"I think before I am" was the starting point for the rationalistic philosophy of ?

A. Bacon

B. Descartes

C. Galileo

D. Newton

B. Descartes

The early-modern astronomer who first put fourth the heliocentric theory was

A. Bacon

B. Copernicus

C. Galileo

D. Kepler

According to the ideas of John Locke ?

A. Brittish paliment was not in accord Natural Law

B. Human nature is essentially evil

C. Individuals retain the right to revolt if the executive fails to fullfill part of social contract

D. Thomas Hobbes was right except for man nature

The philosophe whose emphasis on emotion & intuition put him out of step with his contemporaries was ?

A. Montesquieu

B. Diderot

C. Voltaire

D. Rousseau

The royal family that made Brandenburg-Prussia into an important German state in the 17th and 18th centuries were the ?

A. Bourbons

B. Hanovers

C. Hohenzollerns

D. Ottomans

Catherine the Great got to be ruler of Russia by ?

A. Marrying and having murdered Peter III

B. Having her mother murdered

C. Bribing neighboring rulers

D. Inheriting it from her father

The "asiento" gave Britain ?

A. Control of India

B. Trading rights in Spanish America

C. Flordia

D. Louisiana

Britain won Canada from France as a result of the ?

A. American Revolution

B. Seven Years' War

C. War of the Austrian Succession

D. War of the Spanish Succession

Britain gained supremacy in India as a result of the ?

A. Seven Years' War

B. Napoleonic Wars

C. War of the Austrian Succession

D. War of the Spanish Succession

Whose ideas had the greatest influence on the Declaration of Independence ?

A. Hobbes

B. Locke

C. Montesquieu

D. Voltaire

The Frence social class called the "third estate" included all of the following except ?

A. Lawyers

B. The urban class

C. Priests

D. The poor

Burke                      a. Assembly of Notables

Louis XV                  b. "Declaration Rights of Man"

Louis XVI                 c. Madame de Pompadour

National Assembly    d. Reflections  Revo. in France

Robespierre             e. Reign of Terror

4. d

5. c

6. a

7. b

8. e

The "Concordat of 1801" was a treaty between France and ?

A. The Catholic Church

B. Great Britain

C. Austria

D. Russia

Which is the correct order of goverments of France in the period 1789-1804 ?

A. absolute monarchy, limited m, republic, directory, consulate, empire

B. absolute m, directory limited m, republic, consulate, empire

C. directory, limited m, absolute m, republic, empire, consulate

D. limited m, absolute m, consulate, republic, directory, empire

A. Absolute monarchy, limited monarchy, republic, directory, consulate, empire

Which of the following was most true of Napoleon ?

A. He made "who you knew" more important/talent

B. He opposed the concept of fraternity

C. he increased the quality of the Frence people

D. He increased the liberty of the French people

1793                       a. Battle of Toulon

1797                       b. Battle of Trafalgar

1805                       c. The Hundred Days War

1812                       d. The Invasion of Russia

1815                       e. Treaty of Campo Formio

4. a

5. e

6. b

7. d

8. c

The industrial Revolution was made possible because England had all of the following except ?

A. The presence of guilds throughout the country

B. A population explosion

C. An empire

D. Goverment by Parliment

Who invented the horse-drawn hoe?

A. Duke of Bridgewater

B. George Stepenson

C. Viscount Townshend

D. Jethro Tull

Which of the following was the least significant factor that made possible the Industrial Revolution?

A. The British educational system

B. The British Political System

C. The British Social System

D. The Geography of England

The principle of "legitimacy meant that attention would be paid to ?

A. Nationalism

B. The historic rights of hereditary princes

C. The wishes of people

D. The wishes of the Pope

The power that broke up the Quadruple Alliance by opposing plans to put down reveoutions in Spain and Spanish America was ?

A. Austria

B. Britain

C. Prussia

D. Russia

The only revolutionaries helped by the Russians in the 1820's were in ?

A. Greece

B. Italy

C. Poland

D. Spain

Which is the correct order of French Kings ?

A. Charles X, Louis XVIII, Louis Philippe

B. Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis Philippe

C. Louis XVIII, Louis Philippe, Charles X

D. Lousi Philippe, Louis XVIII, Charles X

The Zollverein was ?

A. The secret police

B. A customs union in Germany

C. The diet of the German Confederation

D. The German Army

The Decembrist Revolt of 1825 was in ?

A. Austria

B. France

C. Italy

D. Russia

Britain's responce to class tension was to ?

A. Establish iron-clad repression

B. Follow strict laissez-faire economic policies

C. Make slow and piecemeal reforms

D. Move most industry to backwards areas like Ireland

The hated Frence prime minister before the Revolution of 1848 was ?

A. Louis Kossuth

B. The Duke of Orleans

C. Francois Guizot

D. General Cavignac

The June Days were a revolt of the ?

A. Amry

B. Bourgeoisie

C. Proletariat

D. Peasants

The lasting legacy of the Revolution of 1848 in France was ?

A. Democracy

B. End of titles

C. polarization

D. Socialism

The "Three-Tier" voting system of the Prussian Constitution of 1849 did all of the following except ?

A. Establish universal male suffrage

B. Give 2/3 of the assembly to a minority of voters

C. Divide citzens into 3 groups based on wealth

D. Establish a democratic system of goverment

The most disturbing outcome of 1848-1848 in Germany was that ?

A. Germans were no longer concerned with unification

B. many germans abandoned liberal values and turned to authoritarian Prussia for leadership in uniting Germany