world history unit 6 canvas quizzes
Which provisions addressed the due process in the judicial system?
5 and 6
"Any society in which guarantees of rights are not assured nor the separation of powers determined has no constitution..." Which Enlightenment thinker's views are expressed in the excerpt above from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
Baron de Montesquieu
How did France change under the Legislative Assembly?
France became a constitutional government.
Following the English Civil War, who was asked to lead the monarchy in cooperation with Parliament?
William and Mary
During the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, opponents of the Republic were sentenced to death by...
guillotine
The French people supported Napoleon Bonaparte because they hoped he would...
provide stability for the nation.
Approximately what percent of the French population belonged to the Third Estate?
97%
Which of the following was NOT an impact of the Enlightenment?
A return to faith and dependence on the Church for answers about society.
"Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency (naturally found in a) capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez." The quote above by a modern economist reflects the ideas of which of the following Enlightenment thinkers?
Adam Smith
"... the person of the King is sacred, and to attack him in any way is an attack on religion itself. Kings represent the divine majesty and have been appointed by Him to carry out His purposes. Serving God and respecting the King are bound together." - Bishop Jacques Bossuet Which of the following people would most likely agree with the above statement?
Charles I
What caused the English Civil War?
Charles I's conflict with parliament.
The Old Regime in France concentrated power in the First and Second Estates because the Estates General voted by __________ with each one getting one vote under medieval rules.
Estate
How did France change under the "radical" National Convention?
France became a republic.
"The aim of every political association is the conservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man; these rights are liberty, property, and security and resistance to oppression." Which Enlightenment thinker's views are expressed in the excerpt above from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
John Locke
The theory of the divine right of kings could best be defined as which of the following?
Kings were placed in power by God, and therefore should not be questioned.
The king that was put to death during the French Revolution was...
Louis XVI
Who was France's most powerful ruler that boasted "I am the State", built the palace Versailles, and called himself the Sun King?
Louis XVI
According to the map above, which states were opposed to Napoleon in 1812?
Portugal, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Sardinia, Kingdom of Sicily, Montenegro, Russian Empire, and Sweden.
Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Congress of Vienna?
Restore France's power
How did Hobbes and Rousseau differ?
Rousseau believed people were naturally good; Hobbes did not.
Which economic plan below might have helped prevent the French Revolution if it were adopted at the Estates General meeting?
Taxation of the First and Second Estate
Which of the following statements best explains the conditions that led to the Reign of Terror?
The Committee of Public Safety had complete power.
How did the Directory's actions ultimately lead to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte?
The Directory was weak and corrupt.
Which "radical" group was dissatisfied with the new government under the Legislative Assembly and demanded further changes?
The Jacobins
Why did James I and Charles I struggle to rule as absolute monarchs in England?
The Magna Carta ensured that people had a voice in government through parliament.
The period of panic following the establishment of the National Assembly when members of the Third Estate attacked nobles and their manors was known as...
The Reign of Terror
The pretend power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, without consent of parliament is illegal..." - The English Bill of Rights Based on the passage above, what is guaranteed by the English Bill of Rights?
The monarch will not have absolute power
During the French Revolution, how did radicals such as Robespierre justify the use of terror?
They sought to preserve the republic from its enemies.
How did Europeans react to the execution of the French King by the Committee for Public Safety?
They were appalled and went to war against the French.
Why did King Louis XVI call a meeting of the Estates General to be held in the spring of 1789?
To get approval for new taxes on the Third Estate.
Which statement best describes a change that occurred during both the Rennisance and the Enlightenment?
a new questioning spirit and attitude emerged.
Russian used ___________ in an attempt to defend against Napoleon by eliminating any food source.
a scorched earth policy
L'Etat, c'est moi." (The state, it is me.) - Louis XIV The quote above expresses a belief in...
absolute monarch
God hath power to create or destroy, make or unmake, at his pleasure; to give life or to send death; to judge and to be judged by none. And the like power have kings..." Which idea is described in the passage above?
absolutism
Which of the following best explains the significance of Louis XIV's palace at Versailles?
all of these options
During the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, one similarity in the work of many scientists and philosopher was that they...
examined natural laws governing the universe.
A study of revolutions would most likely lead to the conclusion that pre-Revolutionary governments...
failed to meet the political and economic needs of their people.
The supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War were known as...
roundheads
"Men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them... and, worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." - Thomas Hobbes According to the quote above, Thomas Hobbes believed that the true state of nature of man was that they were...
selfish and wicked.
Napoleon's Continental System sought to...
strike at Britain's economy by closing European ports to British goods.
The writing of the Enlightenment philosophers in Europe encouraged later political revolution with their support of...
the natural rights of man
Absolute monarchs argued that their power must not be challenged because...
they ruled by divine right
The political purpose of keeping French nobility at court (Versailles) was...
to exclude the nobility from real power by keeping them socially active and distracted.