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Q.1)	The Declaration of Independence's contractual view of political structure in which the government drew its authority from "the consent of the governed" was influenced by

A.	William Wilberforce

B.	John Stuart Mill

C.	Edmund Burke

D.	John Locke

E.

Voltaire

Q.2)	The turning point in Napoleon's career was his disastrous 1812 invasion of

A.

Russia

B.

Italy

C.

Spain

D.

Austria

E.

England

Q.3)	During the rule of the Directory,

A.	The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was written

B.	The French Revolution moved in a more pragmatic direction

C.	The French Revolution reached its most radical stage

D.	France was finally defeated by a combined British, Prussian, Austrian, and Russian army

E.	The French monarchy was abolished and Louis XVI was executed

Q.4)	The ancient regime was

A.	The estate that comprised the clergy in pre-revolutionary France

B.	The traditional, European-born ruling class in South America

C.	The term Metternich used to describe the dangerous and growing class of urban revolutionaries

D.	The old order in France that revolutionary leaders wanted to replace

E.	The term for the first democracies in Greece and Rome

Q.5)	The goal of Simon Bol'var was to

A.	Form stable smaller South American states centered around distinct tribal or linguistic groups

B.	Bring the former Spanish colonies of South America into union with the United States

C.	Have the colonies of South America remain linked to Spain but attain a measure of self-government

D.	Bring about unification through a strict authoritarian form of government

E.	Weld the former Spanish colonies of South America into a confederation like the United States

Q.6)	Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in his Social Contract, argued that in every country the sovereign voice of government

A.	Was the king because, despite his faults, he was still of divine appointment

B.	Should be the bishops and archbishops because of their special relationship to God

C.	Should be the nobles instead of the king because of their control of the land

D.	Was the members of society acting collectively

E.	Resided in the army

Q.7)	After the end of the Seven Years' War

A.	The British began to lose control of their North American colonies

B.	The French proved to be much better for the colonies after the British left

C.	The British were forced to hand all of North America over to the French

D.	The colonists grew increasingly frustrated with British control and taxes

E.	The colonists grew much closer to the British in appreciation for the British sacrifices in the war

Q.8)	Napoleon's Civil Code

A.	Gave absolute free speech to French newspapers

B.	Was a modern restatement of Justinian's Corpus Iuris Civilis

C.	Reduced patriarchal authority and gave more equality to women

D.	Had at its core the radical measures of the Convention

E.	Affirmed the political and legal equality of all adult men

Q.9)	The author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women was

A.	Mary Wollstonecraft

B.	John Stuart Mill

C.	Mary Astell

D.	Olympe de Gouges

E.	Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Q.10)	Theodore Herzl was the founder of

A.

Zionism

B.	Modern anti-Semitism

C.	The Seneca Falls Conference

D.	German nationalism

E.	Modern conservatism

Q.11)	The leader who helped lead Brazil to independence was

A.	Miguel de Hidalgo

B.	Jose de San Mart'n

C.	Emperor Pedro I

D.	Simon Bol'var

E.	Bernardo O'Higgins

Q.12)	The main slogan for the colonies in the years leading up to the American Revolution was

A.	"Free and independent states."

B.	"No taxation without representation."

C.	"Liberty, equality, fraternity."

D.	"Equal rights for women."

E.	"Self-government now."

Q.13)	The only successful slave revolt in history took place in

A.

Brazil

B.

Virginia

C.

Mexico

D.	Saint-Domingue

E.

Cuba

Q.14)	The leaders of the French Revolution

A.	Were much more conservative than the leaders of the American Revolution

B.	Accepted the fact that France would always have to have a king

C.	Called for a complete reorganizing of French political, social, and cultural structures

D.	Placed unlimited faith in the potential of the peasants

E.	Created concepts and documents that would later influence the American Revolution

Q.15)	Colonial rule in Mexico ended in 1821 when the capital was seized by

A.	August'n de Iturbide

B.	Simon Bol'var

C.	Miguel de Hidalgo

D.	Jose de San Mart'n

E.	Bernardo O'Higgins

Q.16)	The guiding principles of the French Revolution were summed up in the phrase

A.	"All men are created equal."

B.	"Let them eat cake."

C.	"No taxation without representation."

D.	"Peace, bread, land"

E.	"Liberty, equality, fraternity."

Q.17)	Which of the following was not one of John Locke's main ideas?

A.	That rulers derived their authority from the consent of those they governed

B.	That subjects had the right to remove their ruler

C.	That although kings did have divine sanction, their subjects maintained personal rights

D.	That governments were a result of a social contract between rulers and the ruled

E.	That individuals retained personal rights to life, liberty, and property

Q.18)	In August 1789, the National Assembly expressed the guiding principles of the French Revolution by issuing the

A.	Declaration of Independence

B.	French Constitution of 1789

C.	Social Contract

D.	Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

E.	Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen

Q.19)	The organizer of the Seneca Falls Conference was

A.	Olympe de Gouges

B.	Thomas Jefferson

C.	Elizabeth Cady Stanton

D.	John Stuart Mill

E.	William Wilberforce

Q.20)	On June 17th, 1789, members of the third estate seceded from the Estates General and declared themselves to be the

A.	House of Commons

B.	National Assembly

C.	House of Representatives

D.

Directory

E.	Convention

Q.21)	The leading conservative politican at the Congress of Vienna was

A.	Theodore Herzl

B.	Klemens von Metternich

C.

Napoleon

D.	Edmund Burke

E.	Otto von Bismarck

Q.22)	The most radical period of the French Revolution was reached during the leadership of

A.

Louis XVI

B.	Napoleon Bonaparte

C.	Simon Bol'var

D.	Jean-Jacques Rousseau

E.	Maximilien Robespierre

Q.23)	Which of the following was not one of the principles built into the government of the newly formed American state?

A.	A written constitution that guaranteed personal freedoms

B.	Freedom from British control

C.	The creation of a federal republic

D.	A responsible government based on popular sovereignty

E.	The equality of all inhabitants

Q.24)	The German leader Otto von Bismarck believed that the great issues of his day would be determined by

A.	"The realization of freedom."

B.	"The resurgence of the ancient regime."

C.	"Liberty, equality, fraternity."

D.	"Blood and iron."

E.	"Class struggle."

Q.25)	Napoleon's final defeat occured at

A.

Waterloo

B.	St. Helena

C.

Leipzig

D.

Elba

E.

Moscow

Q.26)	The author of a Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen was

A.	Mary Wollstonecraft

B.	Marie Antoinette

C.	Olympe de Gouges

D.	Simone de Beauvoir

E.	Maximilien Robespierre

Q.27)	Revolutionaries of the late eighteenth and early ninteenth century

A.	Accepted the legitimacy of the divine right of the kings

B.	Always stressed the inherent equality between men and women

C.	Focused on the necessity for popular sovereignty

D.	Were mainly influenced by Marxist ideology

E.	Were able to destroy all vestiges of the ancient regime

Q.28)	The creoles of Latin America were influenced by the ideals of the Enlightenment

A.	But wanted to carry these notions to their logical conclusion and grant equality to women

B.	And hoped for the establishment of an egalitarian society like Haiti

C.	But wanted to turn the tables and deny all rights to the peninsulares

D.	But only wanted to displace the peninsulares and still retain their privileged positions

E.	And hoped for tremendous social reform that like promoted by the French revolutionary Robespierre

Q.29)	Which one of the following was not one of the basic ideals of the Enlightenment thinkers?

A.	Political equality

B.	Social contract

C.	Popular sovereignty

D.	Individual freedom

E.	Equality for women

Q.30)	Which of the following revolutionary leaders is not correctly linked with his country?

A.	Miguel de Hidalgo and Peru

B.	Bernardo O'Higgins and Chile

C.	August'n de Iturbide and Mexico

D.	Jose de San Mart'n and Argentina

E.	Toussaint Louverture and Haiti

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