Exam: Enlightenment and Revolution Multiple Choice

____ 1. Montesquieu believed the purpose of the separation of powers was to

____ 2. Which of the following is a true statement about European peasants during the Enlightenment?

____ 3. Which of the following helped Britian become a global power in the 1700s?

____ 4. Which event in Figure 5-1 suggests that the American Revolution had a global impact?

____ 5. According to Figure 5-1, how many years passed between the publication of Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and the end of the American Revolution?

____ 6. According to Figure 5-1, in what year did the French Revolution begin?

____ 7. Which event in Figure 5-1 best supports the generalization that Enlightenment reforms lagged behind in some parts of Europe?

____ 8. Thinkers during the Age of Reason challenged the established social order by

____ 9. Which of the following was a new feature of English government in the late 1700s?

____ 10. The bourgeoisie belonged to which of the following groups?

____ 11. The Constitution of 1791

____ 12. During the Reign of Terror, Robespierre tried to

____ 13. Which of the following areas did Napoleon annex to France?

____ 14. Which of the following was the chief goal of the Congress of Vienna?

____ 15. Which of the following statements about France’s social structure is true?

____ 16. France’s economy was mainly supported by

____ 17. French nobles resisted Necker’s financial reforms because

____ 18. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen stated that

____ 19. How did the French respond to threats to the revolution?

____ 20. How did the Napoleonic Code reflect Enlightenment principles?

____ 21. The artists of the Renaissance focused on

____ 22. Why is Albrecht Dürer often compared to Leonardo da Vinci?

____ 23. Luther criticized the Roman Catholic Church for

____ 24. Which of the following was a result of the Catholic Reformation?

____ 25. Which of the following contributed to the birth of the Renaissance in Italy?

____ 26. Which of the following was an effect of the printing revolution in the 1500s?

____ 27. Luther believed that

____ 28. How did Henry VIII react when the Pope refused to annul his marriage?

____ 29. Which of the following stressed the use of experiments and observation in seeking knowledge?

____ 30. Joseph II adopted Enlightenment ideas

____ 31. The Declaration of Independence clearly reflects the ideas of

____ 32. According to Hobbes and Locke, human nature was governed by ____.

____ 33. Life, liberty, and property are examples of ____.

____ 34. A(n) ____ believed that natural laws could be used to define economic systems.

____ 35. Joseph II was a(n) ____ because he used Enlightenment ideas to bring about political and social change.

____ 36. The powers of a(n) ____ are defined and limited by law.

____ 37. An agreement by which people give up their natural state for an organized society

____ 38. A policy that allows businesses to operate without government interference

____ 39. A government in which the ruling power belongs to a few people

____ 40. A social gathering in which artists and thinkers exchange ideas

____ 41. A grand and complex artistic style

____ 42. Spending more money than is taken in

____ 43. Working-class revolutionaries

____ 44. The right to vote

____ 45. Ballot in which voters say yes or no to an issue

____ 46. To give up power

____ 47. The wealthiest members of the Third Estate

____ 48. A person who fled revolutionary France to live in another country

____ 49. A feeling of pride in, and intense devotion to, one’s country

____ 50. A military tactic through which ports are shut off to keep people or supplies from moving in or out

Match each term with the correct statement below.

a.	Voltaire	d.	Baron de Montesquieu
b.	Adam Smith	e.	Thomas Paine
c.	Jean-Jacques Rousseau

____ 51. “In order to have liberty, it is necessary that the powers of the government be separated.”

____ 52. “I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

____ 53. “Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains.”

____ 54. “There should be no government regulations on trade.”

____ 55. “It is against all reason to suppose that this Continent can long remain subject to any external power.”

____ 56. Person who provides financial support

____ 57. Artistic technique that creates a three-dimensional appearance

____ 58. Government run by church leaders

____ 59. To cancel

____ 60. The force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun

____ 61. Humanist and author of Sonnets to Laura

____ 62. Painter who brought the Italian Renaissance to Germany

____ 63. German monk who attacked indulgences

____ 64. Scholar who believed the sun was at the center of the universe

____ 65. Scientist who discovered the law of gravity

____ 66. Editor of the controversial Encyclopedia

____ 67. Philosopher who believed that people were basically good

____ 68. German composer of religious music for choirs and organ

____ 69. Whig leader often called Britain’s first prime minister

____ 70. Author of pamphlet encouraging Americans to declare independence from Britain

1. B

3. B

5. C

7. A

9. C

11. B

13. A

15. C

17. C

19. B

21. A

23. A

25. B

27. D

29. A

31. B

32. C

34. E

36. A

38. C

40. D

42. B

44. E

46. A

48. C

50. A

52. A

54. B

56. C

58. E

60. B

62. B

64. A

66. B

68. A