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History
9th -
12thgrade
Midterm Review Renaiss/Reformat & Enlight/Revolutions
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- 1. Multiple Choice
To do well on the Midterm, what must you do to prepare?
Go over the essential concepts on the handout given to you in class.
Any essential concepts that you unsure about, Google them, look for them in the Powerpoint Study Guide, and study them.
Play Quizizz games more than one time.
Get a good night sleep, eat a good breakfast, use study time wisely.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich enlightenment philosopher believed in the natural rights of humans such as life, liberty, and property?Thomas HobbsJohn LockeFrancois VoltaireBaron Charles de Montesquieu
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich enlightenment philosopher believed that if a government did not protect the natural rights of its citizens that they had a right to replace the government?Thomas HobbsJohn LockeFrancois VoltaireBaron Charles de Montesquieu
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich enlightenment philosopher believed in separating government into three separate and distinct branches with separated powers?Jean Jacque RousseauJohn LockeFrancois VoltaireBaron Charles de Montesquieu
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the inspiration for the French Revolution?Cuban RevolutionThe Fall of RomeThe American RevolutionThe Invasion of the British Isles
- 6. Multiple ChoiceDuring the scientific revolution, people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________King.Family.Church.Nobles.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy did scientists challenge the Catholic Church?that's how scientists roll - they think they are right about everythingthe Catholic Church had made some critical mistakes so people doubted themthe Bible was being rewritten because it was wrongthere were new truths and research that conflicted with previous thought
- 8. Multiple ChoiceA period of European history, lasting from 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world was the ____________________________.Catholic InquisitionProtestant ReformationPeace of AugsburgRenaissance
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe starting point of the renaissance began in Italy because?most artist lived therethe smartest teachers lived thereits central location to trade and cultural diffusion in the middle of the Mediterranean SeaGutenberg invented the printing press there
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors?ReformationRenaissanceEnlightenmentRevolution
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAdam Smith’s doctrine that maintains that the state should NOT intervene in economics or setting prices, from his book Wealth of Nations, is called ______.Laissez-faireSocialismMercantilismImperialism
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe ability of one branch of government to limit the power of the other is called ___ was put into the U.S. Constitution based on Baron Charles de Montesquieu's Separation of Powers.a natural lawchecks and balancesa social contractlaissez-faire
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA distribution of powers to more than one branch of government of Montesquie's beliefs isnatural rights.Separation of Powers.Social Contract.Theocracy.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWho developed the idea of the three branches of government?John LockeJean Jacques RousseauMontesquieuThomas Hobbes
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhose philosophical ideas about life and liberty influenced the way that Thomas Jefferson worded the Declaration of Independence with "pursuit of happiness" instead of property?Thomas HobbesJean-Jacques RousseauJohn LockeAdam Smith
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which statement represents a key idea of natural rights directly associated with John Locke's Two Treatises of Government?
Freedom of speech should be denied.
The king's divine power on Earth comes from God.
All people are born with the right to life, liberty, and property.
Individuals acting in their own self-interest will achieve economic success.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe belief, shared by many European rulers in the 1600's and 1700's, that the authority to rule came directly from God, was known asabsolutism.balance of power.divine right.constitutional government.
- 18. Multiple Choice
The French Monarchy was part of the _______estate in France.
First
Second
Third
Fifth
- 19. Multiple Choice
The Church was part of the _______estate in France.
First
Second
Third
Fifth
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe peasants of France were part of the ________ estate.FirstSecondThirdFifth
- 21. Multiple ChoicePeriod of the French Revolution where panic and fear swept the nation because the Committee of Public Safety was executing thousands.coup d'etatReign of Terrorguillotineguerillas
- 22. Multiple ChoiceEnlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?power and privilegemoney and famegood looks and charmreason and logic
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe Scientific Revolution can best be described as:A period when scientists embraced the teachings of the ChurchThe time when the Catholic Church empathized most with scientistsperiod when scientists began to question the old teachings of the ChurchScientific property invented by astrophysicists to explain the rotation of the Earth
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhose authority was challenged by the new scientific theories during the 16th and 17th centuries?English monarchsThe President of the United StatesThe Catholic ChurchSilk Road merchants
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe Glorious Revolution ended what in England?divine rightthe monarchythe Magna CartaParliament
- 26. Multiple ChoiceEnlightenment thinkers and theories inspiredA. the French RevolutionB. the American RevolutionC. other revolutions of the 1800sD. all of the above
- 27. Multiple Choice
How did the Enlightenment and the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?
the people of France overthrew their absolute monarchy
absolute monarchy was strengthened
support for absolute monarchy increased
France was divided into three estates
- 28. Multiple Choice
Major cause of the French Revolution.
social & political inequality between Estates and unequal voting distribution of the Estates
taxes/debt that overtaxed the 3rd Estate of France
poor leadership of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
Admiration of the American Colonists rebel against English King George III
- 29. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Enlightenment and American Revolution influence the French Revolution?they inspired ideas about unlimited governmentthey inspired ideas about limited governmentthey inspired ideas about getting rid of taxesthey inspired ideas about attacking the Bastille
- 30. Multiple Choice
What does the term "Renaissance" mean?
New
Absolute
Rebirth
Divine
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