Absolutism
Scientific
Revolution/ The
Enlightenment
English Civil War
The French
Revolution
Napoleon
Bonaparte
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Question 1 - 10
• What is an absolute monarch?
Answer 1 – 10
• A king or queen who has unlimited power and
seeks to control all aspects of society
Question 1 - 20
• This was the idea that monarchs are God’s
representatives on earth and are therefore
answerable only to God
Answer 1 – 20
• Divine right
Question 1 - 30
• Under Peter the Great, this idea of being more
like Europe in social, political, and economic
ways.
Answer 1 – 30
• westernization
Question 1 - 40
• Who was the absolute monarch over Europe
that was nicknamed “the Sun King”?
Answer 1 – 40
• Louis XIV of France
Question 1 - 50
• What impact overall did absolutism have on
Europe?
Answer 1 – 50
• Individuals came to power with the goal of
absolute power and the desire to control
every aspect of society. With this complete
control, some monarchs created more
beneficial societies, while others sunk their
country deeper into debt and despair.
Question 2 - 10
• What is the difference between the geocentric
and heliocentric theory?
Answer 2 – 10
• Geocentric: earth-centered universe
• Heliocentric: sun-centered universe
Question 2 - 20
• What is the scientific method?
Answer 2 – 20
• A logical procedure for gathering information
about the natural world, in which
experimentation and observation are used to
test hypotheses.
Question 2 - 30
• Name 2 Enlightened thinkers during this time
period
Answer 2 – 30
• Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Voltaire,
Montesquieu, Rousseau, Mary Wollstonecraft
Question 2 - 40
• The two important characteristics of these
Enlightened thinkers were…
Answer 2 – 40
• They were optimism and rationality
Question 2 - 50
• Explain why the Scientific Revolution and the
Enlightenment had such a great effect on
Europe
Answer 2 – 50
• Individuals were thinking differently and
challenging the accepted principles and ideas
that came before them. This gave way to a
new generation of thinkers, theories, and
ideas.
Question 3 - 10
• The English Civil War came about because of
disagreement between who?
Answer 3 – 10
• King Charles I and Parliament
Question 3 - 20
• What was the Petition of Right?
Answer 3 – 20
• A document that Charles I was forced to sign
by Parliament that restricted royal power
Question 3 - 30
• Who was Oliver Cromwell?
Answer 3 – 30
• A general fighting on Parliament’s side during
the English Civil War that came into power
following the execution of Charles I
Question 3 - 40
• After the death of Oliver Cromwell, the period
of returning England to control by a monarch
was known as…
Answer 3 – 40
• The Restoration
Question 3 - 50
• After the death of Charles II, James II came to
power, but offended the people by professing
his Catholic faith. What was the result of this
and the title of the event?
Answer 3 – 50
• James II withdrew from the throne and his
Protestant daughter, Mary, takes control of
the throne with her husband William; this
event is known as the Glorious Revolution
Question 4 - 10
• What was the major issue with the kings of
France?
Answer 4 – 10
• They spent money unnecessarily and put the
country deep into debt.
Question 4 - 20
• The two issues that the Estates-General was
meeting up to discuss about were…
Answer 4 – 20
• Voting and taxation
Question 4 - 30
• With the failure of the “one man, one vote”
policy, the Third Estate banded together and
created…
Answer 4 – 30
• The National Assembly
Question 4 - 40
• Describe the Great Fear
Answer 4 – 40
• A wave of senseless panic that occurred in
France after the storming of the Bastille. This
was due in part to the instability in France
during this time.
Question 4 - 50
• What was the Reign of Terror and describe the
effect that it had on France during this time
period.
Answer 4 – 50
• The time period when France was ruled by the
dictator Maximilien Robespierre, who killed
many individuals via the guillotine,
imprisoned, or exiled if they were against him.
Question 5 - 10
• How did Napoleon begin his rise to power?
Answer 5 – 10
• He was a general in the French military
Question 5 - 20
• What were the two titles that Napoleon gave
himself when he came to power in France?
Answer 5 – 20
• Monarch and emperor
Question 5 - 30
• The only major battle that was lost by
Napoleon during his reign was…
Answer 5 – 30
• The Battle of Trafalgar
Question 5 - 40
• Convinced that an attack was coming his way,
Napoleon invaded this country with these
results.
Answer 5 – 40
• Napoleon feared an invasion Russia with an
alliance with England; initially successful, but
lost 2/3 of his army and was forced to accept
defeat.
Question 5 - 50
• Describe the effects that the Congress of
Vienna had on France during this time period.
Answer 5 – 50
• A series of meetings during which European
leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace
and security after the defeat of Napoleon. This
made the countries surrounding France more
powerful and weakened France dramatically