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Test Questions
100

Who ruled over France in 1799?

Napoleon

100

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that everyone has natural rights?

John Locke

100

Who invented the guillotine?

Joseph Ignace Guillotin 

100

When was the French Revolution?

1789

100

What idea is central to John Locke's Two Treatises of Government?

A government's power comes from the consent of the People

200

Who was the leader of the Jacobins?

Maximillian Robisiare

200

Where did the enlightenment begin?

It began in France

200

Who improved the telescope?

Galileo

200

When was the German unification?

1871

200

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the heliocentric theory became the centerpiece of debate between...

Science and Religon

300

What country did count Camillo Cavour help unify?

Italy

300

What did Baron de Montesquieu believe in?

Government separated into 3 different branches

300

Who created the heliocentric model?

Copernicus

300

Which revolution took place from 1775 - 1783?

American Revolution

300

Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations stressed the importance of...

Supply and Demand

400

What country was Franz Ferdinand from?

Austria

400

Who believed in the will of the majority?

 Jean Jacques Rousseau

400

Who created the geocentric model?

Ptolemy

400

What revolution took place in 1936? 

Spanish Revolution

400

Baron De Montesquieu believed that a separation of powers would...

Prevent tyranny by acting as a check on power

500

Who was the leader of unified Italy?

King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia

500

What enlightenment thinker said, “cogito ergo sum”?

René Descartes

500

Who created the scientific method?

Bacon

500

Which war took place in 1939 - 1945?

World War 2

500

Nationalism is best defined as...

The loyalty of a people to their values, traditions, and a geographic region

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