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1
What are Scorched Earth Tactics
Used by Prussians- burn cities before French get there
Used by Spanish- burn cities before French get there
Used by British- burn cities before Russians get there
Used by Russians- burn cities before French got there
2
Who were the majority killed in the Reign of Terror?
Nobles
Laborers
Royalty
Peasants
3
Who started to look for chemical solutions to disease?
Malleus Maleficarum
John Locke
Paracelsus
Madame du Chatlet
4
Education was very ________ in nature.
Absolutist
Capitalistic
Socialistic
Nationalistic
5
Which of these statements is TRUE about Napoleon’s code?
It was adopted by most other major European countries
It was the 1st clear & complete codification of law in France
It was a horrible codification of law that failed
None of the above are true.
6
The Battle of Waterloo caused France to lose to the Duke of Wellington.
True
False
7
Which law was NOT under Napoleon’s Code?
Private property was allowed
All adult males vote
Women got some inheritance rights
If you were any religion but Roman Catholic you were exiled
8
The Committee of Public Safety was not very radical.
True
False
9
Which of these WAS a result of the Scientific Revolution?
Feudalism ended
The old medieval world view was shattered
Barriers to equality were removed
The idea of traditional Christianity was weakened
10
The Enlightenment valued superstition over reason and logic.
True
False
11
Which of these was abolished in the French Revo.?
Slavery
Mercantilism
Judaism
Christianity
12
Where did the French Revo. start?
In the 3rd Estate
The Bastille
St. Augustine
Germany
13
The Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizens was written in retaliation to Mary Wollstone Craft's book.
False
True
14
Which of these could Napoleon NOT do?
Beat Britain
Create a successful economy
Abdicate from the throne
Win the battle of Austerlitz
15
What did the gov't try to do to churches?
Privatize them
Secularize them
Build more of them
Abolish them
16
What kind of state was France in this time?
Police State
Nice State
Weak State
Socialist State
17
What was Diderot's opinion on women?
He believed that they should be educated & have opportunities
He was very anti-women and believed they should be more oppressed
18
Which of these were IMMEDIATE causes of the French Revolution?
Taxes
Bread Riots
The king was ugly
Financial mismanagement by Louis XVI
19
The National Bank of France was privately owned.
True
False
20
What major thing happened in the Treat of Tilsit?
Britain agreed to the Continental System
Russia agreed to the Continental System
Russia disagreed & defied the Continental System
Russia was destroyed by France
21
Which of these books was written by Margaret?
The Vindication of the Rights of Women
The Spirit of the Laws
Two Treaties of Government
The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World
22
Which of these was NOT a political reform of Napoleon’s?
No more free speech
Absolutism
Abolished private property
Equality in law/opportunity
23
At the National Assembly, the 3rd Estate promised France it'd stay together until they had a constitution.
False
True
24
Which of the following is a definition for Deism?
The belief that when we die, we will go to Paradise
The belief that god was a deistic creator, a cosmic clockmaker
The belief in a God named Allah
The lack of a belief in a God
25
Issac Newton did all of the following EXCEPT:
Discovered the Principle of Universal Gravitation
Write a book called Principia
Become one of the founding members of modern science
Revise & Perfect the Scientific Method
26
The Guillotine was used for essentially everyone- equal in death.
True
False
27
The Modern Scientific Method is made of Bacon’s Inductive Method + Decartes’ Deductive Method.
False
True
28
Which of these does NOT apply to Women in the Scientific Revolution ?
They could hold positions in Italian Universities
They were illustrators & model makers
They published some books
Women were accepted into new academia
29
What did Germaine de Staël do?
She critiqued Napoleon until he exiled her
She ended the French Revolution with the Coup d’Etat
She was Napoleon’s right hand woman
She exiled Napoleon
30
What also officially ends near the end of Napoleon’s rule?
Feminism
Feudalism
Absolutism
Mercantilism
31
Which person explained how blood was pumped through the body through the heart?
Leeuwenhoek
Paracelsus
Versalius
William Harvey
32
What was the big quote of the French Revolution?
" "
"Liberty, Freedom, Brotherhood"
"To each according to his ability, to each according to his need"
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
33
Which of these statements do NOT apply to Sans Coulette?
The party was formed by Robospierre
They're typically working class
They hold responsibility for starting the French Revo. b/c of Bastille
They are very influential on the National Convention
34
Montesquieu wrote the book, The Spirit of the Laws, about:
Divvying up power into the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative Branches
Using a king and a parliament to share governmental power
Divine Right
Keeping all of the governments power in a parliament
35
Which of these is NOT a reform in Napoleon’s Empire?
Religious toleration
Meritocracy
Church-controlled education
Napoleon’s Code
36
Which of these statements about Robospierre is false?
He made many Christians mad
He wrote a book called Two Treaties of Government
He started the Reign of Terror
He attempted to De-Christianize France
37
Jean Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract was about how the consensus of the majority should rule the nation.
True
False
38
Which of these women was the only woman to ever be allowed to attend the Royal Society?
Madame du Chatelet
Maragaret Cavendish
Mary Wollstonecraft
Malleus Maleficarum
39
Who formalized the use of the empirical/experimental method?
Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
William Harvey
Rene D’écartés
40
Mary Wollstone Craft was a(n):
Author of "The Vindication of the Rights of Women" & Feminist
A scholar in the field of medicine
Vehement woman hater
A believer in co-ed education
41
Which of these did NOT happen at/after the Battle of Leipzig?
Napoleon abdicates from the throne
Louis XVIII takes the throne after Napoleon
The French Empire falls
Napoleon lost big time
42
Which of these did NOT come from the ending of the witch hunts?
Advances in medicine
Deism
Scientific Revolution v. Suspicion
Religious reform
43
Madame du Chatelet was known for:
Translating Newton's Principia into French
Writing her own scientific novel with the help of Robespierre
Writing her own scientific novel with the help of John Locke
Translating Newton's Principia into Spanish
44
Which of these is NOT one of the 3 estates of the French Revolution?
All non-clergy/nobility
Parliamentarians
The Church
The Nobility
45
What did Jean-Paul's murder lead to?
The fall of France
Lots of death & a radical revolution
the creation of the Committee of Public Safety
An economic collapse
46
Which of these is NOT a cause of the French Revolution?
All of the above are causes.
The American Revolution
The Enlightenment
Discontent with the 3 Estates system
47
Leeuwenhoek is the father of Microscopy
True
False
48
Who won in the Battle of Trafalgar?
The Spanish
The French
The French & The Spanish
The English
49
Galileo proved Copernicus’s theory wrong with the help of his improved telescope.
True
False
50
What is an assignat?
A new barting system for French merchants
New paper money in France
The old way of money in France
A new trade system in Frace
51
What were the two MAIN causes of the rise in popularity of witchcraft?
Women & The Church
The Church & Religious Wars
The Church & creation of Anglicanism
Religious Wars & Women
52
Napoleon was born & raised in France.
True
False
53
Frederick the Great of Prussia believed in all of the following EXCEPT:
Some form of freedom of religion
Promotion of education
No torture
Complete abolishment of feudalism
54
Johannes Kepler said what about the planet’s orbits?
They move at different speeds in their orbits
They were circular in shape
They were elliptical in shape
They all move at relatively the same speed at all times
55
Who was the mastermind behind the Committee of Public Safety?
Louis XVIII
Thomas Paine
John Locke
Maximillan Robospierre
56
What did the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres entail?
Aristarchus Theory
Geocentric Theory
Flat Earth Theory
Heliocentric Theory
57
Which of these was NOT a liability of Napoleon?
Subverting of Republicanism
Mass suffering
Getting rid of Meritocracy
Repressed individual liberty
58
Select one answer that IS an origin on the Enlightenment.
Popularization of science from the Scientific Revolution
Deism beginning to grow in Europe
Salons being built & discovered
Feudalism becoming less relavent
59
Versalius wrote one of the 1st major anatomy books in history.
True
False
60
The Church was gaining land rapidly during this time.
True
False
61
The Continental System was wildly successful because Europe didnt need Britain, Britain needed Europe.
False
True
62
What was the central idea of Two Treaties of Government?
You have the right to revolt if you dont like the government
Revolting is never okay and often does more harm than good
Divine right is wrong & the constitutional government should be limited
Divine right is sometimes necessary in order to rule effectively
63
Wealth of Nations had many socialist ideas, like limiting private property and giving workers the means of production.
False
True
64
What was Burke's book about?
The French needed a revolution if they ever were gonna get what they wanted
The failiing economy in France and solutions for it
The French Revo. was a bad idea and would lead to anarchy
The want for a Divine Ruler in France
65
Who won the Battle of Austerlitz?
Austria
France
Russia
Prussia
66
What did the Concordant do?
It outlawed trade with England
It made general Christianity the official religion of France
It made Roman Catholicism the official French religion
It banned Roman Catholicism from France
67
Olympe de Gouges wrote Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Citizen for what reason(s)?
She wanted women to have more rights
yes
It was written in spite of the document used for the blueprint of France
She was trolling lol
68
What was the biggest result of the Great Fear?
Bread riots ceased
No more serfdom
Feudalism went to an all time high
Louis XIV was removed from power and beheaded
69
Voltaire believed in free speech & religious toleration.
False
True
70
Who was opposite of Burke in the way of feelings about the French Revo.?
Thomas Paine
Roberspierre
John Locke
Napoleon
71
Which of the following was NOT a result of the French Revolution?
Advance based on talent rather than reputation
Feudalism rose in popularity
End of the old regime
Nationalism
72
Who wrote the Reflections of the French Revo.?
Thomas Paine
Edmund Burke
Napoleon
Maximillen Robespiere
73
Who made the encyclopedia?
Madame du Chatelet
Caesar Beccaria
Louis XVIII
Denis Diderot
74
Voltaire was believed to be:
A complete dumby head idiot face
The Greatest Figure of the Renaissance
The Greatest Figure of the Enlightenment
A political icon for women's rights
75
How did the Reign of Terror end?
Robospierre was murdered
It just ended naturally with no particular events to cause its end
Britain was making military advances so it ended naturally after that
Robospierre resigned as dictator
76
Caesar Beccaris wrote Crime & Punishment, which was about all of the following EXCEPT:
The Church should be uninvolved in criminal proceedings
People need rehabilitation in order for them to return to society
People need to be punished in order for them to come back into society
Private property is evil
77
Rousseau was very progressive in his views of women- he believed they should hold public roles among other things.
True
False
78
Which of these people abolish serfdom?
Montesquieu
Louis XVIII
Joseph II of Austria
Jean-Paul Marat
79
Jean-Paul Marat was a:
Influential Philosopher
stupid head
Close friend & classmate of John Locke
Propagandist & Radical
80
Malleus Maleficarum was essentially a "How-To" guide on how to hunt, find, and try witches.
False
True
81
Which of these was NOT a drawback of Napoleon’s Reforms?
Workers werent allowed to Union
Repressed liberty
More advanced rights for women
Raging Nepotism
82
Napoleon’s code did not apply past his death, it was very short lived.
True
False
83
Rene Decartes was known for:
Elliptical reasoning
Being the most intelligent stargazer of the time
Being besties w/ Francis
Deductive reasoning
84
The following are things hated about Napoleon, which doesn’t belong?
High taxes in general
Continental System
Lots of foreigners in the French army
Meritocracy
85
Rousseau wrote another book, Emile, which believed in:
Progressive education
The return of the Renaissance
Co-Gender Schools
Learning by doing
86
Who wrote Two Treaties of Government & Some Thoughts Concerning Education?
John Locke
Thomas Paine
Edgar Allen Poe
Voltaire
87
Margaret Cavendish was known for creating scientific work that coincided with the ideas of Descartes and Hobbes.
True
False
88
Who led the Coup d’Etat that ended the French Revolution?
Germaine de Staël
Napoleon
The Duke of Wellington
Louis XVIII
89
The Reign of Terror also tried to De-Christianize France.
False
True
90
Out of these political groups, which one(s) was/were the MOST extreme?
Moutain Party
Sans-Coulette
Jacobians
Girondists
91
Who wrote Wealth of Nations?
Thomas Paine
Adam Smith
Frederick the Great
John Locke
92
Nicholas Copernic was known for what book?
The Odyssey
Committee of Public Safety
On Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
The Iliad
93
What was the purpose of Salons?
A place for men and women to discuss taboo topics
A political center for women
A place for women to get their hair done & gossip with no men
For women to talk about things they typically couldnt discuss aloud
94
Which empire officially ends under Napoleon?
The British Empire
The Germanic Empire
The Holy Roman Empire
The Spartans
95
The legacy of Newton & Isaac had very little to do with the Enlightenment.
False
True
96
Napoleon commissioned an arc in honor of his victory in Austerlitz.
True
False
