7th Grade Chapter 9 Test

Question 1

What was the approach to philosophy promoted by Descartes

Accepted Answer

rationalism

Question 2

Husband and wife that signed the English Bill of Rights in exchange for the throne of England

Accepted Answer

William and Mary

Question 3

Who led Parliament's armies during the English Civil War

Accepted Answer

Oliver Cromwell

Question 4

Hippocrates was the Father of _________________

Accepted Answer

Medicine

Question 5

Name the change in power in the 17th century England that occurred without a war

Accepted Answer

Glorious Revolution

Question 6

What term describes a society that is free from religion?

Accepted Answer

secularism

Question 7

Who studied the body's circulatory system

Accepted Answer

Harvey

Question 8

What country did Maria Theresa rule?

Accepted Answer

Austria

Question 9

Astronomer discovered Uranus and made a 40 foot long telescope

Accepted Answer

Herschel

Question 10

What was the approach to philosophy promoted by Locke?

Accepted Answer

empiricism

Question 11

Scientist developed a smallpox vaccine

Accepted Answer

Jenner

Question 12

What ruler turned Vienna into an important center for the arts during the 1700s?

Accepted Answer

Maria Theresa

Question 13

Wrote The Sceptical Chymist

Accepted Answer

Boyle

Question 14

What nation endured a civil war after its king tried to arrest some members of parliament?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 15

What early Greek geographer devised the lines of latitude and longitude found on maps today?

Accepted Answer

Erathosethenes

Question 16

Who developed an advanced form of calculus & discovered the laws of gravity and motion

Accepted Answer

Newton

Question 17

This astronomer used a telescope to confirm the earth's orbit around the sun

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 18

Who became the ruler of England after Cromwell's death?

Accepted Answer

Charles II

Question 19

What system of English government gradually increased Parliament's power?

Accepted Answer

cabinet

Question 20

What Greek mathematician became known as the Father of Geometry?

Accepted Answer

Euclid

Question 21

Father of Modern Chemistry

Accepted Answer

Lavoisier

Question 22

What king was an absolute ruler and set an example for the rest of Europe?

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV

Question 23

This scientist studied human anatomy

Accepted Answer

Versalius

Question 24

name of oath with which many modern doctors pledge to help people

Accepted Answer

the Hippocratic Oath

Question 25

Who was a Greek astronomer and geographer

Accepted Answer

Erathosthenes

Question 26

made significant contributions in the areas of physics, geography, and optics

Accepted Answer

Bacon

Question 27

Russia continued the process of developing a strong monarchy under the rule of_______

Accepted Answer

Catherine the Great

Question 28

Which ruler was dismissed from the throne of his country?

Accepted Answer

James II

Question 29

Empiricism taught that people can find knowledge only through ______

Accepted Answer

experience

Question 30

Who theorized that the earth revolves around the sun

Accepted Answer

Copernicus

Question 31

A famous comet is named after this English astronomer

Accepted Answer

Halley

7th Grade Chapter 9 Test

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7th Grade Chapter 9 Test

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