Practice Test

Question 1

After taking power, one action that Napoleon refused to take was to

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C: give women the right to vote.

Question 2

Amidst ongoing famine, rising discontent, and increased taxes Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General leading up to the French Revolution. This was the first time this call had been issued in one hundred fifty years. Why did the king call this meeting?

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C: to attempt economic and monetary crisis reform

Question 3

French soldiers brought home ideas about government and rights from the American Revolution, including news of the Declaration of Independence. One of the ideas presented in the Declaration of Independence is equality for all. Englishman Thomas Hobbes and which other Enlightenment thinker proposed this idea?

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B: Locke

Question 4

Why could the British restriction of trade be considered a violation of natural rights?

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D: Restrictions interfered with individuals’ pursuit of economic self-interest.

Question 5

Which best describes the introduction of an informative essay about a turning point?

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D: It provides background and presents a clear thesis.

Question 6

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson affirmed

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A: the natural rights of all people.

Question 7

What did the guillotine symbolize?

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D: the Reign of Terror

Question 8

Which is the best description of Napoleon Bonaparte?

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C: He believed in some Enlightenment ideals but not in social reform.

Question 9

An example of a historical turning point is

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C: the Scientific Revolution.

Question 10

The pie chart shows that the population of enslaved Africans in 1789 Spanish colonial society was

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A: larger than the number of free Whites and people of color combined.

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