unit 5 exam
Which of the following best describes the French Third Estate?
The non-noble, nonclerical section of the Estates-General
The leaders of the rest of Europe saw the ideas in the preamble as a threat because
the ideas threatened to transform the social and political hierarchies of Europe
The basic goal of Napoleon's Continental System was to
weaken England economically
The cahiers (notebooks) written on the eve of the French Revolution served which of the following purposes?
To present grievances and proposals for reform
In subsequent years, the French government used the institutions created by the decree to
attempt to spread French Revolutionary ideals throughout Europe
The French government issued the decree primarily in response to
domestic unrest and foreign aggression against the radical Revolutionary government
The calling of the Estates-General in France by King Louis XVI in 1789 was the direct result of
the failure of the Assembly of Notables to endorse the monarch's program of tax reform
The poissardes and other participants in the events described in the song were motivated most strongly by which of the following?
An economic crisis brought about by food shortages
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of each author's view of the causes of the French Revolution?
Barzun asserts that it originated from the idea of individual liberty created by the Reformation, while Thatcher argues that it came from radical Enlightenment intellectuals.
Which of the following is the most accurate comparison of each author's overall view of the French Revolution?
Barzun views the French Revolution positively, while Thatcher views it negatively.
Which of the following is the most accurate description of a similarity in the ideas of the two authors?
Both authors see the French Revolution as an attempt to change the traditional order.
Napoleon's primary aim in establishing the Continental System was to
Destroy Great Britain's economy
Which of the following best describes the trend in the import of raw materials into England from Asia, Africa, and America from 1699 to 1774 as shown in the table?
Dyes continually contributed the most imports out of any raw material, while the entire category of raw materials saw an overall increase by 1774.
Which of the following best describes the overall trend in England's imports from Asia, Africa, and America as shown in the table?
England's volume of imports increased, and consumables contributed the greatest increase per year.
Based on the preamble, the authors of the French Constitution of 1791 were most heavily influenced by
Enlightenment thought
The armies of revolutionary France enjoyed which of the following advantages over the armies of the major European monarchs?
Greater patriotism and morale
All of the following statements are factually accurate. Which describes the most serious limitation of the data showing only a small increase in sugar consumption by continental Europe in the period from 1750 to 1800 ?
In 1800, the British navy was blockading French-controlled ports and seriously interfering with the overseas trade of Revolutionary France and its allies
Which of the following statements accurately describes the Napoleonic Code?
It protected private property and the authority of husbands within the family
Which of the following best explains why commercial rivalries among European states increasingly affected diplomatic relations in the 1600s and 1700s?
Overseas trade accounted for an increasing share of state revenues and national wealth.
The sentiments expressed in the poem are best understood in the context of which of the following?
Reactions against the occupation of Germany by Napoleon's armies
The cartoon above illustrates which of the following?
Social inequalities under the Old Regime in France
According to the table, which item saw the greatest proportional increase in value of imports from 1699 to 1774, and which item saw the greatest proportional decrease in value of imports from 1699 to 1774 ?
Tea saw the greatest proportional increase, and pepper saw the greatest proportional decrease.
The participation of women such as the poissardes led to which of the following during the early phases of the French Revolution?
Temporary improvements in women's legal status
In the first paragraph, Stromberg most clearly criticizes which of the following historical interpretations of the French Revolution?
The French Revolution was an example of class conflict.
Which of the following best characterizes eighteenth-century France just prior to the Revolution of 1789 ?
The French monarchy was experiencing a deepening financial crisis
A historian studying the French Revolution is most likely to use the map as evidence for which of the following?
The challenges to national unity faced by the revolutionary government
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
Which of the following features of the French Revolution would best support Weber's argument comparing Fascism to Jacobinism?
The economic price and wage controls imposed during the Reign of Terror
Which of the following actions by Napoleon aided the cause of German unification?
The elimination of many small states and the political reorganization of territory
Based on the passage, which of the following Jacobin policies best explains Maréchal's favorable view of the Constitution of 1793?
The fixing of prices and wages
The events referred to in the song led most directly to which of the following?
The formalization of a constitutional monarchy in France
Based on the passage, which of the following developments of the French Revolution would Priestley have most likely opposed?
The institution of the Reign of Terror
Historians disagreeing with Stromberg and making the argument that the French Revolution was based on Enlightenment values would most likely cite which of the following as evidence in support of their position?
The issuing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Napoleon's efforts to limit civil rights and restrict domestic opposition are best explained by which of the following?
The need to maintain a unified France in the face of continued resistance by other European powers to his imperial conquests
Grenville's warning regarding Santo Domingo (Source 2) was a response to which of the following?
The outbreak of a slave revolt led by Toussaint L'Ouverture
Which of the following best explains the importance of the East Indies in the European-dominated trade networks of the 1600s and 1700s?
The region was a source of spices and other luxury goods for the European market.
The first two parts of the preamble best support which of the following conclusions about the French Revolution's goals?
The revolutionaries wanted to transform the traditional political order
Which of the following most directly facilitated the trend in sugar consumption in Britain represented in the chart?
The wars of the eighteenth century left Britain the dominant naval power in the Atlantic
Which of the following best explains why, in the 1600s and 1700s, Britain and the Netherlands were able overcome Portuguese dominance of the trading networks of India and the East Indies?
They had greater domestic productivity and access to more abundant resources.
Which of the following best explains Maréchal's view of the Constitutions of 1791 and 1795 ?
They primarily reflected liberal bourgeois interests.
Which of the following best describes the most significant effect during the Napoleonic Wars of the ideas expressed in the passage?
They strengthened Spaniards' nationalist resistance against the perceived illegitimacy of Napoleon's rule.
The painting of Napoleon shown above portrays him as which of the following?
an imperial ruler
The main purpose of the women's march to Versailles in October 1789 was to
ensure the king's support for the Declaration of Rights and cheap bread for Paris
The French Reign of Terror is most closely associated with the
establishment of the Committee of Public Safety
The dark areas in the map above represent the
farthest extent of lands ruled directly by Napoleonic France
Napoleon's establishment of what he called republics in various conquered territories is best explained by
his nominal adherence to the French Revolutionary principle of popular sovereignty
A historian would be most likely to use the two images as evidence that the Napoleonic Wars
inspired nationalist sentiment in both Germany and Spain
Both of the authors dealt with the issue of slavery in the context of the
long period of conflict between France and Britain
The contemporary drawing above of the storming of the Bastille was intended to portray
popular participation in the revolutionary process
The American Revolution played a major role in European history because it
precipitated the French fiscal crisis that led to the calling of the Estates-General
The meeting of the Estates-General in 1789 marked a significant step toward revolution in France because it
provided a legitimate forum for critics of the Old Regime
The lists of grievances, or cahiers de doléances, brought by the members of the Estates-General to Versailles in 1789 called for
tax equity
Napoleon's mobilization of large conscript armies is best understood as a continuation of the military practices of
the French Revolutionary period
The print above, commemorating the women's march on Versailles in October 1789, shows that
women helped the progress of the Revolution
