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The Enlightenment and Revolutions

Quiz by Erica Isbell

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  • Q1
    The Estates General was made up of three different groups. Which statement correctly describes the Third Estate?
    They were part of the 1% of France's population
    They paid the majority of the taxes to the government
    They were educated French people and helped the destitute
    They owned approximately 20% of the land
    300s
  • Q2
    Which group of people were most often the victims of the Reign of Terror?
    the clergy who opposed Church reforms
    the poor throughout the country
    the radicals in the government
    the nobles who conspired against the state
    300s
  • Q3
    All of the following were developments of the Congress of Vienna EXCEPT...
    Austria and a number of German states joined to form the German Confederation.
    Switzerland became an independent nation.
    Austria became the head of the most powerful alliance in Europe.
    The Kingdom of the Netherlands was created from former Dutch Republic and Hapsburg lands.
    300s
  • Q4
    Which organization did Maximilien Robespierre lead that oversaw the horrors of the Reign of Terror?
    The National Convention
    The Committee of Public Safety
    The National Assembly
    The Directory
    300s
  • Q5
    How did Napoleon Bonaparte become France's sole ruler?
    He was elected by the citizens of Paris
    He was restored as a member of the royal family
    He seized control in a military takeover of the government
    He was elected by the members of the National Convention.
    300s
  • Q6
    Why did Napoleon decide to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
    He reasoned that continuous attacks by Native Americans were making the territory unprofitable.
    He feared that the British would blockade the territory with their superior navy
    He needed money to retake lands in the New World that he had lost in the French and Indian War
    He abandoned his dream of a New World empire after the revolt in Saint Domingue
    300s
  • Q7
    After Napoleon's escape from Elba, many Frenchmen rallied behind the emperor because they feared that __________ would return lands to the nobility
    Louis XVIII
    William X
    Louis XIV
    Frederick William III
    300s
  • Q8
    What did Klemens von Metternich hope to achieve at the Congress of Vienna?
    to return Europe to the political state of affairs that had existed before the French Revolution
    to reduce the power of the Pope so that the Italian states may unite in the future
    to weaken Great Britain so that the country may be unable to wage war in the future
    to politically isolate Austria so that the country may be unable to influence the development of Germany
    300s
  • Q9
    Why did Nicolaus Copernicus wait until late in his life to publish his theory of a heliocentric universe?
    He feared criticism from politicians.
    He needed to be sure of his mathematical calculations.
    He risked punishment by church officials.
    He had little money to hire a printer of his work.
    300s
  • Q10
    How did Newton explain the role of God in the universe?
    He believed God had little interest in the problems of humanity.
    He thought that God periodically punished humans who disobeyed him with disaster or disease.
    He believed God was periodically communicating with saints to reveal his purpose
    He imagined God as a clockmaker who created an orderly universe and then left it alone.
    300s
  • Q11
    Thomas Hobbes considered government to be an agreement, or _____________, between the ruler and the governed as long as the people’s liberties were limited.
    Social Contract
    Legal Contract
    Divine Right
    Natural Law
    300s
  • Q12
    Based off of the image, what principle of the Enlightenment is demonstrated and who was it developed by?
    Question Image
    Separation of powers; Montesquieu
    Supremacy of the Executive; Locke
    Separation of powers; Voltaire
    Supremacy of the legislature; Hobbes
    300s
  • Q13
    Which concept is being illustrated by the following quote, "I may not agree with a word you have to say, but I will fight to my death for your right to say it".
    Freedom of Religion
    Freedom of Petition
    Freedom of Assembly
    Freedom of Speech
    300s
  • Q14
    What did John Locke and Thomas Jefferson believe the people should do if their government did not protect their natural rights?
    Appeal to the national religion to protect their natural rights
    Overthrow their government
    Change their natural rights
    Peacefully protest to a higher authority
    300s
  • Q15
    Which of the following describes the goal of Enlightenment writers?
    Increase support for European military conquests
    Uphold the Divine Right Theory
    Limit the government from interfering with the rights of the people
    Support the European monarchs
    300s

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