Glorious Revolution change the government and the rulers during this time?
Democratic Republic - laws restricting power to leaders
Democratic Republic - laws giving more power to leaders
Constitutional Monarchy - laws restricting power of Kings
Constitutional Monarchy - laws giving more power to Kings
14
Bonus - Approximately how many beheadings occurred in the 2 year (1793 - 1794) "Reign of Terror" led by Robespierre?
10,000
30,000
20,000
40,000
15
What government would best support Hobbes view on government and the people?
Absolute Monarchy
Direct Democracy
Oligarchy
Tribal
16
What are the 3 natural rights John Locke thought up?
Pursuit of Happiness, Life, and Speech
Pursuit of Happiness, Property, and Liberty
Life, Liberty, and Property
Property, Speech, and Liberty
17
What was the name of the "rough draft" government the Colonists created after the American Revolutionary War?
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Mayflower Compact
18
What document was written by Thomas Jefferson and signed by delegates from each colony to break away from the King?
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Mayflower Compact
19
Which country had the Absolute Ivan the Terrible that was named Czar was crazy and paranoid?
England
Russia
Spain
France
20
What idea(s) did Montesquieu create that the United States later adopts?
Separation of Powers - Social Contract
Checks and Balances - Social Contract
Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers - Separation of Church and State
21
Napoleon used threats of military actions and alliances to manipulate the nations he had taken over.
False
True
22
What king was stripped of his power
& head
by the French National Assembly to give the power to the representatives?
Bloody Mary
Henry VIII
Elizabeth 1
Louis XVI
23
Who took over control of military and government leadership of France after the French Revolution?
Louis XVI
Napoleon
Neapolitan
Joan of Arc
24
Which absolute ruler created army, said the "state is me," and built the palace of Versailles (from France)
Louis XIV
Phillip 2
Joe
Peter the Great
25
Thomas Hobbes believed that people were inherently evil and needed to be controlled by rulers.
True
False
26
Which absolute ruler fought to strenghten country, westernized it and had education for children of Nobles (from Russia)
Peter the Great
Phillip 2
Louis XIV
Joe
27
Bonus - Thomas Jefferson used Locke's 3 Natural Rights, but changed the last Natural Right of Property to what?
Pursuit of Happiness
Powerade
Pride
Personal Health
28
What war did the colonists fight in against the British for Independence, and they won?
Quasi War
War of 1812
American Revolutionary War
French and Indian War
29
What is the name of this device used during the Reign of Terror?
Lyncher
Iron Maiden
Guillotine
Cleaver
30
What group did the 3rd estate create that later created the Declaration of the Rights of Man and a Representative Govt?
Maginot
Reign of Terror
Foreign Legion
National Assembly
31
What was the name of the palace the French Absolute created to invite his nobles and show off wealth & power?
Buckingham
Kingsington
Versailles
Winter
32
Who led the Haitian Revolution?
Simon Bolivar
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVI
Toussaint Louverture
33
Who united the country under one ruler and started the Spanish Inquisition to defend Catholicism?
Phillip 2
Charles V
William and Mary
Ferdinand and Isabella
34
What war did the colonists fight in for the King against the French, but then got heavily taxed and restricted after?
French and Indian War
War of 1812
Quasi War
American Revolutionary War
35
What idea did Voltaire help create about government and religious institutions?
Adherence to the Church on laws
The pope is the one that decides
Rulers must use god to guide their decisions
Separation of Church and State
36
What revolutions have we talked about during this section?
American, French, Haitian, and Latin American
Haitian, Canadian, Irish, and Russian
Spanish, British, American, and Native American
French, German, Prussian, and Austrian
37
What man led Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama to independence from the Spanish Empire?
Simon Bolivar
Toussaint Louverture
Hernando Cortez
Christopher Columbus
38
Which absolute ruler started the Golden Age in literature, arts, music, acquired wealth from South America (from Spain)
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
Joe
Phillip 2
39
What is the name of what the absolutes base their right to rule from?
Natural Rights
Superiority Complex
Mandate of Heaven
Divine Right
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What do we call the 1st ten amendments to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
Revolutionary War Amendments
Civil Rights Amendments
Declaration of Rights
