History Exam semester 1 pt 2

Question 1

The philosopher who developed the idea of communism

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx

Question 2

The lawyer who initiated the reign of terror

Accepted Answer

Robespierre

Question 3

Which of the following were in the third estate?

Accepted Answer

The bourgeoisie

Question 4

The queen of France and relative of the Austrian hapsburg king

Accepted Answer

Marie Antoinette

Question 5

Which of the following is not a characteristic of utilitarianism

Accepted Answer

Valuing the good of individual humans as more important than the group

Question 6

The device used to behead

Accepted Answer

Guillotine

Question 7

Before the French Revolution, the people of france were divided into three estates based mainly on thier

Accepted Answer

Social class

Question 8

Which European campaign was a disaster for napoleon?

Accepted Answer

The Russian campaign

Question 9

Which of the following describes a policy of retreating Russian soldiers and peasants that destroyed everything

Accepted Answer

Scorched earth policy

Question 10

What was the name of the Paris prison that was stormed in 1789

Accepted Answer

Bastille

Question 11

What is the name of Louis XIVs palace

Accepted Answer

Versailles

Question 12

Novel by Cervantes

Accepted Answer

Don Quixote

Question 13

Supported King Charles I

Accepted Answer

Cavaliers

Question 14

How did the third estate respond when Louis XVI locked them out of their meeting hall at Versailles?

Accepted Answer

They relocated and swore the tennis court oath

Question 15

Which of the following was one cause of the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The influence of enlightenment ideas

Question 16

The battle where napoleon was defeated

Accepted Answer

Waterloo

Question 17

The king of France who lost his head in the revolution

Accepted Answer

Louis XVI

Question 18

Which of the following were challenges of housing in the slums?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 19

The goal of women’s suffrage was to

Accepted Answer

Grant women the right to vote

Question 20

The man who proved germ theory and invented a process to kill the bacteria in milk

Accepted Answer

Louis Pasteur

Question 21

Who invented the light bulb?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison

Question 22

Which statement best reflects the values of the social gospel movement

Accepted Answer

Feed the hungry and comfort the sick

Question 23

After the queens assassins began killing Huguenots widespread fighting broke out. This is known as

Accepted Answer

St bartholemews day massacre

Question 24

The economist who developed the “iron law of wages” and the theory of comparative advantage

Accepted Answer

David Ricardo

Question 25

All of the following were goals stated in the slogan of the revolution except

Accepted Answer

Justice

Question 26

The English realist author who used his literature to criticize conditions of industrial England

Accepted Answer

Charles Dickens

Question 27

What was the name of the most radical faction in the French Revolution

Accepted Answer

The jacobins

Question 28

What was the most important accomplishment of the Congress of Vienna?

Accepted Answer

Creating a balance of power among European nations

Question 29

The pessimistic economic philosopher who taught that population would outpace food supplies leading to starvation

Accepted Answer

Thomas Malthus

Question 30

The statesman whose role in writing and defending the constitution earned him the nickname “Father of the Constitution”

Accepted Answer

Madison

Question 31

The inventor of the gas powered automobile

Accepted Answer

Karl Benz

Question 32

Inventor of the telephone

Accepted Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 33

Michael Faraday invented which of the following

Accepted Answer

Dynamo

Question 34

The most important revolution in transportation in the 19th century

Accepted Answer

Railroads

Question 35

The thinker who believed man had natural rights to life, liberty, and property, and a right to rebel

Accepted Answer

Locke

Question 36

Antiseptics helped to do all of the following except

Accepted Answer

Reduce pain

Question 37

Russian title of leadership that comes from caesar

Accepted Answer

Czar/tzar

Question 38

One characteristic of the reign of terror during the French Revolution was that

Accepted Answer

Used violent methods to eliminate their opponents

Question 39

Inventor of the radio

Accepted Answer

Guglielmo Marconi

Question 40

Leader of the army who defeated napoleon once and for all

Accepted Answer

Wellington

Question 41

Virgin Queen

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I

Question 42

French military general, the first emperor of france

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 43

Which of the following inventions cleaned seeds and debris from cotton

Accepted Answer

Cotton gin

Question 44

All of the following French leaders were beheaded except:

Accepted Answer

Marat

Question 45

The thinker who argued on behalf of laissez faire economics

Accepted Answer

Smith

Question 46

The thinker who said only a social contract that established an absolute king could end mans war against man

Accepted Answer

Hobbes

Question 47

Seizure of power, overthrow, takeover

Accepted Answer

Coup detat

Question 48

Supported parliament

Accepted Answer

Roundheads

Question 49

The king of england who debated absolutism with parlament but authorized an English translation of the Bible

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV

Question 50

Granted rights to Huguenots

Accepted Answer

Edict of Nantes

Question 51

The man who developed the modern theory of evolution

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

Question 52

The most controversial scientific theory of the 19th century was

Accepted Answer

Evolution

Question 53

Fleet of ships

Accepted Answer

Armada

Question 54

The inventor of dynamite and founder of a prize for world peace

Accepted Answer

Alfred Nobel

Question 55

Which statement best reflects the values of the social Darwinism movement?

Accepted Answer

Survival of the fittest is the key to all progress

Question 56

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

Jefferson

Question 57

Which statement best reflects the values of the cult of domesticity movement?

Accepted Answer

A women’s place is in the home

Question 58

The critic who defended freedom of speech and religion

Accepted Answer

Voltaire

Question 59

The female absolute monarch in russia who took ottoman territory along the Black Sea to extend Russia’s influence

Accepted Answer

Catherine the great

Question 60

Inventor of the telegraph

Accepted Answer

Samuel Morse

Question 61

Invented the first working airplane

Accepted Answer

Wright Brothers

Question 62

The thinker who said government powers need to be separated

Accepted Answer

Montesquieu

Question 63

The king of Spain during its golden age who attempted and failed to invade england

Accepted Answer

Phillip II

Question 64

Who of the following did not help improve medical conditions in the 1800s

Accepted Answer

Eli Whitney

History Exam semester 1 pt 2

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History Exam semester 1 pt 2

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