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Unit 8 SSWH13 and SSWH14 Enlightenment and Age of Revolutions
Unit 8 SSWH13 and SSWH14 Enlightenment and Age of Revolutions
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Enlightenment writers often faced censorship because they
wrote fiction
supported traditional ideas
challenged the old order
2
What type of voting was used in the Estates General?
Everyone had a vote
One vote for 1st and 2nd Estate, Two votes for 3rd Estate
One vote per Estate
Proportional Representation
3
Prior to the Scientific Revolution, what did Europeans think was the center of the universe?
The Moon
The Sun
Earth
The Stars
4
What was the purpose of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and citizen?
All male citizens were equal before the law
Men & women were equal in the state’s eyes
All male citizens were equal in rights
None of the above
5
After Napoleon lost to the Russians
Other countries began revolting against the French
The Prussians and the Austrians attacked Russia
The Spanish allied with the French to defeat them
The British lost to the French at Waterloo
6
Who ruled England after the Glorious Revolution?
Charles II
William and Mary
Oliver Cromwell
James II
7
What is Galileo known for?
Geocentric system of the universe
First to make observations using a telescope
Used astronimical data to arrive at laws of planetery motion
Laws of gravity
8
What effect did the Haitian Revolution have on global politics?
yellow fever was spread throughout Europe
forced Napoleon to give up on the Americas
Stopped the Atlantic Slave trade
first New World colony to revolt
9
What body of people opposed the Scientific Revolution?
The Catholic Church
Europeans
Scientists
Philosophers
10
What book did Montesquieu write?
Treatise of Tolerance
Two Treatises of Government
The Spirit of Laws
Man and Citizen
11
How did the French and Indian War contribute to the beginning of the American Revolution?
GB tried to trade Western Virginia to France for Montreal.
GB forced colonists to migrate across the Appalachians.
GB forced new taxes on the colonists to pay for war debts.
GB tried to sell to France territory they conquered.
12
Who was Robespierre?
One of the many peasants who was sentenced to death
The king of France after King Louis XVI's death
A rebel leader who was from Austria
A radical leader who lead the National Convention
13
What is the Glorious Revolution?
The overthrow of English King James II.
All of the Above.
English King James II replaced by Mary and William.
A change in leadership during 1688.
14
Who led the New Model Army?
William & Mary
Oliver Cromwell
James II
Charles I
15
Wrote The Spirit of the Laws
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Diderot
Voltaire
16
What are the three branches that Montesquieu propose?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
All of the above
17
Mestizos are
people of Native American and European descent
people of African and European descent
a type of housing in Latin America in the 1800's
are a yummy Latin American dessert
18
Who was Considered the "Architect" of the Committee of Public Safety and the Reign of Terror
Marat
Robespierre
Corday
de Brienne
19
Who was the leader of the French Revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Camilo Torres
Francisco Jose de Caldas
Cistobal Colon
20
Who was Montesquieu?
views on rel toleration influenced leaders of Amer & FR Rev
argued for separation of powers to check against tyranny
said people should give up their rights for law and order
said civilization corrupts people's natural goodness
21
What island did Napoleon die on?
Haiti
Elba
St. Helena
St. Thomas
22
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
Astronomer who said the sun was the center of the universe
Bishop of the Church that did not like science
Astronomer who said the earth was the center of the universe
Renaissance painter who painted the Mona Lisa
23
About how many people were executed during the Reign of Terror?
300,000
17,000
500
70,000
24
Who was one of the main leaders of the Haitian Revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Jean-Baptiste Belley
Toussaint Louverture
Leonora Sanjay
25
Which was not a cause of the Latin American Revolutions?
Spain had a weak ruler
No trade with countries other than Spain
Replaced the native borns with outsiders
Natural Disasters
26
What is the Heliocentric model?
The sun orbiting the planets
The Earth orbiting the sun
The Earth and the other planets orbit the sun
The Earth in the center with planets orbiting it
27
Two Treatises of Government
Written by Abe Lincoln before the Civil War
written by George Washington before a battle
Hobbes wrote it, Benjamin Franklin used its ideals
written by Locke, Thomas Jefferson used its ideals
28
What did the Enlightenment mean for women?
It did not change the role of women at all
It sparked a push for women's rights for centuries to follow
It gave women completely equal rights of men
It made women's roles more restricting
29
Who developed the Heliocentric Theory?
Kepler
Descartes
Galileo
Copernicus
30
What was the Napoleonic Code?
Laws that only apply to the peasants
The rules his military had to be run
stating everyone had to pay taxes and no freedom of speech
Frances first set of laws after the revolution
31
How did the French Revolution affect the Latin American independence movements?
It provided ideas for making political changes.
It was a model for peaceful solutions to politicalconflicts.
It promoted regional cooperation to solveeconomic problems.
It encouraged the British to meet the demands ofthe people.
32
How did the French Revolution start?
The National Assembly was created
The Taxes were risen
The Bastille was stormed
The King was executed
33
The Declaration of Independence contains
a list of grievances against the king
Enlightenment philosophy
arguments by Loyalist, Thomas Paine
a plan for a new and better government
34
Who were the two leaders of the Mexican Revolution?
Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar
Martin Hidalgo and James Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Morales
Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Martin
35
What happened at the Battle of Waterloo?
The final defeat of Napoleon, ending his tyrant rule
A battle fought at a melon patch by Napoleon
None of the above
Napoleon defeated the Prussian and Britain army
36
The discoveries of astronomers like Copernicus and Galileo
were supported by most scientists of the time.
established that the universe was heliocentric.
reinforced the traditional philosophers and the Church.
proved ancient philosophers were correct how universe works.
37
What is Isaac Newton’s major contribution to the Scientific Revolution
published the theory of the heliocentric model
The Laws of Planetary Motion.
defended the geocentric model of the universe
Laws of Gravity
38
Who was Peter the Great?
Russian Farmer
British Leader
Russian czar
German czar
39
Main writer of the Declaration of Independence
Patrick Henry
Benedict Arnold
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
40
Enlightenment Thinker - Montesquieu
Natural Rights
Seperation of church and state
Seperation of Powers
People are greedy
41
What is Johannes Kepler’s major contribution to the Scientific Revolution?
published the theory of the heliocentric model
Finding that the planets move in an elliptical orbit
formulated the Laws of Motion
Formulated the Law of Universal Gravitation.
42
The Scientific Revolution influenced exploration because
people became curious of the unknown world around them
of the invention of the steamboat
the earliest successful planes were invented
it scared people from leaving their homes
43
Which social class began the Spanish American Revolution?
Creole Elites
Mestisos
Military
Loyalists
44
What was the Reign of Terror?
Torture Device
A period of the French Revolution war
A state of mind
A war in the French Revolution war
45
Napoleon was born in
the suburbs of Paris
Corsica
the Cisalpine Republic
Austria
46
Why was the Haitian Revolution unique?
It led to the end of rule by a King or Queen
It was a successful slave revolt
It was the first successful revolution
It was a successful Revolution
47
What age did the Enlightenment come after?
Scientific Revolution
Classical
Renaissance
Medival
48
Which of the Enlightenment philosophers believed that all people had natural rights?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
49
How many estates were in France in the 1770s?
1
2
3
4
50
What was one significant thing that Galileo did?
Science should be pursued in a systematic fashion
He wrote a book supporting the planets orbiting the sun
Nothing is considered true if it wasn't proven to be true
He was a philosopher
51
The definition of absolutism?
Government ruled by a king or queen
Belief that a monarch holds all of the power in a country
Decisions are made quickly and decisively
The country was divided because of religion
52
How important was the role of France in the American Revolution?
neutral, because France would only fight Britain in Europe
crucial because the French navy helped protect the coastline
it hurt the US cause by supporting the British
beneficial to the US, but not necessary to achieving victory
53
What kind of people did the three estates consist of?
nobility, bourgeoisie, church leaders
church leaders, clergy, nobility
clergy, nobility, rest of the population
kings, queens, royal children
54
How did Peter the Great westernize Russia?
They had to wear European style clothes
They had to wear scottish shoes
They had to learn Italian cooking methods
They had to cut long beards
55
What revolution was Robespierre a part of?
American Revolution
Mexican Revolution
Haitian Revolution
French Revolution
56
What was the most common sentence after trial during the Reign of Terror?
Fight for Napoleon's army
Jailed in the Bastille
Become Marie Antoinette's slave
Death by the guillotine
57
The legislative branch of the French government prior to the French Revolution was known as?
Estates-General
Old Regime
Legislative Assembly
Republic of Virtue
58
According to Rousseau, a country should be governed by:
Separate branches of government
Natural economic laws
Its ruling class
Its people
59
Which of the Enlightenment philosophers do we most closely associate with freedom of speech?
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
60
In what way did the Enlightenment further the development of democratic-republican government?
ideas about individual rights were introduced
philosophers argued for violent revolutions
the power of the Catholic Church was strengthened
thinkers supported the advancements made by monarchs
61
What was the Congress of Vienna?
One meeting of nobles to reshape Europe
A series of meetings to reshape Europe
New group ruling all of Europe
The new French Government
62
Who was the king in France at the time of the French Revolution?
Simon Bolivar
John
King Louis XVI
King Louis X
63
The writings of the Enlightenment philosophes in Europe encouraged later political revolutions
because of their beliefs in imperialism
because of their beliefs in the divine right of monarchies.
because of their beliefs in socialist economics.
because of their beliefs in the natural rights of man
64
What treaty ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Versailles
65
The Napoleonic Code sought to:
Grant equality for all citizens
Establish religious toleration
Implement the ideas of the Enlightenment
Establish Napoleon's complete power
66
What was a CAUSE of the Haitian Revolution?
Immigration
They didn’t like Alexandre Petion
Slaves wanted to be free from French rule.
They wanted to go to America.
67
What is the nickname for the Enlightenment?
Age of Reason
The Middle Ages
Rebirth
Age of the Individual
68
The Greatest Genius of the Scientific Revolution is:
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
Galileo
Nicolaus Copernicus
69
Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin
tried to become American citizens
fought for independence from Spain
sailed around the world
created a United States of South America
70
What are the goals of the French Revolution?
Life Liberty and the Persuit of Happiness
Life Liberty Fraternity
Liberty Equality Fraternity
Life Liberty Property
71
The best example of Absolutism is probably:
Grand Moff Tarkin
Louis XIV
Pope Fabulous
Emperor Fabulous II
72
Who was Marie Antoinette?
Last Queen of France before the Revolution
A peasant that somehow became famous
First Queen of France
Mother of Joan of Arc
73
How did the American Revolution affect the colonists and the world?
Other countries were inspired to fight for independence
Other countries hated the new country
It made everyone sad
The colonists got independence
74
when was the battle of Waterloo
1815
1776
1812
1814
75
How could Marie Antoinette best be characterized?
Frivilous
Generous
Humble
Tyrannical
