AWH - Ch 22 - 23: Enlightenment and Revolution

Question 1

How does the U.S. Constitution reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers?

Accepted Answer

It created a government based on a social contract

Question 2

Three goals were: containment of France, balance of power, legitimacy to monarchs?

Accepted Answer

Congress of Vienna

Question 3

Which of the following documents created the first national government of the 13 states?

Accepted Answer

Articles of Confederation

Question 4

What was the heliocentric theory?

Accepted Answer

The planets revolve around the Sun

Question 5

Who said¨I believe people have natural rights and can rebel against an unjust ruler¨?

Accepted Answer

Locke

Question 6

The philosophes influenced Catherine the Great’s...

Accepted Answer

proposal on reforms to Russia’s laws.

Question 7

Who came up with the quote of " Life, Liberty, and Property"?

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 8

Why did Louis XVI call the Estates General meeting in 1789?

Accepted Answer

He needed money

Question 9

Salons helped to spread

Accepted Answer

Enlightenment thinking.

Question 10

About what % of the people belonged to the third estate?

Accepted Answer

98%

Question 11

Vote of the people (Napoleon used one to legitimize his rule)

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Plebiscite

Question 12

Another word for agreement (Napoleon signed one with Catholic Church)?

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Concordat

Question 13

The French Revolution was inspired by all except...

Accepted Answer

The King was frugal

Question 14

Government run public schools established during Napoleon's reign?

Accepted Answer

Lycees

Question 15

How did the Scientific Revolution contribute to the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Led to individuals forming their own opinion about the world

Question 16

A uniform set of laws for France; one of the "positives" of Napoleon's rule?

Accepted Answer

Napoleonic Code

Question 17

What was Montesquieu’s main influence on the U.S. Constitution?

Accepted Answer

separate branches of government

Question 18

What did Sir Isaac Newton discover?

Accepted Answer

Laws of gravitation and motion

Question 19

The period of Robespierre's rule?

Accepted Answer

Reign of Terror

Question 20

Which of these countries was controlled by Napoleon (ruled by a relative)?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 21

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 22

An early proponent of women’s rights?

Accepted Answer

Mary Wollstonecraft

Question 23

Who proposed the heliocentric or sun-centered theory?

Accepted Answer

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 24

"We the People" in the Preamble means what?

Accepted Answer

Government receives their power from the people

Question 25

What was the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Emphasized reason and science as the paths to knowledge

Question 26

Who used "scorched earth" against Napoleon?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 27

This was a grand, ornate style that characterized European paintings, music and architecture.

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Baroque

Question 28

A radical political organization; Robespierre and Marat were members...

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Jacobins

Question 29

A forcible closing of ports (one of Napoleon's mistakes)?

Accepted Answer

Blockade

Question 30

What were the main ideas of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 31

Who was falsely accused of saying "let them eat cake" and known as "madam deficit" for her lavish spending ?

Accepted Answer

Marie Antoinette

Question 32

Americans contributed to the French Revolution by

Accepted Answer

demonstrating practical application of Enlightened ideals

Question 33

What new device - a machine of execution was created in France?

Accepted Answer

Guillotine

Question 34

Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria was in charge of what event?

Accepted Answer

Congress of Vienna

Question 35

What was the storming of the Bastille?

Accepted Answer

Peasants that attacked the royal fortress

Question 36

What was the slogan of the French Revolution?

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Liberty, Equality Fraternity

Question 37

Which of the following was one of Napoleon's domestic achievements?

Accepted Answer

Establishing a national bank

Question 38

Why did the French people accept Napoleon Bonaparte as dictator?

Accepted Answer

The people were tired of “The Terror” & wanted stability.

Question 39

Napoleon lost about 300,000 men during this war; it was one of his three major mistakes?

Accepted Answer

Peninsular War

Question 40

Who was the Italian scientist that made astronomical observations that supported the theories of Copernicus?

Accepted Answer

Galileo Galilei

AWH - Ch 22 - 23: Enlightenment and Revolution

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