7th grade · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 11
Age of Revolutions
Science, rights and revolutions to 1900
What your child practices
The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, revolutions in England, America, France, Haiti and Latin America, the Industrial Revolution, and the end of slavery and serfdom.
California Content Standards learning standard: 7.11.5; 7.11.6 · how Enlightenment thinkers and the Magna Carta shaped democratic thought and revolutions
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
The French Revolution began in…
- 1776
- 1789
- 1917
1789
Hint: Crowds stormed the Bastille.
Question 2
In 1804, Haiti became the first…
- nation founded after a successful revolt of enslaved people
- kingdom in Europe
- colony in Africa
nation founded after a successful revolt of enslaved people
Hint: It was also the second independent nation in the Americas.
Question 3
Isaac Newton described the laws of motion and…
- electricity
- evolution
- gravity
gravity
Hint: His book was published in 1687.
Question 4
John Locke argued people have natural rights to…
- food only
- land, gold and titles
- life, liberty and property
life, liberty and property
Hint: Governments should protect these rights.
Question 5
Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself… of France in 1804.
- emperor
- president
- pope
emperor
Hint: He conquered much of Europe.
Question 6
The revolutions of 1848 in Europe called for…
- more kings
- more democracy and national unity
- an end to all cities
more democracy and national unity
Hint: Most were put down, but ideas spread.