Chap 18 - New World Order Flashcards
During the eighteenth century, textiles were produced in the countryside by the
a. guild workshops
b. cottage system
c. industrial factories
d. manufacturing technique
b.cottage system
Social status in the eighteenth century was largely determined by
a. heredity
b. marriage
c. revolution
d. wealth
a.heredity
According to Frederick the Great of Prussia, “The fundamental rule of governments is the principle of…”
a. extending their territories
b. expanding global trade
c. noble right
d. patrician domination
a.extending their territories
Which of the following was not a major area of conflict during the Seven Years’ War?
a. Europe
b. South America
c. India
d. North America
b.South America
What were the two primary areas of contention in the British and French rivalry in North America?
a. Great Lakes and the Ohio River valley
b. Gulf of St. Lawrence and Ohio River valley
c. Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes
d. Ohio River valley and the Mississippi River
e. Mississippi River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence
b.Gulf of St. Lawrence and Ohio River valley
Define the Latin American peon:
a. person of mixed race
b. privilege of transporting slaves
c. city council of landowners
d. dependent native Indian peasant
d.dependent native Indian peasant
At the end of the Seven Years’ War, which country had become the world’s greatest colonial power?
a. France
b. American colonies
c. Britain
d. India
c.Britain
Which body approved the American Declaration of Independence?
a. Confederation Congress
b. Parliament
c. Second Continental Congress
d. First Continental Congress
c.Second Continental Congress
The Constitution of the United States grants the national government power to
a. raise a national army
b. regulate trade
c. levy taxes
d. All of these answers
e. create a national currency
d.All of these answers
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the
a. “checks and balances”
b. Articles of Confederation
c. Federalist Papers
d. Bill of Rights
d.Bill of Rights
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This sentence is from the opening paragraph of
a. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
b. The Constitution of the United States
c. The Declaration of Independence
d. The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen
c.The Declaration of Independence
Which monarch invited the French philosophe Diderot to speak frankly to her “as man to man”?
a. Catherine II the Great
b. Empress Josephine
c. Empress Maria Theresa
d. Marie Antoinette
a.Catherine II the Great
Since the Middle Ages, the members of the First Estate in France were the
a. bourgeoisie
b. commoners
c. nobility
d. clergy
d.clergy
The immediate cause of the French Revolution was the near collapse of government
a. finances
b. authority
c. reform
d. representation
a.finances
What body adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen on August 26, 1789?
a. Estates-General
b. Committee on Public Safety
c. First Estate
d. National Assembly
d.National Assembly
