Unit 8 Review

The European response to the rise and fall of Napoleon's empire helped to spread the idea of

• Nationalism

• Human Rights

• Freedom of the Press

Which of the following best describes how the boundaries established by the Congress of Vienna affected events in European history?

• The new boundaries served to lessen the power of the Russian Empire

• The new boundaries created a buffer zone between Russia and Eastern Europe

• The new boundaries were a step towards the creation of a unified German territory

How does the government of a republic differ from that of a direct democracy?

• In a republic every citizen votes directly on all proposed laws, but in a direct democracy only male citizens vote

• In a republic each representative is elected to office by the citizens, and in a direct democracy every citizen votes on proposed legislation.

• In a republic power is given to a tyrant and in a direct democracy power is given to political parties

What is one way that France and the American colonies differed at the beginning of their revolutions?

• The French were more nationalistic

• American colonists were committed to nonviolent ways of fighting

• France suffered more severe economic problems than the American colonits

Governments are established to protect citizen's rights was issued in both the French and American declarations for independence.

• True

• False

How did the defeat of Spain and Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars help to bring about political changes in Latin America?

• It made Napoleon the ruler of Latin America

• It provided Latin Americans the opportunity to rebel

• It allowed the British to establish colonies in Latin America

-English Civil War

-Glorious Revolution

-Adoption of English Bill of Rights

What was a result of the events listed above?

• England established a constitutional monarchy

• A direct democracy was created in England

• The English monarchy was abolished

The French revolutionaries revolted in order to

• replace the existing political and social order

• protect the absolutist divine right of the king

• spread Enlightenment ideas to all of Europe

What were American Revolutionaries fighting for?

• To protect the divine right of the king

• Independence from a colonial power

• To spread Enlightenment ideas in the New World

The adoption of the English Bill of Rights was one of the things that helped to establish a Constitutional Monarchy in England.

• True

• False