Enlightenment and Revolution Quiz

Who was the Prussian king known for his enlightened absolutism and efforts to govern by Enlightenment principles? (Page 48)

• Joseph II

• Frederick II (Frederick the Great)

• Peter the Great

• Catherine the Great

• Louis XIV

Who was the Austrian empress who worked to centralize and strengthen the state and improve the condition of the serfs? (Page 50)

• Maria Theresa

• Catherine the Great

• Elizabeth I

• Anne Boleyn

• Mary I

Who was the Austrian ruler known for his radical reforms, including the abolition of serfdom and the death penalty? (Page 50)

• Frederick II

• Joseph II

• Peter the Great

• Catherine the Great

• Louis XIV

Who was the Russian ruler known for her enlightened reforms and territorial expansion? (Page 50)

• Maria Theresa

• Catherine the Great

• Elizabeth I

• Anne Boleyn

• Mary I

Who was the illiterate Cossack that led a rebellion against Catherine the Great? (Page 51)

• Yemelyan Pugachov

• Ivan the Terrible

• Peter the Great

• Joseph II

• Frederick II

Who was the Austrian emperor whose death without a male heir led to the War of the Austrian Succession? (Page 51)

• Charles VI

• Joseph II

• Frederick II

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

Who was the British prime minister convinced that the French colonial empire had to be destroyed for Britain to create its own colonial empire? (Page 54)

• William Pitt the Elder

• George I

• George II

• Charles VI

• Frederick II

Who was the British general who defeated the French under General Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham? (Page 54)

• General Wolfe

• William Pitt the Elder

• George I

• George II

• Charles VI

Who was the French general defeated by the British under General Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham? (Page 54)

• General Montcalm

• William Pitt the Elder

• George I

• George II

• Charles VI

Who was the American revolutionary and author of the Declaration of Independence? (Page 58)

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison