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Social studies
Practice for mid term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "nasty brutish and short" - who said life would be like this if there was not a strong ruler? | Hobbes. |
| Difference between Hobbes and Locke as to the ruler. | Hobbes thought people would fight and be savage, well Locke thought people would be reasonable and live in peace. |
| Freedom of speech | |
| Which group believed exporting more than importing was a source of wealth? | |
| What did Montesquieu mean by "checks and balances"? | |
| Who believed in an enlightened monarchy? | |
| Which philosophy said people should be governed according to the general will of the people? | |
| What type of monarchy (established by Louis XIV) existed in France before the French Revolution? | |
| Which estates paid almost no taxes? | |
| What was the tithe? | |
| What name was given the the wealthy professionals and merchants (middle class)? | |
| Who said the nobles should be taxed, and what was Louis XVI's reaction? | |
| What caused problems for the poor on !787 and 1788? | |
| Why did the third estate want to meet together as a group at the estates General? | |
| What was decided when the "Tennis Court Oath" was made? | |
| Why were monarchs of Prussia and Austria persuaded to invade France? | |
| Why did some pf the revolutionary leaders want to have a war? | |
| What was the main reason that Louis XVI was executed? | |
| Name the special Committee that was set up to destroy the enemies of the revolution in France and abroad. | |
| During the Reign of Terror, how were people who were declared as traitors killed? | |
| What eventually happened to Marie Antoinette? | |
| Who was the leader of the Jacobins, and what became of him? | |
| Who was allowed to vote under the directory? | |
| What was Napoleon's first military success when he commanded his own troops? | |
| Why was the "whiff of grapeshot" important to Napoleon's career? | |
| Why did Napoleon invade Egypt? | |
| Why did Napoleon leave his army to look after itself in Egypt? | |
| After Napoleon returned from Egypt, what achievement did he make? | |
| List some of the feature of the Napoleonic code. | |
| How did Napoleon reform the French economy? | |
| What were satellite states in Napoleon's empire? | |
| Which country never made peace with Napoleon? | |
| Which famous naval battle stopped Napoleon from invading Britain? | |
| What was the name of the system which banned trade with Britain? | |
| What did Europeans hate most about Napoleon's rule over their countries? | |
| What made Napoleon decide to invade Russia? | |
| What aspect of the Russian campaign did the most damage to the Grand Army? | |
| What did other European countries do after Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign? | |
| At which battle was Napoleon finally defeated? | |
| Which island in the Atlantic Ocean was Napoleon exiled to? | |
| Which of the "ism's" means a strong love of one's country? | |
| What did Napoleon do that helped Italian unity? | |
| Who formed a secret society called "Young Italy"? | |
| List some of the things Camillo Cavour did to help the Unification of Italy. | |
| Why did Cavour persuade Sardinia to enter the Crimean War on the side of Britain and France? | |
| Which part of Italy industrialized first after unification - North or South? |
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