Enlightenment, Absolutism, English Civil War People WHII

Question 1

Scientist that developed the heliocentric theory.

Accepted Answer

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 2

Founder of Islam

Accepted Answer

Muhammad

Question 3

Mathematician that proved Copernicus' heliocentric theory

Accepted Answer

Johannes Kepler

Question 4

Philosophe that believed that all humans are cruel and need government to control them

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Thomas Hobbes

Question 5

Believed that all humans have natural rights (life, liberty, and property)

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John Locke

Question 6

Son of Charles I who returned after the failed rule of Oliver Cromwell; the Restoration

Accepted Answer

Charles II

Question 7

Came to power after the Glorious Revolution and signing the English Bill of Rights

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William and Mary of Orange

Question 8

Believed that government was a Social Contract derived from the people

Accepted Answer

Rousseau

Question 9

Inventor of the telescope

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 10

Doctor who discovered the circulatory system

Accepted Answer

William Harvey

Question 11

Frenchman who discovered and colonized Canada

Accepted Answer

Jacques Cartier

Question 12

Absolute ruler whose harsh rule led to a Civil War and his execution

Accepted Answer

Charles I

Question 13

American writer who authored the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 14

Russian czar who westernized Russia and built the city of St. Petersburg

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Peter the Great

Question 15

Conquistador; conquered the Inca in South America

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizarro

Question 16

The Sun King; he built Versailles to control the nobles and consolidate his power

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Louis XIV

Question 17

First man to circumnavigate the globe

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 18

Renaissance artist that painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the David

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 19

Believed that the power of a centralized government should be divided into 3 branches

Accepted Answer

Montesquieu

Question 20

Created the Anglican Church after the Catholic Church denied him a divorce

Accepted Answer

King Henry VIII

Questions 20