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Module 13 Part 2 Test Review - Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment & American Revolution
Module 13 Part 2 Test Review - Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment & American Revolution
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Wrote Encyclopedie, attacked religious superstition
Wollstonecraft
Rousseau
Adam Smith
Diderot
2
Promoted the idea of diesm, a religion based on reason & natural law
Adam Smith
Diderot
Voltaire
Rouseau
3
Copernicus proposed that
all matter is made up of four elements
the planets move in oval paths
the force of gravity prevents objects from flying off the earth
the earth orbited the sun
4
Who was the mastermind behind the planning of our government as it is laid out in the US Constitution?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Ben Franklin
James Madison
5
Scientific Method
Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
Robert Hooke
Joseph Priestly
6
Called for equal rights for women in education, economics & politics.
Wollstonecraft
John Locke
Rene Descartes
Voltaire
7
Baron de Montesquieu believed that government power
. belonged in the hands of an absolute monarch.
could be undermined by policies of religious tolerance.
was best divided among three separate branches.
. should never be used to wage war.
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Used math to prove planets move in elliptical heliocentric orbits
Joseph Priestly
Galileo Galilei
Antoine Lavoisier
Johannes Kepler
9
The Social Contract and the "general will" are all associated with
Rousseau
Locke
Voltaire
Montesquieu
10
John Locke argued that people
are shaped by their environment & they are born with natural rights.
should rebel against any form of government.
and their rights exist only in the state of nature.
have rights that can only be taken away by an absolute monarch.
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In the Declaration of Independence, the colonists claimed they had the right to revolt against Britain mainly because
royal governors should be elected.
their natural rights had been violated.
Parliament had no right to govern Britain's overseas colonies.
monarchy was an unjust form of government.
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Who wrote the persuasive pamphlet call “Common Sense” that encouraged colonists to rebel against Great Britain?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Ben Franklin
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Kepler used mathematical formulas to prove that
the planets move in oval paths
the earth is round
all matter is made up of four elements
the planets travel at a uniform speed
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Defined an element as a material that cannot be broken down further
Voltaire
Joseph Priestly
Rousseau
Robert Boyle
15
What does it mean when we say that the United States has a federal system?
US has a national government & state governments that share powers
the US has a national government, but state governments have more power.
the US has a national government that controls all the states.
the US has a national government that controls all elections.
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The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution of the United States in order to
protect the personal liberties of citizens.
establish a system of checks and balances
guarantee the separation of powers
limit the power of individual states
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Studied circulation of blood, showed heart acts as a pump
Robert Boyle
Robert Hooke
William Harvey
Joseph Priestly
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Thomas Jefferson based much of the Declaration of 'Independence on the ideas of
William Penn
Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
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During the Enlightenment, philosophers believed that
the use of science and reason would lead to human progress.
mathematics could be used to solve all human problems.
people gave up their natural rights to their rulers.
the ancient Romans had the best form of government.
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Theory of universal gravitation, developed calculus
Isaac Newton
Adam Smith
Robert Hooke
Antoine Lavoisier
21
Established universal laws of physics, built a telescope to observe sky
Galileo Galilei
Robert Hooke
Francis Bacon
William Harvey
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Used microscope to prove all living things are made up of individual cells
Antoine Lavoisier
Joseph Priestly
Robert Hooke
Robert Boyle
23
Promoted the idea of separation of powers within governments
Rousseau
Voltaire
Diderot
Montesquieu
24
Discovered existence of oxygen, studied properties of carbon dioxide
Antoine Lavoisier
Wollstonecraft
Voltaire
Joseph Priestly
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Developed analytic geometry, stated "I think, therefore I am."
Rene Descartes
Antoine Lavoisier
Isaac Newton
John Locke
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All of the following made discoveries in anatomy EXCEPT
William Harvey
Claudius Galen
John Wesley
Andreas Vesalius
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Deism was characterized by the belief that
power must be divided equally among separate government branches.
only a monarchy could keep the world orderly and peaceful
.violence should never be used to settle disputes
religion should be based on reason and natural law.
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What was the name of the first constitution of the United States?
The Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
The US Constitution
The Olive Branch Petition
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Which of the following is the correct meaning of the term
popular sovereignty
?
theory that all governments must maintain popular support among its people
the idea that all people should have the right to vote.
governments gain its right to govern through the consent of the people
a government must hold elections to determine its type of government
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Promoted the idea of the social contract in societies
Rousseau
Adam Smith
Rene Descartes
Wollstonecraft
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Promoted laissez-faire economics
John Locke
Rousseau
Wollstonecraft
Adam Smith
32
The American Constitution was heavily influenced by the writings of
Montesquieu
Diderot
Donald Trump Jr.
Rousseau
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Dissected human bodies, published "The Structure of the Human Body"
Andreas Vesalius
William Harvey
Robert Hooke
Johannes Kepler
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Discovered the nature of combustion
John Locke
Antoine Lavoisier
Montesquieu
Adam Smith
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The husband and wife team that contributed to the understanding of oxygen was the
Boyles
Lavoisiers
Kants
Priestleys
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Stated the earth as round, rotated on its axis and promoted heliocentric theory
Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
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All of the following events contributed to the outbreak of the American Revolution EXCEPT the
the French & Indian War
battle of Saratoga
Intolerable Acts
closing of the port of Boston
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Which of the following is the best description of laissez-faire economics?
an economic system where the government controls only the largest companies
an economic system in which the government owns all businesses
an economic system in which the government allows monopolies to occur.
an economic system where the government doesn't interfere with the economy.
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Suggested people were molded by the experiences in their environment
John Locke
Montesquieu
Diderot
Voltaire
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The American colonists rebelled against British rule as the result of repeated clashes over
. the powers of royal governors
religious freedom
taxation
westward expansion
