World History chapters 15-16-17

Question 1

Mathematician plotted elliptical orbits of planets

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Johannes Kepler

Question 2

Law universally understood by human reason

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Natural law

Question 3

Ended Revolutionary war and Britain recognized independence of the United States

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Treaty of Paris

Question 4

Locke’s view that rights belong to all people at birth: Life, Liberty, and Property

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Natural (human) rights

Question 5

Member of highest class in Spain’s American colonies (Born in Spain's Iberian Peninsula)

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Peninsular

Question 6

French philosopher and mathematician. Father of western philosophy

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René Descartes

Question 7

Wrote “The Wealth of Nations” proponent of the free-market system (Laissez faire)

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Adam Smith

Question 8

One of the authors of the United States Constitution "Father of the Constitution"

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James Madison

Question 9

Wrote “Leviathan” people give up some freedoms a (social contract) to have government

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Thomas Hobbes

Question 10

Used writings to fight ignorance, superstition, and intolerance through sarcasm and satire

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Voltaire

Question 11

Explained all matter composed of tiny particles. Father of chemistry

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Robert Boyle

Question 12

Freed slave who published autobiography in England that helped fight to end slave trade

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Olaudah Equiano

Question 13

Philosopher who edited and published the Encyclopédie to assemble all knowledge on earth

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Diderot

Question 14

Ornate style of art and architecture popular in the 1600s and 1700s

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Baroque

Question 15

Proved Earth moves around sun. Inquisition forced him to recant was put on home arrest for life

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Galileo

Question 16

Conquistador who landed in Mexico 1519 and overthrew Aztec empire

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Hernán Cortés

Question 17

Polish astronomer proposed a heliocentric (Sun centered) model of the universe

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Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 18

Capital of the Mexican Aztec empire

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Tenochtitlán

Question 19

King who inherited French throne in 1643 and ruled with absolute power, saying “I am the state”

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Louis XIV

Question 20

Personal, elegant style of art and architecture made popular during mid-1700s

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Rococo

Question 21

Mexican Aztec emperor who faced Spanish invasion led by Cortés

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Moctezuma

Question 22

Acts of Parliament limited power of the monarchy and restated the rights of English citizens

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English Bill of Rights

Question 23

Nation must export more goods than it imports to build supply of gold and silver

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Mercantilism

Question 24

Right given to American colonists by Spain that forced (slave) labor from Native Americans

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Encomienda

Question 25

War between France and England in North America. Both sides (mostly France) used Indian allies

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French and Indian War

Question 26

American-born descendants of Spanish settlers

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Creole

Question 27

Spanish conquistador defeated Incas 1532 and conquered South America for Spain

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Francisco Pizarro

Question 28

Capital city and major port that Peter the Great established in 1703

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St. Petersburg

Question 29

Trade routes from Europe to Africa to America where goods were exchanged for slaves

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Triangular trade

Question 30

Wrote “The Social Contract” said Kings were not divinely empowered

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Rousseau

Question 31

Principal author of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 32

Pirate who operated with approval of European governments

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Privateer

Question 33

Dissenters who sought to “purify” the church of Catholic practices

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Puritans

Question 34

Hobbes said people enter agreement accepting powerful government in exchange for their freedom

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Social contract

Question 35

Representative of Spanish king who ruled in his name

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Viceroy

Question 36

Russian tsar used his power to modernize Russia with warm water port

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Peter the Great

Question 37

Tax imposed by England on the colonies on items such as newspapers and pamphlets

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Stamp Act

Question 38

Wrote “Principia Mathematica” describing laws of gravitation / motion. Father of physics

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Isaac Newton

Question 39

Spanish explorers who claimed lands in Americas for Spain 1500-1600s

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Conquistador

Question 40

Believed dividing government (Executive, Legislative and Judiciary) Checks and Balances

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Montesquieu

Question 41

Artist, scientist, and inventor best known for the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

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Leonardo

Question 42

Worker forced to labor for a landlord to pay off a debt

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Peon

Question 43

Wrote The Prince, describing how to rule with ruthless power politics

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Niccolò Machiavelli

Question 44

Great writer of Spain’s golden age, wrote Don Quixote. Pensacola Street named for him

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Miguel de Cervantes

Question 45

Person of African and European mix

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Mulatto

Question 46

King of England during the American Revolution

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George III

Question 47

Painter; blended Christian and classical styles; famous for portrayals of the Madonna

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Raphael

Question 48

Resistance to disease

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Immunity

Question 49

Spanish priest spoke out against the evils of encomienda system

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Bartolomé de Las Casas

Question 50

English Protestants who rejected Church of England (Anglicans)

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Pilgrims

Question 51

Virginia planter and soldier who became the head of the Continental Army

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George Washington

Question 52

Famous painter during Spain’s golden age

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El Greco

Question 53

Philosopher, scientist, publisher, legislator, diplomat, and framer of Constitution

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Benjamin Franklin

Question 54

Artist; created sculpture of David and painted Sistine Chapel

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Michelangelo

Question 55

German monk revolted against Catholic Church indulgences in 1517 called the Reformation

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Martin Luther

Question 56

Vast global exchange of goods, people, plants, and animals that began with Columbus

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Columbian Exchange

Question 57

Second leg of triangular trade which slaves were transported to Americas

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Middle Passage

Question 58

Site George Washington forced surrender of British army in 1781

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Yorktown, Virginia

Question 59

Wrote “Two Treatises of Government” (father of liberalism) and Natural (human) Rights

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John Locke

Question 60

Person of Native American and European mix

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Mestizo

Question 61

Economic system allowing business to operate with little or no government interference

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Laissez faire

Question 62

John Locke’s idea that all government power comes from the people

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Popular sovereignty

World History chapters 15-16-17

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World History chapters 15-16-17

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