SOL WC2: "Revolutions"

Enlightenment thinkers encouraged the improvement of society through the --

• teachings of the church
• use of reason
• development of absolutism
• establishment of a rigid social hierarchy

“Angry Mob Destroys Bastille” “Robespierre’s Execution Ends Reign of Terror” “Napoleon Seizes Power” 
Which country’s revolution is referred to in these headlines?

• Spain
• France
• Haiti
• Russia

The Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the English Bill of Rights led the English government to develop a political system in which --

• rulers were responsible to the people
• religious authorities controlled the lawmaking process
• the power of the monarch came from God
• the individual was denied a trial by jury

Which pair of natural resources were used to change transportation and manufacturing in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution?

•  gold and salt
•  diamonds and petroleum
• copper and tin
• coal and iron ore

The slogan “Blood and Iron” and a united Germany are most closely associated with

• Prince Metternich
• Simon Bolivar
• Camillo Cavour
• Otto von Bismarck

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Locke both agreed that a government should be based on the

• separation of nationalities
• religious values of the people
• equal distribution of wealth
•  consent of the governed

Which pair of ideas were central to the Scientific Revolution?

• social stability and economic self-sufficiency
• observation and experimentation
• technology and military expansion
• scarcity and interdependence

Which speaker best represents the views of Karl Marx?

• A
• B
• C
• D

What was one ideal of Renaissance humanism?

• training as a knight and practicing chivalry
• obeying divine right monarchs and the church
• living apart from the world and taking monastic vows
• investigating areas of interest and fulfilling one’s potential

“The French Revolution is most important for having changed subjects to citizens.” This statement emphasizes the shift from

• religious traditions to secular values
• divine right rule to people’s participation in government
• rural lifestyles to urban lifestyles
• private property ownership to government ownership