World History "B" Weekly Review Week of 9-12-16: Enlightenment Philosophers

Question 1

Latin for "Great Document," this limited the power of the English monarch

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Magna Carta

Question 2

He perfected the telescope. Who was this dude?

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Galileo

Question 3

Who believed in a more direct democracy to enact the will of the People?

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Rousseau

Question 4

In what year did America declare its independence?

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1776

Question 5

Whose signature on the Declaration is the largest becuz he wanted "fat King George to see it"?

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John Hancock's

Question 6

Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu were known as

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philosophers

Question 7

"I may not agree with what you say but I shall defend to the death ur right to say it" was said

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by French philosopher Voltaire

Question 8

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed governments are designed to control, not represent?

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Hobbs

Question 9

Which of the following country's constitutions is the oldest in the world?

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United States

Question 10

Who believed that natural rights are to be secured?

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Locke

Question 11

Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta?

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King John

Question 12

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 13

Which of the following founding documents came first?

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The Declaration of Independence

Question 14

Which historical document is the oldest?

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The Magna Carta

Question 15

True or False: the Declaration of Independence was NOT signed on July 4, 1776

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True

Question 16

How many men signed the Declaration of Independence?

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56

Question 17

The earth and planets all revolving around the sun is referred to as...

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heliocentric

Question 18

American Colonists fought which country in the Revolutionary War?

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England

Question 19

For what was Polish Scientist Nicolaus Copernicus famous?

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Theory that the earth & planets revolved around the sun

Question 20

Which occurred first?

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The Renaissance

Question 21

Which country helped the colonists to defeat the British?

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France

Question 22

British General Cornwallis surrendered here in the final battle of the Revolutionary War

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Yorktown

Question 23

The period of intellectualism, new ideas, art, and study in the middle ages was known as

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the Enlightenment

Question 24

In the Boston Tea Party, colonists dressed up as...

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Indians

Question 25

In what year was the Magna Carta signed?

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1215

World History "B" Weekly Review Week of 9-12-16: Enlightenment Philosophers

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World History "B" Weekly Review Week of 9-12-16: Enlightenment Philosophers

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