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WORLD HISTORY STUDY GUIDE UNIT 1
1) List 5 of the Enlightenment thinkers and what was each one’s basic idea? Hint H,LM,R,V
HOBBES: PEOPLE ARE NATURALLY CRUEL, SELFISH AND SEEK POWER
LOCKE: PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY REASONABLE AND MORAL AND HAVE
NATURAL RIGHTS
MONTESQUIEU: SEPARATION OF POWERS AND CHECKS AND BALANCES
ROUSSEAU: PEOPLE WERE BASICALLY GOOD BUT CORRUPTED BY EVILS OF
SOCIETY
VOLTAIRE: BELIEVED IN FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND SPEECH
2) When the Declaration of Independence was written where did the authors get their ideas?
Provide 2 examples from the Declaration of Independence. JOHN LOCKE
ANSWERS WILLL VARY
3) The Stamp Act, the Quartering Act, the Townshend Acts, the Boston Massacre, and the
Boston Tea Party are considered to be what? CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
4) Define deficit spending. WHEN A GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING MORE MONEY
THAN IT IS TAKING IN.
5) What are the three branches of the American Government? LEGISLATIVE
EXECUTIVE
JUDICIAL
6) List the three estates in order from first to third. CLERGY
NOBLES
MOSTLY PEASANTS WITH SOME MIDDLE CLASS: BOURGEOISIE
7) What did the third class do at the Estates-General meeting called by King Louis XVI? ______
WALKED OUT AND STARTED THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
8) The third estate also said they would not leave the tennis court until they had drafted a new
CONSTITUTION
9) List the French monarchs/rulers in order and put a star by the one that was tried for treason
and executed.
KING LOUIS XIV
KING LOUIS XV
KING LOUIS XVI
MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
KING LOUIS XVIII
10) Who was the King of England at the time of the American Revolution? GEORGE III
11) Although we did not mention this in class it is important to know. Where did the English
conduct their final surrender ending the American Revolution? Battle of YORKTOWN
12) List 3 causes of the French Revolution. BURDEN OF DEBT
POOR HARVESTS
FAILURE TO REFORM
13) Who was elected as emperor for life in France? NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
14) List the four most influential leaders of Latin American revolutions?
TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE
SIMON BOLIVAR
SAN MARTIN
FATHER MIGUEL HIDALGO
15) What class of people gained power following the French Revolution? MIDDLE CLASS
16) Why did the people of France support Napoleon Bonaparte? PROVIDE STABILITY FOR
THE NATION
17) The main groups in Latin America were: Indians, Africans, Mestizos, Mulattos,
Peninsulares, and Creoles. Which of the groups conducted revolutions in Latin America?
CREOLES, INDIANS, AND AFRICANS
18) Who were the following:
Mestizos: MIX OF EUROPEAN AND INDIAN DECENT
Mulattos: MIX OF EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN DECENT
Creoles: SPANISH THAT SETTLED IN LATIN AMERICA THAT WERE
WEALTHY AND OWNED LAND BUT HAD NO SAY OR POWER IN POLITICS
Peninsulares: GOVERNORS OF NEW SPAIN, IN LATIN AMERICA, THAT
WERE APPOINTED BY THE KING OF SPAIN.
19) Finish this thought process:
The Enlightenment led to the AMERICAN REVOLUTION which led to the FRENCH
REVOLUTION and together they led to the LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS
20) Who was able to establish a system of public schools and a uniform system of banking and
money? NAPOLEON BONAPARTE