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Unit 2 Pre-Test

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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

Louis XIV of France is best known for

Expanding democracy

Supporting religious tolerance

Building the Palace of Versailles

Leading the French Revolution

“L’état, c’est moi” (“I am the state”) reflects which ruler’s philosophy?

Peter the Great

Louis XIV

Elizabeth I

Charles I

Which policy did Peter the Great pursue to modernize Russia?

Feudalism

Isolationism

Westernization

Theocracy

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

Which absolute monarch issued the Edict of Nantes to promote religious tolerance in France?

Louis XIV

Henry IV

Charles V

Napoleon Bonaparte

Which monarch was executed during the English Civil War?

James I

Charles II

Charles I

Oliver Cromwell

The Glorious Revolution in England resulted in:

A military dictatorship

Return to Catholic rule

Establishment of constitutional monarchy

Abolition of the monarchy

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

Who proposed the heliocentric theory?

Ptolemy

Copernicus

Descartes

Newton

Isaac Newton is best known for his work on:

Astronomy

Human anatomy

Laws of motion and gravity

Germ theory

Which invention helped spread Scientific Revolution ideas?

The telescope

The microscope

The steam engine

The printing press

Which philosopher emphasized deductive reasoning and doubt?

Bacon

Newton

Descartes

Galileo

Galileo was tried by the Inquisition because

He supported heliocentrism

He opposed religion

He discovered new planets

He denied Newton’s laws

Which Enlightenment idea most influenced revolutionary movements?

Divine right of kings

Social contract

Mercantilism

Absolutism

The American Revolution was inspired in part by:

Napoleonic Code

French feudal rights

Enlightenment ideas

Bolshevik ideals

Which document formally declared American independence?

Bill of Rights

U.S. Constitution

Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

What economic policy contributed to colonial discontent in America?

Socialism

Mercantilism

Capitalism

Isolationism

The ancien régime in France refers to:

Napoleonic Empire

Reign of Terror

Old social and political system

Directory government

What was the immediate cause of the French Revolution?

Napoleonic wars

Execution of Louis XVI

Financial crisis and unfair taxation

Industrial unrest

What group made up the majority of French society under the Old Regime?

Clergy

Nobility

Bourgeoisie

Third Estate

The storming of the Bastille symbolized:

The king’s victory

Foreign invasion

The beginning of the revolution

Napoleon’s return to power

Robespierre led the:

Directory

Estates-General

National Assembly

Reign of Terror

Napoleon’s rise to power marked the end of:

The American Revolution

The Enlightenment

The French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution

Toussaint Louverture is associated with which revolution?

Mexican

Brazilian

Haitian

Cuban

Simón Bolívar is known for his role in the independence of:

Haiti

South American countries

Mexico

Brazil

The Latin American independence movements were influenced by all EXCEPT:

Enlightenment ideas

American Revolution

Support from Napoleon

Spanish weakness under Napoleon

Father Miguel Hidalgo is most closely associated with:

Haitian independence

French nationalism

Mexican independence

Brazilian monarchy

Which revolution ended with the establishment of a republic and later an empire under Napoleon?

Haitian

American

Latin American

French

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