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10th -
12thgrade
Enlightened Despotism & The French Revolution
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Restricted use of torture, established schools for young women, corresponded with Voltaire
Catherine the Great
Frederick the Great
Joseph II
- 2. Multiple Choice
Following Pugachev's Rebellion, granted greater power over serfs & laid heaviest tax burden on serfs
Catherine the Great
Frederick the Great
Joseph II
- 3. Multiple Choice
Abolished serfdom and required laborers be paid for their work
Fredrick
Catherine
Joseph
- 4. Multiple ChoiceDuty was to rule with absolute power in order to build their country’s strengthFredrickCatherineJoseph
- 5. Multiple ChoiceIn the economic system known as mercantilism, which of the following is true?The weaker colony controls the stronger nation by taking the weaker nation’s raw materials and forcing them into trade.
It is a system where trade is done equally by both sides.The stronger nation controls the weaker colony by taking the weaker colony’s raw materials and forcing them into trade.
This is a system where people are broken up into hunters and gatherers and they perform their given responsibilities - 6. Multiple Choice
The Hapsburgs were huge supporters of which religion?
Anglicanism
Calvinism
Catholicism
Eastern Orthodox
- 7. Multiple Choice
An enlightened absolutist would support all of the following policies (multiple answers)
Religious Freedom
Equality before the law
Freedom of press and speech
Arbitrary rule
- 8. Multiple Choice
All of the following could be considered enlightened absolutists except
Frederick II of Prussia
Louis XVI of France
Catherine the Great of Russia
Joseph II of Austria
- 9. Multiple Choice
All of the following are true of Frederick II of Prussia except
He eliminated the use of torture in most cases before the court
His empire practiced complete religious toleration
He continued the policy of serfdom
He established a single code of laws
- 10. Multiple Choice
Catherine the Great
Was the enlightened despot of Spain
Ignored the demands and wishes of the nobility to improve the lives of the peasantry
Successfully defeated Austria in the 7 Years War
Had ambitions to follow the ideas of the philosophes but failed to create much real change in Russian society
- 11. Multiple Choice
During the 18th century, the theory of Divine Right
Became more popular as Europe became more religious due to the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
Remained a strong basis of European government
Was best exemplified during the reign of Joseph II of Austria
Was replaced by some monarchs by the idea of enlightened absolutism reflecting a more secularized European society
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the difference between despotism and enlightenment despotism?
The difference between despot and an enlightenment despot is the emphasize on which social class in the country it affects the most.
The difference between a despot and an enlightened despot is based on a broad analysis of the degree to which they embraced the Age of Enlightenment.
All of the above
None of the above
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe French Revolution began in1776178918761798
- 14. Multiple ChoiceOne cause of the French Revolution was the emergence of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called thebourgeoisiearistocracysans culottesdenoument
- 15. Multiple ChoiceFrance was deep in debt becausemoney spent on the American RevolutionMarie Antoinette's lavish spendingthe 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxesall of the above
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came fromthe Declaration of Independencethe Scientific Revolutionthe Enlightenmentall of the above
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhy was voting in the Estates General unfairvotes were not secreteach estate voted by how many members there wereeach estate got the same number of votesthe King got two votes
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhen the other estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estatemet separatelydeclared themselves the new governmentCreated the National Assemblyall of the above
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIn 1789, the hungry women of Paris marched to Versailles andforced the King to return to Parisdemanded that the King abdicatedemanded that the King leave Franceall of the above
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe National Assembly set down the ideas of the Revolution inthe Declaration of Independencethe Declaration of the Rights of Manthe US ConstitutionThe Edict of Nantes
- 21. Multiple Choice
The Radicals eliminated anyone accused of being against the Revolution during
the Reign of Terror
the Great Fear
Thermidorian Reaction
Thermidorian Reaction
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe end of the Revolution came withFrance's surrender to EnglandNapoleon's coupthe Louisiana Purchasethe Invasion of Russia
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which factors contributed to the financial crisis in France leading up to the French Revolution?
labor strikes
war debt and ineffective government
plague
bad guys
- 24. Multiple Choice
The notorious leader of the Committee of Public Safety was
Danton
Rousseau
Voltaire
Robespierre
- 25. Multiple Choice
What did the National Assembly create in 1791
a democracy
a limited monarchy
an absolute monarchy
Frankenstein's monster
- 26. Multiple Choice
The Jacobins wanted a ____________, which means that the power and authority for the government is based on the will of the people
monarchy
oligarchy
reform
republic
- 27. Multiple Choice
One of the significant challenges to the financial stability of the French government is that France was constantly
at war
at peace
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