55 test bank questions

55 test bank questions A History of Europe in the Modern World Lloyd Kramer

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Part 1: The Enlightenment and Revolutionary Changes

(Chapters 1–5)

1.Q: What was the Enlightenment, and why was it significant

in European history?

A: The Enlightenment was an intellectual and cultural movement in

the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason, science, and individualism. It laid the foundation for modern democracy, secularism, and scientific progress.

2.Q: Name two key Enlightenment thinkers and their major

works.

A: John Locke (Two Treatises of Government) and Voltaire (Candide).

3.Q: What role did the French Revolution play in shaping

modern Europe?

A: The French Revolution abolished absolute monarchy, established

principles of equality and citizenship, and inspired other revolutionary movements across Europe.

4.Q: What were the key causes of the French Revolution?

A: Economic inequality, heavy taxation of the Third Estate,

Enlightenment ideas, and the financial crisis of the French monarchy.

5.Q: What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the

Citizen?

A: A foundational document of the French Revolution proclaiming

universal rights such as liberty, property, and equality before the law.

6.Q: How did Napoleon Bonaparte consolidate power in

France?

A: By staging a coup in 1799, becoming First Consul, and later

crowning himself Emperor in 1804.

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