From Columbus to the French Revolution (1492-1799)

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1 point

7-3.1 During the 1780s, France was divided into three estates. In the second estate were the...

Clergy, such as Priests of the Catholic Church

Commoners, including the peasants and the bourgeosie

Aristocracy, such as the Nobles who ran the military and government

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1 point

7-3.1 In the 1780s, France was divided into three estates. In the third estate were the...

Clergy, such as Priests of the Catholic Church

Commoners, including the peasants and the bourgeosie

Aristocracy, such as the Nobles who ran the military and government

3.

1 point

7-1.2 European explorers were aided by the astrolabe which allowed them to...

determine their longitude at sea

determine their latitude at sea

determine which direction is north

determine which direction is south

4.

1 point

7-2.4 John Locke wrote about the ideas of the Glorious Revolution, reflected in his belief in...

Absolute Monarchy

Absolutism

Limited Government

Tyranny

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1 point

7-3.1 Why did King Louis XVI call up the Estates-General in 1789, which was made up of representatives from all three estates?

He wanted the First Estate and the Second Estate to pay taxes because his government was almost bankrupt

He wanted to declare another war on England

He wanted permission to build a new tennis court

He wanted to hire Mr. Guillotine to build a new method of execution

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1 point

7-2.2. Nicolaus Copernicus was a polish astronomer best known today for hypothesizing...

Heliocentric Theory

Geocentric Theory

Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

Theory of Relativity

7.

1 point

7-3.1 What happened to King Louis XVI?

He and his wife, Marie Antoinette, were executed with a guillotine

He escaped to England and died in his sleep in exile

France invited William of Orange to come in and rule them instead in the Glorious Revolution

Historians do not know what happened to King Louis XVI

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1 point

7-1.5 Portugal colonized Brazil in South America, but in Africa they set up the colony of...

Angola

Egypt

Sudan

Ethiopia

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1 point

7-2.3 What is the Enlightenment philosopher Montesqui's primary influence on the United States constitution? Choose the best answer.

He believed that government should be divided into three branches

His belief that an individual should follow the general will of society

His belief humans needed a strong monarch to rule them

His belief that all people have the right to life, liberty, and property

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1 point

7-2.1 English Nobles made King John sign the Magna Carta in 1215, which limited his power. Therefore it helped lead to ___________ in England.

limited government

unlimited government

absolute monarchy

dictatorship

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1 point

7-2.5 This is the text of the first amendment of the Constitution:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Which philosopher would have probably liked the first amendment and why? Choose the BEST answer.

Thomas Hobbes, because he believed government should be strong like a leviathan

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, because he believed emotions are important instead of only rationality

John Locke, because he believed in the rights of life, liberty, and property

Voltaire, because he believed in freedom of speech and religion

12.

1 point

7-1.4 If you are a king and you decide to allow your people to trade with whomever they wish, you are practicing...

Mecantilism

Free Market Capitalism

Socialism

Feudalism

13.

1 point

7-1.3 An economic policy based on a government intervening in order to store up gold bullion while attempting to limit who people can trade with is called...

Mecantilism

Free Market Capitalism

Socialism

Feudalism

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1 point

7-3.1 During the 1780s, France was divided into three estates. In the First Estate were the...

Clergy, such as Priests of the Catholic Church

Commoners, including the peasants and the bourgeosie

Aristocracy, such as the Nobles who ran the military and government

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1 point

7-3.1 Why did the Third Estate become angry at King Louis XVI?

Because even though they represented way more people than the other two estates, they only got one vote

Because they wanted Napoleon to rule them instead

Because he wanted them to pay taxes like the nobility

Because he wanted them to pay taxes like the clergy

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1 point

7-1.1 The city of New Orleans was founded by what European power?

Spain

England

France

Portugal

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1 point

7-3.1 Why were the First Estate and the Second Estate different from the Third Estate?

The Third Estate was forced to pay all the taxes and composed mostly of peasants with a small group of the bourgeosie

The Third Estate was part of the Catholic Church

The Third Estate was part of the aristocracy, or nobles

The Third Estate was given special privileges by the king

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1 point

7-3.1 How did the First and Second Estate respond to the king's plan to have them to pay taxes like the Third Estate?

They agreed because they knew it was best for France

They agreed because they secretly plotted to remove the king

They agreed because they were afraid they'd be executed

They refused to give up their special privileges

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1 point

7-3.1 The Third Estate became angry at the king and formed a new group called the National Assembly. The National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, which declared...

All men are born equal and free

Special privileges should be given to the clergy and the nobility

All men should obey their king because of divine right

The First Estate and Second Estate shouldn't have to pay taxes

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1 point

7-3.1 The American Patriots could never have won the American Revolution without the help of the...

French

Spanish

Portuguese

Germans