Question 1

The French Revolution

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A)  was precipitated by a noble-bourgeois dispute over the best way to deal with the large budgetary surpluses of 1788 and 1789. 
B)  actually had no real impact on either the economic or political status of peasants. 
C)  created no major gains, even temporarily, for women in such areas as divorce and inheritance. 
D)  created a "nation in arms" and an army of 650,000. 
E)  failed in its attempt to restore divine right monarchy to France.

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Catherine the Great

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Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Napoleon Bonaparte

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Question 4

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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A)  was idealistic and honest and never deviated from his promises or commitments. 
B)  argued that children's education should be strict and regimented. 
C)  argued that, in accord with the "general will," people could be "forced to be free." 
D)  believed that women were "naturally" different from men. 
E)  advocated a doctrine that would be later be known as laissez-faire .

Question 5

How did European ideas about the natures of, and the relationships between, science and religion change during the seventeenth century? Were these changes restricted to just the intellectual classes? Why and or why not?

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Question 6

All of these statements regarding developments in the French Revolution prior to September 1792 are correct EXCEPT

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A)  the fall of the Bastille weakened the government. 
B)  the National Assembly created a basic declaration of liberties, and a new constitution to establish a limited monarchy. 
C)  Louis XVI destroyed his public standing by attempting to flee. 
D)  warfare broke out between France and Austria. 
E)  Louis XVI was an enthusiastic supporter of the revolutionary events.

Question 7

During the Reign of Terror, cannon fire was used to blow condemned men into open graves.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The famous Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen was authored by Mary Wollstonecraft.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
high culture

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Question 10

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"putting-out" system

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Question 11

The Catholic Church condemned the theories of ____________ because they threatened the Scriptures.

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A)  Voltaire and Rousseau 
B)  Copernicus and Galileo 
C)  Kepler and Newton 
D)  Galileo and Ptolemy 
E)  Newton and Copernicus

Question 12

Discuss the positive and the negative contributions of Napoleon to the French Revolution and to Europe generally in the early nineteenth century. Would France and Europe have been better off if he had never attained political power? Why or why not?

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Question 13

Take a position on the famous question of whether Napoleon was the "author or undertaker" of the French Revolution. Defend your position with specific examples.

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Question 14

Which statement is FALSE with regard to European population and food supplies?

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A)  As the eighteenth century progressed, European population declined. 
B)  Food production increased in Europe during the eighteenth century. 
C)  The introduction of the potato and maize provided a much-needed staple foods. 
D)  The New World was a source of new vegetables for Europe. 
E)  Food supplies decreased while food prices rose sharply in France in 1789.

Question 15

The system that came to be known as the "cottage industry" involved all of these steps EXCEPT

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A)  the purchase, by an entrepreneur, of the raw materials needed for textile production. 
B)  country laborers producing yarn and cloth. 
C)  the selling of finished products by an entrepreneur. 
D)  the growing of cotton by peasants on their farms, who then sold raw material to entrepreneurs. 
E)  the development and use of the "putting-out" system.

Question 16

The French and Indian war is also known as the Seven Years War.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In the geocentric universe model, the earth revolves around the sun.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Why were the ideas of Copernicus and Galileo so controversial in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

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Question 19

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old regime

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Question 20

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Louis XVI

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Exam 18: The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The French Revolution

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Catherine the Great

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Napoleon Bonaparte

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

How did European ideas about the natures of, and the relationships between, science and religion change during the seventeenth century? Were these changes restricted to just the intellectual classes? Why and or why not?

All of these statements regarding developments in the French Revolution prior to September 1792 are correct EXCEPT

During the Reign of Terror, cannon fire was used to blow condemned men into open graves.

The famous Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen was authored by Mary Wollstonecraft.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). high culture

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "putting-out" system

The Catholic Church condemned the theories of ____________ because they threatened the Scriptures.

Discuss the positive and the negative contributions of Napoleon to the French Revolution and to Europe generally in the early nineteenth century. Would France and Europe have been better off if he had never attained political power? Why or why not?

Take a position on the famous question of whether Napoleon was the "author or undertaker" of the French Revolution. Defend your position with specific examples.

Which statement is FALSE with regard to European population and food supplies?

The system that came to be known as the "cottage industry" involved all of these steps EXCEPT

The French and Indian war is also known as the Seven Years War.

In the geocentric universe model, the earth revolves around the sun.

Why were the ideas of Copernicus and Galileo so controversial in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). old regime

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Louis XVI