History 10 Exam 1 Quiz

Nicholas Copernicus suggested astronomy would be easier if everyone accepted that ...

What is one of the main reasons the Industrial Revolution began in England?

The Napoleonic Code influences French law still to this day.

City governments were prepared for the massive movement of people from the countryside to urban areas during the IR.

The Industrial Revolution began when work usually done by hand was replaced by what?

Why did real change not begin in France until the citizens fought for it?

Francis Bacon is credited with giving us the...

What major event forced the Protugese to build an enlightened city?

Denis Diderot's book was so controversial is was condemned by the French government and Catholic church.

Louis XIV's reign is regarded as the greatest example of what?

What other type of revolution began at the same time as the Industrial Revolution?

The reasons for Europe's expansion were Exploration, Self-Interest, Economics, and Workforce.

Before the French Revolution what style of government did they have?

Immanuel Kant described what it meant to be Enlightened. He said ...

The exploration of the new world was, in part, made possible by what invention?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau criticised the English because they were only really free when?

The American Revoltution is important because it created the USA and defined what it meant to be a citizen.

Who is possibly the most "iconic" scientist from the age of revolutions?

Global impacts of the Age of Revolutions include Exploration/Archaeology, Slave Trade, Birth of the British Empire, and

Which two usually go together? Especially during the 17 and 1800s.

In 1992, the Roman Catholic Church reversed its condemnation of Galileo Galilee and apologized for forbidding his work.

The Age of Enlightenment was also called ...

To be enlightened means to gain ...

What word describes a far-reaching change in existing thinking?

Which was the most "progressive" society in Europe during the Enlightenment?

Robert Owen successfully brought Socialism to the United States.

July 1775 - 130 civilians w/no training stood their ground against the most feared army in the world. It was ...

Which is NOT a legacy of the Age of Revolutions?

Descartes' first principal was to ...

Which was NOT a cause of the Scientific Revolution?

What was life like in pre-industrialized Europe?

Who was tasked with writing the Declaration of Independence?

Capitalism was thought to be the best system to encourage the continued improvement of living standards and innovations.

Which is NOT a result of the Scientific Revolution?

What new economic system encouraged inventors to compete to get new inventions to market quickly?

Which is NOT an negative effect of the Industrial Revolution?

Communism & Socialism developed to remedy negative aspects of industrialization - like poverty and unsafe work.

Ultimately, what caused the American Revolution?

Who once boasted "I am no ordinary man!"?

Eventually, the Industrial Revolution provided what to a great number of people?

During the scientific revolution many began to agree THESE needed to be trusted more than ancient writings.

Which revolution began first?