World History Ch6&7 Sample Test

World History Ch6&7 Sample Test



____ 1. About what percentage of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?
a. 1
b. 10
c. 50
d. 98


____ 2. What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?
a. Robespierre was executed by guillotine.
b. French women marched all the way to Versailles.
c. A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder.
d. All of the above are true.


____ 3. Which goal was NOT stated in the "slogan of the Revolution"?
a. liberty
b. equality
c. justice
d. brotherhood


____ 4. Which document stated that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights"?
a. Holy Alliance
b. Declaration of the Rights of Man
c. Declaration of Independence
d. Napoleonic Code


____ 5. During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine?
a. no one
b. the nobility
c. known revolutionaries
d. only Maximilien Robespierre


____ 6. What was Napoleon able to accomplish during peacetime?
a. He set up government-run public schools.
b. He set up a comprehensive system of laws.
c. He established a fairer tax code.
d. All of the above are true.


____ 7. How did Admiral Nelson win the Battle of Trafalgar?
a. He bombed the French ships with cannonballs.
b. He divided the French fleet and attacked smaller groups of ships.
c. He got help from the Prussians.
d. All of the above are true.


____ 8. Why did Napoleon attack Portugal?
a. to force Portugal to trade with France
b. to enforce the terms of the Continental System
c. to prove he was stronger than the Pope
d. All of the above are true.


____ 9. Which of the following was an important goal of the Congress of Vienna?
a. to destroy France
b. to execute Napoleon by guillotine
c. to establish a balance of power in Europe
d. to establish Vienna as the new capital of Europe


____ 10. Who was the most influential leader at the Congress of Vienna?
a. Czar Alexander I of Russia
b. Emperor Francis I of Austria
c. King Frederick William III of Prussia
d. Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria


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____ 11. In what year did Napoleon seize control of the government and assume dictatorial powers?
a. 1800
b. 1799
c. 1805
d. 1804


____ 12. Which of the following events was the latest to occur?
a. sale of the Louisiana Territory
b. sending an army through Spain to Portugal
c. losing the Battle of Trafalgar
d. Napoleon's making himself Emperor


____ 13. What does this time line represent?
a. a brief history of the French Revolution
b. all the battles Napoleon fought in
c. highlights of Napoleon's political and military career
d. all of the above are true


____ 14. In what year did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
a. 1805
b. 1796
c. 1800
d. 1803


____ 15. Which event happened earliest?
a. Battle of Trafalgar
b. invasion of Russia
c. sale of the Louisiana Territory
d. invasion of Portugal


Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.

a. Russian Empire
b. Kingdom of Sweden
c. United Kingdom of Great Britain
d. Corsica
e. Portugal


____ 16. ___ had a coastline on the Baltic Sea and was neither allied nor at war with Napoleon.

____ 17. ___ had a coastline on the North Sea and was Napoleon's chief rival.

____ 18. ___ was a Mediterranean island that belonged to the French Empire.

____ 19. ___ was a peninsular country at war with Napoleon.

____ 20. ___ had a coastline on the Black Sea and was an ally of Napoleon in 1810.

Choose the letter of the best answer.

____ 21. The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by
a. Galileo Galilei.
b. Nicolaus Copernicus.
c. Francis Bacon.
d. Isaac Newton.


____ 22. Francis Bacon helped to develop
a. the microscope
b. the law of the pendulum
c. the scientific method.
d. the barometer.


____ 23. Isaac Newton explained the
a. law of universal gravitation.
b. anatomy of the human body.
c. chemical composition of matter.
d. function of blood vessels.


____ 24. In general, the philosophes believed in which of the following?
a. expanding women's rights
b. all Church decrees
c. progress for society
d. authoritarian rule


____ 25. The idea of a direct democracy is explained in
a. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
b. The Social Contract.
c. Starry Messenger.
d. On the Spirit of Laws.


____ 26. European art of the 1600s and early 1700s was dominated by a grand, ornate style called
a. neoclassical.
b. classical.
c. baroque.
d. gothic.


____ 27. The philosophes influenced Catherine the Great's
a. architectural plans for her palace.
b. military campaign against Poland.
c. diplomatic relations with France
d. proposal on reforms to Russia's laws.


____ 28. The Declaration of Independence was written by
a. John Adams.
b. Benjamin Franklin.
c. Thomas Jefferson.
d. Patrick Henry.


____ 29. The Bill of Rights was influenced by
a. Voltaire.
b. John Locke.
c. Jean Jacques Rousseau.
d. all of the above.


____ 30. Henry Fielding was a writer who
a. turned out many popular poems in the 1700s.
b. wrote a novel about the life of a young servant girl.
c. developed many features of the modern novel.
d. all of the above.


Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.


____ 31. What is the approximate distance in miles between Quebec and Charleston?
a. about 1,000 miles
b. about 500 miles
c. about 1,500 miles
d. about 750 miles


____ 32. Which of the following cities was NOT located in the United States in 1783?
a. Boston
b. New York
c. New Orleans
d. Charleston


____ 33. Which of the following islands did the British own?
a. Puerto Rico
b. Hispaniola
c. Cuba
d. Jamaica


____ 34. Who owned most of the territory west of the Mississippi in 1783?
a. Spain
b. the United States
c. Russia
d. Great Britain


____ 35. Which of the following regions did both the United States and Spain claim in 1783?
a. the region between Canada, the Louisiana Territory, and the United States
b. the region north of New Orleans and northwestern Florida
c. the region along the coast of Alaska
d. the region around Hudson Bay


Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.


____ 36. The heliocentric theory challenged the
a. political scientists.
b. observed patterns.
c. geocentric theory
d. mathematical theories.


____ 37. Between 1550 and 1789, Enlightenment ideas swept
a. only through France and colonial America.
b. only through European society.
c. through European society and colonial America.
d. throughout the world.


____ 38. Salons helped to spread
a. the geocentric theory.
b. only the ideas of the philosophes.
c. only the ideas of political scientists.
d. Enlightenment thinking.


____ 39. The philosophes used reason to address
a. British taxes.
b. social issues.
c. abusive rulers
d. all of the above.


____ 40. The American Revolution was influenced by
a. British policies.
b. political scientists.
c. the philosophes.
d. all of the above.


____ 41. About what percent of France's population belonged to the First and Second Estates?
a. 2
b. 10
c. 50
d. 98


____ 42. Which group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment?
a. the nobility
b. the bourgeoisie
c. the peasant class
d. the urban class


____ 43. What issue led to the first meeting of the Estates-General in 175 years?
a. proposed taxation of the Second Estate
b. political representation in the government
c. food shortages and riots among the peasants
d. equalizing the tax burden among the Three Estates


____ 44. Why did the National Assembly lose the support of many French peasants?
a. It taxed the bourgeoisie.
b. It made peasants and noblemen equals.
c. It adopted "A Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen."
d. It took away the Catholic Church's lands and independence.


____ 45. Which group imposed the Reign of Terror?
a. the Second Coalition
b. the Committee of Public Safety
c. the National Assembly
d. the king's Swiss guard


____ 46. Which group finally forced Robespierre from power?
a. royalists
b. the peasants
c. the clergy
d. his fellow revolutionaries


____ 47. Which of the following was NOT a reason for Napoleon to sell the Louisiana Territory?
a. to raise money
b. to cut his losses in America
c. to punish the sugar growers in Saint Domingue
d. to increase America's power as a British rival


____ 48. What was one important consequence of the Battle of Trafalgar?
a. Portugal became part of the French Empire.
b. Napoleon conquered Russia.
c. Napoleon gave up his plans of invading Britain.
d. Napoleon became emperor.


____ 49. How did Great Britain react to the Continental System?
a. It invaded France.
b. It organized its own blockade.
c. It negotiated a peace agreement with France.
d. It formed an alliance with Austria and Prussia.


____ 50. What was the main goal of the participants in the Congress of Vienna?
a. to create constitutional monarchies in Europe
b. to restore royal families to the thrones of Europe
c. to establish security and stability for the nations of Europe
d. to prevent nations outside Europe from interfering in European affairs





____ 51. What is the approximate distance, in miles, between Paris and London?
a. 90
b. 200
c. 50
d. 125


____ 52. What geographic advantage helped Britain resist conquest?
a. It was farther north.
b. It was larger.
c. It was an island.
d. It was far from France.


____ 53. What pattern best describes Napoleon's conquests?
a. conquering islands for French shipping
b. conquering Asia and Africa
c. conquering countries that surrounded France
d. conquering the nations with the largest amount of land


____ 54. Which state neither belonged to the French Empire nor was at war with it?
a. Portugal
b. Switzerland
c. Ottoman Empire
d. Kingdom of Naples


____ 55. Which of Napoleon's allies shared the longest border with the area he controlled?
a. Austrian Empire
b. Portugal
c. Kingdom of Naples
d. Ottoman Empire





____ 56. It took Napoleon approximately ___ years to make himself Emperor after assuming dictatorial powers.
a. 5
b. 3
c. 6-and-a-half
d. 4


____ 57. Napoleon's career finally ended in ___
a. 1812.
b. 1815.
c. 1795.
d. 1800.


____ 58. Napoleon was able to maintain the Empire at its greatest extent for ___
a. 2 years.
b. 10 years.
c. 7 years.
d. 5 years.


____ 59. An important aspect of Napoleon's character was his unwillingness to accept defeat. What action best shows that trait?
a. He gives up his throne and is exiled.
b. He returns to France and raises another army.
c. He loses the Battle of Trafalgar to British navy.
d. He sells the Louisiana Territory to the United States.


____ 60. The action of Napoleon's that caused the greatest human losses was ___
a. the Battle of Trafalgar
b. the invasion of Russia
c. the sale of the Louisiana Territory
d. the Peninsular War


____ 61. Which of the following is true of the neoclassical style of art?
a. It emphasized elegance and simplicity.
b. It tended to be ornate, highly detailed, and rich in color.
c. It was the dominant style of art during the Middle Ages.
d. It was based on ideas and themes from ancient Japan.


____ 62. Which of the following reflects the correct sequence of steps used in the scientific process?
a. observation, question, experimentation, hypothesis, conclusion
b. question, experimentation, hypothesis, observation, conclusion
c. question, observation, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
d. observation, question, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion


____ 63. Which of the following events occurred after the American Revolution?
a. Constitutional Convention
b. French and Indian War
c. Stamp Act
d. Navigation Acts


____ 64. What was Montesquieu's influence on the U.S. Constitution?
a. public elections
b. branches of government
c. the Bill of Rights
d. representatives


____ 65. How did the Baroque style and the neoclassical style differ?
a. Baroque was used for music; neoclassical was used for painting.
b. Baroque was used by Mozart; neoclassical was used by Bach.
c. Baroque was grand and ornate; neoclassical was simple and elegant.
d. All of the above are true.


____ 66. Frederick II supported which of the following?
a. freedom of worship
b. Christian religion
c. wealthy landowners
d. direct democracy


____ 67. How were Thomas Hobbes and Catherine the Great similar?
a. Both were influenced by John Locke.
b. Both were affected by the horrors of the English Civil War.
c. Both were influenced by Voltaire and Baron de Montesquieu.
d. Both believed that a monarch should have absolute authority.


____ 68. What was the law of universal gravitation?
a. The earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
b. All physical objects are affected equally by the same forces.
c. A falling object accelerates at a fixed and predictable rate.
d. The physical world consists of four elements-earth, air, fire, and water.


____ 69. Which of the following did the Enlightenment promote?
a. a belief in progress
b. a more secular outlook
c. faith in science
d. all of the above


____ 70. What did the American colonists protest as "taxation without representation"?
a. French and Indian War
b. Navigation Acts
c. Stamp Act
d. import tax on tea





____ 71. Which of the following countries claimed land close to Asia?
a. Russia
b. Britain
c. Spain
d. France


____ 72. Which country could ship goods down the Mississippi River to New Orleans without seeking permission from a foreign power?
a. Great Britain
b. Spain
c. Russia
d. France


____ 73. If a ship was sailing at a rate of 20 miles per hour, how long would it take to deliver sugar from Puerto Rico to New York?
a. about 25 hours
b. about 50 hours
c. about 75 hours
d. about 95 hours


____ 74. Based on the map, which of the following countries posed the largest threat to invade the United States in 1783?
a. Russia
b. Great Britain
c. France
d. all of the above


____ 75. Which of the following bodies of water bordered Spanish territory?
a. the Pacific Ocean
b. the Gulf of Mexico
c. the Caribbean Sea
d. all of the above





____ 76. Which of the following was influenced by Enlightenment Ideas?
a. literate middle class
b. thinkers and artists
c. American colonists
d. all of the above


____ 77. How did the Scientific Revolution influence the American Revolution?
a. Questioning assumptions led to challenging ideas about government.
b. Scientific discoveries influenced British foreign policies.
c. The heliocentric theory caused unrest among the colonists.
d. The salons influenced the French and Indian War.


____ 78. Which of the following attempted social reforms?
a. the philosophes
b. scholars
c. enlightened despots
d. all of the above


____ 79. Which of the following occurred after the salons spread enlightenment ideas?
a. The scientific method develops.
b. The heliocentric theory develops.
c. The scientific method begins to affect society.
d. The colonists denounce taxation without representation.


____ 80. Which person would probably NOT have been influenced by the philosophers?
a. a European artist living during the 1700s
b. a leader of a salon
c. an American patriot denouncing taxation without representation
d. a scholar who believed in the geocentric theory


____ 81. Which of the following is an accurate description of the tax system in France in the years preceding the French Revolution?
a. Only peasants and the clergy paid taxes.
b. Only about 2 percent of the nobility paid any taxes.
c. The nobility paid taxes only on land, not on income.
d. The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes.


____ 82. In what way did the bourgeoisie differ from other members of the Third Estate?
a. They believed in Enlightenment ideals.
b. They had more political power.
c. They were poor.
d. They were fond of expensive clothing and elegant living.


____ 83. What issue arose after the king called for the Estates-General to meet?
a. where to meet
b. what would be discussed
c. how many votes each Estate would get
d. whether the Third Estate would be represented


____ 84. What does the word plebiscite mean?
a. an agreement
b. a vote of the people
c. a seizure of power
d. a public school


____ 85. Which of the following did Napoleon NOT accomplish?
a. a uniform set of laws
b. a stabilization of the economy
c. an expansion of freedom of speech
d. an equal-opportunity public education system


____ 86. How did Admiral Nelson defeat the French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar?
a. He ordered the British fleet to surround the French fleet.
b. He bombed Napoleon's fleet.
c. He divided the French fleet into smaller groups and then attacked them.
d. He pretended to retreat and then attacked them from behind.


____ 87. What strategy did Czar Alexander I use to defeat Napoleon in Russia?
a. endless negotiations
b. guns and cannons
c. frontal attack
d. scorched-earth policy


____ 88. Which of the following traits did Napoleon NOT possess?
a. courage
b. humility
c. a brilliant military mind
d. an ability to inspire others


____ 89. What did Klemens von Metternich NOT want to accomplish at the Congress of Vienna?
a. create a balance of power in Europe
b. strengthen countries surrounding France to prevent future French aggression
c. restore Europe's royal families to their thrones
d. create the beginnings of a European democracy


____ 90. What was one important effect resulting from the political changes made at the Congress of Vienna?
a. Russia and Prussia joined forces to control France.
b. Nationalistic feelings grew in countries placed under foreign rule.
c. Monarchs in Austria, Russia, and Prussia agreed to share power with elected officials.
d. France managed to retain control over the Netherlands.





____ 91. What is the approximate distance, in kilometers, between Paris and Moscow?
a. 2,500
b. 900
c. 1,200
d. 1,950


____ 92. How did Napoleon's conquests affect the size of French-controlled territory?
a. It approximately doubled.
b. It approximately tripled.
c. It stayed approximately the same.
d. It got smaller.


____ 93. Which route would enable French troops to stay within the French Empire for the majority of the journey to the Russian border?
a. crossing through Switzerland, Italy, the Illyrian Provinces, Austrian Empire
b. crossing the Confederation of the Rhine, Austrian Empire
c. crossing the Confederation of the Rhine, Prussia
d. crossing the Confederation of the Rhine, Prussia, the Grand Duchy of Warsaw


____ 94. Great Britain and Moscow lie above which line of latitude?
a. 40° E
b. 8° W
c. 50° N
d. 8° E


____ 95. What major geographical advantage did Alexander I have over Napoleon's Grand Army?
a. The Grand Army had no access to the Baltic Sea.
b. The Grand Army was far from its enemies.
c. The Grand Army was not accustomed to Russian winters.
d. The Grand Army had great difficulty navigating the Black Sea.


____ 96. What did Andreas Vesalius and Voltaire both do?
a. write drama and fiction.
b. analyze human anatomy.
c. challenge preexisting ideas.
d. spent time in jail for their ideas.


____ 97. How did Zacharias Janssen make Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discoveries possible?
a. He invented the microscope.
b. He offered Leeuwenhoek financial support.
c. He provided valuable research information to Leeuwenhoek.
d. He invented the thermometer.


____ 98. Which of the following men contradicted the ideas in the U.S. Constitution?
a. Baron de Montesquieu
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. John Locke
d. Denis Diderot


____ 99. In which of the following ways does the main character in Richardson's Pamela reflect Enlightenment ideas?
a. She was a monarch who became enlightened.
b. She used the scientific method.
c. She resisted an abuse of authority.
d. She worked as a servant girl.


____ 100. In the 1700s, which of the following showed the influence of Enlightenment ideas?
a. a woman reading a novel
b. a woman allowing her child to have a smallpox vaccination
c. a man attending a salon
d. all of the above


____ 101. Which of the following did the censors of the Catholic Church ban?
a. Don Giovanni
b. the Encyclopedia
c. Tom Jones
d. all of the above


____ 102. In which of the following ways did the taxation problem in America differ before and after independence?
a. Before were too many British taxes; after were not enough federal taxes.
b. Before were too few British taxes; after were too many federal taxes.
c. Before were too many British taxes; after were too many federal taxes.
d. Before were too few British taxes; after were not enough federal taxes.


____ 103. How did the Declaration of Independence embody Enlightenment ideals?
a. It stated that all titles of nobility should be abolished.
b. It protected the rights of the accused and prohibited cruel punishment.
c. It set up a system of checks and balances for the U.S. government.
d. It said that people have rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.


____ 104. Which of the following reflects the neoclassical style?
a. a palace built in a grand and elaborately decorated style
b. a painting rich in detail and ornate imagery
c. a church built in a simple, elegant style
d. dramatic organ music with a complex composition


____ 105. Which of the following were caused by the scientific revolution?
a. the belief that the earth was an unmoving object at the center of the universe
b. improvements in medicine and scientific instruments
c. reliance on ancient authorities to explain the physical world
d. the assumption that the human body was similar to the anatomy of other animals





____ 106. Which of the following countries did NOT claim land in the Caribbean Sea in 1783?
a. Great Britain
b. France
c. Spain
d. the United States


____ 107. Which of the following regions probably had both Spanish and U.S. settlers in 1783?
a. the region about 200 miles east of Quebec
b. the region about 100 miles east of New York
c. the region about 100 miles north of New Orleans
d. the region about 300 miles north of Mexico City


____ 108. If a regiment of soldiers were marching by land at 3 miles per hour, ten hours a day, how long would it take them to travel from Mexico City to New Orleans?
a. about 25 days
b. about 40 days
c. about 70 days
d. about 100 days


____ 109. Which of the following regions had the highest potential for international conflict?
a. the area around New York City
b. the Caribbean islands
c. the area around Hudson Bay
d. central New Spain


____ 110. Which region of North America was the last to be explored?
a. central
b. eastern
c. southern
d. northern