Atlantic Revolutions Quiz

With Article V of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the government retained the right to restrict the other rights listed in the declaration.

• True

• False

The French were victorious over the British at the Battle of Trafalgar.

• True

• False

What name did the first Europeans assign to the natives of Australia?

• Aborigines

• Maoris

• Inuits

• Zulus

List one reason that the French Revolution occurred.

• Social discrimination

• Economic prosperity

• Political stability

• Cultural harmony

What was the only political body in France with the authority to reform the nation’s tax system?

• The Estates-General

• The National Assembly

• The Senate

• The House of Commons

What was the name of the five-man committee that governed France just before Napoleon came to power as dictator?

• The Directory

• The Consulate

• The Senate

• The Assembly

Name the period of mass execution that occurred during the French Revolution.

• Reign of Terror

• The Enlightenment

• The Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

The Zollverein was an economic union that led to the unification of what country?

• Germany

• France

• Italy

• Austria

What country won the Franco-Prussian War?

• Prussia

• France

• Italy

• Spain

One of the Enlightenment thinkers (mentioned in the chapter) who sowed the seeds of revolution is:

• Voltaire

• Newton

• Galileo

• Einstein