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Which factors protected Russia from control by Napoleon's army?
a) geographic size and location
b) religious and cultural similarities
c) industrialization and modernization
d) political and economic instability

Which action taken by both Hitler and Napoleon is considered by historians to be a strategic military error?
a) invading Russia with limited supply lines
b) introducing combined ground and naval assaults
c) invading Great Britain by land
d) using conquered peoples as slave laborers

Whose beliefs were constantly challenged during the Scientific Revolution?
a) The Clergy
b) Absolute Rulers
c) The medical field
d) Philosophers

Montesquieu beliefs about government included which of the following:
a) separation of powers
b) a social contract
c) absolute rulers
d) separation of church and state

Why is the Enlightenment considered a Turning Point in HIstory?
a) understanding is the result of observation and experimentation
b) earth is the center of the solar system
c) chruch doctrine should be the source of all new ideas
d) scientific research should be supervised by political authorities

One way in which the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution are similar is that both
a) Europeans changed their thinking about the role of government
b) The factory system was used to mass-produce goods
c) Marin Luther broke away from the Roman Catholic Church
d) The Columbian exchange occurred

Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their
a) social class
b) education level
c) geographic region
d) religious beliefs

Which individual most likely OPPOSED the belief in Natural Laws?
a) Louis XIV
b) Thomas Hobbes
c) John Locke
d) Galileo

Which list of French leaders is in the correct chronological order?
a) Louis XIV, Robespierre, Napoleon
b) Louis XVI, Napoleon, Robespierre
c) Robespierre, Napoleion, Louis XVI
d) Napoleon, Louis XVI, Robespierre

The scientific revolution popularized the idea that
a) questioned traditional values and past practices
b) led to increased power for the royal families in Europe
c) sought to reconcile Christian beliefs and science
d) promoted nationalistic revolutions in Asia

One scientific belief help by both Rene Descartes and Isaac Newton is that
a) reasoned thought is the way to discover truth
b) new theories should be made to fit existing traditional ideas
c) the method by which discoveries are made is unimportant
d) difficult problems should be solved by reading religious texts

WHich individual suggested the idea that if a government fails to protect its people's natural right, the people have the right to overthrow it?
a) John Locke
b) Karl Marx
c) Thomas Hobbes
d) Niccolo Machiavelli

What was a major result of the European policy of mercantilism in Latin America?
a) exploitation of labor and natural resources by Europeans
b) increased status of indigenous peoples
c) decrease in the power of European monarchs
d) reinvestment of profits to benefit the local colonieal economy

Which statement best describes a consequence of Napoleon's failure to understand Russian geography?
a) A harsh winter cut off his army from needed supplies
b) Rough waters in the Baltic Sea destriyed his fleet
c) His armies could not cross the high Ural Mountains
d) A long period of high temperatures and lack of water overcame his troops

WHere did Karl Marx predict a revolution of the proletariat would occur first?
a) industrial Europe
b) independent Latin America
c) colonial Africa
d) agricultural Russia

WHich event had the greatest influence on the development of laissez-faire capitalism?
a) Industrial Revolution
b) fall of the Roman Empire
c) invention of the printing press
d) Green Revolution

Which characteristic is associated with an economy based on the principles of laissez-faire?
a) prices based on supply and demand
b) production quotas established by the central government
c) distribution of goods determined by the customs of a traditional society
d) some goods exchanged for other goods of equal value

During the Industrial Revolution, locating factories near concentrations of natural resources and transportation routes most directly promoted
a) migration and urbanization
b) annexations and unequal treaties
c) legislative reforms and formation of unions
d) communal fields and the domestic system

WHich geographic feature aided industrialization in Great Britain?
a) good harbors
b) large forests
c) highland climate
d) monsoon winds

Capitalism is to private ownerships as communism is to
a) state control
b) supply and demand
c) laissez-faire
d) self-determination

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