World History B U1 L1 Answers
This will have two parts. The first is the pretest Q&A's. The second part is the quick check Q&A's.
Pretest Answers (30 questions) -
1. In which form of government would citizens have the least rights?
Answer - D. absolute monarchy
2. What was the original cause of the Thirty Years’ War in Europe?
Answer - B. religious differences
3. Which had the most direct influence on the central principles of the U.S. Constitution?
Answer - D. Enlightment
4. Which European country was the first to move away from absolute monarchy?
Answer - C. England
5. What was the purpose of the French Revolution?
Answer - B. to provide citizens with more rights
6. Which most directly contributed to Napoleon’s rise to power in France?
Answer - C. He was a brilliant military general
7. Why did Louis XIV appoint intendants?
Answer - C. to extend royal authority throughout France
8. Which of the following best summarizes cultural achievements of Spain’s golden century?
Answer - A. the publishing of Cervantes's Don Quixote, the first modern novel, and the paintings of El Greco
9. Which helped make Spain the most economically powerful country in Europe during Philip II’s reign?
Answer - B. silver and god from Spain's colonies in the Americas
10. Which of the following was one of the ways Louis XIV increased his power as an absolute monarch?
Answer - A. He brought nobles under his control.
11. How did conflict between Austria and Prussia change the map of Europe?
Answer - C. Frederick II took Silesia.
12. Which statement best describes the influence of Catherine the Great on Russia?
Answer - C. She embarked on a program of reform of government, law, and education.
13. How were the rights of citizens determined in the Russian government?
Answer - B. by the reigning monarch
14. How did the absolute monarch Maria Theresa of Austria increase her authority? Select all that apply.
Answers - A. by curbing the power of the nobles, and D. by limiting the power of the church. (A,D)
15. What was one result of the English Civil War?
Answer - C. Charles I was executed.
16. What was the significance of the Long Parliament?
Answer - D. Its struggles with Charles I led to the English Civil War.
17. Which Enlightenment idea influenced Adam Smith’s analysis of the free market in his
Answer - B. natural laws
18. Which of the following did Jean-Jacques Rousseau believe should be the role of government in society?
Answer - B. Freely elected governments should impose only minimal limits on people’s actions.
19. Under the U.S. Constitution, how are the president and members of Congress chosen?
Answer - C. The president is elected, and the Congress is elected.
20. Which of the following most influenced the vision of government held by the framers of the Constitution?
Answer - C. Rousseau’s social contract
21. Which rights does the U.S. Bill of Rights protect? Select all that apply.
Answers - A. the right to a trial by jury, B. freedom of religion, and F. freedom of the press. (A,B,F)
22. Which of the following are examples of the global impact of the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution? Select all that apply.
Answers - B. The American Revolution offered precedents for Latin American revolutionaries, and D. The U.S. Constitution served as a model for the French Constitution of 1791. (B,D)
23. What was one way that the French Revolution changed life in France?
Answer - A. It eliminated feudal class privileges.
24. How did Enlightenment ideologies influence the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
Answer - C. The Declaration asserted the Enlightenment principle that governments must protect the natural rights of citizens.
25. What stirred the sans-culottes to riot?
Answer - A. rising bread prices
26. Name one example of social reform during the French Revolution.
Answer - B. Slavery was abolished in France's colonies.
27. How did nationalism aid Napoleon’s rise to power in France?
Answer - C. His military victories greatly activated French national pride and won him continuing popular approval.
28. How did nationalism impact Napoleon’s conquest of Europe?
Answer - A. Many Europeans saw Napoleon and his armies as foreign oppressors and fought back to save their countries.
29. Which of the following describe differences between the American Revolution and the French Revolution? Select all that apply.
Answers - B. The American Revolution occurred in a colony, while the French Revolution took place in an absolute monarchy, and D. The American Revolution prohibited a state-supported church, while the French Revolution kept the state-supported Catholic Church. (B,D)
30. Which statement best describes the impact of the Napoleonic Wars on many of the nations France conquered?
Answer - D. Napoleon’s armies backed liberal reforms in the lands they conquered.
Quick Check Answers (8 questions) -
1. How did Charles V and Philip II expand the Spanish state?
Answer - B. They fought wars and tried to expand Catholicism
2. How were citizens rights determined under the absolute monarchies in Spain and France?
Answer - C. by the ruling monarch
3. How did monarchs contribute to a cultural golden age in France and Spain?
Answer - C. They spent large sums of money on the arts.
4. What was the purpose of court ceremonies such as the levee?
Answer - A. to keep nobles under the control of the king
5. How did Louis XIV strengthen his monarchy? Select all that apply.
Answers - A. He gave rich middle class men jobs in government, and C. He enlarged the bureaucracy. (A,C)
6. How did Philip II view the religious rights of Protestant citizens in his empire?
Answer - A. He turned the inquisition against protestants.
7. Which of the following best represents the accomplishments of Spain's golden century?
Answer - B. the staging of the many comedies and romances of Lope de Vega
8. Which economic difficulties did Philip II and his successors experience? Select all that apply.
Answers - B. Profits from the Americas caused growing inflation in Spain, and D. The costs of many wars rapidly emptied the Spanish treasury. (B,D)
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