| A | B |
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| Who called a meeting of the Estates-General in 1789? | King Louis XVI |
| Which engineer improved the steam engine so it could drive machinery? | James Watt |
| What marked the beginning of Napoleon's downfall? | The invasion of Russia |
| The Center of Enlightenment was ___ where philosophers debated issues of the day | France |
| Who took over and declared himself consul for life after the French Revolution? | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| The ___ claimed excesses of capitalism would lead to communist revolution. | Communist Manifesto |
| What happened at the end of the Reign of Terror? | The execution of Maximilien Robespierre |
| Where was Napoleon defeated for the final time? | Waterloo in Belgium |
| Upon his return from exile at Elba, Napoleon was | Crowned emperor |
| In the American Revolution the North American colonies defeated ___ to win their independence. | Great Britian |
| ___ rise of an intellectual movement throughout Europe. | Enlightenement |
| What was Montesquieu's most lasting contribution to political thought? | Systems of checks and balances through separation of powers |
| According to the Ptolemaic system ___. | The universe is a series of concentric spheres |
| The ___ converter made cheaper and stronger steel. | Bessemer |
| A major cause of the French Revolution was ___? | Financial crisis in France |
| ___ created laws of supply and demand to determine price. | Adam Smith |
| A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence is known as the ___ method. | Scientific |
| The social inequalities that contributed to the French Revolution are best illistrated by the conditions of the ___, who made up 75 to 80 percent of the population. | Peasants |
| What was a result of the new social classes created by industrialization? | Opportunities for women were narrowed |
| Napoleon's Civil Code of 1804 established | Established political and legal equality for all adult men |
| An angry mob seized the ___ prison that sparked insurrections in many French cities. | Bastille |
| Using his telescope as a tool to observe the heavens, Galileo discovered that ___. | The sun is at the center of the universe |
| The industrial society did not cause population growth due to. | Harsh working conditions |
| During the French Revolution the "Reign of Terror" | resulting in execution of close to 40,000 suspected enemies |
| ___ promoted mass production of interchangeable parts for firearms. | Eli Whitney |
