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The framers of the Constitution took Montesquieu's ideas of separation of powers further with?
The right to a lawyer
Checks & Balances
Freedom of Speech
Jury trials
2
Nicolas Copernicus
discovered radioactivity
argued that the Sun was at the centre of the Universe
invented the World Wide Web
won the Nobel Ptize twice
3
Which of the following would most likely agree with the form of government supported by Louis XIV?
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
4
What was the Scientific Revolution?
A series of experiments conducted by Isaac Newton
A movement by church scholars to prove the bible was true
A series of events that led to the birth of modern science
A school of thought started by Michelangelo
5
Absolute monarch of Prussia
Louis XIV
Maria Theresa
Peter the Great
Frederick II
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Divine Right Theory?
Ruler is granted the authority to rule by God
God
Jesus
Being the chosen one
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Freedom of Speech,Press,Religion
1st
25th
23rd
7th
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The Two Treatises of Government
Voltaire
Adam Smith
John Locke
Montesquieu
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Which of these monarchs was connected with the Glorious Revolution?
Charles II
Charles I
Mary and William
George III
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What do you need in order to begin the scientific method?
A problem/question
A degree
Tools
Hands
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Sent Spanish Armada to England
Philip II
Elizabeth I
Charles II
James I
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Who built the Palace of Versailles?
Louis XIV
Louis XIII
Louis XV
Louis XVI
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Which Enlightenment ideas inspired the Declaration of Independence?
Checks and Balances
Social Contract
Natural Rights
Separation of Powers
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What did John Locke and Thomas Jefferson believe the people should do if their government did not protect their n
Peacefully protest to a higher authority
Overthrow their government
Appeal to the national religion to protect their natural rights
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separation of powers
citizens elect representatives
to limit the power of government
people are primary source of government authority
divides the government into three branches
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Divine Right of Kings
Doctrine that states that the right of ruling comes from God and not people
rebellion against spain and philip II
An Islamic ruler who was considered the greatest Ottoman monarch.
a title of the former monarch of Iran.
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Which country can best argue that it was basically born out of rationalist thought in the Enlightenment era?
Mexico
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
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Who was known as the Sun King?
Napoléon
Louis 16th
Louis 14th
Louis 19th
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Which of the following is NOT associated with Europe’s Scientific Revolution?
improved understanding of anatomy
revival of the scientific method
birth of quantum physics
discovery of microscopic creatures
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The English Bill of Rights…
Expanded the rights of the King
Limited the rights of Parliament
Expanded the rights of Parliament and the people
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Which of the following was NOT a result of the Enlightenment?
religious tolerance
the Scientific Revolution
revolution
reason was applied to the human world
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Rene Descartes is the....
Father of Western Philosophy
Father of Socialism
Father of Marxism
Father of Philosophical Doubt
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A major concept promoted by philosophers of the Enlightenment was the need for
a return to traditional medieval ideas
strengthening the power of the organized religions
overseas expansion by western European nations
the use of reason for rational and logical thinking
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During the Age of Absolutism, European monarchs sought to:
Centralize political power in their nation
Develop better relations with Muslim rulers
Increase human rights for their citizens
Encourage the growth of cooperative farms
25
English Bill of Rights
expanded rights of the people and Parliament
only affected England
was the same as the American Bill of Rights
increased the King's power
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Who performed the first public execution of a King?
Oliver Cromwell
Bloody Mary
James II
William and Mary
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The Catholic Church opposed the theories of the Scientific Revolution on the basis that they:
contradicted traditional Church teachings
contradicted traditional teachings Greco-Romanphilosophers
did not want to admit they were wrong
changes in the way the masses VIEWED science
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Before governments, Thomas Hobbes believed that people lived in a…
State of Being
Nature of Humans
Community of Cooperation
State of Nature
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau...
government should will power over people
government should express will of the people
government will desire power over people
government expresses divine right
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Peter the Great moved the capital city of Russia from Moscow to St. Petersburg to
be closer to Western Europe.
move away from invading Mongols & other East Asian invaders.
be closer to the great iron reserves of northern Russia.
move away from the famine and plague that killed thousands.
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Who was William Harvey?
Inventor of the printing press
English physician who described the circulation of the blood
The father of anatomy
French barber surgeon and trauma surgeon
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Which breakthrough of the Scientific Revolution most challenged traditional religious views?
The study of the anatomy of the human body
The study of mathematics that led to ideas of probability, binomials, & -#s
The study of astronomy & the place of the sun in the solar system
The study of mechanics that led to breakthroughs in machinery
33
Galileo Galilei discovered what device that could magnify objects?
Telescope
Television
Telephone
Mirror
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Which queen ruled England for 45 years, was known as the "Virgin Queen," and defeated the Spanish Armada?
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Mary
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Which system of government is characterized by centralization of power and rule by divine right?
limited monarchies
absolute monarchies
democracies
republics
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Peter The Great
Created an identity separate from Europe
Encouraged his citizens to have beards
Westernized Russia
Moved the capital of Russia to Versailles
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The goal of the Enlightenment writers was to:
uphold the Divine Right Theory
Increase support for European military conquests
Support the European Monarchs
Limit the government from interfering with the rights of the people
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Which of the following MOST advanced biological knowledge during Europe’s Scientific Revolution?
microscope
bell jar
telescope
thermometer
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What do Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire have in common?
They are all Enlightenment thinkers
all of the above
They were all around in the 1700s
They are all French
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This Enlightenment philosopher wrote about
Natural Rights?
Jefferson
Montesquieu
Locke
Franklin
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Oliver Cromwell was a
A church official that strengthened the British monarchy
Religious and military leader that fought the King
French Explorer
42
What did Sir Isaac Newton discover?
Laws of energy
Laws of gravitation and motion
Water
Apple Trees
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The heliocentric theory challenged the
observed patterns.
political scientists.
mathematical theories.
geocentric theory
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What does
heliocentric
mean?
Belief the solar system went around the Milky Way Galaxy
Belief the Sun went around the Earth
Belief the Earth went around the Sun
Belief the Earth went around the Milky Way Galaxy
