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Unit 2 Pre-Test
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Question 1
1.
What is the defining characteristic of an absolute monarchy?
Elected rulers with limited power
Division of powers among branches
Ruler holds total, centralized control
Parliament controls taxation
Question 2
2.
Louis XIV of France is best known for
Expanding democracy
Supporting religious tolerance
Building the Palace of Versailles
Leading the French Revolution
Question 3
3.
“L’état, c’est moi” (“I am the state”) reflects which ruler’s philosophy?
Peter the Great
Louis XIV
Elizabeth I
Charles I
Question 4
4.
Which policy did Peter the Great pursue to modernize Russia?
Feudalism
Isolationism
Westernization
Theocracy
Question 5
5.
What led to the decline of Spanish power under Philip II?
Religious unity
Economic self-sufficiency
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Control of overseas colonies
Question 6
6.
Which absolute monarch issued the Edict of Nantes to promote religious tolerance in France?
Louis XIV
Henry IV
Charles V
Napoleon Bonaparte
Question 7
7.
Which monarch was executed during the English Civil War?
James I
Charles II
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
Question 8
8.
The Glorious Revolution in England resulted in:
A military dictatorship
Return to Catholic rule
Establishment of constitutional monarchy
Abolition of the monarchy
Question 9
9.
What was a major outcome of the Scientific Revolution?
Return to traditional beliefs
Expansion of feudalism
Use of reason and observation
Decline of scientific thought
Question 10
10.
Who proposed the heliocentric theory?
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Descartes
Newton
Question 11
11.
Isaac Newton is best known for his work on:
Astronomy
Human anatomy
Laws of motion and gravity
Germ theory
Question 12
12.
Which invention helped spread Scientific Revolution ideas?
The telescope
The microscope
The steam engine
The printing press
Question 13
13.
Which philosopher emphasized deductive reasoning and doubt?
Bacon
Newton
Descartes
Galileo
Question 14
14.
Galileo was tried by the Inquisition because
He supported heliocentrism
He opposed religion
He discovered new planets
He denied Newton’s laws
Question 15
15.
Which Enlightenment idea most influenced revolutionary movements?
Divine right of kings
Social contract
Mercantilism
Absolutism
Question 16
16.
The American Revolution was inspired in part by:
Napoleonic Code
French feudal rights
Enlightenment ideas
Bolshevik ideals
Question 17
17.
Which document formally declared American independence?
Bill of Rights
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Question 18
18.
What economic policy contributed to colonial discontent in America?
Socialism
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Isolationism
Question 19
19.
The
ancien régime
in France refers to:
Napoleonic Empire
Reign of Terror
Old social and political system
Directory government
Question 20
20.
What was the immediate cause of the French Revolution?
Napoleonic wars
Execution of Louis XVI
Financial crisis and unfair taxation
Industrial unrest
Question 21
21.
What group made up the majority of French society under the Old Regime?
Clergy
Nobility
Bourgeoisie
Third Estate
Question 22
22.
The storming of the Bastille symbolized:
The king’s victory
Foreign invasion
The beginning of the revolution
Napoleon’s return to power
Question 23
23.
Robespierre led the:
Directory
Estates-General
National Assembly
Reign of Terror
Question 24
24.
Napoleon’s rise to power marked the end of:
The American Revolution
The Enlightenment
The French Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
Question 25
25.
Toussaint Louverture is associated with which revolution?
Mexican
Brazilian
Haitian
Cuban
Question 26
26.
Simón Bolívar is known for his role in the independence of:
Haiti
South American countries
Mexico
Brazil
Question 27
27.
The Latin American independence movements were influenced by all EXCEPT:
Enlightenment ideas
American Revolution
Support from Napoleon
Spanish weakness under Napoleon
Question 28
28.
Father Miguel Hidalgo is most closely associated with:
Haitian independence
French nationalism
Mexican independence
Brazilian monarchy
Question 29
29.
Which revolution ended with the establishment of a republic and later an empire under Napoleon?
Haitian
American
Latin American
French
Question 30
30.
Which of the following was a
common goal
of the American, French, and Latin American Revolutions?
Increase power of monarchs
Spread communism
End colonial or absolutist rule
Maintain feudalism