Exam

Question 1

What does absolutism mean?

Answer 1

Ruler has all power

Question 2

Divine monarchy

Answer 2

Authority comes from God.

Question 3

Match dynasty with country.
Bourbon 
Tudor 
Stuart
Romanov 
Hapsburg
Hohenzollern

Answer 3

Bourbon- France
Tudor- England 
Stuart- England
Romanov- Russian 
Hapsburg- Austria
Hohenzollern- Prussia

Question 4

What thinker first proposed heliocentric universe?

Answer 4

Capernicus

Question 5

What was the Enlightenment?

Answer 5

The movement of power of human innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.

Question 6

What did Thomas Hobbes write?

Answer 6

Leviathan

Question 7

What did Thomas Hobbes believe the role of government was?

Answer 7

To preserve law and order in society.

Question 8

What is the social contract?

Answer 8

To give up some freedoms to live in a peaceful society.

Question 9

What did John Locke believe the role of government was?

Answer 9

Protect natural rights.

Question 10

What did Montesquieu write?

Answer 10

Spirit of the Laws

Question 11

What was Montesquieu’s major idea concerning government?

Answer 11

Should have separation of powers

Question 12

What type of government did Rousseau favor?

Answer 12

Everyone should vote individually to express their general will.

Question 13

What was Rossesu’s idea of general will?

Answer 13

Each Individual has their own will to express.

Question 14

What are the English rulers in Chronological order?

Answer 14

James  I 
Charles I 
Oliver Crowmwell
Charles II
James II

Question 15

Who were the cavaliers?

Answer 15

The people who fought the roundheads.

Question 16

Who were the roundheads?

Answer 16

Supporters of the parliamentary party.

Question 17

What caused the English Civil War?

Answer 17

Conflict between Charles I and Parliament.

Question 18

What was life like in England during the time that Cromwell ruled?

Answer 18

He prohibited drinking, Christmas, and parties.

Question 19

Which Stuart king was executed?

Answer 19

Charles I

Question 20

What was the Restoration in England?

Answer 20

The return of Charles II

Question 21

What was the Glorious Revolution in England?

Answer 21

Mary II and William III take the throne.

Question 22

What was the first estate in France before the French Revolution?

Answer 22

The clergy and priest.

Question 23

What was the second estate in France before the French Revolution?

Answer 23

The nobility

Question 24

What was the third estate in France before the French Revolution?

Answer 24

Peasants and farmers

Question 25

What are the events of the French Revolution in order?

Answer 25

1. Meeting of Estates General
2. Storming Bastille
3. Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
4. Reign of terror
5. Napoleons rise to power

Question 26

Who were the sans culottes?

Answer 26

Common people in France (poor)

Question 27

Who was Maximilian Robespierre?

Answer 27

A member of the Committee of Public Safety.

Question 28

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?

Answer 28

There were many natural resources, farmland expansion, and increased food supply.

Question 29

What was the Enclosure Movement?

Answer 29

To change land owned by common people to private land.

Question 30

Sphere of influence

Answer 30

One country controls economic trade of another country

Question 31

Protectorate

Answer 31

Puppet government

Question 32

Colony

Answer 32

Direct rule of territory