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"The rule of law is more powerful than the rule of the tyrant." — Simon Bolivar

"Whoever has the . . . supreme power . . . is bound to govern by established standing laws." — John Locke

The statements above were expressed during which period of European history?
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-Pax Romana
-Middle Ages
+Enlightenment
-Renaissance

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness . . . ."

The statement best represents the values of
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+the Enlightenment
-Social Darwinism
-feudalism
-communism

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One way in which Maximilien Robespierre, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Saddam Hussein are similar is that these leaders all
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-purged their nations of political opponents
-followed the teachings of Karl Marx
+supported the ideals of the European Enlightenment
-obtained their goals through the use of passive resistance

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Base your answer to the following question on the excerpt below and on your knowledge of social studies.

". . . The person of the King is sacred, and to attack him in any way is an attack on religion itself. Kings represent the divine majesty and have been appointed by Him to carry out His purposes. Serving God and respecting kings are bound together." — Bishop Jacques Bossuet

This statement describes the philosophy that existed during the
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+Enlightenment
-Age of Absolutism
-Renaissance
-Industrial Revolution

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*Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.
*Everyone has the natural right to life, liberty, and property.
*Slavery, torture, and religious persecution are wrong.
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During which period in European history would the ideas in these statements have been expressed?
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-Pax Romana
-Age of Exploration
+Enlightenment
-Age of Imperialism

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Which change was introduced by Peter the Great to Russia in the 17th century?
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-spread of the philosophies of the Enlightenment to the peasant class
-development of representative government in the provinces
+introduction of Western technology to the military and industry
-selling of indulgences to raise money

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One way in which Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau are similar is that they were
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+philosophers during the Age of Enlightenment
-chief ministers during the French Revolution
-leaders of the Italian unification movement
-supporters of the Counter Reformation

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One similarity between Martin Luther and Henry VIII is that they
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-argued against the establishment of a theocratic state
-protested against the ideas of the Enlightenment
-died during the Reign of Terror
+challenged the teachings of the Catholic Church

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Base your answer to the following question on the statements below.

...The Laws ought to be so framed, as to secure the Safety of every citizen as much as possible.

...The Equality of the Citizens consists in this; that they should all be subject to the same Laws...

– Documents of Catherine the Great, W.F. Reddaway, ed., Cambridge University Press (adapted)

These ideas of Catherine the Great of Russia originated during the
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-Age of Exploration
+Age of Enlightenment
-Protestant Reformation
-French Revolution

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Which statement best describes the relationship between World War I and the Russian Revolution?
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+World War I created conditions within Russia that helped trigger a revolution.
-World War I postponed the Russian Revolution by restoring confidence in the Czar.
-The Russian Revolution inspired the Russian people to win World War I.
-World War I gave the Czar's army the needed experience to suppress the Russian Revolution.

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Which period of history had the greatest influence on the Enlightenment ideas of natural law and reason?
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-Pax Romana
-Middle Ages
-Age of Exploration
+Scientific Revolution

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Heavy military losses in World War I, food and fuel shortages, and opposition to the czar led to the
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-French Revolution
+Russian Revolution
-Chinese Revolution
-Cuban Revolution

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"India Strives for Grain Self-Sufficiency by 1970"
"New Wheat Variety Grows in Arid Climate"
"Chemical Fertilizer Use Rises 10% in 1960"
"Sri Lanka's Rice Production Increases 25% in Three Years"

These newspaper headlines from the 1960s and 1970s describe some of the results of the
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-Sepoy Mutiny
-Kashmir crisis
+Green Revolution
-Computer Revolution

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Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, and Johannes Kepler are all directly associated with the
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-Industrial Revolution
+Scientific Revolution
-English Revolution
-Agricultural Revolution

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Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

“. . . A place more destitute of all interesting objects than Manchester, it is not easy to conceive. In size and population it is the second city in the kingdom, containing above fourscore thousand [80,000] inhabitants. Imagine this multitude crowded together in narrow streets, the houses all built of brick and blackened with smoke; frequent buildings among them as large as convents, without their antiquity, without their beauty, without their holiness; where you hear from within, as you pass along, the everlasting din of machinery; and where when the bell rings it is to call wretches to their work instead of their prayers, . . . ” — Robert J. Southey, Letters from England, 1807

The conditions described in this passage occurred during the
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-Age of Discovery
-Renaissance
+Industrial Revolution
-Green Revolution

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Base your answer to the following question on the statements below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Statement A: We worked in a place that was noisy and dangerous. We did the same work over and over again. Many workers, often children, lost fingers, limbs, and even their lives.

Statement B: Government should not interfere in business. To do so would disrupt the balance of supply and demand.

Statement C: Government has a duty to interfere in order to best provide its people with a happy and safe life.

Statement D: Advances in agricultural techniques and practices resulted in an increased supply of food and raw materials, causing a movement of the farmers from the countryside to the city.

All of these statements describe events or viewpoints that relate to the
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-Protestant Reformation
-Commercial Revolution
+Industrial Revolution
-Berlin Conference

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Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

“. . . But after a long period of commercial intercourse [trade], there appear among the crowd of barbarians both good persons and bad, unevenly. Consequently there are those who smuggle opium to seduce the Chinese people and so cause the spread of the poison to all provinces. Such persons who only care to profit themselves, and disregard their harm to others, are not tolerated by the laws of heaven and are unanimously hated by human beings. His Majesty the Emperor, upon hearing of this, is in a towering rage. He has especially sent me, his commissioner, to come to Kwangtung [Guangdong Province], and together with the governor-general and governor jointly to investigate and settle this matter. . . .” — “Letter of Advice to Queen Victoria” from Lin Zexu (Lin Tse-Hsü),Chinese Commissioner of Canton, 1839

This letter to Queen Victoria relates most directly to the outbreak of the
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-Chinese civil war
-Sino-Japanese War
-Communist Revolution
+Opium Wars

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In England, which circumstance was a result of the other three?
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-availability of labor
-abundance of coal and iron
-waterpower from many rivers
+start of the Industrial Revolution

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Base your answer to the following question on the passage below.

...Our foundation rests upon trade, because, as you see, we have a large part of our capital invested [in it]. And therefore we shall have little for exchange operations, and we are forced to exert our ingenuity elsewhere. This, however, in my opinion, does not involve greater risk that one incurs in exchanges today, especially when no risks at sea are run [That is, when shipments by sea are insured.]; nor does it bring smaller profits. And [trade operations] are more legal and more honorable. In them we shall so govern ourselves that every day you will have more reason to be content; may God grant us His grace...

Source: Letter to the home office of the Medici from branch office at Bruges, May 14th, 1464 (adapted)

This passage best illustrates circumstances that characterized the
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-Crusades
-Age of Reason
+Commercial Revolution
-Scientific Revolution

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*Europeans sought new markets for their goods.
*Many Europeans migrated to the cities in search of jobs.
*European middle class gained political power.
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What was the major cause of these changes in Europe?
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+Industrial Revolution
-rise of feudalism
-Congress of Vienna

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