HS Midterm Quiz

System that required Christians to give up sons each year:

Only good things were traded on the Columbian Exchange

Hobbes believed an absolute monarchy was the best system of government

What caused Galileo to have problems with the Church?

Renaissance humanism was a major influence on all of these thinkers except:

The Mughal Empire was located primarily in modern day:

Writers from this period of the Renaissance were concerned with religious topics and human rights

What are the three main reasons for European exploration?

Locke believed people should overthrow their government if it does not do its job

Rousseau thought that government was a negative force in life.

Which thinker was the greatest influence on the American government?

Which of these are negative long term consequences of absolutism? (2 answers)

This Safavid ruler led Islam into a Golden Age

The idea that man has some freedom in the state of nature and is capable of self-rule comes from:

This scientist believed that everything needed to be doubted until mathematically proven:

What pattern started with Suleyman that would hurt the empire?

Christians hated the devshirme system?

The Magna Carta took away what power from the British king?

Which two scientists most contributed to the Scientific Method

Copernicus believed the earth revolved around the sun in oval orbits.

This European nation explored North America in search of a Northwest Passage

In social contract theory under Hobbes, what does government give?

The idea that the state of nature is a place of perfect freedom comes from:

Which absolute monarch controlled his nobles most effectively?

The Lutheran Reformation began in:

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the world between which two powers?

This nation primarily sailed to South America and took gold and silver by conquest

The Mughal Empire contained more people than all of Europe

Johannes Kepler was a major influence on the scientific method.

Writers in this branch of the Renaissance were concerned with humanism and everyday topics

According to Locke there are three natural rights, they are:

Which was NOT an effect of the Enlightenment as we discussed:

What was not a negative effect of Shah Jahan's building projects

Conflict between the Ottomans and Safavids created the border of what two nations?

Which of the following are common ways absolutes took power?

Divine right to rule is a major part of what system?

Wollstonecraft disagreed with Locke over the place of women in society

The Ottoman Empire begins in what modern day country?

The Safavids heavily persecuted which religious group?

Louis XIV's building of Versailles was a major factor that drove France into deep debt

A heliocentric model means:

Religion was often seen as superstition in the Scientific Revolution

Painters from this period of the Renaissance were concerned with religious themes and topics

The idea of checks and balances comes from which thinker?

This European power originally explored for gold, but eventually built colonies instead

What caused the Anglican church to form?

What idea is usually associated with Calvinism?

This Mughal ruler began the empire:

This nation was the first to reach India and claim the spice trade

Which ruler created the Ottoman Empire?

Voltaire did not write about theories of government.

The desire for spices drove early explorers

This Mughal ruler was considered the greatest military leader of his day:

Which of these was NOT a major issue for Voltaire

What was not one of Akbar's reforms

Locke believed that government exists to:

Painters from this period of the Renaissance primarily painted scenes from every day life

Which two movements were part of the Age of Reason?

The idea that the state of nature is a violent and brutish place is held by comes from:

What were the two ways the Ottomans changed warfare?

Which was not a major power of government in Montesqueiu's view?

Which of the following was Luther's biggest issue with the Catholic Church in the 95 Theses?

Which scientist is credited with the heliocentric model?

The idea of what the world would be like with no government

An economic system where nations tried to maximize profits and hurt their enemies is called:

Rousseau believed in a government that most closely resembled (a):

Janisarries were:

The idea that truth can be found by experimentation is called:

This term means "warrior for Islam"

Hobbes believed that government did not have to hold up its end of social contract

Who did Montesqueiu believe had the best government of his day?

This Ottoman Leader is known for conquering Constantinople

The idea that man gives up power to create government is called:

The millet system...

What was science focused on before the Scientific Revolution?

This trade good was considered the most valuable in the Age of Exploration

John Locke would have believed this system was best:

The ideas of Locke were written in this book:

This absolute monarch grew rich from gold arriving from the New World

Wollstonecraft was most concerned with:

What situation allowed the Ottoman Empire to form?

Humanism is the belief that man is essentially good and able to do whatever he sets his mind to

Abbas tried to reform the government in the style of:

The idea that government has power because people give power to them is:

The English Civil War influenced both of these philosophers