History Topics - Divine Right, Absolute Monarchs, Heliocentric Theory, Enlightenment, French Revolution

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3. Question 1 - 10 • What concept was the belief in “divine right” used to support? a. absolute rule b. freedom of religion c. separation of church and state d. waging war for religious purposes

4. Answer 1 – 10 a. absolute rule

5. Question 1 - 20 • An absolute monarch of Russia a. Louis XIV b. Maximillian Robespierre c. Peter the Great d. Napoleon

6. Answer 1 – 20 c. Peter the Great

7. Question 1 - 30 • An absolute monarch of Japan a. Louis XIV b. Tokugawa Ieyasu c. Peter the Great d. Napoleon

8. Answer 1 – 30 b. Tokugawa Ieyasu

9. Question 1 - 40 An absolute monarch of France a. Louis XIV b. Maximillian Robespierre c. Tokugawa Ieyasu d. Napoleon

10. Answer 1 – 40 a. Louis XIV

11. Question 1 - 50 • What was the Edict of Nantes issued in effort to do? • Break the power of the French nobility • Increase the political power of the Huguenots • Increase the political power of the French Catholics • Bring an end to violent religious conflicts in France

12. Answer 1 – 50 • Bring an end to violent religious conflicts in France

13. Question 2 - 10 • The heliocentric theory challenged the • Political scientists • Observed patterns • Geocentric theory as endorsed by the Church • Mathematical theories

14. Answer 2 – 10 c. Geocentric theory as endorsed by the Church

15. Question 2 - 20 • Isaac Newton explained the: a. law of universal gravitation b. anatomy of the human body c. chemical composition of matter d. function of blood cells

16. Answer 2 – 20 a. law of universal gravitation

17. Question 2 - 30 • The heliocentric theory was proposed by: a. Galileo Galilei b. Nicolaus Copernicus c. Francis Bacon d. Isaac Newton

18. Answer 2 – 30 b. Nicolaus Copernicus

19. Question 2 - 40 • Francis Bacon helped to develop: a. the microscope b. the law of the pendulum c. the scientific method d. the barometer

20. Answer 2 – 40 c. the scientific method

21. Question 2 - 50 The idea that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun a. Geocentric Theory b. Heliocentric Theory c. Law of Gravity d. Theory of divine right

22. Answer 2 – 50 b. Heliocentric Theory

23. Question 3 - 10 Which of the following did not influence The Bill of Rights? a. Voltaire b. John Locke c. Jean Jacques Rosseau d. Montesquieu

24. Answer 3 – 10 d. Montesquieu

25. Question 3 - 20 Salons helped to spread: a. the geocentric theory b. only the ideas of the philosophes c. only the ideas of political scientists d. Enlightenment thinking

26. Answer 3 – 20 d. Enlightenment thinking

27. Question 3 - 30 Which of the following did the Enlightenment NOT promote? a. a belief in progress b. a more secular outlook c. faith in science d . reliance on religion

28. Answer 3 – 30 d . reliance on religion

29. Question 3 - 50 An 18th century European movement in which thinker attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society a. Scientific Revolution b. Westernization c. Enlightenment d. Coup d'état

30. Answer 3 – 50 c. Enlightenment

31. Question 4 - 10 Jose de San Martin was a military officer who a. liberated parts of Mexico b. liberated parts of Brazil c. liberated parts of Spanish Speaking South America d. liberated Spanish-speaking islands in the Carribean

32. Answer 4 – 10 c. liberated parts of Spanish Speaking South America

33. Question 4 - 20 During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine? a. no one b. the nobility c. known revolutionaries d. only Maximilian Robespierre

34. Answer 4 – 20 a. no one

35. Question 4 - 30 Which of these situations was the direct result of the other three?  a. nations of Latin America won independence b. revolutions occurred in North America and France c. the Napoleonic wars weakened Spain’s power d. creoles and mestizos became discontented with Spanish rule

36. Answer 4 – 30 a. nations of Latin America won independence

37. Question 4 - 40 Who was the leader of the Jacobins during the Reign of Terror? a. Napoleon Bonaparte b. Louis XVI c. Maximilian Robespierre d. Marie Antionette

38. Answer 4 – 40 c. Maximilian Robespierre

39. Question 4 - 50 Which statement is a valid generalization about the immediate results of the French Revolution of 1789?  a. the Roman Catholic Church increased its power and wealth b. the revolution achieved its goal of establishing peace, democracy, and justice for all c. the revolution had little impact outside France d. the French middle class gained more power

40. Answer 4 – 50 d. the French middle class gained more power

41. Question 5 - 10 • The practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off of the land a. Estates General b. Scorched Earth Policy c. Coup d'état d. Westernization

42. Answer 5 – 10 b. Scorched Earth Policy

43. Question 5 - 20 An adoption of the social, political, or economic institutions of Western countries a. Estates General b. Scorched Earth Policy c. Coup d'état d. Westernization

44. Answer 5 – 20 d. Westernization

45. Question 5 - 30 • The group of radicals during the French Revolution who pushed for the creation of a republic a. Estates General b. Guillotine c. Coup d'état d. Jacobins

46. Answer 5 – 30 d. Jacobins

47. Question 5 - 40 A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution a. these empires had no standing armies a. Estates General b. Guillotine c. Coup d'état d. Jacobins

48. Answer 5 – 40 b. Guillotine

49. Question 5 - 50 An assembly of representatives from all three estates in France a. Estates General b. Guillotine c. Coup d'état d. Jacobins

50. Answer 5 – 50 a. Estates General