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Chapter 8- Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
Chapter 8- Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
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What did Thomas Paine write?
Common Sense
The Treaty of Paris
How FireStar died
The Declaration of Independence
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Which idea was Jean-Jacques Rousseau most associated with?
Heliocentrism
Tabula Rasa
Social Contract
Scientific Revolution
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What is Enlightened Absolutism?
A system by which rulers governored by principles of the Enlightenment
A philosophy that talked about the rights that all humans have
A monarch that is guided by a constitution and written law
A monarchy were they ruled without laws,a constitution,or legal oppostition
4
What are salons?
informal social gatherings at which people exchanged ideas.
A group of people who protested against the crown.
Universities specifically for literature, art, etc.
Hearings the king held daily
5
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The first constitution of the United States
51 papers written by the Federalists
A pamphlet given out in Philadelphia
The first attempt at a national government
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Who won the battle of Bunker Hill?
Colonists
British
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What is the bill of rights?
The last 10 amendments
The last 5 amendments
The first 10 amendments
The first 5 amendments
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All of the following are enlightenment philosophers whose ideas are seen in the U.S. Constitution EXCEPT:
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Charles Montesquieu
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Who won the Battle of Yorktown?
Colonists
British
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What did Rene Descartes emphasize?
that planets orbit around the sun
clear thinking and reason to establish the truth.
believed that fish could fly.
the church was teaching Correctly.
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When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4, 1776
August 31, 1776
July 15, 2000
July 5, 1776
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Which did George Washington do
Captain of the first U.S. bowling team
Was a U.S. Navy Commander
Commander in chief of the Continental Army
Member of the Massachusetts Militia
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Who won the Battle of Saratoga
The British
The Americans
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The U.S. Constitution incorporated Montesquieu's ideas about--
separation of church and state
human rights
separation of powers
the social contract
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What is Kepler's contribution to the understanding of the universe?
That the earth is flat
That planetary orbits are ellipses
That the universe was created around 14 billion years ago.
That orbits are in a circular motion
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An autobiography is a primary source.
False
True
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Who developed the Universal law of Gravitation?
Sir Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Galileo
Stephen Hawking
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Main writer of the Declaration of Independence
Patrick Henry
Benedict Arnold
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
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What did William Harvey discover?
The heart pumps blood through the body
The heart is used for breathing
the human soul is in the heart
Blood pumps itself around the body
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Rationalism is...
Common sense is the sole influencer of knowledge
Reason is the sole influencer of knowledge
The source of our knowledge should be gained from our elders mainly
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Define empiricism
investigates the origin, nature, methods and limits of human knowledge
Adopting the simplest assumption in the formulation of a theory
An idea must be testable if it is to be considered scientific
All knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses
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What was the Boston Massacre?
The killing of 5 British soldiers within Boston during a protest.
A time where everyone went crazy over tacos.
The killing of 5 colonists by the British soldiers during a protest.
When some of the people of Boston dumped tea in the harbor.
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What kind of attack was used in the Battle of Trenton
Nuclear
Sneak Attack
Defensive attack
Aerial Assault
24
Voltaire helped with BLANK
Social Contracts
Separation of Powers
Natural Rights
Religious Toleration
25
What model did ptolemy discover?
Heliocentric model
Geocentric model
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What did the Treaty of Paris do?
Ended the Revolutionary war and gave Colonist their independence.
Allowed for the Panama Canal to be built by the United States.
Ended the United States Civil War and outlawed the practice of slavery.
Gave King George total control over the colonies.
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What role did Adam Smith believe the government should play in the economy?
The gov should restrict which businesses are allowed to open
The gov should make very few laws that affect businesses.
The gov should regulate business to make sure they use safe practices
The gov should play a role helping businesses make as much $ as possible.
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Galileo was an Italian astronomer who...
discovered four moons of Jupiter
Made observations about the universe
All of the above
developed a new telescope
29
What did Andreas Vesalius encourage physicians to dissect on?
Galen
human bodies
birds
animals
30
The Stamp Act would have increased, among other things, the cost of...
a newspaper.
sugar.
coffee.
tea.
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Who organized the Boston Tea Party?
Liberty Sons
The Sons of America
The Sons of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty
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Father of modern Heliocentric Theory
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)
Descartes (1596-1650)
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)
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Who was Montesquieu?
said people should give up their rights for law and order
said civilization corrupts people's natural goodness
views on rel toleration influenced leaders of Amer & FR Rev
argued for separation of powers to check against tyranny
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Which is a secondary source?
textbook
Mr. Stemm grocery list?
autobiography
video recording of a speech
35
Define Popular Sovereignty
The President holds all the power
The most popular person wins
The cabinet holds all the power
People hold the power over government
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Mary Wollstonecraft advanced the philosophy of
women's rights
freedom of speech
abolition of slavery
freedom of action
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What was the Divine Right of Kings?
Kings and queens have a God-given right to rule
People can vote for kings
Kings and queens had more rights
Kings and queens were the head of the church
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what did Sir Francis bacon contribute to the scientific revolution
the scientific method
the law of universal gravitation
the geocentric theory
the heliocentric theory
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Lexington and Concord was...
Where Washington lived.
Where the Boston Massacre took place.
Where King George took vacations.
The first battle of the Revolutionary War.
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Who was John Locke?
English philosopher who believed people have natural rights
Fought for women rights during the French and Indian war
The Author of “Poor Richard’s Almanack“ 1732
A French priest that preached about Christianity in the 1700
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What is deism?
A form of enlightened despotism
A superior being created the universe but does not interfere
A form of Communism
A superior being who interferes with the universe
