Expert: Francesco Marchesani - 12/3/2006

Question

Can you please help me check my answers to this these questions..
Thanks


1. The “Reign of Terror” is associated with what country?

A. Germany     C.   France (my answer)  B. Italy D. Britain

2. The economic policy of giving a business total control of its development is called

A.     laissez-faire.  (my answer)   C. mercantilism. B. socialism. D. free trade.

3. The concepts in the Declaration of Independence are based on the ideas of the philosopher

A. Descartes. C. Smith. B. Hobbes.    D.   Locke.   (my answer)  

4. The phrase “mother country” is best associated with the economic philosophy known as

A. capitalism.    C.    mercantilism.    (my answer)   B. laissez-faire. D. socialism.

5. The first European in America to see the Pacific Ocean was

A.    Balboa.  (my answer)   C. Magellan. B. Drake. D. Cartier.

6. The scientist who first studied the world of microscopic life was

A. Kepler. C. Copernicus. B. Bacon.    D.     Leeuwenhoek.  (my answer)  

7. The outstanding city of the Italian Renaissance was

A. Milan. C. Turin. B. Rome.   D.   Florence.  (my answer)    

8. The author of The Prince was

A.    Machiavelli.    (my answer)   C. Montaigne. B. Descartes. D. Locke.

9. The “George Washington” of South America was

A. O’Higgins.   C.    Bolivar.     (my answer)   B. San Martin. D. Maximilian.

10. Universal suffrage was achieved in Britain in the year

A. 1832. C. 1918. B. 1875.     D.    1928.     (my answer)  

11. The Fifth French Republic was initiated by

A. Louis XIV. C. Napoleon I. B. Napoleon III.    D.    de Gaulle.    (my answer)  

12. “Blood and Iron” was the political and economic policy of

A. Frederick the Great. C. Kaiser William I.     B.    Bismarck.   (my answer)    D. Hitler.


13. The founder of the “Young Italy” movement was

A. Gioberti. C. Garibaldi.     B.     Mazzini.  (my answer)  D. Cavour.

14. The “sick man of Europe” was a term applied to

A. Hitler.    C.   Turkey.  (my answer)    B. Bismarck. D. Italy.

15. The Hundred Years’ War was a struggle between

A.    France and England.   (my answer)    C. France and Germany.

B. Germany and Russia. D. Russia and England.

16. The Ptolemaic theory of the universe was disproved by

A. Kepler. C. Newton. B. Descartes.   D.    Copernicus.  (my answer)   

17. The first writer to produce a significant work in a vernacular (national) language was

A. Erasmus.    C.    Dante.    (my answer)   B. Milton. D. Shakespeare.

18. Which of the following leaders is described as an enlightened despot?

A.    Frederick the Great  (my answer)    C. Bismarck B. Napoleon D. Henry VIII

19. The second expedition to circle the globe was led by

A. Magellan. C.  Hudson.    B.     Drake.   (my answer)  D. Cabot.

20. The cornerstone of English democracy is the document known as the

A. Declaration of Independence. C. Petition of Rights.

B. Rights of Man.     D.   Magna Carta.   (my answer)  

21. The philosopher most often associated with defending absolutism in government was

A. Locke.   C.  Hobbes.   (my answer)   B. Calvin. D. Descartes.

22. The first emperor of France was

A.   Napoleon.  (my answer)   C. Martel. B. Louis XIV. D. Charlemagne.

23. Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by armies under

A. Alexander I. C. Bismarck. B. Metternich.    D.   Wellington.  (my answer)  

24. The ruler who stated “I am the State” was

A.     Louis XIV.  (my answer)   C. Napoleon.

B. Frederick the Great. D. Catherine the Great.

25. The Protestant Reformation started primarily because of the action of

A. Knox. C. Loyola. B. Calvin.      D.    Luther. (my answer)  

Thanks

Answer
Hi, your answers are correct, well done!
About question 22, it's actually a bit tricky: I would say the Charlemagne was actually the first emperor of France, even though he didn't bear this title (he was king of the Franks, and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire); Napoleon's official title was Emperor of the French. But yes, your answer is correct anyway, maybe you can just add my comment to your answer!