Modern West Civilization Unit 2

Because of the Glorious Revolution, Great Britain

Placed limits on the monarch.

John Locke argued that

Bad behavior was a learned trait.

Enlightenment thinkers argued that nature

Operated subject to natural laws created by a supreme being.

Deism is a religious belief that posits

God created the universe according to mathematical principles and rarely intervenes in human affairs

The Holy Roman Empire is most closely associated with

Austria

Which of the following was not a member of the Third Estate in France

Clergy

________ is the ruler responsible for westernizing, and modernizing, Russia in the early 1700s

Peter I (the Great)

In regards to women, the Enlightenment ________.

Did not apply

By 1700, The most powerful navy in the world belonged to

Great Britain

The international language (that spoken in court) in Europe in the 18th century was

French

In Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Issac Newton argued that

Gravity existed.

Under the rule of Peter the Great, Russia built a new capital city at

St. Petersburg

A _______ was a French academic who met with other Enlightened individuals to share idea in an informal manner.

Philosophe

In 1751, the first ____ attempted to gather all knowledge known to humans into a single work.

Encyclopedia

Before Copernicus, humans believed that

The earth was the center of the universe.

Which of the following would Enlightened thinkers have rejected?

Absolute power for monarchs

From the 1500s to the 1700s, the primary adversary of Great Britain was

France

Because of the Seven Years War, Great Britain

Gained control of the Americas.

In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith argued that an economy that was unregulated would ______.

Expand and grow

During the Enlightenment, scholars focused on _____ as the basis for human knowledge.

Reason

Napoleon’s soldiers

Loved him.

After an uprising in ______, the French Republic outlawed slavery.

St. Domingue

Though a bit more complicated, the most significant reason for the French Revolution was

Debt

A _____ was a secular school aimed at educating the most talented French men to administer the country.

Lycee

At the _____ in 1814-1815, Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria met to determine the fate of Europe after Napoleon’s defeat.

Congress of Vienna

Which of the following did not occur during the French Revolution?

Restoration of the monarchy

The Committee on Public Safety

Oversaw the most radical part of the revolution known as the Terror.

During the Tennis Court Oath, the French citizens

Demanded a constitution.

At the Battle of _______, the Grand Coalition banded together to defeat Napoleon in 1815.

Waterloo

In 1806, Napoleon defeated and dismantled the ____ Empire which was nearly 1000 years old.

Holy Roman

Which group gained little with the advancement of rights during the French Revolution?

Women

The _____ secured the rights of equality for all men and extended across the empire in 1804.

Napoleonic Code

Under the Continental System, Napoleon tried to

Destroy Great Britain by closing European port stop trade.

In 1812, Napoleon was largely defeated by the

Russian winter.

Initially, French Revolutionaries hoped to set up a

Constitutional monarchy.

Which two groups tended to vote together in the Estates General?

First and Second

Napoleon was successful as general (winning 52 battles and losing 8) for all of the following except…

Other countries welcomed Napoleon as a liberator from their monarchs

Which of the following was not one of the French Revolutionary Ideals?

Property

The source of power and wealth for the Catholic Church in France came from

Their vast land holdings

A guerilla war is

A small force refuses to fight directly.