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World History
History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Divine Right Theory was a reason leading to absolutism | True |
| Increased power of central government, wars, and lawlessness led to absolutism | True |
| Phillip II of Spain weakened the Catholic Church | True |
| Louis XIV upheld the Edict of Nance | False |
| Peter the Great wanted to modernize & Westernize Russia | True |
| Thomas Hobbes believed men were naturally good | False |
| John Locke believed men were naturally good | True |
| The American colonists created the Declaration of Independence to state their complaints | True |
| Ideas of the Enlightenment did not impact the American Revolution | False |
| The French Revolution was a bloodless event | False |
| An important goal of Phillip II of Spain was to | Defend the Catholic Church |
| In 1598, the Edict of Nance helped ensure | That French Protestants would not be persecuted |
| One result of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia was | France gained territory from the Holy Roman Empire |
| After years of civil war, England did this | Replaced absolute rule with a Constitutional Monarchy |
| Thomas Hobbes believed that | Best form of gov’t was absolute rule |
| John Locke believed that | Gov’t was formed to protect the natural rights of the people |
| Montesquieu believed that | Gov’t should be divided into 3 branches |
| Voltaire used wit and sarcasm to attack his critics | True |
| Rousseau believed that | Only freely elected gov’t should have control |
| Which of the following is not a result of the Enlightenment | Gov’t power does not come from the people |
| Which of the following are reasons that fueled the American Revolution | Diversity |
| The Declaratory Act stated that Britain had 100% control of the colonies | True |
| The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War in 1787 | True |
| One cause of the French revolution was | Economic issues |
| What did the National Assembly Acts cause | Nobles vote away rights and Church becomes state controlled |
| French citizens stormed the Bastille believing there were weapons inside | True |
| One important result of the Estates General was | The National Assembly |
| The French Declaration of the Rights of Man was modeled after the Declaration of Independence | True |
| The Congress of Vienna redrew the boundaries of Europe | To create balance of power |
| What nation was able to remain outside of Napoleon's Empire | Britain |
| Napoleon’s downfall was a disastrous attempt to invade this country | Russia |
| Napoleon's rise to power was due in part to | His military success |
| Many people saw the Bastille as a symbol of | Tyranny |
| Ruler with complete authority over the government and lives of the people | absolute monarchy |
| Argued people are “brutish” & need to be controlled by an absolute monarchy. People enter into a social contract, giving up their freedom for an organized society. People are cruel, greedy, and selfish | Hobbes |
| Argued people are moral & reasonable. People have natural rights, right to life, liberty, & property. Rejected absolute monarchy, best government has limited power. People can overthrow government | Locke |
| Exposed abuses of power & defended the principle of freedom of speech. Battled inequality, injustice, and superstition | Voltaire |
| Believed that the good of the community should be placed above individual interests | Rousseau |
| Published a vindication of the rights of women because free and equal did not apply to women | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| Was principal author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| In 1783 this document officially ends the War | Treaty of Paris |
| A grim and medieval fortress used as a prison for political and other prisoners | Bastille |
| A popular military hero who had won a series of brilliant victories against the Austrians in Italy | Napoleon |
| A village in central Belgium, south of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815 | Waterloo |
| Ruler’s authority to rule comes directly from god | Divine Right |
| His reign, the longest (72 years) in French history, was characterized by a magnificent court, the expansion of French influence in Europe, and the establishment of overseas colonies. Crushed nobles military power. Left france in dept | Louis XIV or "Louis the Great” |
| A Russian czar of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries who tried to transform Russia from a backward nation into a progressive one by introducing customs and ideas from western European countries | Peter the Great |
| French intellectuals or social philosophers of the18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire | Philosophe |
| Tolerance/Freedom for French Protestants | Edict of Nance |
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