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10: What Renaissance belief helped prepare the modern world for democracy?
A: People should do good works and focus on the afterlife.
B: Individuals should help society by developing their potential and creativity.
C: Individuals should focus on a better future life instead of the trials and tribulations of this world.
D: Citizens should rely on their leaders to mold society and government.
11. What happened during the Industrial Revolution?
A: People switched from producing goods with machinery powered by steam and coal to using machinery powered by electricity.
B: Cottage industries spread across Africa and Asia.
C: People moved from making goods by hand in their homes to producing goods with machines in factories.
D: There was a revolution in the production of coal.
12. Which of the following contributed to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in Britain?
A: educational opportunities for children and free time for women
B: good supplies of iron and coal, proximity to water, development of new machinery
C: greater educational opportunities for children
D: improved working conditions and shorter work hours
13. Which document outlines a plan for government that has served as a model for new governments around the world?
A: Declaration of Independence
B: U.S. Constitution
C: English Bill of Rights
D: Magna Carta
14. Which of the following statements about the American Revolution is true?
A: It sparked a civil war among the newly formed states.
B: It was sparked by humanist ideas.
C: It led to the formation of a new nation with a new form of government.
D: It frightened most of the people of France, who feared violence and revolution.
15. Which of the following statements about the American Revolution is true?
A: It was sparked by Enlightenment ideas.
B: The ideals of the Revolution eventually led to a civil war.
C: It frightened most of the French, who feared violence and revolution.
D: Its ideals were popular in the eighteenth century but have little meaning in the modern world.
16. The idea that governments exist to protect the rights of the people is best reflected in which of the following documents?
A: Plato’s Republic and the Magna Carta
B: Magna Carta and Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
C: Declaration of Independence and Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
D: Declaration of Independence and Aristotle’s Politics
17. Which of the following was not a Roman contribution to modern democracy?
A: representative democracy
B: division of power among branches
C: written laws that applied to all citizens
D: written bill of rights
18. Which of the following was one of the causes of the American Revolution?
A: strict restrictions on religious freedom
B: taxation without representation
C: unequal treatment of women
D: unfair treatment of African Americans
19. Enlightenment philosophers strongly influenced political thought. In which of the following documents are their ideas best reflected?
A: The Wealth of Nations
B: Magna Carta
C: English Bill of Rights
D: Declaration of Independence
20. Which of the following did not lead to the development of the Industrial Revolution in England?
A: James Watt’s steam engine
B: Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations
C: John McAdams’s better roads
D: Thomas Edison’s electric light bulb
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