Ch. 22 & 23

Question 1

What did the French sell to the United States in 1803?

Accepted Answer

The Louisiana Territory

Question 2

Colonists argued that new taxes violated their natural rights and accused the British gov of???

Accepted Answer

"Taxation without Representation"

Question 3

What happened on July 14th, 1789?

Accepted Answer

The Storming of the Bastille

Question 4

What country Napoleon invade in 1812?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 5

During the Old Regime, what was the social class system of France called?

Accepted Answer

The Estates General

Question 6

Burning of grain fields and slaughtering of livestock so as to leave nothing behind is called?

Accepted Answer

Scorched Earth

Question 7

Joseph II of Austria, in his most radical reform, abolished what?

Accepted Answer

Serfdom

Question 8

A large set of books that many leading scholars of Europe contributed articles and essays to?

Accepted Answer

The Encyclopedia

Question 9

Who did Galileo come into conflict with over his findings?

Accepted Answer

The Catholic Church

Question 10

Act meant to prevent the colonies from selling goods to any other country than Great Britain?

Accepted Answer

The Navigation Acts

Question 11

What was Louis XVI convicted of and executed for?

Accepted Answer

Conspiring against the liberty of a nation

Question 12

Parisian workers and shopkeepers who wanted the revolution to bring greater change were called?

Accepted Answer

Sans Culottes

Question 13

What would be achieved if no country in Europe could overpower another?

Accepted Answer

A Balance of Power

Question 14

The theory that the Earth was/is the center of the universe is known as?

Accepted Answer

Geocentric Theory

Question 15

Who was the Flemish physician that dissected human corpses?

Accepted Answer

Andreas Vesalius

Question 16

Napoleon thought his greatest work was his comprehensive system of laws, known as?

Accepted Answer

The Napoleonic Code

Question 17

Lengthy works of prose fiction are known as?

Accepted Answer

Novels

Question 18

What group formed the First Estate?

Accepted Answer

Clergy

Question 19

What did the Constitution of 1791 create?

Accepted Answer

A Constitutional Monarchy

Question 20

Monarchs who supported the enlightenment but had no intention of giving up power were called?

Accepted Answer

Enlightened Despots

Question 21

Old assumptions replaced by new theories launched a change in European thought called?

Accepted Answer

The Scientific Revolution

Question 22

The system to make continental Europe more self-sufficient was called?

Accepted Answer

The Continental System

Question 23

Who was the absolute ruler that was most admired by the Philosophies?

Accepted Answer

Catherine the Great

Question 24

The most brilliant and influential of the philosophies was Francois Marie Arouet, also known as

Accepted Answer

Voltaire

Question 25

What 1765 British act required colonists to pay a tax on any printed material?

Accepted Answer

The Stamp Act

Question 26

What type of government has power divided between a state and national government?

Accepted Answer

A Federal System

Question 27

The National Assembly's statement of revolutionary ideals was called?

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

Question 28

Regular social gatherings where intellectuals would meet to discuss ideas were called?

Accepted Answer

Salons

Question 29

In the late 1700s, British physician Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent what?

Accepted Answer

Smallpox

Question 30

Who became the leader of the Committee of Public Safety?

Accepted Answer

Maximilien Robespierre

Question 31

Who is the English scientist that explained the laws of gravity?

Accepted Answer

Isaac Newton

Question 32

The social critics of the enlightenment in France were known as?

Accepted Answer

The Philosophies

Question 33

Eventually, what would cause revolutions that would form new nations?

Accepted Answer

Nationalistic Feelings

Question 34

Polish astronomer who reasoned the stars, the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun?

Accepted Answer

Nicolas Copernicus

Question 35

the 1773 protest on a tea tax is also known as?

Accepted Answer

The Boston Tea Party

Question 36

The theory that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun is known as?

Accepted Answer

Heliocentric Theory

Question 37

Who was the political philosopher that wrote the book "Leviathan"?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hobbes

Question 38

By the mid 1700s, how long had colonists been living in North America?

Accepted Answer

150 years

Question 39

Where did members of the Third Estate get their inspiration for revolution?

Accepted Answer

The American Revolution

Question 40

Where was Napoleon From?

Accepted Answer

The Island of Corsica

Question 41

To ensure the stability of Europe, what group was called on to achieve this goal?

Accepted Answer

The Congress of Vienna

Question 42

What was the greatest danger to Napoleons future empire?

Accepted Answer

His own personality

Question 43

John Locke believed that a government's power come from?

Accepted Answer

Consent of the Governed

Question 44

Form of government where people hand over certain rights in exchange for protection is called?

Accepted Answer

A Social Contract

Question 45

The radical phase of the French Revolution is known as?

Accepted Answer

The Reign of Terror

Question 46

The killing device used as a symbol of terror during the French Revolution was called?

Accepted Answer

The Guillotine

Question 47

When French radicals dissolved the National Assembly, what newly elected gov was established?

Accepted Answer

The National Convention

Question 48

Enlightened scholars challenged the scientific ideas of ancient thinkers by observing what?

Accepted Answer

Nature

Question 49

The logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas is called?

Accepted Answer

Scientific Method

Question 50

Which of the philosophies argued that civilization corrupted people's natural goodness?

Accepted Answer

Rousseau

Ch. 22 & 23

Questions 50

Ch. 22 & 23

Questions 50