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Exploration-French Revolution Review
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9th Grade
04/16/2007

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Vasco Da Gama's discovery of a route to India by sea proved to be...
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very profitable, since Da Gama returned with a cargo of spices and made a profit of several thousand percent.
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______ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas.
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Christopher Columbus
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What was the name of the set of principals that dominated economic thought in the Seventeeth Century.
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mercantilism
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Who were the first Settlers of the Hudson River Valley?
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the Dutch
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The treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494...
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established a line of demarcation btween territories controlled by Portugal and those controlled by Spain.
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____ explored the New England coastline of the Americas for England.
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John Cabot
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What was the name of the journey for slaves from Africa to America?
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the Middle passage
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The house of _____ ruled the Southern French kingdom of Navarre.
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Bourbon
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Phillip II of Spain was know as...
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The Most Catholic King
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James I of England believed in the divine right of kings, which is...
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the idea that kings receive their power from God and are responsible only to God.
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The ____ were Protestants in England who were inspired by Calvinist ideas.
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Puritans
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Oliver Cromwell's defeat of the King's forces allowed him to....
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take control of England and eventually established a military dictatorship.
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The foundation for a constitutional monarchy in England was laid by the...
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Bill of Rights
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What is absolutism?
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a system of government in which a ruler holds total power.
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Louis XIV maintained complete authority as a Monarch by...
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distracting the nobles and royal princes with court life, to keep them out of politics.
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The style of painting known as _____ is known for its use of dramatic effects to arouse emotions.
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baroque
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The work of William Shakespeare is perhaps the best example of ____ literature.
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Elizabethian
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Seven percent of the total French population were _____.
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Huguenots
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The Edict of Nantes recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France, and....
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gave huguenots the right to worship and enjoy all political privileges.
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the Thirty Years' war involved all the major European powers except which nation?
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Germany
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The Rump Parliment was....
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what was left after Cromwell purged the members who did not support him.
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What was the "Glorious Revolution"
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the invasion of England by William of Orange, which overthrew James II with almost no bloodshed.
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The ____ granted puritans, but not Catholics, the right of public worship.
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Toleration Act of 1689
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Cardinal Richelieu strengthened the power of the monarchy by...
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taking away the Huguenots political and military rights and executing conspirators.
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____ sought to increase the wealth and power of France by following the ideas of mercantilism.
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Cardinal Mazarin
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Saint Peters Basilica in Rome is an example of the work of...
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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The ideas of ____ can be found in the American Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
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John Locke
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The French national Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was...
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A vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French cconstitution.
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Lousix XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly's decrees because...
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thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace and captured him and his family.
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Louis XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly's decrees because...
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thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace and captured him and his family.
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According to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy...
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bishops and priests were to be elected by the people and paid by the state.
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The term sans-culottes, meaning "without breeches," implied that the members of this political group were...
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ordinary patriots without fine clothes.
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The Committee of Public Safety was given broad powers to...
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defend France from threats.
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in attempts to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason, the National Convention
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pursued a policy of dechristianization, going as far as to adopt a new calendar.
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Napoleons coup d'etat overthrew the ___ to establish his consulate.
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Directory
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The three major parts of Napoleon's Grand Empire were
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The French Empire, the dependent states, and the allied states.
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What were two major reasons that Napoleon's Grand Empire collapsed?
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The survival of Great Britain and the force of nationalism

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France's weak economy and the drain of Napoleon's many wars.
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In his final battle Napoleon was defeated by
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the Duke of Wellington
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Which of France's Estates was NOT exempt from the taille?
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The third estate (commoners)
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen poclaimed...
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equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women.
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Under the Constitution of 1791, the ____ would make the laws.
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Legislative Assembly.
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Who seized political power from the Legislative Assembly.
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Paris Commune
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The difference between the Girondins and the Moutain was that
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The Girondins leaned toward keeping the king alive, while the mountain wanted the king executed.
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___ was the brutal head of the Committee of Public Safety.
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Maximilien Robespierre
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The most important of the seven legal codes established by Napoleon was...
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the Civil Code
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Promotion within Napoleon's new bureaucracy was....
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based on ability only, not rank or bith.
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The Russians defeated Napoleon's superior Grand Army by...
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retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside.
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The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at...
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Waterloo in Belgium
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