All citizens of Athens had the right to vote in the assembly. What is this an example of? Republic

1. 1 • All citizens of Athens had the right to vote in the assembly. What is this an example of? • Republic • Militarism • monarchy • democracy

2. 2 • Jewish and Christian beliefs differ from the Greco Roman tradition in matters concerning the importance of.. • The role of law • Individual mortality (death) • Belief in one God • The family unit

3. 3 • Who believed that in an ideal society the government should be controlled by a class of philosopher kings? • Plato • Lao Tzu • Thomas Aquinas • Muhammad

4. 5 • Which of the following is a concept from Athens that is central to Western political thought today • Individuals should fight against nature • Individual achievement, dignity, and worth are of great importance • Individual recognition impedes societal progress • Individuals play and insignificant role

5. 7 • What was the international effect of the ratification of the US Constitution? • A. It abolished slavery throughout the world. • B. It made the idea of governing through a single written constitution popular. • C. It ended the monarchy in England. • D. It caused all nations to establish state religions.

6. 8 • What document from the American Revolution is the most imitated and most used in other national constitutions? • A. The Declaration of Independence. • B. The Federalist Papers. • C. The Articles of Confederacy. • D. The U.S. Bill of Rights.

7. 10 • What legacy (impact) has the US Constitution had in most foreign countries? • It provided a model for the establishment of a government by written law. • It provided a model of separation of Church and State • It provides a model for the separation of powers. • It helped to abolish monarchy and dictatorship in virtually all the nations of the world

8. 11 • When a country’s constitution requires the branches of government to remain independent of each other, its is adhering to the constitutional principle of ? • Popular sovereignty • Direct democracy • Federalism • Separation of powers

9. 12 • The ideas of John Locke and Rousseau influenced Simon Bolivar in his commitment to • Maintain the peaceful rule of the Spanish • Fight for democratic revolution in Latin America • Negotiate a social contract between Spain and Latin America • Urge the Venezuelan govt. to separate into 3 branches

10. 13 • The encyclopedia and solons (place where philosophes hung out) helped to spread… • Only ideas of the philosphes • Only the ideas of political scientists • Enlightenment ideas • The geocentric theory

11. 14 • The philosophes used reason to address • Abusive rulers • Social issues • British taxes • All of the above

12. 15 • The English philosopher John Locke argued that life, liberty and property are.. • Social rights guaranteed by the ruling class • Natural rights that should be protected by government • Political rights to be granted as determined by law • Economic rights earned in a capitalistic system

13. ********** • What is the significant of the Magna Carta? • It approved money for wars in France • It allowed the monarch to abolish Paliament • It limited the power of the pope • It asserted that the monarch must obey the law

14. 17 • The term “unalienable rights” in the Declaration of Independence refers to rights that… • Immigrants do not possess • A government grants its people • A government cannot take away

15. 18 • In English history, the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the Bill of Rights all reinforced the concept of… • Universal suffrage • Religious toleration • a laissez-faire economy • A limited monarchy

16. 19 • Both, the United States Declaration of Independence and French Declaration of the Rights of Man emphasized the idea that governments must • Operate on a system of checks and balances • Guarantee economic prosperity • Protect the rights of people • Support established religious beliefs

17. 20 • The success of the formation of the US govt after the American Revolution served as an example to the peoples of Europe that • It was possible to set up a govt. based upon Enlightenment ideas • The social distinctions between the nobility and peasants was invalid and unnecessary • Building a nation on the concept of economic prosperity can be successful • All of the above

18. 21 • Unlike the French Revolution, the American Revolution produced … • Women’s suffrage • Short term military rule • A lasting constitution • Strategic alliances

19. 22 • The principles of the America Revolution and the French Revolution are similar in many ways. Which of the following best summarizes their similarities • Both supported equal rights for women • Both favored representative govt. • Both retained certain hereditary rights for aristocrats • Both limited voting rights to an economic elite

20. 25 When members of the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath (1789) at the start of the French Revolution, they were attempting to A. establish a military government. B. draft a new national constitution. C. restore the king to power. D. persuade Napoleon to gain power.

21. 26 • Which of these first demonstrated that popular protest would play a role in the French Revolution? • A. The reign of the Committee of Public Safety. • B. The trial of Louis XIV. • C. The fall of the Bastille. • D. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

22. 27 • How did the Napoleonic Code reflect Enlightenment principles? • A. It guaranteed the equality of all citizens before the law. • B. It guaranteed women equal rights. • C. It valued individuals above all else. • D. It valued the security of the state over individual liberty.

23. 28 • Which two forces were most powerful in 19th century Western Europe? • A. Fascism and socialism. • B. Classicism and humanism. • C. Nationalism and liberalism. • D. Absolutism and mercantilism.

24. 29 • The best example of the success of nationalism in Europe is the • A. establishment of the Common Market. • B. Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. • C. unification of Italy and Germany. • D. development of socialism in France.