During William of Normandy's rule, England:

was absorbed into France.

was divided into estates as part of a feudal system.

had a more centralized government than most of Europe.

All of the choices are correct.
Which of the following events led to the creation of the Church of England?

King Henry VIII wanted a divorce from his wife.

Queen Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish Armada.

England established colonies in the New World.

Church elders in England disagreed about the use of icons in religious ceremonies.
Which of the following statements is true of both the signing of the Magna Carta and the English Civil War?

A king was tried and executed.

Regular meetings of parliament were instituted.

The king was determined to be subject to the law.

All of the choices are correct.
One of the groups that opposed the king during the English Civil War was:

the Roundheads.

Parliament.

the Puritans.

All of the choices are correct.
The Glorious Revolution was caused by:

concerns about Catholic succession.

British taxation of the American colonies.

the application of reason to questions of politics.

a growing intellectual curiosity and knowledge from Muslim scholars.
The Scientific Revolution was a period during which intellectuals:

seized power in the Church.

developed electric-powered tools that changed the world.

used careful observation to form and test theories about the world.

took up arms and revolted against the hereditary monarchs of Europe.
Edward Jenner, Isaac Newton, Tycho Brahe, and Johannes Kepler are all associated with the:

Enlightenment.

American Revolution.

Scientific Revolution.

colonization of the Americas.
Which of the following ideas was common to most philosophers of the Enlightenment?

People are basically selfish.

Ideas can be proven by reason.

Kings are responsible only to God.

The wealthy class should govern society.
Which of the following choices best matches the philosopher with an idea for which he is well-known?

Montesquieu: separation of powers

Rousseau: society improves man

Hobbes: man is basically good

Locke: people must obey their rulers
Oath of the Horatii
This Age of Enlightenment style of art was known as:

Romantic.

Baroque.

Byzantine.

Neoclassical.
Most enlightened despots:

were tried and executed.

censored the ideas of the philosophers.

showed interest in the ideas of the philosophers.

successfully implemented most of the ideas of the philosophers.
The existence of the African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai shows that:

African societies did not interact with one another.

the African Continent was united prior to contact with Europeans.

advanced civilizations developed in Africa prior to contact with Europeans.

All of the choices are correct.
The Pre-Columbian civilizations of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca were similar in that they:

lacked a strong central government.

showed little evidence of urbanization.

developed complex mathematical and calendar systems.

used more deadly and effective military technology than the Europeans.
Prior to the late 1400s, Europeans did not eat potatoes or corn because these vegetables:

were believed to be poisonous.

were too expensive to import from China.

had not yet been introduced from the New World.

were too labor-intensive to grow without slave labor.
The British issued the Proclamation of 1763 and the Sugar and Stamp Acts primarily to:

end the slave trade.

push the Dutch out of the New World.

pay the costs of the French and Indian War.

give the colonists a chance to govern themselves.
The First Amendment in the Bill of Rights establishes the right to:

free speech.

freedom of the press.

free practice of religion.

All of the choices are correct.
The U.S. Constitution may be considered revolutionary because it:

freed the slaves.

prohibited taxation.

gave the right to all adults to vote.

used the idea of justice as the foundation for government.
According to the Declaration of Independence, the power to rule comes from:

inheritance.

divine right.

military power.

the consent of the governed.
"Rulers should be opposed when they grow extreme in the use of their power and use it for the destruction of the people. Whosoever uses force without right, puts himself into a state of war with those against who he uses that power...all former ties are cancelled and everyone has the right to defend himself to resist the aggressor."
Use the above excerpt to answer the next two questions.
According to the writer of this document, when a ruler uses "force without right":

he grows stronger.

he still must be obeyed.

his people have a right to petition but not rebel.

his people have a right to defend themselves against his aggression.
The author of this document is most likely:

John Locke.

Thomas Hobbes.

Catherine the Great.

Christopher Columbus.