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Setting The Stage Before Wars For Independence
Test Description: Unit 1 test review
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1) Adam Smith used which of these arguments in The Wealth of Nations?
A
All of them
B
Governments should not try to control most business decisions and leave economies alone
C
Competition is good because it makes businesses efficient and keeps prices down
D
If a business wants to make money, they should produce goods in demand
2) Who said it is the governments job to protect the natural rights of life, liberty and property
A
Locke
B
Montesquieu
C
Voltaire
D
Diderot
3) Which of the following was the first to place definite limits on the power of the English monarch
A
English Bill of Rights
B
Parliament Acts
C
English Common Law
D
Magna Carta
4) Who believed that the power of government should be divided among three branches: an executive branch, a judicial branch, and a legislative branch?
A
Condorcet
B
Rousseau
C
Montesquieu
D
Voltaire
5) Which of the following heavily influenced the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
A
Enlightenment philosophers
B
divine right of kings
C
women's movement
D
Catholic Reformation
6) Which document outlines a plan for government that has served as a model for new governments around the world?
A
Magna Carta
B
Declaration of Independence
C
U.S. Constitution
D
U.S. Bill of Rights
7) All the following are true about the American Revolution except __________.
A
it led to the formation of a new nation with a new form of government
B
it was sparked by Enlightenment ideas
C
it sparked a civil war among the newly formed states
D
it inspired the people of France and people of other nations to start their own democratic revolutions
8) Which of the following statements about the American Revolution is true?
A
Its ideals were popular in the eighteenth century but have little meaning in the modern world.
B
It was sparked by Enlightenment ideas.
C
It frightened most of the French, who feared violence and revolution.
D
The ideals of the Revolution eventually led to a civil war.
9) The idea that governments exist to protect the rights of the people is best reflected in which of the following documents?
A
Plato's Republic and the Magna Carta
B
Declaration of Independence and Aristotle's Politics
C
Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
D
Magna Carta and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
10) Which of the following was not a cause of the American Revolution?
A
British taxes on colonists
B
desire for westward expansion
C
strict restrictions on religious freedom
D
inspiration of Enlightenment philosophers
11) Which document best reflects the ideas of the Enlightenment?
A
Declaration of Independence
B
Politics
C
The Wealth of Nations
D
Magna Carta
12) Which movement inspired the French Revolution?
A
the Russian Revolution
B
The Renaissance
C
Napoleonic Conquests
D
The Enlightenment
13) Why did the findings of Galileo frighten Catholic and Protestant leaders?
A
His findings went against church teaching and authority.
B
His findings did not support the Copernican theory.
C
His findings went against church teaching and authority.
D
His findings led him to rebel against the Cardinals.
14) Which term describes the era when new ideas in physics, astronomy, biology, human anatomy, chemistry, and other sciences led to a rejection of superstitions and beliefs that had existed since ancient times?
A
The Renaissance
B
The Scientific Revolution
C
The Middle Ages
D
The Age of Revolution
15) Under Spanish rule, Latin American society was strictly divided into a class system determined by birth. This rigid social class system contradicted the Enlightenment idea of
A
The importance of birth order
B
A two class system
C
Constitutional guarantee of rights
D
Equality among men
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