Revolutions and Enlightenment Quiz

What concept was at the center of the French, Russian, and American Revolutions?

• Power

• Liberty

• Property

• Equality

According to John Locke, the purpose of government is to-

• divide power among three branches of government

• protect the natural rights of individuals

• serve the monarch

• use direct democracy to guarantee the will of the majority

Which of the following was a characteristic of the movement "From Monarchy to Democracy"?

• servitude

• constitutional monarchies

• religious freedom

• revolutions

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed so much in freedoms of speech and religion that he declared, "I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to my death your right to say it."

• Cesare Beccaria

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Which revolution was caused by the following factors? I. Financial crisis II. Tax burden on the Third Estate III. Enlightenment ideas IV. Inspiration from the American Revolution

• Mexican

• Haitian

• South American

• French

The French Revolution and the American Revolution shared all of the following causes EXCEPT:

• influence of Enlightenment thought

• thoughtless and indebted monarchs

• weakening of the Catholic Church

• growing middle class

All of the following were causes of the 1789 French Revolution EXCEPT the:

• rise of the Third Estate

• spread of ideas from the Enlightenment

• precedent of the American rebellion

• invasion of Austrian troops

All of the following were results of the Congress of Vienna EXCEPT:

• German Confederation was established

• Borders were re-drawn across Europe

• Monarchs were restored to thrones

• Slave trade was encouraged

The social and political unrest of the French Revolution set the stage for the:

• rise of Napoleon

• rule of the Jacobins

• revival of feudalism

• rivalry of the aristocrats

All of the following were causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT:

• censorship of the press

• an unfair system of taxation

• wastefulness of the monarchy

• special privileges for the nobility