APEH Unit 2 Test

Which of the following economic thinkers would most likely agree with benthams argument

Adam smith

Which of the following most likely explains the result of pressure in towns such as this

Living standards declined because prices increased

In which of the following areas would one be LEAST likely to find similar scenes

Russia

Which statement best describes the third estate referred to in the passage

The non noble nonclerical section of the French population

The passage foreshadows what subsequent event during the French revolution

Trial and execution of king Louis XVI

Assuming the passage describes a turning point in the French Revolution what statement best describes the next stage

A radical phase was about to begin one which would seek to overturn all existing institutions and remake France completely

In what context was this 1780 cartoon created

As a means of increasing revenue without taxation

In subsequent years the French government used the institutions created by the decree to

Attempt to spread French revolutionary ideals throughout europe

The above map represents to fact that while most Western Europeans moved towards a free peasantry in the east economic life was dominated by

By nobles on large estates

What development in 1789 France precipitated the publication of this work

Debate over the voting procedure to be used In The estates general

The French government issued the decree primarily in response to

Domestic unrest and foreign aggression against the radical revolutionary government

In which of the following areas would one be the most likely to find a similar way of life?

Eastern holy Roman empire

How can the changes depicted in the images seen as a consequence of enlightened absolutism ?

Enlightened rulers sought to settle issues between them without resorting to war

Bentham arguments concerning personal liberty reflect most closely the principles of the

Enlightenment

Voltaire's mockery of the notion of the true religion in the second paragraph of the passage is most directly influenced by which of the following?

Europeans deeper awareness of the worlds cultural diversity gained through scientific exploration and travelers accounts

What institutional circumstances in eighteenth century France produced the circumstance portrayed in the cartoon

Exemptions of both clergy and nobles from taxation

What other social development of the period likely contributed to the publication of this work?

Feelings of isolation and degradation in urban areas

Benihana argument in the passage is best explained in the context of the

Increasing use of credit for complex financial transactions

What claims about the seven years war is correct

It was the greatest of the European wars of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and thus could be classified as a world war

A historian of the 19 th century European society is most likely to use image two as evidence that

Many men feared that women's participation in the public sphere would undermine the established social order

Compared with Luther's 16th century critique of Roman Catholic Church Voltaire's critique in the first paragraph of the passage is

More focused on challenging specific points of catholic doctrine

The seven years war was important in the European balance of power because it

Occasioned a diplomatic revolution that aligned Great Britain with Prussia and France with Austria

The image above represents changes in city life brought about by

Population shifts and growing commerce

The ideas expressed in the passage best illustrates which of the following about Enlightenment Intellectuals?

Some of them believed that the discoveries of the new science warranted new approaches to social and cultural issues

Which of the following most likely explains the type of production used by these Russian serfs

Subsistence agriculture

Countries in the coalitions that opposed revolutionary and napoleonic France were most eager to adopt which provision of the decree

The creation of nationally based mass conscript armies

Benthams argument exemplifies which if the following processes at work in eighteenth century europe

The loosening if traditional moral restrictions in economic activity

Which of the following led to population pressures such as the one reflected in the image

The population recovered recovered to its pre Great Plague levels

The material prosperity evident in image one was in part attributable to which of the following

The restoration of political stability in the aftermath of the congress of Vienna

In addition to being informed by general principles Voltaire's concern with promoting religious toleration was primarily relevant to supporters of the enlightenment in 18th century France because

The revocation of the edict of Nate's by king Louis XIV in 1685 had led to the persecution of the member of the Protestant minority

Following the events described in the passage what development greatly complicated the issues involved in revolution

War broke out between France and austria