Answers MISD-World History-RECOVERY-A-2019-2020Napoleon's Rise and Fall

Unit Test Answers

1 verified answers

Free Preview

Which event immediately followed the storming of the Bastille?

Peasants began attacking the aristocracy.

Louis XVI stepped down.

The Estates-General was dissolved.

Government troops attacked the National Assembly.

Free Preview

Who discovered how gravity affects objects on Earth?

Francis Bacon

René Descartes

Robert Boyle

Isaac Newton

How did monarchs in England reign prior to the signing of the Petition of Right in 1628?

They were less powerful.

They were more powerful.

They were more democratic.

They had less interest in ruling.

Read the quote by Maximilien de Robespierre.Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible.How does the quote best apply to the Committee of Public Safety under Robespierre’s leadership?

People had a right to a speedy trial under the Committee of Public Safety.

Citizens who behaved had nothing to fear from the Committee of Public Safety.

The Committee of Public Safety meted out justice fairly and evenly.

The Committee of Public Safety forcefully eliminated all opposition.

What was the overall purpose of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

to create a government responsive to the people

to eliminate the monarchy and aristocracy

to guarantee a good life to all citizens

to eliminate the excessive power of clergy

Louis XIV called himself the “Sun King” because he

believed he could control the weather.

was regarded as having a warm, friendly personality.

thought that, like the sun, he was at the center of the French universe.

frequently took long vacations on the southern coast of France.

How did the events of the Reformation affect the Enlightenment?

People challenged cultural institutions during the Reformation, which led them to challenge educational facilities during the Enlightenment.

People challenged educational facilities during the Reformation, which led them to challenge cultural institutions during the Enlightenment.

People challenged governmental authority during the Reformation, which led them to challenge religious institutions during the Enlightenment.

People challenged religious institutions during the Reformation, which led them to challenge governmental authority during the Enlightenment.

Louis XIV is considered a perfect example of an absolute monarch because he

gave more political power to ordinary French citizens.

reigned during a period of peaceful relations with France’s neighbors.

held all power in France and claimed to represent God on Earth.

left the throne and called for free elections to choose a successor.

A small group of centrists tried to get the Jacobins and the Conservatives to compromise on what main idea?

a republic versus a constitutional monarchy

a monarchy versus a constitutional monarchy

a democratic republic versus a monarchy

a church leader versus a monarchy

What did Prince Klemens von Metternich most likely mean when he wrote that a “revolutionary spirit could . . . easily hide itself under the veil of patriotism”?

Patriots wanted to give protection to revolutionaries.

Revolutionaries wanted to be viewed as patriots.

Patriots were plotting to overthrow their government.

Revolutionaries were trying to hide their true intentions.

Toussaint L’Ouverture issued a constitution to ensure that

Haiti would never rejoin the French republic.

Haiti would rejoin the French republic.

officials would be elected.

slavery would be abolished.

Read the following quotation from Catholic bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet at the court of Louis XIV.Rulers then act as the ministers of God and as his lieutenants on earth. It is through them that God exercises his empire. . . . Consequently, as we have seen, the royal throne is not the throne of a man, but the throne of God himself.

The king should leave the throne immediately.

Kings on Earth rule with God’s authority.

There should be no kings at all.

Kings have greater authority than God.

Boyle’s law explains

the way to develop an idea and design an experiment.

the impact of gravity on the motion of objects on Earth.

the relationship between pressure and the volume of gas.

the elliptical orbit of Earth and other planets around the sun.

A standing army is one that is

available only in times of war.

permanent and available at all times.

available only after the harvests have been collected.

independent from the government.

Why did most revolutions end by 1850?

People stopped supporting war and conflict.

Monarchs killed all of the revolutionaries.

Revolutionaries succeeded in enacting change.

Countries decided to return land to original owners.

Did you find these answers helpful?

Unit Test Answers

More from this Course

TRY EDGENUITY HACKS