World History Chapter 19

Question 1

Argued that people had a right to overthrow a gov. that does not protect their natural rights?

Accepted Answer

Locke

Question 2

John Locke believed that the purpose of government was to protect people’s natural rights.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

The American victory at the Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the War for Independence

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Who wrote “Man is born free but everywhere is in chains”?

Accepted Answer

Rousseau

Question 5

The purpose of the _______________________ by Denis Diderot was to promote knowledge.

Accepted Answer

Encyclopedia

Question 6

Which of the following phrases belongs is Step 2 in the Scientific Method?

Accepted Answer

Form a hypothesis that can be tested

Question 7

European monarchs who embraced Enlightenment had no intention of giving up their own power.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

During the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor to

Accepted Answer

protest the tax on tea.

Question 9

“We hold these truths to be self-evident..." The quote is from the

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 10

On July 4, 1776, the _______________________ was adopted by the Continental Congress.

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 11

Which of the following posed theories that brought him into direct conflict with the Church?

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 12

Montesquieu argued that the best form of government included a separation of powers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Brahe was the first astronomer to understand that the planets orbited the sun in an ellipse.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

The __________________theory held that the earth was the center of the universe.....

Accepted Answer

geocentric

Question 15

Parliament passed the _______________ in order for the colonists to pay for war costs.

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 16

Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense argued that the American colonies deserved to be independent.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Copernicus was the first scientist to create a complete model of the solar system.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Enlightenment ideals had little or no impact in the new nation known as the United States.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

How did Hobbes and Rousseau differ?

Accepted Answer

Rousseau believed people were naturally good

Question 20

English physician ________________ explained the workings of the human heart.

Accepted Answer

William Harvey

Question 21

A new kind of math called _____________ could be used to predict the effects of gravity

Accepted Answer

calculus

Question 22

The new way of thinking that emerged in the mid-1500s is called the

Accepted Answer

Enlightenment

Question 23

General _______________________ led the American troops in the War for Independence.

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 24

American colonists objected to the Stamp Act because

Accepted Answer

they objected to taxation without representation

Question 25

Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were

Accepted Answer

the Church and ancient scholars

World History Chapter 19

Questions 25

World History Chapter 19

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