French Revolution

Which generalization best summarizes the views of the author of this passage?

Because of past abuses by the nobility, the common people staged a bloody revolt.

Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the speakers' statements below and on your knowledge of social studies. Good government stresses the importance of the nation and accepts the rights of the individual only if the interests of the individual are the same as those of the nation. The person of the king is sacred and to attack him in any way is to attack religion itself. The respect given to a king is religious in nature. All human beings are born free and equal with a right to life and liberty. It is the duty of government to protect these natural rights of its citizens. Our goal will not be achieved by democracy or liberal reforms, but by blood and iron. Only then will we be successful. No nation achieves greatness or unity without the traumatic experience of war. Which speaker's statement best reflects the ideas of the Enlightenment?

C

The heliocentric model, the development of inductive reasoning, and the work of Descartes are all associated with which revolution?

Scientific

Base your answer to the following question on the time line below and on your knowledge of social studies. Which historical period is most closely associated with these achievements?

Scientific Revolution

Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, and Johannes Kepler are all directly associated with the

Scientific revolution

Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the chart below and on your knowledge of social studies. Which statement is best supported by information found in this chart?

The Reign of Terror crossed social andeconomic boundaries.

A study of revolutions would most likely lead to the conclusion that prerevolutionary governments

fail to meet the political and economic needs of their people

European political thinkers who supported the Enlightenment believed that

governments should protect the rights of the people

A primary cause of the French Revolution in 1789 was the

increasing dissatisfaction of the Third Estate

What was a major cause of the French Revolution?

inequalities in the tax structure

The French Revolution was a reaction to the

influence of and privileges granted to the First and Second Estates

The writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment believed that government decisions should be based on

laws of nature and reason

New scientific knowledge and understandings that developed during the Scientific Revolution were most often based on

observation and experimentation

Which pair of ideas were central to the Scientific Revolution?

observation and experimentation

The French bourgeoisie supported the French Revolution mainly because they

resented their lack of political power under the Old Regime

Revolutions have most often occurred in nations in which

social, political, or economic dissatisfaction exists

The method of free inquiry allows man to expose opinions to public examination, to submit them to evidence, and to keep avenues of investigation open.

the Enlightenment of the late 17th century

•Copernicus' heliocentric model of the universe •Newton's law of gravitation •Descartes' belief in truth through reason

view humankind's place in the universe

•Everyone has the natural right to life, liberty, •Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains. and property. •Slavery, torture, and religious persecution are wrong. During which period in European history would the ideas in these statements have been expressed?

Enlightenment

"Estates General Meet for First Time in 175 Years" "National Assembly Issues Declarations of the Rights of Man" "Reign of Terror Ends; Robespierre Dies" Which event in European history is most closely associated with these headlines?

French Revolution

Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies. ìDuring the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work...Every aristocrat was a traitor...For two hundred years now the people had sweated, and toiled, and starved to keep a lustful court in lavish extravagance; now the descendants of those who had helped to make these courts brilliant had to hide for their lives. Which event is referred to in this passage?

French Revolution

Which was the most significant effect of the European Enlightenment period?

It provided the intellectual spark for the American and French Revolutions.

The idea that all people are born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and property is most directly associated with the writings of

John Locke

What influence did the Scientific Revolution have on the Enlightenment in Europe?

Natural laws were used to explain human afairs

Which statement best describes the effects of the works of Nicolaus Copernicus Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, and René Descartes?

The scientific mehod was used to solve problems

Which statement about Louis XIV is an opinion rather than a fact?

The wars he engaged in were the least successful in the history of France.

The term divine right is best defined as a

belief that a ruler's authority comes from God

Intellectuals representative of the Enlightenment would most likely have

believed that natural law gave order to their work

The scientific theories developed by Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton resulted in

challenges to the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church

Writers of the Enlightenment were primarily interested in

changing the relationship between people and their government

The heliocentric model of the universe developed by Copernicus and Galileo was considered heresy during their lives because it

conflicted with the official doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church

John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau would be most likely to support

the right of citizens to decide the best form of government

In the late 1700s, which situation in France is considered a cause of the other three?

unfair policies of taxation